A: It’s the summer vacation. Wanna go to some movies together?
B: Yeah, good idea. I really want to see Tom Cruise’s new movie: “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning (Part 1).”
A: Live-action film “Barbie” and “Indiana Jones 5” have also been highly anticipated.
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B: Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes-winning “Monster” and Doraemon’s 42nd animated film “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Sky Utopia” are on my list too.
A: It seems that we’re gonna have a busy summer.
A: 暑假到了,要不要去看電影啊?
B: 好主意,我想看阿湯哥的新片︰《不可能的任務7:致命清算》。
A: 真人版電影《芭比》、《印第安納瓊斯:命運輪盤》也很受期待。
B: 名導是枝裕和在坎城影展得獎的《怪物》、哆啦A夢第42部動畫《大雄與天空的理想鄉》好像也不錯。
A: 看來我們這個暑假應該會很忙。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩〉
Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. On April 15, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed the world’s fourth mass global bleaching event is underway — with serious consequences for marine life and for the people and economies that rely on reefs. WHAT ARE CORALS? Corals are invertebrates that live in colonies. Their calcium carbonate secretions form hard and protective scaffolding that serves as a home to many colorful species of single-celled algae. The two organisms have evolved over millennia to work together, with corals providing shelter to algae,
In Taiwan, a quick stop at a local convenience store allows you to grab a hot dog whenever you want. But have you ever wondered how this popular snack got its unique name and became a leading light of American cuisine? First, the name “hot dog” is actually a combination of different ideas. Vendors called the sausages “red hot” to get customers to buy one fresh off their grills. As for the “dog” part, it’s a playful joke to compare the meat of the sausage to that of a dog—specifically , a dachshund. This small, long dog breed was
A: Also, police seized seven pornographic videos featuring minors that entertainer Mickey Huang purchased in his hard disc. B: That’s just outrageous! A: His ex-girlfriend entertainer Little S and some others are calling for a legal amendment to increase the penalty. B: The buyers and sellers should both be punished heavily. A: But the porn sellers’ Web sites are mostly overseas, so they are hard to catch. A: 此外警方也在黃子佼的硬碟裡,查到7部他買的未成年色情片。 B: 真是令人火大! A: 他的前女友小S等人,還呼籲修法,加重相關的罰則。 B: 購買者和販賣者雙方都該重罰。 A: 不過色情網站大多設在海外要抓也不容易吧。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
A: Entertainer Mickey Huang’s #MeToo scandal has kept snowballing. B: Didn’t Huang just escape prosecution on several sexual misconduct charges due to a lack of evidence? A: He has now been accused of raping a woman identified as "Miss K." B: It’s like one trouble follows another! A: His decent “persona” in the showbiz has totally collapsed. A: 藝人黃子佼的#MeToo事件真是沒完沒了。 B: 他的性騷擾案不是因為證據不足獲得不起訴? A: 但他又被某位「K小姐」指控性侵。 B: 天啊,真是一波未平,一波又起! A: 他在娛樂圈的優質「人設」都崩壞啦。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)