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轉自蘋果派生活英語
Take Back the Night重回夜晚的懷抱──婦女夜間保護運動

●閱讀英文
No matter if you are old, young, a man, or a woman, you have probably had a frightening experience at night. In the dark, it is easy to feel unsafe, and unfortunately, there are many reasons why you may not actually be safe at night. However, for some people, these feelings of fright are not acceptable. People, specifically women, were sick and tired of being too scared to walk out of their homes in their own towns and neighborhoods. They did not want to be trapped anymore, so they decided to Take Back the Night.

●中譯
無論您是男女老少，在夜晚可能都曾有過恐怖的經歷。在黑暗中，人們容易感到不安全，而且不幸的是，造成夜晚不安全的原因有很多。然而對某些人來說，這些害怕的感覺令人無法承受。人們，尤其是女性，已經厭倦了因為太害怕而甚至不敢在自己住的城鎮及街坊中踏出家門。她們不想再被這種受困的感覺縈繞，於是她們決定重回夜晚的懷抱。

●生活必備字詞
No matter + 疑問詞　　不論/不管……
e.g.:I won’t help you cheat on the exam no matter how strong our friendship is.
acceptable ａ.可接受的
e.g.:The job you did is acceptable, but it is not your best.
specifically adv. 特定地；明確地
e.g.:Joey kept teasing me, which made me uncomfortable, so I specifically asked him not to do it again.

●實用生活句型
...being too scared to walk out of their homes...（……太害怕而甚至不敢……踏出家門。）
　　”too...to...”表『太……而不能……』，第一個 too 為副詞，表『太過於』之意，其後通常接形容詞或副詞；第二個 to 則為不定詞 to，其後須接原形動詞，所形成的不定詞片語當副詞用，修飾其前的 too。
例. Mindy ran too slowly to advance to the next round.