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新託福閱讀考試中最容易出錯的36組單詞

　　1) quite 相當 quiet 安靜地

　　2) affect v 影響, 假裝 effect n 結果, 影響

　　3) adapt 適應 adopt 採用 adept 內行

　　4) angel 天使 angle 角度

　　5) dairy 牛奶廠 diary 日記

　　6) contend 奮鬥, 鬥爭 content 內容, 滿足的 context 上下文 contest 競爭, 比賽

　　7) principal 校長, 主要的 principle 原則

　　8) implicit 含蓄的 explicit 明白的

　　9) dessert 甜食 desert 沙漠 v 放棄 dissert 寫論文

　　10) pat 輕拍 tap 輕打 slap 掌擊 rap 敲，打

　　11) decent 正經的 descent n 向下, 血統 descend v 向下

　　12) sweet 甜的 sweat 汗水

　　13) later 後來 latter 後者 latest 最近的 lately adv 最近

　　14) costume 服裝 custom 習慣

　　15) extensive 廣泛的 intensive 深刻的

　　16) aural 耳的 oral 口頭的

　　17) abroad 國外 aboard 上(船，飛機)

　　18) altar 祭壇 alter 改變

　　19) assent 同意 ascent 上升 accent 口音

　　20) champion 冠軍 champagne 香檳酒 campaign 戰役

　　21) baron 男爵 barren 不毛之地的 barn 古倉

　　22) beam 梁，光束 bean 豆 been have 過去式

　　23) precede 領先 proceed 進行，繼續

　　24) pray 祈禱 prey 獵物

　　25) chicken 雞 kitchen 廚房

　　26) monkey 猴子 donkey 驢

　　27) chore 家務活 chord 和絃 cord 細繩

　　28) cite 引用 site 場所 sight 視覺

　　29) clash (金屬)幢擊聲 crash 碰幢，墜落 crush 壓壞

　　30) compliment 讚美 complement 附加物

　　31) confirm 確認 conform 使順從

　　32) contact 接觸 contract 合同 contrast 對照

　　33) council 議會 counsel 忠告 consul 領事

　　34) crow 烏鴉 crown 王冠 clown 小丑 cow 牛

　　35) dose 一劑藥 doze 打盹

　　36) drawn draw 過去分詞 drown 溺水

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Ex-Taiwan President Chen Sentenced to Life

By Natalie Tso / Taipei

It was a dramatic fall from grace for the man once called the "Son of Taiwan." Former President Chen Shui-bian and First Lady Wu Shu-chen were sentenced to life in prison by the Taipei District Court on Friday, nine years after Chen became the first politician from Taiwan's long-time opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take the island's top post. Chen, 58, and his wife were both charged with embezzlement, bribery, money laundering and forgery and fined $15.3 million for their mishandling of a special state fund and land deals. Chen's son was also sentenced to two-and-a-half years for money laundering, and his daughter-in-law to one year and eight months.

Chen, who has been held at the Taipei Detention Center since late December, did not show up to court to hear the verdict on Friday afternoon. In August of last year, Chen admitted to his wife's wiring over $20 million to overseas bank accounts, but insisted they were political donations and that she did so without his knowledge. He continues to claim innocence, and will appeal, according to a statement released by Chen Shui-bian's office on Wednesday. (Read "Another Political Storm Hits Taiwan.")

As they were awaiting the judge's ruling, over a hundred of Chen's supporters held yellow banners that read "Free A-bian [Chen's nickname]" outside the court. Some have threatened action if he will continue to be detained. "His detention is a controversy," says political commentator Antonio Chiang, "because he was only charged with corruption, not murder, and is a former president."

Prosecutors said they detained him last year because they feared he would collude with other suspects. Chen has maintained that he is a victim of "political persecution" by the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), which favors closer ties with China. During his detention, Chen has gone on prolonged hunger strikes and wrote a memoir to draw sympathy for his case. His defense team asserts that rules regarding political expense funds and donations have always been vague, and that Chen is innocent.

Chen was the first politician in Taiwan to work his way up from poverty to the country's highest office. Before entering politics, he was a maritime lawyer who defended Taiwan's democracy activists. After Taiwan formed its first opposition party, the DPP, in 1986, he was the first DPP politician to be elected president. During his two terms as president from 2000-2008, he promoted greater autonomy from China for the self-ruling island, but never declared `de jure independence. In remarks published Thursday in Neo Formosa Weekly, a pro-independence web magazine, Chen asserted that now is the best time to declare independence.

It's not a very likely prospect. Taiwan's current President Ma Ying-jeou's friendly policy towards China has been a big contrast from Chen, who was often deemed a troublemaker. Since coming to office last May, Ma has forged closer economic ties with China through establishing direct transportation and opening up tourism and investment to the Chinese. But Ma's popularity has suffered a big blow recently from public dissatisfaction with the government's relief efforts after a disastrous typhoon hit the island a month ago. It left over 700 dead and missing and over 7000 homeless. A new premier and Cabinet were named on Thursday as a result. Chen's verdict now tips the scales back toward the ruling party again. "It will rescue Ma Ying-jeou," says political commentator Antonio Chiang. "It's very good for the KMT, and of course, good for Taiwan's democracy."