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每日英語跟讀 Ep. K359: About medicine - Scientists publish the first complete human genome   Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic variation among the world’s 7.9 billion people. 科學家週四發表第一個完整人類基因組，填補了先...

新的一季Vocab，我們會每週週三準時上架，讓大家收聽全英時事討論，吸收主題相關詞彙用語以及觀點~ 也開放聽眾來信或投稿主題喔！   15Mins主持群祝所有女兒、媳婦、母親、奶奶、曾奶奶，母親節，女王節快樂！   Summary: Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K358: Fashion, fabrics and fishtails: Why we need to talk about what female classical performers wear   Discussing clothing is something of a taboo in classical music, for performers as much as critics. “Most musicians don’t feel like they can talk about it,” says Jocelyn Lightfoot, managing director of the London Chamber Orchestra. There is the entrenched idea that classical musi...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K357: About India - India’s Harnaaz Sandhu is crowned Miss Universe 2021   Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted in southern Israel. 印度的哈娜茲‧桑德胡週日加冕成為2021年環球小姐，為這場在以色列南部舉行且爭議不斷的選美比賽劃下句點。 The pageant was held in the resort city of Eilat, with 80 women from aro...

Topic: Woman cut rope holding painters 26 floors high A resident of a high-rise condominium in Thailand cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor. 泰國一棟高層公寓大廈的一名住戶，剪斷2名外牆油漆工的支撐繩索，讓他們懸吊在26樓高，顯然是對未被告知施工一事動怒。 The woman is facing attempted murder and p...

主題: 常混肴的日常動詞 Sit / Set / Seat   To Sit It describes an action undertaken by the subject of a clause. The verb “to sit” does not express the kind of action that can be DONE TO anything.   Example sentences: I SIT here every day. (She SITS here.) I SAT here yesterday. I WILL SIT here tomorrow. I AM SITTING here right now. I HAVE SAT here every day for years.   To Set It describes an action...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K348: About dogs - In Peru, dogs ’marry’ on Valentine’s Day   Cynthia Ceballos’ celebration of Valentine’s Day in Peru’s capital Lima was not about her own love life: it was about the marriage of two of her small fluffy white dogs. 辛希雅．塞巴洛斯在秘魯首都利馬的情人節慶祝活動與她自己的愛情生活無關：而是她的兩隻毛茸茸的小白狗結為連理。 Dressed in Andean-inspired clothing, Ceballo...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K355: Wanted in France: Thousands of Workers as Hotels and Restaurants Reopen   For six months, Christophe Thiriet has waited for France’s grinding national lockdowns to be lifted so he can reopen his company’s restaurants and hotels in a picturesque corner of eastern France and recall the 150 employees who were furloughed months ago. 六個月來，克里斯多弗．提希耶一直等待折磨人的法...

新的一季Vocab，我們會每週週三準時上架，讓大家收聽全英時事討論，吸收主題相關詞彙用語以及觀點~ 也開放聽眾來信或投稿主題喔！   Summary:   Angel and I talk about the sakura-gazing season that is just around the corner. For the travel enthusiasts, travelling to Japan is out of the question during the pandemic, but what are our alternatives? Where can we go in Taiwan for sakura-gazing? Come and write to...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K354: How the Wealthy World Has Failed Poor Countries During the Pandemic   Like much of the developing world, Pakistan was alarmingly short of doctors and medical facilities long before anyone had heard of COVID-19. Then the pandemic overwhelmed hospitals, forcing some to turn away patients. As fear upended daily life, families lost livelihoods and struggled to feed themselves....

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K353: About Canada - Quebec unlocks world’s only maple syrup strategic reserve   Quebec Maple Syrup Producers（QMSP）is releasing more than half of the world’s only strategic reserve of 45 million kg of maple syrup to keep up with soaring demand - avoiding a sticky situation for pancake lovers. 魁北克楓糖漿商會（QMSP）正釋出全球僅有的4500萬公斤楓糖漿戰略儲備的逾半儲量，以滿足高漲...

Topic: Newspapers in New York, Like Their Readers, Are Vanishing   Kenny Hospot is in some ways a typical reader of The Daily News. He’s a construction worker from Queens who’s lived in the city most of his life. He always liked reading the comics and the horoscope in The News. 就某些方面而言，肯尼．霍斯帕堪稱每日新聞報的典型讀者。他是紐約市皇后區的一個建築工人，這一生大多數時間都住在這個城市。他...

主題：形容有趣跟善良還有什麼說法 Other ways to say “interesting” and “kind”   Other ways to say – Interesting 有趣 adj. -Fascinating 迷人 Yesterday we went to a fascinating new cafe. -Striking 驚人 Her make-up was very striking. -Buzzworthy 值得討論 He even paid employees to find buzzworthy stories for him to tweet. -Intriguing 有趣/使有興趣 He found an intriguing subject for the future research....

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K352: About Japan - JR East to raise fares by 10 yen to improve disabled accessibility   East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will become the first railway operator to hike passenger fares and use the funds to improve accessibility for the disabled. 東日本旅客鐵道公司（JR東日本）將成為第一家調漲客運票價，並將這筆資金用來改善供殘障人士使用的無障礙設施的鐵道業者。 The plan is to tack on...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K351: 侵權爭議大 紐約機器警犬計畫喊卡 NYPD Robot Dog’s Run Is Cut Short After Fierce Backlash   When the New York Police Department acquired a robotic dog last year, officials heralded the four-legged device as a futuristic tool that could go places that were too dangerous to send officers. 當紐約市警局去年獲得一隻機器犬時，官員預告，這個四條腿的裝置是個未來性工具，能去因太過危險...

新的一季Vocab，我們會每週週三準時上架，讓大家收聽全英時事討論，吸收主題相關詞彙用語以及觀點~ 也開放聽眾來信或投稿主題喔！   Summary: Angel and I discuss the other uses of the word - "outlet" in situations other than in retail. Most Taiwanese people know the word "outlet" from "outlet malls". Today, the malls are mega parks for families. Mitsui corporation is now opening outlet parks all over Taiwa...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K350: What to know about aphasia, Bruce Willis’ diagnosis   The news that film star Bruce Willis has retired from acting due to aphasia has shone a spotlight on the poorly understood communication disorder. 電影明星布魯斯·威利斯（Bruce Willis）因失語症而退出演藝界的消息引起了人們對這種知之甚少的溝通障礙的關注。 “Aphasia just means that someone has a problem with language that they...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K349: About France - France bans unlimited sugary drink refills   Restaurants and other spaces catering to the public in France have been banned from offering unlimited sugary drinks in an effort to reduce obesity. It is now illegal to sell unlimited soft drinks at a fixed price or offer them unlimited for free. 在法國，餐廳以及其他對公眾提供餐飲服務的場所，已被禁止無限量供應含糖...

Topic: About animals - Treating wounds with insects: the strange habits of Gabon chimps   How to treat a wound? For humans, the first instinct would be to disinfect it and then cover it with a bandage. But chimpanzees have invented a more creative method: catching insects and applying them directly to the open wound. 應該如何處理傷口呢？對於人類來說，第一個反應是對其進行消毒，然後用繃帶包紮。但黑...

Source: https://www.insider.com/what-to-bring-to-disney-parks-someone-who-goes-frequently-2022-4#an-umbrella-is-a-must-in-rainy-climates-9   A reusable water bottle comes in handy and cuts costs 隨身水瓶好用又省錢 Bringing a reusable water bottle is an absolute necessity because buying bottled water in the parks is extremely overpriced and staying hydrated in the heat is so important. Many parks h...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K348: It’s Sitting Pretty in Ink   To be a magazine reader these days is to lament — unless you are reading The World of Interiors, published since 1982 by Condé Nast Britain but widely available on American newsstands, where it sells for $9.99 per issue. 在這個時代身為雜誌讀者，如今就是在哀歎——除非你正在閱讀《室內設計世界》（The World of Interiors），該書自1982年以來由康泰納仕英...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K347: Venice Gets a Grip on a Star Architect’s Slippery Bridge   As tourists wandered obliviously on the glass floor of the footbridge, locals proceeded with caution. Venetians made sure to walk on the narrow stone strip at the center, some lifting fogged glasses to keep their eyes on the ground. When a visitor tripped, they barely lifted their gaze. 當遊客在人行天橋的玻璃地板上徘...

新的一季Vocab，每週週三準時上架，讓大家收聽全英時事討論，吸收主題相關詞彙用語以及觀點~ 也開放聽眾來信或投稿主題喔！   Summary: The cha chaan teng – or "tea restaurant" – is the Hong Kong equivalent of the "greasy spoon" cafe, or perhaps the American diner. Frequented by everyone from tough construction workers to sharp-suited bankers to roughing-it celebs craving the cheap dishes they were brought...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K346: Our Ever-Expanding Virus Vernacular The coronavirus pandemic has upended all kinds of human behavior, including speech. Conversations are mediated by masks and screens, their sentences strung together with new vocabulary: medical terms, political mandates and slang devised to take the clinical edge off. 新冠肺炎大流行顛覆了包括言語在內的各種人類行為。對話中都看到口罩和螢幕，...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K345: About Science - Ants have the ability to sniff out cancer in humans, study reveals   Ants have the ability to sniff out cancerous cells in humans, a new study has discovered, suggesting they could be used for cancer diagnosis in future. 一項新研究發現，螞蟻能嗅出人體內的癌細胞，這表明螞蟻可用於未來對癌症的診斷。 Researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Rese...