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A : Hi, boss. The director wants to have a meeting with you this afternoon to talk in detail about departments working with each other. B : I think I have a meeting this afternoon with one of our manufacturers. A : It got cancelled, so you’reFULL STORY

BUSINESS ENGLISH2012-05-17

A : The company wants to conduct an online questionnaire and give gifts away to participants. What do you think would make a good gift? B : Things like mouse pads, coffee mugs or reusable shopping bags are all good. A : Those are all soFULL STORY

IAG rewards employees for coming back to work after maternity leave
澳洲保險集團獎勵員工休完產假重返工作崗位2012-05-17

Insurance Australia Group (IAG), one of Australia’s largest companies, announced that it will double employees’ pay during their first six weeks back from maternity leave. That is on top of 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. The “welcome back payment” is meant to incentivize these womenFULL STORY

Van Cliburn medal-winning blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii to tour Taiwan
范克萊本大賽冠軍視障鋼琴家辻井伸行下月訪台2012-05-17

Besides evoking a joyous holiday atmosphere, how else could the popular secular song “Jingle Bells” inspire people? For 23-year-old Japanese classical pianist and composer Nobuyuki Tsujii, who has been blind since birth, the song was a catalyst that helped awaken his extraordinary musical talent asFULL STORY

BUSINESS ENGLISH2012-05-16

A : Telex called today to tell me I got the job. B : Congratulations. I heard competition was fierce. They only hired eight people out of the more than 100 they interviewed. A : Yeah. I spent so many days preparing. I made aFULL STORY

Greater Kaohsiung to host Concours Mondial de Bruxelles next year
世界烈酒大賽　高雄明年主辦2012-05-16

During the wee hours of the morning on May 6 Taiwan time, the director of Concours Mondial de Bruxelles — one of the world’s largest wine and spirit tasting competitions – announced that Greater Kaohsiung will host the competition in 2013, the first time itFULL STORY

Eating berries may slow brain’s decline: study
吃莓果類或可減緩大腦衰退2012-05-16

Women who eat plenty of blueberries and strawberries experience slower mental decline with age than women who consume fewer of the flavonoid-rich fruits, a US study said. Based on a survey of more than 16,000 women who filled out regular questionnaires on their health habits fromFULL STORY

BUSINESS ENGLISH2012-05-15

A : I asked for leave next Monday. Can you take the signed form over to the HR department for me? B : Um. Sorry. I don’t think I can. I have a bunch of meetings next Monday. I’m afraid I’d be so busy that I’dFULL STORY

Stray parakeet tells Japanese police where he lives
迷路長尾小鸚鵡告訴警察牠住哪2012-05-15

A pet parakeet was returned to its owner on May 2 after the lost bird told police its home address near Tokyo. The male bird had escaped in the early morning of April 29 from its owner’s home in the city of Sagamihara, west of Tokyo,FULL STORY

Center for Taiwanese Language Testing offering tests for middle and elementary school students
成大台語文認證　開辦中小學生測驗2012-05-15

Chiang Wei-wen, director of National Cheng Kung University’s Center for Taiwanese Language Testing, says that in order to keep Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) from disappearing, he encourages everyone to take the General Taiwanese Proficiency Test. Chiang says this would give peopole a better understandingFULL STORY

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