A: South Korean supergroup BTS member J-Hope, EXO member Xiumin and other various artists are set to tour Taiwan.
B: Is J-Hope the first BTS member to visit as a solo singer?
A: Yup, he’s going to stage two shows in Taoyuan over the weekend.
Photo: AP 照片：美聯社
B: All BTS fans, nicknamed “ARMY,” must be so happy. I wonder when the seven-member group can finally stage a comeback again.
A: Well, the good news is the five members currently performing military service will all leave the army next month. So the fans’ long wait is about to end.
A: 南韓天團防彈少年團BTS的J-Hope，和EXO的Xiumin等多位熱門歌手最近都要來台開唱。
B: J-Hope是BTS首位單飛來台演唱的成員嗎？
A: 對啊，他本週末將在桃園熱唱兩場。
B: 暱稱為ARMY的BTS粉絲一定超開心，不知這個7人團體何時能回歸。
A: 好消息：正在當兵的5人6月即將退伍，粉絲長久的等待就快要結束啦！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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.
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:
Dog owners often wish they could understand their pets’ thoughts. “Dog buttons” might turn their dream into a reality. These specially designed buttons, __1__ sound chips, enable dogs to communicate their needs by pressing buttons corresponding to pre-recorded words like “walk,” “play,” “outside,” and “food.” This bridges the communication __2__ between humans and their canine companions. The science behind dog buttons is based on the concept of associative learning. It’s a process __3__ learners can link actions with outcomes. For instance, if an owner consistently presses the “walk” button and then takes their dog for a walk, the dog
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