Practical Natural Language Processing

本書（含 DVD 與手冊）以實際職場情境為核心，協助學習者建立在工作環境中使用英語的能力。內容依循從求職到就業後的歷程，涵蓋工作介紹、日常工作流程、面試、職前訓練、職場溝通、服裝規範、問題處理與科技應用等主題。影片以情境對話呈現，幫助學習者理解語言在真實場合中的使用方式；隨附手冊則提供逐字稿、重點詞彙、文化說明與討論問題，適合課堂教學或自學使用。本書不僅著重語言本身，也引導學習者理解職場文化，是實用取向的職場英語學習資源。A revolutionary new DVD that teaches you practical English using real conversationsImprove Your English in the Workplace combines the video advantages of DVDs with the educational benefits of fluent American English speakers in unscripted interviews. You will benefit from hearing real people--men and women from various regions and occupations--having spontaneous conversations about the workplace, their jobs, and careers. The DVD also has a transcript and workbook designed to refine your listening and speaking skills.Includes one 120-minute DVD.

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A Touch of Zen is one of the first Chinese-language films to gain recognition in an international film festival (the Grand Prix at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival), creating the generic mould for the "crossover" success of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2000. The film has achieved a cult status over the years but little has been written about it. This first book-length study of the classic martial arts film therefore redresses its critical neglect, and explores its multi-leveled dimensions and mysteries. One of the central features of the film is the enigmatic knight-lady (xia nü) whose quest for revenge leads her to cross paths with a poor scholar whose interest in military strategy seals their alliance. Teo discusses the psychological manifestations and implications of this relationship and concludes that the film's continuing relevance lies in its portrait of sexuality and the feminist desires of the heroine. Teo also analyzes the film's form as an action piece and the dir

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to modern auction theory and its important new applications. It is written by a leading economic theorist whose suggestions guided the creation of the new spectrum auction designs. Aimed at graduate students and professionals in economics, the book gives the most up-to-date treatments of both traditional theories of 'optimal auctions' and newer theories of multi-unit auctions and package auctions, and shows by example how these theories are used. The analysis explores the limitations of prominent older designs, such as the Vickrey auction design, and evaluates the practical responses to those limitations. It explores the tension between the traditional theory of auctions with a fixed set of bidders, in which the seller seeks to squeeze as much revenue as possible from the fixed set, and the theory of auctions with endogenous entry, in which bidder profits must be respected to encourage participation.

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本系列叢書旨在訓練學生的閱讀技巧，並讓學生從中領悟語言的藝術，教師更可從中發現學生閱讀的困難。本叢書每一冊有一百篇文章，由A至G級，逐漸加深內容的難度，讓學生輕鬆由淺入深學習。本叢書適用於中學至大學低年級學生，或有同等閱讀能力的學生。每冊皆附有閱讀測驗，讓學生自我評量是否充分了解文章內容。本叢書並附有兩個特別的單元：「綜合練習」(Integrated Language Activity)，讓學生由

本系列叢書旨在訓練學生的閱讀技巧，並讓學生從中領悟語言的藝術，教師更可從中發現學生閱讀的困難。本叢書每一冊有一百篇文章，由A至G級，逐漸加深內容的難度，讓學生輕鬆由淺入深學習。本叢書適用於中學至大學低年級學生，或有同等閱讀能力的學生。每冊皆附有閱讀測驗，讓學生自我評量是否充分了解文章內容。本叢書並附有兩個特別的單元：「綜合練習」(Integrated Language Activity)，讓學生由

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本書由教育科學與神經醫學專家共同設計，透過循序漸進的題型安排，帶領讀者進行一場完整的腦力鍛鍊。全書收錄 91 則腦力題目，依難度分為入門、進階與高階三個階段，從觀察力、記憶力到專注力，逐步刺激不同的認知能力。題型涵蓋視覺謎題、記憶遊戲與推理挑戰，既需要冷靜思考，也考驗耐心與專注。內容設計兼顧趣味與科學基礎，適合各年齡層讀者反覆練習，在輕鬆解題的過程中，培養穩定而持久的思考能力。You're brain is like any other muscle in your body: if you don't use it, you lose it. Since you may not have time to take a class or learn a new language to keep your mind fit and to ward off memory loss, Protein Shakes for the Brain is a quick brain boost filled with puzzles, memory games, and attention grabbers-all the ingredients you need to keep your brain young, healthy and in terrific shape! Sample Game:Take a minute to memorize the six words below without looking at the bottom half of the page. shrimp cow cupboard design elephant partNow cover up the list of words and answer the following questions:What, if any, animals are on the list? Name the abstract words on the list. Which word is the shortest on the list?

《Your Next Fifty Years》為現代中壯年重新定義「退休」的概念。作者 Collins 與 Wall 以心理學與理財專業為基礎，主張退休不該被視為結束，而是一場「再出發」──一段重新聚焦與實踐理想的時光。本書提供具體的思考方向與工具，如假期式退休、彈性工時與階段性退休等新選項，並附有表格、檢核表與「Smart Tips」協助規劃投資、保險與遺產安排。書中也關注女性與中年族群在職場變動、伴侶離世或健康挑戰下的財務應對，兼具實用與啟發性。For millions of Americans in their thirties and forties retirement will have an entirely different meaning than it had for their parents. Most have saved a little, spent a lot, seen pensions cut and Social Security squeezed, and will live longer than any generation before. Your Next Fifty Years challenges baby boomers to develop a completely new perspective: retirement as renaissance - not the end of working life, but rather a time to renew, refocus, and recharge, based on long-range dreams and goals. Collins and Wall draw upon their unique training in psychology and financial planning to explore practical alternatives to the traditional concept of retirementalternatives such as sabbaticals, flextime, and temporary or part-time retirement. With the help of worksh

路易斯・卡洛筆下的《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》和《鏡中奇遇》，不只是兒童讀物，更是結合幽默、哲理與奇想的經典文學。隨著愛麗絲穿越夢境與鏡子世界，讀者將發現故事中蘊藏著超越時代的現代主義與荒誕風格，搭配原版精美插畫，適合全齡細細品味。With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were.Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere.The author reveals himself i

Two centuries after they were published, Kant's ethical writings are as much admired and imitated as they have ever been, yet serious and long-standing accusations of internal incoherence remain unresolved. Onora O'Neill traces the alleged incoherences to attempt to assimilate Kant's ethical writings to modern conceptions of rationality, action and rights. When the temptation to assimilate is resisted, a strikingly different and more cohesive account of reason and morality emerges. Kant offers a `constructivist' vindication of reason and a moral vision in which obligations are prior to rights and in which justice and virtue are linked. O'Neill begins by reconsidering Kant's conceptions of philosophical method, reason, freedom, automony and action. She then moves on to the more familiar terrain of interpretation of the Categorical Imperative, while in the last section she emphasises differences between Kant's ethics and recent 'Kantian' ethics, including the work of John Rawls and othe

Spinoza's theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. This book, which presents Spinoza's main ideas in dictionary form, h

本系列叢書旨在訓練學生的閱讀技巧，並讓學生從中領悟語言的藝術，教師更可從中發現學生閱讀的困難。本叢書每一冊有一百篇文章，由A至G級，逐漸加深內容的難度，讓學生輕鬆由淺入深學習。本叢書適用於中學至大學低年級學生，或有同等閱讀能力的學生。每冊皆附有閱讀測驗，讓學生自我評量是否充分了解文章內容。本叢書並附有兩個特別的單元：「綜合練習」(Integrated Language Activity)，讓學生由

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本書特色透過這本書，走入臺灣各場域，學習並應用華語能力進行跨界交流從臺灣視角出發，連結全球現象與議題憑藉多元素材進行各種開放性討論，激發不同角度的觀點表達優化華語能力的輸入與輸出特色：●反映在全球快速跨域流動的潮流中學習華語的新樣貌●優化由臺灣視角連結真實世界的華語應用能力●兼顧面對面溝通與網路載體應用的華語交流形式內容：本書內容涵蓋四大主題，每個大主題領域由三個層面的次主題組成，每個次主題 再由兩個文本內容展開多元情境設計。全書共四大單元十二課，談及人文景觀、節慶風俗、海洋族群、大眾生活、性別平等、產業改造、科技農場、旅遊觀光、虛擬科技、醫療保險，社會福利、政治發展、教育萬象、國際志工、城市活化，青年追夢、新住民文化、經濟區塊鏈、價值觀質變等。這些情境，由一群臺灣大學國際學院的研究生展開，帶領本書學習者進入不同場域中探究，在跨場域中進行跨文化交流。本書的編寫設計呈現多元體裁，包括對話、短文、雜誌撰文、現場演講，電子郵件email、部落格寫作blog、臉書貼文facebook、網路平台直播live stream、播客頻道podcast、影音視頻vlog，視訊會議conference call等，希望幫助學習者透過這些實用的語言呈現載體形式來演練華語交流。程度：本書的華語能力水平適合高級初階到高級高階，根據國家教育研究院臺灣華語文能力基準Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language TBCL 三等七級詞表編寫，以第五級與第六級為主，同時亦配合國家華語測驗工作委員會華語文能力測驗Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language TOCFL 華語八千詞標準，主要收列高階級（B2），兼收部分進階級（B1）與流利級（C1）。

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