An elementary school in New York state has officially changed its name from Ludlum to Barack Obama Elementary School in honor of the new US president.
Staff and pupils at the school unveiled the new school sign with gold lettering against a blue background earlier this month.
“The resolution to change the name of the building was initiated by the students of the elementary school, who became inspired while learning about the candidates and the election process,” principal Jean Bligen told AFP.
PHOTO: AFP
“Leading up to the election, our students learned about Barack Obama’s beliefs and his humble upbringing. Many of our students could relate to being raised by a single parent or a grandparent,” she said.
The name change was “most appropriate” given how closely the 460, mostly Hispanic and African-American children enrolled at the school felt they could relate to Obama, she said.
Bligen also expressed the hope that the name change would help to “keep this high belief that we can really make a difference, that we can change our community, that we can change our nation, that we can make the world a better place.”
But John Gillis, a history professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, said he felt a little unsettled by the name change.
“This is a practice which is more at home in authoritarian countries where the great leader gets their name plastered all over.
“Think of Saddam Hussein or Moamer Kadafhi or Joseph Stalin,” he said.
“I find it a bit troubling but it’s consistent with the enthusiasm that has come forward.”
(AFP)
美國紐約州的路德倫小學為了向美國新任總統致敬，已正式更名為「巴拉克．歐巴馬小學」。
本月稍早，全校職員和學生一同為這塊藍底金字的新招牌揭幕。
校長琴．布萊珍對法新社說：「這次更改校名的活動是學生發起的，他們在了解候選人和大選過程時，得到了激勵。」
校長說：「選舉前，學生們得知歐巴馬的信念和他低下的出身。我們有�?ォ秅]和他一樣，是由單親或祖父（母）帶大的。」
她說，全校近四百六十名學生大多來自拉丁裔和非裔家庭，背景和歐巴馬十分接近，因此改校名是「再適當不過了」。
布萊珍也表示，他們希望改校名會有助於「堅定我們真的可以改變，我們可以改變我們的社會，我們可以改變我們的國家，我們可以讓世界變得更美好這個崇高的信念」。
但紐澤西州羅格斯大學歷史教授約翰．吉利斯說，這個更名行動讓他有一點憂心。
「這種到處都以國家領袖命名的行為，大多是集權國家才會有的事。」
他說：「想想薩達姆．海珊、穆阿邁爾．格達費，或是約瑟夫．史達林。」
「我有一點憂心，但這也呼應了民眾的熱情。」（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
In an effort to fight phone scams, British mobile phone company O2 has introduced Daisy, an AI designed to engage phone con artists in time-wasting conversations. Daisy is portrayed as a kindly British granny, exploiting scammers’ tendency to target the elderly. Her voice, based on a real grandmother’s for authenticity, adds to her credibility in the role. “O2” has distributed several dedicated phone numbers online to direct scammers to Daisy instead of actual customers. When Daisy receives a call, she translates the scammers’ spoken words into text and then responds to them accordingly through a text-to-speech system. Remarkably, Daisy
Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。 Emma had reviewed 41 resumes that morning. While the ATS screened out 288 unqualified, she screened for AI slop. She could spot it a mile away. She muttered AI buzzwords like curses under her breath. “Team player.” “Results-driven.” “Stakeholder alignment.” “Leveraging core competencies.” Each resume reeked of AI modeling: a cemetery of cliches, tombstones of personality. AI wasn’t just changing hiring. It was draining the humanity from it. Then she found it: a plain PDF cover letter. No template. No design flourishes. The first line read: “I once tried to automate my
Every May 1, Hawaii comes alive with Lei Day, a festival celebrating the rich culture and spirit of the islands. Initiated in 1927 by the poet Don Blanding, Lei Day began as a tribute to the Hawaiian custom of making and wearing leis. The idea was quickly adopted and officially recognized as a holiday in 1929, and leis have since become a symbol of local pride and cultural preservation. In Hawaiian culture, leis are more than decorative garlands made from flowers, shells or feathers. For Hawaiians, giving a lei is as natural as saying “aloha.” It shows love and
1. 他走出門，左右看一下，就過了馬路。 ˇ He walked outside, looked left and right, and crossed the road. χ He walked outside and looked left and right, crossed the road. 註︰並列連接詞 and 在這句中連接三個述語。一般的結構是 x, y, and z。x and y and z 是加強語氣的結構，x and y, z 則不可以。 2. 他們知道自己的弱點以及如何趕上其他競爭者。 ˇ They saw where their weak points lay and how they could catch up with the other competitors. χ They saw where their weak points lay and how to catch up with the other competitors. 註：and 一般連接同等成分，結構相等的單詞、片語或子句。誤句中 and 的前面是子句，後面是不定詞片語，不能用 and 連接，必須把不定詞片語改為子句，and 前後的結構才相等。 3. 她坐上計程車，直接到機場。 ˇ She took a cab, which took her straight to the airport. ˇ She took a cab and it took her straight
RSS