A: According to the new book “Infectious Generosity,” BTS are very good at mobilizing their fans through social media to do charity work.
B: Under this trend, some other stars have also started to do charitable deeds.
A: Who else are doing good deeds?
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B: UNESCO recently appointed K-pop boyband Seventeen as its first-ever Goodwill Ambassadors for Youth, and the group has actually donated US$1 million to charity.
A: It’s like the stars and fans are forming a “cycle of goodness” together.
A: 根據新書《慷慨的感染力》,防彈少年團BTS的確善於運用社群帶動粉絲行善。
B: 在這股風潮下,其他藝人也開始行善。
A: 有哪些藝人啊?
B: 像SEVENTEEN就被聯合國教科文組織任命為「青年親善大使」,該團還捐出100萬美元。
A: 他們就像形成了一種「善的循環」!
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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Stalls selling egg-shaped pancakes are often found on the streets or in night markets in Taiwan. These pancakes are cooked using molds to create shapes with the pancake batter. They are delicious traditional snacks with affordable prices. Egg-shaped pancakes are made with only four ingredients: flour, sugar, butter and egg. The recipe was created in the 1950s by a grocery store owner who made a batter using eggs which had broken upon delivery. He cooked it in an iron mold on a gas stove. The idea was quite successful because the finished product was delicious. 雞蛋糕是在台灣的路邊和夜市隨處可見的點心,是將麵糊倒入模具加熱煎成。雞蛋糕的原料只有麵粉、糖、奶油和雞蛋,起源於1950年代,據說是一位雜貨店老闆發明的,他把搬運時弄破的雞蛋做成麵糊,倒在加熱的鐵模中,就成了香甜可口的雞蛋糕。 mold
These days, it’s estimated that around one-third of the average tourist’s travel budget is spent on retail items. However, most souvenirs people buy on vacation probably aren’t even produced in the country they are visiting. Think of all the ball caps, T-shirts, bracelets, bumper stickers, and novelty items on sale at any tourist hotspot. Often, these items are produced on the opposite side of the world and shipped to the local area where they are sold. In the 21st century, the current model of the souvenir industry just isn’t sustainable. The fuel spent on shipping massive containers of cheap,
Almost everyone who has visited a foreign country on vacation has purchased items to remember their trip. We sometimes buy gifts for others, but just as often, people buy things for themselves. The history of buying items to remember a place or experience stretches back thousands of years. The word “souvenir” comes from French and means “memory.” It entered the English language in the late 1700s as a word for items that remind people of specific places or periods in the past. Of course, the tradition of collecting items from one’s travels goes back much farther than that. Many