最後一件事情是真的超感動的，一定要記錄一下，潔西做了劍橋活用英語文法初級的講義，每一課都有做，贊助的話送 PDF 檔，有一百多個檔案，學生把它們拿到影印店去，請他們幫忙全部印出來，裝訂成一本，還蠻厚的，潔西超好笑，看到的時候好像第一次看到自己的小孩一樣興奮，哈哈哈，將近一年的心血。這樣很有想要把講義通通改好一點，出個新的影片搭配講義，然後自己請影印店把講義印出來賣書，加上親筆簽名喔，哈哈哈，太久沒吃藥了。克制克制。有人問中級什麼時候出，但是實在目前為止找不到時間做。然後學生很可愛，說為什麼現在上課的新的講義跟先前的講義不太一樣，因為潔西很愛改講義，雖然都是微調，說到這，等等又要來微調了，明天上課的講義還沒生出來。微調去，大家晚安晚安！睡飽飽迎接新的一週！
From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s accelerating worldwide. — AP
An Italian woman has had her driving licence renewed at the age of 100, becoming at least the country’s third centenarian in recent years deemed fit to get behind the wheel. — Guardian
一個義大利女性在一百歲時更新了她的駕照，成為近年來至少是第三個百歲人瑞被認為是適合開車的。
1 driving licence(UK)/driver’s license(US) 名，駕照
2 renew 動，更新
3 centenarian 名，百歲人瑞
centenary(UK)/centennial(US) 名，一百週年
century 名，一百年
decade 名，十年
millennium 名，千年
4 deem 動，認為
5 fit 形，合適的
6 behind the wheel 片，開車
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New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country’s biggest sources of greenhouse gases.
紐西蘭推出計劃要增收羊跟牛打嗝的稅收，為了要解決該國最大溫室氣體的來源。
It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep.
它將會是第一個向農夫徵收他們養的動物的排放甲烷的費用。
New Zealand is home to just over five million people, along with around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep.
紐西蘭的人口只有五百萬人，還有一千萬頭牛跟兩千六百萬頭羊。
Almost half the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane. — BBC
潔西上課人不多通常會有一兩次要全部的學生回答問題，通常是他們練習完後，要他們報導從對方得來的資訊，講自己通常還好，講對方蠻常常很爆笑，因為潔西會請他們從對方回答中最有趣的跟大家分享。有時候下課前也會要學生練習當天的句型，下課前練習給潔西聽後才能回家，上次練習 Could you …? Can I …? 學生發揮創意來跟潔西要簽名的還蠻好笑的。
The EU has paved the way for all smartphones to be legally required to use a USB-C port for charging, a move that could be a headache for Apple, whose iPhone is the only main brand smartphone without this type of connection. — Guardian
(The EU) (has paved) (the way) (for all smartphones)
主詞 動詞 受詞 介系詞片語
to be legally required to use a USB-C port for charging,
a move (that could be a headache for Apple),
形容詞子句修飾 move
(that) (could be) a headache (for Apple)
主詞 動詞 介系詞片語
(whose iPhone is the only main brand smartphone without this type of connection.) 形容詞子句修飾 Apple
(whose iPhone) (is) (the only main brand smartphone)
主詞 動詞 主詞補語
(without this type of connection.)
介系詞片語
1 pave 動，鋪路
pave the way 片，創造條件
2 smartphone 名，智慧型手機
cell phone (US) 名，手機
mobile phone (UK) 名，手機
3 legally 副，合法地
illegally 副，非法地
4 require 動，規定，需要
5 port 名，端口
6 charge 動，充電，收費
7 move 名，措施，行動
8 brand 名，品牌
9 connection 名，連接
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Kitchen sponges harbor morebacteria than kitchen brushes, which may be a more hygienic way to clean your dishes, according to researchers in Norway. — CNN
廚房海綿比廚房刷子窩藏了更多細菌，刷子可能是一個比較衛生的方式來清潔你的碗盤，根據挪威的研究者。
1 sponge 名，海綿
2 harbor 動，窩藏，名，港口
3 bacteria 名，細菌
4 brush 名，刷子
5 hygienic 形，衛生的
hygiene 名，衛生
6 according to 介，根據
7 researcher 名，研究者
research 動，名，研究
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Fast food giant KFC has been forced to put cabbage in its burgers and wraps in Australia as the country is struggling with a shortage of lettuce. — BBC
Variety is the spice of life. 變化是生活的香料。這句話對潔西來講蠻真的，通常中午吃飯，晚上就不會吃飯，吃個麵或其他的。有學生說他可以一星期每天都吃同樣的東西，比方說同一家排骨飯好吃就吃一星期，這潔西絕對沒辦法，通常一家店潔西一星期通常最多光顧一次，兩次的話也一定會吃不同的料理，變化真的很重要。
晚一點要來做親子丼，先前學生遲到一個小時，潔西就不停地看跟做筆記，看了十幾隻，筆記寫了四種材料跟做法，昨天晚上又看到一個驚為天人的做法，全部都是日本廚師，只有 MASA是講中文，其他都講日文，但是料理嗎，大致上都知道在講什麼，大家要訓練英語或其他語言就是要像這樣找有興趣的東西去看。要拿日文書來閱讀有點沈重，但是呢影片潔西可以一隻一隻不停地看，有些廚師真的很風趣，連 OK 都會用日文寫日文片假名加英文：オK，笑點很低的潔西看了一直笑。
Taser developer Axon said this week it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly in schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.” But its own technology advisers quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy. — AP
(it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly in schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.”) 名詞子句
(it) (is working) (to build drones)
主詞 動詞 不定詞片語
(armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly in schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.”)
(which are) armed … 過去分詞片語修飾 drones
armed (with the electric stunning weapons)
介系詞片語
(that could fly in schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.”) 形容詞子句修飾 weapons
(that) (could fly) (in schools) (and) (“help prevent)
主詞 動詞1 介系詞片語 連接詞 動詞2
(the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.”)
受詞
(But) (its own technology advisers) quickly (panned) (the idea)
連接詞 主詞 動詞 受詞
(as a dangerous fantasy).
介系詞片語
Treadmill 跑步機
1 Taser 名，電擊槍，動，用電擊槍電擊
2 developer 名，開發商
3 drone 名，無人機
4 electric 形，電動的，用電的
5 stun 動，使昏迷
6 weapon 名，武器
7 prevent 動，預防
8 technology adviser 名，科技顧問
9 pan 動，嚴厲批評
10 fantasy 名，幻想
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Sporting his iconic blue duffle coat, Paddington Bear sat down with Queen Elizabeth II for tea at Buckingham Palace as part of the Platinum Jubilee festivities celebrating her 70 years on the throne. — NPR
Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with needles at nightclubs or concerts in recent months. Doctors and multiple prosecutors are on the case, but no one knows who’s doing it or why, and whether the victims have been injected with drugs — or indeed any substance at all. — AP
突然好想出去走走，今天學生說他下午要出去走走看山或看水，不要待在城市裡面，getting out of the city，好久沒出去走走了喔，下星期去淡水走走吧？希望天氣好。查了一下，百分之九十的降雨機率，最好是啦。連健身房也很少去，不然去健身房走走吧，現在太熱沒辦法走路去上課或搭捷運。
今天又去圖書館借了一本小說，英文名字叫做 playing dead 裝死，中文翻成騙過死神的女孩，翻譯真的是門藝術啊！又借了低糖飲食，小包包教我真正重要的事，3日奇蹟整理術，跟丸龜製麵出的丸龜製麵好味道，在家輕鬆做：麵匠藤本智美精選62道讚岐烏龍麵食譜，裡面甚至有教怎麼樣做烏龍麵，看起來蠻簡單的，做起來可能很難，做烏龍麵失敗的話不知道會變成什麼？麵疙瘩？星期三就在家自己從麵粉開始做烏龍麵吧！最簡單的烏龍麵煮好後中間打顆生蛋，加點醬油，灑點蔥花就是蛋拌烏龍麵了。在撒點起士就變成起士蛋拌烏龍麵，以這個為目標就好，哈哈哈。
Dragon Boat Festival is said to commemorate the death of a minister and poet named Qu Yuan. Accused of treason he spent many years in exile and when his former king was overthrown he committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River. Locals raced out in their boats to rescue him, and when they couldn’t find him, they threw sticky rice balls into the river so the fish wouldn’t eat his body.
Taiwan has many traditions, and there are quite a few related to this festival. Locals believe that an egg can stand on its end at 12 noon, while children will wear perfumed sachets to ward off evil. Homeowners will hang Calamus and Wormwood on doors or windows, which again is believed to ward off evil and bad luck, but the most popular tradition is, without a doubt, the eating of zongzi.
These sticky rice triangular dumplings are often loaded with nuts, meat, egg yolks, and mushrooms, all wrapped in a large leaf and tied with string. — 文章來源
這些糯米三角形粽子常常包了核果，肉，蛋黃跟香菇，全部用一大片葉子包起來繩子綁起來。
1 commemorate 動，緬懷，紀念
2 minister 名，部長
3 poet 名，詩人
4 accuse 動，指控
5 treason 名，叛國
6 exile 名，流放
7 overthrow 動，推翻
8 commit suicide 片，自殺
9 local 名，當地人
10 rescue 動，拯救
11 sticky rice 名，糯米
12 tradition 名，傳統
13 perfumed sachet 名，香包
14 ward something/somebody off 片，避開
15 evil 名，邪惡，災害
16 calamus 名，菖蒲
17 wormwood 名，艾草
18 without a doubt 片，無庸置疑
19 triangular 形，三角形的
20 dumpling 名，餃子
21 nut 名，核果
22 wrap 動，包
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Actor Johnny Depp has won his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, as the jury announced its verdict in the widely watched case on Wednesday.
演員強尼戴普贏得他控訴他的前妻安柏赫德的毀謗官司，陪審團星期三宣告它的判決在這個備受矚目的官司。
The seven-member jury found that Depp is entitled to $10 million in compensatory damages and punitive damages of $5 million. But, because Virginia state law limits punitive damages to $350,000, the actual amount to be awarded Depp is $10.35 million. — NPR
Korean pop supergroup BTS appeared at the White House press briefing on Tuesday and will meet with President Joe Biden as part of a visit aimed at discussing Asian inclusion and representation and addressing anti-Asian hate crimes and disinformation. — CNN
(Korean pop supergroup BTS) (appeared) (at the White House press briefing)
主詞 動詞1 介系詞片語
(on Tuesday) (and) (will meet) (with President Joe Biden)
介系詞片語 連接詞 動詞2 介系詞片語
(as part of a visit)
介系詞片語
(aimed at discussing Asian inclusion and representation and addressing anti-
Asian hate crimes and disinformation.)
(which was) aimed … 過去分詞片語修飾 visit
aimed at (discussing Asian inclusion and representation) and
(addressing anti-Asian hate crimes and disinformation).
1 appear 動，出現
2 press briefing/press conference 名，記者會
3 aim 動，計畫
4 inclusion 名，包容
5 representation 名，代表，象徵
6 address 動，處理
7 disinformation 名，假資訊
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The largest known plant on Earth – a seagrass roughly three times the size of Manhattan – has been discovered off the coast of Australia.
所知的世界最大的植物 – 一個大約是三個曼哈頓大的大小的海草 – 在澳洲的外海被發現。
Using genetic testing, scientists have determined a large underwater meadow in Western Australia is in fact one plant.
使用基因的測試，科學家確定了一個巨大的水底草地實際上是一個植物。
It is believed to have spread from a single seed over at least 4,500 years. — BBC
它被相信是從一個在至少四千五百年前的種子開始蔓延的。
1 seagrass 名，海草
2 roughly 副，大約
3 coast 名，海岸
4 genetic 形，基因的
5 determine 動，確定
6 meadow 名，草地，牧場
7 spread 動，蔓延
8 seed 名，種子
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A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the Mona Lisa with cake in a purported protest against artists not focusing enough on “the planet”. — Guardian
在 Reddit 上看到一支影片，他們找了一個十三歲的演員小孩去便利商店買啤酒，店員跟他說 Not happening. No. 不可能，店員說他看起來像十二歲。然後又去一家商店要買煙，店員說 I am sorry. I cannot sell you the cigarettes. 不好意思，我不能賣你香煙。然後去試著買成人雜誌，店員說 You have to be eighteen or older. 你必須要十八歲或更大。再來去買刮刮樂，店員直接問 How old are you? You got your ID? 你幾歲？你有帶身分證嗎？大家都在笑，覺得不可思議，一個十三歲的小孩要嘗試做這些事。接著，這個小孩走進去賣槍的商店，幾分鐘合法地買到長槍，這只有在美國才會發生。
Millions of students who participated in virtual learning during the Covid-19 pandemic had their personal data and online behaviors tracked by educational apps and websites without their consent and in many cases shared with third-party advertising technology companies, a new report has found. — <a href="http://<!– wp:paragraph –> <p>https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/26/tech/remote-</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p>learning-apps-data-collection/index.html</p> CNN
The decision by police to wait before confronting the gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was a failure with catastrophic consequences, experts say. When it was all over 19 students and two teachers were dead.
While 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was inside adjoining classrooms, a group of 19 law enforcement officers stood outside the classroom in the school for roughly 50 minutes as they waited for room keys and tactical equipment, CNN has reported. Meanwhile, children inside the classroom repeatedly called 911 and pleaded for help, Texas officials said. — CNN
當十八歲的 Salvador Ramos 在旁邊的教室裡時，一群十九名執法官員站在學校教室外面大約五十分鐘，等著教室的鑰匙跟策略性的設備，CNN報導。同時，在教室裡的小孩子重複地打電話給911警急求教電話懇求協助，德州官員說。
I’m sick and tired. I’m so sick and tired. 我實在受夠了。我真的受夠了。這是美國總統喬拜登在發表對於昨天美國德州小學的槍擊案，造成十九個小學生，兩個成人死亡時談話時說的。看新聞時看到NBA教練 Steve Kerr 似乎是在賽前訪談時不肯談籃球，開始說有關於槍擊案的事，也是說了類似的話，不想要再默哀了，要那些政客做點事吧！問政客你們的權利比性命重要嗎？同時間又看到共和黨的出來說槍擊案跟擁有槍枝是兩回事，認為應該要把退休的警察讓他們去學校當警衛，要加強美國的校園安全讓進入校區變困難之類的，潔西昨天看新聞真的跟 Steve Kerr 同樣的心情，生氣又難過，沒記錯的話他還氣到捶桌子，究竟還要發生多少次這樣的事件，美國人才想做改變？
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school in a rampage that also left two adults dead, officials said, adding to a gruesome, yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores. — AP
(adding to a gruesome, yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores).
(which added) adding 現在分詞片語
1 elementary school 名，小學
2 rampage 名，暴力狂野的行為
3 gruesome 形，恐怖的，令人不舒服的
4 yearslog 形，多年的
5 series 名，一系列
6 mass 形，大規模的
7 killing 名，謀殺
massacre 名，大屠殺
.
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Male TV presenters in Afghanistan are wearing face masks on screen to show solidarity after the Taliban issued an order that all women on news channels must cover their faces. — Guardian
A plane that was towed along the side of a busy expressway in Lagos on Tuesday night has caused widespread confusion and amusement to commuters – and rumours it had crashed – before Nigerian authorities said that it was being delivered to its new owner via the busy road. — Guardian
The United Nations’ Aids agency has called some reporting on the monkeypox virus racist and homophobic, warning of exacerbating stigma and undermining the response to the growing outbreak. — Guardian
(The United Nations’ Aids agency) (has called) (some reporting)
主詞 動詞 受詞
(on the monkeypox virus) (racist and homophobic),
介系詞片語 形容詞修飾 reporting
(warning of exacerbating stigma and undermining the response to the growing outbreak). 現在分詞片語修飾主詞
(warning) of (exacerbating stigma and undermining the response)
現在分詞 動名詞
(to the growing outbreak).
介系詞片語
1 call 動，認為，稱…為…
2 monkeypox 名，猴痘
smallpox 名，天花
chickenpox 名，水痘
3 virus 名，病毒
4 racist 形，種族主義的
5 homophobic 形，恐同的
6 exacerbate 動，惡化，加劇
7 stigma 名，惡名
8 undermine 動，削弱，損害
9 outbreak 名，爆發
10 endemic 名，地方性的，流行的
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President Joe Biden on Monday is expected to come out with a list of nations that will join a long-anticipated Indo-Pacific trade pact, but Taiwan won’t be among them.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed that Taiwan isn’t among the governments signed up for the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a pact that’s meant to allow the U.S. to work more closely with key Asian economies on issues like supply chains, digital trade, clean energy and anticorruption. The U.S. president is slated to highlight the launch of the framework as he meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday. — AP
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