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President Tsai Ing-wen has appointed Su Tseng-chang as premier in an attempt to shore up support following the DPP’s huge defeats in local elections last year.
蔡英文總統剛任命蘇貞昌擔任行政院長，此舉被視為去年民進黨地方選舉大敗後，挽救支持率的努力之一。
appoint(v.)任命、委任in an attempt to RV試圖做;嘗試=in an effort to RVshore up 改善、提高
The election losses in November presented a major challenge to Tsai, who came under criticism at home over her reform agenda while facing renewed threats from China.
去年11月的選舉失利給蔡英文帶來了重大挑戰，蔡英文在國內因推動改革而受到批評，同時面臨來自中國的新威脅，
come under criticism遭受批評reform(n.)改革agenda(n.)(會議的、政治的)議程
Some voters said the government had done too little on core issues such as wages, stimulating the economy and managing pressure from China.
有些選民表示，政府在薪資、經濟振興和回應中國打壓等核心議題上作為太少。
core(adj.)核心的;精髓的;最重要的stimulate(v.)刺激
Su Tseng-chang, 71, is a former premier appointed in 2006 by then president Chen Shui-bian and former chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for two terms.
現年71歲的蘇貞昌曾於2016年陳水扁總統執政時期被任命為行政院長，他也曾擔任兩屆民進黨主席，
term(n.)任期;學期;專業術語
He is a co-founder of the ruling party and one of its four most influential members.
他是民進黨創始人之一，也是四位最有影響力的成員之一。
influential(adj.)有影響力的powerful(adj.)有權勢的
Scholars expect the veteran politician to deliver visible results on economic and cross-strait issues to help the ruling party in its presidential campaign over the coming year.
學者預期這位資深的政治家能在經濟和兩岸問題上取得明顯成果，幫助民進黨在明年的總統競選活動中取得勝利。
veteran(adj.)資深的visible(adj.)可以看見的、顯眼的、引人注目visible to the naked eye肉眼可見invisible(adj.)隱形的;不可見的the ruling party執政黨the opposition反對黨
“He’s someone who does what he sets out to do and does what he says,” said Michael Tsai, chairman of the Institute for Taiwan Defense and Strategic Studies, predicting that Su will work on raising income levels as the president doubles down on China policy.
國防政策與戰略研究學會理事長蔡明憲說，他是有目標就會去達成，且說到做到的人，蔡明憲預測蔡英文總統將在對中政策方面加大力度，蘇貞昌則致力於提高收入水平，
set out展開(任務、計畫)double down 加倍努力
“The public will have high expectations for him. I expect he will be more proactive and make more of a difference.”
「大眾對他有很高的期望，我期待他會更積極主動，更有所作為。」
expectation(n.)期望;期待expect(v.)期望;期待;預期proactive(adj.)主動的、積極的make a difference帶來改變