EP185 | 📚熬夜趕作業的博士生意外發現失落的古瑪雅城市李老師陪你探索英文世界 Exploring English With Ms. Lee podcast

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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…

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EP200 | 🧟‍♂️木乃伊好「吸」奇 11:37

14天之前11:37

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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…

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EP199 | ✂️「剪」不斷的熱情，小小年紀「喜羊羊」🐑 14:32

21天之前14:32

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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…

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EP198 | 🥚 「蛋」然無存時，該「雞」極應變🐓 7:50

26天之前7:50

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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…

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EP197 | ☕️ 療入人心的水豚君 14:06

5 weeks之前14:06

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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…

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EP196 | 📘榮獲年度最佳回憶錄的自療書本導讀《Past Tense》 20:04

6 weeks之前20:04

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「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…

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EP195 | 🔨破解「沈浸式學習」迷思 • 🐟孤獨有「魚」：翻車魚Mambo想「魚」你一起 17:40

7 weeks之前17:40

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「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…

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EP194 | 🤖️對你「AI」「AI」「AI」不完：戀上虛擬情人 20:47

8 weeks之前20:47

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「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…

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EP193 | 📔達爾文的信仰之躍：當科學挑戰神威，愛與信仰如何共存？ 35:30

9 weeks之前35:30

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📌 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…

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EP192 🐘「象」有心聲、心心「象」印 10:26

10 weeks之前10:26

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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…

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EP191 🎨「藝」想不到的AI時代 9:21

11 weeks之前9:21

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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…

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EP190 | 📋新年新希望得有伴一起來，才不寂寞孤單 10:23

12 weeks之前10:23

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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…

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

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EP189 |🧑🏻‍🍳『黑白大廚』安成宰の成廚之路 18:47

13 weeks之前18:47

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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…

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EP188 | 🪨「隕」你同在：隕石不只會攻擊地球 6:30

14 weeks之前6:30

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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…

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EP187 | 🔋「鋰」未來不遠的電動車 8:41

15 weeks之前8:41

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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…

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EP186 | 🌍地理學家：地球上七大洲，根本沒那麼多！ 8:45

16 weeks之前8:45

8:45

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…

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EP185 | 📚熬夜趕作業的博士生意外發現失落的古瑪雅城市 9:30

17 weeks之前9:30

9:30

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…

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EP184 | 📗李老師的小說分享與導讀：The Beast and the Bethany 怪獸與貝瑟妮 28:23

18 weeks之前28:23

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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…

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EP 183 | 🏔️每位登峰造極的攻頂者，背後都有一位默默守護的雪巴人 16:29

20 weeks之前16:29

16:29

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…

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EP182 | 🕵🏼‍♀️考古學家發現51000年前的史前故事 8:04

21 weeks之前8:04

8:04

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…

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EP181 |🏺接觸文物很重要，但別打破啊⋯ 12:03

22 weeks之前12:03

12:03

What’s the worst nightmare that parents might have when taking their kids to a museum? Off the top of my head, it will be accidentally damaging a piece of priceless artwork or artifact 有歷史價值的手工藝品 and that’s exactly what happened to a family in Israel. Anna Geller and her husband took their three kids on a museum trip one day in early September. Their four-year-old son, Ariel, was looking at a 3500-year-old jar from the Bronze Age and when Anna looked away for a second, she immediately heard a loud boom sound. Then she saw Ariel standing next to a pile of broken jar pieces, looking absolutely fear-stricken 受挫的，因為恐懼而受挫 The jar was the one of the only containers of its size from that period that was discovered intact. It may date back to 2200 BC. Ariel’s dad said that Ariel was exceptionally curious and the moment he heard the crashing sound, he was praying really hard that it wasn’t Ariel. Unfortunately his prayer wasn’t answered. Upon discovering that their son had damaged the artifact, Anna and Alex first tried to calm Ariel down and then approached the security guard to own up to 面對their mistake. After checking the surveillance camera監視器and making sure it was not an act of vandalism, the museum decided to turn this disaster into a teachable moment and invite the family back again. This time, they joined an organized tour and learned about the restoration process behind the artifacts. The restoration 修復 expert behind putting the jar back said that artifacts should still remain accessible to the public even though accidents may happen. He said, “I like that people touch. Don’t break, but to touch things, it’s important.” off the top of my head 不假思索地 artifact 有歷史價值的手工藝品 Bronze Age 青銅時代 fear-stricken 受挫的、因為恐懼而凍結 intact 完整無缺的 to own up to 面對 surveillance camera 監視器 vandalism 蓄意破壞 teachable moment 可教化的契機 restoration 修復 accessible 可親近的 ☕️ 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…

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EP180 | 🤷🏻‍♀️為了生育率，中國政府派員關心妳大姨媽是否來 8:43

23 weeks之前8:43

8:43

Faced with aging and declining population, the Chinese government is doing everything they can to coax women into motherhood. Mr. Xi, the leader of China, has repeatedly said that promoting childbirth is a national priority which ensures that women “always walk with the party”. According to a China correspondent working for the New York Times, the measures taken by the government have been quite invasive, including sending officials going door-to-door to ask women about their plans, and sometimes even the date of their last menstrual cycle. We all know that this is not the first time for the communist party to impose its will on women’s reproductive rights. However, the in-your-face approach taken by the ruling party might have backfired this time. Most women believe that whether to have kids is a private decision. And nagging at women is just not going to cut it now. coax 哄小孩去做事 correspondent 特派員 measure 措施 invasive 有侵略性的 menstrual cycle 經期 impose 強加於 reproductive rights 生育權 in-your-face approach 咄咄逼人的做法 backfire 反效果、逆火 nag at 對⋯嘮叨 ☕️ 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…

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EP179 | 💉新冠疫苗研發的突破 7:31

24 weeks之前7:31

7:31

As autumn is in full swing, flu, COVID season comes on the heels of it. The CDC of the US says while there’s evidence showing rampant COVID cases, the current variant, an offshoot of omicron, is not causing an increase in serious illnesses and deaths. One more welcome news on the vaccine front is that a group of scientists in University of Texas may have discovered the antibody that will rein in every known form of coronavirus variants. They are now working to mass manufacture the new vaccine. With this breakthrough, more lives will be spared against future spikes of the virus. as autumn is in full swing 隨著秋季來臨 comes on the heels of it 緊跟在後 CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 疾病控制署 rampant 猖獗 offshoot 分枝、旁系 antibody 抗體 to rein in 控制 to mass manufacture 大量生產 breakthrough 突破 more lives will be spared against future spikes of the virus 更多生命將能在病毒高峰時期被拯救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…

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EP178 | 🔬第一個看到微生物的人類 18:07

25 weeks之前18:07

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Imagine being the first human to see things that others in the world have never seen and trying to convince others around him that the invisible organisms are real. That person is Anthony van Leeuwenhoek. Leeuwenhoek was born in 1632 in the city of Delft, Netherlands. By day, he made a living by selling clothes. By night, he made lenses used in microscopes and telescopes, which were invented by fellow Dutch during his times. Unlike others in this field, Leeuwenhoek never went to university, was not a trained scientist. Despite the lack of training, he taught himself to make lenses with a skill that no one else could match. His lenses could magnify objects up to 270 times. In his day, his instruments were unrivaled. But Leeuwenhoek was not just a good microscope maker, he was also an outstanding microscopist. Even though he was an amateur, he conducted his experiments with scientific methods. He was incredibly curious about everything around him. One day, his curiosity took him to explore one drop of lake water. What he saw took him by surprise. That one drop of water was teeming with life. He became the first person to see microorganisms. From then on, almost every thing he saw, he became the first human to see it. By the time he died at the age of 90, he, an amateur, had become one of the Royal Society’s most famous members. Due to his suspicious attitude, he never shared or taught his lens-making technique to anyone. In one letter, he complained that students were more interested in money or reputation than making discoveries. His bias almost destroyed his legacy because when others looked through their inferior microscopes, they saw nothing, so the interest in microbiology declined. It would be a century and a half later until new discoveries were again made in the field of microbes. 重點單字 convince：説服 invisible：看不見的 organism：生物 lense：鏡片 microscope：顯微鏡 telescope：望遠鏡 Dutch：荷蘭人 lack：缺乏 match：匹配 magnify：放大 object：物品 time：倍數 instrument: 工具 unrivaled：無人可比的 outstanding：傑出的 microscopist：顯微鏡家 amateur：業餘者 conduct：進行 incredibly：非常地 curiosity：好奇心 teem with：充滿 suspicious：多疑的 reputation：名聲 legacy：遺產 bias：偏見 inferior：劣等的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…

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EP177 | 🪨巨石陣裡的驚人「石」歷 7:12

26 weeks之前7:12

7:12

Stonehenge （巨石陣）is probably the most famous prehistoric structure in England. It is a collection of enormous rectangular stones arranged in a circle in an open field south of London. Archeologists say that Stonehenge was built over 5000 years ago, made up of 800 gigantic rocks. Some weigh more than two African elephants put together. To this day, historians still don’t know how the rocks were moved there. There were no trucks, cranes (起重機）available 5000 years ago to transport the enormous rocks to the field. Geologists believe most of the rocks are from a quarry（採石場） 200 miles away. Recently they discovered one of them is actually transported from Scotland, which is 400 miles away. Historians think whoever built it probably moved the rocks over water, be it by the sea or the ocean. It’s the most probable explanation. Stonehenge 巨石陣 prehistoric structure 史前建物 enormous rectangular stone 龐大的長方形石頭 archeologist 考古學家 crane 起重機 geologist 地理學家 quarry 採石場 probable explanation 最有可能的解釋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…

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EP176 | ✏️打字還是手寫？果然筆較厲害 12:19

27 weeks之前12:19

12:19

When asked what he uses to write, to doodle, to take note, the AI poster boy, Sam Altman actually prefers the pen, even recommending several pens to a podcast host that interviewed him recently. Even though computer keyboards and tablets may dominate our lives, scientists are actually telling us not to write off pens and note pads just yet because the pen is still mightier than the keyboard . For one thing, tablets and notebook computers create ample opportunities to be distracted. How many of you will switch to FB, IG when you are in a dull lecture? Moreover taking notes by hand will slow down the process of note taking, which is what makes it more useful in the long run. People who take longhand notes have to be very selective since they can’t write down everything they heard, so that extra time of processing information is beneficial to your cognitive learning. You can remember conceptual information better. Therefore, students who take notes by hand tend to be able to retain more knowledge and perform better on exams than those who simply type in what they hear onto the keyboard because those working on paper have to execute the preliminary stage 第一階段的 of summarizing and comprehension. In contrast, those working on keyboard tend to just type in everything they heard without digesting first. Some neuroscientists even go as far to suggest that giving up writing may affect how next generation learns to read. dominate 主宰 mightier than 更強大於 For one thing 首先 create ample opportunities to be distracted 營造出更多分心的機會 dull lecture 乏味的課程 longhand note 隨聽隨寫下的長型筆記 beneficial to your cognitive learning 對於認知學習有顯易的幫助 conceptual information 概念性的資訊 retain more knowledge 維持知識、記住資訊 execute the preliminary stage of summarizing and comprehension 執行第一階段的摘要與理解 without digesting first 未做初步的消化 neuroscientist 神經科學家 giving up writing may affect how next generation learns to read 不用筆，可能會影響下一代對學習閱讀的方式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…

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EP175 | 🪐化外之地的極端行星：HD 187933 b 8:32

28 weeks之前8:32

8:32

Have you heard of an exoplanet called HD 187933 b? Don’t worry if you haven’t**, **because neither have I. You might wonder what an exoplanet is. An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system. HD 187933 b is very far away from us. In fact it will take 200,000 years to get there by rocket. To the human eye, this planet looks like Earth with its bright blue color, but it’s extremely inhospitable. First because of its close distance to its sun, the planet is scorching hot. And if you are caught in the rain, it will definitely kill you because when it rains, it’s not water. Instead, it’s liquid glass. To make the living condition even more dire is its wind blows up to seven times the speed of sound. And just when you think the situation cannot get any worse, here’s one more to the list. Recently astronomers figured out there’s hydrogen sulfide in its atmosphere, so the planet reeks of rotten egg stench. exoplanet 太陽系外的行星 solar system 太陽系 inhospitable 不友善的 scorching hot 灼熱難耐的 dire 可怕的 speed of sound 音速 astronomers 天文學家 hydrogen sulfide 硫化氫 atmosphere 大氣 rotten 腐臭的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…

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EP174 | 💡LiFi：光照上網，點亮新科技 8:27

29 weeks之前8:27

8:27

Wi-Fi is now essential to every modern person’s life, but have you heard of Li-Fi. It’s been boasted as the new technology that could rock the world of the Internet. Li-Fi stands for light fidelity. Instead of using radio waves to transmit information like Wi-Fi, Li-Fi uses light waves, which makes the process faster and more secure. How does Li-Fi work? With this technology, your Internet would actually be transmitted through LED light bulbs, which would also provide the sources of light. So you basically kill two birds with one stone. Another advantage of Li-Fi is that it’s immune to occasional interference from other radio signals that can sometimes disrupt Wi-Fi. Naturally being man-made, it’s far from perfect. Unlike Wi-Fi, which can pass through walls, Li-Fi is limited to the room you are in because the devices have to be able to catch the light. Due to this limitation, it’s still too early to say whether it will replace Wi-Fi. Li-Fi （Light Fidelity）光照上網技術 essential 必須的 baost as 誇為 rock the world of the Internet 震撼網路世界 radio waves 無線電波 transmit 傳輸 light bulb 燈泡 Kill two birds with one stone. 一石二鳥。 immune 豁免、免疫 occasional interference 偶發性的干預 radio signal 無線信號 due to this limitation 歸因於這個限制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…

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EP173 | 不要逼我入苦海！揭開無意生小孩的主因 9:18

30 weeks之前9:18

9:18

So not just young people in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan don’t want to have kids, so do those in the US. In fact, fertility rates are declining throughout the developed world, and the decline in the US actually accelerated after 2008. Last year, the fertility rate dipped to 1.6 births per 1,000 women, a historic low. One of the reasons is that young people want to reach a certain level of financial stability before starting a family. Unfortunately, this has become increasingly harder because of the rise of mortgage rates and childcare costs. Moreover many young people are growing more pessimistic about the future of the world due to climate change, gun violence, and the recent pandemic. According to one social scientist who has interviewed many young people, they view having children as a decision you can make when you are ready, so they are reluctant to enter parenthood if they can’t provide their children with what they think is necessary. So stop accusing them of being selfish when they say they don’t want or are not ready to have kids. fertility rates 生育率 decline 衰退 accelerate 加速 dip 落下 financial stability 經濟穩定 mortgage rates 房貸 pessimistic 悲觀的 a decision you can make when you are ready 一個做足準備才能行動的決定 reluctant 不情願的 necessary 必要的 stop accusing 不要再控訴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…

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EP172 | Hobart：讀冊人的書香天堂 10:38

31 weeks之前10:38