A: While Taylor Swift’s new album conquers the Billboard charts, Billboard Live Taipei is set to open next month. B: Isn’t that a Japanese “live house” of the same name with the magazine?A: Yup, and the live music club’s first Taiwanese branch can accommodate 300 guests. B: Who will be performin
A: US singer Taylor Swift finally released her 12th album, titled “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Oct. 3.B: The pop diva’s dominating the Billboard charts once again.A: Earlier this year, she also successfully bought back the master recordings to her first six albums.B: And the good news keeps coming,
Returning to the White House with unprecedented economic weaponry, US President Donald Trump has launched a comprehensive tariff offensive that has sent shockwaves through international markets. On April 2, Trump announced his “reciprocal tariff” strategy, aimed at punishing trading partners who sel
★ Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。Wu Gang bent low, his axe heavy in his hands. Sweat rolled down his back. He struck the osmanthus tree. The wound closed again. He paused to breathe. He admired the branches, glowing against black silence of space. He smelled the blossoms,
對話 Dialogue清清：昨天剛放完中秋連假，禮拜五又是國慶連假了。Qīngqing: Zuótiān gāng fàng wán Zhōngqiū liánjià, lǐbàiwǔ yòu shì Guóqìng liánjià le.華華：是啊。最近連假特別多，其實假多，等收假回來，工作也堆得多。Huáhua: Shì a! Zuìjìn liánjià tèbié duō, qíshí jià duō, děng shōujià huílái, gōngzuò yě duī de duō.清清：先想放假啦。工作的事就再說。今年的雙十國慶煙火聽說在南投。Qīngqing: Xiān xi
1. 他說他寫過信給她，但是她沒有收到。ˇ He said he had written (to) her, but she never received his letter.χ He said he had written (to) her, but she never received it.註：誤句中的 it 是代名詞，但它所代表的詞在句子中並未出現，因此不能用。美語往往將上例中的 “to” 字省略。2. 普魯斯特在他的作品中表現了對生命的熱愛。ˇ In his works, Proust expressed his ardent love for life.χ In Proust’s
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日）https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang“Piranhas” may make great material for horror and adventure stories, but in reality, they rarely attack humans. While people fear piranhas, it is often humans who pose a greater threat to them through overfishing, pollution, and hab
Many people have heard the exaggerated stories of crazed schools of “piranhas” lurking beneath the waters of the Amazon River. Interestingly, it was US President Theodore Roosevelt who helped popularize these tales. He famously called piranhas “the most ferocious fish in the world,” which cemented t
A: Where is Uni-President Department Store’s new Dream Plaza?B: The shopping mall is at the original site of Eslite Bookstore’s former 24-hour Xinyi branch.A: Oh, I remember that. Uni-President Group didn’t renew the lease when it expired so it could turn the building into a mall.B: To continue
A: Uni-President Department Store’s Dream Plaza opened in Taipei this summer. Wanna go shopping over the Moon Festival long weekend?B: Wow, yet another shopping mall has opened in Taipei. I haven’t even been to LaLaport Nangang that opened in March.A: And Far Eastern SOGO’s Garden City, better kn
In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival means smoky barbecues and families laughing under the full moon. In Korea, the season is also celebrated, though with different customs and a distinctive atmosphere. Called “Chuseok,” it usually lasts three days and centers on harvest traditions and ancestor worshi
Nvidia Corp. will invest as much as US$100 billion in OpenAI to support new data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure, a blockbuster deal that underscores booming demand for AI tools like ChatGPT and the computing power needed to make them run.The companies announced the agreemen
對話 Dialogue清清：欸，我前幾天查雲端發票，居然中獎了！Qīngqing: Èi, wǒ qián jǐ tiān chá yúnduān fāpiào, jūrán zhòngjiǎng le!華華：真的嗎？恭喜，你中了多少錢？Huáhua: Zhēnde ma? Gōngxǐ! Nǐ zhòng le duōshǎo qián?清清：只有兩百塊，不多，但我還是很開心。Qīngqing: Zhǐ yǒu liǎng bǎi kuài, bù duō, dàn wǒ háishì hěn kāixīn.華華：中小獎也很好啊，不過，發票存在雲端的話，要怎麼領啊？Huáhua: Zhòng
1. 你覺得誰是班上最好的學生？ˇ Who do you think is the best student in the class?χ Whom do you think is the best student in the class?註︰這裡 do you think 可以視為插入語。「誰」不是 do you think 的受詞，而是 is the best student... 的主詞，所以應用主格 who。2. 我們和他們有同樣的問題。ˇ We had the same problem as they (had).ˇ Our problem was the same as the
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日）https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang(D) LilyAt a party, my friend Anna suddenly vanished. “She took French leave,” someone remarked. I was confused—had she gone to France? It turns out the idiom means leaving without notifying anyone. In the 18th century, the English
本文由生成式AI協作，本刊編輯編修。Some English expressions include names of countries or places, but don’t take them literally! These idioms often reflect history, culture, and even old conflicts between countries. People online have talked about moments when they came across such expressions.(A) Kevin It was my
A: I’m excited to finally see legendary singer Sting in concert on Saturday over the Teachers’ Day long weekend. B: Sting staged shows in Taipei in 1994 and 2012, but this will be his first visit to Kaohsiung.A: He has won 17 Grammy Awards throughout his career. I just love his 1983 No. 1 hit “Ev
A: Crowd Lu, Jiajia and legendary singer Sting will stage shows during the three-day Teachers’ Day long weekend.B: But I thought that Teachers’ Day, on Sunday, isn’t a national holiday. Why is there an extra compensation holiday on Monday?A: Haven’t you heard? Opposition legislators passed a new
A recent controversy erupted across Taiwan’s social media when a gay couple shared their surrogacy journey in the US. Their comments, describing how they chose the “most beautiful and tallest Russian woman” to carry their child, provoked public outrage. Many criticized them for treating the surrogat
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