II. 46-50 題 The newcomer Taiwan has ousted two-time champion Ecuador to win this
year’s [2016’s] survey. In addition to claiming 1st place out of 67
countries in the overall ranking, it is in the top ten for every individual
index! Taiwan holds first place in the Quality of Life and Personal Finance
Indices, impressing with the quality and affordability of its healthcare and
the enviable financial situation of expats living there.
The Asian Tiger scores second place in the Working Abroad Index. Over
one-third of expats in Taiwan (34%) are completely satisfied with their
jobs, more than double the global average of 16%. Expats are similarly
enthusiastic about their work-life balance (30%) and job security (34%).
This small island country also holds second place for overall satisfaction
with life abroad, with 93% voicing their general contentment. Only Spain
has higher ratings here. It comes as no surprise, then, that a majority of
expats in Taiwan (64%) plan to stay there longer than three years; with
more than half of these (36% in total) even considering staying there
forever.
Taiwan performs worst in the Ease of Settling In Index, although it still
comes in a respectable tenth. Here, its first place in the Friendliness
subcategory is evened out by much lower results in the Language
subcategory, where it only comes in 45th. Nine in ten expats give the
friendliness of local residents towards foreigners a positive rating,
compared to only 65% worldwide. However, the language barrier does
pose some problems. Only 23% overall agree that learning the local
language is easy (global 37%) and about one-third are of the opinion that
living in Taiwan without learning at least some of the local tongue is
problematic. It seems that many expats anticipated this challenge, with
35% naming the language barrier as a possible disadvantage they thought
about before the move.
Taiwan is the only country in the top three with enough expats living
abroad with their dependent children for it to feature in the Family Life
Index, coming in 8th out of 45 countries. In fact, 43% of the respondents
there have dependent children living with them, over twice the global
average of 21%. It does best in terms of the friendly attitude towards
families with children, with 58% rating this as very good (39%
worldwide). However, for both childcare and education, only 3% of expat
parents completely agree that these are easy to afford.
【題組】47. Suppose there are 200,000 expats living in Taiwan now, how many of
them would consider living permanently in Taiwan?
(A)128,000 (B) 46,000 (C) 64,000 (D) 72,000
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