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一、中譯英

1. 據統計，世界上有3.5億人罹患憂鬱症，大約佔總人口的百分之五。

2. 跟男性相比，女性患憂鬱症的機率是其兩倍。

範例一：

1. It’s estimated that + S + V 據估計…

2. to suffer from sth. 罹患某病痛；遭受某痛苦

3. depression (n.) 憂鬱；（經濟）蕭條

4. worldwide (adv.) 遍及全世界

5. to account for sth. 佔某比例

6. roughly (adv.) 大約；粗略地

7. global (adj.) 全球的

8. population (n.) 人口；族群總數

9. in comparison with sb./sth. 與…相較

10. to have twice the chance of + V-ing

有兩倍的機率會…

1. It’s estimated that 350 million people suffer from depression worldwide, accounting for roughly 5% of the global population.

2. In comparison with men, women have twice the chance of developing depression.

範例二

1. according to sb./sth. 根據…

2. statistics (n.) (pl.) 統計數字；統計資料

3. sufferer (n.) 患病者；受害者

4. compared with/to sb./sth. 與…相較

5. to be twice as likely + to V 有兩倍的可能性會

1. According to statistics, there are 350 million depression sufferers in the world, which equals about 5% of the entire human population.

2. Compared with/to men, women are twice as likely to develop depression.

1. 有越來越多人在自拍時發生致命意外。

2. 有些地方因而設立禁止自拍區(no-selfie zone)，以免類似悲劇發生。

範例一：

1. fatal (adj.) 致命的

2. accident (n.) 意外；事故

3. establish (v.) 設立；建立

4. selfie (n.) 自拍照

5. for fear that + S + V 以免…；唯恐…

6. tragedy (n.) 悲劇

1: More and more people are having fatal accidents while (they are) taking pictures of themselves.

2: An increasing number of people are meeting with fatal accidents while (they are) taking selfies.

範例二

1. an increasing number of + N（複數） 越來越多的…

2. to meet with sth. 遭遇某事

3. to take selfies/pictures 自拍/拍照

4. as a result 因此

5. to set sth. up 設立…；成立…

1: Some places, therefore, have established no-selfie zones for fear that similar tragedies will happen.

2: As a result, some places have set up no-selfie zones to avoid similar tragedies.