There has been a shortage of vaccines in Taiwan and this could affect the production of semiconductor chips. A senior Taiwan official said that the United States should help secure vaccines for Taiwan to protect the worldwide chip supplies.
So far, the pandemic has not affected production, but that could change at any time. The official urged the international community to help release vaccines as soon as possible to control the recent outbreak in Taiwan.
Earlier, the news of increased rates of blood clots after taking one form of the vaccine had led many Taiwanese to hold off on vaccination. However, the outbreak in Taiwan in May has reversed this thinking.
友善讓你懂｜解說：
台灣疫苗短缺，而這可能會影響半導體晶片生產。一位台灣資深官員表示，美國應該協助台灣取得疫苗，以確保全球晶片供應無虞。
雖然目前為止，疫情並沒有影響到晶片生產，但情況隨時都可能出現變化。官員希望呼籲國際社會盡快釋出疫苗，以協助台灣控制近期爆發的本土疫情。
之前，施打疫苗後出現凝血現象的消息，讓許多台灣人暫緩接種疫苗；但今年5月本土疫情爆發，也扭轉多數人的想法。
輕鬆帶著走｜學習：
來學學與「疫苗」相關的用法。vaccine 是名詞，施打疫苗可以說 take the vaccine，或是用動詞 vaccinate，說法是 be vaccinated 或 to get vaccinated.
例句：The shortage of vaccine has postponed people’s plan to get vaccinated.
疫苗短缺，導致大家接種疫苗的計畫都要暫緩。
本篇其他相關單字：
- shortage (n.) 短缺
- semiconductor (n.) 半導體
- chip (n.) 晶片
- supply (n.) 供應量
- release (v.) 釋出
- blood clots 血栓
- hold off 推遲
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