2022/08/01
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Announcer: You’re listening to: Top of the Topics!
企業前進Select SUSA,拓展美國市場
Now, please welcome your host, Chuck McSilver!
Chuck: Hello and welcome to another episode of Top of the Topics! The show where if you don’t know the news …
Audience: You Lose!
Chuck: Let’s meet today’s contestants: give it up for Jessie and Woody!
Chuck: Jessie, Woody, welcome to the show!
Both: Thanks Chuck!
Chuck: Jessie, this is your third show!
Jessie: Let’s make it four, Chuck!
Chuck: Woody, think you can stop her?
Woody: Well, I’ll try my darndest!
Chuck: Let’s see, shall we? With a trip to Clever Corner for everyone’s favorite resident know-it-all, Sally Smartypants! Sally?
Sally: Thanks Chuck! Today’s Topic is: The Select USA Summit!
Chuck: Great … Jessie, Woody, I’ll give you a word, you give us a definition. First correct answer wins. Fingers on buzzers. Ready? … Word one: ‘Summit’ Jessie.
Jessie: An international meeting of government representatives!
Chuck: Whoa! Jessie, starting strong! Sally?
Sally: This year the Select USA Summit, the biggest event of its kind, has invited several high-profile Taiwanese government officials to attend, including NDC Minister Kung Ming-Xin
Chuck: Word two: ‘High-profile’ Woody
Woody: It’s when someone or something gets lots of media attention, because they’re important or famous or something
Chuck: Correct! One point each. Sally?
Sally: The US/Taiwan 21st Century Trade Initiative was recently announced, to help boost cross-cultural cooperation on all kinds of issues like climate change, labor, and digital trade
Chuck: Word three: ‘Initiative’ Jessie
Jessie: It’s a plan or a strategy: a brand new idea to help fix something
Chuck: That’s it! 2 points to you, Jessie. Sally?
Sally: In digital trade, Taiwan hopes to upgrade from 5G to 6G broadband, improve cybersecurity, and create international job opportunities at home and abroad
Chuck: Word four: ‘Cybersecurity’ Woody
Woody: It’s like that movie … what’s it called? Robocop?
Chuck: Wrong answer! Jessie?
Jessie: Um, it’s when your computer and your emails and everything are protected, so no-one else can get to them
Chuck: Correct! That sound means we’ve run out of time, and Jessie wins again with 3 points! Sally, what has she won?!
Sally: Our exclusive Top of the Topics Trophy, a signed copy of Chuck’s best-selling autobiography ‘Chuck-full o’ Nuts’; and another chance to win next week!
Jessie: I can’t believe it!
Chuck: What a show! Thanks so much gang!