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就在1月16日，蔡英文創下台灣史上第一位女總統紀錄；3月，緬甸可能推選翁山蘇姬坐上總統大座；年底的美國總統大選，希拉蕊也有贏面。女力崛起（women thrive）在政治、經濟舞台上擔綱越來越強勢角色，會與傳統男性社會有何不同？且拭目以待。
【女力崛起淺談】 to thrive 成長、茁壯A：Hey, finally we had our first female president！ （欸，我們終於有了第一位女總統。）B：Women thrive worldwide and are gaining power they never had before. （在全世界各地，女力崛起正取得前所未有的權力。）to embrace 欣然接受A：I guess most people have embraced the concept of a woman as national leader. (我猜多數人已欣然接受女人擔任國家領導人。)B：With SO many dilemmas ahead.her role as president wiII be a challenging job. (隨著眼前諸多待解難題.她的總統一角頗具挑戰。)to lag behind 落後A：Following the rise to power of global female presidents，we’re not 1agging behind the trend. (繼全球女總統崛起之路，我們毫不落人後。)B：I beIieve that we’ll have more high－profile women in politiCS in the future. (我相信未來政治上會有更多耀眼的女性。) [延伸關鍵字] 1.womenomics：女性經濟學2.gender issue：性別議題3.to strive：努力、奮鬥，意近to thrive 撰文者 周強 | ||||