A second former aide has come forward with accusations of sexual harassment against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. — BBC
第二個前任助理出面控訴紐約州長安德魯庫默性騷擾。
1 former 形,先前的
2 aide 名,助理
3 forward 副,向前的
4 accusation 名,控告,accuse 動,指控
5 sexual harassment 性騷擾
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Hollywood stars will be dressing in their finest slippers and gathering in their living rooms later for the 78th Golden Globe Awards.
The ceremony, which recognises excellence in film and television, is being held virtually this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. — BBC
好萊塢明星將穿上他們最好的拖鞋,晚一點聚在他們的客廳為了第七十八屆的金球獎。
這個認可電影界跟電視界的傑出表現的典禮將在今年因為新冠肺炎疫情的關係將用虛擬線上型態呈現。
1 gather 動,聚集
2 ceremony 名,典禮
3 recognize 動,認可
4 excellence 名,傑出,優秀
5 virtually 副,虛擬實境地
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A homeless man risked his life to save several cats and dogs trapped at an Atlanta animal shelter after it caught fire, the facility’s founder said. — CNN
另外講到林書豪,即便是他在 NBA 待了九年,還是被歧視,在球場上被叫新冠病毒,種族歧視,大家在國外有感受到過嗎?潔西有耶,朋友也有遇過,有時候不太明顯,很明顯的比方說被叫做 Chinese pig ,這個就很明顯。是不是該回一下 No, I am Taiwanese pig. 呢?有時候真的一笑置之會是比較好的做法。通常會很明顯歧視的多半是不懂事的年輕孩子,就像在台灣,台灣人也有歧視外國人的啊。世界和平,世界和平,大家都不要歧視彼此啊!
I was angry at Patric, but I took it out on you. 我對派翠克生氣,但是我遷怒在你的身上。
take something out on someone 遷怒於別人的
to make someone else suffer or be responsible for your own mistakes, anger, sadness, etc. 讓別人遭受或負責你的錯誤,怒氣,悲傷等等。
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More than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a school in north-western Nigeria.
Police say they believe the girls were taken to a forest after being abducted from their boarding school in Jangebe, Zamfara state, on Friday morning. — BBC
超過三百個女學生被不明的持槍歹徒從西北部奈及利亞的學校綁架。
星期五早上警方說他們相信女孩子們被從他們的在吉格貝,贊法洛州的寄宿學校被綁架後被帶到一個森林。
1 kidnap 動,綁架
2 unidentified 形,不明的
3 gunman 名,持槍歹徒
4 abduct 動,劫持
5 boarding school 寄宿學校
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As the number of violent attacks against Asian Americans escalates, former NBA star Jeremy Lin said he has experienced racism while playing basketball.
“Being a 9 year NBA veteran doesn’t protect me from being called ‘coronavirus’ on the court," the former New York Knicks star wrote on Facebook. — CNN
隨著暴力攻擊亞裔美國人的數量增加,前 NBA 明星球員林書豪說他在打籃球的時候經歷過種族歧視。
「身為 NBA 九年的老將沒有辦法避免我在球場上被叫做 『新冠病毒』」,前紐約尼克隊明星在臉書上寫出。
1 violent 形,暴力的,violence 名,暴力
2 escalate 動,惡化,加劇
3 racism 名,種族歧視
4 veteran 名,老手
5 court 名,球場
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Netflix has made progress adding diverse content created by and starring women, Black and Asian people on its platform in recent years, but the streaming service and film studio hasn’t had the same success yet with increasing Latinx representation, according to a new study it commissioned. — CNN
回家的路上看到有人的T恤上有 F word ,就是像台灣三字經一樣的那個字,是個女生,大家要買有英文字在衣服上的時候最好注意一下英文寫的是什麼,有時候會是很好笑的東西啊,想想平常會有人把寫了三字經的中文穿在身上嗎?好像真的有人會這樣做,但是應該不多吧?所以最好知道一下英文的意思再來穿會比較好啦,寫了英文字的衣服不一定比較酷。
Online booking platform Airbnb has said it is preparing for a “significant" travel rebound as the world emerges from coronavirus lockdowns.
However the company said it was still “too early" to predict how the business would fare this year. — BBC
線上訂房平台 Airbnb 說它正準備好迎接顯著的旅遊回升在世界從新冠肺炎的封鎖中恢復之際。
然而這個公司說預測今年的生意會如何還「太早」。
1 platform 名,平台
2 Airbnb 名,出租民宿的網站
3 significant 形,顯著的
4 rebound 動,反彈
5 emerge 動,浮現
6 predict 動,預測
7 fare 動,遭遇,成功,名,車資
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Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot and two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery, police said. The singer is offering a $500,000 reward. — ABC News
Twitter is exploring a way to allow users to become paid subscribers to Twitter accounts they really like. — CNN
推特正在研究一個方式來讓使用者變成他們非常喜歡的推特帳戶的付費訂閱者。
1 subscriber 名,訂閱者
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Hyundai will recall 82,000 electric cars globally to replace their batteries after 15 reports of fires involving the vehicles. Despite the relatively small number of cars involved, Hyundai’s recall is one of the most expensive in history, signaling how electric car defects could create hefty costs for automakers — at least in the near future. — CNN
A sailor who fell overboard survived by clinging to a “piece of sea rubbish", his son has revealed. — BBC
一個掉下水裡的船員緊捉著一片「海裡的垃圾」存活了下來,根據他的兒子說。
1 overboard 副,從船掉入水中
2 cling 動,緊捉著
3 reveal 動,揭露
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The Philippines will let thousands of its health care workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree to donate coronavirus vaccines, a senior official said on Tuesday. — CNN
New record as estimated 18m Americans identify as LGBTQ, poll finds
Polling released Wednesday confirmed that more Americans than ever before identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. The number of Americans who self-identify this way increased by 60% between 2012 and 2020, according to Gallup. — the Guardian
Golfer Tiger Woods is “awake, responsive and recovering in his hospital room" after undergoing surgery following a dramatic traffic accident Tuesday morning in Los Angeles County, according to an update on his Twitter account. — NPR
More than 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.
This week President Biden is asking Americans to mark the 500,000 deaths with a moment of silence at sunset Monday. He’s also ordered flags on all federal buildings lowered to half-staff for five days. — NPR
‘The Sky’s Not Even The Limit’: Cancer Survivor To Become Youngest American In Space
Hayley Arceneaux, 29, became a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital nearly a year ago, almost two decades after beating pediatric cancer there herself. Now, she’s set to reach new heights as the youngest American — and first with a prosthesis — to travel to space. — NPR
The president and three members of a school board in Northern California have resigned after they were heard making disparaging comments about parents in the school district during a virtual board meeting last Wednesday. — CNN
Israeli authorities are trying to locate the source of a suspected oil spill that has been described as one of the most severe ecological disasters to hit the country, threatening wildlife, forcing beaches to close and prompting a mass cleanup. — CNN
Australia’s government has condemned the “disgusting" behavior of spectators at the Australian Open tennis tournament Sunday, after sections of the crowd loudly booed a speech praising the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. — CNN