Paper dentures have become a popular new item among ethnic Chinese Malaysians celebrating “Qingming,” a festival when replica offerings are burnt to honor the dead, a report said last week.
Paper money, luxury cars and clothes are standard items at prayer shops catering to people marking the April 4 festival, also known as “tomb-sweeping day.”
But the Star newspaper said that paper dentures had now been added to the list of things going up in smoke, along with replica luxury handbags, exercise treadmills and snooker tables.
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Shopkeeper Leong Yoke Ping told the newspaper there had been a good response to the false teeth, which were on sale in her shop for the first time this year.
“My father wore dentures and it was his habit to wash them every night,” one customer told the Star. “This is just my way to remember him.”(AFP)
上週一則報導指出，紙紮假牙已成為馬來西亞華人「清明」祭祖的新熱門商品；清明節這天人們會燒複製祭品紀念祖先。
紙紮用品店的紙錢、豪華房車和衣飾都是四月四日清明節（又稱掃墓節）的熱賣商品。
但據《星報》報導，紙紮假牙現在也成為「熱門必燒商品」之一，此外還有名牌手提包、健身跑步機和撞球桌。
店主梁玉萍（音譯）對該報表示，今年是她第一次賣紙紮假牙，結果顧客反應良好。
一位顧客對《星報》說：「我父親（生前就）戴假牙，他習慣每天晚上清潔假牙。我藉著這個方式懷念他。」（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
Photographer Franziska Stuenkel likes to take spontaneous urban shots, so she needs a nimble camera that is ready to go when inspiration strikes: her German-made Leica M11. “I have to be very quick and discreet,” said the Berlin-based artist who captures reflections of people walking past windows, their contours merging with the shapes behind the glass. Stuenkel’s compact Leica is the perfect camera for the job, the 51-year-old told AFP. Famous for its pocket-sized and retro-style devices, the Leica brand is celebrating a milestone as it marks 100 years since its first commercial camera was presented to the public. The
Picture a 45-foot-long animal with a 5-foot-long skull and 3-foot-long arms. It may not seem strange until you realize that a human with those proportions would be 6 feet tall with 5-inch arms. Although the Tyrannosaurus rex went extinct 65 million years ago, the mystery of its unusual body __1__ has fascinated scientists for over a century. Barnum Brown, the paleontologist who first discovered T. rex fossils, initially found it hard to believe that the tiny arms belonged to such a __2__ creature. One of his colleagues speculated that the short forelimbs might have been used to hold the
Dogs’ noses are incredibly keen. They can even detect changes in cortisol levels in human sweat and breath. Known as the “stress hormone,” cortisol increases when humans are under pressure. Recent research indicates that the smell of human stress can influence a dog’s behavior and emotions. In the study, human volunteers were exposed to the stressful tasks of preparing and delivering a speech on the spot and then solving math problems. __1__ Researchers collected sweat and breath samples from the volunteers on pieces of cloth during both their stressful and restful states. Meanwhile, other researchers worked with 18
1. 錢已經用一半了。 ˇ Half of the money is gone. χ Half of the money are gone. 註：Half of ... 作主詞時，動詞與介詞 of 後面的名詞或代名詞相一致，即名詞或代名詞是單數時，動詞該是單數；若為複數，則動詞也該是複數，例如： Half of the story is interesting. Half of the stories are interesting. Half of it is interesting. Half of them are interesting. 2. 許多人走過這條路。 ˇ Many a man has travelled this road. χ Many a man have travelled this road. 註：many a 意義上雖然作 many 解，但後面應跟單數名詞，動詞也用單數形式。 3. 敵人被迫投降。 ˇ The enemy were forced to surrender. χ The enemy was forced to surrender. 註：enemy 作為總稱，前面須有定冠詞，用作句子主詞時，動詞通常用複數形。類似的情形如 talent： Taiwan is known for its semiconductor technology and is actively working to attract and retain global talent. 4. 他倆誰都不該責怪。 ˇ Neither of them is to blame. χ
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