Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday insisted Indonesia’s president was not offended after reports that an MP fell asleep during a landmark parliamentary address.
Rudd said he did not know whether opposition lawmaker Peter Slipper dozed off during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s 40-minute speech, but said visiting leaders deserved “appropriate respect.”
“Knowing SBY pretty well, I’m sure he didn’t take offence at someone nodding off,” Rudd told reporters, referring to the president by his initials.
“But I think it’s very important that when we have important addresses by visiting heads of government that they are treated with appropriate respect.”
Slipper has denied sleeping during the address after being photographed with his eyes closed and attracting real-time Twitter comments from journalists in the press gallery.
“I thought it was a great speech,” he told the Sunshine Coast Daily. “I did not sleep. I’m not saying that I didn’t close my eyes. If I’d known there was a camera, I wouldn’t have closed my eyes.”
US President Barack Obama is also due to address parliament this month, a rare honor given to only a handful of foreign leaders.(AFP)
印尼總統在澳洲國會發表指標性演說時,有議員中途打瞌睡的消息經媒體披露後,澳洲總理陸克文上週四堅持表示,此舉稱不上冒犯。
陸克文說他不清楚反對黨議員彼得•史利波是否在蘇西洛•班邦•尤荷由諾總統四十分鐘的演說途中打瞌睡,但表示應給予來訪領袖「適當的尊重」。
陸克文對記者表示,「我和SBY(蘇西洛英文姓名首字母縮寫)很熟,我知道他絕不會為了誰打瞌睡這種事動怒」。
「但我認為,來訪元首發表重要演說時給予適當尊重極為重要。」
旁聽席上的記者捕捉到史利波閉目養神的糗態後,隨即在推特上發表評論。史利波事後已出面否認自己在演說中睡著。
他向《陽光海岸報》表示:「我認為那是場很棒的演說。我不否認我有閉上眼睛,但我並沒有睡著。如果知道有攝影機在拍,我就不會闔上眼了。」
美國總統巴拉克•歐巴馬本月也將赴澳洲國會發表演說,這是少數外國領袖才享有的極尊榮待遇。 (法新社╱翻譯:林倩如)
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)
It’s no secret that Japanese people have a deep affection for noodles. Like in the rest of East Asia, noodles are an important staple food, second only to rice. Japanese people have enjoyed noodles for over 1,000 years. The first noodles came from China and were introduced around 800 CE. As time passed, noodles in Japan not only became widespread but also developed some unique Japanese characteristics. The three most popular types of noodles in Japan are ramen, soba, and udon. Ramen, typically made from wheat flour, is usually thin and firm. The dough is kneaded and left to
Rice is an essential ingredient in Taiwanese cuisine. Many foods are made of rice, adding more variety to our cooking, such as rice cake, or “gui.” Wagui is made by steaming rice flour batter in a bowl. The term “gui” refers to a type of food made from rice, while “wa” refers to a bowl. The pronunciation of “gui” in Taiwanese Hokkien is similar to the word for “nobility” in Chinese, so it is common for people to prepare various types of gui, including wagui, as offerings to the gods or ancestors,. 米是台灣重要的主食,用米製成的食品十分多元,豐富我們的飲食,如米做成的「粿」。粿的意思是米做成的糕點,碗粿是將在來米漿倒入碗中蒸熟,因而得名。粿因為音同「貴」,因此碗粿等粿食常用作供品祭拜神明和祖先。 nobility (n.) 高貴,高尚;貴族 offering (n.) 供品 While Taiwan may not be
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