An Australian pub has forked out A$3,400 dollars (US$3,150, NT$99,400) for opposition leader Tony Abbott’s “budgie smuggler” swimming trunks, which have become an unsightly icon of the country’s politics.
Owner Avril Vaughan snapped up the Speedo-style swimmers on eBay to hang in her Bojangles Saloon in Alice Springs, immortalising the red briefs which have prompted much giggling since Abbott was snapped in them last year.
“I’ve had people range from telling me I should actually put them on the replica of Ned Kelly we’ve got in the bar there, and of course the obligatory run round with them on your head suggestion,” she said.
Australian newspapers pictured Abbott in the trunks, and surf-lifesaver’s swimming cap, on a Sydney beach late last year, shortly before he deposed Malcolm Turnbull to become opposition leader.
The 52-year-old Abbott has cultivated an image as a lycra-loving fitness fanatic, dubbing himself an “iron man” of Australian politics after completing a gruelling triathlon last month.
Abbott, who is trailing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in the polls as an election looms, is currently on a nine-day bike ride from Melbourne to Sydney, a distance of 1,000km.
(AFP)
澳洲某家酒吧斥資澳幣三千四百元（折合三千一百五十美元，新台幣九萬九千四百元），購買反對黨領袖東尼•艾保德穿過的小三角游泳褲。他的小泳褲近日儼然成為澳洲政壇不雅觀的象徵。
酒吧老闆娘艾維爾•沃恩在eBay拍賣網上標下這件Speedo小泳褲，掛在她位於愛利斯泉的酒吧Bojangles Saloon裡，使得這件紅色小泳褲名垂千古。自從艾保德去年穿著它被媒體拍到之後，人們提起它總是格格地笑。
她說：「有人建議我把這件游泳褲穿在酒吧裡奈德•凱利的塑像上，也有人建議要規定大家戴在頭上到處跑。」
澳洲報紙去年底拍到艾保德在雪梨海灘，身穿小泳褲、頭戴救生員泳帽的模樣。當時剛好是艾保德取代麥肯•特恩布爾，成為反對黨領袖前夕。
在完成一項艱難的鐵人三項比賽後，五十二歲的艾保德在澳洲建立起萊卡纖維運動服瘋狂愛用者的形象，更戲稱自己是澳洲政壇的「鐵人」。
在這選舉將近時刻，民調聲勢落後總理陸克文的艾保德正在參加一場從墨爾本騎到雪梨，總長一千公里，為期九天的單車活動。（法新社╱翻譯：吳岱璟）
A: The 2025 World Masters Games will begin on May 17 and run until May 30. B: World Masters Games? A: It’s a quadrennial multi-sport event for people over 30, which will be jointly held by Taipei and New Taipei City. B: Cool, maybe we can go cheer for all the athletes from home and abroad. A: There will be an athletes’ parade in downtown Taipei prior to the opening ceremony on Saturday. Let’s go then. A: 2025雙北世界壯年運動會5月17日開幕，持續至5月30日閉幕。 B: 世壯運？ A: 這是四年一度、以30歲以上青壯年為主的運動會，本屆是由台北市和新北市共同舉辦。 B: 好酷喔，我們去幫來自國內外的選手們加油吧！ A: 週六在台北市區會有選手遊行，之後是開幕典禮，我們去看吧。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪)
A: Where will the 35 sports of the 2025 World Masters Games be held? B: Apart from Taipei and New Taipei City, some games will take place in Yilan County, Taoyuan County, and Hsinchu County and City. A: The news says about 25,000 people, including many celebrities and sports stars, have already registered for the games. B: Even Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, who is 47, registered for softball and squash. New Taipei Mayor Hou You-yi, who is 68, also registered for table tennis. A: And it will be the largest sports event ever in Taiwan’s history. How exciting. A:
Computex, Asia’s biggest electronics conference, kicked off Monday in Taipei, and as in years past drew industry chieftains from Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang and Qualcomm Inc.’s Cristiano Amon to Young Liu of Foxconn, which makes the bulk of the world’s iPhones and Nvidia servers. But while last year’s event was a celebration of the post-ChatGPT AI boom, executives this time are likely grappling with the uncertainty of the Trump administration’s effort to reshape the global trade order — disrupting a decades-old model for tech manufacturing. This year’s exhibition will of course feature the hardware required to bring artificial intelligence to life.
Have you ever wondered who decides what we see in a museum or how one artwork seamlessly connects to the next? Behind every thoughtfully arranged gallery space stands a curator, a skilled professional who combines art and storytelling to craft meaningful experiences. The term “curator” originates from the Latin word cura, meaning “to care.” Curators were originally caretakers of museum collections, but over time, their role has grown to include a broad range of responsibilities that extend far beyond preservation. Today, curators manage, organize and interpret collections in cultural institutions like museums and libraries. They research, acquire and catalogue
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