Meet Kathleen the mouse and Mark the elephant. Kathleen is very brave and likes adventure, but Mark is very shy and scared of many things. But friends stay together, so Mark follows Kathleen wherever she goes. Sometimes they get into some very sticky situations.
見見老鼠凱薩琳和大象馬克。凱薩琳非常勇敢又喜歡冒險,但馬克的個性十分害羞,對許多事情都感到害怕。不過,朋友都喜歡黏在一塊兒,所以凱薩琳走到哪兒,馬克就會跟到哪兒。有時候,牠們也會碰上非常棘手的情況...
- Going to the movies 看電影 -
One afternoon, it was raining outside, and Kathleen was bored. ``Let's go outside and play!'' she said to Mark.
``Are you crazy? We can't play outside in weather like this. Let's just go to the movies instead,'' Mark answered. Kathleen wasn't afraid of rain, but she knew Mark hated getting wet, so they got an umbrella and off they went to the movies.
Outside the movie theater, Kathleen said, ``OK, you stand in line to buy our tickets, I'll go get the snacks.''
``Don't leave me alone!'' Mark yelled, but it was too late. Kathleen had already gone inside.
Mark nervously looked around. He held his money tight and thought how sad he would be if he lost it. Finally, he got to the front of the line and told the man at the window, ``Two tickets to Of Mice and Men, please!'' and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Now he could go inside and find Kathleen, and then there would be snacks! The ticket man said, ``Here's your change!'' There were lots of coins, and Mark was already holding the two tickets in his trunk. He tried to pick up the coins, but they fell off the counter and scattered all over the ground.
一天下午,外頭下著雨,凱薩琳很無聊,就對馬克說:「我們去外面玩!」
馬克回答:「你瘋了嗎?這種天氣我們不能出去玩,改去看電影好了。」凱薩琳不怕下雨,可是她知道馬克不喜歡弄溼,所以他們就拿了一把雨傘,出發前往電影院。
在電影院外頭,凱薩琳說:「你在這裡排隊買票,我去買零食。」
馬克大叫:「別丟下我一個人啊!」不過太遲了,凱薩琳已經往裡頭走去了。
馬克緊張地四處張望,把錢握得緊緊的,心想如果把錢搞丟他會有多難過。終於,他到了隊伍前面,跟窗口的男子說:「請給我兩張『人鼠之間』的票」,才鬆了一口氣。
現在他能進去找凱薩琳,到時就會有很多零食。售票員說:「這是你的零錢。」有一大堆的銅板,馬克的象鼻卻已經用來拿那兩張電影票。牠試著拿起銅板,結果銅板卻從櫃台上掉下來,掉得滿地都是。
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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