除了提供音檔，我們也提供完整英語內容 Announcer: You’re listening to: Top of the Topics! 快快快 …. 國旅補助 你申請了嗎？ Now, please welcome your host, Chuck McSilver! Chuck: Hello and welcome to another episode of Top of the Topics! The show where if you don’t know the news … Audience: You Lose! Chuck: Let’s meet today’s contestants: give them a warm welcome folks, it’s Jay and Sharon! Chuck: Jay, Sharon, welcome to the show! Both: Thanks Chuck! Chuck: Jay: you won last time, think you can again? Jay: Of course! Chuck: What do you think, Sharon? Sharon: Not a chance, Chuck! Chuck: There’s only one way to find out: with a trip to Clever Corner for everyone’s favorite resident know-it-all, Sally Smartypants! Sally? Sally: Thanks Chuck! Today’s Topic is: The ‘Taiwan Stay’ Hotel Subsidies Chuck: OK … Sharon, Jay, I’ll give you a word, you give us a definition. First correct answer wins. Fingers on buzzers. Ready? … Word one: ‘Subsidies’ Jay. Jay: When the government wants to help businesses by handing out sums of money, that’s a subsidy Chuck: But, how does that help businesses? Jay: Well, people can only get this money if they stay at specific hotels. So it’s encouraging people to visit them and spend more Chuck: Correct! Sally? Sally: Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Taiwan’s tourism industry has been struggling financially for over 2 years. These subsidies are in place to help speed up its recovery. Chuck: Word two: ‘Financially’ Sharon. Sharon: It’s anything to do with money! Chuck: You got it! One point each. Sally? Sally: There are lots of great incentives, for example: anyone who has already had three doses of any Covid vaccine could receive an additional 500 NT dollars a night towards their hotel stay! Chuck: Word three: ‘Incentives’ Jay. Jay: It’s a treat, anything that makes people want to do something Chuck: Right!! Sally? Sally: This offer is only available to Taiwanese citizens, who must register with their national identification card to apply. Details can be found at www.taiwanstay.net.tw Chuck: That sound means we’ve run out of time, and Jay’s our winner with 2 points! Sally, what does he win?! Sally: Our exclusive Top of the Topics Trophy, a signed copy of Chuck’s best-selling autobiography ‘McSilver Linings’; and, of course, a place on our roster next time! Chuck: Amazing stuff! Give it up folks, weren’t they great?!