週四(6/30)1.“脫歐”是甚麼呢?2.為何迷戀星座?

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“脫歐”是甚麼呢?

What does leaving the EU mean? Your questions answered:   By JadeBeecroft   nottinghampost.com

Yesterday Britain decided to leave the EU - with 61,343 people voting to leave in Nottingham compared to 59,318 for remain - but many are now wondering what this means.

Here are the four most-searched questions on Google in the UK following the vote, and answers to them:

1. What does it mean to leave the EU?

In basic terms, Britain's vote to leave means it will no longer be part of a single market which allows free trade and the free movement of people across its member states.

However, what will replace the status quo is far from clear - it is now up to the UK Government and the EU to negotiate the terms of a new relationship.

2. What is the EU?

The EU (short for European Union) is a group of countries that trade within a single market and adhere to a set of common laws.

It was formed in 1993, but can be traced back to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and European Economic Community (EEC), formed by six countries in 1951 and 1958.

Britain joined the EEC in January 1973 and was a founding member of the EU.

3. What will happen now we've voted to leave the EU?

This is a difficult one to answer definitively. To kick the process off, Britain must enable Article 50 of the 2007 Lisbon Treaty, the mechanism by which Britain or any other member state can leave the EU.

This gives two years to negotiate the terms of any new relationship, and the settlement must be agreed by the remaining EU member states and by the European Parliament.

David Cameron has signalled that he will leave his successor to begin this procedure, while Boris Johnson - viewed by some as a likely next Prime Minister - has said there is no "haste" to do so.

In the meantime, there is uncertainty about what the wider impact of Brexit will be. Stock markets and the British currency have both fallen in response to the vote.

Politically, the resignation of David Cameron means there will be a leadership election within the Conservative Party, and a possible general election following that.

Q:

What does leaving the EU mean?

What do you think about the EU?

What will happen now Britain voted to leave the EU?

What are the pros and cons of Britain exiting/staying in the EU?

What are the Money-saving tips for surviving the recession?

What are the impacts on Taiwan after Britain voted to leave the EU?

Is it harder for younger or older jobseekers to find work?

為何迷戀星座?

Why are we hooked on horoscopes?  By Isabelle Taubes

We all know they’re nonsense, right? But why are so many of us seduced by our star signs?

Whenever I read a paper or magazine, I’m drawn to the horoscopes page. I know there’s no real truth in it, but I still want to know the prediction for my star sign. It feels like a little ritual, and I enjoy it. Yes, I know millions of people were born on the same day, at the same time, but, irrationally, I think I’m going to read something unique about myself.

My August 2009 horoscope was probably no different from this year’s, which tells me I’m about to be so creative, colleagues will want to steal my ideas, and that my finances will be looking up, so now is a great time to start a business. Hopelessly unrealistic, I know, but I find it compelling.

Philosopher Julian Baggini says, ‘A typical prediction might say, “Things have been difficult but there’s the opportunity for resolution on the horizon.” So it does that cunning trick of reflecting back to you the reality that life is quite difficult, but also offers hope of improvement.’

It is also an appealing illusion to feel you can be ‘defined’, and therefore more easily understood by others. Capricorns are said to be solitary creatures, for example, while Leos like to take centre stage, and Taureans are trustworthy and reliable.

Nowadays, reading our horoscope is a collective self-deception, like doing the lottery. We imagine if we believe in something enough it will come true. When we were children, we believed in Father Christmas. As adults, we hope the stars will bring us what we desire: love, money and a full social life. What we can always rely on is the omission of bad news. Sad events, such as death, divorce or illness, are never there.

According to Dr Margaret Hamilton, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, 70 per cent of information in newspaper horoscopes is positive, substantially higher than any other part of a newspaper. Horoscopes offer escape from daily anxieties — grown-up fairy tales many of us consume without questioning.

‘The interesting discovery was when we looked at women’s personality traits in terms of how much interest they took in their star signs. The women who didn’t know much about it weren’t similar at all. Yet the women who followed them closely conformed significantly to their sign definition. So they can be influential, to the point where you could twist your personality to fit in with what they say.’

 Q:

Why are we hooked on horoscopes?  

Why we want to know the prediction for our star signs?

Do you believe in star signs? Is astrology fake?

Are women much interest in their star signs?

What does your zodiac sign say about your hobbies?

Do you believe in future predictions?

How to stop believing in horoscopes?

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週二(6/28)1.你為什麼還沒成功?----馬雲 2.假貨比真貨好?

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你為什麼還沒成功?----馬雲

JACK MA’S TOP 10 RULES FOR SUCCESS   By Anthony Luvanda

1. Get used to Rejection.

You must first get used to rejection and you must understand that it is not the end. Jack Ma applied for a job at many different places including KFC and the Police Department but he was always rejected. He was even rejected by Harvard 10 times! Harvard probably regrets their decision now.

2. Keep Your Dream Alive.

The secret to success is to keep your dream alive. You must keep your dream alive because it might come true some day.

3. Focus on Culture.

The key to a successful business is to develop a culture of helping others instead of just working for money and this is what Jack Ma has done in his business.

4. Ignore the Critics.

When Jack Ma was getting started many people told him that his business idea was very stupid but now millions of people are using his “stupid” idea and he is now the richest man in Mainland China.

5. Get Inspired.

Jack Ma says he draws inspiration from many sources including movies. He was inspired by movies like, Forrest Gump and The Godfather. He even learned how to write good speeches by watching Whitney Houston sing in The Bodyguard!

6. Stay focused.

As a CEO, Jack Ma has to say no to thousands of opportunities every day. However, he always stays focused because he only considers opportunities that are aligned with the mission of his business.

7. Have a Good Name.

Jack Ma chose ‘Alibaba’ as the name of his business because he found out that ‘Alibaba and the 40 Thieves’ are very popular folk tale. Make sure you choose a recognizable and familiar name for your business.

8. Customers are Number 1.

Jack Ma always puts his customers first and he has a very interesting motto: “Customers first, Employees second, Shareholders third.”

9. Have Passion.

You must have passion and the best way to do this is to develop a hard-working spirit. Your business will never succeed if you work only from 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. If this is the best you can do then you might as well try something else. If you want to succeed, make sure you go the extra mile.

Q:

How to face repeated rejection in jobs applying?

What do you think about Jack Ma?

What were the movies inspired you?

Why customers are number 1?

How to deal with criticism?

Why complaining is bad for your health?

How to find your passion? Where to find opportunities?

假貨比真貨好?

Jack Ma Says Fakes “Better Quality and Better Price Than the Real Names”  blogs.wsj.com  Eva Dou

Alibaba’s Jack Ma stepped into a firestorm on Tuesday with a comment that fakes were sometimes better quality than originals.

“The problem is the fake products today are of better quality and better price than the real names,” he said at Alibaba’s investor day in Hangzhou. “They are exactly the same factories, exactly the same raw materials but they do not use the names.”

Mr. Ma’s comments caused social-media outrage among some who felt he was dodging responsibility for the longstanding presence of counterfeit goods on Alibaba’s online bazaar Taobao. Luxury brands have long criticized Alibaba for not doing more to crack down on fakes and even today, it isn’t difficult to find cheap, fake goods on the website.

The comments come as Alibaba is facing a mounting controversy over counterfeit merchandise on its websites. Last month, a prominent group, the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, suspended a newly created category under which Alibaba was admitted, after U.S. fashion brand Michael Kors and Gucci America Inc. withdrew in protest. Michael Kors called Alibaba “our most dangerous and damaging adversary” in a letter to the coalition.

Alibaba subsequently canceled Mr. Ma’s appearance at the group’s annual conference in Orlando, Fla.

As for Mr. Ma’s comments themselves, closer scrutiny indicates he was describing one longstanding reason for the spread of fakes in China: outsourcing. Although Mr. Ma called it a “new business model” in China, his descriptions were mainly about the key flaw of contract manufacturing: Intellectual property ends up in a supply chain that firms can’t fully control.

Observers could be forgiven for interpreting Mr. Ma’s comments on the outsourcing model as a tactic to deflect attention away from Alibaba’s role in the spread of fake products.

Much of the time, the same factory produces for big-name clients, then works overtime using the same equipment and materials to make similar products that they sell at discounts. There is a spectrum here ranging from full-on fakes – in which the products masquerade as genuine goods with an identical label – to copycat products that resemble the big-name item but are sold under a little-known brand.

Q:

What do you think the report that jack ma says fakes “better quality and better price than the real names”?

Pros and cons of buying fake products?

Should the commercial websites to be blame on selling fake products?

Will you get in trouble for selling counterfeit goods?

How to stop spread of fake products?

What do you think about luxury brands?

Pros and cons of online shopping?

 馬雲：許多假貨比真貨好 網友圍剿

（中央社台北14日電）阿里巴巴集團董事局主席馬雲今天在投資者會議上回應假貨指控說，「許多假冒商品其實比真品質量更好，價格更優惠」。網友斥責「這是公開支持造假的節奏」，是「無恥之辯」。

國際反假聯盟（IACC）5月13日暫停了阿里巴巴的會員資格，外界解讀原因為對阿里巴巴平台上網店充斥假貨、打假不力感到不滿。

香港經濟日報報導，阿里巴巴今天舉行的投資者會議上，馬雲意外現身，他回應假貨問題時表示，假貨構成的挑戰就是它們的高品質，許多假冒商品比真品品質更好，價格更優惠。

馬雲又稱，今年底阿里巴巴以交易總額（GMV）計算，預期將超過瑞典國內生產毛額（GDP），「成為全球第20大經濟體」，而未來歐洲、拉美和非洲是阿里巴巴達到20億用戶的關鍵市場。

不過，馬雲對假冒產品的看法引起不少網友不滿，網友稱「什麼邏輯！質量再好，假的還是假的。既然品質那樣高，為什麼不打上自己的品牌」。

有網友說這是「中國名人的無恥之辯」，表示「如果假貨比真品還好，何不註冊商標冠冕堂皇銷售呢？」

也有網友揶揄說，「怪不得淘寶上假貨泛濫，馬雲是推手」、「這是公開支持造假的節奏」。

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週五(6/24)1. 朋友讓我們快樂健康2.肉食女vs草食男

好友們     敬請多多支持週五聚會

最近天氣呈現超高溫現象

如何用英文 表示高溫     讓Billy 告訴您

高溫

Taipei was the city that experienced an extremely high temperature yesterday.

It was a scorching hot day.

那是一個大熱天。

He was fainted with the scorching sun.

他被炎熱的太陽曬得昏倒了。

朋友讓我們快樂健康

Why Friends Make Us Happier, Healthier People  happify.com

The Happiest People are the Most Social

Convincing evidence of this phenomenon comes from Ed Diener and Martin Seligman, two leading experts in the field of happiness research. When they compared the happiest to the least happy people, they found that the first group was highly social and had the strongest relationship ties. In fact, good social relations were a necessity for people to feel happy. Similarly, other psychologists have written that the need to belong is “fundamental.”

We Turn to Friends When We’re Stressed

This is especially true for women, according to researchers at UCLA. Women are much more likely than men to seek out social support (usually from other women) when they’re worried or frazzled, which may explain why stress affects men’s health more.

Our Friends Help Us Feel Optimistic

Researchers say that daily social support is a key factor in feeling optimistic. Optimism, in turn, increases our satisfaction with life and lowers our risk of depression. Another study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology showed that when we feel that we have social support, our visual perception of challenges actually changes: Mountains look more like molehills.

Friendships Improve Our Health

Let us count the ways! 1. Those of us who have social support are more likely to keep up an exercise plan more than a year after starting it. 2. The least “socially integrated” people experience memory declines twice as fast as those who are more connected. 3. Social support wards off depression and suicide. 4. People who are lonely tend to have higher blood pressure and other risk factors for heart disease, and they’re more likely to “give up” or “quit trying” to deal with a stressor such as illness. Not to mention…

Our Friends Help Us Live Longer

Remember when we said that women seek help from their friends more than men do? A Swedish study found that when men do get enough social support during stressful times, they tend to live longer than those who didn’t have someone to lean on. There’s ample evidence that friendships don’t just make our lives better, they make them longer. Women who have at least one confidant survive longer after surgery for breast cancer, for example. And a review of 148 studies found that people with stronger social relationships have a 50 percent lower risk of mortality.

Q:

Why friends make us happier, healthier people?

Why happiest people are the most social?

How to have good social relations?

How to be optimistic?

Why friendships improve our health?

Can friends help us live longer?

How to strengthen your friendships?

肉食女vs草食男

Japan’s Carnivore Women and Herbivore Men  Victoria S.

Yasuhito Sekine, poster boy for Japan’s herbivore men. He runs an online desert appreciation group for men. The group of 1,000 members debate things such as the virtues of different brands of strawberry shortcake.

Japan is struggling to adapt to a new cultural phenomenon – a generation of new age men who are sensitive, not interested in high-powered or lucrative careers, heterosexual but not really interested in women, sex or marriage. These men are called “herbivores” since they aren’t interested in “matters of the flesh”. The concept of masculinity is changing. These men are more modest and passive than previous generations. They believe men and women can be just friends. They’re usually thin and interested in pursuing their own eclectic hobbies, such as fashion, sewing, video games, personal grooming or eating desert.

Some say the rise in herbivore men is due to the generation growing up in hard economic times, when less jobs were available. However, it’s unclear why that would only apply to the men. Japan is seeing a concurrent trend – the rise of “carnivorous” women – women to take the initiative with men and make the first move when it comes to dating. These women embrace eating meat and are aggressive in their careers. They eschew traditional feminine tasks such as cooking or doing household chores, and are less enthusiastic about marriage than previous generations.

It seems these twin Japanese trends parallel those in the United States – with both countries witnessing plunging birth and marriage rates. And for an economic twist – both countries see a decline in entrepreneurship in the younger generations.

Q:

What do you think about Japan’s Carnivore Women and Herbivore Men?

Why young people have no interest in getting married?

Do you believe that true friendship without sex can exist between men and women?

Is it ok for women to take the initiative with men and make the first move when it comes to dating?

Is the new generation physically and mentally too weak?

Do video games do more harm than good?

What cause of the nation's declining birth rate?

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