# 20221228 英文期末考
# finances
旁白: We are in January fourth, 2022.
penguin: Hay, Do you want to compete with me in the cryptocurrency market?
mumei: You mean that **immature** market? We will compare our ROI(return on investment) **at the risk of** losing our money, won't we?
penguin: Yes.
旁白: We are in January fourth, 2023.
penguin: Hey! What up! How is it going.
mumei: It's okey?(尷尬笑)
mumei: I used a **radical** strategy. I had traded for the first three month. At the time, I was slightly **ahead of you**.
penguin: Oh, I see. Soon after, Terra Luna, which was biggest stable coin, has collapse in three days at april. I'm glad that I sold all of my luna as soon as I heard the news.
mumei: Luna crash didn't have much of an impact on me.
penguin: Why?
mumei:Trading every day makes me **anxious** and getting **emotional**.(行話叫FOMO) So I just bought amounts of usdT and staking on the biggest excange and did not pay attention to any **progress** after that. I think it was a **sensible** choice.
penguin: what?(嘴巴張大surprise)
When the Data Analyst **revealed** the dark side of FTX. The second largest (cryptocurrency) exchange. has collapsed. I **reduce** the assets from the centralized excange to the decentralized excange, but my asset **assemblies** is still decreasing.
penguin: Now, I've spent too much time watching the market but I haven't won any money last year. So my ROI is 0%。
mumei: The U.S. dollar strengthened by 17% against the Taiwan dollar this year. So my ROI is about 25%。
penguin: The new-generation digital **finance** is so **disorganized**.
# 愛珍食
mumei: I'm **intolerant to** pizza **topping** has pineapple.
penguin: Would you admit that pineapple is an acceptable pizza topping when it has 35% discounts?
mumei: No. I can't.
penguin: Do you know, there is 35% discounts for buying expiring items at 7-11?
企鵝:你知道去-11買即期品會有折扣嗎?
mumei: Yes, I know.I often go to buy it. Do you know how to deal with instant food in others countries?
penguin:Yes. Some restaurants that have **sympathetic** for homeless people. they will **donate** the remaining food to a **organized** **charity** to help **disadvantaged** or **the needy**. In some countries, it is mandatory for restaurants to partner with charitable organizations.
mumei:In addition, there are laws that **enforced** the sale of soon-to-expire food at **reduced** prices.
penguin: I hope our country can also revise related regulations.
enforced liquidation 強制平倉
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