Ethnicity Not an Important Factor

In both¹ the 2012 and this year's presidential and legislative elections, the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) tried to gain more votes from Hakka communities, which² are often considered Chinese Nationalist Party(KMT) strongholds. However³, taking a closer look into election outcomes in the communities shows that ethnicity might not be such⁴ an important factor.

2012年跟今年的總統和立委選舉，民進黨都試著要從客家社區中取得多一點選票。

而通常客家人是被認定為國民黨的鐵票區。然而，在進一步看一看選舉的結果顯示出種族因素並不重要。

1.      both 為連接詞表「兩者都…..」與and連用。

例: The prospects both excited and worried me.這前景既使我激動又令我憂慮。

  此外還可當代名詞，例:Why not buy both? 為什麼不把兩件都買下？

  還可當副詞，We like Amy and Phil both. 艾咪和菲爾兩個我們都喜歡。

2.      which 為關係代名詞，先行詞為事務，修飾的是「前面客家選區」。

3.  However 在語意上，表示一種語氣的轉折，代表與前面的預期有相反的結果。在此處當副詞。但若要連接兩個句子時，however前面必須使用分號「；」，後面用逗號和另一個句子作分隔。例如: 紐約市努力想要掃除貧民窟，但是貧民窟還是持續成長。New York is trying hard to wipe out slum areas; However, the slums keep growing faster.

4.      Such 在此處是形容詞，表「這樣的，此類的」。會跟that 連用。

such/what +a/an +adj. +n 例如: 今天天氣很好，我們應該出外走走。

It is such a good day that we should go out for a walk.

Former Hsinchu county commissioners Fan Chen-tsun g(范振宗), who served two terms from 1989 to 1997, and Lin Kuang-hus(林光華), who served from 1997 to 2001, were both⁵ DPP members.

前新竹縣長范振宗，從1989到1997做了兩任縣長。林光華從1997到2001做了一任縣長。兩者都是民進黨黨員。

5. 此句的both 是副詞，修飾were。例句: We like Amy and Phil both. 艾咪和菲爾兩個我們都喜歡。

Fan and Lin were elected not because⁶ voters in Hsinchu wanted a rotation of power, not because the Fan family is one of the larger ones in control of local politics in Hsinchu. Thus the two were elected with the help of the clans.

范振宗跟林光華之所知以會當選，並不是因為新竹人想要翻轉情勢，而是因為

范家是新竹當地控制政權的大咖之一。因此，這兩個人之所以會當選是因為有家族勢力的幫忙。

6. Because是連接詞，連接兩個子句， 表明理由。否定用法則是在前面加not。

「not because……….but because」不是因為………而是因為……..

例句: Mike沒有去上學不是因為懶惰，而是因為生病了。

Mike was absent from school not because he was lazy, but because he was sick.