Jessie Huang, who, with her film-star face, bears a remarkable resemblance to entertainer Alice Ko, and fellow students from Taipei Chengshih University of Science and Technology’s Department of Applied Foreign Languages have been doing internships at Taoyuan Airport for half a year under an industry-academy cooperation program. When faced with inquiries from foreigners, Huang can now answer in fluent English and no longer gets tongue-tied, and it only takes her a moment to solve the kinds of crisis that can suddenly come up for travelers. Huang is now certain that after graduating she will take the test to become a flight attendant and pursue her dream career.
Kuan Mei-yen, chairperson of the Department of Applied Foreign Languages, says that the university has an industry-academy cooperation program with third-party companies that work with the Taoyuan International Airport. The program requires students to assist the airport’s meet-and-greet services, guide travelers, maintain order and so on. The interns receive a monthly stipend of more than NT$30,000. The key to this work is the participants’ language ability, and they also need to have a proactive attitude. Under current arrangements, the students’ internships last for one academic year.
(Liberty Times, translated by Julian Clegg)
有著神似藝人柯佳嬿的明星臉,台北城市科大應用外語系大四學生黃宇彤和其他同學在桃園機場產學合作實習半年,面對外國人詢問時,英語對答如流不再吃螺絲,處理旅客突如其來的危機亦能瞬間化解,黃宇彤已確定畢業後投考空姐勇敢追夢。
Photo courtesy of the Taipei Chengshih University of Science and Technology
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應用外語系主任管美燕表示,該校與桃園國際機場的協力廠商進行產學合作,讓學生協助機場迎賓導覽服務、導引、秩序維護等,一個月實習津貼三萬以上,工作的核心關鍵是語言能力,且要具備積極主動的態度,目前規劃學生實習時間為一學年。
(自由時報記者林曉雲)
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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