A: Do you want to hoover or mop?
B: You get ready with the vacuum cleaner, I’m going to dust the shelves, window sills and all the surfaces first. When you’ve vacuumed, I’ll mop the floor.
A: Grand. Fill the bucket with warm water. I think grandmama keeps the floor cleaning liquid in the cupboard under the stairs. Give it a quick mop and we’re done.
Photo: Pixabay 照片：Pixabay
B: We’re just about finished, but what are you going to do now? Your grandmother obviously cannot cope living here by herself. She’s allowed her apartment get in a real state.
A: I’ll talk to the rest of the family. We’ll have to think about paying for a cleaner to come around every week.
B: Good, because I’m not helping you next time. It was exhausting.
A: 你要用吸塵器還是拖把？
B: 你把吸塵器準備好，我先把架子、窗臺，和所有東西表面上的的灰塵擦掉。你用吸塵器吸過以後，我再來拖地。
A: 讚。把水桶用溫水裝滿。奶奶好像是把地板清潔劑放在樓梯下面的櫃子裡。把地板快速地拖一下，就大功告成了。
B: 我們快做完了。那你以後要怎麼辦？很明顯你奶奶沒辦法自己一個人住在這裡。她讓自己的公寓變得一團糟。
A: 我會跟其他家人討論。我們得考慮請清潔工每個禮拜來打掃。
B: 很好。因為我下次不會幫你了。這累得要命。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱譯)
English 英文:
Chinese 中文:
A: While Taylor Swift’s new album conquers the Billboard charts, Billboard Live Taipei is set to open next month. B: Isn’t that a Japanese “live house” of the same name with the magazine? A: Yup, and the live music club’s first Taiwanese branch can accommodate 300 guests. B: Who will be performing at the club’s opening show? A: Japanese singer Mika Nakashima will play four gigs over two nights. Wanna go to the club and watch her perform up-close? A: 天后泰勒絲的新專輯再度征服《告示牌》排行榜，告示牌音樂台北則預計將在下月開幕。 B: 那不是跟《告示牌》同名的日本現場音樂餐廳嗎？ A: 對，這家連鎖餐廳的台灣首店約可容納300名觀眾！ B: 開幕秀的表演者是誰？ A: 是日本歌手中島美嘉，想近距離看她現場演出嗎？ （By Eddy Chang,
In his famous tragic play Romeo and Juliet, the English playwright William Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name?” As it turns out, there is quite a lot in a name, particularly a surname, which is commonly known as a person’s last name in Western societies. A surname is written after the first name, which is also referred to as a given name or, traditionally, a Christian name. A closer look at the history of surnames reveals some fascinating insights into their origins. It may come as a surprise to some that up until about 1,000 years ago, surnames were
Returning to the White House with unprecedented economic weaponry, US President Donald Trump has launched a comprehensive tariff offensive that has sent shockwaves through international markets. On April 2, Trump announced his “reciprocal tariff” strategy, aimed at punishing trading partners who sell more to the US than they buy in return. Central to his policy is the disputed view that such trade deficits harm the US economy. While Trump later suspended most of the tariffs to allow time for negotiations, some still went into effect, and the others remain a looming economic threat. Tariffs, essentially taxes imposed on imported goods, raise
A: US singer Taylor Swift finally released her 12th album, titled “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Oct. 3. B: The pop diva’s dominating the Billboard charts once again. A: Earlier this year, she also successfully bought back the master recordings to her first six albums. B: And the good news keeps coming, as she and NFL superstar Travis Kelce announced their engagement not long ago. A: Wow! It must be her lucky year. A: 美國歌手泰勒絲10月3日終於推出第12張專輯︰《The Life of a Showgirl》。 B: 流行天后又再次稱霸《告示牌》排行榜。 A: 今年稍早時，她還成功買回了她自己前6張專輯的錄音母帶。 B: 而喜事連連，她和美式足球巨星凱爾西近日宣布他們訂婚了。 A: 哇今年真是她的幸運年！ （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
RSS