日前,一名懷孕36週的台灣女性在華航飛美班機上產下女嬰,因而遭遣返,整起事件經媒體報導後演變成非法移民、飛航安全的國際醜聞。正值美國總統大選起跑,定錨嬰兒(anchor baby)是否該具備公民身分,成為兩黨候選人唇槍舌劍的焦點。
【定錨嬰兒淺談】 anchor baby 定錨嬰兒 A:I heard a Taiwanese woman gave birth aboard a flight bound for the US. (我聽說一名台灣婦女在赴美班機上生產。) B:The frontrunner for the US presidential election, Trump, referred to these babies as "anchor babies." (總統大選中領先的川普稱他們為定錨嬰兒。) undocumented immigrant 非法移民 A:This term means these children were born to undocumented immigrant parents. (這個詞是指這些小孩是非法移民雙親所生。) B:That's right, but this innocent baby has been born amid controversy. (是的,但無辜的嬰兒一出生即陷入爭議。) rhetoric 浮誇之詞、煽動性言論 A:It sparked a backlash over the fact whether anchor babies are US citizens. (定錨嬰兒是否算美國公民的說法引發反彈。) B:Birthright citizenship is an issue, but some politicians argued this derogatory phrase is hateful rhetoric. (公民身分雖是爭議,但政客的浮誇之詞帶有貶低之意。) 【延伸閱讀】延伸關鍵字 1. controversy:爭議 2. backlash:強烈反彈 3. derogatory:貶低、貶義的 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權