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👉 Article If you've ever been worried about calling in sick to work, a new study says that you are not alone. A survey by OnePoll asked 2,000 employed Americans about the stress they felt when asking their bosses for time off work. It found that 58% of workers avoid calling in sick because they are worried about being criticized by their employer. The survey also found that 55% of US workers...

▲Guest：：旅台美國人 Katie ▲本集內容： 在這一集中，主持人Jenny與來自美國西雅圖的Katie深入探討了速食文化。Katie 坦言速食常被視為美國輸出的「垃圾食物」，並指出兒時在西雅圖吃到的Dairy Queen的Blizzard才是經典，認為麥當勞推出的冰炫風採用十分相似的概念。兩人指出美國速食業善用季節性口味（如南瓜香料）促銷。速食的本質已轉變為「娛樂」。特別在台灣，消費者為了限量的贈品而排隊，追求「成就感」與「生活的小確幸」...

👉 Article K-pop has gained international popularity in recent years, but it's not the only South Korean entertainment that's popular outside of the country. South Korean TV shows, often called K-dramas, now have a growing audience in the US. Streaming site Rakuten Viki has shows from South Korea — as well as other Asian countries — and subscribers from around the world. Its largest audience is fr...

▲Guest：台英混血兒 Natalie  ▲本集內容： 在這一集中，主持人Jenny 與參加過《亞洲超級名模生死鬥》（Asia's Next Top Model）第二季、代表台灣的 Natalie，一同分享她參與這場國際模特兒競賽的真實經歷。Natalie 證實了節目中的部分言行確實來自於參賽者，但製作團隊非常懂得如何引導劇情走向，他們會事先規劃情境，讓參賽者說出節目需要的內容。Natalie 提到，節目組會刻意製造衝突與戲劇性，例如禁止模特兒關門、要求她們...

👉 Article Are you an expert in the kitchen or could you be making common cooking mistakes? Take a look at the cooking mistakes below and see what your score is out of four! 1. Not reading through the recipe before you start cooking There's nothing worse than getting to the middle of a recipe for a dinner party and reading the words, "marinate for at least 24 hours." Always read the reci...

▲Guest：匈牙利 Christina ▲本集內容： 在這一集中，主持人Jenny與來自匈牙利的Christina深入探討了匈牙利引以為傲的獨特葡萄酒—Tokaji（貴腐酒）。Christina 強調，雖然許多人認為法國葡萄酒最棒，但匈牙利人堅信匈牙利酒才是最好的，甚至建議拜訪匈牙利時不要送法國酒，以免造成冒犯。Tokaji 產自匈牙利東北部的Tokaj地區，該地區的葡萄園始於11世紀，因其歷史意義與獨特葡萄酒，自2002年起被列為UNESCO 世界文化遺產，兩人在節...

👉 Article A team of designers in the US, called Wonder Substance, has developed a robotic chess set made of real wood with pieces that are able to move on their own. While online chess lets you play against and learn from people around the world, it isn't always as fun as playing with a real board. Wonder Substance's chessboard, Phantom, lets you play online while still giving you the experience...

坐在螢光幕前，看起來光鮮亮麗✨ 但鏡頭後，其實藏著很多說不出口的壓力…… 這一集主持人 Jenny 邀請到 🇹🇼🇬🇧 台英混血的 Natalie 聊聊她成為「文化交流型節目來賓」的真實經驗與挑戰。 Natalie 分享—— 明明代表英國 🇬🇧 卻因為在台灣長大、帶著美式口音 常常被觀眾放大檢視、貼標籤 🏷️ 更辛酸的是螢光幕後的兩難👇 ⏱️ 節目時間有限，很多內容來不及好好說 💬 話少，被說是「花瓶」 💬 話多，又被罵「太愛表現、不禮貌」 怎麼做，好像...

👉 Article London's newest tourist attraction has disappointed visitors to the centre of the British capital. Designed by Dutch architecture company MVRDV, the Marble Arch Mound is a 25 meter artificial hill that offers views of Hyde Park, Oxford Street and other famous areas of London. City officials hope the attraction will help bring people back to the centre of London after more than a year of...

你有沒有想過—— 「準時下班」在某些國家，其實是理所當然？⏰ 這一集主持人 Jenny 邀請來自 🇭🇺 匈牙利的 Christina 一起聊聊歐洲與台灣在 💼 工作態度 🏢 職場文化 🌱 生活與工作的平衡 之間，究竟差在哪裡？ Christina 分享一個超有畫面的例子👇 在匈牙利，店家 5 點關門 可能 4 點半就不再接待新客人 🚪 但在台灣呢？ 就算只剩最後 1 分鐘，還是笑臉迎人服務到底 😅 更讓人震驚的是—— ✨ 匈牙利「新人」年假就有 20 天 而且會隨...

👉 Article From America to Italy to South Korea, birthrates have been decreasing in many countries around the world. Since 2005, Japan has been doing international surveys every five years to try to learn what it can do to raise its own low birth rate. The most recent survey was done between October 2020 and January 2021. It included a total of about 4,400 people aged 20 to 49 in Japan,...

👤 Guest｜Stanley｜旅德台灣美國人 運動，在你的生活中是「任務」還是「習慣」？ 本集 Jenny 與 Stanley 從台灣一路聊到德國， 從健身文化、勞動環境到心理健康， 拆解兩種截然不同的運動日常。 🇹🇼 vs 🇩🇪 運動文化大不同 🏋️‍♂️ 台灣：運動像任務 Stanley觀察到，許多台灣人即使想運動， 也往往得「硬排進行程」才能做到。 這與教育文化、工作壓力、長工時息息相關。 🏞️ 歐洲：運動就是生活 在德國，下班後的時間大都屬於自己， 心...

👉 Article According to Statista, by 2021 there were over 3.2 billion video game players in the world. And both the video game industry and its players have developed many abbreviations for talking about gaming. An "RPG" is a "role-playing game," or a game where the player controls one or more characters that go on a quest, getting more powerful as the story continues. The world's top-se...

▲ Guest：旅台美國人 Katie 🇺🇸✨ 你以為親子營只是出國玩一玩、拍照打卡嗎？📸 其實，這一集要帶你看見—— 旅行，也可以是一堂超有溫度的文化課！ 💛 主持人 Jenny 🎙️ 與長期旅居台灣的美國老師 Katie 聊到她一份很特別的工作👇 在寒暑假期間，她會陪伴親子家庭一起前往 🇲🇾 馬來西亞、🇸🇬 新加坡等鄰近國家， 展開 5～6 天的親子海外學習之旅 ✈️ 在旅途中，Katie 擔任的是—— 📘 雙語引導老師 的角色 透過說故事、文化介紹、生活情境...

👉 Article At 5,895 meters tall, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania isn't just the tallest mountain in Africa. It's also the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, which means it's the tallest mountain that isn't part of a mountain range. It's actually a volcano, and it has three cones. Two of the cones are extinct, but one could erupt again — although it hasn't erupted for 360,000 year...

👩‍🏫 Host：Jenny 👩‍🦰 Guest：匈牙利 Christina 「吃飯也能反映文化差異？」😯 這一集，主持人 Jenny 與來自匈牙利的 Christina， 聊到她對台灣「快文化（fast-paced culture）」的驚訝！ 在台灣，午餐常常是「30分鐘內解決戰鬥」⏰； 但在匈牙利， 用餐是一種享受與社交儀式 —— 午餐至少一小時，週末更會邊吃邊聊兩到三小時， 不只是吃飯，更是一種「生活的節奏」。☕🍲 Christina 也分享了她對比文化的觀察： 🇭🇺 匈牙利高中食...

👉 Article Celebrities may live exciting lives, but sometimes we're reminded that they have bad days too. Hollywood actor Tom Cruise had a very bad day recently: he was filming a new movie in the UK when his car was stolen. The actor was in Birmingham to film the seventh Mission: Impossible movie when his $130,000 BMW X7 was stolen while it was parked outside the Grand Hotel Birming...

大家看球賽的時候是冷靜派，還是激動派？😤 這一集 [你的日常．我的非常] 真的太有趣了！Jenny 邀請到了在台灣、美國、德國都生活過的 Stanley ，來跟我們聊聊這三個國家截然不同的「足球觀賽文化」🌍。 如果你以為德國人很嚴肅，那你就錯了！Stanley 分享說，德國球場根本是大型 KTV 現場 🎶。最酷的是敵對球隊之間還會「互相改編口號」來 Diss 對方，這種充滿創意的較勁真的太好笑 😂。 還有還有！那個進球後的慶祝儀式超有儀式...

去倫敦只能走路、騎腳踏車或搭觀光巴士嗎？ 現在有一種 超～特～別～的方式 👀 坐在「熱水澡船」裡逛城市！ 👉 Article Visitors to London can explore the UK capital in a few different ways: by foot, by bike or even on an open-top bus. But one company is offering a whole new way to spend time in the city with their hot tub boats. The company, Skuna, offers private boats to rent in which up to seven p...

▲ Guest：🇺🇸 旅台美國人 Katie 你有沒有想過—— 📖 自己的真實故事， 🎶 可以立刻被搬上舞台演出？ 這一集，主持人 Jenny 邀請具有劇場背景的 Katie ， 帶大家認識一種溫柔又有力量的表演形式—— 👉 一人一故事劇場（Playback Theater） 🎭 什麼是一人一故事劇場？ 由一位引導者、數名演員與樂手組成， 邀請現場觀眾分享「親身經歷的故事或情緒」， 表演者立刻即興演出，把故事「演回給你看」。 🎁 Katie 形容這是一場「禮物的交換」...

主持人：🎙️ 陳彣 Neil ✨ Article Music is everywhere in our lives, and everywhere in the English language! Here are some common expressions that use songs and singing in many different ways. If you buy or sell something "for a song," you do so for very little money. This expression was first used in writing in 1596, at a time when people singing in the street were given coins worth a very...

Guest：台英混血兒 Natalie 💬 約會就是交往嗎？其實東西方定義大不同！ 本集主持人 Jenny 與來賓 Natalie 深聊 英美文化中「go on a date」與「dating someone」的差別—— 原來前者只是「認識彼此」的階段， 而後者才代表關係穩定、進入認真模式！💑 兩人也聊到英國人習以為常的「AA 制」， 不論是朋友還是情侶，「splitting the bill」可是最自然的事喔～💷 📘【本集三個單字筆記本】 1️⃣ Dating – 約會 2️⃣ Splitting the bill –...

疫情改變了我們的生活方式，也改變了人們對「家」與「旅行」的想像🏡✈️ 你能想像嗎？ 樹屋 不只成了孩子的遊樂天堂，還搖身一變成為熱門的度假住宿選擇！ 🎙️ 主持人： 陳彣 Neil 📈  Article The coronavirus pandemic has helped make treehouses popular in the US, both as fun backyard spaces and unusual vacation accommodation. For many people, a basic treehouse is still the way to go. Jim Brook, a 71-ye...

在台灣餐廳裡價格不菲、常出現在高級套餐中的 鵝肝（goose liver） ， 在匈牙利，竟然只是「日常食物」之一！😲 本集節目，主持人 Jenny 邀請來自匈牙利的 Christina ， 帶我們從餐桌出發，看見文化的差異。 Christina 分享—— 匈牙利是 全球第二大鵝肝生產國 ，僅次於法國， 甚至還會將鵝肝出口到法國使用！ 在當地，柔軟滑順的 鵝肝醬（liver paste） 常常被抹在麵包或夾進三明治裡， 就像我們的花生醬或起司一樣自然 🥪✨ 相較之...

一隻重達 36 公斤 的美洲獅， 竟然被人非法飼養在紐約市的公寓裡！🏙️😮 👉 Article A 36-kilogram cougar has been removed from a New York City apartment where she was being kept illegally as a pet. The owner of the 11-month-old female cougar surrendered the animal, said Kelly Donithan of the Humane Society of the United States. The cougar, called Sasha, received vet care at the Bronx Zoo for a few days...