Oscar Wilde, a master dramatist from 19th century Ireland, spent a total of three weeks coming up with his most representative comedy and final play — The Importance of Being Earnest. The play is a satire about the hypocrisy and vanity of Victorian nobility. The script’s witty dialogues are in a league of their own. Taiwanese poet Yu Kuang-chung, who sometimes dabbles in politics, spent six weeks translating Wilde’s play into Chinese, transforming the quintessence of Wilde’s caustic language into something Taiwanese can comprehend. The play is to be performed at the National Theater from May 24 to 27. Yang Shih-peng is serving as director and will be joined by actors Lu Yan, Yang Chin-hua, Yang Chian-pei, Duan Hsu-ming, Lin Ching-tai, as well as multi-talented actors Huang Shih-wei and Yao Shen-chun.
(LIBERTY TIMES, TRANSLATED BY KYLE JEFFCOAT)
十九世紀愛爾蘭戲劇鬼才王爾德花了三星期構思完成喜劇代表作及最後一齣戲《不可兒戲》,嘲諷英國維多利亞時代貴族虛偽、虛榮的姿態,機鋒的劇本對話更是一絕。如何將王爾德的毒語化成國人可以理解的精華,不時介入政治的詩人余光中花了六星期翻譯出來。中文版《不可兒戲》五月二十四日至二十七日在國家劇院推出,由楊世彭執導,演員盧燕與楊謹華、楊千霈、段旭明、林慶台,以及劇場全方位演員黃士偉、姚坤君擔綱演出。
(自由時報記者趙靜瑜)
Photo: Huang Hsu-lei, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者黃旭磊
Photo: Kuo Fang-chi, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者郭芳綺
A: Wow, three Taiwanese restaurants just won the 2024 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards. B: Awesome! Which three restaurants? A: Taipei’s Logy at No. 22 and MUME at No. 34, and Taichung’s JL Studio at No. 33. B: Actually, there are many more great establishments in Taipei. How about other Asian cities? A: Singapore claimed nine spots this year, making it Asia’s new “food capital.” A: 2024「亞洲50最佳餐廳」名單揭曉了,台灣有3家餐廳上榜。 B: 好厲害,哪3家? A: 台北的Logy和MUME分獲第22和34名,台中的JL Studio獲第33名! B: 其實台北還有很多好餐廳,那其他的亞洲城市呢? A: 新加坡今年入選9家,可說是亞洲美食之都。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Let’s explore another delicacy primarily known to Tainan locals: floating milkfish in thick soup. Despite its peculiar name, this dish is another Tainan specialty that showcases the popularity of milkfish, which is made into fish paste and served in thick soup. Unlike the version with tutuo fish, which also adds other ingredients to its thick soup, the floating milkfish version primarily features the “floating fish” itself in its thick soup, ensuring that the fish paste remains the star of the dish. 讓我們來探索另一道台南人熟悉的美食:浮水魚羹。這道菜名奇特的美食,再再展現了台南虱目魚料理的多樣。浮水魚羹是用虱目魚漿做成的羹品,雖然和𩵚魠魚羹一樣是羹湯,但不像𩵚魠魚羹會在湯中加入其他食材,而是讓虱目魚漿成為這道料理的主角。 peculiar (adj.) 獨特的;古怪的 The belly of a milkfish is considered the most
The practice of freezing embryos as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) was thrown into chaos in Alabama this year, when the state supreme court ruled that such embryos should be considered children, exposing clinics to wrongful death claims in the event they are destroyed in the thawing process. In 2021, more than 80 percent of US IVF procedures involved the transfer of frozen embryos, according to a recent report by the US Department of Health and Human Services. HOW IS EMBRYO FREEZING USED IN IVF? IVF uses high doses of hormones to stimulate ovaries to produce as many eggs as possible. Once
A situation puzzle is a game in which one person describes a scenario and asks the players to explain it. The situation is deliberately lacking in details, but the players may acquire more information by asking questions — however, these can only be answered with “yes” or “no.” A player wins by describing the approximate events that led up to the situation. To do so, they must use a blend of logical and lateral thinking. A famous example of this is sometimes known as “Turtle Soup.” Here’s the riddle: “A man in a restaurant orders turtle soup, tastes it