我們都需要保險，以防萬一。本周我們談到新冠肺炎保險，和這項保險引起的一些爭議。保險是我們在有傷損的時候可以獲得的一些保障，但是假如太多被保險人同時需要賠償呢？
ICRT新聞主播 Hope, Jane and Tim 在「新聞說分明」播客節目中，討論到這個議題。這個節目輕鬆好玩，不但傳播新聞，也讓聽眾順便增進英文單字，知道一些英語會話方式。所以來杯咖啡或是好茶，坐下來聽聽吧！
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We all need insurance to prepare for a rainy day. Join us this week as we chat about COVID insurance, and the controversy it has created in Taiwan. Insurance can provide coverage when we suffer a loss, but what happens when too many people are in need of insurance compensation at the same time? ICRT Break Down, features ICRT News Anchors Jane Lee, Hope Ngo and Tim Berge. ICRT Break Down is a fun and relaxing podcast to help you build your English vocabulary, and improve your understanding of common expression in the news. So, join us with a cup of your favorite coffee or tea. Just sit back, relax, and listen!
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Pandemic insurance—Vocabulary
Pandemic insurance 防疫保險
Many people in Taiwan bought pandemic insurance policies in the hope that they would have better protection amid the unpredictable development of this disease.
很多台灣人都買了防疫保險保單，希望在這個難以預測的疾病傳染期間有更多保護。
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Premium 保費
When you buy an insurance policy, you need to pay premiums.
你買保單的時候需要付保費。
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Compensation 賠償
Some insurance companies said they would not provide compensation to insurance buyers who have bought more than one COVID-19 insurance policy.
有的保險公司說，對於那些買了不只一張防疫險保單的顧客，他們將不給予賠償。
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Ventilator 呼吸器
Doctors put the COVID patient on a ventilator, and did not take him off the machine until two weeks later.
醫生把這個病人連上呼吸器，兩個星期之後才拿掉。
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Incubate 孵
The mother bird incubates the eggs for about two weeks.
母鳥孵蛋大約兩星期。
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Intubate 管子插入氣管幫助呼吸
He’s intubated because he has trouble breathing on his own.
他自行呼吸有困難，所以插管。
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Boost, Booster 加強，第三劑
Moderna has said its new COVID-19 booster increases people’s immunity against the dominant Omicron variant.
莫德納公司說它的新COVID疫苗加強劑，可以增強人體對最流行的Omicron變體病毒的免疫力。
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The unvaccinated people are four times more likely to get COVID than those boosted.
(根據美國密西根州資料) 沒有打疫苗的人比打過第三劑的人，感染新冠肺炎的風險高四倍。
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Fly by the seat of your pants 邊走邊看怎麼做，隨機應變
I really didn’t know how to do it, so I just flew by the seat of my pants.
我真的不知道該怎麼做，所以我就是隨機應變。
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