美國在台協會經濟組副組長邵靄帝(Arati Shroff)接受台灣電子時報專訪時談到為何美台技術合作十分重要，同時也指出，美台在供應鏈與科技上的合作是奠基於我們的共同價值，而這些價值包括了智慧財產權的保護與尊重法規制度。邵副組長也指出，美台將在美台經濟繁榮夥伴對話與2020年美台供應鏈計畫的基礎下繼續擴展、深化雙方的合作。對於有興趣投資美國的台灣企業來說，即將在6月8到9日舉行的選擇美國投資高峰會也是可以更了解美國投資環境的好機會。邵副組長肯定和包括台灣在內等理念相近夥伴合作，以確保未來供應鏈韌性的重要性，以及拜登政府在今年2月公布的供應鏈行政命令。請把握這個可以更加了解邵副組長和AIT 經濟組在擴展美台經濟夥伴關係，讓世界更加美好工作上的努力！專訪請見：https://bit.ly/3bUtL0S

Interview with Arati Shroff, AIT Economic Deputy Chief: why Taiwan-U.S. technology cooperation is so important
In an interview with DIGITIMES, AIT Economic Deputy Chief Arati Shroff noted that U.S.-Taiwan cooperation across supply chains and technology is based on shared values, including protection of intellectual property rights and respect for rule of law. She highlighted that both sides will continue to expand and deepen cooperation under the U.S.-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD) framework and U.S.-Taiwan supply chain initiative launched in 2020. The upcoming Select USA Summit, scheduled to be held June 8-9, is also a good opportunity for Taiwan businesses interested in investing in the U.S., she said. Ms. Shroff hailed the importance of working with likeminded partners like Taiwan to secure resilient supply chains of the future and discussed the recent Biden-Harris administration’s February executive order on supply chains. Don’t miss an opportunity to learn about how Ms. Shroff and AIT’s Economic team is expanding the U.S.-Taiwan economic partnership for the betterment of the world! See the interview: https://bit.ly/3bUtL0S

食譜分享│忌廉 (奶油) 蛋糕也有vegan版本？ (eng below)
一般蛋糕都使用了蛋奶，成為vegan後，原本最擔心的是可能無法再吃心愛的甜品了。可是當我真正作出改變後，才發現vegan的世界很大，很多事情是我過份擔憂了。因為怎麼可能有不愛吃甜品的vegan呢 XD？所以vegan蛋糕其實還挺常見的，而且吃了也不會有罪惡感，甚至自家製作也不是什麼難事呢！

Vegan lifestyle Passion 是我這幾年最常光顧的蛋糕店，店主Amy也是vegan，其蛋糕主打有機、純素、健康、美味，使用的食材都非常講究。Amy更常常開課教大家製作蛋糕，她的課除了可以學習蛋糕製作外，我覺得更像是上了一節營養課。因為身為健康教練的Amy，十分了解營養學，也很樂意分享。

今次，Amy為我們示範了一款「香蕉黑芝麻忌廉小蛋糕」，材料簡單、很容易找到，要留意的是，最好用「芝麻蕉 (熟蕉)」；而且Amy和我都很喜歡食忌廉，又剛好我們發現了 OraSì OraSi Hong Kong 有一款vegan淡忌廉，所以我們便順勢把它加在小蛋糕上！一起看影片做蛋糕吧~

Recipe sharing │ cream cupcake also has a vegan version?
Normal cakes use milk and eggs, and after becoming a vegan, my worry was that I may no longer be able to eat my favorite dessert. But when I actually made a change, I realized that the vegan world is very big, and I was too worried about many things. Because how could there be vegan who doesn't like dessert XD? So vegan cakes are actually quite common, and there will be no guilt after eating, even making it yourself is not difficult!

Vegan lifestyle Passion is the cake shop I have visited most in recent years. The owner Amy is also a vegan. Her cakes are mainly organic, vegan, healthy and delicious. The ingredients used are very particular. Amy often teaches people how to make cakes. In addition to learning cake making, her class is more like taking a nutrition class. Because Amy, a health coach, knows nutrition very well and is very happy to share it with people.

This time, Amy demonstrated a "Banana Black Sesame Cupcake w/ Cream" for us. The ingredients are simple and easy to find. It should be noted that it is best to use ripe banana; Amy and I are both like to eat cream, and we found that OraSì OraSi Hong Kong has a vegan cream, so we added it to the cupcake! Let's watch the movie and make vegan cake together~

:: FOLLOW Vegan Lifestyle Passion ON ::
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【王老師寫給你看】用 GRE 分析寫作練邏輯思維、學寫，留學時台灣學生別再當美國學生的後援會啦！

除了「時間不夠」之外，準備 GRE 分析寫作的台灣考生最常碰到的致命傷就是寫了半天「沒有切題、討論到該討論的東西」。而這也是不管原本英文程度如何的學生、還是學霸指數多少的學生，都會遇到的狀況。

雖說很多考生都聽過「主題句」很重要(主題句 = 扣題立場＋原因) ，但「實際操作」跟「頭腦裡知道」往往有很大的差距，大概 5 個學生裡有4 個就會偏題。

除此之外，我們的母語中文表達想法時的 vagueness ，也很常讓台灣考生偏題或沒掌握好題目的 scope 。

(e.g. 題目問高等教育對職涯發展的影響，結果學生一直在討論高等教育或是教育 )。

✔︎ 假設今天我們拿到了這個高頻題：
To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.

某學生在第二段寫了這樣的主題句:
First of all, the most important characteristics of a society can be defined in a variety of ways.

寫完後，我問了學生：
• 你覺得你這樣有回答到問題嗎？
• 你是如何分析這個題幹 (prompt) 的呢？
• 為什麼一開始就把 "understand" 和 "must study" 這兩個重要的概念給丟掉了了呢？

學生後來又加了一句話，變成 (原文直接呈現，無做調整)
First of all, the most important characteristic of a society can be defined in a variety of ways. Based on the reason, we may not rule out the possibility that the most attracting characteristic in one's heart is not existed in the major city.

• 加了第二句話後，我們又看到了至少4個問題：

(1) important characteristics 怎麼被過度成 attracting characteristics 了呢？(一字代換即離題)
(2) 補 in one's heart 的用意是什麼呢？
(3) 核心概念的 "of a society" 在第二句話消失了
(4) is not existed 為嚴重會導致扣分的文法錯誤（因文章有5處出現一樣的錯誤)。

啊，英文好難啊，你一定這樣想。怎麼會才寫兩句話，就那麼多問題呢？主因來自於大家忽略了好的學術寫作學習，需要系統性的訓練、和練習。很多考生都錯以為範文看一看、點子想一想就可以上場了。

➠ 依照著學生的想法，我試寫了一段：

I partially agree with the statement, as we can certainly gain a deeper understanding of some defining features of a society by studying its major cities, where we can easily observe the socio-cultural events, beliefs, and phenomena that collectively contribute to the construction of the "identity" of a society. However, it should be noted that some of these features that help define a society can ONLY be observed in small towns, as opposed to major cities. Therefore, if we wish to thoroughly--rather than partially--understand the most important characteristics of a society, we must study both big cities and small towns. For instance, ....

在我的改寫中你可以注意到，我沒有一句話會脫離「理解」的這個概念，我也盡可能的讓「社會」這個概念不離開我的寫作 (e.g. socio-cultural events, beliefs, and phenomena; some of these features that help define a society)。

政治、經濟算社會嗎？當然也算。但在時間有限的狀況下，直接寫 social-cultural 是最方便的處理方式。

另外你也可以注意到，我是部分同意了本文。我同意要理解一個社會最重要的核心特色，我們一定要研究大城市。但我在第三句話後面塞了 "thoroughly--rather than partially" 這樣的表達，去闡述如果要「夠全面的了解」只研究大城市不夠。

再回到學生最最一開始的版本：First of all, the most important characteristic of a society can be defined in a variety of ways. 你覺得好嗎？

若你接下來有準備 GRE考試的計畫，我將在 1/8 (三) 的 GRE 高分公開課中，我將基於8年的機經題庫，剖析GRE考試的最新趨勢和分享有效的備戰策略，若你/妳接下來有要備考GRE的計畫，歡迎你來參加喔！

➠ ➠【公開課報名】 ➠ ➠
https://www.accupass.com/event/1912220416341342776738

➤ 時間: 1/8 (三) 19:30 ~ 21:00 (19:00 進場)

➤ 地點: 台北市朱崙街60號2F (MRT 南京復興站)

【講師介紹】
王梓沅 (GRE V166 / 穩定 AW 5.5, PR 98、TOEFL 117、IELTS 滿分)
哥倫比亞大學應用語言學碩士
賓州大學 (UPenn) 社會語言學碩士
創勝文教共同創辦人、GRE 課程負責人
《GRE 學霸字彙》作者 (2019 眾文圖書出版)

食譜分享│忌廉 (奶油) 蛋糕也有vegan版本？ (eng below)
一般蛋糕都使用了蛋奶，成為vegan後，原本最擔心的是可能無法再吃心愛的甜品了。可是當我真正作出改變後，才發現vegan的世界很大，很多事情是我過份擔憂了。因為怎麼可能有不愛吃甜品的vegan呢 XD？所以vegan蛋糕其實還挺常見的，而且吃了也不會有罪惡感，甚至自家製作也不是什麼難事呢！

Vegan lifestyle Passion 是我這幾年最常光顧的蛋糕店，店主Amy也是vegan，其蛋糕主打有機、純素、健康、美味，使用的食材都非常講究。Amy更常常開課教大家製作蛋糕，她的課除了可以學習蛋糕製作外，我覺得更像是上了一節營養課。因為身為健康教練的Amy，十分了解營養學，也很樂意分享。

今次，Amy為我們示範了一款「香蕉黑芝麻忌廉小蛋糕」，材料簡單、很容易找到，要留意的是，最好用「芝麻蕉 (熟蕉)」；而且Amy和我都很喜歡食忌廉，又剛好我們發現了 OraSì OraSi Hong Kong 有一款vegan淡忌廉，所以我們便順勢把它加在小蛋糕上！一起看影片做蛋糕吧~

Recipe sharing │ cream cupcake also has a vegan version?
Normal cakes use milk and eggs, and after becoming a vegan, my worry was that I may no longer be able to eat my favorite dessert. But when I actually made a change, I realized that the vegan world is very big, and I was too worried about many things. Because how could there be vegan who doesn't like dessert XD? So vegan cakes are actually quite common, and there will be no guilt after eating, even making it yourself is not difficult!

Vegan lifestyle Passion is the cake shop I have visited most in recent years. The owner Amy is also a vegan. Her cakes are mainly organic, vegan, healthy and delicious. The ingredients used are very particular. Amy often teaches people how to make cakes. In addition to learning cake making, her class is more like taking a nutrition class. Because Amy, a health coach, knows nutrition very well and is very happy to share it with people.

This time, Amy demonstrated a "Banana Black Sesame Cupcake w/ Cream" for us. The ingredients are simple and easy to find. It should be noted that it is best to use ripe banana; Amy and I are both like to eat cream, and we found that OraSì OraSi Hong Kong has a vegan cream, so we added it to the cupcake! Let's watch the movie and make vegan cake together~

:: FOLLOW Vegan Lifestyle Passion ON ::
Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/greenveganamy2018/
Instagram / https://www.instagram.com/greenveganamy/
Whatsapp/ 5406 4595

:: FOLLOW VEGAN EXPRESSION ON ::
Youtube/ https://www.youtube.com/veganexpression
Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/veganexpressionhk/
Instagram / https://www.instagram.com/vegan_expression/
Website / http://vegan-expression.com/

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