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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K363: About health - 睡前看螢幕不好與舉重好處多

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/11

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K363: About health - Screen-Time Before Bed Can Disrupt Sleep Digital screen time before bed can have a negative impact on the quality of your sleep. A US study found that as little as eight minutes of exposure to blue light keeps you mentally stimulated for over one hour, which tends to throw off the body’s circadian rhythm or biological clock. 睡前花時間看數位螢幕會對你的睡眠品質產生負面影響。美國一項研究發現，只要暴露在藍光下短短8分鐘，就能讓你在1個多小時內保持精神興奮，這往往會擾亂身體的晝夜節律或生物時鐘。 Exposure to blue light suppresses the production of

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精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.118: 國外知名的亞洲酌料 Taiwan’s signature soy...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/10

本集節目由五十年醬油品牌豆油伯贊助播出，好醬油豆油伯直接幫你送到家 Summary: Soy sauce is arguably the most important seasoning in Asian cooking. Its well-balanced, salty-sweet taste and deep layer of umami richness make nearly all foods taste more delicious and satisfying. Its uses range from a dab on sushi to a splash into noodle soups and stir-fries, as well as the featured flavour of glazed dishes like teriyaki. The now-beloved condiment came about soon after a Japanese Buddhist monk named Shinchi Kakushin returned from a

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K362: 駐外記者的時代過去了

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/09

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K362: The Era of the Foreign Correspondent Is Over It will be named for a word that is the same in dozens of languages. It will recruit English-speaking journalists from countries like India and Singapore to cover the news. And according to its cofounder, “The era of the foreign correspondent is over.” 它將會是在幾十種語言中相同的單詞。它將從印度和新加坡等國招募講英語的記者來報導新聞。根據其聯合創始人的說法，外國記者的時代已經結束。“ These are among the ideas in store for the new media venture led by Justin Smith, the former chief executive of

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K361: 兒童認為養殖場動物與人類應受平等對待

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2022/05/08

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K361: Farm animals and humans should be treated the same, children say Children think farm animals deserve to be treated as well as human beings but lose this belief in adolescence, a groundbreaking study has found. 一項開創性的研究發現，孩子們認為農場動物應該像人類一樣受到對待，但在青春期就失去了這種信念。 Researchers from the universities of Exeter and Oxford asked a group of British children aged nine to 11, young adults aged 18 to 21 and older men and women about their attitudes to different sorts of

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回顧星期天LBS - 加拿大相關時事趣聞 All about Canada

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/07

Topic: About Canada - Quebec unlocks world’s only maple syrup strategic reserve Quebec Maple Syrup Producers（QMSP）is releasing more than half of the world’s only strategic reserve of 45 million kg of maple syrup to keep up with soaring demand - avoiding a sticky situation for pancake lovers. 魁北克楓糖漿商會（QMSP）正釋出全球僅有的4500萬公斤楓糖漿戰略儲備的逾半儲量，以滿足高漲的需求，避免鬆餅迷無楓糖可吃。 Sales of maple syrup have climbed since the pandemic spread in 2019 and led to more people eating at home. Adding to the syrup squeeze, Quebec’s

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15Mins Live Podcast - 家用品相關慣用語 Household Items Idioms

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/06

主題: 英語慣用語系列 – 家用品相關慣用語 Household Items Idioms (No) Strings Attached 無條件 Meaning: Without additional obligations, without conditions Example: I’m giving you the money. Pay me back if you can, but don’t worry about it. There are no strings attached. A Needle in a Haystack 大海撈針 Meaning: Trying to find something that is mixed in with many similar items Example: There must be 300 bags on this carousel. We’ll be searching for a needle in a haystack. In the Toilet 不好的狀況 Meaning: In disastrous

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K360: 芭蕾舞者失去了巨大的一年

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/05

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K360: Ballet is hard enough. What Happens When You Lose a Year? In ballet when you lose a year, you lose a lot. It takes years of sacrifice and training to become a professional, and the performing life of a dancer is short. 在芭蕾的世界，你失去一年，你的損失可就大了。經過多年犧牲訓練才能成為一個專業舞者，表演生涯卻頗為短暫。 For elite ballet dancers, a solid career lasts around 15 years — and that comes after roughly a decade of schooling. Could this pause alter the evolution of dance

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K359: About medicine - 完整人類基因組與牙醫電鑽

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/04

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K359: About medicine - Scientists publish the first complete human genome Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic variation among the world’s 7.9 billion people. 科學家週四發表第一個完整人類基因組，填補了先前努力後仍存在的空白，同時為在全球79億人中尋找有關致病突變和遺傳變異的線索，帶來新希望。 Researchers in 2003 unveiled what was then billed as the complete sequence of the human

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精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.117: 作為男人一年中最重要的一天 Make your beloved...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/04

新的一季Vocab，我們會每週週三準時上架，讓大家收聽全英時事討論，吸收主題相關詞彙用語以及觀點~ 也開放聽眾來信或投稿主題喔！ 15Mins主持群祝所有女兒、媳婦、母親、奶奶、曾奶奶，母親節，女王節快樂！ Summary: Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother’s Day is the early Christian festival known as “Mothering Sunday.” The origins of Mother’s Day as celebrated in the United States date back to the 19th century. In the years

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K358: 為何要討論女性古典音樂家的穿著？

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/02

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K358: Fashion, fabrics and fishtails: Why we need to talk about what female classical performers wear Discussing clothing is something of a taboo in classical music, for performers as much as critics. “Most musicians don’t feel like they can talk about it,” says Jocelyn Lightfoot, managing director of the London Chamber Orchestra. There is the entrenched idea that classical musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen. In this performance ideal, the performer’s personality — expressed

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K357: About India - 印度佳麗贏得環球小姐與世界大象日

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/05/01

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K357: About India - India’s Harnaaz Sandhu is crowned Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted in southern Israel. 印度的哈娜茲‧桑德胡週日加冕成為2021年環球小姐，為這場在以色列南部舉行且爭議不斷的選美比賽劃下句點。 The pageant was held in the resort city of Eilat, with 80 women from around the world competing for the crown. Sunday night was the last day of the competition, with eliminations narrowing down the number of finalists until the

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回顧星期天LBS - 泰國相關時事趣聞 All about Thailand

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/30

Topic: Woman cut rope holding painters 26 floors high A resident of a high-rise condominium in Thailand cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor. 泰國一棟高層公寓大廈的一名住戶，剪斷2名外牆油漆工的支撐繩索，讓他們懸吊在26樓高，顯然是對未被告知施工一事動怒。 The woman is facing attempted murder and property destruction charges, and could face a prison term up to 20 years. 該名女性住戶面臨蓄意謀殺和財物毀損罪名，可能被判囚20年。 One of the painters, a Myanmar national named Song,

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15Mins Live Podcast - 常混肴的日常動詞 Often confused verbs...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/29

主題: 常混肴的日常動詞 Sit / Set / Seat To Sit It describes an action undertaken by the subject of a clause. The verb “to sit” does not express the kind of action that can be DONE TO anything. Example sentences: I SIT here every day. (She SITS here.) I SAT here yesterday. I WILL SIT here tomorrow. I AM SITTING here right now. I HAVE SAT here every day for years. To Set It describes an action and requires a direct object because it describes the kind of action that is DONE TO something. Example

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K356: About dogs - 秘魯狗兒在情人節結婚與用星座狗找主人

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/28

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K348: About dogs - In Peru, dogs ’marry’ on Valentine’s Day Cynthia Ceballos’ celebration of Valentine’s Day in Peru’s capital Lima was not about her own love life: it was about the marriage of two of her small fluffy white dogs. 辛希雅．塞巴洛斯在秘魯首都利馬的情人節慶祝活動與她自己的愛情生活無關：而是她的兩隻毛茸茸的小白狗結為連理。 Dressed in Andean-inspired clothing, Ceballos’ dogs were the winners of Lima’s MatriCan - a play on the Spanish words for "wedding" and "dog" - a local competition that celebrates Valentine’s Day by dressing

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K355: 法國餐飲業大缺工

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/27

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K355: Wanted in France: Thousands of Workers as Hotels and Restaurants Reopen For six months, Christophe Thiriet has waited for France’s grinding national lockdowns to be lifted so he can reopen his company’s restaurants and hotels in a picturesque corner of eastern France and recall the 150 employees who were furloughed months ago. 六個月來，克里斯多弗．提希耶一直等待折磨人的法國全國封城解除，好讓公司設在如詩如畫的法國東部的餐廳和飯店能重新開張，並召回數個月前放無薪假的一百五十位員工。 But when he asked them to return for a reopening in mid-May, he faced an

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精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.116: 春季看什麼花？Sakura season is just...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/26

新的一季Vocab，我們會每週週三準時上架，讓大家收聽全英時事討論，吸收主題相關詞彙用語以及觀點~ 也開放聽眾來信或投稿主題喔！ Summary: Angel and I talk about the sakura-gazing season that is just around the corner. For the travel enthusiasts, travelling to Japan is out of the question during the pandemic, but what are our alternatives? Where can we go in Taiwan for sakura-gazing? Come and write to us! Taiwan sakura-gazing guide: https://taiwan-scene.com/the-best-places-to-see-cherry-blossoms-in-taiwan/ Taiwan cherry blossom-gazing

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K354: 抗疫快崩潰窮國亟待外援

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/25

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K354: How the Wealthy World Has Failed Poor Countries During the Pandemic Like much of the developing world, Pakistan was alarmingly short of doctors and medical facilities long before anyone had heard of COVID-19. Then the pandemic overwhelmed hospitals, forcing some to turn away patients. As fear upended daily life, families lost livelihoods and struggled to feed themselves. 跟許多開發中國家一樣，早在人們聽聞新冠病毒一詞以前，巴基斯坦就極其缺乏醫生和醫療設施。然後，這場大流行疾情讓各醫院無力招架，迫使部分醫院拒絕收治病人。隨著恐懼顛覆了日常生活，一個個家庭失去了生計，為養活自己而掙扎。 On

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K353: About Canada - 全球僅有的楓糖漿戰略儲備與加拿大最小省

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/24

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K353: About Canada - Quebec unlocks world’s only maple syrup strategic reserve Quebec Maple Syrup Producers（QMSP）is releasing more than half of the world’s only strategic reserve of 45 million kg of maple syrup to keep up with soaring demand - avoiding a sticky situation for pancake lovers. 魁北克楓糖漿商會（QMSP）正釋出全球僅有的4500萬公斤楓糖漿戰略儲備的逾半儲量，以滿足高漲的需求，避免鬆餅迷無楓糖可吃。 Sales of maple syrup have climbed since the pandemic spread in 2019 and led to more people eating at home. Adding to the syrup squeeze,

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9:23

回顧星期天LBS - 紐約相關時事趣聞 All about New York

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/23

Topic: Newspapers in New York, Like Their Readers, Are Vanishing Kenny Hospot is in some ways a typical reader of The Daily News. He’s a construction worker from Queens who’s lived in the city most of his life. He always liked reading the comics and the horoscope in The News. 就某些方面而言，肯尼．霍斯帕堪稱每日新聞報的典型讀者。他是紐約市皇后區的一個建築工人，這一生大多數時間都住在這個城市。他一向愛看該報的漫畫和星座運勢。 How long since he last bought a copy of the paper? Hospot laughed. “I would say like 15 years.” 他上一次買這份報紙是多久之前？霍斯帕笑了，「我看大概有15年了吧。」 Kamel Brown is

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15Mins Live Podcast - 形容有趣跟善良還有什麼說法 Other ways to say...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/22

主題：形容有趣跟善良還有什麼說法 Other ways to say “interesting” and “kind” Other ways to say – Interesting 有趣 adj. -Fascinating 迷人 Yesterday we went to a fascinating new cafe. -Striking 驚人 Her make-up was very striking. -Buzzworthy 值得討論 He even paid employees to find buzzworthy stories for him to tweet. -Intriguing 有趣/使有興趣 He found an intriguing subject for the future research. -Gripping 扣人心弦 I found the book so gripping that I couldn't put it down. -Amusing 有趣/好玩 She writes amusing articles about

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