＊閱讀全文請點擊此連結
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19697344
＊新聞標題
Foxconn halts production at plant after mass brawl
＊標題解說
‧ 標題省略冠詞：Foxconn halted production at (a) plant after (a) mass brawl
標題以現在式（halts）表現臨場感，實際上，事情已經發生，
會用過去式：halted
‧ plant：不能當「植物」解釋，那麽該當何解？
查字典時，找出上下文最合適的意思：工廠（名詞）
a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place
a nuclear reprocessing plant
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/plant
‧ mass：大規模的（形容詞）放在名詞前
[only before noun] affecting or involving a large number of people or things
Their latest product is aimed at the mass market.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/mass_2
‧ brawl：吵架，打群架（名詞）
a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place
a drunken brawl 酒後鬧事
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/brawl
‧ mass brawl：大規模的鬥毆事件（名詞）
＊內文解析
■ 台灣的富士康科技公司，也是蘋果的主要供應商，在中國北方的一家工廠在工人之間爆發爭鬥之後，已停止生產了。
Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology, a major supplier for Apple, has halted production at a plant in northern China after a fight broke out among workers.
‧ 簡化來看：X has halted production at Y after Z happened.
（逗點中間的文字：a major supplier for Apple，可以先不看）
X= Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology 台灣的富士康科技公司
Y= a plant in northern China 中國北方的一家工廠
Z= a fight broke out among workers 工人之間爆發爭鬥
‧ break out：突然發生，爆發（動詞片語）broke（過去式）
(of war, fighting or other unpleasant events) to start suddenly
They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/break+out#break_1__153
‧ fight：在此當名詞，因爲看到
a fight：肢體的爭鬥，打架（名詞）
[countable] a struggle against somebody/something using physical force
fight (with somebody/something) He got into a fight with a man in the bar.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/fight_2
■ 富士康證實，「私人之爭」擴大為一個涉及約2000名工人，其中40人受傷的事件。
Foxconn confirmed that a "personal dispute" escalated into an incident involving about 2,000 workers, injuring 40 of them.
‧ involving ...., injuring.... 現在分詞說明事件牽涉的人數與受傷的人數
‧ personal：私人的（形容詞）
‧ personal dispute：私人間的爭議（名詞）
‧ escalate：事態嚴重程度擴大（動詞）
to become or make something greater, worse, more serious, etc
escalate (into something) The fighting escalated into a full-scale war.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/escalate
‧ injure：傷害（動詞）
BBC 另一則新聞特別把鎂光燈放到富士康，尤其是為富士康工作的工人們
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19699156
■ Foxconn: 'Hidden dragon' out in the open
富士康：「藏龍」公開露面，不再躲藏
‧ （富士康的工人鬥毆事件全球報導），用dragon, 龍，
因有此一說：中國人是龍的傳人，也因爲臺灣是亞洲四小龍之一
‧ open：在此當名詞，不躲藏，公開
not hidden or secret
Government officials do not want these comments in the open.
They intend to bring their complaints out into the open.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/open_3
■ 在iPhone背面，一行字寫著：「由蘋果在加州設計，在中國組裝。」
On the back of the iPhone, it says： "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China."
‧ iPhone背後的句子，全文可以理解成：
It is designed by X in Y. It is assembled in Z.
‧ assemble：組裝（動詞）
■ 這些組裝大部分iPhone和蘋果其他類似iPad等暢銷產品的工人，他們是為台灣鴻海精密所擁有的富士康工作 。
The people who assemble most of these iPhones and other bestselling Apple products like the iPad work for Foxconn, a manufacturer owned by the Taiwanese group Hon Hai Precision.
‧ 簡化來看：The people work for Foxconn. The people who...
說明為Foxconn 工作的那些人是做些什麽
The people who assemble A and B work for Foxconn
A= most of these iPhones
B= other bestselling Apple products like the iPad
‧ 逗點之後的內容a manufacturer owned by the Taiwanese group Hon Hai
Precision說明Foxconn 是由台灣鴻海精密（工業股份有限公司）所擁有
■ 多年來儘管全球僱用80萬工人，富士康一直保持低調 。
For years, Foxconn has remained low-key despite employing 800,000 workers worldwide.
‧ 簡化來看：Foxconn has remained low-key despite X.
X= employing 800,000 workers worldwide
世界各地雇用的工人高達八十萬
‧ remain low-key：保持低調（動詞片語）
‧ despite X：儘管X（介係詞）後接名詞、動名詞（這裡是：employing）
■ 富士康把自身列爲數個「藏龍」之一，所謂藏龍是這類巨大，但往往不為人知的公司，主要在中國為世界最大品牌生產電子，服裝，玩具和家電業產品。
Foxconn counts itself as one of a number of "hidden dragons" - huge but often obscure companies that manufacture goods, largely in China, for the world's biggest brands in electronics, clothing, toys and home appliances.
‧ 簡化來看：Foxconn counts itself as one of a number of "hidden dragons"
破折號後面的内容都在說明hidden dragons –
Companies that manufacture goods for X
that字句說明公司是為X 生產產品
X= the world’s biggest brands in A,B,C and D.
在 A，B，C，D領域中世界最大品牌
A= electronics電子
B= clothing服裝
C= toys 玩具
D= home appliances 家電
‧ obscure：不爲人所知的（形容詞）
not well known 同義詞： unknown
an obscure German poet
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/obscure
■ 富士康不只是為蘋果所用，它也為所有世界最大高科技公司所用。其客戶包括惠普，微軟，諾基亞和索尼。
Foxconn is not just used by Apple, but by all the biggest tech companies in the world. Some of its clients include HP, Microsoft, Nokia and Sony.
‧ 簡化來看：X is not just used by A, but used by B.
不是只有為A 所用也為 B 所用
A= Apple
B= all the biggest tech companies in the world
‧ client：客戶（名詞）
＊字彙整理
富士康上了世界各大媒體，我們透過英文再次認識這個耳熟能詳的臺灣公司：
‧ 富士康：Foxconn
‧ 藏龍：hidden dragon（名詞）
‧ 工廠：plant（名詞）
‧ 打群架：brawl（名詞）mass brawl：大規模鬥毆事件
‧ 停止生產：halt production（動詞片語）
‧ 工人之間爆發爭鬥：a fight broke out among workers
‧ 事態嚴重程度擴大：escalate（動詞）
‧ 不躲藏，公開：out in the open（片語）
‧ 保持低調：remain low-key（動詞片語）
‧ 組裝：assemble（動詞）
‧ 不爲人所知的：obscure（形容詞）
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