A : On your resume it looks like you never got another job after quitting your job the year before last. Why is that?
B : Yes. I went to Australia to work part-time and study for a year.
A : What did you get out of the experience?
B : Not only did I improve my English listening and speaking ability, I made a lot of friends from different countries and expanded by world view.
A : 我看你的履歷,從前年離職後你就一直沒工作,怎麼回事?
B : 是的,我辭職後就去澳洲打工遊學了一年。
A : 那你有什麼收穫嗎?
B : 這段時間裡,我不但提升了英文聽說能力,也認識許多不同國家的好友,拓寬自己的國際視野。
US President Donald Trump has renewed his ambition to take control of Greenland for national security reasons and questioned whether Denmark has any legal right to the Arctic island. The debate has revived scrutiny of how Greenland became part of Denmark, its current self-rule and path to independence, and Washington’s military footprint. HOW DID DENMARK GET GREENLAND? Greenland was inhabited by Inuit peoples from Asia and North America intermittently from around 2,500 BC. Around 985 AD, Vikings led by Erik the Red settled in southern Greenland, farming and building churches. Around the same time, ancestors of today’s Inuit arrived, living as hunters
A: In its latest annual travel guide, Bloomberg recommended two restaurants in Taipei: Golden Pig barbeque from South Korea and two-Michelin-star restaurant A. B: Also, tourists should definitely try Taiwanese cuisine while they’re here. Mountain & Sea House, Shin Yeh Taiwanese Cuisine, and Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne are good options. A: For local snacks, Fu Hang Soy Milk, Fu-Ba-Wang Pigs’ Knuckles Restaurant, and Wang Ji Rice Dumplings are all very popular. B: And the gold medalists of the 2025 Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival — Yun Shui Kitchen, The Howard Plaza Hotel Taipei, and Come N’ Eat
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