A: What song are you listening to?
B: You don’t know? It’s Chen Hua’s “Sunset in May,” the most-streamed song on Spotify Taiwan last year!
A: Nope, I don’t. But I’ve heard Blackpink’s “Born Pink” was the most-streamed album, while Jay Chou was the most-streamed artist.
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B: Actually, among the top 10 songs, half of them were South Korean: Jung-kook of BTS, NewJeans, (G)I-DLE and Jisoo of BP all made it to the list.
A: The K-pop wave has swept across Taiwan again.
A: 你在聽什麼歌啊？
B: 你不知道嗎？這可是歌手陳華的《想和你看五月的晚霞》，Spotify 的年度歌曲榜冠軍！
A: 我不知道耶，只知道Blackpink的《Born Pink》是年度專輯榜冠軍，周杰倫則是歌手榜冠軍。
B: 而在歌曲榜前10名中，就有5首是韓國歌曲︰BTS的柾國、NewJeans、(G)I-DLE、BP的Jisoo都成功霸榜。
A: 看來韓流去年再次席捲台灣啦。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
A: China’s animated blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” also smashed a box office record recently. B: It’s No. 7 among the world’s best-selling films, grossing more than US$2 billion globally. A: I t has even become the world’s highest-grossing animated film, while the political metaphors in it are causing controversy. B: But who is Ne Zha anyway? A: Ne Zha, often spelled as “Nezha,” is actually a mythical teenage deity with superpowers. A: 中國動畫片《哪吒2》最近也打破紀錄。 B: 該片已衝上影史票房排行榜第7名，全球狂賣超過20億美元。 A: 聽說它甚至是全球最賣座的動畫片，影片中的政治隱喻卻引爆爭議！ B: 但哪吒是誰？ A: 哪吒的名字常被拼成「Nezha」，是神話中具有超能力的青少年神明。
You enter an old-fashioned detective’s office. The door locks with a click as a radio buzzes: “Rookie detectives, a priceless diamond is missing! Solve the case in one hour.” The room is filled with clues — photographs, coded messages and secret compartments. As the grandfather clock ticks, you and your friends must work to unlock the secrets. This is what escape rooms are all about — immersive adventure games where you solve puzzles and escape the themed setting within a time limit. The concept of “escape rooms” dates back to early first-person video games. In 1988, John Wilson introduced
People desire a sense of purpose in their lives, but they often remain idle unless they have a clear reason to act. This concept is illustrated by the retirement paradox. People work hard to prepare for a future without work but find life meaningless after achieving that goal. A study was carried out to determine if a reason, even a minor one, could encourage idle people to take action. __1__ Upon finishing the first, they were instructed to drop it off at a location either right outside the room or at a spot farther away, which would take around
A: Were there any highlights at the Oscars this year? B: With 13 nods, French director Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” broke the record for most Oscar nominations earned by a non-English film. A: Wow, it broke the record of 10 Oscar nominations set by Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” B: On the eve of the Oscars, Lee was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards. A: It seems that Hollywood has finally become more diverse. A: 今年的奧斯卡獎有什麼亮點嗎？ B: 法國導演賈克歐迪亞的《璀璨女人夢》榮獲13項提名，打破了非英語片紀錄！ A: 哇打破了台灣導演李安的《臥虎藏龍》10項提名紀錄。 B: 李安則在奧斯卡前夕，獲頒美國導演工會「終身成就獎」。 A: 看來好萊塢終於比較多元化啦。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪)
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