Avengers star Jeremy Renner is being treated for serious injuries that happened while he was plowing snow, the actor’s representative said Sunday.
演出復仇者聯盟的傑瑞米雷納正在接受治療在剷雪時受的傷，他的發言人在星期六發布消息。
Renner, 51, is in critical condition although he is stable, the actor’s representative said. No further details on the extent of Renner’s injuries were available. — NPR
Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, in the days leading up to his funeral this week. — Guardian
最近看不到了，嗚嗚嗚。看雲有種莫名的放鬆感，先前在公園看著天上的雲，究竟有沒有在動啊，找一個建築物作為指標就知道了，然後突然風吹來，風在身邊吹過的動感加上雲也在動，很妙的感覺，很開心地找 sliver lining 銀邊，好冷。英文說 Every cloud has its silver lining. 每朵雲都鑲雲邊指的是每件事都可以找到正面積極的地方。
昨天不小心又太累了，對，潔西就是那種常常不小心太累的人。看到手機的 app，走了一萬兩千步，也太誇張了，去哪裡走的？開始回想，啊，早上上健身房，下午為了要買明治的 Melty Kiss 的巧克力，明明平常就很多，想吃在家裡附近超商全聯家樂福通通都找不到，跑到遙遠的全聯還是沒有，最後在遙遠的小七找到兩盒，然後晚上走路去上課。所以昨天回到家吃完宵夜就昏迷了。
新聞也是昨天做的，當兵四個月變成一年，可以搶先去當四個月的嗎？應該不行吧？然後中國要開放，全世界都很緊張，股票都跌了，日本馬上先說從中國來的要驗PCR，台灣也接著說，今天新聞美國也跟進。美國暴風雪也很可怕，紐約水牛城今天志工要去每家每戶敲門確認大家的安危。有一些人居然是在鏟雪時心臟病發，好可怕，天氣冷，大家要注意保暖喔！Have a nice day!
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Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, as the self-ruled island faces China’s military, diplomatic and trade pressure. — NPR
The massive winter storm that has affected much of the country has claimed at least 49 lives so far – more than half of them in western New York.
影響全國的暴風雪目前為止造成四十九個人死亡，超過一半的人是在紐約州西部。
Bodies have been discovered in cars, homes and snowbanks. Of the 31 dead in Erie County, 17 were found outside, seven died from lack of heat, three died from cardiac issues from shoveling, three were found in a vehicle and another died due to a delay from emergency medical services, according to the health department. — NPR
Apple and Tesla stocks have tumbled over growing concerns about delays in their production lines in China.
蘋果跟特斯拉的股價大跌，因為人們擔心這兩家公司在中國的生產線延誤。
China announced that it will lift its strict quarantine rules for travellers on 8 January, a positive sign for many investors who are seeing an ease in supply chain movement in 2023.
不過那個老師的用意其實潔西可以理解，母語使用者應該是看很多台灣人中式英文或積非成是的錯誤英文，所以想要提醒大家把錯誤的地方改過來。比方說。I am agree you. (X) 這種就是 be 動詞兩千輩子都不會跟動詞原型或過去式一起出現的常犯錯誤。還有介系詞常常多出來或漏掉。I agree with you. 我同意你。agree 後面要介系詞。
明天要上課，話說哪一天不用上課的，有，下個月很多天都不用上課，其實昨天也只才上一個小時而已啦。總之就是早點睡覺明天不用喝太多咖啡，最近胃潰瘍好蠻多的樣子，比較少不舒服，但是呢喝咖啡大概中杯半杯可以，超過半杯就不舒服了，但是上課沒精神又不行，所以呢就是那天教學生的單字：地雷馬 dilemma。I’m in a dilemma. 或者更口語我們會偷 To be or not to be, that is the question. 的莎翁名言：To dirnk or not to drink, that is the question. 喝還是不喝呢？不能喝啦，快十二點了，睡覺去，晚安晚安！
Real strength is being the first to care of love even if it’s not returned. 真正的力量是先去愛人即使這份愛不會得到回報。
這也不一定指戀愛的愛，各式各樣的愛，但是呢這看人啦，沒有回報的愛，有時候是不讓人喜歡的，不要去做別人不喜歡的事啦。再怎麼喜歡一個人，假如對方沒有相同的感受，對那個人再好，都只是讓對方困擾，不過看人啦，假如一個願打一個願挨，那就雙方開心就好。Pay it forward. 做好事時不求回報，最後還是有可能會轉一大圈有好事回到身上的，沒有也沒關係，比較像是這樣的概念吧？
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Real strength is crating your own closure because you decide you’re ready to move on. 真正的力量是創造自己的解脫因為你決定你準備好要往前走了。
英文的 closure 就是結束，一件事情發生了，可能過了很久還是一直放在心上，放不下，比方說分手了，有人可能兩年三年還是放不下。潔西有學生不想去某個地方，因為跟三年前分手的女友去過，這就是放不下，那怎麼迎接新的未來呢？move on 就是忘掉過去往前走。年紀大好像忘性越來越好，真是件好事啊！
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Real strength is deciding that rejection is better than never knowing. 真正的力量是決定被拒絕勝過於從來都不知道。
It was one of the finest World Cup finals in the history of the tournament. Argentina is the champion after a thrilling match that went into extra time and then a penalty kick shootout against France. — NPR
Twitter users voted in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, in a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he took over.
About 57.5% votes were for “Yes", while 42.5% were against the idea of Musk stepping down as the head of Twitter, according to the poll the billionaire launched on Sunday evening. Over 17.5 million people voted.
Musk said on Sunday he would abide by the results of the poll, but did not give details on when he would step down if results said he should. — Reuters
馬斯克在星期天說他將會遵循民意調查的結果，但是沒有給出細節關於假如結果說他應該下台，他何時會下台。
1 vote 動，投票
2 poll 名，民意調查
3 step down 片，下台
4 chief executive 名，總裁
5 backlash 名，強烈反對
6 take over 片，接收
7 against 介，反對
8 abide by something 片，遵守
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Severe turbulence rocked a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu Sunday, seriously injuring 11 people in what an Hawaiian Airlines official called an isolated and unusual event. — NPR
這學生夢想是未來在下雪的地方工作，因為喜歡雪。問潔西說潔西教英文多久了，因為潔西說了年紀吧？又問潔西先前做什麼，在唱片行工作，完全不相干，哈哈哈。學生很厲害，還是潔西先前說過？他知道潔西每天都要上課，對啊，目前是這樣，沒辦法，因為課就是很不穩定 not stable，上個星期可能上20個小時，這個星期因為比較多學生請假，就只剩下10個小時，收入就不穩定，再來過年除了沒有年終之外，也沒有收入。
Amid intense backlash and accusations of violating press freedom, Twitter has reinstated the accounts of several journalists who were suspended earlier this week, though at least one remains suspended.
It all started with a jet-tracking Twitter account
這都是從一個追蹤飛機的推特帳號開始
Musk’s crackdown was condemned by the U.N. and EU — NPR
馬斯克的鎮壓異己被聯合國跟歐盟譴責
1 amid 介，在…中
2 intense 形，強烈的，極度的
3 backlash 名，強烈反對
4 accusation 名，指控
5 violate 動，違反
6 press freedom 名，媒體自由
7 reinstate 動，使恢復原狀
8 account 名，帳號
9 suspend 動，中止
10 though 連，副，雖然
11 reamin 動，維持
12 track 動，追蹤
13 crackdown 動，鎮壓，處罰，制裁
14 condemn 動，譴責
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‘He’s Real’: How A Santa Using ASL Brought Holiday Cheer To The Local Deaf Community — NPR
「他是真的」：一個聖誕老人如何用美國手語帶給當地的聾人社區鼓舞
1 ASL American Sign Language 名，美國手語
2 cheer 動，鼓舞，振奮
3 deaf 形，耳聾的，失聰的
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The reign of Los Angeles’s most famous mountain lion – hailed as an “ambassador for wildlife” in the city – has come to an end, after health and behavioral concerns led to P-22’s euthanization.
The cougar, who became another LA celebrity after making his home in the city a decade ago, “went to sleep” on Saturday morning, according to state wildlife officials. — Guardian
First things first: the two-year-old boy who was attacked by a hippopotamus in Uganda was saved and had a full recovery, police say. But they also say the hippo had the boy in its jaws — with the child’s head and upper body in the animal’s mouth — before a brave bystander rescued the boy. — NPR
Despite being widely mocked online, former US president Donald Trump’s collection of digital trading cards have sold out in less than a day, netting US$4.5m in sales. — Guardian
潔西住中和，離中和好市多走小路 Google 說21分鐘，潔西大概走25分鐘的距離，今天是去買牙膏。潔西只用舒酸定，敏感性牙齒，試了幾款，覺得他家最適合，而且還要是100g，英國製的，比較大條泰國製的效果就有差，而且潔西最怕牙膏是薄荷口味的，超恐怖。他家沒有什麼怪味，很適合潔西，但是最近他家100g有些也換成泰國製了，所以想說去好市多買美國製的看看，上星期有特價，但是就是忙，怎麼樣都抽不出時間，所以今天去買。
A freestanding cylindrical aquarium housing about 1,500 exotic fish has burst in Berlin, causing a wave of devastation in and around the tourist attraction, police have said. — Guardian
柏林一個獨立圓柱型，裡面有一千五百隻珍奇的魚的水族箱爆開，造成這個觀光景點的內外災情慘重，警方說。
1 freestanding 形，獨立式的，不靠牆的
2 cylindrical 型，圓柱型的
cylinder 名，圓柱體
3 aquarium 名，水族箱，水族館
4 house 動，提供空間，收容
5 exotic 形，異國風情的
6 burst 動，爆炸
7 devastation 名，極大的破壞
8 tourist attraction 名，觀光景點
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Press freedom advocates on Thursday criticized Twitter owner Elon Musk, who has suspended the accounts of several high-profile journalists who cover the billionaire and his chaotic leadership of the social media site. — NPR
先前也是上課前，學生遲到時潔西就在回訊息，傳訊息，然後全部的人一起就焦慮了，後來潔西把手機跟電腦的 Line 的訊息通知通通關掉，沒關係嗎？試了幾週都沒事，因為上課有時候會看到有訊息，就會忍不住打開，然後會受影響，不好的消息心情會變差，然後有急事，就會忍不住要回，潔西是急性子，但是其實都沒有那麼急，下課再處理多半是來得及的，所以潔西基本上沒有很好找，也沒有很難找。偶爾訊息會一直拖著不回，真是不好意思，會想有空一點再好好回，不像有些人都搞失蹤，不讀不回。
也難說，那個虛擬貨幣平台倒掉的 CEO 在巴拿馬被逮捕了，前幾天才看到他虛偽地在影片中說倒了幾百億美元真的是很對不起大家，他要努力賺錢然後把錢還給這些人，是你傻了還是當大家真的那麼傻啊，明明就是自己私下把錢都塞滿自己荷包了。潔西有大概看一下相關新聞，資訊越來越發達，但是大家似乎也越來越好騙，要多做功課啊，想賺錢的話。
France is heading back to the World Cup Final and aiming to do something that hasn’t been done in 60 years – repeat as World Cup champions. France is making a return trip after defeating Morocco 2-0 in the semifinal. — NPR
對了，賴床沒有很確切的英文說法，sleep in/sleep late 可以用來表示週末比較晚睡。潔西睡到快十二點，突然知道，啊，為什麼星期天中午的班的人數突然大大減少，最多有二十五個人的會話課，換課本前也都有十六七個，新課開始只剩下八個，這星期更誇張，只有六個，跟早上原本只有兩三隻小貓的課一樣多人。看了一下登記人數也有十七個人，幾個請假，然後其他人究竟在哪呢？
跟潔西一樣，賴床不想起來吧？被窩多溫暖啊，睡了再睡又睡，潔西鬧鐘十點半到十二點才起來，一堂課都上完了。冬天，就是那個 snooze button 中文叫什麼？就是按了過十分鐘會再叫的那個按鈕，不斷地按，keep hitting the snooze button ，無限延後，又濕又冷的天氣在家睡覺多好，潔西也很想請假，不行啦，當老師沒有這個任性的權利，學生可以任性，老師要認份。
說到這個，人不能亂許願，be careful what you wish for ，潔西上星期去上課時，超想睡的，最近的中藥吃了都很想睡，然後想說還有十分鐘，趴一下桌子，然後想說希望學生再繼續遲到吧，最好是有個小車禍，沒有人傷亡的，然後他遲到個十分鐘，潔西可以多睡一下，然後，大家知道的，學生遲到十分鐘進來說高速公路上有車禍，很恐怖吧，不能亂許願就是因為可能會成真，有時候還不是用你想要的方式。
啊，說到恐怖，那天潔西有被嚇到，真的有這麼巧嗎？潔西的臉書推薦的朋友之一是潔西先前選舉投給他的議員。跟朋友說，他說你一定有 Google 他，沒有。潔西對不起大家，是看選舉公報跟憑印象，沒有跟誰討論說起，全世界沒有人知道潔西投給誰，也太恐怖了吧，居然被臉書發現了，難不成在潔西身上有隱藏秘密攝影機嗎？難怪潔西最近拼命掉頭髮。扯遠了，潔西只是喜歡偶爾胡說八道，大家可以不用理我。
Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began his 18 months of mandatory military service at a frontline South Korean boot camp Tuesday, as fans gathered near the base to say goodbye to their star. — AP
Public health officials are revisiting the topic of indoor masking, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses take hold during the holiday season.
公共衛生官員正考慮室內戴口罩這項規定，在三種高度傳染性的病毒在這個假期期間大大增加。
Over the past few weeks, a surge in cases of COVID, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been sickening millions of Americans, overwhelming emergency rooms and even causing a cold medicine shortage. The triple threat has been called a “tripledemic" by some health experts. — NPR
A six-year-old on a quest to keep a unicorn in her backyard figured she’d get the hard part out of the way first — getting permission from animal control. — NPR
一個六歲女孩在養獨角獸的探險中覺得她該先把最難的部份做好-得到動物管制局的許可。
1 quest 名，探索
2 keep 動，飼養
3 unicorn 名，獨角獸
4 figure 動，認為
5 permission 名，許可
permit 動，允許，名，許可證
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Hot water bottles are selling out around the UK amid the cold snap and efforts to save on soaring energy bills.
因為天氣突然變冷跟想要節省高漲的電費，全英國熱水袋都賣到缺貨。
John Lewis said sales were up sixfold on last year with several popular models currently out of stock online including the department store’s own-label version with a fake fur protective cover. — Guardian
John Lewis 百貨公司說銷售量是去年的六倍，許多熱門的型號目前都在網路上缺貨，包括了百貨公司有仿毛皮的保護套的自我品牌款式。
外傭外勞其實都是歧視字眼耶，從前可能不覺得，但是政治正確 PC politically correct 的年代，用字真的不能不小心啊！
今天看到的新聞是有個黑人的慈善機構的創辦人在白金漢宮被威廉王子的教母問到是哪裡人時，你哪來的？她問你從非洲的哪個部分來的？她說這裡，我在這裡出生長大的，她是在倫敦出生長大的，What’s your nationality? 你的國籍是什麼？她跟她說 I was born here. I’m British. 我在這裡出生。我是英國人。
但是那個教母還是追問說 Where are you really from? 你究竟是哪裡來的? Where are your people from? 你們這些人是哪裡人？所以她備感歧視，就到推特上大吐苦水，得到很多人的支持，脫口秀也大做文章。
It’s mindlessly binge-watching television without worrying about the time. It’s eating snacks in bed without a care about leftover crumbs. And it’s wearing the same pair of pajamas all week while working from home. Welcome to “goblin mode.”
The slang term is defined as a “type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.” — NPR
A black British charity leader who was asked where she “really came from” by the late queen’s senior-lady-in-waiting at a Buckingham Palace royal reception has said she has suffered “horrific abuse” on social media. — Guardian
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