A: I just read the WHO has recognized addiction to video gaming as a mental disorder. That’s me.
B: What makes you say that?
A: I’m obsessed. I play 15 hours a day, I skip meals, I neglect my work. My girlfriend may have left me, but I haven’t had time to check my messages.
B: Get a grip. Get a life. Switch the computer off.
A: 我剛剛讀到世界衛生組織把電玩成癮認定為心理疾病耶。這就是我啊。
B: 你怎麼會這麼說。
A: 噢我超沉迷的。我一天玩十五個小時,不吃正餐,不去上班。我女朋友搞不好已經拋棄我了,但我一直沒時間去看訊息。
B: 拜託你控制一下。找點正經事做,給我關掉電腦。
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A: K-pop supergroup Bigbang’s frontman G-Dragon is set to hold three concerts at the Taipei Arena starting tonight. B: His new hit “Too Bad” has gone viral lately. During my visit to Haidilao hotpot not long ago, the chef even grooved to this song while performing a noodle dance. A: Actually, Bigbang member Dae-sung just staged a show in Taiwan last month as well. B: Plus, another member, Tae-yang, also held a concert here last December. A: I wonder when the three members will rock Taiwan as a group again. A: Bigbang隊長、韓流天王G-Dragon權志龍今晚起將在台北小巨蛋嗨唱3場。 B: G-Dragon的新歌《Too Bad》爆紅!連我去海底撈用餐時,廚師表演拉麵秀都在跳這首歌。 A: Bigbang成員大聲6月才剛來台開唱。 B: 該團成員太陽去年12月也曾來台開唱。 A:
Virtual YouTubers, or VTubers, have become a dominant force in online entertainment. Using avatars as their virtual representatives and motion capture technology to bring these figures to life with their own __1__, they have carved out their own space in the digital world. Alongside VTubers, “virtual idols” have also risen in popularity in recent years, particularly in South Korea. One successful virtual K-pop idol group is PLAVE. A combination of “Play” and the French word “Reve” (dream), their name reflects their __2__ to create a world where dreams come to life. Initially, PLAVE operated in a style similar to
Continued from yesterday(延續自昨日) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang Besides PLAVE, other types of “virtual idols” have also emerged. AI-driven groups like SUPERKIND __5__ human and virtual idols, while MAVE: consists entirely of AI-generated members. These groups’ different approaches to virtual entertainment __6__ the scope of what virtual idols can achieve. Virtual idols are capturing the hearts of fans for various reasons. Some fans find them __7__ due to their perfect appearance and the absence of real-world scandals. Virtual idols can maintain an idealized image, free from the __8__ that arise among human idols. Others are drawn to their creative stage productions. For instance, virtual idols
Dos & Don’ts — 想想看,這句話英語該怎麼說? 1. 所有學生都沒答對。 ˇ None of the students are/is right. χ All the students are not right. 註︰“All... not...” 並非全部否定,例如:All that glitters is not gold.(並非金光閃閃就是金子。)中文裡的「都不」、「都沒有」,在英語中習慣用 none of...(指兩個以上時)。None 視上下文可為單數或複數,若用單數是把「所有學生」當作一個群體。 None of them attended the meeting. (他們都沒有出席會議。) None of the boys were/was interested in this game. (孩子們對這遊戲都不感興趣。) 若是要用 All 的話,則補語要用具否定意義的詞,如 wrong 或 absent。 例如: All the answers are wrong. All students were absent. 2. 大家都爬不上來。 ˇ No one could climb up. χ Everyone could not climb up. 註︰在有 every 的句中的否定語氣也和 all 一樣,只是部分的否定,意謂「非人人……」;若not 放在 every 之前,也是一樣。例如: Not everyone can do this.(這不是人人都能做的。) 中文「大家都不…」、「大家都沒有…」、「任何+名詞+都不…」,在英語往往用 no one、nobody 或 no +名詞來表達。例如: No one can help him. (大家都無法幫助他。) No country has the right to interfere in the internal