為窮忙解套
“Universal Basic Income is a program in which an unconditional payment is given out equally to all citizens of a country. It’s about providing real opportunities to those with the fewest chances in life and enabling people to live their lives the way they want to. It’s about exercising freedom and using economics to set everyone free.”
「無條件基本收入（UBI）公平地給予所有人必要的資源，也提供最欠缺機會者真正的機會，讓人們過想過的生活，施展他們的自由，用經濟達到人們的『解放』。」
enable sb. to RV 使某人能夠…=allow sb. to RV=make it possible for sb. to RVeconomics(n.)經濟學
These are the words of Philippe Van Parijs, a Belgian professor who has been campaigning to turn the UBI, a Utopian ideal, into reality.
長年推動無條件基本收入制度的比利時籍教授帕里斯，鼓勵人們發揮想像與鼓起勇氣，成為烏托邦的思想家。
campaign(v.)發起運動;為…遊說奔走utopia(n.)烏托邦utopian(adj.)烏托邦主義的
According to Parijs, UBI has five central characteristics. It must be a basic cash payment that can meet people’s needs; periodic or paid at regular intervals; universal and paid to everyone on a national level; unconditional, meaning that it is paid without any work requirement or the need to be willing to work; and individual: paid on an individual basis, rather than per household for example.
帕理斯定義「無條件基本收入」的五個特色：「基本」代表發放金額足以滿足基本所需，「定期」是固定時間發放、「全民」為針對全國人民發放，「無條件」指沒有任何工作或行為條件限制，最後「個人」代表以個人作為發放對象，而非以每戶家庭為單位。
characteristic(n.)特色;特點periodic(adj.)週期性的;定期的individual(adj.)(n.)個人(的)rather than~而不是…=instead of~
A few regions around the world, including Finland, Ontario in Canada and Kenya, have experimented with a UBI system.
目前世界上試辦的國家與地區，有芬蘭、加拿大的安大略省以及肯亞等地，
experiment with~實驗…
Of these, the Finnish scheme has drawn most international attention. It is almost at the end of its two-year trial period, but the government reportedly has “no plans to extend the program.”
其中芬蘭的實驗引起國際熱烈注目與關心，就要期滿兩年，但芬蘭政府表明：「沒有打算延長計畫。」
trial period試驗期extend(v.)延長
Ilkka Kaukoranta, an economics professor who is also chair of the country’s largest trade union, has been a vocal critic of the system. “If we rolled out this policy on a national scale, it would consume 5 percent of our GDP. That’s absurdly expensive,” he said.
芬蘭最大工會的首席經濟學家考科蘭塔不看好此一計畫，並不諱言表示：「這個計畫一旦成為全國性政策，將會耗用GDP的5%，非常昂貴！」
trade union公會vocal(adj.)暢所欲言的;直言不諱的roll out 推行;推出
Taichung saw its own campaign for the city to introduce a UBI.
台中也曾躍躍欲試想推行「無條件基本收入」，
The Taichung city government was about to run a trial program in Heping District. Under the scheme, each household would receive a basic income of NT$10,000 per month for a period of three years.
台中市政府原選定在和平，試辦每家戶每月發放一萬元，為期三年的基本收入，
trial(n.)試驗、試用scheme(n.)計畫;方案
In the end, however, the project was not enacted due to financial restrictions and electoral concerns.
然而最後考量到財源與選舉因素，試辦想法終究胎死腹中。
electoral(adj.)選舉的
Elsewhere the UBI program has also struggled to make it beyond the pages of economic theory textbooks.
其他地方也為實行無條件基本收入而苦苦奮鬥，
struggle to RV奮力地…;掙扎著…
In 2016, a referendum by the Swiss government to determine whether it should implement a UBI system was voted down by 76.9 percent of citizens who worried that the “Marxist dream” would devastate the economy.
2016年舉辦「無條件基本收入」公投法案的瑞士，高達76.9％的人民表態否決，擔心國內經濟將會重挫，並以「馬克思主義美夢」來形容這項提案。
referendum(n.)公投implement(v.)實行;實施=enact=carry out=put…into placevote down否決Marxist(adj.)馬克思主義的Marxism(n.)馬克思主義
Many experts, however, believe that the freedom and parity of a UBI could be of considerable benefit to Taiwan, whose economy has been weighed down by years of stagnant wages, brain drain, and a low birth rate.
然而，眼下台灣面臨薪資長期停滯、人才外流以及少子化趨勢等難題纏身，許多專家認為「無條件基本收入」能帶來自由、正義，增進社會活力。
parity(n.)(尤指薪水或職位的)同等;平等=equalityweigh down壓垮;拖累stagnant(adj.)停滯的;遲滯的brain drain人才外流
It will take many more years of research and evidence for the government and the people to determine whether a Universal Basic Income is only a pipe dream or a policy for the future.
無條件基本收入」究竟是美夢還是良策，還需要經過漫長時間的研究與更多實例，供政府與人民深思定奪。
evidence(n.)例證;實例determine(v.)決定;定奪