A: OK, if you don’t want to take up a musical instrument, and you don’t want to travel or go on long hikes, perhaps do something that will cultivate your mind: something more cerebral.
B: You’re right, and I know you only have my best interests at heart.
A: So, are you going to read? Study philosophy? Delve into the mysteries of advanced math?
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B: I have decided to think very, very deeply. I will spend my time cogitating, meditating on the meaning of life, pondering the world’s profundities and ruminating on humankind’s most intractable problems. And I’m going to do it like this, look.
A: But you’re just sitting there with your feet on the desk and your arms behind your head.
A: OK,如果你不想要學樂器,也不想去旅行或長途健行,那或許可以做點修身養性的事:一些比較需要動腦筋的事。
B: 你說得對。我知道你最替我著想了!
A: 那你會去看書嗎?研究一下哲學?埋首在高等數學的奧妙中?
B: 我已經決定要做一些非常、非常深刻的思考。我會花時間好好思考和冥想生命的意義,沈思世界的奧義,反芻人類所面臨最棘手的問題。而且我會這樣做,你看!
A: 可是你只是坐在那裡,把腳蹺到桌子上,而且把兩手放在後腦勺啊!
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
NASA decided Saturday last week it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the pair will now last more than eight months. The seasoned pilots have been stuck at the International Space Station since the beginning of June. A cascade of vexing thruster failures and helium leaks in the new capsule marred their trip to the space station, and they ended up in a holding pattern as engineers conducted tests and
A: The Michelin Guide for this year has been revealed. B: Which restaurants have been awarded three stars this time? A: Taipei’s Le Palais and Tairroir and Taichung’s JL Studio. B: Those fancy restaurants all look expensive. A: Then you can try the more affordable Bib Gourmand. A: 今年的《米其林指南》終於公佈了。 B: 榮獲3星的有哪幾家? A: 有台北的「頤宮」、「態芮」,和台中的「JL Studio」! B: 可是他們好像都不便宜耶。 A: 那你還可以參考價格比較親民的《必比登推介》。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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