從香港到台北
Lam Wing-kee, the bookstore owner who was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Hong Kong for selling banned books, reopened Causeway Bay Books on April 25 in Taipei.
曾因賣禁書而在香港遭中國特務綁架的銅鑼灣書店老闆林榮基，4月25日在台北重起爐灶。
kidnap(v.)綁架agent(n.)特務;間諜ban(v.)禁止(ban-banned-banned)
The 64-year-old was one of the five booksellers from Causeway Bay Books publishing books criticizing China’s leaders. After disappearing in 2015, Lam resurfaced in China, facing false charges. The reopening of the bookstore came a year after he escaped to Taiwan.
64歲的林榮基是當年出版批評中國領導人刊物的五位銅鑼灣書店書商之一，2015年失蹤後，林榮基在中國露面，面臨不實指控，逃到台灣一年後書店重新開幕。
publishing…=which published…出版…criticizing…=that criticized…批評disappear(v.) 消失、失蹤appear(v.)出現=show upresurface(v.)(失竊、失蹤或缺席後)再露面;重新露面;重新出現facing…=and he faced…面臨到…false charges不實的指控escape(v.)(n.)逃跑、逃離
“The reopening is very meaningful,” Lam told reporters at the new store in Taipei. “Causeway Bay Books was destroyed by China through violent means. The reopening proves Taiwan is a place with freedom and democracy, and we still have the right to read books,” he added.
林榮基在銅鑼灣書店台北新址告訴記者，重新開幕非常有意義，銅鑼灣書店被中國用暴力手段摧毀，如今書店在台北重新開幕，證明台灣是一個自由民主的地方，我們仍然有閱讀的權利。
meaningful(adj.)有意義的destroy(v.)破壞;摧毀through violent means透過暴力的手段means(n.)手段、方法a means to an end 達成目的的手段
While Lam is no longer in China, the Communist Party’s reach is long. On April 20, a man threw red paint at Lam while he was at a cafe. Then, a few days later, a Facebook user posted a death threat. The man who made the post was found to have ties to pro-China groups, including the Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP).
雖然林榮基人已經不在中國，但共產黨的觸手仍伸進台灣。4月20日，一位男子在一家咖啡館向林榮基潑紅漆，接著幾天後有人在臉書上張貼死亡威脅，此人後來被發現與統促黨等親中團體有關。
while(conj.)雖然;儘管=thoughno longer再也不=not…any morereach(n.)伸手可及的距離threat(n.)威脅ties(n.)(複數型)關係;牽連pro-China(adj.)親中的
Despite it all, Lam remains fearless. “What is happening now relates to the bookstore itself. China destroyed this bookstore in Hong Kong, and then I rebuilt it in Taiwan, which means we are a resistance,” he said.
儘管發生了這些事，林榮基仍然毫無畏懼，他說：「現在發生的事情與書店本身有關。中國在香港摧毀了這家書店，然後我在台灣重建書店，這代表我們是一股反抗的力量。」
despite it all=despite all that 儘管發生了這些事fearless(adj.)無畏的careless(adj.)粗心大意的meaningless(adj.)毫無意義的relate to~與…有關rebuild(v.)重建resistance(n.)抵抗;反抗;反對