A: The crabs in the fish tank look pretty healthy, would you like to order some?
B: Sure, but I don’t know how to choose a crab.
A: Do you like crab roe? If so, choose a female one.
B: OK, and we need to pick one that looks active, right?
A: 魚缸裏的螃蟹看起來很健康,要不要點幾隻螃蟹來吃呢?
B: 好啊,但我不太會挑螃蟹。
A: 你喜歡吃蟹黃嗎?喜歡的話就挑母蟹。
B: 好,要挑選比較有活力的,對吧。
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Chinese startup DeepSeek’s launch of its latest AI models, which it says are on a par or better than industry-leading models in the US at a fraction of the cost, is threatening to upset the technology world order. The company has attracted attention in global AI circles after writing in a paper last month that the training of DeepSeek-V3 required less than US$6 million worth of computing power from Nvidia H800 chips. DeepSeek’s AI Assistant, powered by DeepSeek-V3, has overtaken rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple’s App Store in the US. This has raised doubts about the reasoning
Recently, the Iraq parliament’s preliminary approval of a controversial proposal to drastically lower the legal marriage age for girls from 18 to nine has sparked widespread concern. This move has drawn strong reactions both domestically and internationally, as many worry it will exacerbate child marriage issues and severely infringe upon women’s rights. At the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1994, Iraq explicitly prohibited the legalization of child marriage. Currently, the legal marriage age for both men and women is 18, although women can marry at 15 with a guardian’s consent. The newly proposed amendment to the Personal
A: Any plans for Valentine’s Day tomorrow? B: I’ll go to karaoke with a group of fans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the late pop diva Whitney Houston’s debut. A: Sounds like fun. B: She released her eponymous album “Whitney Houston” on Feb. 14, 1985, launching a glorious career that spanned over four decades. A: Can I join you for karaoke? A: 明天情人節你要幹嘛? B: 我要和一群歌迷去KTV,慶祝流行天后惠妮休斯頓出道40週年! A: 哇好像很好玩。 B: 她在1985年2月14日發行同名專輯《惠妮休斯頓》,並開啟了輝煌的40年演藝生涯。 A: 我能跟你一起去KTV嗎? (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
野薑花是古巴國花,在古巴叫mariposa,意思是蝴蝶花。野薑花並非古巴原產,古巴卻對它情有獨鍾,獨立後選為國花,是有原因的。19世紀古巴對抗西班牙殖民的獨立戰爭中,往往透過女性身上或髮髻上插著野薑花,在花序的交錯的苞片縫隙裡夾藏字條,幫助革命分子傳遞作戰情報。 The white ginger lily (Hedychium coronarium) is the national flower of Cuba, where it is known as mariposa (literally “butterfly”) due to its shape. Women used to adorn themselves with these fragrant flowers in Spanish colonial times. Because of the intricate structure of the inflorescence (繁複的花序構造), women hid and carried secret messages important to the independence cause underneath it. 以下為古巴外交部對國花的說明: The white mariposa (Hedychium Coronarium) … became a symbol of Cuban flora because Cuban women used it to smuggle messages to the battlefield during the liberation wars of the 19th century. (“National Flower” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba) 夏天是野薑花的季節,野薑的地下根莖(rhizomes)可作薑的替代品,像白色蝴蝶的花有股特殊的清香(Its scent