A: Wow, former NBA player Dwight Howard has announced that he is joining Taiwan’s T1 League!
B: Which team is he playing for?
A: He’s playing for the Taoyuan Leopards. With a monthly salary of US$200,000, he’s the highest-paid professional basketball player in Taiwan.
Photo: Yao Kai-shiou, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報姚介修
B: The team’s parent company J&V Energy Technology Co is so ambitious.
A: Let’s go watch his games someday.
A: NBA球星「魔獸」霍華德加入台灣T1聯盟了！
B: 他加入了哪一個球隊？
A: 桃園永豐雲豹，聽說月薪二十萬美元，是台灣最高薪的職籃球員。
B: 球隊的母公司雲豹能源科技還真是大手筆耶。
A: 我們也去看他打球吧。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
Turkeys: The truth behind the name of these strange birds 為什麼火雞的英文 跟土耳其一樣呢？ It’s Thanksgiving time in the US. This involves the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, which includes a freshly cooked turkey. But what is a turkey? And why does it share a name with the country Turkey, despite being native to North America? It seems like the appropriate1time to get to the bottom of these burning questions! The story starts with the guinea fowl, a bird from West Africa. Apparently, these birds started showing up in England in the 1500s, and the English didn’t know what to call them. They arrived from Turkey through spice trade routes, so the English called them “turkey-cocks” or
A: Wow, former NBA player Dwight Howard has announced that he is joining Taiwan’s T1 League! B: Which team is he playing for? A: He’s playing for the Taoyuan Leopards. With a monthly salary of US$200,000, he’s the highest-paid professional basketball player in Taiwan. B: The team’s parent company J&V Energy Technology Co is so ambitious. A: Let’s go watch his games someday. A: NBA球星「魔獸」霍華德加入台灣T1聯盟了！ B: 他加入了哪一個球隊？ A: 桃園永豐雲豹，聽說月薪二十萬美元，是台灣最高薪的職籃球員。 B: 球隊的母公司雲豹能源科技還真是大手筆耶。 A: 我們也去看他打球吧。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
DIY flower drying at home 乾燥花藝：凍結絕美時刻 For people who love flowers, drying flowers to keep them from withering is a fun hobby. Dried flowers last much longer than the normal lifespan of a flower. If you’re interested in starting a flower collection or preserving a bouquet as a keepsake, here are two methods to try. Air-drying Method This is a traditional method used for centuries. It’s also quite simple. First, cut off any excess leaves and trim the stems of your flowers, but leave at least six inches of length. After that, you use twine, ribbon, or string to tie your bunch of flowers securely together. Then, all
The COP27 summit of nearly 200 countries agreed on Sunday to set up a “loss and damage” fund to support poorer countries that are being ravaged by climate impacts, overcoming decades of resistance from wealthy nations whose historic emissions have fueled climate change. Pakistan’s climate minister Sherry Rehman, who was part of the campaign by developing nations to win the commitment at the two-week UN summit in Egypt, hailed the landmark decision as “downpayment on climate justice.” However, the text of the agreement leaves open a number of crucial details to be worked out next year and beyond, including who would contribute
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