114年關務特考-外國文(英文)

       Imagine if you could look into the future and see yourself 50 years from now. You could see the wrinkles on your face, how your hair would gray, and how the shape of your face would change 31 decades of life. It sounds 32 something out of a fairytale. But a viral “Aged” filter on TikTok is allowing users to look into the face of their 33 selves. The new filter uses AI to estimate 34 your face will look like as you age. In a 35 of months, the filter got 11 billion views. Young people using the filter reveal a deep fear of getting, and more importantly, looking old.

       Imagine if you could look into the future and see yourself 50 years from now. You could see the wrinkles on your face, how your hair would gray, and how the shape of your face would change 31 decades of life. It sounds 32 something out of a fairytale. But a viral “Aged” filter on TikTok is allowing users to look into the face of their 33 selves. The new filter uses AI to estimate 34 your face will look like as you age. In a 35 of months, the filter got 11 billion views. Young people using the filter reveal a deep fear of getting, and more importantly, looking old.

       Imagine if you could look into the future and see yourself 50 years from now. You could see the wrinkles on your face, how your hair would gray, and how the shape of your face would change 31 decades of life. It sounds 32 something out of a fairytale. But a viral “Aged” filter on TikTok is allowing users to look into the face of their 33 selves. The new filter uses AI to estimate 34 your face will look like as you age. In a 35 of months, the filter got 11 billion views. Young people using the filter reveal a deep fear of getting, and more importantly, looking old.

       Imagine if you could look into the future and see yourself 50 years from now. You could see the wrinkles on your face, how your hair would gray, and how the shape of your face would change 31 decades of life. It sounds 32 something out of a fairytale. But a viral “Aged” filter on TikTok is allowing users to look into the face of their 33 selves. The new filter uses AI to estimate 34 your face will look like as you age. In a 35 of months, the filter got 11 billion views. Young people using the filter reveal a deep fear of getting, and more importantly, looking old.

       Imagine if you could look into the future and see yourself 50 years from now. You could see the wrinkles on your face, how your hair would gray, and how the shape of your face would change 31 decades of life. It sounds 32 something out of a fairytale. But a viral “Aged” filter on TikTok is allowing users to look into the face of their 33 selves. The new filter uses AI to estimate 34 your face will look like as you age. In a 35 of months, the filter got 11 billion views. Young people using the filter reveal a deep fear of getting, and more importantly, looking old.

      Tough yet malleable and easy to bend and work with, lead became the chosen metal for water pipes long, long ago— a use that dates back to the ancient Romans. However, lead is notoriously dangerous, with medical and public health experts agreeing that there is no safe level of lead in the human body. Then, how does lead get into our tap water? It enters drinking water when a chemical reaction occurs in plumbing materials that contain lead. This is known as corrosion －dissolving or wearing-away of metal from the pipes and fixtures. This reaction is more severe when water has high acidity or low mineral content. Because we cannot see, taste, or smell lead in drinking water, the best way to know the risk of exposure to lead in drinking water is to identify the potential sources of lead in the service line and household plumbing. The local water authority is always the first source for testing and identifying lead contamination in the tap water. Here are a few suggestions for homeowners to cope with the problem:

－First and foremost, ask your water provider if you have a lead service line providing water to your home. If you have a lead service line, ask if there are any programs to assist with removal of the lead service line going to your home.
－You should be aware that any work, such as water main or service line replacement, could increase exposure to lead while the work is ongoing and for up to six months after the work is completed.
－You should ask to have your water tested. Many public water systems will test drinking water for residents upon request. There are also laboratories that are certified to test for lead in water.
－You need to understand that water sampling results can vary depending on the time of day, season, method of sampling, flow of water and other factors.

      Tough yet malleable and easy to bend and work with, lead became the chosen metal for water pipes long, long ago— a use that dates back to the ancient Romans. However, lead is notoriously dangerous, with medical and public health experts agreeing that there is no safe level of lead in the human body. Then, how does lead get into our tap water? It enters drinking water when a chemical reaction occurs in plumbing materials that contain lead. This is known as corrosion －dissolving or wearing-away of metal from the pipes and fixtures. This reaction is more severe when water has high acidity or low mineral content. Because we cannot see, taste, or smell lead in drinking water, the best way to know the risk of exposure to lead in drinking water is to identify the potential sources of lead in the service line and household plumbing. The local water authority is always the first source for testing and identifying lead contamination in the tap water. Here are a few suggestions for homeowners to cope with the problem:

－First and foremost, ask your water provider if you have a lead service line providing water to your home. If you have a lead service line, ask if there are any programs to assist with removal of the lead service line going to your home.
－You should be aware that any work, such as water main or service line replacement, could increase exposure to lead while the work is ongoing and for up to six months after the work is completed.
－You should ask to have your water tested. Many public water systems will test drinking water for residents upon request. There are also laboratories that are certified to test for lead in water.
－You need to understand that water sampling results can vary depending on the time of day, season, method of sampling, flow of water and other factors.

      Tough yet malleable and easy to bend and work with, lead became the chosen metal for water pipes long, long ago— a use that dates back to the ancient Romans. However, lead is notoriously dangerous, with medical and public health experts agreeing that there is no safe level of lead in the human body. Then, how does lead get into our tap water? It enters drinking water when a chemical reaction occurs in plumbing materials that contain lead. This is known as corrosion －dissolving or wearing-away of metal from the pipes and fixtures. This reaction is more severe when water has high acidity or low mineral content. Because we cannot see, taste, or smell lead in drinking water, the best way to know the risk of exposure to lead in drinking water is to identify the potential sources of lead in the service line and household plumbing. The local water authority is always the first source for testing and identifying lead contamination in the tap water. Here are a few suggestions for homeowners to cope with the problem:

－First and foremost, ask your water provider if you have a lead service line providing water to your home. If you have a lead service line, ask if there are any programs to assist with removal of the lead service line going to your home.
－You should be aware that any work, such as water main or service line replacement, could increase exposure to lead while the work is ongoing and for up to six months after the work is completed.
－You should ask to have your water tested. Many public water systems will test drinking water for residents upon request. There are also laboratories that are certified to test for lead in water.
－You need to understand that water sampling results can vary depending on the time of day, season, method of sampling, flow of water and other factors.

      Tough yet malleable and easy to bend and work with, lead became the chosen metal for water pipes long, long ago— a use that dates back to the ancient Romans. However, lead is notoriously dangerous, with medical and public health experts agreeing that there is no safe level of lead in the human body. Then, how does lead get into our tap water? It enters drinking water when a chemical reaction occurs in plumbing materials that contain lead. This is known as corrosion －dissolving or wearing-away of metal from the pipes and fixtures. This reaction is more severe when water has high acidity or low mineral content. Because we cannot see, taste, or smell lead in drinking water, the best way to know the risk of exposure to lead in drinking water is to identify the potential sources of lead in the service line and household plumbing. The local water authority is always the first source for testing and identifying lead contamination in the tap water. Here are a few suggestions for homeowners to cope with the problem:

－First and foremost, ask your water provider if you have a lead service line providing water to your home. If you have a lead service line, ask if there are any programs to assist with removal of the lead service line going to your home.
－You should be aware that any work, such as water main or service line replacement, could increase exposure to lead while the work is ongoing and for up to six months after the work is completed.
－You should ask to have your water tested. Many public water systems will test drinking water for residents upon request. There are also laboratories that are certified to test for lead in water.
－You need to understand that water sampling results can vary depending on the time of day, season, method of sampling, flow of water and other factors.

      Tough yet malleable and easy to bend and work with, lead became the chosen metal for water pipes long, long ago— a use that dates back to the ancient Romans. However, lead is notoriously dangerous, with medical and public health experts agreeing that there is no safe level of lead in the human body. Then, how does lead get into our tap water? It enters drinking water when a chemical reaction occurs in plumbing materials that contain lead. This is known as corrosion －dissolving or wearing-away of metal from the pipes and fixtures. This reaction is more severe when water has high acidity or low mineral content. Because we cannot see, taste, or smell lead in drinking water, the best way to know the risk of exposure to lead in drinking water is to identify the potential sources of lead in the service line and household plumbing. The local water authority is always the first source for testing and identifying lead contamination in the tap water. Here are a few suggestions for homeowners to cope with the problem:

－First and foremost, ask your water provider if you have a lead service line providing water to your home. If you have a lead service line, ask if there are any programs to assist with removal of the lead service line going to your home.
－You should be aware that any work, such as water main or service line replacement, could increase exposure to lead while the work is ongoing and for up to six months after the work is completed.
－You should ask to have your water tested. Many public water systems will test drinking water for residents upon request. There are also laboratories that are certified to test for lead in water.
－You need to understand that water sampling results can vary depending on the time of day, season, method of sampling, flow of water and other factors.

       Early risers are people who naturally wake up early in the morning. Their body clock causes them to get up while most of us are still in deep sleep. Researchers said early risers could have some shared DNA from Neanderthals – our 41 who lived over 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals lived in northern parts of Europe and Asia. They woke up earlier to hunt for or gather food as the sun 42 . Scientists have spent a long time looking at why some people are early birds, while others are night owls. They looked at a medical database with 43 information for hundreds of thousands of people. They compared the DNA of people who said they were early risers with the Neanderthal DNA. Their research found more examples of Neanderthal DNA 44 in the early risers. However, it is likely that the Neanderthal DNA is not so strong in many people. The effect of the Neanderthal DNA may be 45 as the centuries pass. Our modern lifestyles mean many of us prefer sleeping in to leaving the comfort of our bed. Nevertheless, it may still be true that the early bird catches the worm.

       Early risers are people who naturally wake up early in the morning. Their body clock causes them to get up while most of us are still in deep sleep. Researchers said early risers could have some shared DNA from Neanderthals – our 41 who lived over 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals lived in northern parts of Europe and Asia. They woke up earlier to hunt for or gather food as the sun 42 . Scientists have spent a long time looking at why some people are early birds, while others are night owls. They looked at a medical database with 43 information for hundreds of thousands of people. They compared the DNA of people who said they were early risers with the Neanderthal DNA. Their research found more examples of Neanderthal DNA 44 in the early risers. However, it is likely that the Neanderthal DNA is not so strong in many people. The effect of the Neanderthal DNA may be 45 as the centuries pass. Our modern lifestyles mean many of us prefer sleeping in to leaving the comfort of our bed. Nevertheless, it may still be true that the early bird catches the worm.

       Early risers are people who naturally wake up early in the morning. Their body clock causes them to get up while most of us are still in deep sleep. Researchers said early risers could have some shared DNA from Neanderthals – our 41 who lived over 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals lived in northern parts of Europe and Asia. They woke up earlier to hunt for or gather food as the sun 42 . Scientists have spent a long time looking at why some people are early birds, while others are night owls. They looked at a medical database with 43 information for hundreds of thousands of people. They compared the DNA of people who said they were early risers with the Neanderthal DNA. Their research found more examples of Neanderthal DNA 44 in the early risers. However, it is likely that the Neanderthal DNA is not so strong in many people. The effect of the Neanderthal DNA may be 45 as the centuries pass. Our modern lifestyles mean many of us prefer sleeping in to leaving the comfort of our bed. Nevertheless, it may still be true that the early bird catches the worm.

       Early risers are people who naturally wake up early in the morning. Their body clock causes them to get up while most of us are still in deep sleep. Researchers said early risers could have some shared DNA from Neanderthals – our 41 who lived over 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals lived in northern parts of Europe and Asia. They woke up earlier to hunt for or gather food as the sun 42 . Scientists have spent a long time looking at why some people are early birds, while others are night owls. They looked at a medical database with 43 information for hundreds of thousands of people. They compared the DNA of people who said they were early risers with the Neanderthal DNA. Their research found more examples of Neanderthal DNA 44 in the early risers. However, it is likely that the Neanderthal DNA is not so strong in many people. The effect of the Neanderthal DNA may be 45 as the centuries pass. Our modern lifestyles mean many of us prefer sleeping in to leaving the comfort of our bed. Nevertheless, it may still be true that the early bird catches the worm.

       Early risers are people who naturally wake up early in the morning. Their body clock causes them to get up while most of us are still in deep sleep. Researchers said early risers could have some shared DNA from Neanderthals – our 41 who lived over 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals lived in northern parts of Europe and Asia. They woke up earlier to hunt for or gather food as the sun 42 . Scientists have spent a long time looking at why some people are early birds, while others are night owls. They looked at a medical database with 43 information for hundreds of thousands of people. They compared the DNA of people who said they were early risers with the Neanderthal DNA. Their research found more examples of Neanderthal DNA 44 in the early risers. However, it is likely that the Neanderthal DNA is not so strong in many people. The effect of the Neanderthal DNA may be 45 as the centuries pass. Our modern lifestyles mean many of us prefer sleeping in to leaving the comfort of our bed. Nevertheless, it may still be true that the early bird catches the worm.

       Is stray animal protection as urgent as it seems? As a matter of fact, I would like to change the movement’s name to “de-privileged animal protection.” Stray animals can neither speak for their own rights nor register as voters. They are the most unprivileged among the underprivileged. Suppose the whole society sees them not as life but as trash. In that case, we would treat foreign laborers, old citizens who live alone, people with disabilities, and all other minority groups similarly, as if a domino effect starts to implement itself. However, if we secure the first domino piece, that is, if we can rescue a stray cat out of kindness, shall we fail to treat other species (including humans) in suffering kindly?

       I recalled a reader from a university abroad saying in his letter to me, “I envy neither democracy nor wealth in Taiwan. But I do envy the kindness and tolerance of Taiwanese people as shown in their kind treatment of non-human species described in your cat book.”

       Therefore, it is not a matter of cat caring or not (to use the rhetoric of relativism permeating throughout this society, as in “Just as you have the freedom to love cats, so I have the freedom to hate them”). We care for aboriginal kids or starving kids in Africa, not because we love or do not love them. It is an act of generosity, rightly making us a civilized being.

       Is stray animal protection as urgent as it seems? As a matter of fact, I would like to change the movement’s name to “de-privileged animal protection.” Stray animals can neither speak for their own rights nor register as voters. They are the most unprivileged among the underprivileged. Suppose the whole society sees them not as life but as trash. In that case, we would treat foreign laborers, old citizens who live alone, people with disabilities, and all other minority groups similarly, as if a domino effect starts to implement itself. However, if we secure the first domino piece, that is, if we can rescue a stray cat out of kindness, shall we fail to treat other species (including humans) in suffering kindly?

       I recalled a reader from a university abroad saying in his letter to me, “I envy neither democracy nor wealth in Taiwan. But I do envy the kindness and tolerance of Taiwanese people as shown in their kind treatment of non-human species described in your cat book.”

       Therefore, it is not a matter of cat caring or not (to use the rhetoric of relativism permeating throughout this society, as in “Just as you have the freedom to love cats, so I have the freedom to hate them”). We care for aboriginal kids or starving kids in Africa, not because we love or do not love them. It is an act of generosity, rightly making us a civilized being.

       Is stray animal protection as urgent as it seems? As a matter of fact, I would like to change the movement’s name to “de-privileged animal protection.” Stray animals can neither speak for their own rights nor register as voters. They are the most unprivileged among the underprivileged. Suppose the whole society sees them not as life but as trash. In that case, we would treat foreign laborers, old citizens who live alone, people with disabilities, and all other minority groups similarly, as if a domino effect starts to implement itself. However, if we secure the first domino piece, that is, if we can rescue a stray cat out of kindness, shall we fail to treat other species (including humans) in suffering kindly?

       I recalled a reader from a university abroad saying in his letter to me, “I envy neither democracy nor wealth in Taiwan. But I do envy the kindness and tolerance of Taiwanese people as shown in their kind treatment of non-human species described in your cat book.”

       Therefore, it is not a matter of cat caring or not (to use the rhetoric of relativism permeating throughout this society, as in “Just as you have the freedom to love cats, so I have the freedom to hate them”). We care for aboriginal kids or starving kids in Africa, not because we love or do not love them. It is an act of generosity, rightly making us a civilized being.

       Is stray animal protection as urgent as it seems? As a matter of fact, I would like to change the movement’s name to “de-privileged animal protection.” Stray animals can neither speak for their own rights nor register as voters. They are the most unprivileged among the underprivileged. Suppose the whole society sees them not as life but as trash. In that case, we would treat foreign laborers, old citizens who live alone, people with disabilities, and all other minority groups similarly, as if a domino effect starts to implement itself. However, if we secure the first domino piece, that is, if we can rescue a stray cat out of kindness, shall we fail to treat other species (including humans) in suffering kindly?

       I recalled a reader from a university abroad saying in his letter to me, “I envy neither democracy nor wealth in Taiwan. But I do envy the kindness and tolerance of Taiwanese people as shown in their kind treatment of non-human species described in your cat book.”

       Therefore, it is not a matter of cat caring or not (to use the rhetoric of relativism permeating throughout this society, as in “Just as you have the freedom to love cats, so I have the freedom to hate them”). We care for aboriginal kids or starving kids in Africa, not because we love or do not love them. It is an act of generosity, rightly making us a civilized being.

       Is stray animal protection as urgent as it seems? As a matter of fact, I would like to change the movement’s name to “de-privileged animal protection.” Stray animals can neither speak for their own rights nor register as voters. They are the most unprivileged among the underprivileged. Suppose the whole society sees them not as life but as trash. In that case, we would treat foreign laborers, old citizens who live alone, people with disabilities, and all other minority groups similarly, as if a domino effect starts to implement itself. However, if we secure the first domino piece, that is, if we can rescue a stray cat out of kindness, shall we fail to treat other species (including humans) in suffering kindly?

       I recalled a reader from a university abroad saying in his letter to me, “I envy neither democracy nor wealth in Taiwan. But I do envy the kindness and tolerance of Taiwanese people as shown in their kind treatment of non-human species described in your cat book.”

       Therefore, it is not a matter of cat caring or not (to use the rhetoric of relativism permeating throughout this society, as in “Just as you have the freedom to love cats, so I have the freedom to hate them”). We care for aboriginal kids or starving kids in Africa, not because we love or do not love them. It is an act of generosity, rightly making us a civilized being.