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📰 Shinzo Abe Will Resign as Japan’s Prime Minister, Citing His Health
The 65-year-old leader has long suffered from an intestinal condition called ulcerative colitis
📌 這篇文章是關於日本首相 (Prime Minister) 安倍晉三 (Shinzo Abe) 辭職 (resign)一事。副標題道出首相的健康狀況：潰瘍性結腸炎(ulcerative colitis)，是個醫學專有名詞。
TOKYO—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would resign because of a painful intestinal condition, ending his rule after he held the top job longer than anyone else.
Mr. Abe, 65 years old, said he would stay in office until a successor is chosen, likely in September. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has the power to make the choice—likely in a vote by party lawmakers and other leaders—because it controls a majority in parliament, which elects the prime minister.
📌 這段除了重複標題和副標題的内容外，它指出安倍晉三是在任首相中最長久的，他會留任到後繼人 (successor) 被選出。執政的自由民主黨 (the ruling Liberal Democratic Party) 有權做出選擇，因為它控制國會的大多數 (a majority in parliament)。
With its first new leader in nearly eight years, Japan faces a challenge in maintaining the ties Mr. Abe built with President Trump. The two leaders played golf together five times and have met in person or spoken on the phone more than 40 times, earning Mr. Abe some jealousy among other would-be Trump friends, and Tokyo cemented its position as the leading U.S. ally in Asia and bulwark against the rise of China.
📌 這段講述日本將要面對的挑戰 (challenge) ，即保持 (maintain) 與美國總統川普的關係 (ties)。cement 在這裡是動詞: 鞏固的意思，在新聞寫作常用到。
“Japan hasn’t suffered the wrath of Trump. Japan isn’t seeing the unilateral withdrawal of U.S. troops like Germany. We could say that is one of Abe’s successes,” said Shihoko Goto, senior associate for Northeast Asia at the Wilson Center in Washington.
“I want to pay my highest respect to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a very great friend of mine,” Mr. Trump said Friday night after a rally in New Hampshire. “We’ve had a great relationship and I just feel very badly about it, because it must be very severe for him to leave.”
📌 這段引述一位學者的意見和川普的話，目的是支持安倍晉三跟川普之間緊密關係的論點。川普說他要向安培晉三致以最崇高的敬意 (pay my highest respect)。
On the economic side, Mr. Abe’s legacy is more mixed. After the blow from the coronavirus pandemic this year, the Japanese economy, the world’s third-largest, was smaller in the April-to-June quarter than it was when Mr. Abe retook the top job in 2012.
Working nearly without a break on the pandemic response this year took a toll on the prime minister’s health. He has long suffered from ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune condition that can result in painful ulcers and sores in the large intestine.
📌 這兩段針對安倍晉三在經濟方面的遺產 (legacy)，以及他因為忙於處理冠狀病毒大流行病 (coronavirus pandemic) 而對自己的健康產生不好的影響 (take a toll on)。
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