US Beef Ribs Ordered

US beef ribs sold at two hypermarkets in Taipei were pulled off the shelves after they were found with residues of the lean-meat-enhancing drug ractopamine. Ractopamine is banned in Taiwan, China, the EU, and more than 100 other countries, but 20 others still allow its presence in feed. Amid speculation that the government might ease its ractopamine ban as a result of US pressure, local cattle and pig farmers have threatened to stage a protest in Taipei in February.

美国牛肋条残留瘦肉精遭勒令下架

台北2家大卖场贩售的美国牛肋条被检验出残留莱克多巴胺（瘦肉精的一种）。台湾，大陆，欧盟和其他1百多个国家均禁止使用莱克多巴胺，但仍有其他20个国家允许在饲料中添加这种瘦肉精。台湾本土的猪牛饲养业者推测，政府也许会屈服美方压力而放宽使用莱克多巴胺的禁令，因而扬言2月要在台北发动抗议。

The taxi drivers staged a protest when their demands were ignored.

出租车司机发动抗议，因为他们的要求遭到漠视。

Taiwanese Medical Pioneer Denounces Laser Eye Surgery

The doctor who first successfully performed laser eye surgery in Taiwan announced that he would no longer perform the procedure because it could have serious side effects. Twenty years ago, Ray Tsai performed a 500-case clinical trial of the surgery, also known as Lasik, an alternative to glasses for correcting vision. Tsai's research and later promotion of the surgery helped popularize the technique. However, Tsai recently told the local press that he would stop performing Lasik because he had observed situations in which visual acuity suddenly worsened long after the procedure had taken place.

眼科名医封刀，不再进行雷射近视手术

台湾首位成功实行雷射近视矫正手术的医师宣布，该手术可能引发严重的副作用，所以将不再执行这种手术。20年前，蔡瑞芳医师完成准分子雷射层状角膜成型术（戴眼镜矫正视力之外的另一种选择）的 500 名临床试验。蔡医师研究并推广这项手术，使该技术获得普及。然而，他最近向台湾的新闻界宣布，他将停止施行雷射近视矫正手术，因为他发现接受手术的病患在多年后，会有视力突然恶化的情况发生。

Gary's economic situation worsened after he was laid off from work.

盖瑞被公司资遣后，经济状况走下坡。

14-Year-Old Boy Genius Writes Book

Revealing Life in College at Age Eight

The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius. All he did, after all, was enroll in college at the age of eight and earn the first of his two Associate of Arts degrees from East Los Angeles Community College in 2009 at 11, graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Now, at 14, he's poised to graduate from UCLA this year. He has also just published an English edition of his first book, We Can Do, a 100-page guideline explaining how other young people can accomplish what he did.

14岁天才少年出书，分享读书经验

14岁的凯威林不喜欢被称为天才。毕竟，他所做的只不过是在 8 岁进入美国东洛杉矶学院就读、2009年以 11 岁之龄取得人生 2 个文科副学士学位中的第 1 个，兼以 GPA 4.0 的完美成绩毕业。今年 14 岁的他准备自加州大学洛杉矶分校毕业。他也刚刚出版自己的第 1 本英文书《我们做得到》，这本共计 100页的指南是要告诉其他年轻人，如何达成凯威林的成就。