台北市祭出現金樂透獎，鼓勵市民結婚以挽救流失人口 Taipei offers a cash prize lottery to prod its residents to get married

　
The population of Taipei has been shrinking for the past few years. According to the Taipei Department of Civil Affairs, the number is expected to fall below 2.5 million by mid-2022. The city government announced a lottery to encourage people to get married. The biggest prize of the lottery is NT$200,000.

The government will draw ten NT$50,000 prizes monthly for newlyweds who get married that month, five NT$100,000 prizes will be drawn each quarter for couples who get married that season, and ten NT$200,000 prizes will be drawn by the end of the year for couples who get married this year. Both husband and wife of the marriage must be Taipei residents to be eligible for the lottery.

The next step to increase the city’s population would be focusing on helping young people afford the expenses of living and raising children in Taipei.

友善讓你懂 │ 解說：

　
台北市的人口數連年下降。根據台北市政府民政局（Taipei Department of Civil Affairs）的資料，台北的總人口數預計可能在 2022 年中降到 250 萬人以下。台北市政府為此推出了樂透活動來鼓勵並刺激台北市民結婚。最大獎高達現金 20 萬。

政府將每個月抽出 10 名五萬元的現金獎項給當月份結婚的新人。每一季則抽出 5 組 10 萬元的現金獎項給當季的新婚夫妻。年末則會抽出 10 對幸運兒，贏得 20 萬元的大獎。夫妻雙方都必須是台北市民才能獲得抽獎資格。

為了增加市民人口數，北市府下一步的重點會鎖定在如何幫助年輕人負擔得起在台北生活以及養育下一代的花費。

輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習：

　
be eligible for sth / be eligible to v. 意思是「具有…資格、符合…條件」，會用於「具備做某件事的身份資格」的情境上。另外有一個中文意思相近的片語 be qualified for sth / be qualified to v.，則較偏向於「具備做某件事的能力資格」。

例句：People over 18 years old are eligible to vote.
18 歲以上的人才具有投票資格。

本篇其他相關單字，介紹如下：

• prod　(v.) 鼓勵、促使
• shrink　(v.) 縮小
• draw　(v.) 抽（籤、獎）
• newlywed　(n.) 新婚的人
• afford　(v.) 負擔得起（金錢、時間等等）