B : Were you wearing a mask at the movie theater?
A : Yep. Even though I don’t normally wear a mask, I thought it would be wise. Everyone had one on. The funny thing is: everyone was constantly pulling them down to slurp from their drink or to munch on popcorn.
B : Yeah, that kind of defeats the point of wearing one in the first place.
B : 你在電影院的時候有戴口罩嗎?
A : 有哦。雖然我平常沒有戴口罩,但我覺得這樣做比較聰明。電影院裡大家都有戴。有趣的是,大家觀影過程中一直把口罩拉下來喝飲料或吃爆米花。
B : 是哦,這樣就喪失了一開始戴口罩的意義了啊。
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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.
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