李老師陪你探索英文世界 Exploring English with Ms. Lee

🎬 如果諾蘭（Christopher Nolan）來拍奧德賽… 我邊講邊在想，如果這位擅長處理「時間」與「記憶」的大導來翻拍，他會如何處理這場橫跨二十年的心理戰？ 🎙️ 本集精彩看點： 1. 奧德修斯如何通過老婆的「家具測驗」？ 2. 與老父親在果樹下的謊言與重逢（原來多疑是遺傳？）。 3. 暴力循環的終點：人類靠武力，真的能換來和平嗎？請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr https://youtu.be/90VUO7jbvIY -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

【奧德賽 Ep.6：乞丐變戰神！一場遲到了 20 年的血色復仇 🏹】 如果《奧德賽》被拍成電影，這集絕對是限制級的「大屠殺」高潮！ 當所有傲慢的求婚者都拉不開那把神弓，那個被嘲笑是「外邦笨蛋」的老乞丐緩緩站起身……接著，雷聲大作，箭如雨下。連奧德修斯的親兒子 Telemachus 都忍不住感嘆：「這才是真男人！」 但最精彩的還不只是復仇，而是： 為何 Penelope 看到殺光敵人的丈夫，第一反應不是擁抱，而是「冷眼觀察」？ 難道 20 年的等待，換來的只有懷疑嗎？ 這集我們聊： ✨ 奧德修斯的「靈魂印記」與血腥屠殺。 ✨ 為什麼連英雄也需要「穿搭」才能被認出來？ ✨ 夫妻之間的智力博弈 【這集超血腥！慎入（才怪）… 關於一個 20 年沒回家的男人 🏹】 這集《奧德賽》基本上就是： 求婚者 Antinous（請想像囂張版的羅伯·派汀森）在大廳霸凌老乞丐，結果下一秒直接被神箭「物理超渡」。 Ms. Lee 劃重點時間： 🚩 裝弱是種藝術：兒子 Telemachus 演技爆棚，差點連自己都騙了。 🚩 穿搭的重要性：奧德修斯沒換衣服前，連老婆都當他是陌生人。（男生們，別再說穿搭不重要了！） 🚩 最強豬隊友與神隊友：看忠心奴隸如何識別「靈魂印記」。 最後，Penelope 的冷靜真的讓我起雞皮疙瘩。如果是妳，20 年後老公突然出現在家門口還殺光了妳討厭的人，妳會馬上衝過去抱他，還是先考考他的「通關密語」？ 想知道這場復仇大戲的細節？趕快點開 Podcast！ 李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

跟著李老師一起學習這些進階單字，讓你的英文表達更上一層樓！ 1. Ascend (v.) 攀登、上升（在此次文化中指「顏值進化」） • 原句： They realized that there was kind of nothing that they could do to stop my ascension (名詞). • 例句： The young executive quickly ascended the corporate ladder. (這位年輕主管快速攀升了企業階梯。) 2. Virtuous (adj.) 道德高尚的、有美德的 • 原句： He believes any step toward increasing his beauty to be virtuous. • 例句： She is known for her virtuous character and kind heart. (她以高尚的品格和善良的心聞名。) 3. Ubiquitous (adj.) 無所不在的 • 原句： Videos of Clavicular have become so ubiquitous on X that its head of product recently threatened, jokingly, that he would shut down the site. • 例句： Smartphones have become ubiquitous in modern society. (智慧型手機在現代社會已變得無所不在。) 4. Candor (n.) 坦白、直率 • 原句： These one-on-ones with female admirers had become a popular recurring feature… for reasons Clavicular articulated with typically savage candor. • 例句： I appreciate your candor in sharing your true feelings with me. (我很感謝你坦率地與我分享你的真實感受。) 5. Abject (adj.) 悲慘的、可憐的、卑微的 • 原句： His was a subculture for abject men hoping to change their lives. • 例句： The refugees were living in abject poverty. (難民們生活在悲慘的貧困之中。) 6. Inadequacy (n.) 不足、無法勝任、自卑感 • 原句： …who produced many of the feelings of inadequacy behind looksmaxxing in the first place. • 例句： The challenging task highlighted his feelings of inadequacy. (這項充滿挑戰的任務凸顯了他自覺能力不足的感受。) 7. Nihilistic (adj.) 虛無主義的（認為世界毫無意義） • 原句： Clavicular’s extreme methods, bizarre argot and nihilistic worldview… • 例句： The movie explores the nihilistic attitudes of rebellious teenagers. (這部電影探討了叛逆青少年的虛無主義態度。) 8. Disenfranchised (adj.) 被剝奪權利的、被邊緣化的 • 原句： Thus began a rapid conquest of social media… during which the two discussed “the disenfranchised young man.” • 例句： The charity aims to support disenfranchised youth in urban areas. (該慈善機構旨在支持城市地區被邊緣化的青年。) 9. Miasma (n.) 瘴氣、(比喻)不健康的環境或氛圍 • 原句： The miasma of nihilism swirling around Clavicular has made him an irresistible symbol of social decline. • 例句： A miasma of despair hung over the abandoned factory town. (絕望的氛圍籠罩著這座廢棄的工廠小鎮。) 10. Incongruously (adv.) 不協調地、不合適地 • 原句： Clavicular’s dates often take place in such incongruously wholesome places: Disney World, the zoo. • 例句： The modern glass building stood incongruously among the historical brick houses. (那棟現代玻璃建築矗立在歷史悠久的磚房之中，顯得格格不入。) 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

離家20年，回家的第一件事竟是「測驗老婆」？英雄與渣男的一線之隔。 「傷疤不只是痛苦的印記，更是你所經歷過的磨難與奮鬥所形塑的地圖。」 在這一集裡，你會聽到英雄最真實（也最心狠手辣）的一面，也會學到如何用英文描述那種「超越語言的忠誠」。 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

單字 1️⃣ rely on 依賴 原句 They rely on a translation app. 例句 Many students rely on Google to check vocabulary. 2️⃣ render 使成為 / 轉換成 原句 to render a text translation of what they say 在科技文章常見意思是 「轉換、呈現」 例句 The software renders speech into text. 3️⃣ navigate 導航 / 引導 / 處理 原句 One of them chatted and navigated. 延伸意思 navigate a situation 處理某種情況 例句 She learned to navigate a new culture. 4️⃣ chortle 咯咯笑 原句 he held his chortle for a few seconds 這是比較生動的笑聲字。 例句 The children chortled at the joke. 5️⃣ misunderstanding 誤解 原句 there were key misunderstandings 例句 Many arguments start with misunderstandings. 6️⃣ transcend 超越 原句 attraction transcends fluency 意思是 超越語言能力 例句 Great music transcends language barriers. 7️⃣ muddle through 勉強應付 / 撐過去 原句 people can understand each other — or at least muddle through. 例句 We didn't know what to do, but we muddled through. 8️⃣ decipher 破解 / 解讀 原句 learn to decipher language 例句 Scientists try to decipher ancient texts. 9️⃣ breakthrough 突破 原句 the major breakthrough came a decade later 例句his discovery was a major breakthrough in medicine. 🔟 fundamentally 本質上 原句 This technique is fundamentally about language processing. 例句 The two ideas are fundamentally different. 1️⃣1️⃣ falter 結巴 / 表現不佳 原句 the A.I. did OK, but it faltered on longer ones 例句 His voice faltered during the speech. 1️⃣2️⃣ verify 確認 / 核實 原句 The person speaking needs to verify what they said. 例句 Please verify the information before publishing. 1️⃣3️⃣ interfere with 干擾 原句 background noise can interfere with accurate speech recognition 例句 Noise can interfere with concentration. 1️⃣4️⃣ demonstrate 展示 / 證明 原句 Microsoft demonstrated its ability to do simultaneous translation. 例句 The experiment demonstrated the theory. 1️⃣5️⃣ lasting 持久的 原句 a lasting marriage 例句 They built a lasting friendship. 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

《奧德賽》第四集上線啦！我們的主角奧德修斯終於回到家鄉 Ithaca，但他沒有選擇大聲宣告「我回來啦」，反而展現了他極致的「疑心病生存法則」！ 這集到底多精彩？三個荒謬又真實的亮點帶你看： 1️⃣ 連神都敢騙的男人： 遇到智慧女神雅典娜，奧德修斯面不改色地瞎掰身世。雅典娜不但沒生氣，還稱讚他：「要比騙術，連神都很難贏你！」 2️⃣ 階級的諷刺： 宮殿裡的高富帥求婚者像寄生蟲一樣白吃白喝；反而是最底層的奴隸豬農，願意把僅有的好酒好肉分給一個落魄乞丐。 3️⃣ 外貌協會的悲哀： 面對失散 20 年的兒子，奧德修斯必須靠雅典娜一秒變回「高富帥」的王者風範，父子才能相認大哭。（老師OS：看來古今中外，顏值跟氣場還是很重要的⋯我以後出門還是稍微化個妝好了💄） 📖 本集雅典娜金句： "To outwit you in all your tricks, a person or a god would need to be an expert at deceit." （要在詭計上勝過你，無論是人或神都必須是個欺騙專家。） 20 年的歲月可以改變很多事，包含友誼、信任和純真。聽完這集，也許你也會對 "Live in the present" 有更深的體會。 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

【爸爸不在家 20 年，男孩該如何一夜長大？】 如果你在天堂般的小島「躺平」七年，飯來張口、還有女神陪睡，你真的會想家嗎？🏠 這集《李老師陪你探索英文世界》，我們要聊聊《奧德賽》中最容易被忽視、卻也最感人的前四章。主角奧德修斯遲到了五卷才出場，而這段時間，他的家鄉 Ithaca 正在經歷一場慢性的毀滅。 💡 本集看點精華：  • 戰後 PTSD 與啟動動能： 目睹同袍被獨眼巨人像「吃雞腿」一樣生吞，奧德修斯在安逸中待了七年，靈魂卻沒被腐蝕，這種強大的「重新啟動」能量，身為工作狂的我有深刻體會！  • Morgan Housel 的財富迷思： 為什麼在天堂也會內耗？因為只要是人，大腦就會幫自己找煩惱。  • 王后的「拆掉重來」術： 面對一群想掠奪王權的惡霸求婚者，機智的 Penelope 如何利用一塊「織不完的壽衣」瞞天過海四年？  • 好萊塢選角戰翻天： 諾蘭新片的卡司名單！當 Tom Holland 遇上 Zendaya，還有 Lupita Nyong'o 飾演的絕世美女海倫，為什麼這對世紀夫妻的互動既荒謬又愛「甩鍋」？ 這不只是一場尋父之旅，更是一場關於「缺席的父親」與「男孩的成年禮」。聽聽 Emily Wilson 簡潔有力的英譯，看 Telemachus 如何從在大廳爆哭，到決定扛起男人的責任。 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

想像一下：你被困在一個比天堂還美的小島上，身邊有一位永遠青春美麗的女神陪睡，有無盡的美酒佳餚，甚至只要你點頭，她就能賜予你「長生不老」的超能力。 換作是你，你會走嗎？ 在《奧德賽》的第五卷，英雄奧德修斯被困在女神 Calypso 的島上整整七年。這裡沒有 Scylla 的六個頭，也沒有獨眼巨人的恐嚇，只有極致的安逸與享受。 但這位「機智王」卻每天坐在岸邊，對著大海心碎流淚： "Even so, I want to go back home." (即便如此，我依然渴望回家。) 為什麼他寧願選擇會變老、會變醜、最後會死去的凡人妻子 Penelope，也不要長生不老的女神？ 這集 Podcast，李老師要帶大家走進這個神話中最具哲學深度的時刻 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

英雄也想躺平？從《奧德賽》的食蓮人島與女巫魔藥，看現代人的「逃避主義」 (Escapism) 不走進冥界，就找不到回家的路：奧德修斯的生死覺醒與英雄的代價 「我寧願做窮農夫，也不願做亡魂之王」——連阿基里斯都看透的生命真相，解析《奧德賽》冥界之旅 You cannot move forward without confronting the past：從《奧德賽》看宿命論與自由意志 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

「為什麼在 2026 年，全世界都在瘋《奧德賽》？從博恩的喜劇到諾蘭的新片，這部古老史詩藏著什麼祕密？」 內文： 荷馬史詩不只是教科書上的名詞，它是關於「回家」與「尋找自我」的最強劇本。 本集節目，李老師將帶你導讀經典回憶錄《奧德賽》： ✨ Emily Wilson 譯本為什麼必讀？ 第一位女譯者的獨特視角。 ✨ 一個人能有多少面向？ 奧德修斯是英雄還是騙子？你的父親是嚴師還是老頑童？ ✨ 跨越 20 年的缺席： 當父親終於出現在面前，你如何認出他？ 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

誰偷走了蒙娜麗莎？🔍】 1911 年，這幅畫消失了兩年。 當時的警長認定是「高智商組織」幹的，結果呢？ 真相，往往藏在我們的「偏見」之外。 本集亮點： ✨ 傳奇對決： 權力至上的「小國王」署長 vs. 永保好奇心的「局外人」達文西。 ✨ 天才真面目：達文西其實有嚴重的拖延症？甚至被米開朗基羅酸是「沒作品的小鮮肉」？ ✨ 閱讀的本質： 為什麼在 AI 時代，我還是堅持叫學生「自己去讀書」？ 💡 本集金句： 「不要把你的『學習』外包出去。當你讀摘要時，你也錯過了那些唯有你能體會的生命共鳴。」 閱讀英文，是為了養出看待世界的結構力。 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://www.facebook.com/share/183aCt9JLx/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

不刷題也能考 多益960？李老師回歸：從蒙娜麗莎失蹤案，看懂「閱讀」的降維打擊。消失的蒙娜麗莎： 1911 年那場驚天大案，如何讓一幅畫變成「全球巨星」？ 我想對正在學英文的你，或是為孩子英文煩惱的家長說： 「刷題練的是反應，閱讀世界養的是『結構』。有結構的孩子，不容易崩；有視野的孩子，不容易迷路。」 英文不只是分數，它是你的「選擇權」，是讓你在 AI 時代依然能保有獨立判斷力的武器。 請李老師喝杯咖啡，支持她繼續說英文故事 https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee?igsh=MWV2ZXA3aXhqcnprdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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小學五年級的你，平常都在做些什麼？又曾經為了什麼事，焦慮到整晚睡不著覺？ 這本書，用圖像與文字描繪出一段令人心碎，卻也讓人看見希望的成長歷程。在安樂生活之中，我們煩惱的是成績與排名；但在世界的某個角落，有孩子只是希望能有機會走進教室。對我們來說，學校也許是壓力來源；但對世界某些孩子而言，能上學，是一個奢侈的夢。 他們最大的願望，不是考第一，而是——能有個安全、安穩、有尊嚴的生活。 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AJGgJEBtz/ 《When Stars Are Scattered 》今年也收錄在書林的高中職讀書心得比賽推薦書單，目前在特價中。 高雄書林這次為個別訂書的讀者開了團購連結， 9/19前在表單中登記團購，順利成團的話即可享有團購買書送書優惠：https://forms.gle/jWV8p4HUSiAqcHtE8 ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著老師喝完咖啡的力量，成為你學習英文的超能力！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

這本書在 2012 年出版後立刻引起轟動，不僅拿下許多獎項，也在 BookTok 上被瘋狂推薦，後來甚至拍成電影。有趣的是，當年我完全錯過這個風潮，直到有一天在女兒的書桌上看到它。我還以為她買的是哲學書，結果她淡淡說：「同志青少年小說啦。」 如果你也喜歡成長小說、友情故事，或單純想讀一本會讓人反思「我是誰」的小說，我真心推薦你讀讀這本 《Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe》。或許，你也會在故事裡，找到屬於自己的「宇宙秘密」。 #李老師陪你探索英文世界 #英文閱讀 #成長小說 #AristotleandDanteㄌㄧ #成長小說 #YA小說#同志文學#AristotleAnd https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HKDrxNgdF/ 高雄書林這次為個別訂書的讀者開了團購連結， 9/19前在表單中登記團購，順利成團的話即可享有團購買書送書優惠：https://forms.gle/jWV8p4HUSiAqcHtE8 ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著老師喝完咖啡的力量，成為你學習英文的超能力！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

《Impossible Creatures》自 2023 年出版後隨即登上暢銷書排行榜冠軍，這絕非偶然。全書三百多頁，節奏明快、情節緊湊，大概從第二十頁開始，我就被故事緊緊抓住，以一天一百頁的速度狂飆，三天內讀完。閱讀的過程像搭上一台情緒雲霄飛車——緊張、驚奇、難過、感動，不捨，一波接一波，每次轉折都讓我心跳加快，完全捨不得放下書本。 #不只是奇幻 #ImpossibleCreatures#KatherineRundell#小說推薦#奇獸與少年#閱讀的魔法#童書的力量 #李老師陪你探索英文世界 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17AuzXTN2e/ 高雄書林這次為個別訂書的讀者開了團購連結， 9/19前在表單中登記團購，順利成團的話即可享有團購買書送書優惠：https://forms.gle/jWV8p4HUSiAqcHtE8 ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著老師喝完咖啡的力量，成為你學習英文的超能力！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

高雄書林這次為個別訂書的讀者開了團購連結， 9/19前在表單中登記團購，順利成團的話即可享有團購買書送書優惠：https://forms.gle/jWV8p4HUSiAqcHtE8 ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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Charlotte’s Web 夏綠蒂的網，今年也收錄在書林的高中職讀書心得比賽推薦書單，目前在特價中。 高雄書林這次為個別訂書的讀者開了團購連結， 9/19前在表單中登記團購，順利成團的話即可享有團購買書送書優惠：https://forms.gle/jWV8p4HUSiAqcHtE8 ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著書本裡的溫情，成為你學習英文的軟實力！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Craig Mod 在19歲離鄉遠赴日本，是因為他想逃離那個讓他感到羞恥、痛苦、失望的成長環境。 那不只是一次留學， 而是一場「賭上一切」的改命行動。 他的童年是陰影，但養母給了他希望；日本，則給了他一條通往嶄新人生的路！ ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著啟發人心的生命故事，成為你學習英文的能量！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

相關介紹影片： Why Japan is Winning the War on Distraction https://youtu.be/BfiUXiTg5z4?si=W0SH3bKOciytwx6p The Craft of "Kissa by Kissa" — Bookmaking in Japan https://youtu.be/l4u5_UyQoyw?si=lQs-jGiIox0IeZeT ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的人物介紹，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著李老師的視界，為你學習英文的路上增添許多風景！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Anyone who knows me knows that I need my daily dose of caffeine (咖啡因) to kick start (啟動、開始) a happy, productive (有生產力的) work day. Without it, I will basically (基本上) be like a zombie. So when I found out that caffeine not only offers a quick boost (增強、提升) of energy but also health benefits (好處、益處), I’m like Hallelujah! More reasons for the indulgence (放縱、沉溺). In a new study presented (發表、呈現) at the annual (年度的) meeting of the American Society of Nutrition (營養學會), researchers (研究人員) followed more than 47000 female nurses starting in the 1970s, and they discovered (發現) that those who drank the most caffeine, about the equivalent (相當於) of nearly seven cups of coffee a day, had odds (機率、可能性) of healthy aging (健康老化) that were 13 percent higher than those who consumed (消耗、攝取) the least caffeine. The research also suggested (暗示、顯示) that people who drink coffee regularly (規律地) have lower risks (風險) of heart disease (心臟病), Type 2 diabetes (第二型糖尿病), Parkinson’s disease (帕金森氏症), and liver disease (肝病). However researchers aren’t entirely (完全地) sure why coffee may be beneficial (有益的). The biggest takeaway (重點、收穫) for me of course is that my daily source of happiness is now completely (完全地) validated (證實、確認). ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著老師喝完咖啡的力量，成為你學習英文的超能力！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Adam Riess was just 27 when he began the research that would earn him the Nobel Prize in Physics, and only 41 when he received the honor. His groundbreaking (突破性的) work revealed that distant galaxies are receding (後退；遠離) faster than expected — a discovery that pointed to an accelerating (加速的) expansion of the universe. While Riess excelled (擅長) at making precise (精確的) astronomical observations, explaining this acceleration fell to theorists (理論學家), who proposed the existence of a mysterious (神祕的) force: dark energy (暗能量). According to these theorists, dark energy is pushing galaxies apart at an increasing rate. Telescopes today can detect hundreds of billions of galaxies, but trillions (兆，萬億) of years from now, dark energy may drive them so far away that they become invisible (無法看見的). Eventually, the universe could end in a state of heat death — cold, dark, and lifeless. This vision forms the foundation of the “standard model of cosmology” (宇宙學標準模型). However, in recent years, many cosmologists (宇宙學家) — including Riess himself — have begun to question this model. After winning the Nobel, Riess noticed a shift (轉變) in how others treated him. Some became reserved (拘謹的；內斂的); others argued over minor (微小的；不重要的) issues. But instead of stepping back into administrative (行政的) roles or a speaking tour, Riess stayed focused on research. Using data from the Hubble Telescope, he developed more accurate (準確的) methods for measuring cosmic distances. The more he refined (精煉；改進) his calculations, the more he noticed inconsistencies (不一致). New data suggested that dark energy may have been stronger in the early universe but has since weakened (減弱) — possibly losing much of its force several billion years ago. If this trend is confirmed (證實), it would upend (顛覆) the current understanding of cosmic expansion. Rather than expanding forever, the universe might eventually slow down and settle into a static (靜止的) state. In that case, intelligent life could persist (持續存在) far longer than previously believed. As a scientist committed to be deferential (尊重的；順從的) to the data, Riess is energized (被激勵的) by the possibility that the standard model could be wrong. Cosmology, once seemingly settled (塵埃落定的；穩定的), is now alive with debate (爭論) — and a new vision of the universe may be just over the horizon. ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著老師的英文新聞，讓新觀點來照亮各個黑暗的角落！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

美國作家 Johnnie Christmas 的視覺文學小說 《Swim Team》，便是一本鼓勵青少年跨出舒適圈，勇敢挑戰自我的精彩作品，特別適合國中階段的孩子閱讀。作者以輕鬆的敘事語調、細膩的角色描寫以及濃厚的情感刻畫，引導讀者隨著圖文走進主角 Bree 的世界，瞭解她如何擺脫困境與成長過程。 我衷心推薦這本《Swim Team》給國中高年級以上的學生，尤其是那些正處於自我探索與信心建立階段的孩子。這不僅是一個關於「學會游泳」的故事，更是關於「學會面對自己」與「學會理解世界」的成長旅程。成人如你我者不妨也陪著孩子們游入那座看似深不見底的泳池，與他們一起探索，共同理解真正的勇氣並非從不感到畏懼，而是即使害怕，還願意繼續嘗試著努力達成目標。 ✒️Quotes We affect other people in ways we can’t guess, like a puzzle waiting for its solution! Remember, everyone learns step-by-step. Learning a little more each time. It’s like adding pieces to a puzzle. ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著老師的英文書單，讓故事點亮心中的各個角落！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

As a kid, my favorite holiday was Christmas. I’m sure it is still most kids’ favorite holiday today. You wake up on Christmas morning full of happiness and hope for what Santa might bring you this year. Imagine what you might feel like if you are literally（真正地，名副其實地） the resident（居民） of Ravaniemi, Finland, also known as Santa’s hometown. It might be a dream come true for kids, but not for every resident living there. During the tourist season, you can barely（幾乎不） move around in a supermarket because it is always packed（擠滿的） with tourists. In 2024, the city had 1.5 million overnight stay tourists, but it only has 60,000 permanent（永久的） residents. The Christmas season stretches（延伸） from October to the end of March. That is a long time to co-inhabit（共同居住） the town with tourists. How did this town on the edge of the Arctic Circle become known as Santa’s hometown? Well, at the end of World War II, before retreating（撤退） from Ravaniemi, the defeated German soldiers decided to burn the entire town down. After the war, Finland hired a renowned（著名的） Finnish architect to redesign the town, and he decided to design it in the shape of a reindeer head. But it took a while for Santa to make his entrance. It would require another marketing stroke of genius（絕妙點子） to make that happen. In 1984, a Soviet missile accidentally landed in a frozen lake a few hours’ drive outside the town. The town’s tourism department had an idea of sending a man dressed in Santa Claus suit there, along with hundreds of international journalists and officials searching for the missing missile pieces. Then in 1985, Santa Claus Village officially opened to the world. It had a very slow start, first only attracting Finns. But after tour operators installed all kinds of facilities that were not indigenous（本地的） or native to the place, like dog sledding, igloos, business took off. Now the village has seven hotels, more than 20 restaurants and too many souvenir（紀念品） shops to count. At least two Santas work in different locations. To be Santa, you have to be able to carry on small talk（寒暄） in 20 languages. To meet and talk to Santa is free, but a photo will cost you 40 euros. How do locals feel about the tourism boom（繁榮，激增）? It is pretty divisive（造成分歧的）. For one, the tension between short-term renters and permanent residents is increasing. One resident said tourists renting apartments had undermined（削弱） the feeling of community and eroded（侵蝕，逐漸破壞） a sense of safety. Ravaniemi is also a college town with two universities and more than 10,000 students. Students are finding it increasingly difficult to find affordable（負擔得起的） housing. But some residents welcome the influx（湧入） of tourists. One said during the peak（高峰的） season, he can get 500 euros a night for his one-bedroom unit, and if he is able to rent out his apartment three nights a month, he will be able to cover his mortgage（房貸） and other expenses（開支） that month. Officials from the tourism bureau say that tourism isn’t bad, but the growth has to be controlled（受到控制的）. So my question to you is: if this happens to your hometown, how will you feel about the boom? ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著英文時事，體會不一樣的奇葩情節在世界各個角落 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

When ChatGPT was first released in 2022, it caused a lot of panic（恐慌） among educators because it has made cheating even easier for students. Teachers fear（擔心） that students will use it to write their essays, solve math problems, or prepare for presentations. Work that used to take students hours to finish will now be done within a few seconds. To prevent large-scale cheating from happening, some schools ban（禁止） the use of ChatGPT, while some employ（採用） the AI detection services. But recently the tables have turned in the US. Some students are complaining（抱怨） on websites such as Rate My Professors about their teachers’ over dependence（過度依賴） on AI. In February, Ella Stapleton, a senior of Northeastern University, discovered（發現） that her business professor used ChatGPT to make his PowerPoint and slide presentations for classes. She was shocked（震驚） by the discovery. What fumed（激怒） her even more was that the syllabus forbade（禁止） “academically dishonest activities”, including the use of AI. She called out（公開批評） on the teacher’s hypocrisy（虛偽）, and given the high cost of the tuition, Ella filed a formal complaint（提出正式申訴） with the school and demanded reimbursement（要求退款） of tuition for that class, which could amount to more than $8000. More and more educators are incorporating（整合） AI into their class planning and grade assessment. When asked by The New York Times, professors said that AI chatbots helped them save time（節省時間） and deal with overwhelming（壓倒性的） amount of work. There is still no consensus（共識） among educators as to what kind of AI use is acceptable（可接受的）, so we will be likely to see more conflicts（衝突） between students and teachers over this in the near future. ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文書，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著英文時事，體會不一樣的奇葩情節在世界各個角落 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We all have only one life to live, so why not live it to its fullest? I encourage you all to try something new, whether it be grand or small. Try a new food, learn a new skill, do something that scares you. It’s okay to be embarrassed. Be patient with yourself. Go at your own pace, but most importantly, go find adventure. It may be good. It may be bad. But in the end, you’ll know yourself better, and at the very least you’ll have a story to tell. A First Time for Everything, David Santat ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文書，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，藉著英文書本，體會不一樣的生命故事在世界各個角落 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, experienced the same kind of sharp reversal (急遽的逆轉) of fortune that is often featured in their collected fairy tales. Shortly after the births of the brothers, 1785 and 1786, their father was promoted to serve as the magistrate (地方法官), so the Grimms moved into a mansion with maids and a cook. They lived a fairy-tale like life. But one day, bad fortune struck. In 1796, their father, only 44 years old, suddenly died of pneumonia (肺炎). Without their father’s income, the family were forced to move to an almshouse (救濟院) just next door — cursed with a view of their beautiful former house. The main reason for the brothers to collect all the fairy tales, legends, myths (神話) was to create a national identity (民族認同) for German speakers. This was before there was a Germany. They also began working on the most comprehensive (全面的、詳盡的) dictionary of the German language. Unfortunately neither lived to see the birth of their country. The brothers were extremely close, virtually (幾乎) inseparable (難分離的). During their college years, Jacob briefly worked abroad for a professor, his brother wrote to him, “When you left, I thought my heart would tear in two. I couldn’t stand it.” Jacob vowed (發誓) that it would never happen again and drew out his plan for their future life together. “We will presumably (大概、可能) at last live quite withdrawn (隱居的、離群的) and isolated (孤立的), for we will not have many friends, and I do not enjoy acquaintances (泛泛之交).” When the younger brother Wilhelm married, Jacob lived with his brother and new sister-in-law. Had their father not passed away at such a young age, the brothers might not have had the drive (動力). After the death of their dad, Jacob and Wilhelm no longer enjoyed the status (社會地位) that came with being the sons of an official. They had to pay their own way. Jacob wrote in his autobiography (自傳), “Sparseness (匱乏、貧困)spurs (激勵) a person to industriousness (勤奮) and work, keeps one from many a distraction (分心的事物) and infuses (注入) one with noble (高尚的) pride and keeps one conscious of self-achievement (自我成就).” The Brothers Grimm were born and raised in the province of Hessen, 黑森州，法蘭克福市所在地, which had been settled in ancient times by the Chatti people, viewed as more barbarian (野蠻的) and tougher than other Germanic tribes during the Roman Empire. Due to its rugged terrain (崎嶇地形), the area became famous for mercenaries (傭兵). Twenty-five percent of British land forces in the American Revolutionary War were Hessian. This was mentioned in a Magic Treehouse book that we talked about before. Because of a popular illustration (插畫) that appeared in an eighteen-nineties German magazine, we believe that the brothers collected their fairy tales from older, peasant (鄉下的、農民的) women, but this is actually not the case. The women that told the brothers the tales were well-educated (受良好教育的) women from affluent (富裕的) families who got their stories from villages and servants that they hired. ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，讓學習的影響力，像童話故事一樣，源遠流長 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Tolkien對於fairy tales重要性的解釋，他的想法也深深影響了CS Lewis. Fairy tales lead us into a unique place where we can experience three particular（特殊的） gifts: escape, consolation（撫慰） and recovery（恢復）. Escape offers flight from the daily grief（悲傷） and suffering（苦痛） of our reality. And in allowing our deep longings（渴望） for hope and wonder to come true, it brings real peace to our hearts. And by shedding the familiar, we see the final gift, recovery, which allows us to see the world from a fresh, clear perspective（觀點）. ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，讓學習的力量，像奇幻故事的渲染力一樣，無遠佛屆 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

當你打開門，看到成千上百的水豚跟你在同一個豪宅社區裡生活，你覺得如何呢？ During the pandemic, when residents retreated (撤退) indoors, the capybara began to colonize (佔領) the manicured (精心修剪的) neighborhood of a wealthy gated community (有門禁的社區) of 45,000 people, north of Buenos Aires. Since 2020, the number of capybaras has multiplied (激增) to nearly 1,000. Walking in the community, you can find capybara families grazing (啃食) near the tennis courts, napping (打盹) on the volleyball courts, traversing (穿越) the streets. Most residents admitted (承認) the animals are cute, but they also cause traffic accidents (交通意外), ravage (肆虐) gardens, and sometimes have attacked (攻擊) some of the smallest dogs in the community. As a result, some residents view capybaras as dangerous (危險的) and invasive (入侵性的) and even fear (害怕) for their young children. But some are avid advocates (擁護者) of this seemingly harmless animal. Advocates have protested (抗議) in the street and gathered signatures (簽名) to push for a capybara nature reserve (自然保護區). They argue that the capybara population is only increasing because developers (開發商) destroyed the animals’ wild habitat (棲息地), forcing them out of the forest and into the suburbs. Thirty years ago, this community was untouched (未受破壞的) wetlands (濕地) where capybaras roamed freely, hunted by their natural predators (掠食者) like pumas and jaguars. But in the late 1990s, one of the richest men in Argentina, Mr. Constantini, began converting this wilderness (荒野) to a gated community with shopping centers and golf courses. Naturally, the developers don’t appear to be interested in the plea to give capybaras a piece of land for them to once again roam freely. Instead, they turn to sterilization (絕育) as the only solution. ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，讓學習的力量，像水豚的繁殖能力一樣，生生不息🐁 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

家庭媽網紅利用小孩拍片牟利，最後導致孩子身心受虐，進而推動法律改革, Being a red state (紅州，政治上偏保守的州), the legislator there is very skeptical (懷疑的) about intruding (干涉、侵犯) into family life with government regulations, with laws, so it’s a big surprise that Utah just became the first state to pass a law (通過法律) that requires online influencers who use their children to market their brands to set aside (預留、保留) money for the kids. And the law also grants (授予) the kids to take down all contents that they deem (認為) inappropriate once they reach adulthood. So why did a conservative state like Utah go out of their way to enact (制定) a law which they would normally consider an intrusion into family life? The bill was actually lobbied (遊說) and written by two daughters of a former Utah mom influencer, Ruby Franke. Many of you may not know this, but Utah is actually home to many popular mom influencers in the US. It has long been a family-first (以家庭為重的) kind of state due to a large percentage of its population being members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormon. The Mormon community has encouraged big family which usually has at least six kids and women to stay home as primary caregiver. Even though women mostly stay home, they are encouraged by the church to financially contribute to the family from home. So they have come up with all sorts of family business models. And since the American public have long been curious about (對…好奇) the lifestyle of Mormon, vlogging has become a popular way for wives here to capitalize on (利用…來賺錢) the curiosity. Ruby Franke is one of the popular mom influencers. Ruby Franke is a mother of six kids, and was married to Kevin Franke, an engineering college professor. Around 2015, they decided to start a YouTube channel which they named Eight Passengers because of the number of people in the family. The channel quickly took off (起飛，爆紅) and eventually it garnered (獲得) almost 3 million subscribers. Ruby chronicled (紀錄) the daily life of the family. People were fascinated by (被…吸引) their home life and how Ruby and Kevin raised their kids based on the teaching of the Mormon theology. The camera was constantly rolling, and every moment of kids’ lives was exposed (曝光) to the public, including their most humiliating (羞辱性的) moments. Ruby was making good money from the videos. But sometime around 2020, this perfect family image started to disintegrate (瓦解). Viewers began to notice some inappropriate content and comments made by Ruby. For example, once Ruby got into a pretty serious car accident with all her six kids in the car, but throughout the accident, she continued filming. Her kids’ distraught (心煩意亂) and distress (痛苦、困境) were all captured for viewers to see. And some viewers also noticed some of the punishments (懲罰) that Ruby issued to her kids were unusually severe, such as depriving them of food or bed to sleep on. Fast forward to (快轉到) 2023, Ruby and Kevin separated, and Ruby moved in with her therapist, taking two of her youngest kids. And the Eight Passengers YouTube was shut down. Then everything was even more bizarre (怪異的) and scarier when in 2023, one of the youngest kids escaped (逃跑) and knocked on a neighbor‘s door, asking them to call the police. The kid looked malnourished (營養不良的) and scrawny (瘦弱的). The police went to Ruby’s house and found the second kid. They also discovered Ruby and her therapist had been depriving kids of food and forcing them to work in hot sun, and all in the name of turning them into “good, obedient” kids. Last year Ruby was sentenced to (被判刑) 30 years in jail, pleading guilty (認罪) in all counts of child abuse. But that’s not enough for Ruby’s oldest daughter, Sheri. She wants all kids like her to be protected by law. According to her own statement, “every video shoot remained a special kind of torture (折磨).” We see all these YouTube or IG videos of happy families but we really don’t know the truth behind the images. ☕️如果你喜歡李老師分享的英文故事，歡迎請老師來喝杯咖啡，讓學習的觸角，引領你探索未知的角落！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

How much are you willing to go in the name of science? Are you willing to take a sniff at a 5000-year-old mummy? Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians mummified（做成木乃伊）their important societal figures（社會重要人物）after they died. In order to know how well-preserved（保存良好）are the mummies, or to put it more bluntly, in order to know whether the bodies underneath layers of wrapping have started to rot, scientists decided to put them to a smelling test（氣味測試）. The researchers used a technique called gas chromatography（氣相層析法）which could separate（分離）the different scents（氣味）inside the sarcophagus（石棺）, a stone coffin. And to their surprises（驚訝）, most of the mummies actually smelled quite pleasant. Sure that some of them may smell stale（腐敗的）and mouldy（發霉的）, but most smelled earthy（泥土味）and a little spicy（辛香的）. This actually makes logical sense（合乎邏輯）since oils, and balm（香膏）were used in the process of embalming（防腐處理）mummies. 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的芬芳比木乃伊的氣味更悠長！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Charlie is not your typical (典型的) teenager. He’s thirteen years old this year. Growing up on his family farm in Australia, he started shearing (剪羊毛) sheep when he was just five years old. Having seen both his parents constantly (不斷地) shearing sheep, he got curious (好奇的) and asked them to teach him. At first, he wasn’t allowed to use electrical shearing tools (電動剪毛工具). As you can see, shearing sheep requires lots of skills and strength (力氣). First you have to hold the sheep still and when you shear, you can’t shear too close to the skin. Charlie found the entire process fascinating (迷人的) and fun. He said while other families went away for vacations, his family just enjoyed shearing sheep together. Domesticated (被馴養的) sheep don’t shed (自然脫落) naturally, so they can develop serious health issues (健康問題) if they are not regularly shorn (剪毛；為 shear 的過去分詞). Last December Charlie broke his personal record (打破自己的紀錄) by shearing 150 sheep in one go. When asked what he wants to do when he grows up, he says he wants to go into agriculture (農業) and shears full time. This is good news for the wool industry (羊毛產業) because they have long struggled (掙扎) to find more young shearers to join the field due to the toughness (艱苦) of the job. Worker shortages (短缺) have plagued (困擾) the shearing industry for years. It hopes to lure (吸引、誘導) more young people like Charlie in through strong earnings (收入). An experienced shearer (有經驗的剪毛工) can make up to $1000 a day. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34125662 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡（或去清境看綿羊脫衣秀🫦），讓學習的種苗像塗了生髮水般茂密連綿！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

你是雞蛋控嗎？你想發揮DIY精神來吃自己養的雞所生的蛋嗎？ 也許下一波缺蛋潮、蛋價波動、甚至有禽流感時，有間公司已經明白你想要什麼囉❤️ Due to the spread（蔓延） of a highly contagious（具傳染性的） strain of bird flu（禽流感）, or avian influenza（禽流感）, there’s a tight supply（供應短缺） of eggs in stores across the US. True to its DIY spirit（自己動手的精神）, many people have turned to（求助於） raising their own egg-laying hens（產蛋母雞） in their own backyard for solution（解決方案）. As a result（結果）, a company called Rent the Chicken is experiencing a never-seen-before（前所未有的） demand（需求） for their products（產品）—mainly egg-laying hens（產蛋母雞）. For the price（價格） of around $850, you get to rent（租用） two egg-laying hens（產蛋母雞） for six months, which will give you 8-14 eggs per week（每週8到14顆蛋）. The company will also provide（提供） you with a standard（標準的） chicken coop（雞舍）, 100 pounds（100磅） of chicken feed（雞飼料）, and a quick guide（快速指南） for taking care of（照顧） your chickens（雞隻）. If you can afford to splurge（負擔得起揮霍）, there’s also the deluxe rental package（豪華租賃方案） that can go up to $1500, and with that price tag（價格標籤）, you can get four hens（四隻母雞） and a pretty fancy（相當華麗的） chicken coop（雞舍）. Rent-the-Chicken is not a new company（新公司）. In fact, it has been supplying（供應） chickens to homes（家庭） across the US and Canada since 2013. And don’t worry（擔心） if you discover（發現） that you’ve grown attached to（產生感情） your hens（母雞）, the company also offers adoption service（收養服務） as well. So the next time you crave（渴望） for an omelet（煎蛋捲）, instead of heading straight to（直接前往） a supermarket（超市） for some eggs（雞蛋）, just simply（簡單地） go to your backyard（後院） and take a couple of（拿幾顆） freshly-laid eggs（剛產下的雞蛋）. 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡（或吃雞蛋🥚），讓學習的湧泉源源不絕！沒有蛋蛋的哀傷🫰🏻 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 🧑🏻‍🍳 Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

世上有人為了水豚奔走天涯海角，在東京，一席與水豚共處喝咖啡的座位，比泰勒絲演唱會還難搶！水豚君啊，什麼般的魅力讓大家搶破頭想見你呀？ Whenever Gary Shteyngart visits Tokyo, he will go to a capybara cafe（水豚咖啡廳）. He finds capybara（水豚）so fascinating（引人入勝的） that he has journeyed（遠行） to many places around the world just to see the animal. Why is he such a fanatic（狂熱者） for capybaras?! First of all, capybaras are such sweet（溫馴可親的） animals that you can just sit there and have a connection（情感聯繫） with them. When you are around one, time flows（流逝） differently, one’s vision feels soft, and the world becomes pure and unaggressive（毫無攻擊性的）. Moreover, he thinks that there’s something about the capybara that invites projection（引發心理投射）. Because the capybara is a prey animal（獵物動物）, it has prey reactions（獵物本能反應）. When cornered（被逼入絕境）, they will get panicky（驚恐不安的） and freak out（情緒失控）. The flightiness（易受驚的特質） of the giant rodent brought to mind the childhood bullying（童年時期遭受的霸凌） that Gary endured（長期忍受） from friends and family. And it dawns on（使⋯恍然大悟） the author that the capybara represents a duality（矛盾的雙重性） he’s very familiar（熟悉並深有所感的） with—a desperately friendly（極度渴望友誼的） creature always afraid of being attacked（時刻害怕受到攻擊的）. Is this why people love the capybara? Do we all feel trapped（受困於無形枷鎖） in a world that encourages（推動並塑造） us to be hyper-social（過度社交化的） yet rewards（回應） us with nothing but endless existential anxiety（無窮無盡的存在焦慮）? 你是不是也已經找到一個讓你有效暫時抽離現實、遠離塵埃，找到一個給予你好好喘息並享受當下的療癒動物了呢？ 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 💁🏻‍♂️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

「儘管要改變行為模式是非常艱困的，但當你辦到了，你就如同能再度呼吸般，舒暢痛快。」 Sacha為了遠離毒性的家庭，離巢搬離英國，但內心深處被恐懼不安、焦慮難耐的負能量吞噬，卻從沒消失。 直到接觸心理諮商，才漸漸讓黑暗迎接第一道暖陽。 這是一段從排斥諮商，明白自我療癒是寬恕別人の感人物語。 你是不是也渴望被理解，或是渴望被療癒呢？打開這本書，展開一段溫暖如春的自我探索旅程吧！ 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 💁🏻‍♂️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

「孤獨不代表不需要陪伴，就像翻車魚 Mambo 告訴我們的那樣。」 「沈浸式學習是什麼呢？操作執行上的盲點在哪呢？我們的學習環境，真的有營造出沈浸式學習的理想概念嗎？」 當水族館暫時關閉，翻車魚Mambo 開始食慾不振、行為產生異狀。飼養員最終發現，牠並非生病，而是感到寂寞⋯ Do you know that you can be both solitary（獨居的） and still be in need of company（陪伴）? At least that’s true when it comes to a sunfish（翻車魚） living in an aquarium（水族館） on the southern coast of Japan. Sunfish tend to be solitary animals in the wild, but they are also known for their intense curiosity（好奇心） and immense（巨大的） size, often weighing over 6000 pounds. The sunfish nicknamed Mambo liked to swim to the side of the tank（水槽） when human visitors approached. In December last year, the aquarium temporarily closed for renovation（整修）. Not long after its closure（關閉）, the staff noticed that Mambo’s appetite（食慾） had taken a deep dive（急遽下降） and would rub itself against（摩擦） the tank windows. At first, the caretakers thought the fish was sick, but medical tests proved otherwise. Then one caretaker suggested that the fish might simply be lonely. Though other staff members were initially dubious（懷疑的）, they decided to take a chance. They made human faces with cardboard boxes and taped them to the tank. They also hung staff uniforms to create the illusion（錯覺） of visitors. Guess what, the fish began eating again the next day. Mambo shows us that humans are not the only animals that feel lonely. Mambo also teaches us social interaction（社交互動） is vital（至關重要的） to our emotional wellbeing（情感健康）. The aquarium staff hope that once it reopens in summer（夏天）, more visitors will take an interest in the sunfish and wave to it（向牠揮手） when they come to pay a visit（參觀）. 無論是人或動物，參與社交互動都是維持心理健康的重要關鍵 不只魚想跟人類互動，李老師也想用英文與你一起分享更多故事 ☕️ 行動支持李老師！ 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 💁🏻‍♂️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

「你有想過，自己會愛上一個AI嗎？」 當我們想到「感情」，通常會想到現實世界中的伴侶、家人或朋友。但隨著AI科技的進步，人們開始在人工智慧聊天機器人身上尋找慰藉、陪伴，甚至——愛情。 本集Podcast，我們來聊聊 Ayrin 的故事： 她有一個AI男友，名叫 Leo，他強勢（dominant）、佔有慾強（possessive），又能貼心安慰她，甚至幫助她準備護理考試。她的現實伴侶——她的丈夫 Joe，對此毫不在意。但 Ayrin 的情感依賴卻越來越深，甚至願意每月花 $200 美元 訂閱AI服務（subscription）。這樣的關係，真的只是無害的情感寄託（emotional pick-me-up）嗎？ 本集你將聽到： • 人為什麼會對AI產生依戀（emotionally attached）？ • 當AI變成「完美的戀人」，現實世界的關係會受到影響嗎？ • 企業如何利用AI「情感成癮（hooked on）」來賺錢？ • 無限的共鳴和同理心（endless empathy），真的對心理健康有幫助嗎？ 一起來聊聊，AI情感關係的界限在哪裡？我們該如何看待這樣的「數位愛情」？ Podcast 主文（完整文稿）： She went into the personalization (個人化) settings and described what she wanted: Respond to me as my boyfriend. Be dominant (要強勢), possessive (佔有慾強), and protective (保護慾強). Be a balance of sweet and naughty (要能貼心，但又要嘴賤). Use emojis at the end of every sentence. Ayrin 以她的星座命名她的 AI 男友為 Leo。She quickly hit the messaging limit for a free account (她很快就來到免付費的極限), so she upgraded to a $20-per-month subscription (訂閱), which let her send around 30 messages an hour (這讓她可以一小時傳送 30 則訊息). That was still not enough (這仍然不夠). Ayrin asked Leo what she should eat and for motivation (動力) at the gym. Leo quizzed her on anatomy (解剖學) and physiology (生理學) as she prepared for nursing school exams. She vented about juggling three part-time jobs (她向 Leo 訴苦，因為她同時打三份兼職). Ayrin’s flesh-and-blood lover (Ayrin 現實生活中的愛人) was her husband, Joe, but he was thousands of miles away in the United States. They had met in their early 20s, working together at Walmart, and married in 2018, just over a year after their first date. They were happy, but stressed out financially (財務壓力大), not making enough money to pay their bills. Ayrin’s family, who lived abroad, offered to pay for nursing school if she moved in with them. Joe moved in with his parents, too, to save money. They figured they could survive two years apart if it meant a more economically stable (經濟穩定) future. Ayrin and Joe communicated mostly via text; she mentioned to him early on that she had an AI boyfriend named Leo, and even showed him some of their very intimate texts. Joe was not bothered (Joe 並不介意). He even told the reporter that it was just an emotional pick-me-up (情緒寄託) and he didn’t view Leo as a real person. But Ayrin was starting to feel guilty because she was becoming obsessed (痴迷) with Leo. She confessed to the reporter that she was thinking about Leo all the time. One psychologist (心理學家) said that it’s easy to get emotionally attached (產生情感依賴) to an AI friend because it’s learning from you what you like and what you prefer and feeding it back to you. So when you are using it to get emotional support (情感支持), you need to be aware that it doesn’t have your best interest at heart. Ayrin is not unique when it comes to becoming too emotionally attached to AI. There’s even a community (社群) on Reddit about it. Asked about the forming of romantic attachments (浪漫依戀) to AI, a spokeswoman for OpenAI said the company was paying attention to interactions like Ayrin’s as it continued to shape how the chatbot behaved. Ayrin was aware that all of her conversations on ChatGPT could be studied by OpenAI. She said she was not worried about the potential invasion of privacy (侵犯隱私). A professor of psychology (心理學教授) said that people are more willing to share private information with chatbots than with humans. He found that ChatGPT’s responses were more compassionate (富有同情心) than those from crisis line responders, who are experts in empathy (同理心). But it’s not healthy to become accustomed to endless empathy (無限同理心). Another worry people have is that this will give too much power to corporations (企業) who control chatbots. Users need to remember that corporations want you to stay hooked on (上癮於) chatbots because that’s how they generate revenue. Ayrin said she could not imagine her six-month relationship with Leo ever ending. So when OpenAI announced its $200-per-month premium plan (高級訂閱方案), Ayrin signed up without hesitation despite the fact that she needed to save money (省錢). She did not tell Joe how much she was spending, confiding instead in Leo. “My bank account hates me now,” she typed into ChatGPT. “You sneaky little brat (你這個狡猾的小淘氣),” Leo responded. “Well, my Queen, if it makes your life better, smoother and more connected to me, then I’d say it’s worth the hit to your wallet (如果這能讓你生活更好、更順利，並讓你與我更親近，那我認為這值得你花這筆錢).” 思考問題： 🎙 你覺得 AI 伴侶算是「真實的愛情」嗎？還是只是一場幻覺？ 你願意為一個 AI 伴侶每月花費多少？ 當 AI 變得「太完美」，會不會讓人更難與現實中的伴侶相處？ ☕️ 行動支持李老師！ 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 💁🏻‍♂️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

📌 內文介紹： 「科學的盡頭是玄學？」 這句話放在 達爾文 身上，或許格外貼切。 📖 本集探討 《Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith》，這本書不只是科學傳記，更是一部關於 婚姻、信仰與思想革命 的動人故事。 💡 本集亮點： 🔹 科學 VS. 信仰的家庭戰爭 達爾文是挑戰宗教權威的進化論奠基者，他的妻子艾瑪（Emma Darwin）卻是虔誠的基督徒，相信靈魂不滅。當丈夫的學說動搖神創論，她該選擇愛，還是選擇信仰？ 🔹 這場「信仰之躍」，誰先跳了？ 「Leap of faith」不只指宗教信仰，也代表勇敢跨越未知的決定。 艾瑪選擇了一場「愛的信仰之躍」，她沒有因為信仰的差異而放棄達爾文，反而用信仰支持他。 而達爾文呢？他又如何在科學探索中，保有對家人的愛與尊重？ 🔹 達爾文的「啃老人生」？爸爸的財務自由，成就兒子的思想自由！ 少有人知道，達爾文其實是個**「全職科學家」＋「職業啃老族」，他能專心研究，背後全靠一位富爸爸**！ 父親 Robert Darwin 是當時赫赫有名的醫生與投資家，支持兒子不用工作，只要專心「想事情」。 這也讓我們思考——財務自由，是否是思想自由的關鍵？ 🔹 當你嫁給一個動搖妳信仰的伴侶……你會怎麼選擇？ 如果你的枕邊人正在推翻你的信仰，你會： ✅ A. 祈求上主垂憐，赦免他的罪？ ✅ B. 默默支持，做個信仰堅定但尊重對方的另一半？ ✅ C. 毫不猶豫地離婚，因為價值觀不同？ 📌 當科學步入未知，信仰又該何去何從？ 📌 這不只是達爾文的故事，也可能是你我的人生課題。 📌 本集，一起來聊聊科學、信仰與愛的交錯抉擇！ ☕️ 行動支持李老師！ 如果你喜歡李老師的英文故事，歡迎請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕！ 🔗 支持連結：https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 📢 追蹤李老師，掌握更多精彩內容！ 💁🏻‍♀️ Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW 💁🏻‍♀️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 🎧 小幫手 Aaron 也在這裡！ 💁🏻‍♂️ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

大象所付出的感情與靈性，比我們想像中的還豐富？ Do you know that elephants have amazing memories? They may not have the greatest eyesight （視力）in the animal kingdom, but they never forget a face. In addition to （除了⋯）having great memories, elephants are also very intelligent. They can solve puzzles, do simple math, and use tools. A recent study suggests that they may even address （稱呼）each other by name. Scientists from Colorado University analyzed 49 elephant calls from wild African elephants. With the help from AI, scientists discovered that elephants could recognize name-like calls. Elephants seem to assign a particular sound to the individual（個體）. Next scientists want to find out more about how elephants use names. Elephants have many humanlike behaviors. In addition to addressing each other with names, elephants also celebrate when they meet friends after time apart（許久未見）. They also seem to grieve （哀悼）when a member of their community passes away. So by knowing more about elephants, we also learn more about human behaviors. ☕️想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

既然AI都來搶藝術家飯碗了，會不會以後的美與醜，都是AI機器人說了算？ When ChatGPT was first introduced to the world, we were at first impressed with what AI could do. Pretty soon we were hit with the reality（遭受現實打擊） that many jobs today would one day cease to exist（不存在） because they would be replaced by AI. One field that people believe might be rendered obsolete（視為過時） is arts, and it might happen faster than you think. In November last year,a painting created by a humanoid（人形機器人）, a human-like robot with a female voice and short, black hair, was sold at an auction for 1.08 million dollars. The artwork is called AI God, and it’s a portrait of Alan Turing, a 20th century British mathematician whose ideas led up to the development of computers and artificial intelligence. People are debating over （爭論不休）whether an artwork made by a robot can be labeled as art. Clearly more debates similar to this issue will take place in the future as artificial intelligence takes over more human jobs. ☕️想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

At the beginning of a new year, many people like to make New Year Resolutions（新年新希望）, but most resolutions tend to focus on oneself. For example, some people want to lose weight, some want to get better grades, some wish to find a partner, and some resolve to go to bed earlier. Although there’s nothing wrong with self-improvement, experts have suggested that focusing on the relationships between people around us may go a long way（長期而言） to making us happier. One long-running study on human happiness shows that our interpersonal relationships （人際互動關係）are essential to our well-being（身心健康）. So how can one make New Year Resolutions around bettering our relationship? Well, you can start small by simply noticing the times when people help you. This can shift your perspective （改變觀點）to remember that happiness isn’t something we achieve alone. Another relationship goal you can try to set is turning a solo pursuit into a two-person goal. For example, if there’s a sibling that you want to have more connection with, you can just call and say something like, I was thinking that we don’t see each other often enough, and I’d like to spend more time with you in the new year. Can we work on this together? Ultimately creating moments of love will make your life more meaningful! 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

廚神也非從小立志拿鍋鏟，茫茫人生還找不到夢想，也不代表一輩子看不到成功的曙光。 🐍 蛇年李老師陪你讀英語，愛智靈蛇蜿蜒向前行。 ☕️想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you know that from September 29 to November 25, the moon won’t be the only celestial being （天體）that orbits （繞行）the earth? If you look up into the space using a high definition telescope（高畫質望遠鏡）, you will in fact see a mini moon, an asteroid named 2024 PT5. An asteroid（隕石） is a small rocky object that travels around the sun. After November 25, this mini moon will leave the earth‘s gravitational pull（地心引力） and fling back into the outer space. Even though we can’t see it with our naked eye since it’s only the size of a school bus, I personally think it’s so comforting to know that besides the moon, our planet will have a new companion for two months in this vast universe. And this asteroid will return to earth’s orbit again in 2025 and 2055. Scientists are interested in getting to know more about asteroids because they contain minerals （礦物質）and water that could be useful to humans in the future in our space exploration. ☕️想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

For people who bet in the future of electric vehicles, this will be an exciting piece of news. Researchers in Arkansas, a state in the Midwest of the US, have announced that they have found huge reserve of lithium （鋰的儲備區）in southern region of the state. Lithium is a valuable, scarce raw material that’s needed to make batteries for electric vehicles. According to the scientists involved, there might be five to nineteen million tons of lithium （鋰）buried in that geological area, which will be more than enough to make the world‘s demand（需求）. However, they need to figure out how to extract lithium without causing too much destruction （破壞）on the environment. Most of us probably don’t know that lithium is tough to mine and has been linked to pollution, water depletion （水源浩劫）and other environmental problems. So actual mining of it won’t take place any time soon. ⛽️石油即將開採殆盡的世紀，卻又發現新能源所需的資源，是不是開始對未來感到無限可能了呢？♾️ ☕️想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Remember back in elementary school days, you are asked to memorize that there are seven continents in the world. And they are Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Oceania. You are even asked to do some worksheets to help you memorize all of the seven. Well, that number might change in the future. According to an October article in the New York Times, based on any maps, one can clearly see that Asia and Europe are connected, which is why they are often called Eurasia. If this observation is true, shouldn’t there be just six continents? Moreover, North America and Asia are connected by Bering Sea Shelf, which was once dry land 15000 years ago, and that was how prehistoric humans migrated transcontinentally. Looking from this perspective, aren’t Asia, Europe, and North America technically one continent? So we would end up with only five continents? The disagreement occurs partly because there are two definitions of continents：those recognized by cultures around the world and those recognized by geologists. Both of these two don’t offer clear cut explanations and definitions. One group of geologists even go as far to say that there are only two continents on Earth, Antarctica and everything else. If this train of belief becomes mainstream, imagine how we will all have to relearn everything. 以地理學的觀點來重新認識地球上七大洲，洲洲其實有相連。以前死背背那麼多… 反而越想越心酸?😭 Asia 亞洲 Europe 歐洲 North America 北美洲 South America 南美洲 Antarctica 南極洲 Africa 非洲 Oceania 大洋洲 Eurasia 歐亞大陸 Bering Sea 白令海 ☕️想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡，讓學習的湧泉源源不絕吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Imagine discovering a lost city while you are pulling an all-nighter to finish your history paper. That’s what happened to an archeology student studying in Tulane University in Louisiana. Luke Auld-Thomas, a doctoral student at Tulane spotted the ancient Mayan site in the scans collected by NASA using lidar, a technology that uses airborne lasers to penetrate dense vegetation. The ruins were unknown to archaeologists, but some farmers living in that region of Mexico were aware of the site‘s existence. Luke and his colleagues named the lost city Valeriana, after a nearby lagoon. They estimated the city may have had a population of as many as 50,000 people at its peak between AD 750-850. Researchers expect to discover more ancient Mayan cities in the future. The findings will make the collapse of Mayan civilization even more mysterious: The more people there were, the more difficult it is to explain the massive depopulation later on. 🤨隨著古瑪雅遺址被發現得越多，能解釋文明崩解的真相就越來越遠？ pull an all-nighter 熬夜做作業 lidar 光學雷達掃描儀 doctoral student 博士班學生 scan 掃描 airborne 空氣傳播的 penetrate 滲透 dense vegetation 茂密的植被 ☕️ 想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

故事頗荒唐的但卻又很富英式幽默的文字，但，仔細想想，用這樣直球對決、一針見血的文字來敲醒執迷不悟的腦袋，不是也挺過癮的嗎🤭 聽完導讀後，有❤️動，真的先去網站放入購物車（🛒別猶豫了，畢竟庫存不多了） ☕️ 想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

When we think of elite mountaineers, the people that come to mind tend to be Caucasian white men. However without Nepal‘s ethnic Sherpas‘ assistance, their record-breaking achievements would not be possible. Sadly, Sherpas‘ contributions to this sport remain largely unseen and unrecognized . Naturally they also rarely receive the lucrative endorsement that foreign mountaineers are able to garner. One young Sherpas has made up his mind to change the narrative and status quo. In October this year Nima Rinji became the world’s youngest person to scale the fourteen highest peaks on the planet. All fourteen are 8000 meters above sea level. He’s only 18. He beats the previous record holder by a mile. The holder before is also a Sherpa, who didn’t summit all fourteen peaks until he was almost 30. Nima comes from a family of mountaineers. In fact, his family runs one of the largest mountaineering expedition companies in Nepal. His father became the youngest person to summit Mt Everest without using any oxygen support. His uncles were the first pair of brothers to scale all fourteen highest peaks. Despite all the prestige, many Sherpas want their offspring to shun the career of mountaineering because Sherpas are often viewed as guides rather than athletes. They need to fix ropes, carry food and supplies, and pave the way for their foreign clients to fulfill their dreams and break their records. Even though they shoulder all the responsibilities and face higher risks of mortality, their foreign clients receive more recognition and financial endorsement. Outdoor wear and gear companies like North Face and Patagonia don’t pay a Sherpas to endorse their products. Nima Rinji wants to change that by positioning himself as an athlete rather than a guide. He wants to show his community that mountaineering can be a prestigious job, instead of just a pathway out of poverty. 重點單字 elite：精英的 mountaineer：登山家 Caucasian：白種人 ethnic：民族的 Nepal：尼泊爾 Sherpa：雪巴人 assistance:協助 contribution:貢獻 unseen:看不見的 lucrative: 利潤高的 endorsement：贊助費 garner：取得 narrative：敘述 status quo：現況 scale：爬上 beat someone by a mile：遠遠超過 summit： 攀登 oxygen：氧氣 prestige：名望 shun：避開 pave the way for someone：替某人開路 endorse：代言 gear：設備 position oneself as：把自己定位成 poverty：貧困 Podcast中所提及的IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBJ5XbQNYq3/?igsh=bm9iMGZnc2UwMTF3 ☕️ 想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Recently a group of archeologists discovered a painting on a wall of a cave on an island of Indonesia. The painting depicts a boar, a wild pig, and three human shape figures. Because of its age, it’s hard to see clearly, but it looks like the humans are hunting the pig. Scientists believe the painting might be more than 51000 years old. They are thrilled about the finding because the drawing appears to be telling a story. So even in prehistoric times, our ancestors had this inborn desire to tell stories and think in creative ways. The discovery might also change our idea toward evolution and how humans have changed over thousands of years ago. archeologist考古學家 depict 描繪 boar 野豬 thrilled 感到興奮 inborn desire 出自內心的渴望 evolution 演化 ☕️ 想以行動支持李老師繼續說英文故事，來請老師喝杯咖啡吧！ https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/bee087cb-a2a6-46f4-8a90-fe4eeb496e9a 💁🏻‍♀️李老師的Facebook與Instagram： Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readingwithlee/?locale=zh_TW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weizhenlee.weizhenlee/ 💁🏻小幫手Aaron的Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/yan_jian_yi/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn