reading for the real world

電話答錄機

6月 24, 2013

林若綠

kuso

Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions - The New York TimesＡ：請問XXX在嗎？？ Ｂ：對不起，請你大聲一點... Ａ：請問XXX在嗎？？(更大聲) Ｂ：對不起，請你再大聲一點... Ａ：請問XXX在嗎？？(超大聲) Ｂ：很抱歉，好像有點干擾耶...你能不能再大聲一點我真的聽不到..... Ａ：請問In fact, very little in this virtual academic realm, appearing to span at least 370 websites, is real — except for the tens of millions of dollars in estimated revenue it gleans each year from many thousands of people around the world, all paid to a secre...

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婚姻 vs. 股市 博君一笑

6月 24, 2013

何海丹

kuso

Do Millennials Stand a Chance in the Real World? - The New York Times婚姻 vs. 股市 (博君一笑)婚姻 vs. 股市※ 結婚生子叫「配股」※ 嫁到有錢老公後立刻離婚叫「獲利了結」※ 嫁到沒錢老公後立刻離婚叫「停損殺出」 ※ 嫁到大男人主義老公喜怒由他叫「主力」老婆叫「散戶」※ 嫁年輕老公叫「高檔套牢」※ 嫁年邁富翁叫「低檔承接」※ 選擇對象叫「選股」※ This condition is becoming particularly severe for the group that economists call younger millennials: the young adults who entered the job market in the wake of the recession, a period in which the unemployment rate among 20- to 24-year-olds reached 17 p...

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車子壞了

6月 24, 2013

蔡爾容

kuso

Reading the Past小明開著自己的車子和妻子去蜜月旅行，結果在半路上車子引擎突然熄火，小明修理半天，車子還是不會動。看著小明滿頭大汗，妻子安慰他說：「前面不遠的地方有間汽車旅館，我們先去那邊住一晚，明天早上起來，車子就 會自己好的，不用擔心。」小明說：「那是還沒結婚之前的事，這一次車子是真的壞掉了！」 我要影For attendees at last weekend's Historical Novel Society conference who missed seeing the session on The Art of Book Cover Design for Historical Fiction, or for anyone else who's interested, here's a link to my part of the PowerPoint, which also includes ...

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麻辣粉絲煲

6月 24, 2013

謝半松

kuso

Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!有人很喜歡“麻辣粉絲煲”這道菜。有一次他上飯館，又點了這道菜。但侍者告訴他，這道菜已經賣完了。「真的賣完了嗎？」他很失望地問。「先生，真的賣完了。最後一份賣給那桌的先生了。」侍者回答道。那人順著侍者的指點，看見有個很體面的紳士坐在鄰座。紳士的飯菜已經吃得差不多了，但那份&ldDear teen peeps, I was recently given the opportunity to review some fabulous up and coming YA fiction titles for the New York Times that are considered “crossover” books–that is, books that both you AND the adults in your life might enjoy reading. The pr...

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榨汁比賽

6月 24, 2013

陳新白

kuso

The Velveteen Rabbit (Reading Railroad): Margery Williams, Florence Graham: 0807728448042: Amazon.co某公司舉辦大力士比賽,比賽項目是捏柳丁.第一位出場的是一位大學生, 肌肉結實,手一捏, 柳丁的汁竟然裝滿了一整杯,主持人大驚: [這位先生, 您是....]大學生:[我是體操選手, 練單槓的.]第二位出場的是一個身著軍服的年輕人,彎腰拾起大學生捏的柳丁, 手一捏, 竟然又擠出半杯,主持人嚇呆了:[您A stuffed toy rabbit (with real thread whiskers) comes to life in Margery Williams's timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting...

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拒絕的理由

6月 24, 2013

陳覓雪

kuso

Join the fight against extreme poverty - ONE男：妳頭髮的顏色真是美。 女：謝謝。你可以在轉角的西藥房內的第三陳列架找到方法？ 男：妳看起來像個美夢。 女：那就快回去睡覺？ 男：我可以感覺到妳要我。 女：沒錯，我要你．．．馬上滾。 男：我可以和你妳最後一支舞嗎？ 女：我腳剛剛ONE is an international campaigning and advocacy organization of nearly 7 million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, ... 26 out of 54 African states have pledged universal energy access by 2030 Act ......

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