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通勤學英語 15Mins Today

🎧 通勤學英語Podcast — 2020 Apple Podcast 十大熱門節目 | 2021 KKBox 十大風雲Podcast | Himalaya 年度Best Podcast 每天15分鐘，利用喝咖啡、通勤、塞車的零碎時間，輕鬆學英語！不用死背單字和文法，讓你沉浸在自然英語環境，學了就能用！ 🌟 加入VIP方案，解鎖更多專屬內容與優惠 → https://15minstoday.firstory.io/join 💙 喜歡我們的Podcast? 別忘了在 Apple Podcast 給我們五星好評，讓更多人一起輕鬆學英語！ 📍 官方網站: www.15mins.today 📍 Facebook: 15mins English Cafe 📍 商業合作: 15minstoday@gmail.com

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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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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K352: About Japan - JR東日本將漲價與有滋味的螢幕

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/21

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K352: About Japan - JR East to raise fares by 10 yen to improve disabled accessibility East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will become the first railway operator to hike passenger fares and use the funds to improve accessibility for the disabled. 東日本旅客鐵道公司（JR東日本）將成為第一家調漲客運票價，並將這筆資金用來改善供殘障人士使用的無障礙設施的鐵道業者。 The plan is to tack on 10 yen (8 cents) to a ticket for JR East’s 16 major lines, including the Yamanote, Chuo and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The increase will go into effect from spring

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K351: 侵權爭議大紐約機器警犬計畫喊卡

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/20

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K351: 侵權爭議大紐約機器警犬計畫喊卡 NYPD Robot Dog’s Run Is Cut Short After Fierce Backlash When the New York Police Department acquired a robotic dog last year, officials heralded the four-legged device as a futuristic tool that could go places that were too dangerous to send officers. 當紐約市警局去年獲得一隻機器犬時，官員預告，這個四條腿的裝置是個未來性工具，能去因太過危險而無法派警員前往的地方執勤。 “This dog is going to save lives,” Inspector Frank Digiacomo of the department’s Technical Assistance Response Unit said in a television interview in

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22:11

精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.115: Outlet不只是一個暢貨中心 Is an outlet...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/19

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 discuss the other uses of the word - "outlet" in situations other than in retail. Most Taiwanese people know the word "outlet" from "outlet malls". Today, the malls are mega parks for families. Mitsui corporation is now opening outlet parks all over Taiwan to tap into a new market for weekend domestic travellers. What are your favorite outlet malls? Come and write to us! Mitsui Outlet Park

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K350: 布魯斯威利的「失語症」是什麼？

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/18

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K350: What to know about aphasia, Bruce Willis’ diagnosis The news that film star Bruce Willis has retired from acting due to aphasia has shone a spotlight on the poorly understood communication disorder. 電影明星布魯斯·威利斯（Bruce Willis）因失語症而退出演藝界的消息引起了人們對這種知之甚少的溝通障礙的關注。 “Aphasia just means that someone has a problem with language that they weren’t born with,” Hugo Botha, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota explained. “失語症只是意味著某人的語言有問題，而他們並不是天生的，”明尼蘇達州梅奧診所的神經學家Hugo Botha解釋。 The most

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K349: About France - 法國禁止含糖飲料無限續杯與生蠔紙條

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/17

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K349: About France - France bans unlimited sugary drink refills Restaurants and other spaces catering to the public in France have been banned from offering unlimited sugary drinks in an effort to reduce obesity. It is now illegal to sell unlimited soft drinks at a fixed price or offer them unlimited for free. 在法國，餐廳以及其他對公眾提供餐飲服務的場所，已被禁止無限量供應含糖飲料，以致力減少肥胖。以固定價格販售無限量的非酒精飲料，或無限量地免費供應它們，現在皆屬違法。 The World Health Organization （WHO） recommends taxing sugary drinks, linking them to obesity and

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回顧星期天LBS - 動物相關時事趣聞 All about animals

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/16

Topic: About animals - Treating wounds with insects: the strange habits of Gabon chimps How to treat a wound? For humans, the first instinct would be to disinfect it and then cover it with a bandage. But chimpanzees have invented a more creative method: catching insects and applying them directly to the open wound. 應該如何處理傷口呢？對於人類來說，第一個反應是對其進行消毒，然後用繃帶包紮。但黑猩猩發明了一種更有創意的方法：用昆蟲並將牠們直接塗抹在開放性傷口上。 Scientists observed this behavior in chimpanzees in the West African nation of Gabon, noticing that the apes

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15Mins Live Podcast - 來鬆鬆舌頭，朗讀些文章 Here are the things...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/15

Source: https://www.insider.com/what-to-bring-to-disney-parks-someone-who-goes-frequently-2022-4#an-umbrella-is-a-must-in-rainy-climates-9 A reusable water bottle comes in handy and cuts costs 隨身水瓶好用又省錢 Bringing a reusable water bottle is an absolute necessity because buying bottled water in the parks is extremely overpriced and staying hydrated in the heat is so important. Many parks have water-bottle filling stations, but many dining locations also offer free cups of water if you forget a

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K348: 室內世界雜誌仍耀眼

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/14

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K348: It’s Sitting Pretty in Ink To be a magazine reader these days is to lament — unless you are reading The World of Interiors, published since 1982 by Condé Nast Britain but widely available on American newsstands, where it sells for $9.99 per issue. 在這個時代身為雜誌讀者，如今就是在哀歎——除非你正在閱讀《室內設計世界》（The World of Interiors），該書自1982年以來由康泰納仕英國公司（Condé Nast Britain）出版，但在美國報攤上隨處可見，每期售價9.99美元。 The World of Interiors is essentially a decorating magazine, but this is like saying Vogue concerns itself with

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K347:明星建築師設計威尼斯新橋很難走

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/13

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K347: Venice Gets a Grip on a Star Architect’s Slippery Bridge As tourists wandered obliviously on the glass floor of the footbridge, locals proceeded with caution. Venetians made sure to walk on the narrow stone strip at the center, some lifting fogged glasses to keep their eyes on the ground. When a visitor tripped, they barely lifted their gaze. 當遊客在人行天橋的玻璃地板上徘徊時，當地人小心翼翼地繼續前進。威尼斯人確保走在中心的狹窄石帶上，有些人舉起霧玻璃，把眼睛放在地上。當一個訪客被絆倒時，他們幾乎沒有抬起目光。 “That is not a bridge,” said Angelo Xalle, 71, a

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精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.114: 茶餐廳算 greasy spoon cafe嗎？How do...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/12

新的一季Vocab，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: The cha chaan teng – or "tea restaurant" – is the Hong Kong equivalent of the "greasy spoon" cafe, or perhaps the American diner. Frequented by everyone from tough construction workers to sharp-suited bankers to roughing-it celebs craving the cheap dishes they were brought up on, offer East-West hybrid comfort foods that fuses the thriftier ends of the culinary traditions of two very different worlds. Article from

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K346: 疫情相關語彙不斷擴增

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/11

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K346: Our Ever-Expanding Virus Vernacular The coronavirus pandemic has upended all kinds of human behavior, including speech. Conversations are mediated by masks and screens, their sentences strung together with new vocabulary: medical terms, political mandates and slang devised to take the clinical edge off. 新冠肺炎大流行顛覆了包括言語在內的各種人類行為。對話中都看到口罩和螢幕，他們的句子與新的詞彙串在一起：醫學術語，政治命令和俚語，旨在讓大眾更容易吸收。 This new vernacular has many people playing virologist in the group chat, with talk of contact tracing and

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K345: About Science - 螞蟻能嗅出人類癌症與細胞再生技術讓老鼠回春

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/10

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K345: About Science - Ants have the ability to sniff out cancer in humans, study reveals Ants have the ability to sniff out cancerous cells in humans, a new study has discovered, suggesting they could be used for cancer diagnosis in future. 一項新研究發現，螞蟻能嗅出人體內的癌細胞，這表明螞蟻可用於未來對癌症的診斷。 Researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) discovered that ant species Formica fusca has a well developed sense of smell. 法國國家科學研究中心（CNRS）的研究人員發現，「黑山蟻」（學名：Formica fusca

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回顧星期天LBS - 科學研究相關時事趣聞 All about scientific research

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/09

Topic: About scientific research - Certain Junk Foods Could Be Messing With Your Brain’s Appetite Control, Study Finds Emerging evidence in humans suggests a typically Western high-fat, high-sugar ’junk food’ diet can quickly undermine your brain’s appetite control. 在人類中新發現的證據顯示，含有高脂高糖「垃圾食物」的典型西方飲食，可以快速破壞大腦對食慾的控制。 After indulging in a week-long binge of waffles, milkshakes and similarly rich foods, researchers in Australia found young and healthy volunteers scored worse on memory tests and

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15Mins Live Podcast - 英語慣用語系列旅遊相關慣用語 Travel related...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/08

英語慣用語系列旅遊相關慣用語 Travel related idioms To hit the road To hit the road means to start a journey or to leave. It can also be used in normal, daily life when you decide it’s time for you to go home. For example: “We have to be there by 10 am, so we’re hitting the road early tomorrow” or “I’ve been here long enough, it’s time I hit the road”. To catch the sun This idiom can be used whenever you go to the beach and someone gets sunburnt, so if you know anyone who gets burnt easily don’t miss the

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K344: 肥皂水消滅病毒效果比酒精更好

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/07

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K344: Soap and water kills viruses better than alcohol During the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has been promoting frequent hand washing, so many people carry dry hand sanitizer or alcohol disinfectant around with them. Pulmonologist and critical care medicine physician Ooi Hean says that dry hand sanitizer or 75 percent alcohol cannot take the place of hand washing with soap, because alcohol cannot eliminate all viruses. 在COVID-19大流行期間，政府一直在推廣經常洗手，因此許多人隨身攜帶乾洗手液或酒精消毒劑。肺病學家和重症監護醫生Ooi

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K343: 研究女孩較易將失敗歸咎自己缺乏天賦

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/06

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K343: Girls more likely to attribute failure to lack of talent Across the world, girls are more likely than boys to blame academic failure on a lack of talent, according to a large study on gender stereotypes published Wednesday last week. 根據上周三發表的一項關於性別刻板印象的大型研究，在世界各地，女孩比男孩更有可能將學業失敗歸咎於缺乏才能。 Paradoxically, the idea that males are inherently more brilliant was most entrenched in countries that are more egalitarian. 矛盾的是，男性天生更聰明的想法在更加平等的國家中最為根深蒂固。 Such stereotypes have been explored in the

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精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.113: 你的高中生活是如何的呢？What were your high...

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/05

大家敲碗的Vocab正式回歸！新的一季，我們會每週週三準時上架，一樣的進行時事討論，讓大家聽聽最擬真的全英對話，吸收主題相關詞彙用語以及觀點～ Summary: A recent high school incident went viral on social media and made headlines everywhere. The short clip that went viral showed a female music teacher expressing her disapproval of her student's presentation. In this episode, Angel and I discuss our high school years and how we behaved in class. Reference article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/03/14/2003774755 Vocabulary: 1.Have/throw a

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K342: 俄入侵烏克蘭「分裂網」加劇

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/04

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K342: Russia’s invasion is accelerating splinternet, French envoy says Russia’s war in Ukraine is hastening the arrival of the “splinternet” (also referred to as cyber-balkanization or Internet balkanization), a forced division of cyberspace under the control of competing political blocs, France’s digital affairs envoy, Henri Verdier said. 法國數位事務大使亨利·維迪爾（Henri Verdier）說，俄羅斯在烏克蘭的戰爭加速了"分裂網"（也稱為網路巴爾幹化）的到來，這是在相互競爭的政治集團控制下被迫分裂網路空間。 As Russia accelerates domestic online censorship and Ukraine

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每日英語跟讀 Ep.K341: 基隆越下雨優惠越多

通勤學英語 15Mins Today ·

2022/04/03

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K341: Keelung lures visitors with rainy-day discounts Keelung is a rainy city, especially this year, but rain is also a selling point for Keelung. The city government has launched a creative marketing campaign called “a date in the rain,” whereby people can enjoy special rainy-day discounts by simply subscribing to the “ting-a-kha” Line instant messenger account. Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang invites everyone to savor a special kind of pleasure by sipping coffee on a rainy

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