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L253: 36,000 Homes Still Without Water 10 Days After Kumamoto QuakeHighlights 主題摘要A magnitude 7.1 quake killed 38 people in Kumamoto on July 28, yet open roads let relief reach stricken communities within hours.Water outages hit tens of thousands of homes as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius, turning the aftermath into a slower, quieter emergency.Care-home residents and disabled people living alone risk being overlooked, a warning ahead of the far larger Nankai Trough quake Japan expects.When a magnitude 7.1 earthquake tore through central Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July 28, it registered the maximum reading of 7 on Japan's seismic intensity scale and killed 38 people, making it the country's strongest quake since the Noto Peninsula disaster of New Year's Day 2024. Yet the comparison with Noto is instructive. Where landslides and severed roads once cut off entire communities for weeks, most routes across Kumamoto remained passable, allowing rescue crews, volunteers and relief supplies to reach stricken districts within hours.七月二十八日下午四時二十七分，熊本縣中部發生規模七點一強震，觀測到日本震度分級最高的七級，造成三十八人罹難，也是二○二四年元旦能登半島地震以來，日本最強的一次地震。和能登相比，這次的差別很明顯。當年能登因土石崩塌、道路中斷，多處聚落被孤立好幾週；熊本這次大部分道路仍可通行，搜救人員、志工和救援物資在數小時內就抵達受災地區。What Japan has learned about logistics, however, did little to blunt what came next. For thousands of residents, surviving the earthquake quickly gave way to surviving its aftermath. Nearly 7,000 people were still sheltering in evacuation centres this week, while more than 36,000 households across Kumamoto remained without running water. Temperatures in the prefecture climbed past 40 degrees Celsius for the first time on record, and families slept in their cars simply to run the air conditioning.日本多年累積的後勤調度經驗，卻擋不住接下來的難題。對數千名居民來說，撐過地震只是第一關，接下來還得撐過震後的日子。本週仍有近七千人待在避難所，熊本縣內超過三萬六千戶沒有自來水可用。縣內氣溫更首度突破攝氏四十度，寫下觀測史上新高，不少家庭乾脆睡在車上，就為了吹冷氣。That combination of heat and thirst has revived a long-standing anxiety. After the 2024 Noto quake, disaster-related deaths, meaning those caused by illness, exhaustion or the worsening of injuries during evacuation, reached 520, more than double the 228 killed directly by the quake. Those most exposed are often the people who depended on support long before the ground moved: residents with disabilities living alone, and care-home residents whose staff must provide round-the-clock help without running water. Relief workers argue such facilities routinely fall through the cracks of the national response system.高溫加上缺水，讓一項長年存在的隱憂再度浮上檯面。二○二四年能登地震後，因避難期間生病、體力不支或傷勢惡化而死亡的「災害關聯死」已達五百二十人，是震災中直接罹難二百二十八人的兩倍以上。風險最高的，往往是地震發生前就得靠外界協助的族群：獨居的身心障礙者，還有長照機構的住民，機構人員得在沒有自來水的狀況下全天候照護。救災人員指出，這類機構經常被國家防災體系漏接。Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who toured the region on Aug. 3, pledged to restore critical infrastructure as quickly as possible, while Kumamoto's governor pressed for more help at shelters lacking clean water and medical care. Officials fear these same weaknesses would be magnified many times over in a future Nankai Trough megathrust quake. There were brighter notes: TSMC said its Kumamoto fab had returned to normal operations and pledged 250 million yen for relief. For residents, recovery is likely to be a long battle.首相高市早苗八月三日走訪災區，承諾盡快修復維生管線；熊本縣知事則要求中央加強支援，指出不少避難所缺乏乾淨飲水和醫療資源。官員擔心，同樣的問題若碰上未來的南海海槽大地震，衝擊會放大好幾倍。也有比較正面的消息：台積電表示熊本晶圓廠已恢復正常運作，並捐出兩億五千萬日圓賑災。但對當地居民而言，重建恐怕是一場長期抗戰。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Passable [adjective, able to be travelled along or through]: The main road stayed passable after the storm.Give way to [verb phrase, to be replaced or followed by something else]: Her relief soon gave way to exhaustion.Fall through the cracks [idiom, to be overlooked or missed by a system]: Some patients fall through the cracks of the system.Press for [verb phrase, to demand something firmly and repeatedly]: Residents pressed for a faster response from the city.Many times over [idiom, repeatedly or to a far greater degree]: The delay raised the final cost many times over.Reference article:https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/japan/society/kumamoto-earthquake-recovery-japan/https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202608040008https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k10015198531000https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k10015197971000https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/03/japan/kumamoto-quake-evacuees-heat/

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歡迎收聽股癌，我是謝孟恭戒菸就如同投資，需要放棄短線刺激與快感，以追求長期的健康複利。身為過來人，我蠻鼓勵大家可以嘗試戒菸輔助品。尼古清戒菸口含錠即將上市，使用簡單零門檻，戒菸新手也容易接受，讓你不被菸癮打擾，專注生活每一刻。嘉安家護股份有限公司 台北市中山區民生東路三段2號10樓尼古清戒菸口含錠2毫克衛部藥輸第029054號北市衛藥廣字第 115070153號 ——以上廣告由 Firstory 與【月城南廣告】共同執行—— 今年過一半，你的英文還在原地？【暑期職場進化大禮包】限時開跑現在訂閱或升級 C 方案年會員，雙重好禮直接帶走：🎁 獨家通勤帆布托特包，免費寄到你家（限量 50 個）🎁 社會人核心英語 Voucher（價值 $450）年會員換算下來一天不到 10 元，比一口咖啡還便宜。用你每天通勤的 15 分鐘，培養職場英文的實戰力。⏰ 優惠只到 8 月 31 日：https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinSummary:Since the investigations into Russian manipulation of US elections, FB, Twitter and other major social media companies have strived to crack down on fake news and fake information. However, according to social media analytic firms, false and misleading information tripled from Q3 of 2016 to Q3 of 2020. About two thirds of the likes and comments were of the articles published by “false content producers” or “manipulators”. These publishers pose as news sites online.原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-994-on-facebook-misinformation-is-more-popular-now-than-in-2016  Vocabulary and Sample Sentences  Disinformation n. false information intended to mislead Online social media were used to spread disinformation during the elections. Disinformation can be easily shared through private channels.    Manipulator n. a person who controls or influences others in a clever way Manipulators on FB or Twitter can pose as news outlets. Without the necessary information and judgment, one can be easily manipulated.Legitimate adj. conforming to the law or rules Reuters, Bloomberg, and Associated Press are legitimate news outlets. Documents that are not signed or chopped with company seal is not legitimate.  

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L249: A Hoax Sent 60,000 Into Spain's CeutaHighlights 主題摘要Roughly 60,000 people swam or waded into Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta in a single day, and at least 75 died.A court ruling on sea arrivals was twisted online into a promise of open borders, while Moroccan surveillance quietly thinned to almost nothing.Almost everyone returned within days, but the crisis split the EU, pushed Italy to suspend Schengen travel with Spain and hardened Europe's border politics.On the morning of 30 July, the stretch of water between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta filled with swimmers. Wearing wetsuits, flippers and inflatable rings, tens of thousands of mostly young Moroccan men rounded the breakwaters at Tarajal and Benzú, or simply waded along the shoreline into European Union territory. Some kissed the ground when they reached it. Within 24 hours, officials estimated that around 60,000 people had crossed, a figure equivalent to roughly 70% of Ceuta's population. What awaited them was neither work nor shelter, but a city overwhelmed within hours.7月30日清晨，摩洛哥與西班牙飛地休達之間的海面上滿是泳客。數萬名以年輕摩洛哥男性為主的民眾，穿著防寒衣、蛙鞋，套上泳圈，繞過 Tarajal 與 Benzú 的防波堤，也有人沿著岸邊涉水，直接走進歐盟領土，甚至有人上岸後跪下親吻地面。官方估計，24小時內約有6萬人越境，相當於休達人口的7成。他們沒等到工作，也沒等到收容，只見到一座在幾小時內就被塞爆的城市。The trigger appears to have been a rumour that took on a life of its own. Spain's Supreme Court had recently ruled that migrants arriving by sea could not be summarily deported, unlike those who scale the border fence. That narrow legal point was distorted online into a promise that Spain had thrown its doors open, and the claim spread like wildfire across accounts, some only weeks old. Analysts have also pointed to geopolitics: Moroccan surveillance thinned to almost nothing days after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made his first visit to Algiers in four years.事件的引爆點，看來是一則傳開之後就失控的謠言。西班牙最高法院日前裁定，經由海路抵達的移民不得比照翻越邊境圍籬者即時遣返。這項適用範圍其實很窄的判決，在網路上被說成西班牙已經大開國門，訊息透過大批帳號快速擴散，其中有些只創號不過幾週。分析人士也把矛頭指向地緣政治。西班牙總理桑傑士4年來首度出訪阿爾及爾，沒過幾天，摩洛哥的邊境監控就鬆到幾乎形同虛設。The consequences were lethal. At least 75 people died, some drowning in the strait, others crushed in a stampede at the Tarajal breakwater, while Ceuta's regional president said the city morgue had received 88 bodies. Spain deployed its armed forces alongside the Civil Guard, and by Tuesday its interior minister said about 70,000 of the 72,000 arrivals had gone back. The political fallout travelled faster than the returns: Italy reimposed checks on travellers from Spain, France tightened its own crossings, and 22 governments demanded coordinated action.這起事件的代價相當慘重。至少75人喪生，有人溺斃海中，也有人在塔拉哈爾防波堤的推擠踩踏中被壓死。休達首長說，市立太平間已收到88具遺體。西班牙出動軍隊，與國民警衛隊共同維持秩序。到了週二，內政部長表示越境的7萬2000人當中，約有7萬人已經返回。政治效應擴散得比人潮回流還快，義大利恢復查驗來自西班牙的旅客，法國加強自身邊境管制，22國政府則要求歐盟協調因應。At an emergency videoconference on 4 August, EU interior ministers agreed to dismantle smuggling networks, speed up returns and fortify the bloc's external borders. The migration commissioner called the episode a test of European resilience and offered Madrid full solidarity, in talks an official privately described as an effort to lower the political temperature. Ministers also endorsed early-warning tools, including social media monitoring, a quiet admission that a viral post can now move a border.8月4日的緊急視訊會議上，歐盟各國內政部長同意瓦解人蛇集團、加快遣返、強化聯盟外部邊界。移民事務執委稱這起事件是對歐洲韌性的考驗，並向馬德里表達全力支持。有官員私下透露，這場會議的用意是把政治溫度降下來。部長們也支持建立早期預警機制，其中包括監控社群媒體，等於間接承認了一件事：一則瘋傳的假消息，如今真的可以撼動國界。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Took on a life of its own [verb phrase, grew and spread beyond anyone's control]: The rumour took on a life of its own online.Summarily [adverb, done immediately and without the normal process]: The officer was summarily removed from his post.Spread like wildfire [idiom, to travel very fast among many people]: The false claim spread like wildfire that weekend.Stampede [noun, a sudden rush of a crowd that can injure people]: Six fans were hurt in the stampede.Fortify [verb, to strengthen a place against attack or pressure]: The EU plans to fortify its external borders.Reference article:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62vl925dqdohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/ceuta-spain-eu-border-africahttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/most-of-the-60000-migrants-who-crossed-into-spanish-territory-of-ceuta-have-left-voluntarilyhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/2/migrant-deaths-in-ceuta-rise-to-72-after-border-surge-from-moroccohttps://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/04/spain-says-70000-of-72000-migrants-who-crossed-into-ceuta-have-already-returned

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India's Youth Answered.Highlights 主題摘要Activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a 26-day hunger strike, but India's youth-led Cockroach protests have spread to Mumbai, Hyderabad and beyond.The movement began over leaked entrance exams, then absorbed far wider anger about youth unemployment, economic inequality and the accountability of Modi's government.Police fired tear gas, metro stations were shut and one messaging app was ordered taken down, yet protesters returned in growing numbers.An activist whose 26-day hunger strike became the emotional core of India's youth-led "Cockroach" protests has ended his fast, yet the movement he helped ignite shows little sign of winding down. Sonam Wangchuk, 59, who had survived on salt water since late June, said he stopped only after appeals from dozens of members of Parliament and what he called a long negotiation, conceding that not all of his demands had been met. Demonstrators vowed on Friday to press on, and the protests have since spread from New Delhi to Mumbai, Hyderabad and other major cities.印度青年「蟑螂」抗爭的精神象徵、絕食 26 天的社運人士 Sonam Wangchuk 宣布結束禁食，但這場運動並未因此降溫。現年 59 歲的他自 6 月底起僅靠鹽水維生。Wangchuk 表示，是在數十位國會議員出面勸說、並歷經漫長協商後才決定停止，同時坦言並非所有訴求都獲得回應。示威者週五重申會繼續走上街頭，抗爭也從新德里延燒到孟買、海德拉巴等主要城市。The unrest was triggered by alleged leaks in some of India's most competitive entrance examinations for medical colleges and government jobs, but it has long since outgrown that single grievance. The Cockroach Janta Party, whose name parodies Modi's ruling party, began in May as an online satire campaign after Chief Justice Surya Kant likened unemployed young people to cockroaches. The remark landed badly in a country where millions of young people are entering a labour market that has struggled to create enough secure, well-paid jobs.這場風波的導火線，是印度競爭最激烈的醫學院與公職考試接連傳出洩題，但抗爭訴求早已不只如此。首席大法官 Surya Kant 把失業青年比喻成蟑螂，5 月間催生出「蟑螂人民黨」，名稱刻意戲謔模仿莫迪領導的執政黨，而起初只是網路上的諷刺行動。這番話之所以踩到痛點，在於印度數以百萬計的年輕人正湧入職場，穩定又待遇合理的工作機會卻始終不足。Protesters are demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, an overhaul of the examination system, and compensation for the families of students who died by suicide after the leaks. On Monday, police fired tear gas and swung batons at marchers heading toward Parliament; Delhi police said nearly 180 people were injured, including 118 security personnel and 60 protesters. Modi broke his silence on Thursday night with a video posted to Instagram, acknowledging that paper leaks were no trivial matter and announcing fast-track courts to handle leak cases.抗議群眾要求教育部長 Dharmendra Pradhan 下台、全面檢討考試制度，並對洩題後輕生學生的家屬提供賠償。週一遊行隊伍走向國會時，警方以催淚瓦斯和警棍驅離，德里警方統計約 180 人受傷，其中維安人員 118 人、抗議者 60 人。莫迪則在週四晚間打破沉默，透過 Instagram 發布影片，承認洩題絕非小事，並宣布設立快速審理法庭處理相關案件。That response has not satisfied the streets. Authorities shut 18 metro stations in a capital of 23 million residents, and protesters reported internet shutdowns around Jantar Mantar, the 18th-century observatory that has hosted historic demonstrations. Organisers coordinated over the encrypted app Signal, while others relied on Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based tool whose founder, Jack Dorsey, said Indian officials had ordered taken down. Crowds turned out anyway, mounting a challenge sterner than any Modi has faced in his 12 years in power.莫迪的回應並未讓街頭降溫。當局在這座人口 2,300 萬的首都關閉 18 座地鐵站；抗議者也指出，Jantar Mantar 周邊出現網路中斷，這座 18 世紀天文台向來是印度重要的抗議場域。組織者改用加密通訊軟體 Signal 聯絡，也有人轉向以藍牙傳訊的 Bitchat，該程式創辦人 Jack Dorsey 表示，印度官方已下令將其下架。群眾依舊到場，讓莫迪面臨執政 12 年來最嚴峻的挑戰。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Press on [verb phrase, to continue despite difficulty or opposition]: The team pressed on even after losing two key players.Outgrow [verb, to become too large or advanced for something]: The company has outgrown its small office downtown.Break one's silence [idiom, to finally speak about something after avoiding it]: The minister broke his silence three weeks after the scandal.Fast-track [adjective, designed to move faster than the normal process]: They set up a fast-track system for urgent visa cases.Mount a challenge [verb phrase, to organise and launch an effort against someone]: The small party mounted a serious challenge to the mayor.Reference article:https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/india-cockroach-protests-modi-exam-leaks-new-dehli-cjp-hunger-strike-rcna589017https://globalnews.ca/news/11987477/india-gen-z-cockroach-movement-modi/https://www.npr.org/2026/07/24/nx-s1-5906236/india-wangchuk-hunger-strike-cockroach-protestershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/21/indias-cockroach-protest-movement-halts-marches-after-police-violencehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/sonam-wangchuck-india-hunger-strike-cockroach-janta-party-protest-education/

線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— 今年過一半，你的英文還在原地？【暑期職場進化大禮包】限時開跑現在訂閱或升級 C 方案年會員，雙重好禮直接帶走：🎁 獨家通勤帆布托特包，免費寄到你家（限量 50 個）🎁 社會人核心英語 Voucher（價值 $450）年會員換算下來一天不到 10 元，比一口咖啡還便宜。用你每天通勤的 15 分鐘，培養職場英文的實戰力。⏰ 優惠只到 8 月 31 日：https://15minstoday.firstory.io/join-----------------------------------🎧 通勤學英語 VIP 專區 & 🚀 線上課程 -----------------------------------💡 想要更自然的提升英語力？加入VIP會員，獲得專屬內容與優惠！立即加入VIP方案 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinVIP訂閱常見問題 →https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/5cjptbVIP會員想許願哪些主題？ →https://forms.gle/xyHoPydBr6LLFL9q8🔥 社會人核心英語有聲書課程→https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm-------------------------------🌎 15Mins.Today 相關連結-------------------------------💬 你的想法很重要！留言分享 → 留言連結Web：www.15mins.todayYouTube：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy商業合作/贊助來信：[email protected]意見回覆 : [email protected]📜 單集逐字稿 & 內容摘要（播放器字數有限，完整逐字稿請到官網查看）--------------------------------------------同事開會的時候丟一句「You dropped the ball on that one」,你聽得懂每個字,湊在一起卻愣住三秒。這集John老師和阿鍵老師從IG上的Wait What系列裡,挑了三個運動延伸出來的英文慣用語,順便逼自己「今天學明天用」。IG上的Idioms,不是單純看開心的兩位老師平常在週三的English Cafe裡,會整理出很多實用的idioms跟片語動詞,大家反應都不錯。於是他們挑出通勤族日常小聊天用得到的字,做成圖卡放到IG上,取名叫Wait What——意思是有些英文單看字面根本猜不到意思,「咦,這是什麼意思」的那種感覺。但兩位老師也吐槽,IG上按讚的人多,真的敢接受挑戰的人卻不多。挑戰的規則很簡單:學了就要在生活裡真的講出來,不管是講給老外同事聽,還是台灣同事聽,只要對方一副「哇你出口成章」的表情,就回IG留言分享一下。這集也提到一位老朋友聽眾Bella,私訊說自己通過了GEPT初級。兩位老師特別強調她的學習路徑:先靠15Mins廣聽培養興趣,有了興趣才慢慢接上口說輸出,而不是硬逼自己先開口。輸入跟輸出接得起來,才是這套方法真正的重點,也難怪老師忍不住鼓勵她接著挑戰中高級。掉在地上的球,搞砸的case第一個字是drop the ball。球本來就會掉到地上,運動的時候你不可能一直運球或帶球不放手,所以掉球這件事一點都不誇張,反而很literal。但套進辦公室情境,drop the ball就是事情搞砸了、case沒接住。老師舉例,老闆開會提到某個同事:「Did you see what happened to Brian? He dropped the ball.」意思大概就是某個case沒弄好,或客戶掉了。有趣的是,這句話語氣其實沒有想像中重,比較像是在描述一個情境,而不是指著鼻子罵人。台灣人常講的「掉漆」,某種程度上味道很接近。如果哪天真的搞砸了,你可以老實承認:「I'm sorry, I dropped the ball on that one.」比死鴨子嘴硬要來得體面多了。打枕頭,不是打沙包第二個是hit the sack,字面上看像是打沙袋,實際意思卻是去睡覺,完全猜不到。老師解釋,這裡的sack指的其實是枕頭——早年還沒有記憶棉的年代,枕頭裡塞的是綠豆殼,外殼就是麻布袋的樣子,跟裝咖啡豆的那種30公斤麻布袋很像。累到不行、頭重到需要立刻倒下去,就是hit the sack。老師也提醒,這句話聽起來有點老派,講出來像50歲阿伯的口吻,但年輕人一樣可以講,通常是跟著爸媽或長輩的用語習慣學來的。比如:「Hey, I'm pooped today, I'm gonna hit the sack early.」很口語,朋友之間用剛剛好。培根帶回家,養家的意思最後一個是bring home the bacon,老師自己從小就愛用,原因很單純:因為喜歡吃培根。麵包、起司、培根都是民生食物,把食物帶回家,自然就是養家、賺錢的意思。老師常拿這句話鼓勵在海外打拼的客戶,或是準備接新project的朋友:「Go ahead and bring home the bacon.」連調侃護國神山台積電幫台灣賺外匯,也可以說是在bring home the bacon。不過要小心,想問別人「你靠什麼吃飯」,直接問「What's your bacon?」聽起來會很奇怪,這時候老實用「What do you do for a living」就好,bring home the bacon通常留給鼓勵、稱讚的場合用。這集之外,IG上還有cold feet跟burn bridges等著你去挑戰,哪一個最合你的個性,自己選一個常用,用久了就會變成反射動作,不知不覺就講出來了。

線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— 今年過一半，你的英文還在原地？【暑期職場進化大禮包】限時開跑現在訂閱或升級 C 方案年會員，雙重好禮直接帶走：🎁 獨家通勤帆布托特包，免費寄到你家（限量 50 個）🎁 社會人核心英語 Voucher（價值 $450）年會員換算下來一天不到 10 元，比一口咖啡還便宜。用你每天通勤的 15 分鐘，培養職場英文的實戰力。⏰ 優惠只到 8 月 31 日：https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinSummary:This article contains two stories of how technology is used to inspire and solve problems in everyday life. First, parents to a newborn, Radhika and Bharath Patil, just like other parents with babies have faced disruptions in their sleep patterns. So, to find a solution to sooth their baby, and get better rest, they put their electrical engineering background to good use and built a smartcrib. The smartcrib is said to combine a baby monitor, rocker, bassinet and crib in one. Next story is about how Amazon is developing non-contact payment systems that could help retailers in these times where social distancing is required. Amazon is testing a palm-based detection system. Security level is similar to fingerprint scans, but palm scanning at a distance is more practical.原討論文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-983-about-technology-smart-crib-aims-to-help-rockabye-baby  Vocabulary and Sample sentences:Sth fly/go out the window ph. – something does not exist or disappeared Once you have a baby, your good night’s rest will go out the window. If you drink too much, your senses go out the window.    Pattern n. – a repeated decorative design or an arrangement/ sequence The palm scanning system of Amazon is based on capturing the vein patterns of the palm. Zen tangle artworks are based on different, repeated patterns.    Practical adj. - something that can be done or likely to be feasible Instead of fingerprint identification, palm scanning at a distance is more practical. After a session of brainstorming, we should consider selecting the ideas that are more practical.

-----------------------------------🎧 通勤學英語 VIP 專區 & 🚀 線上課程 -----------------------------------💡 想要更自然的提升英語力？加入VIP會員，獲得專屬內容與優惠！立即加入VIP方案 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinVIP訂閱常見問題 →https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/5cjptbVIP會員想許願哪些主題？ →https://forms.gle/xyHoPydBr6LLFL9q8🔥 社會人核心英語有聲書課程→https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm-------------------------------🌎 15Mins.Today 相關連結-------------------------------💬 你的想法很重要！留言分享 → 留言連結Web：www.15mins.todayYouTube：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy商業合作/贊助來信：[email protected]意見回覆 : [email protected]📜 單集逐字稿 & 內容摘要（播放器字數有限，完整逐字稿請到官網查看）--------------------------------------------在台灣，工程師們為了避免遇到機器出狀況，有一個流傳已久的做法：放上一包綠色的零食。你知道這個看似迷信的小動作，怎麼演變為全台辦公室、工廠甚至現在推往海外，成為科技業半導體界的共同默契嗎？本週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Patrick 老師要帶大家認識這個最有台灣味的零食品牌「乖乖」。我們除了聊乖乖為什麼能讓機器「聽話」外，還挖出不少品牌背後的秘辛：從它的起家故事，到跟農會合作開發出的各種在地口味，甚至還談了之前跟台股ETF合作的紅色包裝的連結 📈In Taiwan, engineers have long used a practice to avoid machines breaking down: placing a package of green snacks nearby. Did you know how this seemingly superstitious little gesture evolved into a shared understanding across offices, factories, and now expanding overseas, becoming a common ritual in Taiwan's tech and semiconductor industry? This week on English Cafe, John and Patrick introduce you to this most quintessentially Taiwanese snack brand: Kuai KuaiBeyond discussing why Kuai Kuai can make machines "behave," we also uncover many secrets behind the brand: from its origin story, to various local flavors developed in collaboration with farmers' associations, and even the connection to its red packaging collaboration with Taiwan stock ETFs 📈

線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— -----------------------------------🎧 通勤學英語 VIP 專區 & 🚀 線上課程 -----------------------------------💡 想要更自然的提升英語力？加入VIP會員，獲得專屬內容與優惠！立即加入VIP方案 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinVIP訂閱常見問題 →https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/5cjptbVIP會員想許願哪些主題？ →https://forms.gle/xyHoPydBr6LLFL9q8🔥 社會人核心英語有聲書課程→https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm-------------------------------🌎 15Mins.Today 相關連結-------------------------------💬 你的想法很重要！留言分享 → 留言連結Web：www.15mins.todayYouTube：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy商業合作/贊助來信：[email protected]意見回覆 : [email protected]📜 單集逐字稿 & 內容摘要（播放器字數有限，完整逐字稿請到官網查看）--------------------------------------------國際時事跟讀 Ep. L240: 六年來最大幅加薪，七成人無感？Taiwan Wages Hit Six-Year High, Most Workers Miss OutHighlights 主題摘要Taiwan's real regular wages rose 1.27 percent in the first five months of 2026, the strongest gain recorded in six years.The AI export boom has lifted pay in electronics and finance, while accommodation and food service workers remain stuck well below average.Nearly seventy percent of employees now earn less than the headline average, a record share that exposes the limits of statistical good news.Wage statistics rarely make for compelling reading, but the figures released by Taiwan's Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics in July have given policymakers something to point at. Average monthly regular wages, which cover base pay and fixed allowances while excluding bonuses and overtime, reached NT$49,216 in May, up 2.95 percent from a year earlier and the second-fastest growth for that month in 27 years. Once inflation is stripped out, real regular wages over the first five months of 2026 rose 1.27 percent, the biggest gain for the period in six years.薪資統計向來不是什麼吸睛的題材，但行政院主計總處 7 月公布的這組數字，總算讓官方有東西可以拿出來講。5 月經常性薪資平均達新台幣 49,216 元，年增 2.95%,是 27 年來同月份次高的增幅。經常性薪資指的是本薪加上固定津貼，不含獎金與加班費。剔除物價因素後，今年前 5 月實質經常性薪資年增 1.27%，創 6 年來同期的新高。The engine behind this is not hard to identify. Artificial intelligence has driven demand for Taiwanese electronic components and optoelectronics, and the resulting revenues have filtered through to payslips in the form of overtime, performance bonuses and year-end payouts. DGBAS census official Tan Wen-ling has repeatedly attributed the momentum to AI-related sectors, noting that firms elsewhere have also raised wages simply to hold their ground in a tight labour market.背後的推力不難理解。人工智慧撐起了台灣電子零組件與光電產業的需求，營收成長最後透過加班費、績效獎金與年終獎金，回到員工的薪資單上。主計總處普查處副處長譚文玲多次把這波動能歸因於 AI 相關產業，同時指出人力吃緊之下，其他產業也只能跟著調薪，才留得住人。Look past the averages, however, and a less flattering picture emerges. Because a handful of very high earners can skew the mean, the median is the more honest gauge: it stood at NT$39,426 in May, roughly NT$10,000 below the average. In 2025, 69.74 percent of employees earned below the average monthly salary, the highest proportion on record and up from 66.8 percent five years earlier. Accommodation workers averaged NT$34,961 a month; those in food services, NT$36,709.不過只要跳過平均數往下看，畫面就沒那麼好看了。少數高薪者足以把平均值拉高，中位數才是比較誠實的指標：5 月經常性薪資中位數為 39,426 元，比平均值低了將近 1 萬元。2025 年有 69.74% 的受僱者薪水低於平均月薪，比例創歷年新高，5 年前是 66.8%。住宿業員工月薪平均 34,961 元，餐飲業 36,709 元。The gap looks structural rather than temporary. Electronic components posted average annual pay of NT$1.33 million last year, with finance and insurance close behind, while traditional service industries have all but stalled. Real total wages, which include bonuses, grew 1.37 percent in the first five months, down from 1.67 percent a year earlier, partly because some firms pushed Dragon Boat Festival bonuses into June. Tan has cautioned that energy prices could yet feed into inflation, and whether real pay keeps rising depends on wages outpacing prices.這道落差看起來是結構性的，而非一時現象。去年電子零組件業平均年薪 133 萬元，金融保險業緊追在後，傳統服務業卻幾乎原地踏步。含獎金在內的實質總薪資，前 5 月成長 1.37%，低於去年同期的 1.67%，部分原因是有些企業把端午獎金遞延到 6 月才發。譚文玲也提醒，能源價格後續仍可能反映到物價上，實質薪資能不能繼續成長，還是要看加薪速度追不追得上通膨。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Base pay [noun phrase, the fixed part of a salary before bonuses or overtime]: Her base pay is low, but the bonuses help.Strip out [verb phrase, to remove a factor in order to see the true figure]: Strip out inflation and the growth looks much smaller.Payslip [noun, a document showing how much an employee has been paid]: Check your payslip before you complain to HR.Hold their ground [idiom, to maintain a position without losing it]: Small firms struggle to hold their ground against big employers.Tight labour market [noun phrase, a job market where workers are scarce and hard to hire]: In a tight labour market, good staff can name their price.Reference article:https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202607100013https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6399011https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6304527

線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— ----------------------------------🎧 通勤學英語 VIP 專區 & 🚀 線上課程 -----------------------------------💡 想要更自然的提升英語力？加入VIP會員，獲得專屬內容與優惠！立即加入VIP方案 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinVIP訂閱常見問題 →https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/5cjptbVIP會員想許願哪些主題？ →https://forms.gle/xyHoPydBr6LLFL9q8🔥 社會人核心英語有聲書課程→https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm-------------------------------🌎 15Mins.Today 相關連結-------------------------------💬 你的想法很重要！留言分享 → 留言連結Web：www.15mins.todayYouTube：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy商業合作/贊助來信：[email protected]意見回覆 : [email protected]📜 單集逐字稿 & 內容摘要（播放器字數有限，完整逐字稿請到官網查看）--------------------------------------------一篇英文新聞讀完了,每個字都認識,叫你轉述給別人聽,你卻支支吾吾說不出個所以然?這集John老師和阿鍵老師找了一本1940年出版、快80歲的老書出來聊,書名很直白——《如何閱讀一本書》。老書不代表過時,反而拆穿了一個大家都以為自己會、其實根本不會的能力:讀。一本教你「怎麼讀書」的書,葫蘆裡賣什麼藥?作者Mortimer Adler不是隨便寫寫,他是哲學家、教育者,長年參與《大英百科全書》的編輯工作,某種程度上就是維基百科出現之前的維基百科主編。1972年修訂版找來Charles Van Doren加入,兩人一起把這本書打磨成後來大家熟知的經典版本。阿鍵老師在節目裡順便科普了一個單字:Wikipedia其實是從Encyclopedia變出來的字。骨灰級學習者應該都有印象,小時候翻百科全書要先查另一本索引書,才知道自己要的資料藏在哪一冊裡,不像現在打開網頁search就有,現代人是真的幸福。唸得出聲音,不代表你真的讀懂了Adler把閱讀分成好幾個層次,第一層叫Elementary Reading,基礎閱讀。聽起來很簡單,但John老師分享了一段自己在修道院唸書時的糗事:老師要他讀完一段故事,他讀得很流暢,字也都認得,結果修女突然要他轉述Peter做了什麼事,他當場愣住,腦袋一片空白。問題出在哪?他把每個字的發音都唸出來了,卻沒有在腦中把句子組織成畫面、變成一個故事。這就是Elementary Reading的陷阱——你以為自己在read,其實只是嘴巴在發音而已。真正的基礎閱讀,是讀完一句話,腦中要能浮現對應的情境。從檢視到分析,閱讀原來分這麼多關卡再往上一層是Inspectional Reading,檢視閱讀,也就是快速skim過一遍,抓出文章大概在講什麼,腦中先準備好幾個問題,邊讀邊找答案。再上去是Analytical Reading,分析閱讀,這時候不只要知道文章寫了什麼,還要一直問為什麼——為什麼這個人這樣做,為什麼這個國家會變成這樣。阿鍵老師說他讀到喜歡的動物、生物類主題,自然而然就會讀到分析層次;但遇到不熟的題材,可能就停在基礎層次,先搞懂大概意思就好。John老師則是看時間決定要讀到哪個層次:只有15分鐘,做到Analytical差不多就夠了,再深入下去太費腦力,精神消耗完還要花時間恢復。真的有一小時空檔,才會進到Syntopical Reading,主題閱讀——把讀過的東西跟之前看過的資料互相比對、重新組織,這通常是寫論文、做研究才會用到的功夫。時間就是本錢,這句話放在閱讀策略上一樣成立。這套方法怎麼套進你的英文學習這幾個層次聽起來學術,其實早就藏在15Mins的內容設計裡。每一則國際時事跟讀前面的三個highlights,就是幫你先建立一個mental picture,對應到Elementary Reading的預先處理;先聽過一遍抓故事走向,就是Inspectional;讀完之後試著把整個故事講給別人聽,或是問自己為什麼這個事件會發生,就是進入Analytical。阿鍵老師提醒,inspectional階段本來就不需要每個字都懂,能抓到故事大概方向就算合格,這也是shadowing一直在強調的重點。竹科工程師開車上班那段路,或是台北捷運通勤兩站的時間,剛好聽完一集精讀story,不用坐在書桌前硬K兩小時,一樣能練到英文閱讀跟英文跟讀的功夫。兩位老師也丟了一個挑戰:這週找三篇私密單集內容,試著做到Analytical層次,讀出聲音、做shadowing,能講給別人聽更好。

出國前最怕匯率一直漲?中國信託銀行挺你聰明換匯設定匯率到價智慧通知，匯率相對低點不錯過再領優惠券享美金最高減3分等優惠立即設定： https://fstry.pse.is/9d7lr8 投資外幣如幣別轉換可能產生匯兌損失，應評估涉及自身情況審慎投資。完整注意事項詳見網站資訊。 —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— 今年過一半，你的英文還在原地？【暑期職場進化大禮包】限時開跑現在訂閱或升級 C 方案年會員，雙重好禮直接帶走：🎁 獨家通勤帆布托特包，免費寄到你家（限量 50 個）🎁 社會人核心英語 Voucher（價值 $450）年會員換算下來一天不到 10 元，比一口咖啡還便宜。用你每天通勤的 15 分鐘，培養職場英文的實戰力。⏰ 優惠只到 8 月 31 日：https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinSummary:According to the National Academy of Sciences, money can buy you some happiness. Their findings suggest that spending money to save time may reduce stress about the limited time in the day, thereby improving happiness. The study found that people who outsource or pay to get their disliked tasks done has better overall life satisfaction.  Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:Outsource v. obtain goods/services from an outside supplier I often outsource my dog-walking chores to my neighbours. Instead of hiring a driver to deliver goods, the company outsourced delivery to a logistics company.Errand n. short journey to collect or deliver something Every Sunday my mom asks me to run errands for her Now, we can shop online for groceries instead of going on shopping errands  Stress n. mental or emotional strain from demanding circumstances Studies show that if you outsource disliked chores, you can reduce time-related stress Long term stress is bad for your health  

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L236: Memory Boom: Micron Wins, Apple PaysHighlights 主題摘要Memory prices have surged throughout 2026 as AI demand swallows global chip supply, forcing device makers to raise prices.Micron's record quarter sparked a public clash with Apple over who is really to blame for the shortage.Samsung and SK Hynix warn the squeeze will run through 2027, with the supply gap set to widen.Memory prices have surged sharply throughout 2026. Research firm TrendForce reported that DRAM contract prices climbed roughly 90 percent quarter-over-quarter in the first quarter alone, with consumer modules such as LPDDR5X rising nearly 89 percent in the second. The driver is not a supply disruption but a deliberate reallocation of capacity: memory makers are prioritizing high-margin AI products, leaving conventional DRAM structurally undersupplied even as total industry revenue climbs to record levels.2026年以來，記憶體價格漲勢兇猛。研究機構TrendForce指出，光是第一季，DRAM合約價就較前一季上漲約90%，LPDDR5X等消費端模組到了第二季也漲了近89%。推升價格的主因並非供應斷鏈，而是廠商刻意調配產能：記憶體業者把產能優先留給毛利較高的AI產品，所以即便整體產業營收衝上新高，一般DRAM仍陷入結構性供給不足。That imbalance has turned into a windfall for Micron Technology, one of the world's three dominant memory suppliers. The company's fiscal third-quarter revenue, released in late June, more than quadrupled year-over-year to $41.46 billion, while gross margin jumped to 84.9 percent from 39 percent a year earlier. Net income reached $28.24 billion, against just $1.89 billion in the same quarter last year. Shares surged roughly 15 percent in after-hours trading, briefly lifting Micron's market value above both Meta and Tesla, while management guided for about $50 billion in revenue next quarter, citing sold-out high-bandwidth memory.這樣的供需失衡，反倒讓全球三大記憶體供應商之一的美光大幅進帳。美光六月下旬公布財報，第三會計季營收年增逾四倍，達414.6億美元，毛利率也從一年前的39%跳升至84.9%。淨利達282.4億美元，去年同期僅18.9億美元。財報一出，美光股價在盤後交易一度大漲約15%，市值短暫超車Meta與特斯拉；公司並看好下一季營收上看500億美元，並提到高頻寬記憶體（HBM）早已被搶購一空。The earnings beat landed hours after Apple announced price increases across its Mac, iPad, Apple TV, HomePod, and Vision Pro lines, a move that sent its stock down more than 6 percent and erased roughly $265 billion in market value. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal after Micron's results, chief business officer Sumit Sadana offered a pointed response. Without naming Apple directly, he suggested that certain large customers had exploited the industry's 2023 downturn to demand rock-bottom prices, straining supplier margins at the exact moment capital was needed to expand capacity. "A lot of the industry investments got shut down in 2023 because of really poor pricing and really poor margins," he said.這份亮眼財報出爐前幾個小時，蘋果才剛宣布Mac、iPad、Apple TV、HomePod與Vision Pro全線調漲，導致股價重挫逾6%，市值蒸發約2650億美元。美光財報公布後，商務長薩達納接受《華爾街日報》採訪時，做出一番語帶機鋒的回應。他沒有直接點名蘋果，卻暗指某些大客戶趁2023年產業低谷壓低採購價，正好在廠商最需要資金擴產的時候，壓縮了供應商的利潤。他說：「2023年產業內許多投資之所以喊停，就是因為價格與利潤都太差。」The dispute over blame does little to change where the market is headed. Samsung's memory division warned in late April that the supply gap would widen further through 2027, a view echoed by SK Hynix days earlier. Together with Micron, the two Korean firms control more than 90 percent of the global DRAM market. TrendForce projects total memory revenue will grow from $551.6 billion in 2026 to $842.7 billion in 2027, suggesting the current tightness has further to run.不管這場責任歸屬怎麼吵，都改不了市場的大方向。三星記憶體部門四月底就示警，供需缺口到2027年只會更大，SK海力士稍早也表達相同看法。連同美光在內，這幾家業者合計掌握全球九成以上的DRAM市場。TrendForce預估，整體記憶體市場營收會從2026年的5516億美元，成長到2027年的8427億美元，顯示這波供給吃緊將會延續下去。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Quarter-over-quarter [adverb phrase, compared with the previous three-month period]: Revenue rose fifteen percent quarter-over-quarter.Windfall [noun, a large unexpected gain or profit]: The tax refund was a nice windfall.After-hours trading [noun phrase, buying and selling of stocks after the market closes]: The shares jumped in after-hours trading.Downturn [noun, a period of reduced economic activity]: Many firms cut jobs during the downturn.Rock-bottom [adjective, at the lowest possible level]: They sold the tickets at rock-bottom prices.Reference article:1. https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-technology-inc-reports-record-results-third-quarter2. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/24/micron-mu-earnings-report-q3-2026.html3. https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/25/micron-exec-suggests-apples-aggressive-purchasing-tactics-helped-fuel-memory-shortage/4. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/samsung-and-sk-hynix-warn-ai-driven-memory-shortages-could-last-until-2027-and-beyond-as-hbm-demand-explodes-customers-already-reserving-supply-years-ahead-while-the-wider-dram-market-begins-to-tighten5. https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112358/dram-prices-surged-by-up-to-89-percent-in-q2-2026-destroying-the-consumer-segment/index.html

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L232: Record Heat Shuts the Louvre, Empties the Eiffel TowerHighlights 主題摘要Europe's most severe heatwave on record forced Paris landmarks to close, as France logged its hottest day since measurements began in 1947.A stubborn omega block trapped scorching North African air over the continent, pushing temperatures far above the seasonal average.France counted roughly 2,025 excess deaths during the June heatwave, a toll that shows how ill-prepared much of Europe remains for extreme heat.When the Louvre turned visitors away in late June, it was not because of another daring heist, but because the world's most-visited museum could no longer keep its galleries safe from the sun. Between 24 and 28 June, it closed two hours early, at 4 p.m., with last admission pulled forward to 2 p.m. Across the Seine, the Eiffel Tower shuttered its summit and stopped admitting visitors in the early afternoon; ticketless tourists were told to postpone, while those already booked had their afternoon slots refunded automatically. Paris, built to hold warmth in its dense limestone streets and zinc rooftops, had become an oven.當羅浮宮在六月下旬把遊客擋在門外，原因並非又一起大膽的竊案，而是這座全球參觀人數最多的博物館，已無法讓展廳不受烈日侵擾。六月二十四日至二十八日間，館方提前兩小時、於下午四點閉館，最後入場時間也提前至下午兩點。塞納河對岸，艾菲爾鐵塔關閉頂層，午後稍早便停止放行遊客；無票者被要求延後參觀，已訂票者的午後時段票券則自動退款。巴黎這座以密實石灰岩街道與鋅皮屋頂鎖住熱氣的城市，成了一座烤爐。當羅浮宮在六月下旬把遊客擋在門外，起因並不是又一起大膽的竊案，而是這座全球參觀人數最多的博物館，已經沒辦法讓展廳裡的觀眾躲開烈日。六月二十四日到二十八日，館方提前兩小時、在下午四點閉館，最後入場時間也往前挪到下午兩點。塞納河另一頭，艾菲爾鐵塔關閉頂層，過了中午沒多久就停止放行，沒買票的遊客被請回、改天再來，已經訂票的人則收到午後時段的自動退款。巴黎這座用密實石灰岩街道和鋅皮屋頂把熱氣鎖在城裡的城市，成了一座大烤爐。The closures were the visible edge of a far larger emergency. Météo-France recorded 24 June as the nation's hottest day since records began in 1947, with a national average of 30.0°C narrowly beating the mark set a day earlier, and highs near 44°C in the west. Meteorologists blamed an omega block, a pattern named for the Greek letter it traces in the atmosphere, which pinned hot, dry Saharan air over the continent while low-pressure systems on either side held it in place. With overnight temperatures offering no relief, the heat plateaued at what authorities called a sustained peak of severity.這波閉館只是規模大得多的緊急事件中，浮上檯面的一角。法國氣象局將六月二十四日列為 1947 年有紀錄以來全國最熱的一天，全國均溫達攝氏 30.0 度，以些微差距超越僅一天前締造的紀錄，西部最高溫逼近攝氏 44 度。氣象學家將主因歸於歐米茄阻塞，這種型態因其在大氣中勾勒出的形狀近似希臘字母而得名，它把乾熱的撒哈拉空氣壓在歐陸上空，兩側的低壓系統則將其牢牢困住。夜間氣溫毫無緩解，高溫沉降為當局所稱的持續嚴峻高峰。閉館只是這場更大災情露出水面的一角。法國氣象局把六月二十四日列為 1947 年開始記錄以來全國最熱的一天，全國均溫攝氏三十度，以些微差距刷新前一天剛創下的紀錄，西部最高溫逼近攝氏四十四度。氣象學家把矛頭指向歐米茄阻塞，這種天氣型態因為在大氣裡畫出的形狀像希臘字母 Ω 而得名，它把撒哈拉來的乾熱空氣壓在歐陸上空，兩側的低壓系統又把它牢牢卡住。入夜氣溫毫不退讓，高溫就停在當局口中那種持續不去的嚴峻高峰。The human cost mounted quickly. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told a crisis meeting that at least 40 people had drowned within a week, most of them young, as swimmers sought relief in unsupervised rivers and canals. France later estimated roughly 2,025 excess deaths over the June episode, many among older people in homes without air conditioning, an echo of the 2003 heatwave that killed an estimated 15,000. Only about a fifth of European homes have air conditioning, and much of the housing was designed to trap heat rather than shed it.人命代價迅速攀升。法國總理勒科努在一場危機會議上表示，一週內至少有四十人溺斃，多為年輕人，他們為了消暑而潛入無人看管的河流與運河。法國其後估計，六月這一波約造成 2,025 人超額死亡，許多是住在沒有空調住所的長者，呼應了 2003 年那場估計奪走一萬五千條人命的熱浪。歐洲僅約五分之一的家戶裝有空調，且大量房舍當初的設計是為了鎖住熱氣而非散熱。傷亡數字很快往上堆。法國總理勒科努在一場危機會議上說，短短一週至少四十人溺斃，多半是年輕人，他們跳進沒有救生員看管的河流和運河消暑。法國後來估算，光是六月這一波就多出約兩千零二十五條人命，其中不少是住在沒有冷氣家裡的長者，讓人想起 2003 年那場熱浪，當時估計奪走一萬五千人。全歐洲只有大約五分之一的家戶有冷氣，而且很多房子當初蓋的時候就是為了留住熱氣、不是為了散熱。The disruption rippled far beyond the museums. Eurostar cancelled cross-Channel trains, British rail operators imposed heat speed limits to guard against buckling tracks, and a Swiss power company throttled a nuclear reactor when river water ran too warm to cool it safely. Even before Paris could catch its breath, forecasters warned of a fresh heatwave sweeping into the Île-de-France from 5 July. Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, heating at roughly twice the global rate, and Lecornu convened a special cabinet meeting to draw lessons from a season in which records were falling almost nightly.這場衝擊的漣漪遠遠超出博物館之外。歐洲之星取消跨越英吉利海峽的班次，英國鐵路業者祭出高溫限速以防軌道挹曲，瑞士一家電力公司則因河水過熱、無法安全冷卻而調降一座核子反應爐的輸出。巴黎還來不及喘息，氣象單位又警告新一波熱浪將自七月五日起湧入法蘭西島。歐洲是全球暖化最快的大陸，升溫速度約為全球平均的兩倍，勒科努召開特別內閣會議，記取這個紀錄幾乎每晚都被打破的季節所帶來的教訓。災情的餘波遠遠不只博物館。歐洲之星取消跨海峽班次，英國鐵路業者祭出高溫限速、防止軌道受熱挹曲，瑞士一家電力公司也因為河水太燙、冷卻不了，把一座核子反應爐的輸出調降。巴黎都還沒喘過氣，氣象單位又預警新一波熱浪會從七月五日起灌進法蘭西島。歐洲是全球暖化最快的大陸，升溫速度大約是全球平均的兩倍，勒科努為此召開特別內閣會議，想從這個幾乎每晚都在破紀錄的夏天記取教訓。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Turn away [verb phrase, to refuse to let someone enter]: The staff turned away guests at the door.Plateau [verb, to reach a stable level and stay there]: Prices rose fast, then plateaued.Excess deaths [noun phrase, deaths beyond the normal expected number]: The heatwave caused thousands of excess deaths.Ripple [verb, to spread outward in effects]: The bad news rippled through the market.Throttle [verb, to reduce the power or output of something]: They throttled the engine to cool it down.Reference article:1. https://wmo.int/media/news/record-breaking-heat-spreads-through-europe2. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/g-s1-129586/france-red-heat-wave-alert3. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/23/about-20-drown-in-france-trying-to-escape-heatwave-sweeping-much-of-europe4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_European_heatwaves5. https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/news/in-paris/articles/348262-will-the-heatwave-return-in-july-in-ile-de-france-the-latest-updates

歡迎收聽股癌，我是謝孟恭戒菸就如同投資，需要放棄短線刺激與快感，以追求長期的健康複利。身為過來人，我蠻鼓勵大家可以嘗試戒菸輔助品。尼古清戒菸口含錠即將上市，使用簡單零門檻，戒菸新手也容易接受，讓你不被菸癮打擾，專注生活每一刻。嘉安家護股份有限公司 台北市中山區民生東路三段2號10樓尼古清戒菸口含錠2毫克衛部藥輸第029054號北市衛藥廣字第 115070153號 ——以上廣告由 Firstory 與【月城南廣告】共同執行—— Hi there! 歡迎收聽 Look Back Sunday 回顧星期天，在這個節目 John 老師會彙整過去不同國家與主題的熱門跟讀文章，讓你可以在十五分鐘內吸收最精華的世界時事趣聞！我們這週聽聽太空相關的文章，Let's get started!Topic 1: In space, at sea: tips on isolation from the pros With billions of people around the world suddenly adjusting to social distancing measures as part of the battle to slow the spread of COVID-19, some professionals who are used to confinement have some tips. From astronauts to submariners, here are some practical ways to boost your well-being and stave off cabin fever during those weeks stuck at home. 為減緩武漢肺炎的傳播，全世界有數十億人忽然得要適應政府的抗疫措施，以保持社交距離。對此，幾位習於禁足狀態的專業人士提供了一些訣竅。從太空人到潛水艇人員，以下是他們所提供的實用方法，可以讓你待在家這幾週的健康情況改善，並避免幽閉煩躁症。 'Have a schedule' Scott Kelly, a retired NASA astronaut, spent nearly a year aboard the International Space Station. He told AFP that mindset was crucial. "People need to have the right expectation, we don't know when this is gonna be over," he said. "We could be in this for the long haul so your mindset needs to be: I'm living a similar thing to living in space for a year, I need to have a schedule, I need to get up at a regular time, to go to sleep at a regular time." He also said exercise was key for both physical and mental well-being while confined. "You need to schedule time for exercise. If you cannot get out if you don't have a garden, raise the window shade, open the window and stick your head outside, make that part of daily routine." 「按表操課」自美國太空總署退休的太空人史考特‧凱利，曾在國際太空站待了將近一年。他告訴法新社說，心態是至關重要的。他說：「我們不知道這情況何時會結束，人們必須有這正確的預期心理」。「我們可能會處於這種狀態很長的時間，因此你的心態應該是這樣：我現在就像是要在太空生活一年，我需要有作息時間表，需要定時起床、定時去睡覺」。他還說，禁足在家時，運動對於身體和心理的健康至關重要。「你需要安排運動的時間。如果你沒有花園、不能出去，那就拉起窗簾、打開窗戶，然後把頭伸到外面，把它排程為每日例行公事之一」。 Find your mission For Vincent Larnaudie-Eiffel, a former commander of a nuclear submarine, working well in confinement means finding and investing in your own personal "mission." Just like on board the sub, "stuck in our apartments, we all share a mission and that is to protect others, medical workers, and successfully navigate this ordeal." He said it was important to establish a daily routine and stick to it. "You can't give in... you need to do something with this suspended time." For Larnaudie-Eiffel and his crewmates, this involved building models or growing plants under artificial light during their spare time. "It's also important that everyone has their own space," he told AFP. "In a submarine it might be a cramped bed-space. It's the same in a cramped apartment." 「找到你的使命」對曾任核子潛艇司令官的凡松‧拉諾迪—艾菲爾來說，在居家隔離時把工作做好，意味找到你自己的「使命」並投入其中。如同在潛艇中一樣，「我們困在公寓裡，所有人都有著共同的使命，那就是保護別人、保護醫療人員，並成功度過這嚴酷的考驗」。他說，建立一套每日例行程序並堅持下去，是很重要的。「你不能屈服……你必須用這段停擺的時間來做點事情」。對於拉諾迪—艾菲爾及其潛艇組員來說，這包括在閒暇時組裝模型，或是利用人造光種植物。「每個人都有自己的空間也是很重要的」，他告訴法新社說。「在潛水艇中，此個人空間或許是個狹窄的床位。若是身處狹小的公寓，也是一樣的道理」。 'Try new things' Sailor Isabelle Autissier was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe alone. This involved a lot of time to herself. But she said she never felt lonely because "I chose to be alone." For people stuck at home she recommends using the time "to try new things, reading, listening to different music, write your journal, take photos, start drawing." Above all it's important that people don't look too far ahead. When she was at sea, facing an indeterminate amount of time alone "the first thing is not to count the days," said Autissier. "You can't constantly be thinking I'll get there in three months, in a month, in 10 minutes." 「嘗試新事物」航海家伊莎貝‧歐提西耶是第一位獨自環繞地球航行的女性。要完成此舉，她必須孤身一人很長一段時間。但她說她從不覺得孤獨，因為「是我選擇了獨自一人」。對於那些困在家裡的人，她建議可以利用這段時間「嘗試新事物、閱讀、聽不同的音樂、寫日記、拍照、開始畫畫」。最重要的，是不要想得太遠。歐提西耶說，當她在海上時，面對不知將會持續多久的獨處時間，「第一件事就是不要去數日子」。「你不能一直去想說我會在三個月、一個月、十分鐘後抵達那裡」。 'Morale dips are normal' Cyprien Verseux, an astrobiologist at Germany's University of Bremen, once spent over a year in a small pod with five other volunteers simulating conditions in a future mission to Mars. "It's normal for your morale and productivity to dip," he said. "That's not a sign of weakness. Don't add guilt to your problems." When in confinement for the experiment, Verseux wasn't allowed outside and was forbidden from communicating in real time with the outside world. "Even if we don't all react the same to confinement we can adopt good practise that makes these periods more manageable," he said. He recommends choosing one or two activities and practising hard. "Also do your sport, light weights, do yoga, zumba... even if there's a lack of space there are solutions to stay in shape," he said. 「士氣低落是正常的」德國不來梅大學的天體生物學家西普揚‧維索曾與五名志願者一起，在一個小艙裡待了一年多，模擬未來火星探索任務之情境。他說：「你的士氣和生產力下降是正常的」。「這並不表示你軟弱。不要把罪惡感再加到你的問題上頭」。維索參與這禁足的實驗時，不能到艙外，也被禁止與外界進行即時溝通。他說：「即便我們對被禁足的反應不同，我們也可以採用一些好的做法，來使這些時間更容易度過」。他建議選擇一、兩項活動並努力練習。他說：「你也可以做運動、減肥、做瑜伽、跳森巴舞……即使空間不足，也可以找到解決辦法來維持身材」。 Stay in touch In 2009, astronaut Frank de Winne became the first European to command the International Space Station. He said it was vital to maintain human contact, even if only electronically. "Means of communication are there, you have to make the effort and use them," he said. The Belgian, now in quarantine on Earth, makes sure to video call his elderly mother at the same time each day. "That allows her to see me. It also creates a bit of structure for her because she knows that I'm going to call her," he said. 「保持聯繫」太空人法蘭克‧德溫勒在二○○九年成為指揮國際太空站的第一位歐洲人。他說，保持人與人之間的聯繫極為重要，即便只是透過電子的方式。「我們已經有了溝通的工具，你必須付諸行動來運用它」。比利時籍的他現正在地球上進行隔離，且每天一定會在同樣的時間跟年邁的母親視訊通話。他說：「這讓她可以看到我。這也給她一個時間框架，因為她知道我會在這時候打電話給她」。Topic 2: NASA and Tide team up to do laundry in space Tide is going to outer space. The Procter & Gamble brand is partnering with NASA to keep astronauts' spacesuits fresh, even on Mars. 汰漬正在前往外太空。這個寶鹼公司的品牌正與美國航太總署合作，維持太空人太空服的乾淨，即便是在火星。 Company and NASA scientists have created a fully degradable detergent that will clean clothes without wasting water. 該公司與 NASA 科學家已經創造一款完全可自然分解的洗滌劑，不用浪費水就能潔淨衣物。 Over the next decade, they'll be testing fabric care products, including Tide pens and wipes, at the International Space Station and on missions to the moon and Mars. 在未來 10 年中，他們將在國際太空站與登月、登火星的任務中，測試織物照護產品，包括汰漬的筆與濕紙巾。 The months or even years that astronauts spend away from Earth means that their spacesuits and clothes can become smelly and stained. Clothes have to be reworn several times before they are ejected with other waste into the atmosphere or sent back to Earth as trash. A crew member will receive 160 pounds of clothes per year through resupply shipments. 太空人離開地球數月，甚至數年的時間，意味著他們的太空服與衣物會變臭且染色。這些衣物與其他廢物被拋入大氣層或當成垃圾送回地球前，必須重複穿著許多次。1 名組員每年將透過補給，拿到 160 磅重的衣物。Topic 3: Russia wants to return to Venus, build reusable rocket｜俄羅斯希望重返金星，打造可重複使用的火箭 The head of Russia's space agency said Friday that Roscosmos wants to return to Venus and bring back soil samples and build spacecraft that will surpass Elon Musk's rockets. 俄羅斯太空機構負責人週五說，俄羅斯航太太空活動國有公司（Roscosmos）想重返金星，帶回土壤樣本，並打造超越（太空探索科技公司）創辦人穆斯克的火箭的太空船。 "We are making a methane rocket to replace the Soyuz-2," Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with state news agency RIA Novosti. 「我們正在打造一種甲烷火箭取代聯合 2 號火箭（Soyuz-2）」，俄羅斯航太總裁羅戈辛在接受國營「俄羅斯新聞社」訪問時說。 He said it will be a reusable space complex, noting that it will be possible to use its first stage at least 100 times. 他說，新火箭將是可以重複使用的太空綜合體，並強調第一節將有望重複使用至少 100 次。 "Of course we are looking at what our American colleagues are doing," said Rogozin. "But our engineers are trying to take a shortcut — not to repeat what our SpaceX colleagues are doing but surpass them." 「我們當然有在關注美國同業的進展」，羅戈辛說。「但我們的工程師正試圖抄近路—不是重複 SpaceX 在做的事，而是超越他們。」Topic 4: Chinese rocket's chaotic fall to Earth highlights problem of space junk Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on May 9, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit and drawing US criticism over a lack of transparency. 中國最大火箭之殘骸已在五月九日墜落印度洋，讓數天來對殘骸究竟將撞擊何處的猜測告一段落，也引起美國對此事缺乏透明度的批評。 But the fiery fate of a booster rocket, wherever it comes down, speaks to the larger issue of space debris and space sustainability, especially as space becomes a target not just for national space programs but also increasingly the private sector. Under international treaty, private space actors, who are expected to put 45,000 satellites in low Earth orbit over the next several years, are under the legal responsibility of their host nations. 火箭推進器在熊熊烈焰中的宿命，無論它掉在哪裡，都觸及太空垃圾與太空永續性這更大的問題，尤其此時太空不僅成為國家太空計畫之標的，也愈趨成為私有公司之標的。在未來幾年中，經營太空業務的私有公司將把四萬五千顆衛星送入低空地球軌道，而根據國際條約規定，法律責任是由其東道國所承擔。 Add to that an estimated 9,300 tonnes of space junk that is already orbiting the planet and the probability of space collisions and debris pollution is an issue of concern. 此外，據估計，現已有九千三百噸太空垃圾在繞著地球轉，太空中的碰撞與垃圾污染問題令人關注。 Previously, a piece of paint the size of a fingernail struck the windscreen of a space shuttle, piercing two of three layers of glass. 此前，一塊指甲大小的油漆打到一艘太空船的擋風玻璃，刺穿了三層厚玻璃的其中兩層。 The fate of Long March 5B could refocus governments and international bodies on the issue of space sustainability, and that could provide more opportunity to firms like UK-based Astroscale that are preparing to tackle the debris problem with commercial junk-collecting services. 長征五號的命運可能使政府及國際組織重新關注太空的永續性問題，而可能給像英國的 Astroscale 這樣的公司帶來更多機會，這些公司正準備提供收集垃圾之商業化服務，以解決太空垃圾問題。 Astroscale is currently demonstrating a vehicle called "ELSA-d" in lower Earth orbit to show that space debris clean-up is indeed possible. It is a fiendishly difficult task, especially if the target satellite is spinning and tumbling. The test is using a satellite to capture a test drone with a magnet. In time, larger objects will require a robotic arm. Astroscale 正在地球較低軌道展示一種名為「ELSA-d」的運載工具，以證明清除太空垃圾的確可行。這是一項艱鉅的任務，尤其是目標衛星處於旋轉與翻滾的情況時。該測試透過衛星進行，以磁鐵來捕獲測試用無人機，最後也會需要用到機械臂來抓取較大的物體。

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線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— Summary: Pets are an inseparable part of our world and our families. Pet companionship can help improve psychological wellbeing, and according to studies, pets can also help with human immunity. Study from Mount Sinai Hospital analyzed data from over 3 million people, found a 24 percent reduction in risk of death within 10 years for dog owners. Benefits of owning a pet include: Dogs produce more immunoglobulin when stroked. An antibody in their saliva, which fights antigens. Next, pets can also help people respond better to stress, and this in turn boosts the immune system. Last, microbes on pets have strong connection to the microbes in people’s bodies. Some researches have shown that pet microbes can directly influence the health and immunity of people. 原討論文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-966-keeping-pets-can-boost-your-immunity     Vocabulary and Sample Sentences: Companionship n. a feeling of fellowship or friendship Pet companionship can improve psychological wellbeing of people. Companionship can be found through making new friends or dating.     Wellbeing n. state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy Mental and physical wellbeing are two major topics under wellness these days. One can maintain overall wellbeing by actively participating in society.     Immunity n. ability to resist a particular toxin or infection. Many people take vitamins to boost immunity. Immunity can be improved through exercising and eating healthy.

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L228: Tiny Nation Stuns Mighty SpainHighlights 主題摘要Cape Verde, a nation of just 525,000, held mighty Spain to a goalless World Cup draw despite facing 27 shots.The hero was Vozinha, a 40-year-old journeyman goalkeeper whose seven saves won him man of the match.Days later, he and Uruguay's 40-year-old Muslera made history as the World Cup's first pair of veteran keepers.When Cape Verde walked out in Atlanta on June 15 for their first-ever World Cup match, almost no one gave the tiny Atlantic archipelago a chance against European champions Spain. A volcanic chain of ten islands with barely 525,000 people, Cape Verde ranks among the smallest nations ever to reach the tournament. Yet over ninety relentless minutes, the so-called Blue Sharks soaked up everything Spain threw at them—27 shots in all—and earned a goalless draw that instantly ranked among the competition's greatest upsets.6 月 15 日，維德角在亞特蘭大踏上隊史首場世界盃賽事，幾乎沒有人看好這個大西洋上的蕞爾島國能與歐洲冠軍西班牙抗衡。維德角由 10 座火山島組成，人口僅逾 52 萬，是史上晉級世界盃的最小國家之一。然而在 90 分鐘的猛攻中，這支綽號「藍鯊」的球隊，硬生生扛住西班牙多達 27 次射門，最終以 0 比 0 全身而退，這場逼和瞬間被列入世界盃史上最大冷門之一。At the heart of that defiance stood an unlikely hero: Vozinha, a 40-year-old goalkeeper whose career has been anything but glamorous. Born Josimar José Évora Dias in the port town of Mindelo, he turned professional late and spent nearly two decades drifting through clubs in Angola, Moldova, Cyprus, Slovakia and Portugal, where he now plays in the second division. Against Spain he was imperious, making seven saves to keep one of the oldest clean sheets in World Cup history.撐起這道防線的，是一位出人意料的英雄：40 歲門將 Vozinha，他的職業生涯談不上風光。本名 Josimar José Évora Dias 的他，出生於港口小鎮 Mindelo，轉職業的時間相當晚，近 20 年來輾轉效力於安哥拉、摩爾多瓦、賽普勒斯、斯洛伐克與葡萄牙的球隊間，如今在葡萄牙乙級聯賽鎮守球門。面對西班牙，他表現神勇，撲救 7 次，寫下世界盃史上數一數二高齡的零失球門神紀錄。Behind the fairy tale, however, lay a quieter heartbreak. Vozinha's mother could not travel to watch her son make history, because the family failed to raise the money for a U.S. visa in time. Cape Verde is among roughly fifty countries whose citizens have faced visa bonds of up to $15,000 under tightened American entry rules; the requirement was later waived for World Cup nations, but for many fans the reprieve came too late. Fighting back tears, Vozinha also remembered the grandparents who raised him but died years ago.然而在這則光鮮的童話背後，藏著一段令人心酸的插曲。Vozinha 的母親無法到場見證兒子寫下歷史，因為一家人沒能在期限內湊齊赴美的簽證費用。在美國收緊的入境規定下，維德角名列約 50 個須繳交最高 1.5 萬美元簽證保證金的國家之一；這項要求後來雖然對世界盃參賽國放寬，但對許多球迷而言，這份寬限來得太遲。Vozinha 強忍淚水，也想起了從小將他帶大、卻早已離世的祖父母。Six days later in Miami, his story took another historic turn. Against Uruguay's Fernando Muslera, who had just turned 40 himself, Vozinha featured in the first World Cup match ever to field two starting goalkeepers over forty. This time the veterans looked mortal: Vozinha was finally beaten, and Muslera was caught out of position as substitute Hélio Varela snatched a 2-2 draw—moments after Kevin Pina had curled in Cape Verde's first World Cup goal. Two points from two games leave the Blue Sharks improbably alive before their final match against Saudi Arabia.在對戰西班牙六天後的邁阿密，他的故事再度寫下歷史新頁。對手是同樣剛滿 40 歲的烏拉圭門將 Muslera，Vozinha 因此參與了世界盃史上首場有兩名 40 歲以上門將先發的賽事。這一次，老將也露出凡人的一面：Vozinha 終究失守，Muslera 則因站位失誤，被替補上場的 Varela 攻入追平球，將比數定格在 2 比 2；先前 Kevin Pina 已為維德角踢進隊史世界盃首球。兩戰累積 2 分，使藍鯊在對沙烏地阿拉伯的最後一戰前，仍保有晉級的一線生機。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Soak up [verb phrase, to absorb or withstand something continuous, especially sustained pressure]: The defenders soaked up pressure all night.Anything but [idiom, used to stress that something is the complete opposite of what follows]: His first season abroad was anything but easy.Glamorous [adjective, attractive or exciting in a way that suggests wealth or success]: His rookie season in the league was far from glamorous.Imperious [adjective, commanding and impressively powerful or dominant]: The goalkeeper was imperious, stopping everything that came his way.Fairy tale [noun phrase, a story or situation that is too good or magical to seem real]: It felt like a fairy tale when the underdogs won.Reference article:1. https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/16/who-is-vozinha-cape-verdes-viral-goalkeeper-at-the-world-cup2. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/16/nx-s1-5859915/cape-verde-goalkeeper3. https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/cape-verde-records-first-ever-fifa-world-cup-goal-dramatic-draw-uruguay4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vozinha

線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— Hi there! 歡迎收聽 Look Back Sunday 回顧星期天，在這個節目 John 老師會彙整過去不同國家與主題的熱門跟讀文章，讓你可以在十五分鐘內吸收最精華的世界時事趣聞！我們這週聽聽咖啡相關的文章，Let's get started! Topic 1: Enjoy your coffee, but know your limits Many people choose to drink coffee for refreshment when they feel weary, but it would be wrong to think that coffee is the only thing that contains caffeine. There is caffeine in tea, cocoa, cola drinks and so on. 許多民眾在精神不濟時，會選擇飲用咖啡來提神，但別以為咖啡因只有在咖啡、茶裡有，可可亞、可樂等都含有咖啡因。 Is caffeine good or bad for your health? Nutritionists say that getting an appropriate amount of caffeine can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and perk you up, but remember not to take too much, otherwise it may put even more strain on your body. 究竟咖啡因對身體是好還是壞？營養師表示，攝取適量的咖啡因能夠有助腸胃蠕動及提振精神，但切記勿攝取過量，否則可能會造成身體更多的負擔。 On Aug. 24, nutritionist Yu Chu-ching wrote a post on her "Julie dietician" Facebook page, saying that the main benefits of caffeine are lifting one's spirits, promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis, reducing fluid retention and moderating one's appetite. Caffeine has its strongest effect about one hour after drinking, and it takes about 40 hours to fully metabolize 200 milligrams (mg) of caffeine. However, people's metabolic responses are not all exactly the same. In addition, people should beware of consuming too much, which can cause discomfort such as anxiety, palpitations and insomnia. Healthy adults can consume up to about 300mg in one day. The average commercially available large cup of coffee contains 200mg of caffeine, so drinking two cups will take you over the limit. 營養師余朱青八月二十四日在臉書粉專「余朱青 Julie 營養師」發文指出，咖啡因的優點，主要是提振精神、促進腸胃蠕動、消水腫、減緩食慾。而咖啡因最強的時候是喝完一小時後，大約四十個小時才會代謝完兩百毫克的咖啡因，不過每個人新陳代謝反應並不完全相同。此外，小心攝取過量引起身體不適，如焦慮、心悸、失眠等，對健康成人而言，一天可以攝取的咖啡因量大約於三百毫克內。一般市售大杯咖啡就含有兩百毫克咖啡因，喝兩杯就會超標！ Yu said that those who suffer from heart disease should reduce this amount to about one half and not take more than 150 to 200mg of caffeine a day. Children under 12 years old should not touch caffeine, while teenagers should not exceed 100mg a day. As for pregnant women, they should go easy on it and not consume more than 100 to 200mg in one day. 余朱青表示，如果有心臟疾病的人，份量大概是要減到一半，一天不要攝取超過一百五十到兩百毫克的咖啡因；小於十二歲不要碰咖啡因，青少年一天不要超過一百毫克；然而孕婦要比較節制，一天不要超過一百到兩百毫克。 Yu reminded her readers not to eat a load of excess sugar at the same time as consuming caffeine, otherwise it may cancel out many of the benefits. She also said that carbonated beverages and energy drinks contain sugar and other additives, so it is best not to drink them very often. 余朱青提醒，攝取咖啡因時記得不要同時吃進一堆多餘的糖，這可能會讓咖啡因的好處大打折扣，而碳酸飲料或能量飲料，因含有糖和其他添加物，不宜常喝。 Topic 2: Seattle startup rolling out new coffee product without coffee beans There's a new guilt-free product underway that is planning to perk up the coffee industry. 有個新的無罪惡感產品正在進行，計畫振興咖啡產業。 Seattle-based Atomo Coffee Inc. is grinding up what it dubs as coffeeless coffee — derived from sunflower seed husks and watermelon seeds, which undergo a patented chemical process. 位於西雅圖的「原子咖啡」正在研磨其所稱的無咖啡咖啡，源自葵花籽殼與西瓜籽，並經過專利的化學過程處理。 The processing of such ingredients results into molecules that set out to mimic the flavor and feel of real java. 將這些成分加工會產生一些分子，來模仿真實爪哇（咖啡）的味道與感覺。 The product's grounds are brewed just like a regular cup of coffee and will still contain caffeine. 這款產品的咖啡渣就像普通咖啡一樣沖泡，並且仍然含有咖啡因。 The company cites the devastating effects of climate change and the deforestation of approximately 250,000 acres of land per year as the catalyst behind its "naturally derived ingredients" delivering "the same great coffee experience without the negative environmental impacts." 該公司援引氣候變遷的破壞性影響，與每年約 25 萬畝森林被砍伐為其「天然衍生成分」背後的催化劑，提供「同樣優秀且沒有對環境造成負面影響的咖啡體驗」。 Topic 3: Saudi Society Is Changing — Just Take a Look at These Coffeehouses For insight into these head-spinning times in Saudi Arabia, where the ultraconservative social and religious codes that micromanage daily life seem to spring a new leak every month — women driving! movie theaters! Usher and Akon rapping to sold-out crowds! — it sometimes pays to read the Google Maps reviews of specialty coffee shops. 沙烏地阿拉伯極度保守的社會和宗教規範控制了日常生活每個細節，最近這些規範似乎每個月都出現新的破口：允許女性開車！准許電影院營運！美國節奏藍調歌手亞瑟小子和阿肯到沙國表演說唱樂的門票賣光！為了深刻了解沙國這些令人頭暈目眩的時刻，有時值得讀讀谷歌地圖中針對沙國精品咖啡店的網友評價。 "I visited this place and was in a total shock!" Tarak Alhamood, a customer at Nabt Fenjan, a Riyadh coffee shop, raged online recently. "YOU r VIOLATING the rules of this country. I hope this place get closed permanently." 首都利雅德「納特芬詹」咖啡店的顧客艾哈穆德，最近在網路上開罵：「我去過這個地方，非常震驚！你們這家店違反我國規定。希望這裡永遠關門。」 The issue was the decision that made Nabt Fenjan a daring outpost of the new Riyadh: Originally opened only for women, the coffee shop began allowing male and female customers to mix in late 2018. 問題出在一個決定，這決定使納特芬詹成了新風貌利雅德大無畏的前哨站：這家咖啡店原本只限女性入內，2018 年底開始允許男女顧客共聚一堂。 The move propelled the cafe ahead of the law in the kingdom, where most restaurants and coffee shops are divided, by law and custom, into all-male "singles" sections and "family" sections for women and mixed family groups. Men enter through separate doors and pay in separate lines; women sometimes eat behind partitions to ensure privacy from male strangers. 這個舉動使納特芬詹比沙國法律還先進。沙國多數餐廳和咖啡館都依照法律和習俗實行男女隔離制度，分成全是男性的「單身」區和女性及男女混合家庭團體的「家庭」區。男性從另外的門口進入，付帳時也在另外的動線上排隊。女性有時在隔板後方進餐，確保不被陌生男性看到。 In early December, however, the government announced that businesses would no longer be required to segregate customers — the latest expansion of the social reforms initiated by the de facto Saudi ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 但去年 12 月初，沙國政府宣布，商家無須再把男女顧客隔開。這是沙國實質領袖、王儲穆罕默德所發動社會改革的最新進展。 Yet Nabt Fenjan was far from the only Saudi establishment to discreetly drop separate sections over the last few years, after the crown prince defanged the religious police, which once enforced conservative social norms. Nor was it the only place to thrive partly as a result. 不過，在王儲限制宗教警察的權力之後，納特芬詹絕非沙國近年小心翼翼捨棄男女隔離體制的唯一機構，也不是或多或少因而生意興隆的唯一地方。沙國宗教警察曾嚴格執行保守的社會規範。 "I think the reason coffee shops became a trend is because people are more open to change," said Shaden Alkhalifah, 30, who was studying at Draft Café in Riyadh on a recent evening. 30 歲的雪登．阿爾哈利法最近一個晚上在利雅德「草圖咖啡廳」研讀資料，她說：「咖啡館流行起來，是因為人們更歡迎改變。」 Notwithstanding Alhamood's Google pan of Nabt Fenjan, even traditionalists have begun to unbend amid the general loosening-up, in larger cities if not yet in smaller ones or rural areas. 儘管艾哈穆德在谷歌上痛批納特芬詹，但就連恪守傳統的人也在這波社會風氣鬆綁的大潮中開始放鬆，或許尚未及於小城市和鄉間，卻已出現在大城市。 Some women whose families might previously have allowed them to work only in the privacy of offices, if at all, now hold barista jobs. Saudis can now mingle with the opposite sex not only at home but also at movie theaters, concerts and even wrestling matches. 一些沙國女性原本即使家人允許她們出來工作，也只能在具私密性的辦公室內工作，如今卻幹起了咖啡師。沙國人現在可以跟異性共處一堂，不只在家裡，在電影院、音樂會，甚至摔角比賽都行。 Topic 4: South Korea's coffee market to reach W6.8tr｜韓咖啡市場達 6.8 兆韓元 The size of the South Korean coffee market will reach 6.8 trillion won by the end of this year, according to a report released by the Hyundai Research Institute. 根據「現代經濟研究院」一份報告，今年底前，南韓咖啡市場的規模將達 6.8 兆韓元。 Koreans, aged over 20, drank a total of 353 cups of coffee per person on average last year, the report said. The average per capita coffee consumption in the world was 132 cups in the same year, which is one-third of domestic consumption. 該報告指稱，20 歲以上的南韓人，去年每人平均總計喝了 353 杯咖啡。同年全球人均咖啡消費量則為 132 杯，乃（南韓）國內消費量的 3 分之 1。 Shinhan Card said Thursday it has started running "Shinhan Face Pay," a facial recognition-based payment system. Its employees are able to make payments with the system at the cafeteria, coffee shop and CU convenience store inside the company's headquarters building. 「新韓信用卡」週四表示，該公司已開辦「新韓人臉支付」（服務），這是一種以臉部辨識為基礎的支付系統。其員工能在該公司總部大樓內的自助餐廳、咖啡廳和「CU」（南韓便利商店品牌）便利商店，藉由該系統進行付款。

跟另一伴攜手走下去前，不只是甜言蜜語、浪漫送禮，這件事做好準備更重要！預防 HPV 是對彼此「愛情」最基本的尊重和承諾。別讓對健康的傷害變成愛情的阻礙，為彼此主動做好HPV預防才能說是「真愛」。立即諮詢醫師，展現你對愛的承諾。男女1+1 主動防禦HPV(人類乳突病毒) https://fstry.pse.is/9ep3rs —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— -----------------------------------🎧 通勤學英語 VIP 專區 & 🚀 線上課程 -----------------------------------💡 想要更自然的提升英語力？加入VIP會員，獲得專屬內容與優惠！立即加入VIP方案 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinVIP訂閱常見問題 →https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/5cjptbVIP會員想許願哪些主題？ →https://forms.gle/xyHoPydBr6LLFL9q8🔥 社會人核心英語有聲書課程→https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm-------------------------------🌎 15Mins.Today 相關連結-------------------------------💬 你的想法很重要！留言分享 → 留言連結Web：www.15mins.todayYouTube：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy商業合作/贊助來信：[email protected]意見回覆 : [email protected]📜 單集逐字稿 & 內容摘要（播放器字數有限，完整逐字稿請到官網查看）--------------------------------------------你有沒有遇過那種情境——外國同事走過來，隨口問一句「Did you hear about that thing in California?」你腦袋一片空白，只能笑著說「Oh yeah, crazy right?」然後趕快找藉口閃人？這集幕後教師室就是要幫你解決這個問題。John老師跟阿鍵老師整理了最近兩週的國際時事，還示範怎麼把新聞話題轉換成真正可以跟外國同事聊的英文會話。聊新聞不是要你當記者很多人以為 water cooler talk 就是要把新聞背得滾瓜爛熟，再用英文複誦一遍。不是這樣的。阿鍵老師說重點是找到每個議題裡「比較不敏感、比較有趣的亮點」，然後拿出來跟人家閒聊一下。這個邏輯跟你在台北辦公室茶水間跟同事哈啦是一樣的道理——你不會把整篇報導念給人家聽，你只是說「欸你有聽說那個法國麵包的事嗎？」然後話匣子就開了。這集覆蓋的話題橫跨非洲到加州、從太空到貓咪。換句話說，不管你的外國同事是財經控、科技宅還是貓奴，這裡都有你能用的話題。這週哪幾則最好用？法國法棍申請世界遺產之後…沒什麼用法棍（Baguette）前兩年申請到了 UNESCO 世界遺產，結果呢？推廣效果普普，年輕人還是跑去吃 sourdough 酸種麵包。John老師說這跟台灣的豆漿油條一樣——不是年輕人不愛，是需要一個夠強的 celebrity 來帶貨，「如果 BLACKPINK 的 Lisa 說她最愛豆漿油條，馬上排隊排到炸。」這個話題好聊的原因是它有文化共鳴。你可以問外國同事：Do you think traditional food culture is dying? 然後又可以延伸到各自國家的飲食傳統怎麼傳承。竹科辦公室裡的老外同事，十個有九個有意見。Sagrada Família 蓋了 142 年，終於封頂了這個是阿鍵老師力推的聊天話題。巴塞隆納的聖家堂，高第設計，本人沒有活著看到完工，142年後他的作品才正式封頂，還特別挑在高第逝世百週年的時間點。梵蒂岡也派人來做開幕儀式。阿鍵老師說他 15 年前去看過，那時候還在蓋，整個看起來「比較像都根」。如果你跟外國同事都有去過巴塞隆納，這個話題可以從 travel 聊到 architecture，再聊到 What's the longest project you've ever worked on? 不知不覺就講了二十分鐘。遇到天主教徒同事，那更是直接打開了另一個頻道——近幾年歐洲朝聖之旅（pilgrimage）在台灣 PTT 也有一群人在討論，意外地是個跨文化 common ground。SpaceX 終於 IPO，馬斯克從 billionaire 變 trillionaire第二名加第三名合起來，還不到馬斯克的一半。那個第二名跟第三名？Google 的兩位創辦人。這則新聞好在它可以往很多方向走——你可以聊股票（Do you think it's going to beat its listing price?），可以聊太空探索（Do you actually think humans will travel to Mars in our lifetime?），也可以丟一個很輕鬆的問題：If money is no object, would you go to space? John老師說這種話題可以聊三天三夜，是有一點誇張，但確實是打開英文會話的好入口。台灣無人機夜光秀 x Computex101 旁邊，台灣自行研發的無人機做了一個夜光秀。John老師說，這種話題最好的聊法是 show and tell——直接掏出手機，把 YouTube 影片給對方看，不用費力解釋，人家自然就說「Oh wow, this is cool。」詞彙不夠多沒關係，展示本身就是一種溝通。貓狗派永遠是萬用開場這集最後聊到泰國向國際認證機構申請了五個本土純種貓的新品類，包括大家熟悉的暹羅貓（Siamese cat）。John老師說他在南非時養過一隻 Chinchilla，灰銀色長毛，每天擺臭臉——「但我就很愛她。」這一段其實是在示範：Are you a cat person or a dog person? 這個問題看似簡單，但真的是萬用暖場句。不管對方養什麼，接下來話題自己就跑出來了。在台北辦公室或竹科跟外國同事開完會，走到電梯口，這句話甩出去，尷尬的沉默就不見了。

線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— Summary: A pharmacist explains that white masks are the most popular in Japan. Since the inner and outer sides are both white, it can be difficult to tell which side should be worn where. Similarly, the green, blue, and pink masks that are common in Taiwan pharmacies can sometimes be just as confusing for users to wear. So, which side should be on the outside? The outside should be the side with the pleats facing down. There are two reasons for the downward facing pleats on the outside – first, it is easier for users to breathe, and people who wear glasses will not get their glasses misted up when they exhale. The other reason is that dust will not accumulate in downward-facing pleats. 原討論文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-964-which-side-of-a-plain-white-mask-faces-out     Vocabulary and Sample Sentences: Distinguish v. recognize something as different Pharmacist Yu-pin Ko teaches people how to distinguish the inner and outer sides of white masks when they buy masks from him. It is important to distinguish the inner and outer sides of the masks before you put it on.     Straps n. a strip of material that is used to fasten, secure, or carry something, or hold on to something. Mask manufacturers do not always place the ear straps on the outside. If you want more comfort while wearing your mask, you should consider strap extensions.     Go with sth– ph.v to suit something I prefer blue masks because it goes well with my white shirts. You can try and buy colored masks that go well with your dress.    

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線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— -----------------------------------🎧 通勤學英語 VIP 專區 & 🚀 線上課程 -----------------------------------💡 想要更自然的提升英語力？加入VIP會員，獲得專屬內容與優惠！立即加入VIP方案 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinVIP訂閱常見問題 →https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/5cjptbVIP會員想許願哪些主題？ →https://forms.gle/xyHoPydBr6LLFL9q8🔥 社會人核心英語有聲書課程→https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm-------------------------------🌎 15Mins.Today 相關連結-------------------------------💬 你的想法很重要！留言分享 → 留言連結Web：www.15mins.todayYouTube：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy商業合作/贊助來信：[email protected]意見回覆 : [email protected]📜 單集逐字稿 & 內容摘要（播放器字數有限，完整逐字稿請到官網查看）--------------------------------------------國際時事跟讀 Ep. L224: Knicks End 53-Year Drought with Another Last-Gasp WinHighlights 主題摘要The New York Knicks won the 2026 NBA title, ending a 53-year drought with a hard-fought 94–90 Game 5 victory over the Spurs.Finals MVP Brunson scored a Knicks-record 45 points in Game 5, capping a series where New York came back in all four wins.The title validated a depth-first roster once dismissed as too soft — and a team that refused to go quietly in any game.Madison Square Garden erupted on the night of June 13 in scenes not witnessed in over half a century. The New York Knicks clinched the 2026 NBA Championship with a 94–90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5, capturing the franchise's first title since 1973 — ending a 53-year drought that had become one of professional basketball's most agonising narratives. Finals MVP Jalen Brunson delivered a series-high 45 points, the most ever scored by a Knick in a Finals game, sealing the win with a go-ahead floater with 65 seconds remaining.2026年6月13日夜晚，麥迪遜廣場花園爆發出半個多世紀來從未有過的景象。紐約尼克隊在第五場以94比90擊敗聖安東尼奧馬刺，奪下2026年NBA總冠軍，終結球隊自1973年以來長達53年的冠軍荒。這段漫長的等待，早已成為職業籃球史上最令人心酸的故事之一。總決賽MVP布朗森砍下全系列最高的45分，寫下尼克球員總決賽單場得分新紀錄，並在終場前65秒反超上籃，為勝利畫下句點。The road to the title was paved with improbable comebacks. Under first-year head coach Mike Brown — himself a five-time champion — the Knicks built the most statistically dominant playoff run in the play-by-play era, posting a +15.4 net rating and finishing 16–3 overall. Brown replaced Tom Thibodeau last spring after the team fell short in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the transition was widely questioned. What followed was anything but a stumble.通往冠軍的路，是由一場場不可思議的逆轉所鋪就。在首季執教的總教練麥可·布朗帶領下，尼克交出了進攻回合紀錄以來最強勢的季後賽成績：淨效率值達到正15.4，總戰績16勝3負。布朗去年接替遭解雇的湯姆·希博杜，當時外界普遍不看好這項人事異動。然而後來的發展，讓那些質疑聲音顯得格外蒼白。The Finals against the Spurs proved to be a test of nerve as much as talent. San Antonio, led by 7-foot-4 phenom Victor Wembanyama and veteran guard De'Aaron Fox, dominated opening quarters in all five games, leading by double digits in each. In Game 4, the Spurs built a staggering 29-point advantage — the largest ever erased in Finals history — only for OG Anunoby's last-second putback to seal a 107–106 Knicks victory. The team finished the playoffs 6–2 in games they trailed by double digits, a record unmatched in three decades of data.與馬刺的總決賽，既是一場球技的對決，更是一場意志力的較量。由7呎4吋新星溫班亞瑪與老將福克斯領軍的馬刺，在五場比賽中每場首節都打出雙位數的領先優勢。第四戰，馬刺一度將分差拉開至29分，創下總決賽史上最大落後紀錄，最終卻被OG阿努諾比在終場前1.2秒的補籃奇蹟逆轉，尼克以107比106驚險取勝。尼克在整個季後賽於落後雙位數的情況下繳出6勝2負，是近三十年數據中最佳紀錄。Beyond Brunson, the title validated a carefully assembled roster. Karl-Anthony Towns, once dismissed as too soft to anchor a championship front line, posted the best single-postseason plus-minus on record — outscoring opponents by 258 points across his 578 playoff minutes. Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart, alongside Brunson, became the first trio of teammates to win both an NCAA title and an NBA championship. After decades of false dawns, trade deadline gambles, and coaching carousels, New York had finally found its formula: a composed point guard, a deep and versatile supporting cast, and a team that simply refused to quit.布朗森以外，這座冠軍也印證了整支球隊精心構建的價值。卡爾-安東尼·唐斯過去長期被外界認為個性太軟、難以撐起冠軍陣容的禁區，卻在本屆季後賽的578分鐘上場時間內，為球隊貢獻了258分的得失分差，創下史上最佳的單季最佳紀錄。米卡爾·布里奇斯與賈許·哈特和布朗森並肩，成為史上首組同時奪得NCAA和NBA冠軍的三人組合。歷經數十年的希望幻滅、交易賭注與換帥風波，紐約終於找到了屬於自己的奪冠方程式：一位沉得住氣的控衛、一套兼具深度與彈性的陣容，以及一支在任何逆境下都不會放棄的球隊。Keyword Drills 關鍵字Agonising [adjective, causing intense mental distress or prolonged suffering]: Losing in the finals three years in a row was agonising for the fans.Improbable [adjective, unlikely to happen or be true; surprising against the odds]: They pulled off an improbable win against the top-ranked team.Phenom [noun, a remarkably talented person, especially a young one]: The teenage phenom broke three league records in his debut season.False dawn [noun phrase, something that seems like a promising start but fails to lead anywhere]: Fans had seen too many false dawns to celebrate before the final buzzer.Coaching carousel [noun phrase, the frequent cycle of coaches being hired and fired across a sport or team]: The franchise spun through five coaches in six years on the coaching carousel.Reference article:1. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/knicks-spurs-score-live-updates-nba-finals-game-5/live/2. https://www.nba.com/news/2026-nba-finals-prove-historically-clutch3. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49053284/new-york-knicks-win-2026-nba-finals-path-championship-outlast-east-brunson-towns-hart

線上投保選國泰產險！汽車、機車、旅遊、寵物、住宅險，最快5分鐘完成投保。快上國泰產險官網，簡單點選，保障立即到位！ https://fstry.pse.is/9eddvz —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— Hi there! 歡迎收聽 Look Back Sunday 回顧星期天，在這個節目 John 老師會彙整過去不同國家與主題的熱門跟讀文章，讓你可以在十五分鐘內吸收最精華的世界時事趣聞！我們這週聽聽航空相關的文章，Let's get started! Topic 1: Airlines targeting post-pandemic 'revenge travel' The blow caused to the airline industry by the COVID-19 pandemic has been especially felt by budget airlines, which mostly operate narrow-bodied passenger jets and have therefore been unable to develop a sideline in air freight during the pandemic. According to one academic's analysis, when the outbreak stabilizes, businesses are targeting a trend in so-called "revenge travel." However, she also hopes that, rather than the pre-pandemic price wars between budget airlines, the consolidation that has taken place during the pandemic will restore healthy competition in the industry. 疫情衝擊航空界，其中廉航受限於機隊多為窄體客機，無法發展貨運，受疫情衝擊更大。學者分析，業者瞄準疫情穩定後的「報復性出遊」，但也希望疫情前廉航削價競爭的情況，能因疫情重整，回歸良性競爭。 According to associate professor Melody Dai of National Cheng Kung University's Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science, costs per flight have not changed during the pandemic, but if carriers are required to implement social-distancing seating plans, leaving empty seats between passengers, this would eat into airlines' profit margins, causing a fresh headache for the industry. Dai says she hopes that budget airlines will manage to survive, since they help stimulate Taiwan's domestic tourism sector as well as the wider economy. 成大交通管理學系副教授戴佐敏說，每航班成本不變、但座位未來若須採間隔座導致收入減少，確實是疫後的難題，希望廉航仍有生存空間，對促進觀光與經濟有正面幫助。 Dai says that choosing to operate flights during the pandemic is a test of airlines' ability to sustain losses, but the crisis may also prove to be a turnaround for the industry. Dai says there are many variables to the pandemic. She says that once the outbreak stabilizes, if the demand for "revenge travel" exceeds supply, this could resolve the pre-pandemic situation of supply exceeding demand, which led to price wars among budget airlines. The consolidation that the pandemic has triggered within the airline industry could bring about a return to healthy competition, says Dai. 戴佐敏認為，選擇在疫情期間開航，考驗航空公司「虧本」的能力，不過危機也有可能是轉機，疫情仍有變數，疫情穩定後的「報復性出遊」若需求大於供給，疫情前廉航供過於求、削價競爭的情況，這次可能因疫情重整，回歸良性競爭。 One industry insider stated that, despite the lockdowns and reduced number of travelers and flights during the pandemic, the industry is bullish about post-pandemic prospects for both freight and passenger travel in the flourishing Asian region. The insider added that a trend in "revenge travel" could cause short-haul routes to become particularly busy. 業者指出，雖然國境仍然封鎖，疫情期間每週班次不多，旅客也非常少，但看好疫情後亞洲旺盛的物流、人流，預估疫情趨緩後將出現「報復性出遊」，亞洲短程航線將會更繁忙。 Topic 2: Rebranding is beneficial to China Airlines. Here's why Taiwan's Legislative Yuan voted on Wednesday to work towards renaming China Airlines, one of the national air carriers. Such a proposal immediately prompted various questions: Would doing so be prohibitively expensive? Would the airline lose aviation rights as a result of the act? 台灣的立法院於 7 月 22 日表決通過建議將台灣最大的國際航空公司之一：「中華航空公司」（China Airlines）的英文名稱更名。這樣的提議，立即引發了各種疑問：這樣做的成本是否過高？中華航空公司是否會因此喪失航權？ The airline industry is unimaginably complex, so there is no definite answer to such a nuanced topic. While the issue of renaming Taiwan's national airline is inherently controversial, let us move away from political polarization and analyze what is best for China Airlines, from a business perspective. 航空業的複雜程度超乎想像，故難以提供此細微議題絕對明確的答案。雖然，把台灣的國籍航空「中華航空公司 China Airlines」更改英文名字，會有非常大的爭議，但讓我們暫時撇開政治上的兩極化角度，而從商業的角度分析，什麼才是對中華航空公司最有利的。 Firstly, if China Airlines were to rebrand itself to reflect a more Taiwanese identity, it is undeniable that the airline would incur costs. This is because airlines logos appear everywhere: from check-in counters, lounges, to even the napkins passengers use onboard. So yes, it would be a significant investment for China Airlines to repaint their planes to rebrand across their network. 首先，如果中華航空公司想重塑品牌形象，彰顯其隸屬於台灣國籍航空的品牌辨識度，一定會產生相對的成本。這是因為航空公司的標誌無所不在：從登機櫃檯到貴賓室，甚至是乘客在機上所使用的餐巾紙上都能看見。因此，對於中華航空公司來說，重新彩繪噴漆飛機機身並全面重塑品牌，勢必需要投入相當的資金支出。 However, an airline's profitability is as much determined by revenue than it is affected by costs. In the long term, if an airline is able to attract more customers than now, such rebranding efforts would pay off. 但是，考量一家航空公司的將來的利潤及是否賺錢，未來營業收入成長的重要性，和考量成本支出，是一樣重要的。從長遠來看，如果航空公司能夠在未來吸引到比現在更多的乘客，這項品牌重塑計畫就值得。 Rebranding China Airlines could address previous issues. For example, many people in English-speaking countries believe the word "China" has negative connotations, and they don't associate the airline with Taiwan when they hear about "China" Airlines. 更改中華航空公司的英文名稱「China」可解決過往的一些問題。例如，許多英語系國家的人認為「China」一詞帶有負面含義，且他們聽到「China Airlines」時，也無法將其與台灣連結在一起。 In addition, China Airlines is often confused with Air China, which is owned by the Chinese government. In recent years, safety and service incidents associated with Air China have damaged the Taiwanese airline's reputation, as the majority of the world simply cannot tell the two carriers apart, largely due to the confusing naming. 此外，中華航空（China Airlines）經常被與中國政府擁有的中國國際航空（Air China）混淆。近年來，因為名字上的混淆，全球大多數人無法區分這兩家航空公司。因此，與中國國際航空相關的飛安意外事故和客服事件，皆損害了台灣國籍航空公司的聲譽。 On the other hand, CAL's main competitor, EVA Air, is well known as a Taiwanese company offering high standards of flight safety and service. If China Airlines can change a name that has made marketing difficult in the past, the benefits of rebranding could outweigh the potential costs. 另一方面，中華航空的主要競爭對手「長榮航空」是一家提供高標準飛行安全和高品質服務的台灣國籍航空公司。如果中華航空的英文更名動作，能夠改善中華航空過去行銷上的困難，那麼英文更名所帶來的好處，可能遠超過潛在的成本。 The second area of concern from China Airlines' perspective would be aviation rights, which grants airlines the privilege to enter, fly over, or land in another country's airspace. Such rights, critical to any airline's operations, are as a result of decades of negotiations between airline companies and regulatory agencies. Some have indicated the possibility of China Airlines losing these rights because of a name change, but it is important to understand that rebranding does not have to include changing the legal name. 從中華航空的角度來看，另一個令人關注的領域是航權，意指賦予航空公司進入、飛越或降落在另一個國家領空的權利。航權對任何一家航空公司的運營都是極為重要的，是航空公司與監管機構經過數十年談判的結果。有些人表示，中華航空可能會因為英文名稱「China」的更名而失去這些權利，但其實非常重要的一點是，航空公司的形象更名並不需要包含更改其法定名稱。 For instance, the major European airline based in Amsterdam is branded as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, but the three letters KLM stand for its registered legal name, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij. In a similar fashion, China Airlines could perhaps rebrand as "CAL Formosa Airlines," while retaining its formal name, to avoid compromising its aviation rights. 舉例而言，以阿姆斯特丹作為基地的歐洲大型航空公司是以 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines（荷蘭皇家航空）做為形象名稱，但此航空公司註冊的法定名稱則為 Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij。以類似的方式，中華航空也許可以在英文名稱上更名為「CAL Formosa Airlines」，並同時維持其法定名稱「中華航空」，以避免損及航權。 Finally, while airlines tend to stay out of politics, companies such as China Airlines also have to consider its ability to continue flying into existing markets, particularly China. Critics of the idea to rename China Airlines have voiced concerns about angering the Communist Party in Beijing, and have speculated that the Chinese government would ban CAL from flying into Chinese airspace. 最後，儘管航空公司傾向於不碰觸政治議題，但像中華航空這樣的公司也必須考慮維持其現有飛航市場，尤其是中國。對於更改中華航空的英文名稱中的「China」字眼一事，持批評意見者表達了對可能激怒北京共產黨的擔憂，並推測中國政府將禁止中華航空飛入中國領空。 While such a situation would indeed be unfavorable, and the possibility of occurrence cannot be ruled out, CAL could minimize risk by choosing a more politically neutral name. For example, by utilizing words such as "Formosa" or "Taipei", the airline could stay out of the Taiwan-China debate and continue serving its existing passengers with minimal controversy. 儘管這種情況確實是不利且不能被排除的，但中華航空可以選擇改成更具政治中立性的名稱來降低此風險。例如，通過使用「Formosa」或「Taipei」等字眼，航空公司可以避開中國與台灣的爭議，並在最不具爭議的情況下繼續為現有的乘客提供服務。 At the end of the day, even without changing China Airlines' name to "Taiwan Airlines", the company can respond to the voices of the people by removing "China" from its name and avoid confusion and controversy altogether. 總結來說，即使不將中華航空的英文名稱 China Airlines 更改為「Taiwan Airlines」，該公司也可以通過將「China」從其英文名稱中刪除，來回應人們建議改名的聲音，並同時避免名字所引起的混淆和爭議。 Topic 3: Eva Air is third safest airline globally: Airline Ratings EVA Air ranks third, right behind Qantas and Air New Zealand, in the list of the top 20 safest airlines for 2020, according to Airline Ratings, a website that reviews airline safety and products. 國際航空專業評鑑網站 AirlineRatings 近日公布 2020 年全球最安全航空公司名單，再度由澳洲航空奪冠、紐西蘭航空排名第二，長榮航空獲得第三名好成績。 The website selects the world's safest airlines out of 405 airlines each year, based on their safety innovation, operational excellence, government review, fatal accident records and their operating history. 國際航空專業評鑑網站 AirlineRatings 每年都會遴選出全球最安全航空公司，評選標準包括安全創新、營運績效、政府審查、航空公司死亡事故紀錄、航空公司營運史等標準，評選全球 405 家航空公司。 The other airlines among the aforesaid list include Etihad, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Alaska Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Virgin Australia, Hawaiian Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, TAP Portugal, SAS, Royal Jordanian, Swiss, Finnair, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, and KLM. 其他入選航空包括：阿提哈德航空、卡達航空、新加坡航空、阿聯酋航空、阿拉斯加航空、國泰航空、維珍澳洲航空、夏威夷航空、維珍航空、葡萄牙航空、北歐航空、皇家約旦航空、瑞士航空、芬蘭航空、漢莎航空、愛爾蘭航空、荷蘭皇家航空。 At the end of last year, Eva Air secured the eighth spot in the list of the world's best airlines for 2020, according to the Airline Ratings website. 根據網站公布結果，2020 年全球最安全航空公司，長榮航空獲得第三名好成績，這也是繼去年 11 月獲得「2020 全球最佳航空」第 8 名後，再度獲得國際肯定。

跟另一伴攜手走下去前，不只是甜言蜜語、浪漫送禮，這件事做好準備更重要！預防 HPV 是對彼此「愛情」最基本的尊重和承諾。別讓對健康的傷害變成愛情的阻礙，為彼此主動做好HPV預防才能說是「真愛」。立即諮詢醫師，展現你對愛的承諾。男女1+1 主動防禦HPV(人類乳突病毒) https://fstry.pse.is/9ep3rs —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— Summary: For British students, A-level exams are the most important exams before leaving school for University. Due to the pandemic, the exams in June were abandoned and students were given a grade by their Teachers based on past performance. However, once the A level grades were published, people realized that 39 percent of teachers’ assessments had been downgraded under an algorithm based on a school’s past performance. This meant that it was harder for smart students in disadvantaged areas to do well while rewarding the mediocre students in top private schools. Students were outraged and took to the street and started a petition to demand change. 原討論文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-949-angry-uk-students-force-government-u-turn-over-virus-hit-exams     Vocabulary and Sample Sentences: Assessment n. evaluation of the nature, quality, ability, of someone or something The teachers had to make an assessment of the student’s math abilities with a test. Peter’s assessment of the accident helped prevent further conflict.     Mediocre adj. of moderate quality The new sushi dish at our favorite restaurant is mediocre. Students should not be rewarded for their mediocre performance in school.     Inflation n. the action of inflating something According to the exam regulator, the downgrade of assessments is to avoid grade inflation. If you want your balloon to float, you would have to inflate it with helium.  

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L220: Taipei's Sky Was the Best Keynote at Computex 2026 Highlights 主題摘要Computex 2026 drew more than 1,500 exhibitors to Taipei, all united around a single theme: AI has stopped being a promise and started being a product.NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip lets laptops run powerful AI tasks without connecting to the cloud, signalling a shift in how and where AI gets used.A drone show powered by entirely Taiwanese technology opened the event, with 1,000 drones lighting up the night sky above Taipei 101.Every great trade show deserves a memorable opening act, and Computex 2026 delivered one. On the evening of June 2nd, one thousand drones rose above Taipei's skyline near Taipei 101, filling the night air with a glowing giant robot, a sports car, and a rotating Earth — all painted in light. The crowd reached for their phones. It was not just a spectacle. It was a statement. 每個大貿易展都值得舉辦令人難忘的開幕儀式，而 2026 年台北國際電腦展（Computex 2026）也確實做到了。六月二日夜晚，千架無人機在台北 101 旁升空，在夜空中拼出機器人、跑車與地球的光影輪廓。現場觀眾紛紛舉起手機拍攝，畫面隨即傳遍全球。整場演出採用百分之百台灣自主研發的技術，這不只是一場視覺饗宴，更是一句有力的宣示。 The drones set the tone for what followed. Over four days at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, more than 1,500 companies gathered under the theme "AI Together" to show what artificial intelligence looks like when it leaves the lab and enters everyday life. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who called Taipei "home" from the stage, announced that the new RTX Spark chip could handle demanding AI tasks entirely on a laptop — no internet required. It combines a powerful graphics processor, a twenty-core brain, and enough memory to work as a personal AI assistant around the clock. "Useful has arrived," Huang declared. His company's stock jumped over ten percent the following day. 無人機秀為接下來四天定下了基調。超過一千五百家廠商在南港展覽館以「AI Together」為主題，展示人工智慧走出實驗室後的真實樣貌。口稱台灣是「家」的 Nvidia 執行長黃仁勳在台上宣布，全新 RTX Spark 晶片讓一般筆電也能在不連網的情況下，全天候處理高難度的 AI 運算，儼然成為隨身的個人 AI 助理。「實用的時代來了，」他說。隔天， Nvidia 股價隨即上漲逾一成。 Computex 2026 was not a one-company show. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed that the company's newest manufacturing process was shipping and expanding, powering a new wave of AI-ready laptops. AMD announced its socket would stay compatible until 2029, reassuring enthusiasts who prefer upgrading over replacing. Samsung unveiled the world's first monitor panel combining 4K resolution with a 360Hz refresh rate. In a separate hall, nearly five hundred startups from nine countries competed at InnoVEX 2026, with robotics firm RLWRLD winning the pitch competition for its vision of a universal learning system that lets machines adapt across tasks the way AI language models learn from text. Computex 2026 並非 Nvidia 一家的主場。 Intel 執行長陳立武親自登台，確認公司最新晶片製程已正式量產並持續擴大規模，驅動新一批 AI 筆電陸續登場。 AMD 宣布現行處理器插槽將延續支援至二〇二九年，讓習慣自行升級零件的玩家大大鬆了口氣。三星展示了全球首款在 4K 解析度下仍可達每秒三百六十幀更新率的螢幕面板。在另一側展廳，來自九個國家的近五百家新創參加 InnoVEX 2026，機器人新創公司 RLWRLD 以打造「機器人通用學習系統」的構想奪下新創競賽冠軍。 Taken together, Computex 2026 told a story well beyond product launches. The drone display was the most honest summary: technology once confined to research labs, now choreographed and commercialised over a city that has quietly powered the world's devices for decades. Taiwan has long sat at the centre of the global technology supply chain, invisible to most consumers who depend on it. This year, it lit up the sky and made sure nobody could look away. 綜觀全場，2026年台北國際電腦展（Computex 2026）所呈現的，遠不止於產品發布。台北夜空中的無人機秀，或許是整場展覽最真實的縮影。那些曾被關在研究室裡的技術，如今在一個數十年來默默為全球裝置提供動力的城市上空，以精心編排的編舞形式展現，並成功商業化。台灣長期是全球科技供應鏈的核心，卻鮮少出現在消費者的視野裡。今年，它點亮了夜空，讓所有人的目光都無法移開。 Keyword Drills 關鍵字Opening act [noun phrase, the first and most memorable part of an event]: The ceremony was a perfect opening act for the festival.Demanding [adjective, requiring a lot of effort or processing power]: Video editing is a demanding task for most laptops.Around the clock [adverb phrase, continuously, 24 hours a day]: The system runs around the clock without any downtime.Stay compatible [verb phrase, to remain able to work with existing systems]: The new update stays compatible with older devices.Choreograph [verb, to carefully plan and coordinate a series of actions]: They choreographed every detail of the launch event. 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Topic 1: Indian Bride Shuts Down Wedding After Groom Fails Her Math Test An Indian bride canceled her wedding after her groom recited the multiplication table of two incorrectly. 一位印度新娘因為新郎背錯 2 的乘法表，當場取消婚禮。 A bride and groom who wish to remain unidentified were supposed to have the wedding for their arranged marriage on May 1 in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. 不願透露姓名的新娘和新郎本應於 5 月 1 日在印度北方邦舉行婚禮，這是一樁包辦婚姻。 Skeptical of her future husband's educational background, the bride decided to test his knowledge during the ceremony. 新娘懷疑未來丈夫的教育背景，因此決定在婚禮上測試他的知識。 When he failed to recite the multiplication table of two, the bride left, "saying that she could not marry someone who did not know basic math," reported INQUIRER.net. 據「菲律賓每日問訊者報」網站報導，當他背不出 2 的乘法表時，新娘轉身離開了，「說她不能嫁給一個連基礎數學都不懂的人。」 The bride's cousin stated that the groom's family did not inform them of his lack of education, adding that the bride was "brave" for leaving the wedding venue. 新娘的表妹說，男方家庭沒有告知新郎教育程度低的事實，並補充道，新娘離開婚禮現場的做法「很勇敢」。 The two families came to a compromise which included returning all gifts and jewelry to the appropriate parties. 這兩個家庭達成妥協，包括同意退還所有的禮物和珠寶給對方。 Topic 2: India's 'Angry Brides' game wages war on dowry｜印度「憤怒新娘」遊戲向嫁妝陋習宣戰 An online game in India called "Angry Brides" which seeks to highlight the problem of illegal dowry demands has attracted more than 270,000 fans. 印度一款名為「憤怒新娘」的線上遊戲，旨在凸顯非法索取嫁妝帶來的問題，吸引了逾 27 萬名粉絲。 The game by online matchmaker shaadi.com — inspired by the hugely popular "Angry Birds" game — sees players attack prospective grooms greedy for dowry with a variety of weapons, from a brick-red stiletto to a broomstick. 這款遊戲由婚友網站「Shaadi.com」推出，靈感來自廣受歡迎的「憤怒鳥」遊戲，玩家可使用從磚紅色細高跟鞋到帚柄等各式武器來攻擊貪求嫁妝的準新郎。 The three grooms — an engineer, a doctor and a pilot — dodge the attacks while demanding dowries starting at 1.5 million rupees. Each time a player hits a groom, he or she wins money towards a virtual anti-dowry fund. 遊戲中的 3 位新郎分別是工程師、醫生和飛行員。他們一邊索求 150 萬盧比起跳的嫁妝，一邊躲避著玩家的進攻。玩家每擊中新郎一次，他或她就會贏得一筆虛擬的反嫁妝資金。 The game, available as a free application on Facebook, has already attracted more than 272,000 "likes." 這款遊戲在臉書上是一款免費應用程式，已吸引了超過 27 萬 2000 人按「讚」。 Paying and accepting a dowry in India has been illegal since 1961, but the centuries-old tradition of the bride's parents presenting gifts of cash, clothes, jewellery, even appliances to the groom's family remains strong. 從 1961 年至今，收送嫁妝在印度都是違法的，但是新娘的父母向新郎家庭贈送現金、衣服、珠寶甚至器具等禮物的傳統已有幾世紀之久，至今依然盛行。 Demands for dowry often persist well past the wedding ceremonies, and in the worst cases, brides are tortured and even murdered if they or their parents do not comply. 索取嫁妝的情況就算在婚禮後也揮之不去，在最壞的情況下，如果新娘或她們的父母不給嫁妝，新娘就會受到折磨甚至被謀殺。 Topic 3: Toxic air in India linked to large number of miscarriages Toxic air in India and other South Asian countries could be causing large numbers of miscarriages and stillbirths, scientists said. 科學家說，印度和其他南亞國家的有毒性空氣，可能正造成大量的流產和死胎案例。 A study in The Lancet medical journal estimated nearly 350,000 pregnancy losses a year in South Asia were linked to high pollution levels. 「刺胳針」醫學期刊一份研究估計，南亞 1 年有將近 35 萬起流產案例與高污染值有關聯。 "Our findings ... (provide) further justification for urgent action to tackle dangerous levels of pollution," lead author Tao Xue of Peking University said in a statement. 報告第一作者北京大學的薛濤在聲明中說，「我們的發現…提供進一步理由，要緊急行動解決達危險程度的污染」。 They calculated that 7.1% of annual pregnancy losses were attributable to pollution above India's air quality standard of 40 microgrammes per cubic metre (μg/m3), and 29.7% to pollution above the World Health Organization guideline of 10 μg/m3. 他們計算，每年 7.1% 的流產案例，歸因於高於印度空氣品質標準每立方公尺 40 微克（μg/m3）的污染，29.7% 的案例歸因於高於世界衛生組織指南訂出 10 μg/m3 標準的污染。 Topic 4: Indian inventor revs up corona car to drive home lockdown message｜印度發明家設計冠狀病毒車宣導疫情訊息 A giant coronavirus is stalking the streets of southern India — propelled by a 100 cc engine and an inventor trying to drive home the message that Indians should stay indoors as the pandemic sweeps across the world. 一個巨大的冠狀病毒在印度南部街頭出沒—被一具排氣量 100 立方公分的引擎和一名發明家驅動著，試圖明確傳達在大流行病橫掃全球的此刻，印度人應該好好待在家裡的訊息。 Sudhakar Yadav's wacky small single-seater car — made of fluorescent-green fibre and complete with the red crown-like spikes of the virus — has been racking up the miles in the tech hub of Hyderabad to remind fellow citizens of the dangers of COVID-19. 雅達夫的古怪單人座小車，是以螢光綠色纖維製成，並加上紅色的病毒冠狀突刺造型，在科技大城海德拉巴行駛了一段時間，提醒市民同胞 2019 冠狀病毒肺炎的危險。 "People are not scared and are still... on the streets despite the clear danger," the 67-year-old Yadav, who runs a printing business, told AFP. 「儘管明顯有危險，大家還是不害怕，依舊…在街上趴趴走」，經營印刷生意的 67 歲雅達夫告訴法新社。 "My message through the car art is to make them understand that it is dangerous to be out on the streets and the safest place right now is the home." 「我透過這輛車要傳達的訊息是，希望這些人能夠了解，外出上街是危險的，現在最安全的地方就是家裡」。 Topic 5: 'Honk more, wait more': Mumbai tests traffic lights that reward the patient driver There is a truth universally acknowledged by drivers in India: honk your horn loud enough and the traffic lights will surely change to green. 印度駕駛人都曉得一個道理：只要喇叭按得夠響，交通號誌絕對會變綠燈。 But, fed up with impatient drivers inflicting a deafening roar every time they are forced to stop, police in Mumbai have come up with a new system to punish those who cannot wait at traffic lights in silence. 然而，孟買警方受夠駕駛人每次被迫停車，就會出現震耳欲聾的喇叭聲，因而設計出一套新系統，來懲罰不能安靜等待號誌轉換的駕駛人。 The new system was quite simple: "Honk more, wait more." 新系統相當簡單易懂：「你愈叭，等愈久。」 Mumbai police installed a rigged traffic light system to tackle the problem of "reckless honkers", which resets the red traffic signal every time the sound of car horns goes above 85 decibels. For particularly honk-happy drivers, it could mean a very long wait at the lights. 孟買警方安裝一套經過改造的交通號誌系統，來處理「莽撞喇叭狂」問題；只要偵測到 85 分貝以上的汽車喇叭聲，紅燈就會從頭開始。對於不按不爽的駕駛人，可能得在交通號誌下等到天荒地老。 Mumbai was ranked as the fourth most congested city in the world, according to the TomTom traffic index, with 65% congestion and drivers spending an average of eight days and 17 hours in traffic each year. TomTom 交通指數報告顯示，孟買被列為全球最壅塞城市第 4 名，壅塞比率達 65％，駕駛人平均每年花費 8 天 17 小時塞在路上。 Topic 6: India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan｜印度把被指控的鳥間諜交還巴基斯坦 Indian police have released a pigeon belonging to a Pakistani fisherman after a probe found that the bird, which had flown across the contentious border between the nuclear-armed nations, was not a spy, two officials said on Friday. 兩名官員週五說，印度警方把一隻屬於巴基斯坦一名漁夫的鴿子放了，在調查發現這隻飛越兩個核武國爭議邊境的鳥並非間諜以後。 The Pakistani owner of the pigeon had urged India to return his bird, which Indian villagers turned over to police after discovering it. 這隻鴿子的巴基斯坦主人催促印度歸還他的鳥，印度村民先前發現了牠以後交給了警方。 "It's just an innocent bird," Habibullah, the owner of the bird, who goes by just one name, told Reuters on Friday. 單名的鴿主哈比布拉週五告訴路透，「牠只是一隻無辜的鳥。」 He rejected allegations that the numbers inscribed on a ring on the pigeon's leg were codes meant for militant groups operating in the disputed region of Kashmir. 對於鴿子腳環上所刻數字乃是在爭議的喀什米爾地區行動的好戰團體代號的指控，他予以駁斥。 Habibullah, who lives in a village near the Kashmir border, one of the most militarised zones in the world, said the bird had participated in a pigeon racing contest and the digits on the bird's leg were his mobile phone number. 住在全球最軍事化地區之一的喀什米爾邊境附近一處村莊的哈比布拉說，這隻鳥參加了一場賽鴿大賽，牠腳上的數字是他的行動電話號碼。 In 2016, a pigeon was taken into Indian custody after it was found with a note threatening Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 2016 年曾有一隻鴿子被印度扣押，在發現牠有一張威脅印度總理納倫德拉．莫迪的便條以後。 Topic 7: Violence in India Threatens Its Global Ambitions Until recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign to portray India as a rising power seemed to be ticking along despite troubles at home. 即便在國內遭遇了些問題，總理莫迪將印度描述成崛起大國的行動，直到不久前似乎還一路升溫。 Much of the world remained quiet, or cautious, in recent months as India began locking up hundreds of opposition politicians and activists without charge across the country. Business executives say they are too afraid to speak out about shortcomings in the government's economic strategy. The press complains of government intimidation. 近幾個月印度開始未經起訴即在全國各地拘禁數百名反對派政治人物與社運人士，世界上許多國家卻依然保持沉默，或審慎以對。企業執行高層表示，他們因為害怕而不敢說出政府經濟策略的缺失。新聞界也抱怨受到政府恫嚇。 Still, there was President Donald Trump last month, embracing Modi in New Delhi, where streets were dotted with posters declaring the "world's oldest democracy meets the world's largest democracy." 儘管如此，上個月還是有川普總統在新德里擁抱莫迪，當地街上到處可見寫著「世界最老牌民主國家，跟世界上最大民主國家相遇」的海報。 But as the leaders celebrated each other in India's capital, Hindu mobs began going after Muslim protesters in neighborhoods just a few miles away while the police looked on or joined in. 然而，就在兩位領導人在印度首都彼此恭維之際，印度教暴徒們卻開始在數英里外的社區，追打著穆斯林抗議者，警察則袖手旁觀，甚至加入追打者的行列。 Freedom House, a nonpartisan democracy advocacy organization, flagged India as a major concern. "The Indian government has taken its Hindu nationalist agenda to a new level with a succession of policies," the group said, "threatening the democratic future of a country long seen as a potential bulwark of freedom in Asia and the world." 跨黨派民主倡議組織「自由之家」，將印度列為令人高度關切的國家。該組織說：「印度通過一系列政策，將其印度教民族主義計畫推到一個新水平，威脅到長期被視為亞洲與世界潛在自由堡壘的國家的民主前途。」 In a rare move, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights filed a petition in India's Supreme Court to challenge a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims. Some of India's closest partners have begun criticizing its treatment of Muslims and migrants, with condemnations coming in from Iran, the United States, Bangladesh and elsewhere. 聯合國人權事務署則罕見地向印度最高法院提出請願，挑戰批評人士認為歧視穆斯林的新公民法。一些印度最親密的夥伴國已開始批評印度對待穆斯林與移民的方式，伊朗、美國、孟加拉及一些其他國家陸續發聲譴責。 "If India loses that secular, democratic identity, then it loses what makes it different than other countries in Asia. We are all watching the riots in Delhi and worry they are going down a dangerous road that makes it harder for us to be a strong advocate for India," said Rep. Ami Bera, a California Democrat who is the longest-serving Indian American in Congress. 美國加州民主黨籍聯邦眾議員貝拉說：「如果印度失去這種世俗的民主身份，就會失去有別於其他亞洲國家的特色。我們都在觀察德里的暴動，並擔心他們正走上危險的道路，這將使得我們很難成為印度的強力支持者。」貝拉是美國國會中最資深的印度裔議員。 One area where international officials believe that India may be particularly hurting itself is in its campaign to be granted a permanent seat at the U.N. Security Council along with other nuclear powers. Speaking on condition of anonymity, several diplomats, including some from countries that have publicly pushed for an Indian seat on the Security Council, say that their governments are now reluctant to push the issue after India's domestic unrest has laid bare the effects of Hindu nationalism there. 一些外國官員認為，印度使自身受傷最重的一個方面，就是追求與其他核武國家一樣獲得聯合國安理會常任理事國席次的行動。幾位不願透露姓名的外交官（部分來自公開呼籲給予印度安理會席次的國家）表示，在印度國內騷亂暴露出印度教民族主義對當地的影響後，他們的政府現在不願再推動印度入常案。

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歡迎收聽股癌，我是謝孟恭戒菸就如同投資，需要放棄短線刺激與快感，以追求長期的健康複利。身為過來人，我蠻鼓勵大家可以嘗試戒菸輔助品。尼古清戒菸口含錠即將上市，使用簡單零門檻，戒菸新手也容易接受，讓你不被菸癮打擾，專注生活每一刻。嘉安家護股份有限公司 台北市中山區民生東路三段2號10樓尼古清戒菸口含錠2毫克衛部藥輸第029054號北市衛藥廣字第 115070153號 ——以上廣告由 Firstory 與【月城南廣告】共同執行—— ----------------------------------- 🎧 通勤學英語 VIP 專區 & 🚀 線上課程  ----------------------------------- 💡 想要更自然的提升英語力？加入VIP會員，獲得專屬內容與優惠！立即加入VIP方案 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/joinVIP訂閱常見問題 →https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/5cjptbVIP會員想許願哪些主題？ →https://forms.gle/xyHoPydBr6LLFL9q8 🔥 社會人核心英語有聲書課程→https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm ------------------------------- 🌎 15Mins.Today 相關連結 ------------------------------- 💬 你的想法很重要！留言分享 → 留言連結 Web：www.15mins.today YouTube：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy 商業合作/贊助來信：[email protected] 意見回覆 : [email protected] -------------------------------------------- 📜 單集逐字稿 & 內容摘要（播放器字數有限，完整逐字稿請到官網查看） -------------------------------------------- 國際時事跟讀 Ep. L216: Congo Ebola Kills 220, WHO Sounds Global Alarm Highlights 主題摘要WHO has declared the Congo Ebola outbreak a global health emergency, as cases spread across three provinces and into Uganda.The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which no approved vaccine or treatment exists.Armed conflict, attacks on health facilities, and mass displacement have made contact tracing nearly impossible.When the World Health Organization invokes its highest emergency designation, the world is meant to take notice. On May 17, 2026, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern — the most serious alert the organisation can issue. The announcement came just two days after the DRC Ministry of Health confirmed the country's seventeenth Ebola outbreak, centred in Ituri Province in the volatile northeast. As of late May, authorities had recorded 125 confirmed cases and over 900 suspected cases, with deaths among suspected patients exceeding 220. 當世界衛生組織啟動最高級別緊急警報，全球必須嚴陣以待。2026 年 5 月 17 日，世衛總幹事譚德塞宣布，剛果民主共和國與烏干達的伊波拉疫情構成「國際公共衛生緊急事件（PHEIC）」，這是該組織所能發出的最高層級警示。就在宣告的兩天前，剛果衛生部才剛確認本國第 17 起伊波拉疫情，疫情中心位於東北部局勢動盪的伊圖里省。截至 5 月底，當局已登錄 125 例確診、逾 900 例疑似病例，疑似患者死亡數超過 220 人。 What makes this outbreak particularly alarming is the pathogen itself. Unlike previous Congolese epidemics driven by the well-documented Ebola Zaire strain, this one involves the Bundibugyo virus, a rarer species first identified in Uganda in 2007. No licensed vaccine exists against Bundibugyo, nor any approved antiviral treatment — a stark contrast to the tools that helped bring prior outbreaks under control. Case fatality rates in previous Bundibugyo outbreaks ranged from 30 to 50 percent. With medical countermeasures still in early development, healthcare workers must rely entirely on supportive care and rigorous infection prevention. 讓這波疫情特別棘手的，是病原體本身的性質。過去剛果歷次疫情多由研究較為透徹的薩伊伊波拉病毒株引起，這次則是邦迪布焦型病毒，一種較罕見的病毒株，2007 年首次在烏干達被確認。目前既無核准疫苗，也無經批准的抗病毒藥物可用，與過去數次成功遏制疫情所仰賴的防治工具相比，處境大相逕庭。過去兩次邦迪布焦型疫情的致死率介於 30% 至 50% 之間。在醫療對策仍處早期研發階段之際，醫護人員只能依靠支持性照護與嚴格的感染管控來因應。 Containing any Ebola outbreak demands rapid case isolation and meticulous contact tracing — and in eastern Congo, both have been rendered nearly impossible. Tedros warned bluntly that the region faces a "catastrophic collision of disease and conflict," where insecurity, attacks on health facilities, and mass population movement have gutted response capacity. Armed groups continue to restrict humanitarian access across Ituri and North Kivu, while cross-border trade keeps the virus in constant motion. Uganda, which confirmed nine cases — at least three linked to travel from DRC — illustrates how porous the epidemic boundary has already become. 想要遏制伊波拉疫情，仰賴於迅速隔離病例並精確追蹤接觸者，但在剛果東部，兩件事都幾乎無法做到。譚德塞措辭強硬地警告，該地區正陷入「疾病與衝突的災難性強碰」，治安惡化、醫療設施遭受攻擊、人口大規模流動，這些已嚴重瓦解防疫應變能量。武裝團體持續阻斷伊圖里省與北基伍省的人道救援管道，跨境貿易往來更讓病毒隨著人流四處流竄。烏干達已確認 9 例，其中至少 3 例與來自剛果的旅客有關，疫情邊界之脆弱，由此可見一斑。 The humanitarian backdrop amplifies every risk. Nearly ten million people across the affected provinces face acute hunger, leaving communities ill-equipped to absorb another crisis. WHO and international partners are scaling up surveillance, deploying rapid response teams, and fast-tracking candidate vaccines into evaluation. Yet without a reduction in hostilities, containment faces a ceiling that medicine alone cannot raise. 這場人道危機的背景，放大了每一個風險。疫情波及的省份裡，有近 1,000 萬人正面臨嚴峻糧食危機，社區根本難以承受另一波衝擊。世衛組織與國際夥伴正擴大監測規模、部署快速應變小組，並加速推進候選疫苗的評估程序。然而，若無法降低武裝衝突情勢，防控工作仍需要面臨一道醫療手段無法單獨突破的瓶頸。 Keyword Drills 關鍵字Antiviral [adjective, describing a drug or treatment that works against viruses]: Doctors had no antiviral medication to treat the patients.Contact tracing [noun phrase, the process of identifying people who may have been exposed to an infectious disease]: Contact tracing is essential to stopping an outbreak early.Porous [adjective, easy to pass through; not effective at keeping things out]: The border between the two countries proved porous during the outbreak.Containment [noun, the action of keeping a disease under control and preventing it from spreading]: Containment efforts were hampered by the lack of road access.Fast-track [verb, to speed up a process, especially official approval or development]: Regulators agreed to fast-track the new vaccine for emergency use. Reference article: 1. https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON602 2. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167592 3. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/ebola-disease-outbreak-2026-how-msf-responding

歡迎收聽股癌，我是謝孟恭戒菸就如同投資，需要放棄短線刺激與快感，以追求長期的健康複利。身為過來人，我蠻鼓勵大家可以嘗試戒菸輔助品。尼古清戒菸口含錠即將上市，使用簡單零門檻，戒菸新手也容易接受，讓你不被菸癮打擾，專注生活每一刻。嘉安家護股份有限公司 台北市中山區民生東路三段2號10樓尼古清戒菸口含錠2毫克衛部藥輸第029054號北市衛藥廣字第 115070153號 ——以上廣告由 Firstory 與【月城南廣告】共同執行—— Hi there! 歡迎收聽 Look Back Sunday 回顧星期天，在這個節目 John 老師會彙整過去不同國家與主題的熱門跟讀文章，讓你可以在十五分鐘內吸收最精華的世界時事趣聞！我們這週聽聽網路相關的文章，Let's get started! Topic 1: First-ever tweet sold for around NT$82.3 million The first-ever tweet by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey was auctioned off on Tuesday as a "non-fungible token" (NFT), with the bid surpassing US$2.9 million (around NT$82.3 million). 由推特（Twitter）創辦人杜錫（Jack Dorsey）發出的史上第一條推文，今天被當作「不可替代代幣」（NFT）拍賣出去，得標價飆破 290 萬美元（約新台幣 8230 萬元）。 A tweet from the auction platform "Valuables by Cent" read that "Jack accepted the offer from sinaEstavi for $2915835.47." The auction account added that the tweet is now "minted on blockchain." 拍賣平台 Valuables by Cent 的一則推文說：「杜錫同意了 @sinaEstavi 這個帳號所喊出的 291 萬 5835.47 美元。」Valuables by Cent 表示：「現在這則推文已在區塊鏈（blockchain）上打造好了。」 The winner's account details show that Sina Estavi, CEO of Bridge Oracle, a blockchain technology start-up, owns the @sinaEstavi account. 得標者的帳號資料顯示，擁有 @sinaEstavi 帳號的是區塊鏈技術相關的新創公司 Bridge Oracle 執行長艾斯塔維（Sina Estavi）。 Dorsey explained that all proceeds from the auction will be donated to charities. 杜錫表示，他將把這次拍賣所得捐給慈善機構。 The sold-tweet was first tweeted on March 21, 2006, with Dorsey writing, "just setting up my twttr." Such a mundane statement became the first tweet ever sent and officially launched Twitter, a global platform that has since become a controversial and dominant force in civil society. 2006 年 3 月 21 日，杜錫在鍵盤打下：「剛剛設定好我的推特」（just setting up my twttr）這樣平凡無奇的話，發出後成了史上第一條推文，同時正式啟用推特這個全球通用的平台，後來在公民社會中，成為一股具爭議又占主導地位的力量。 "I think years later people will realize the true value of this tweet, like the Mona Lisa painting," Estavi tweeted regarding his new purchase. 艾斯塔維在推文中說：「我覺得再過幾年，人們會意識到那則推文的真正價值，正如同名畫『蒙娜麗莎』（Mona Lisa）一樣。」 The auction of Dorsey's tweet also highlights the surge of interest in non-fungible tokens (NFT). Non-fungible tokens uses the same blockchain technology, after cryptocurrencies, to transform objects into virtual collectors' items that cannot be replicated. 這次杜錫推文的拍賣，凸顯了人們對「不可替代代幣」（non-fungible token, NFT）的興趣激增。不可替代代幣是在加密貨幣（cryptocurrencies）之後，運用同樣的區塊鏈技術，把物件轉變為虛擬蒐藏家的東西，且無法複製。 Dorsey tweeted his thanks to Estavi on Tuesday and added that the proceeds from the auction were donated to GiveDirectly, a nonprofit organization that helps the poor in East Africa. 杜錫今天推文感謝 @sinaEstavi，並表示，這次拍賣的所得，已經捐給在東非幫助窮人的非營利組織 GiveDirectly。 Topic 2: Taiwan's 'salmon name-change' inspires U.S. social media users Sushi restaurant chain "Sushiro" launched a promotion on March 17 and March 18 by announcing it would give away free sushi to anyone who had "salmon" (鮭魚) in their names, leading to a name-changing frenzy in Taiwan. 知名連鎖壽司店「壽司郎」於 17、18 日推出優惠活動，只要名字有「鮭魚」兩字的人，可以免費享用整桌的餐點，意外掀起全台鮭魚改名之亂。 The phenomenon gradually attracted the attention of international media, with CNN reporting on Thursday that owing to the promotion, around 140 Taiwanese have officially changed their names to include the word "salmon." CNN added that the situation has led the Ministry of Interior to issue a statement cautioning Taiwanese that they only get three chances to change their names in a lifetime. 而此台灣人瘋鮭魚現象也吸引到外國媒體注意，其中 CNN 也在 19 日報導，台灣人為了享有優惠，已有近 140 位在正式改名，於身分證上大現「鮭魚」兩字。CNN 表示此風潮已引來內政部的不滿，提醒大眾台灣法律規定每人一生中有三次改名機會。 Following media outlets like CNN and BBC's reports, Taiwaneses' name-changing craze also reached the ears of U.S. social media users with some commenting they didn't expect the day Taiwanese would lose their minds. However, others wrote that as a broke millennial, if changing their names would mean getting free sushi, then they were all for it. 繼 CNN 和 BBC 等外媒陸續報導後，台人瘋鮭魚事件也引發外國網友的注意，其中有人表示沒想到台灣人也有失去理智的時候，但也有人寫道，身為一個月光族，如果改名可以讓他吃到免費壽司他也願意。 Some also called on American chain restaurants to try similar promotions, with one volunteering to change their name to "T-bone" while another wanted "Donut" so that they could get freebies from Krispy Kreme. 更有外國網友開始呼籲美國其他連鎖店開始推類似的活動，並問道自己如果把名字改成「T-Bone」（丁骨牛排）或是「Donut」（甜甜圈），能不能在牛排館和 Krispy Kreme 獲得免費的餐點。 Topic 3: Uber will ban passengers with low ratings Uber passengers who habitually leave their trash behind and disrespect their drivers may soon get the boot. 習慣性留下垃圾以及不尊重駕駛的 Uber 乘客，很快就會無法再使用 Uber。 The ride-hailing company announced Tuesday that riders with ratings that are "significantly below average" may lose access to the app, part of a rollout of the company's updated community guidelines, which riders must abide by to continue using the service. 這家叫車公司週二宣布，評分「大幅低於平均值」的乘客，可能會無法存取 Uber 的 app，為該公司的更新版社區守則的一環，乘客若要持續使用該公司的服務，就必須遵守這些守則。 Uber, however, said that bans for bad behavior won't come as a surprise to offending passengers. Riders will receive several notifications before they lose access to the app, the company said. 不過，Uber 也說，不會突然以行為不佳為由禁止叫車以致冒犯到乘客。該公司說，乘客會先接獲數次通知，然後才會無法存取 app。 And they also will have opportunities to improve their rating to remain in good standing. Tips to boost a user's rating include: "encouraging polite behavior, avoiding leaving trash in the vehicle and avoiding requests for drivers to exceed the speed limit," Uber said. 而且乘客也有機會改善其評分以維持好名聲。提升使用者評分的秘訣包括：「鼓勵禮貌行為，避免在車內留下垃圾，與避免要求司機超速，」Uber 說。 Topic 4: Kakao suspends online comments for entertainment articles｜Kakao 暫停網友對娛樂新聞發表網路留言 South Korea's internet company Kakao said Friday that it would prevent users from posting malicious comments on its online entertainment news articles next month, pledging also to overhaul its search engine functionalities to address cyberbullying. 南韓的網路公司 Kakao 週五表示，下個月將禁止使用者對其網路的娛樂新聞報導，張貼惡意留言。該公司也承諾大幅修改其搜尋引擎的功能，以解決網路霸凌。 The measure came after mounting calls for the internet portal website to address cyberbullying targeting celebrities and people in general. The calls intensified after singer-turned-actress Sulli passed away last week in an apparent suicide. While the cause of death was not made public, it was widely believed Sulli had been suffering from depression. 該措施係在要求入口網站解決鎖定名人和一般人的網路霸凌的呼聲愈來愈高後提出。在歌手轉型為演員的雪莉上週過世、死因顯然是自殺後，這樣的呼聲變得更大。儘管尚未公開死因，但外界咸認為雪莉死前受憂鬱症所苦。 Kakao, however, said the decision had not been made because of a single case and that there had been heated debate over the issue for a long time. The company also decided to suspend its "related search words" service for celebrities immediately for its messenger app, Kakao Talk. 然而，Kakao 指稱，長久以來就有關於該議題的熱烈論辯，並非因個案而做出實施新措施的決定。該公司亦決定立即暫停其通訊應用程式 Kakao Talk 針對名人的「相關搜尋字詞」服務。 Topic 5: United We Stan: How the Internet Merged Pop Culture and Politics Whatever persona Elizabeth Warren hopes to project in her presidential campaign, it is probably not that of a child witch. But that is the persona that some of her biggest fans have chosen for her. 雖不知華倫希望在競選總統時以何種形象出現，但大概不會是巫童，然而這正是她的一些鐵粉為她選擇的人物形象。 Images of Hermione Granger, played in the "Harry Potter" films by a young Emma Watson, materialize at Warren's every move. Warren steps onto the debate stage, and her fans craft tweets where Hermione stands in as her, rolling her eyes at the boys in wizarding class. Warren reads the whole Mueller report, and Hermione smugly wags her wand. In one extremely cursed tweet with zero likes, Warren's face is transplanted onto Hermione's frame, posed alongside Beto O'Rourke as Harry and Pete Buttigieg as Ron Weasley. 《哈利波特》電影中由年輕的艾瑪．華森所飾演的妙麗的人物形象，被落實在華倫的一舉一動中。華倫走上辯論會舞台時，她的粉絲們將妙麗對魔法課上男孩翻白眼的照片製作成一則推文，妙麗成了她的化身。華倫展讀穆勒的整份報告時，妙麗得意地搖著魔仗。在一則被罵到翻、沒人按讚的推文中，華倫的臉被安到妙麗的身體上，並跟歐洛克扮演的哈利，以及布塔朱吉扮演的榮恩一起擺姿勢。 What is this strange chimera of presidential campaigning: a candidate's head on pop culture's body? It is the product of a great convergence between politics and culture, citizenship and commerce, ideology and aesthetics. Civic participation has been converted seamlessly into consumer practice. It is democracy reimagined as fandom, and it is now a dominant mode of experiencing politics. 候選人的頭配上流行文化的身體，這是總統選戰中什麼樣的奇怪幻象？它是政治與文化、公民與商業、意識形態與美學的巨大融合的產物。公民參與已經無縫接軌轉化為消費行為。它是個被重新想像成粉絲圈的民主，且現在正是體驗政治的一種主流模式。 You can see it in the efforts to sort the candidates into "Harry Potter" houses, converting the election to a personality quiz in a children's book, and in the mashup video that distills the 2020 candidates into quotes from Michael Scott, the buffoonish boss of "The Office." 在試圖把候選人分類成《哈利波特》家族人物，將選舉轉化成童書中的人格測驗、以及把 2020 年候選人發言變成《我們的辦公室》影集滑稽老闆麥可．史考特名言的混搭影片等行動中，都能看出這一點。 A photograph of three congresswomen of color is published and instantly compared to a Whitney Houston GIF, as if women interrogating Michael Cohen are analogous to Houston confronting her cheating boyfriend. Politicos of all stripes are styled as saints and stamped onto novelty devotional prayer candles. 一張三名有色人種國會女議員的照片被公佈後，立即被跟惠妮．休斯頓的照片相提並論，彷彿審問柯恩的女性就如同質問不忠男友的休斯頓，各種政治人物都被描繪成聖徒，印在新奇的祈禱蠟燭上。 Here, political engagement slips easily into the habits of consumption. President Donald Trump's fans follow him around the country like groupies, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's boosters fetishize her funnel-neck coat as a symbol of the #resistance. 在這一點上，政治參與很容易不知不覺變成消費習慣。川普總統的粉絲們像追星族一樣跟著他走遍全國，眾議院議長波洛西的支持者們則把她的漏斗領外套當作 ＃抵抗運動的象徵。 Candidates' supporters now identify as stans — a term derived from the 2000 Eminem song about a fan who becomes so obsessed, he kills. 候選人的支持者現在以 stans 自居，而這個詞源自阿姆 2000 年的歌曲，講述一位變得太痴狂、他所害死的粉絲。 Political stanning has a way of remapping the landscape of mainstream politics — maybe even overwriting physical reality itself. Frantic online cultural production swarms around Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg whenever she experiences a health scare, as if memes alone could sustain the octogenarian's life. 政治上的瘋狂迷戀往往能重繪主流政治的樣貌，甚至可能掩蓋現實世界本身。每當大法官茹絲．貝德．金斯伯格經歷一場健康恐慌時，瘋狂的網路文化產物便群起圍繞著她，彷彿只有迷因才能維持這位八旬老人的生命。 Trump's fans imbue him with improbable prowess when they edit him into pro-wrestling videos showing him smacking down CNN. But perhaps the most explicit riff on the trend was the infamous Beto O'Rourke sex tweet, which translated his political positions into sexual ones. 當川普粉絲將他編輯進職業摔角影片，顯示他擊倒 CNN 時，給他注入了不可思議的力量。而歐洛克臭名昭彰的性推文，則可能是對此一趨勢最明顯的嘲諷，因它將他的政治立場轉變成了性別立場。

歡迎收聽股癌，我是謝孟恭戒菸就如同投資，需要放棄短線刺激與快感，以追求長期的健康複利。身為過來人，我蠻鼓勵大家可以嘗試戒菸輔助品。尼古清戒菸口含錠即將上市，使用簡單零門檻，戒菸新手也容易接受，讓你不被菸癮打擾，專注生活每一刻。嘉安家護股份有限公司 台北市中山區民生東路三段2號10樓尼古清戒菸口含錠2毫克衛部藥輸第029054號北市衛藥廣字第 115070153號 ——以上廣告由 Firstory 與【月城南廣告】共同執行—— 你有沒有那種感覺？明明睡了七八個小時，隔天還是昏昏沉沉。背了好幾遍的英文單字，過兩天又全忘光。問題不一定是你不夠努力——很可能是你的大腦，已經在默默過載了。這集幕後教師室，John老師跟阿鍵老師來聊一本由澳洲腦神經科學家寫的書：Future Brain（中文版叫《啟動未來大腦》），不是教你怎麼更拼，而是教你怎麼讓腦袋用得更久、更好。你的大腦不是機器，但它也會過熱現代人的腦其實承受著大量看不見的刺激。台股開盤、LINE群組通知、客戶email、下班前還要趕一份報告——你可能沒有特別焦慮，但這些東西全都在消耗你的認知資源，你根本不知道。這本書的作者 Dr. Jenny Brockis 就是活生生的例子。他本身是腦神經科學家，結果有一天因為用腦過度，直接昏倒了。昏過去才開始認真研究：到底要怎麼保養大腦？好消息是，你的大腦天生有「神經可塑性」。就算年紀到了，只要持續給它適當的刺激，神經迴路是可以維持、甚至繼續建立連結的。這跟上次講的 Jim Kwik 有點像，差別在於 Kwik 是腦部曾受傷後需要重建，而 Dr. Jenny 的重點是：不要讓它退化。Learning 就是一種 stimulation。阿鍵老師說，就算只是把英文 podcast 放著聽——像我們的 Daily Shadowing——光是讓耳朵接觸那個頻率，對大腦就已經是一種低強度的刺激。不一定要每個字都聽懂，維持這個習慣本身就有意義。在台北捷運上通勤學英文，不用強迫自己每天坐在書桌前硬K，效果也能慢慢累積。為什麼一邊寫報告一邊接電話，兩件事都做不好Dr. Jenny Brockis 第二個重點講的是「認知頻寬」。你的大腦在同一時間能認真處理的事情是有限的——這個上限，他叫做 Cognitive Bandwidth。想像一下竹科的工程師，上午要 code review，中午還沒吃完飯要回 Slack，下午開會前還要填一張請假單。這幾件事用到的腦的部位根本不一樣，一直切換，其實非常耗電。John老師說他自己早就有這個自我保護機制：打電話就把今天所有要打的電話一起打完，key 資料就把今天的表單一次處理完，雷同的事情集中做，這樣情緒才不會變得煩躁雜亂。Dr. Jenny 的建議很直接：single tasking。不要再幻想 multitasking 很厲害了，那只是在快速消耗你的頻寬。阿鍵老師說，番茄鐘就是一個很實際的做法——固定一段時間只做一件事，然後換。把手機螢幕朝下放，給自己半小時不被 TikTok 打斷，專注力才有機會找回來。這其實也和英文學習有關：你如果學習時一直在切換、分心，那個東西根本進不去腦袋。睡覺不是浪費時間，是你腦袋的 defrag最後一點，也是 John老師說他個人最喜歡的一點：睡眠。Dr. Jenny 說得很清楚，睡覺的時候你的大腦不是在休息，它在工作——在整理記憶、清除白天累積的毒素、把短期記憶轉存成長期記憶。阿鍵老師打了個比喻，就像以前電腦 HDD 時代要定期跑 defrag，睡眠就是這個過程。你白天塞進去的東西，要靠睡覺才能真的存進去。所以如果你常常覺得背單字背了又忘、怎麼樣就是記不住，很可能不是你記憶力差，而是你睡不夠，或是睡眠品質太差，短期記憶根本來不及轉檔。John老師還提到 Shohei Ohtani——一個連睡覺溫度都要管控到精準的人，homerun 打得比誰都多。反過來說，在台北加班到十一點、回家又滑手機看美股夜盤，然後說自己學英文學不進去？大腦沒睡飽，再努力也是白搭。這集最後，兩位老師給了一個睡前小挑戰：睡前從今天的 Café 或 Daily Shadowing 挑一句喜歡的 idiom 或 phrase，念個兩遍，然後蓋起來去睡覺。隔天看看還記不記得。有點像讓大腦自己去跑 defrag，看看早上開機有沒有把那個檔案存進來。試過的人歡迎分享！

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L212: Taiwan's Literary Breakthrough on the World Stage Highlights 主題摘要Taiwan Travelogue won the 2026 International Booker Prize — the first Mandarin Chinese novel to claim the award in its ten-year history.The novel's form — a fictional translation layered with footnotes and multiple romanisation systems — pushed translator Lin King to break conventional translation rules.Two small independent publishers took a risk on an experimental work, showing that literary outsiders often champion the most groundbreaking voices.On the evening of May 19, in the Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern, Taiwan's literary world claimed a milestone it had long been working toward. Yáng Shuāng-zǐ's Taiwan Travelogue, translated into English by Lin King, was awarded the 2026 International Booker Prize — the first Mandarin Chinese novel ever to win the honour, and the first victory for Taiwanese and Taiwanese-American writers in the award's ten-year history. Jury chair Natasha Brown described the book as "captivating, slyly sophisticated," praising its ability to succeed as both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel. The £50,000 prize was split equally between author and translator. 5月19日夜晚，在倫敦泰特現代美術館渦輪大廳，臺灣文學迎來期盼已久的歷史時刻。由金翎翻譯的楊双子小說《臺灣漫遊錄》英譯本，榮獲2026年國際布克獎，成為首部獲此殊榮的華語小說，楊双子與金翎也成為該獎創立十年來首位獲獎的臺灣與臺裔美國人。評審團主席娜塔夏．布朗盛讚這部作品「迷人且暗藏機鋒」，直言它同時是一部動人的愛情故事，也是一部犀利的後殖民小說。五萬英鎊獎金由作者與譯者平分。 Taiwan Travelogue is structured as a fictional Mandarin translation of a rediscovered 1938 Japanese travel memoir, layering colonialism, language politics, and culinary desire into a single narrative. Set in Japanese-controlled Taiwan, the novel follows a Japanese writer and her Taiwanese interpreter as their relationship deepens over an island-wide food tour. This intricate metafictional conceit — a novel about translation, itself requiring translation — placed extraordinary demands on Lin King. Rather than adopting the conventional ideal of an "invisible" translator, King took a maximalist approach to visibility: the English edition includes translator footnotes, a preface, an afterword, and three distinct romanisation systems for the same written Chinese characters, deliberately refusing to simplify Taiwan's multilingual colonial reality. 《臺灣漫遊錄》以偽託1938年日文遊記的形式寫成，將殖民歷史、語言政治與飲食慾望交織於同一敘事之中。故事以日治時期的臺灣為背景，描繪一位日本女作家與她的臺灣女通譯在環島美食之旅中逐漸加深的情誼。這部後設小說本身即是一部關於翻譯的作品，卻同樣需要翻譯（才能推往國際），對英譯者金翎而言挑戰格外艱鉅。她一反「譯者隱形」的慣例，選擇以極繁主義的方式讓譯者現身：英譯本設有譯者注腳、序言與後記，並為相同的漢字保留三套不同的羅馬拼音系統，刻意拒絕將臺灣多語言、多族群的殖民現實簡化處理。 The path to publication was itself a story of calculated risk-taking by outsider institutions. The American edition was released in 2024 by Graywolf Press, a Minnesota-based non-profit literary publisher, edited by Japanese-American editor Yuka Igarashi, who worked closely with King on the English edition's complex footnote apparatus. The UK edition, released in March 2026 by Sheffield-based And Other Stories — a subscription-funded social enterprise — came after an earlier UK publisher refused to place the translator's name on the cover. Since winning the prize, the English edition has sold over 10,000 copies in the UK alone, while the original Mandarin edition has sold out across Taiwan and gone into emergency reprints. 出版之路本身也是一場以小博大的冒險。美國版由明尼蘇達州非營利文學出版社 Graywolf Press 於2024年出版，日裔美國編輯 Yuka Igarashi 與金翎密切合作，共同完善英譯本複雜的注腳體系。英國版由謝菲爾德的社會企業出版社 And Other Stories 於2026年3月出版，此前另一家英國出版社因拒絕將譯者姓名列於封面，金翎便轉而尋求他處合作。獲獎後，英國版銷量已突破一萬冊，臺灣原著則迅速售罄，出版社緊急加印。 The prize has reverberated well beyond Britain. The Japanese translation had already shattered records for Taiwanese literature in Japan, selling over 23,000 copies, and briefly topped Amazon Japan's literary rankings following the announcement. Rights enquiries have since arrived from Sweden, Hungary, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Telugu-speaking market in India, with German and Italian editions scheduled for 2027. In her acceptance speech, Lin King framed the win in explicitly political terms, pledging to translate only Taiwanese works until the island's sovereignty is no longer treated as "a provocation or a joke" in the English-speaking world. Yáng, in turn, declared that literature, however quiet and slow, never abandons its conviction — and never stops reaching across borders. 這座獎項的震盪遠不止於英國。日文版早已刷新臺灣文學在日本的銷售紀錄，發行量逾2.3萬冊，獲獎消息傳出後更一度登上日本亞馬遜文學類榜首。瑞典、匈牙利、印尼、越南及印度泰盧固語等版本的版權洽談相繼展開，德文版與義大利文版預定2027年出版。金翎在致詞中明確表態，她將持續只翻譯臺灣作品，直到臺灣主權在英語世界不再被當作「挑釁或笑話」。楊双子則說，文學看似緩慢，卻始終堅定前行，從未放棄信念，也從未停止跨越邊界。 Keyword Drills 關鍵字Postcolonial [adjective, relating to the cultural, political, or social legacy of former colonial rule]: The author took a postcolonial view of her country's history.Metafictional [adjective, describing fiction that self-consciously draws attention to its own nature as a constructed narrative]: The metafictional novel reminded readers they were reading a story.Maximalist [adjective, using elaborate, complex, or layered detail as a deliberate artistic choice]: The maximalist design packed every inch with colour and texture.Reverberate [verb, to have a lasting or wide-reaching effect]: The election result reverberated across the entire region.Rights enquiries [noun phrase, formal expressions of interest from publishers seeking to acquire permission to publish a work in a new language or territory]: Rights enquiries flooded in after the award was announced.Reference article: 1. https://www.twreporter.org/a/taiwan-travelogue-from-taiwan-to-the-world 2. https://www.moc.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=105&s=255699