精選詞彙單元 Vocab Ep.097: 日本Ai紅娘補助真的幫得到生育率嗎？Incentives for matchmaking good for Japan?

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Summary:

It’s a two-part article about Japan. First article discusses the low fertility rate in Japan is making the Japanese government allocating JPY2bn to boost birth rate. Human-run matchmaking services will now use AI to improve their clients’ chances of finding the right life partners that ultimately boost birth rate. Next article is about a shift in Japan government’s stance in its carbon policies. Japan is set to reduce 80% carbon footprint by 2050 and zero-emissions in the latter half of the century. It is the fifth-biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world.

原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-k023-about-japan-japan-to-fund-ai-matchmaking-to-boost-birth

Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:

Subsidize v. to support financially Japan will subsidize local government running or stating projects that uses AI to matchmake people. In 2019, Taiwan government subsidized the purchase of a new Gogoro electric motorcycle.

Matchmaking n. the arranging of marriages or initiation of romantic relationships My grandparents were introduced by a matchmaking agency. Online matchmaking services are now booming in Asia.

Emission n. – production and discharge of gas or radiation Japan is going to reduce 80% of its carbon emissions by 2050. Imported cars in Taiwan are taxed by their emission level.