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每日英語跟讀 Ep. K409: Once Again, Tennis Is Disrupted by Politics   If he had it to do over, Brad Gilbert would never have played a professional tennis tournament in South Africa while the country was embroiled in apartheid. 假如美國職業網球選手吉爾伯特能夠重來，他不會在南非還實施種族隔離制度時，參加那裡的職業網球錦標賽。 Martina Navratilova has never regretted challenging Czechoslovakia’s Commun...

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 LIV Golf International Series, sponsored by Saudi Arabia. The PGA Tour, which has traditionally do...

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   Expressions About Work Responsibilities 工作權責相關語句   Here are some great expressions to talk about you responsibilities and skills. I’m in charge of  ________ I’m responsible for  ________   If you want to talk about your skills and what you are good at, you can say, My forte is  _____  I excel at  ...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K408: About aviation - World’s fastest passenger jet goes supersonic in tests   The race to resume supersonic passenger flights nearly two decades after the retirement of Concorde was offered a glimmer of excitement on Monday when plane manufacturer Bombardier revealed high speed achievements while confirming the launch of its new business jet. 飛機製造商龐巴迪週一揭露其最新商務噴...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K407: About SKorea - South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency   Cho Jae-weon, an urban and environmental engineering professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology（UNIST）, has designed an eco-friendly toilet connected to a laboratory that uses excrement to produce biogas and manure. 南韓國立蔚山科學技術研究院的都市和環境工程教授趙...

Summary:   It's been a while since Jay Chou released any music. This week, Jay chou released his new single, paying tribute to the greats in history. It is reported that Jay Chou spent NTD13m on this new music video. In this episode, Angel and I talk about the first time we listened to Jay and his musical influence.   Vocabulary: King of Mandopop 華語流行歌王 Jay Chou has been named the King of Ma...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K406: The Hands-Off Tech Era Is Over   It’s clear more than ever that governments will no longer leave technology alone. 情況比過去明顯，政府不會再對科技業放手不管了。 Europe mandated standard phone chargers for portable electronics while Texas passed a contested law to restrain social media companies’ policing of online speech. Tech companies can count on more changes like those...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K405: Shinzo Abe - Japan’s longest-serving prime minister   Shinzo Abe smashed records as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform and forging key diplomatic relationships while weathering scandals. 安倍晉三打破了日本首相任期的最長紀錄，他支持雄心勃勃的經濟改革，並在經歷醜聞的同時建立了關鍵的外交關係。 Nearly two years after poor health forced...

Topic: The Magazine Business, From the Coolest Place to the Coldest One I miss magazines. It’s a strange ache, because they are still sort of with us: staring out from the racks at supermarket checkout lines; fanned wanly around the table in hotel lobbies; showing up in your mailbox long after the subscription was canceled, like an ex who refuses to accept the breakup. 我懷念雜誌，這是一種奇怪的痛...

Other ways to say: NERVOUS Tense 緊繃 There was a tense silence as everyone waited for his reaction. Uneasy 不安 He looks distinctly uneasy in interview situations. Shaky 動搖的 The news left me feeling a little shaky. Jittery 緊張不安 I always become jittery the morning before an exam. Agitated 激動 She became so agitated as the interview proceeded. Edgy 煩躁 She acted kinda edgy. Uptight 緊張 Do...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K404: About software - Internet Explorer gravestone goes viral in South Korea   For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp’s decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter-century love-hate relationship with the technology. 對南韓軟體工程師鄭其永（譯音）來說，微軟公司讓它的「網際網路探險家（IE）」網路瀏覽器退休的決定，代表...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K403: About heat waves - Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse   An early estimate points to a huge die-off along the Pacific Coast, and scientists say rivers farther inland are warming to levels that could be lethal for some kinds of salmon. 一項初步估計顯示，（美國）太平洋沿岸海洋生物大量死亡；科學家則說，更內陸的河川的水溫，正升高到恐令某些鮭魚致命的程度。 Dead mussels and...

Summary:   主題文章： https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220614-why-your-voice-assistant-might-be-sexist   GPS navigation systems are becoming more and more ubiquitous in our daily lives. Now bundled with AI, the use case for voice assistants are also becoming more diverse. In certain countries and cultures, male voices are preferred, however, it seems like female voices are more widespread. In...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K402: How abortion became a divisive issue in US politics   The US Supreme Court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the US, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture reproductive rights in America. 美國最高法院裁定，墮胎權不受美國憲法保障，推翻了近五十年前具里程碑意義的「羅訴韋德...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K401: The Magazine Business, From the Coolest Place to the Coldest One   I miss magazines. It’s a strange ache, because they are still sort of with us: staring out from the racks at supermarket checkout lines; fanned wanly around the table in hotel lobbies; showing up in your mailbox long after the subscription was canceled, like an ex who refuses to accept the breakup. 我懷念雜誌...

Topic: 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. 跟許多開發中國家...

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   Top Gun: Maverick 捍衛戰士: 獨行俠   After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself train...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K400: 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 LIV Golf International Series, sponsored by Saudi Arabia. The PGA Tour, which has...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K399: Unequal Toll From Climate Change’s Effects   India has contributed little to climate change: Home to 18% of the world’s population, it has emitted just 3% of planet-warming greenhouse gases. 印度在促成氣候變遷方面幾乎沒做什麼：人口占全球18%，卻只排放3%使地球變暖的溫室氣體。 But India is suffering from climate change. Over the past three months, a heat wave has devastated nor...

Summary:   主題文章： https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220614-the-exodus-of-paris-chefs-to-the-countryside Chefs in the big cities are now moving to the countryside. Many reasons drive chefs to open up shop in the countryside where the customers, produce, and attractions are different. In this episode, Angel and I chat about whether this phenomenon is present in Taiwan, and why the chefs prefe...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K398: Omicron less likely to cause long COVID — UK study   The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind from the UK. 英國一項研究顯示，冠狀病毒之Omicron變異株跟之前的變種相比，較不易導致「長新冠」後遺症。這是首件經同儕審查的此類研究。 Researchers at King’s College London, using...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K397: Bookstores Are Keeping This Tiny Spanish Village Alive   Standing on a hilltop in northwestern Spain, Urueña overlooks a vast and windswept landscape of sunflower and barley fields, as well as a famous winery. The walls of some shops are built directly into the 12th-century ramparts of the village. 位處西班牙西北部一座山頂上的烏魯艾尼亞村，俯瞰一片廣袤且常有強風侵襲的向日葵...

Autobahn Speed Limits? Voting With Lead Feet   It seemed like a no-brainer: Lower Germany’s embarrassingly high carbon emissions at no cost, and save some lives in the process. 這聽起來是個不費腦筋的好主意：不須付出成本，便減低德國高得使人羞愧的碳排放量，還可以順道拯救人命。 But when a government-appointed commission in January dared to float the idea of a speed limit on the autobahn, the country’...

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 – 料理相關慣用語 Cooking related Idioms Half-baked ideas:Ideas which have not been thought out very well. My assistant usually has half-baked ideas but I never discourage her because once in a while she thinks of something brilliant. I have to admit my suggestion was a half-baked idea...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K396: About health - Dentist claims kissing is as good for your teeth as brushing   A dentist claims that smooching is excellent for dental health as it boosts saliva production and clears the mouth of bacteria and acids that cause decay. 一位牙醫聲稱，咬唇接吻可以促進唾液分泌，清除口腔中腐蝕牙齒的有害細菌和酸，極有益於牙齒健康。 Orthodontist Khaled Kasem thinks that people should...