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歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K534: Earthquakes Destroy. People Rebuild. She wanted to retrieve her medicine, and if memory serves all these years later, also a hairbrush and a photograph from her apartment. 她想拿回她的藥，若經過這麼多年沒記錯的話，還想拿回一把梳子跟她公寓裡的一張照片。 It was in 2009, a couple...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K533: At the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, a Crowd in Cruise Control For the privileged few embarking on an Oscar campaign, the path to a nomination asks you to hobnob with so many of the same people that over the course of many months, your competitors can begin to feel like classmates....

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Topic: Sellout Culture Is a Problem for Pro Golf Even if you don’t play or follow golf — which I don’t — you’re probably aware of the controversy now engulfing the game. A number of the world’s top-ranked pro players, notably Phil Mickelson, made extremely lucrative deals to play in a new tour, the...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 即刻加入15Mins通勤學英語直播室，每週一9pm等你來說英文 :  https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k 1.  Acid test – 酸值測試 Meaning: A decisive test where the findings show the worth or quality of something. Example: “ This beta test will be the acid test needed for our project to receive fundin...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K532: About Animals - Dogs in costumes take over at Rio Carnival street party As Rio de Janeiro kicked off its Carnival on Saturday, about 100 dogs barked and wagged their tails to the tune of samba music as they paraded in front of pet lovers in a canine costume competition. 里約熱...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K531: About Tech - Crab and lobster shells could be used to make renewable batteries The researchers in Maryland have developed batteries that use a product derived from crustacean shells to store energy. 美國馬里蘭州科學家已經開發出一種電池，它是從甲殼動物的殼提取用於儲存能源的物質...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Summary: 討論文章:  https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4769567 Taiwan's Pizzahut is well known for its odd, fusion, seasonal menus in the recent years. In this episode, Angel and I go through the ingredients and take on the naming challenge for each new pizza flavors. Tell us down below, whi...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K530: After Gutting Youth Services, Can U.K. Cut Youth Crime? The Marcus Lipton Youth Club is the last dedicated youth center still standing in its pocket of south London. 馬可斯．利普頓青年俱樂部是倫敦南部最後一個專門的青年中心，至今仍屹立。 But it is teetering. Nearly half of Lond...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K529: Combating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants YouTube, like other social media platforms, spent years expanding its efforts to tackle misinformation after the 2016 election. It hired policy experts and content moderators and invested in more technology to limit the rea...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Topic: Russia's Villages, and Their Culture, Are 'Melting Away' With its winding dirt lanes framed by lilacs, quaint wooden houses and graceful onion-domed church, the tiny farming hamlet of Baruta was once a postcard of Russian bucolic bliss. 俄國西北部普斯科夫區域的巴魯塔小農村曾是俄國田園的幸福象...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 即刻加入15Mins通勤學英語直播室，每週一9pm等你來說英文 :  https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k Types of questions to ask to communicate effectively 啟動型問題The kickstart question: A good opening question is key, and asking a kickstarter like this will begin the conversation quickly and effectiv...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K529: About Iceland - Why it’s perfectly normal to see baby puffins thrown off cliffs in Iceland each year Watching thousands of baby puffins being tossed off a cliff is perfectly normal for the people of Iceland’s Westman Islands. The chicks of Atlantic puffins hatch in burrows on...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K528: About furniture - Website offers $1,000 to a couple willing to build IKEA furniture Financial advice website FinanceBuzz is seeking a couple willing to test the strength of their bond by assembling IKEA furniture together this Valentine’s season. 在這個情人節，美國理財資訊網站...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Summary: 討論文章:  https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-never-traveler-culture-cmb/index.html The latest post-pandemic era phenomenon in Japan is the rise of the never travelers. They don't feel enticed to travel abroad, nor the need to spend big dollars on travel and seeing the world....

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K527: Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad? The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday last week is likely to be one of the deadliest this decade, seismologists said, with a more than 100km rupture between the Anatolian and Arabian plates. 地震學家表示...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K526: 疫情讓學生損失三分之一學年   Third of School Year Lost, Study of Pandemic Finds Children experienced learning deficits during the COVID pandemic that amounted to about one-third of a school year’s worth of knowledge and skills, according to a new global analysis, and had...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Topic: In Amsterdam, Floating Homes That Only Look Like Ships When Karen Bosma first moved her boat to the Borneokade, northeast of Amsterdam’s bustling city center, in 1999, the neighborhood was barely more than a cluster of commercial docks and underused warehouses. 凱倫．博斯馬1999年剛把她的船移...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Other ways to say: VERY GOOD Top-notch 頂尖的 That restaurant's really top-notch. Great 很棒 You looked great in that outfit. Splendid 輝煌/燦爛 She is a splendid painter. Terrific 非常/了不得 I feel terrific today. Excellent 出色/很棒 Her car is in excellent condition. Wonderful 精彩/雄偉 We had a...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K525: About odd news - San Antonio Zoo will let you name a cockroach after an ex and feed it to an animal The San Antonio Zoo is offering a special Valentine’s Day greeting for exes who just won’t bug off. （美國德州）聖安東尼奧動物園正為那些死纏爛打的前任，提供特別的西洋情人節祝福...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K524: About Japan -Fans flood Gifu for historical parade led by Takuya Kimura Fans poured into this central Japan city to catch a glimpse of popular actor Takuya Kimura dressed as a renowned feudal lord from the 16th century in a traditional festival held Nov. 6. 粉絲湧入這座日本中...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 諺語1：Going Down the Rabbit Hole （著迷於新事物；陷入困惑） 兔年來個跟兔子有關的諺語，野兔會挖洞，保護自己有安全感，遮風避雨，睡覺 諺語出自於英國作家路易斯卡羅在1865 年寫的小說《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》( Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ) 小女孩愛麗絲原本在樹底下與姊姊一起在看書，結果看到遠方有一隻白兔手拿...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K522: What 70 Years of War Can Tell Us About the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Any Russian invasion of Ukraine was long expected to play out as a kind of postmodern war, defined by 21st-century weapons like media manipulation, battlefield-clouding disinformation, cyberattacks, false flag...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K522: 養小孩的方式不同於往、更加不易 How Parenting Today Is Different, and Harder American parents are finding the job much harder than they expected, found a large new survey by Pew Research Center. And it’s not just how they feel — parenting is more demanding than it used to be, r...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 主題: 跟讀挑戰 – 台灣燈會在台北與日本壽司郎事件Taiwan Lantern Festival and Sushiro incident 摘取文章： https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4808035 ;  https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4807840 Topic: Over 1 million visitors attend Taiwan Lantern Festival in a single day...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep. K521: About Thailand - Thai hotel sets Guinness world record with largest Negroni cocktail A hotel in the Thai capital set a Guinness World Record by stirring up the world’s largest Negroni cocktail, with more than 630 litres (1,109 pints) of the bitter Italian drink. 泰國首都一家飯...