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每日英語跟讀 Ep. K424: About India - Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India’s monsoon floods   When monsoon rains sweep into Mumbai each year, residents of India’s financial hub find their social media feeds awash with flood memes - from Venetian gondolas plying the city’s deluged streets to office workers commuting on inflatable dinghies. 當季風雨水每年橫掃孟買的同時，印度金融中心居民發現...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K423: About soccer - Ajax ban signs asking players for their shirts   Ajax Amsterdam have banned fans from bringing signs into Johan Cruyff Arena asking players for their shirts after matches, Dutch media reported on Tuesday. 荷蘭媒體週二報導，阿姆斯特丹阿賈克斯足球俱樂部已經禁止球迷在比賽結束後，攜帶標語進入約翰．克魯伊夫足球場，向球員索討球衣。 The club have told the Ajax suppor...

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每日英語跟讀 Ep. K422: Wealthy Friends May Be Ticket Out of Poverty   Over the last four decades, the financial circumstances into which children have been born have increasingly determined where they have ended up as adults. But an expansive new study, based on billions of social media connections, has uncovered a powerful exception to that pattern that helps explain why certain places offer a pa...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K421: Women’s soccer energizes England in a league of their own   England beat Germany 2-1 in the final of the European Championship after extra time on Sunday last week to win its first major women’s soccer title. The final, which was played before a sellout crowd of more than 87,000 at historic Wembley Stadium, is seen as a watershed moment for women’s sports in England. Althoug...

Nice try but no potato for New Zealand couple’s giant find A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world’s largest potato in the garden of their small farm near Hamilton have had their dreams turned to mash after Guinness World Records wrote to say that scientific testing had found it wasn’t, in fact, a potato after all. 紐西蘭一對夫婦相信，他們在漢密頓附近自家小農場的菜園中，挖到世...

Other ways to say: WANT Wish 需求/希望 I wish to make a complaint. Feel like 想要/感覺 I feel like having a nice cool glass of lemonade. Need 需要/必要 I badly need a rest from all this. Desire 想要/欲求 The hotel had everything you could possibly desire. Fancy (informal) 想要 Do you fancy a drink this evening? Hope 想要/期望 I just hope she's pleasant to him on his birthday. Crave 想要滿足/口慾 M...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K420: About New Zealand - Nice try but no potato for New Zealand couple’s giant find   A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world’s largest potato in the garden of their small farm near Hamilton have had their dreams turned to mash after Guinness World Records wrote to say that scientific testing had found it wasn’t, in fact, a potato after all. 紐西蘭一對夫婦相信...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K419: About Japan - Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain   Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital’s heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts. 日本週二連續第4天受炙熱高溫所苦，首善之地打破將近150年...

Summary: We have been fascinated by celebrity twins of different generations. Twinz, By2, the Olsen twins just to name a few. In this episode, Angel and I talk about the twin celebrities that we grew up with and the types of twins out there. Comment down below if you have identical or non-identical twin friends!   Vocabulary: Girl band 女孩音樂團體 One of the famous twin girl bands in Asia is By2....

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K418: Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports   More than a decade after Apple disrupted the music industry and Amazon upended retail, the tech heavyweights have set their sights on a new arena ripe for change: live sports. 在蘋果擾亂音樂產業和亞馬遜顛覆零售業十多年後，這兩大重量級科技公司眼光投向一個成熟到可以改變的新領域：體育賽事直播。 Emboldened by their deep pockets...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K417: Mattel Opens Its Vault to Revitalize Dormant Brands   Barbie is about to reunite with some old friends. Mattel, the maker of the popular fashion doll, is dusting off three dormant lines that have not been on toy shelves in decades: Major Matt Mason, Big Jim and Pulsar. 芭比娃娃即將跟一些老朋友團聚了。廣受歡迎的時尚玩偶製造商美泰兒，正重新推出三款沉寂已久、數十年未出現在玩具...

Topic: Chip shortage hitting Korean carmakers   The continued automotive semiconductor shortage is hitting Korean carmakers, with General Motors Korea announcing plans to halve its vehicle production at its plant here. 隨著「韓國通用汽車」宣布旗下車廠減半其汽車產量的計畫，車用半導體持續短缺，正衝擊南韓車商。 GMK said Thursday it decided to halve production at its Bupyeong 2 plant for February. The...

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 – 2022高雄熱氣球節與文章隨堂考 KH Balloon Festival and quiz 摘取文章: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4615508 The Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau will be running tethered hot air balloon rides in September in the 2022 Kaohsiung Balloon Festival, while tickets will go on sale from 5 p.m. on F...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K416: About Spain - Spain to make some train journeys free from September   Public transport prices on state-owned service across Spain have already been slashed in half in response to rapidly rising energy and inflation rates. Now the government has announced further 100% discounts. 為因應能源價格和通膨率飆升，西班牙各地的國營公共運輸價格已經下調一半，如今近西班牙政府更宣布新的10...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K415: About Munich - Beer for sunflower oil? Munich pub finds way to beat frying crunch   A Munich brewpub has found a novel way to beat Europe’s cooking oil shortages - letting customers pay for their beer with sunflower oil to ensure plentiful stocks for frying schnitzels. 慕尼黑一家啤酒館找出一種創新的方法來擊退歐洲的食用油短缺問題 － 讓顧客用葵花籽油來支付他們的啤酒，藉此確保...

Summary: Every summer season, there's a special festival that people celebrate in Taiwan. Although called the "Ghost month", it is actually a day that people pay tribute to those before them. In this episode, Angel and I talk about the taboos of the Ghost month. Comment down below what your family traditions are for the Ghost Festival!   Vocabulary: Taboo n. 禁忌 There are many taboos to watch out...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K414: How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe   Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave and wildfires are raging across the Mediterranean. Here’s how climate change drives these events. HOTTER, MORE FREQUENT HEATWAVES Climate change makes heatwaves hotter and more frequent. This is the case for most land regions, and has been confirmed by the UN’s g...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K413:  The Delightful Implosion of Boris Johnson   There isn’t much good news in the world these days, so it’s worth taking time to appreciate the delightful implosion of soon-to-be former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 最近世界上沒有多少好消息，所以即將成為英國前首相的強生政權令人愉悅的內爆，值得花時間欣賞一下。 His 2019 landslide victory against the hapless Jeremy Corbyn of the L...

Topic: World’s biggest plant discovered off Australian coast   The largest known plant on Earth - a seagrass roughly three times the size of Manhattan - has been discovered off the coast of Australia. 地球上已知的最大植物－大約是曼哈頓面積3倍大的一種海草－已在澳洲海岸外被發現。 Using genetic testing, scientists have determined a large underwater meadow in Western Australia is in fact one plant. 使...

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 – 夏天相關慣用語 Summer related Idioms A fish out of water 不自在/難適應 Meaning: Someone who feels awkward or unhappy because they are not in their usual environment Example: Since he had no experience swimming in the ocean, he swam like a fish out of water. Ray of Sunshine 一縷陽光...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K412: About woman - A woman’s finger length may determine how strong they are, study says   Researchers found that women who have an index finger that’s shorter than their ring finger could actually have more strength. 研究人員發現，食指比無名指短的女性力氣可能更大。 The Austrian study looked specifically at handgrip strength and people’s 2D:4D ratios. 奧地利這項研究特別分析手掌握...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K411: About Philippines - Filipino salon owner uses own hair to create portraits   Every few months when Jesstoni Garcia takes electric clippers to his head, he’s not just giving himself a haircut, he’s also harvesting art materials. 每隔數月，當傑斯托尼‧賈西亞拿電剪推自己的頭時，不僅在為自己理髮，也在收集藝術材料。 Using a thin brush and clear, sticky resin, the co-owner of a Man...

Summary: Sleep means different things to different people. If you are not aware of your sleeping patterns, it may hinder your mental and physical health. In this episode, Angel and I talk about what sleep means to us and how we put ourselves to sleep.   Vocabulary: Refreshed adj. 恢復了精力 Doctors recommend 8 hours of sleep to stay refreshed. 醫生推薦八小時睡眠來保持精力。 Binge (watch) v. 狂做的...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K410: What is the BA.5 variant and why does it seem to be reinfecting so many people with COVID-19?   BA.5, part of the Omicron family, is the latest coronavirus variant to cause widespread waves of infection globally. BA.5是最新的冠狀病毒變種，屬Omicron的一支，可在全球廣泛引起一波波感染。 According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most recent report, it was behind 52 perc...