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The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) announced yesterday that the jobless rate for October was 4.33 percent. Some 3,000 people lost their jobs due to business closures and shrinking sales. (China Post11/23/2012)



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新聞字彙  vacabulary from news



Bumbler


針對總統馬英九被英國權威雜誌《經濟學人》以「Ma the bumbler」為題刊文批評,並傳出將要求更正與澄清,國民黨立院黨團書記長吳育昇今(19)日認為,這是媒體的報導與批判,不必特地要求更正或辯駁,在國家面臨困境之際,政府應將心力放在拚經濟,針對報導只要釐清事實,不必特地「抗議」。


 


Bumbler---someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence


Spokesman of President Ma Ying-jeou, made the call in response to a report in The Economist magazine saying that Ma seems to appear as an “ineffectual bumbler” as satisfaction with his administrative performance has plummeted to a record low of 13 percent, citing a survey by the TVBS Poll Center.


(China post11/17/2012)

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