A: The last few days I’ve been putting my name down to buy textbooks. They’re really expensive. I’m going to lose an arm and a leg over this!
B: Yeah, you always have to buy a pile of new books as you start another class when you go back to school. I wonder if there’s any way to save a bit of money.
A: You could buy second-hand, but it might have highlighter and notes in it.
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B: That’s actually quite good, because it means somebody has studied it before you, and you can just read the bits they’ve highlighted!
A: What if they’ve highlighted the wrong bits?
A: 這幾天登記買教科書，好貴啊！讓我荷包大失血！
B: 對呀，每次開學上新的課都要買一堆新書，不知道有沒有什麼省錢的方式？
A: 你也可以買二手書啊，不過上面可能會有劃記。
B: 有劃記我覺得還好，因為這就好像已經有人先幫你讀過了，所以你就照著劃好的重點唸就好了，哈哈！
A: 如果它劃錯重點怎麼辦？
（Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱）
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A: The 2025 World Masters Games will begin on May 17 and run until May 30. B: World Masters Games? A: It’s a quadrennial multi-sport event for people over 30, which will be jointly held by Taipei and New Taipei City. B: Cool, maybe we can go cheer for all the athletes from home and abroad. A: There will be an athletes’ parade in downtown Taipei prior to the opening ceremony on Saturday. Let’s go then. A: 2025雙北世界壯年運動會5月17日開幕，持續至5月30日閉幕。 B: 世壯運？ A: 這是四年一度、以30歲以上青壯年為主的運動會，本屆是由台北市和新北市共同舉辦。 B: 好酷喔，我們去幫來自國內外的選手們加油吧！ A: 週六在台北市區會有選手遊行，之後是開幕典禮，我們去看吧。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪)
A: Where will the 35 sports of the 2025 World Masters Games be held? B: Apart from Taipei and New Taipei City, some games will take place in Yilan County, Taoyuan County, and Hsinchu County and City. A: The news says about 25,000 people, including many celebrities and sports stars, have already registered for the games. B: Even Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, who is 47, registered for softball and squash. New Taipei Mayor Hou You-yi, who is 68, also registered for table tennis. A: And it will be the largest sports event ever in Taiwan’s history. How exciting. A:
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