B: Urban planners are going to have to massively rethink how cities are designed. Business districts will go out of the window. Office buildings will have to be repurposed. Commuter routes will become a thing of the past.
A: They will be able to make open, green spaces for people to work in, which will be easier now with all this wireless connectivity. It’s going to be great!
B: Careful what you wish for. We might not be tethered to the office, but we’ll still be tied to our mobile devices. We’ll still need to be contactable 24/7, slaves to work for the rest of our lives.
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A: You really are a glass-half-empty kind of person, aren’t you?
B: 都市計畫師得要開始全盤檢討都市的設計了。商業區會消失，辦公大樓會改作別的用途，通勤路線會變得不合時宜。
A: 他們就可以把上班的地方設計成開放的、有綠意的空間，因為現在有無線網路，事情就容易多了，這樣會很棒耶！
B: 你許這個願要小心點。我們即使不被辦公室綁住，也還是會被行動裝置約束，還是需要二十四小時全天候待命，到死都會是工作的奴隸。
A: 你真的是很悲觀的人耶，事情只看到黑暗的那一面。
（Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱譯）
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“Glass-half-empty kind of person”
When a positive person looks at a glass full to half of its capacity, they are thankful that they still have half a drink. When a negative person looks at the same glass, they lament the fact that half the drink has already gone.
Bananas are one of the most commonly seen and eaten fruits. Eating bananas brings many benefits, such as replenishing energy and lowering blood pressure, and can even improve your mood. There is a rumor going around online that you should not eat bananas every day because they are a high-potassium food that can damage your kidneys if you eat too many, but the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) says only people with impaired kidney function have a metabolic deficiency that compels them to avoid eating bananas every day. Bananas are classified as a medium-potassium food, containing about 325 milligrams of potassium per
Armed with buckets and bailers, hoes and sickles, 100 elderly residents of Hsinchu County’s Guansi Township Old Bridge Landscape Volunteer Association set off from Ox Pen Riverside Park to carry out a clean-up operation upstream and downstream of Dongan Old Bridge. The volunteers first set about removing weeds and cleaning up litter, and then began planting trees, flowers and plants. To date, the group has planted more than 3,000 specimens. The volunteers did not put their feet up during the Lunar New Year holiday period and took turns to patrol the area and water and tend to the plants and
A: Don’t forget, the class selection period begins tomorrow. B: Wow, thanks for reminding me. I had completely forgotten! A: Are you brain dead after the Lunar New Year? B: You bet. My head is full of nothing but good food and computer games. A: We have a whole week for the class selection, but the popular classes will fill up very quickly, so we should get a shift on. A: 加退選的時間從明天開始喔，不要忘記了！ B: 哇，謝謝你提醒。我都忘得一乾二淨了！ A: 過個年腦袋都空掉了，是吧？ B: 對呀，我現在滿腦子只有美食和電玩。 A: 雖然加退選的時間有一個禮拜，可是熱門的課名額很快就滿了，我們手腳還是要快一點。 （Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱） English 英文: Chinese 中文:
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