半導體業成功關鍵
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has praised Taiwan’s tech talent.
科技億萬富翁馬斯克日前讚揚台灣的科技人才。
billionaire(n.)億萬富翁billion(n.)十億millionaire(n.)百萬富翁praise(v.)(n.)讚揚praise sb. for N.／V-ing讚揚某人某事beyond praise讚美不盡的compliment(v.)讚美speak highly of sb.讚美某人
In a Dec. 28 post on social media platform X, he said it was the “main reason” for the country’s success in the semiconductor industry.
他於12月28日在社交媒體X平台上發文表示，科技人才是台灣半導體產業成功的「主要原因」。
state(v.)指出note(v.)提到、指名report(v.)報告announce(v.)宣布declare(v.)宣布、宣告claim(v.)聲稱factor(n.)因素
Musk made this comment in response to a post by Bojan Tunguz, who used to be a data scientist at Nvidia Corp.
馬斯克的這番話是回應前輝達資料科學家東加烏斯的發文。
in response to回應
Tunguz wrote that Morris Cheng started Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. in Taiwan because of problems he experienced in the U.S.
東加烏斯指出，張忠謀選擇在台灣創立台積電，是因為他在美國所遇到的問題。
face challenges面臨挑戰
Cheng previously said that the U.S. chip industry was not welcoming to immigrants years ago.
張忠謀曾表示，早年美國的半導體產業對移民並不友善。
welcoming to歡迎immigrant(n.)移民immigrate(v.)遷移、遷入immigrate to somewhere移居至某地
Tunguz noted that Cheng’s choice of Taiwan over the U.S. was a big loss for America’s tech industry.
東加烏斯提到，張忠謀選擇台灣而非美國，是美國科技產業的一大損失。
rather than而不是…loss(n.)損失、失敗
He added that this may even cause problems for the U.S. in the coming years.
他補充說，這甚至可能在未來幾年對美國造成問題。
ahead(adv.)在前面、向前
Although Musk disagrees with Cheng’s opinion of the U.S. tech industry, he complimented Taiwan’s tech talent as one of the country’s strengths.
儘管馬斯克不同意張忠謀對美國科技產業的看法，他還是稱讚台灣的科技人才是台灣的其中一項優勢。
while(conj.)儘管despite(prep.)儘管=in spite ofcompliment(v.)讚美、恭維(n.)讚美的話pay sb. a compliment on sth.在某事物上稱讚某人return the compliment回應稱讚strength(n.)優點、長處strengthen(v.)加強、增強、鞏固
These kind words from Musk about Taiwan are very different from some of his previous comments about the country.
馬斯克這次對台灣的讚美與他過去對台灣的一些評論大相徑庭。
be different from...與…不同the same as...與…一樣be similar to...與…相似
In the past, he called Taiwan a “part of China” and said that China should make similar arrangements with Taiwan as it has with Hong Kong.
過去，他曾稱台灣是「中國的一部分」，並表示中國應該像對待香港一樣，對台灣進行類似的安排。
Both of these comments caused Taiwanese politicians to criticize Musk and his views of Taiwan.
這兩則評論都曾引起台灣政治人物批評馬斯克及其對台灣的看法。
criticize(v.)批評critic(n.)批評家、評論家