A:And the reason you left your previous job was...?
B:The company folded without letting us know. We have seen neither hide nor hair of the boss. I had no choice but to look for another job.
A:Do they still owe you your salary?
B:Yes. I haven’t been paid for three months, I’m just about scraping by.
A:你離開上一份工作的原因是?
B:公司惡性倒閉,我們員工根本沒接到通知,老闆又避不見面,只好出來另外找工作了。
A:他有欠你們薪水嗎?
B:有啊!我已經三個月都沒領到薪水,生活快過不下去了。
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The UK government has unveiled plans to lower the national voting age from 18 to 16, a transformation set to take effect in the next general election. With youth turnout at historic lows, the reform is framed as a way to reengage younger citizens and restore trust in the political process, though reactions remain divided. Just as the UK reduced the voting age to 18 in 1969, the current proposal reflects evolving conceptions of civic maturity. If 16-year-olds can work and pay taxes, advocates contend, should they not also have a say in shaping the laws they follow? Supporters also believe
Russian figure skater Petr Gumennik has been forced to change his short program music two days before the men’s program at the Milan Cortina Olympics after joining a growing list of figure skaters dealing with copyright issues. Gumennik, who is participating as a neutral athlete at the Winter Games, had been working all season to music from “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer,” a psychological thriller film. But the 23-year-old Russian national champion learned in the last few days that he did not have proper permission to perform to the music, leaving him in limbo as the Winter Games began. Given such
A: The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics just opened in Italy last weekend. Nineteen-year-old Li Yu-hsiang has successfully qualified for the event, becoming Taiwan’s second figure skater to compete in the Winter Games. B: I love to watch figure skating. Who are the most notable male figure skaters this time? A: Two-time world champion Ilia Malinin of the US, Yuma Kagiyama of Japan and Adam Siao Him Fa of France are the top contenders. B: And Malinin is the only skater to land a fully rotated “quadruple Axel” (4A) jump during an international competition. How about the female figure skaters? A:
Continued from yesterday(延續自昨日) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang By now, it’s clear that pigs are not what we imagine them to be. But the surprises don’t end here. These creatures also carry traits that further defy common stereotypes. Take their noses, for example. A pig’s sense of smell is so keen that it can detect truffles, rare and expensive fungi buried deep underground. Farmers in Europe once relied on pigs to sniff out these culinary treasures, though dogs are now preferred because pigs are often tempted to eat what they find. Pigs also see the world in a unique way. With their eyes positioned