Part 1教育

1.一綱多本—the blind leading the blind

2.十二年國教—put the cart before the horse

3.升學主義—to seek a hare in a hen’s nest

4.技職教育—to each his own

5.補習—pay one’s dues

6.資優班—Man is a product of his environment

7.資源班—Education is a right, not a privilege

8.批判性思考—jump on the bandwagon

9.在家教育—have a mind like a steel trap

10.胎教—if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

11.才藝學習—Jack of all trades, master of none

12.語言學習—connect the dots

13.公職考試—Diamonds are made under pressure

14.廣設大學—a drop in the ocean

15.研究所—there are plenty of fish in the sea

16.出國留學—quality over quantity

17.企業實習—been there, done that

18.打工度假—He that travels far knows much



Part 2社會法律議題

1.廢除死刑—There are two sides to every question

2.多元成家—Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

3.少子化—First comes food then morality

4.高齡化—go begging

5.安樂死—Circle of Life

6.性別平等—A can hold a candle to B

7.高齡失業—Lost time is never found again

8.賦稅—nibble away at something

9.城鄉差距—The sky’s the limit

10.核能發電—pour / throw money down the drain

11.居住正義—The rich get richer, the poor go hungry

12.勞動權益—someone is out of touch with reality

13.民主政治—too many cooks in the kitchen

14.資本主義—There is no such a thing as a free lunch

15.環境保護—blaze a trail



Part 3民生生活

1.網路—get it over with / fast and furious

2.低頭族—by force of habit

3.網路購物—Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

4.社交封閉—go big or go home

5.垃圾袋收費—Pinch a penny until it screams

6.捷運—plant pears for your heirs

7.食安問題—ill-gotten gains / filthy lucre

8.水資源—Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed

9.空氣汙染—daylight robbery

10.土壤汙染—someone would sell his / her own mother for something

11.漁業過度捕撈—give an inch and take a mile

12.醫美整形—does not live up to one’s reputation

13.癌症—man proposes, God disposes

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