A: I’ve just been told by the manager that we have to phone all the clients within two days and recall all of the faulty products.
B: Does he think we only have a few customers? Can’t we do it by e-mail?
A: He insists that we do it by phone, and said that anyone who fails to do it should be prepared to finish it off at home.
B: That’s pretty tough.
A：剛接到主管命令，要我們兩天內電話聯絡所有客戶，全面回收瑕疵品！
B：他以為我們客戶很少嗎？不能用e-mail聯絡嗎？
A：他堅持一定要用電話，還說做不到的人就準備回家吃自己！
B：這麼狠？！
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Computex, Asia’s biggest electronics conference, kicked off Monday in Taipei, and as in years past drew industry chieftains from Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang and Qualcomm Inc.’s Cristiano Amon to Young Liu of Foxconn, which makes the bulk of the world’s iPhones and Nvidia servers. But while last year’s event was a celebration of the post-ChatGPT AI boom, executives this time are likely grappling with the uncertainty of the Trump administration’s effort to reshape the global trade order — disrupting a decades-old model for tech manufacturing. This year’s exhibition will of course feature the hardware required to bring artificial intelligence to life.
Dog owners often wish they could understand their pets’ thoughts. “Dog buttons” might turn their dream into a reality. These specially designed buttons, __1__ sound chips, enable dogs to communicate their needs by pressing buttons corresponding to pre-recorded words like “walk,” “play,” “outside,” and “food.” This bridges the communication __2__ between humans and their canine companions. The science behind dog buttons is based on the concept of associative learning. It’s a process __3__ learners can link actions with outcomes. For instance, if an owner consistently presses the “walk” button and then takes their dog for a walk, the dog
1. 眾所皆知，資訊產業是我國經濟的基礎。 ˇ As everyone admits, the IT industry is the backbone of our economy. χ As everyone admits that the IT industry is the backbone of our economy. 註：這裏 as 作關係代名詞，引導從屬子句。誤句多了 that， IT industry is. . . 就變成從屬句，欠缺了主句，結構上錯誤。又如： As my friend pointed out, necessity is the mother of invention. As is known to all, grammar is not the only important thing in language study. 2. 她心情總是非常好。 ˇ She is always in a good mood. χ She always is in a good mood. 註：always, often 一般放在行為動詞之前，連繫動詞、助動詞之後： He always behaves well. He is always happy and gay. He is always reading. 其他用法類似的副詞，還有 still、also、hardly、seldom、never 等。 3. 你看！他還在寫報告呢。 ˇ Look! He is still working
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日） https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang Training a dog to use the buttons requires a great deal of time and patience, but certain techniques can be employed to speed up the process. Secure the buttons to the floor __4__ they don’t move and dogs can easily recognize their positions. Additionally, starting training with an activity that highly motivates the dog can accelerate learning. For instance, if a dog is more interested in walks than in food or water, it may learn to press the “walk” button __5__ than it learns to press the other two. By using these buttons, dogs are able to express
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