To celebrate the 25th anniversary of her 1994 debut, singer CoCo Lee is holding a concert at the Taipei Arena tonight. It has been nine years since her last concert in the same venue. Meanwhile, CoCo’s two-CD greatest hits set “You & I” will be released today, and seven of her top-selling albums are set to be reissued simultaneously.
CoCo is one of the most celebrated singers in the Chinese-speaking world. For tonight’s show, she is reportedly inviting hit singer Jolin Tsai onstage as a special guest. CoCo will visit again as a celebrity endorser when Line Music launches services in Taiwan during the summer vacation.
Irish band Boyzone will also stage a show at the Linkou Stadium of Taoyuan’s National Taiwan Sport University tomorrow. The show is part of the band’s last Asian tour, as it bids farewell to fans before it breaks up in October. Singer Brian McFadden, a former member of Irish boyband Westlife, will be the support act.
Photo: Wang Wen-lin, Liberty Times
照片︰自由時報記者王文麟
(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)
流行天后李玟（CoCo）一九九四年出道，為了慶祝二十五週年，距離上次攻蛋九年後，今晚將再次於台北小巨蛋開唱。同時她的雙CD精選輯《You & I》將在今日上市，過去最暢銷的七張專輯「復刻版」也會同步發行。
CoCo可說是華人世界最著名的歌手之一，今晚的演唱會，據說邀請到天后蔡依林擔任特別嘉賓。稍後Line Music於暑假正式登台營運，她還會以代言人身份再度來台。
愛爾蘭夯團男孩特區，明日則預計在桃園市國立體育大學的林口體育館登場，這也是該團最後一次亞洲巡演，藉此在今年十月解散前和粉絲道別。另一個愛爾蘭男團西城男孩的前團員布萊恩，這次亦將來台為他們暖場表演。
（台北時報張聖恩〉
A: The Lantern Festival, which is the 15th day of the first lunar month, will be here the day after tomorrow. Maybe we can go to the Taiwan Lantern Festival! B: Good idea. Where will this year’s main lantern be? A: The main lantern — a “Jade Rabbit” in a spacesuit — will be displayed at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei. B: I also want to go to the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in New Taipei City. I’ve always wanted to experience releasing sky lanterns myself. A: Sky lantern releases are scheduled for this Sunday
對話 Dialogue 客人：你好，我想買一件外套。 Kèrén: Nǐ hǎo, wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī jiàn wàitào. 店員：你喜歡什麼款式的？休閒風格還是正式風格？ Diànyuán: Nǐ xǐhuān shénme kuǎnshì de? Xiūxián fēnggé háishì zhèngshì fēnggé? 客人：休閒一點的。這件黑色的看起來不錯，我就買這件。 Kèrén: Xiūxián yīdiǎn de. Zhè jiàn hēisè de kàn qǐlái búcuò, wǒ jiù mǎi zhè jiàn. 店員：好。這件原價2,000元，現在打九折，打折後是1,800元。 Diànyuán: Hǎo. Zhè jiàn yuánjià 2,000 yuán, xiànzài dǎ jiǔ zhé, dǎzhé hòu shì 1,800 yuán. 客人：可以刷卡嗎？ Kèrén: Kěyǐ shuākǎ ma? 店員：可以。謝謝。 Diànyuán: Kěyǐ. Xièxie. 翻譯 Translation Customer: Hi, I want to buy a coat. Clerk: What style do you like? Casual or formal style? Customer: Casual. This black one looks good. I want to buy this one. Clerk: OK. The original price is NT$2,000, and now it is 10% off. After the discount,
Lantern Festival in Taiwan During the Lunar New Year each year, various lantern festivals are held across Taiwan, including New Taipei’s Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, Tainan’s Puji Lantern Festival and Kaohsiung’s Fo Guang Shan New Year Festival of Light and Peace. Some feature releasing sky lanterns, some lantern viewing and some even have splendid fireworks shows. The Taiwan Lantern Festival has moved around the island and organized by different cities since 2001. Taipei is the host city of this year’s event, the first time in 23 years. Themed “Light up the Future” and designed to be lantern displays merged with the city,
Some good tips for job interview 英文面試／年後轉職必看！薪資福利要這樣問 談判薪水攻防戰 許多面試官會詢問求職者上一份薪水以幫助公司核薪，依此做為基準點，再衡量如何決定你的價碼，這也是雙方薪資談判的重要時刻，大多數主管會這樣問： What did you make in your previous position? （你前一個職位的薪水是多少？） 也可解釋為How much did you make in your previous job?，動詞make在此代表「賺錢」的意思。 有些主管會用更婉轉地方式詢問： Do you mind me asking you what you made at your previous job, RRR Company? （介意我問一下你之前在RRR公司的薪水是多少嗎？） 薪水隱私怎麼答 若你現在仍在職，還在騎驢找馬尚有籌碼時，不妨公告自己的薪資，讓對方開出比現在更高的價碼來挖角你，可以簡單地這麼回覆： My base salary is NT$50,000 per month plus performance bonus. （我的底薪是每個月五萬台幣，再加上績效獎金。） 若想用年薪談判，可以這麼說： Currently, I make NT$700,000 per year, with a minimum of a 2-month year-end bonus. （目前我年薪七十萬，每年至少有兩個月的年終獎金。） 這樣明確地說出自己目前的薪資，可以讓對方知道若想聘請你，得要開出更高價碼才能成功吸引你跳槽。 但若是你已經離職且非常想得到這份工作，而之前的薪資也沒有期望地高，可以用以下說法來迴避這個隱私問題： To be honest, I’m not sure if my previous salary is relevant with regard to this position. It was in a different company with different responsibilities. （老實說，我不確定之前的薪資與這份職務會有關聯。那是在另一間公司，職務內容也所不同。） 這麼一說，面試官就會與你正面交鋒，直接與你談判期望薪資，他可能會這麼問： How much are you expecting to make at this job? （對於這份職務，你的期望薪資是多少？） What is your salary expectation? （你的薪資期望是多少？） 你可以用以下說法清楚讓對方了解你的要求與底線： I’m focusing on a position in the 45K range. That would
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