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每日英語跟讀 Ep. K427: About Japan - 2-time Olympic champion Hanyu rings down the curtain on career   Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announced on July 19 that he was hanging up his skates and retiring from competition after a glorious career that saw his popularity soar worldwide. 兩屆奧運金牌得主羽生結弦7月19日宣布，他在締造享譽全球的輝煌職業生涯後高掛冰刀溜冰鞋，不再出賽。 Hanyu, 27...

精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.133: 亞馬遜掃地機器人 Do you need a Roomba or Zoomba?   Summary: Amazon acquired the Roomba recently with the hopes of creating a fully integrated IoT ecosystem for the home. Most people dread house chores because they are boring and tedious. In this episode, Angel and I chat about vacuum cleaners and robots for the home. What's your experience with vacuum robots? Comment dow...

每日英語跟讀 Ep. K426: Plans to Fight Global Warming Face an Obstacle in Paris: Trees   Long a favorite spot for picnics and sunbathing, the lawns surrounding the Eiffel Tower have recently become the scene of furious protests. First came a social media campaign. Then a rally by dozens of local residents. Before long, a protester had hunkered down in a nearby plane tree for a hunger strike. 巴黎艾...

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Topic: 74% of NYC Voters Say Crime Is a Serious Problem in the City, an All-Time High   As much as 74 percent of voters in New York City say crime is a very serious problem in the city, reaching the highest level since the topic was included in the Quinnipiac University Poll in 1999. 紐約市多達74％的選民表示，犯罪是該市一個非常嚴重的問題，這是自1999年昆尼皮亞克大學民意調查納入該主題以來的最高紀錄...

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 for handling complaints 處理抱怨   Apologize 道歉 I appreciate your letting me know about that. I'm sorry for any inconvenience. Please accept our apologies. I'll let my manager know. I understand your frustration. Resolving the inconvenience 解決對方的不滿 Here's a coupon to make up for your...

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...