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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. K520: About Tech - Robot that stocks drinks is newest thing at the corner store A small robot with a clip-like hand and enough smarts to know which drinks are popular is to make convenience stores even more convenient. 一組體型小巧、手掌像剪刀，且聰明到能夠分辨哪一種飲料受歡迎的機器...

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/4788498 Netflix, Disney+, and KKTV streaming services are releasing original TV series and drama in droves. The TV generation is accustomed to scheduled programmes that is aired at specific time slots during the day. Growing up with TV s...

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. K519: Divided US Republicans name Kevin McCarthy House speaker Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy was finally elected speaker of the US House of Representatives early Saturday last week, ending a paralyzing standoff with right-wing holdouts that raised concerns about his party’s abi...

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. K518: Prestige Films, Made for Oscar, Fail to Impress A year ago, Hollywood watched in despair as Oscar-oriented films like “Licorice Pizza” and “Nightmare Alley” flatlined at the box office. The day seemed to have finally arrived when prestige films were no longer viable in theater...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Topic: Macron Tries to Get France to Work The sign on the window of Red Rhino, a popular barbecue restaurant in central Paris, has been up for a month: “Closed until further notice due to lack of personnel.” Bus and train service has been cut back in the tourist city of Lyon amid a dearth of drivers...

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 主題: 英語慣用語系列 – 運動相關的慣用語 Sports related idioms 1. To drop the ball – 犯錯了/失誤了 Example:  “ You dropped the ball  when you rejected that job offer.” When you drop the bal...

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. K517: About regulations - Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting. 在（武漢肺炎）疫情大流行期...

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. K516: About soccer - Neymar ’psychologically destroyed’ by World Cup exit Neymar said Saturday he was "psychologically destroyed" by Brazil’s elimination from the World Cup in a penalty shootout defeat to Croatia and admitted it hurt more than any other loss in his career. 內馬爾週...

歡迎留言或投稿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/4769725 Netizens in Taiwan are outraged by the 2 make-up days in February. Taiwan happens to be the only country that has make-up days in exchange for days taken off to allow for long weekends. What is the rationale behind this syt...

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. K515: Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Review: Her Lonely Heart Calls No one could sing like Whitney Houston, and Kasi Lemmons, the director of the biopic “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” only rarely asks her lead, Naomi Ackie, to try. This is a jukebox r...

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. K514: Macron Tries to Get France to Work The sign on the window of Red Rhino, a popular barbecue restaurant in central Paris, has been up for a month: “Closed until further notice due to lack of personnel.” Bus and train service has been cut back in the tourist city of Lyon ami...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Topic: Collins Dictionary picks ‘NFT’ as word of the year C ollins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream. 《柯林斯詞典》於近日選出「NFT」為年度詞彙！該數位貨幣交易動...

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：職場系列 - 開工如何歡迎同事歸來Welcome your colleagues back to work Source: https://simplynoted.com/blogs/news/welcome-back-to-work-messages Make it specific.  要具體 Acknowledge what they were doing and why they were away. This shows that you're aware of what's going on in their life and...

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. K513: About Argentina - Argentine artist paints on inflation-hit banknotes Argentina’s cash has lost so much value in recent years that local artist Sergio Guillermo Diaz finds painting on even the most valuable banknotes has become affordable. 阿根廷鈔票的價值近年大幅衰減，以至於當...

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. K512: About Nature - Butterfly ‘tails’ might be part of an escape tactic Tail-like extensions on some butterfly wings may be more than just stylish. 有些蝴蝶翅膀末端像尾巴的延長部分可能不只是時髦。 These break-away parts may help them survive attacks by hungry predators, new data su...

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.businessinsider.com/is-quiet-quitting-new-genz-tiktok-millennial-boomer-2022-8 This week John and Jemmy look at the new buzzwords in the office. Quiet quitting is not just a buzzword, but a phenomenon that's plaguing the workspace. Now that we are back in the off...

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. K511: Early  Disney  Creation Will Soon Be Public Property For the first time, one of The Walt Disney Co.’s marquee characters — Mickey himself — is set to enter the public domain. “Steamboat Willie,” the 1928 short film that introduced Mickey to the world, will lose copyr...

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. K510: Streaming’s Golden Age Is Suddenly Dimming American television viewers have become accustomed to it: Dozens of premieres every month, hundreds of shows every year, a guarantee from Hollywood that there’s always going to be something new to watch. 美國電視觀眾對此已習以為常：每...

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Topic: Coronavirus Is Battering Africa’s Growing Middle Class 新冠重創非洲新興中產階級 As the coronavirus surges in many countries in Africa, it is threatening to push as many as 58 million people in the region into extreme poverty, experts at the World Bank say. But beyond the devastating consequen...

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 跟讀挑戰 – 故宮文物與台灣KTV前十歌 National Palace Museum artifacts and top 10 KTV songs 摘取文章： https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4706552 ;  https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/47016...

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 Points to remember about initiating small talk It’s not about gossip in the workplace 不是八卦 Your response need not be exact or specific 無需太認真 It’s about warming up to the other person 讓互動慢慢...

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 主題: 英語慣用語系列 – 朋友相關的慣用語 Friend / Friendship related Idioms 1. Cross someone’s path This phrase originally implied that such a meeting included opposing a person or otherwise causing him...

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 主題: 跟讀挑戰 – 雙十煙火與必勝客出怪餅 National Day fireworks and exotic pizza 摘取文章： https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/cate/10  ;  https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4676673...

歡迎留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： 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 主題: 英語慣用語系列 – 死亡相關慣用語 Death related Idioms 1. A brush with death  與死神擦肩而過 If someone has  a brush with death , they survived a situation where they could ha...

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 Idioms about being busy 很忙的慣用語 1. Busy as a beaver It shows that you are busy indeed. Example:  I am busy as a beaver these days; I couldn’t take out time for lunch. 2. A lot on one’s pl...