【看新聞學英語】菲律賓的跳舞收稅員

【新唐人2010年11月5日訊】【看新聞學英語】

Dancing Tax Collectors in the Philippines

菲律賓的跳舞收稅員

文／Daniel Chen

【新聞關鍵字】

1. Tax collector ph. 稅務員；收稅員

2. Craze n. 風尚

3. Revenues n. 稅收

4. Treasurer n. 財務主管

5. Filipino adj. 菲律賓的

6. Stardom n. 明星地位

7. In on ph. 參與

8. Real estate ph. 房地產

9. At least ph. 起碼；至少

10. Gratitude n. 感激

11. High-profile adj. 高調的

12. Tax evader ph. 逃漏稅者

STORY: 1273

The dance craze in the Philippines has hit tax agencies in Cebu City, where collectors break out a few moves in a campaign to raise revenues.

菲律賓的舞蹈風尚也衝擊了宿務市的稅務代收機構。在這裡，收稅員在一個提高稅收的活動中也秀了幾個舞步。

The treasurer's office in Cebu City say they wanted to see happy rather than sad faces on taxpayers.

宿務市的財務主任辦公室表示，他們想看納稅人開心而不是愁眉苦臉。

In a dance-crazy city like Cebu, where video of Filipino prisoners imitating Michael Jackson shot to Internet stardom fame, Cebu's tax collectors wanted in on the action.

在宿務這樣一個狂熱於跳舞的城市，曾有菲律賓犯人們模仿麥可傑克森的影片放上網際網路一舉成名。宿務的收稅員想要跟上這波行動。

The city treasurer says they doubled their daily collection in business and real estate taxes just days after they launched their routine a week ago.

城市司庫表示，他們在一周前啟動了這項例行公事後的幾天當中，他們在商業和房地產的每日稅收就已成長兩倍。

[Emily Alegrado, Cebu Resident]:

"At least the tax payers will be encouraged to pay their taxes, thanks to these dancing employees.”

[艾密莉阿里加多，宿務市民]：

「這些跳舞的職員，起碼能起到鼓勵納稅人納稅的作用。」

The tax collectors also seem to enjoy it.

這群收稅員似乎也樂在其中。

[Jofrey Guanzon, Tax Collector]:

"We're very much happy. We're enjoy -- all of us. We're very unexpected. It's only one day practice just to, to give the best of our, sort of gratitude to tax payers through dancing.”

[裘弗瑞關尚，收稅員]：

「我們非常非常開心。我們所有的人都很樂在其中。我們非常出人意料。我們只用了一天練習，只是為了把我們最大的，某種對納稅人的感謝之情透過舞蹈表現出來。」

On a national scale, the government has launched a high-profile campaign against suspected tax evaders to increase government funds.

在國家層級上，政府已啟動對付涉嫌逃稅者的明確政策活動，藉以增加政府收入。

本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2010-10-18/453386896471.html

【每日一句】

You will suffer retribution.

你會遭報應

【今日諺語】

A bold attempt is half success.

勇於嘗試是成功的一半