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我可以問不倒Q&A專欄(2024年3月)

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                                    我可以問不倒   (2024年3月1日起) 本Q&A專欄使用原則: 1.優先提供OKE美語之新舊學員任何有關英語學習之提問。 2. 為提供最符合大眾共同學習效益,每周OKE美語及旋元佑老師將均衡選取三則提問給予詳解。 3.提問請點擊右側標籤列#我可以問不倒,至當月份的文章版面。 此篇文章僅供2024.3.01-2024.3.31提問使用 OKE旋元佑老師課程資訊 http://www.okenglish.com.tw/page/about/index.aspx?kind=1266

我可以問不倒Q&A專欄(2024年2月)

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                                   我可以問不倒   (2024年2月1日起) 本Q&A專欄使用原則: 1.優先提供OKE美語之新舊學員任何有關英語學習之提問。 2. 為提供最符合大眾共同學習效益,每周OKE美語及旋元佑老師將均衡選取三則提問給予詳解。 3.提問請點擊右側標籤列#我可以問不倒,至當月份的文章版面。 此篇文章僅供2024.1.01-2023.1.31提問使用 OKE旋元佑老師課程資訊 http://www.okenglish.com.tw/page/about/index.aspx?kind=1266

我可以問不倒Q&A專欄(2024年1月)

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                                                我可以問不倒   (2024年1月1日起) 本Q&A專欄使用原則: 1.優先提供OKE美語之新舊學員任何有關英語學習之提問。 2. 為提供最符合大眾共同學習效益,每周OKE美語及旋元佑老師將均衡選取三則提問給予詳解。 3.提問請點擊右側標籤列#我可以問不倒,至當月份的文章版面。 此篇文章僅供2024.1.01-2023.1.31提問使用 OKE旋元佑老師課程資訊 http://www.okenglish.com.tw/page/about/index.aspx?kind=1266

我可以問不倒Q&A專欄(2023年12月)

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    我可以問不倒  (2023年12月1日起) 本Q&A專欄使用原則: 1.優先提供OKE美語之新舊學員任何有關英語學習之提問。 2. 為提供最符合大眾共同學習效益,每周OKE美語及旋元佑老師將均衡選取三則提問給予詳解。 3.提問請點擊右側標籤列#我可以問不倒,至當月份的文章版面。 此篇文章僅供2023.12.01-2023.12.31提問使用 OKE旋元佑老師課程資訊 http://www.okenglish.com.tw/page/about/index.aspx?kind=1266

TIME閱讀解析 33 - 如何消弭線上言論自由

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  How to Kill Online Free Speech 如何消弭線上言論自由    單字→粗體黃底 片語→粗體斜字 句型→底線 文法→底線粗體       On Cinco de Mayo, New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ Facebook account livestreamed celebration, and the comments section turned into a  dumpster fire . Many came to   vent  — often hatefully — about the city’s migrant crisis.  One  commenter   lamented   the “destruction” of New York by “all, these unwashed illegals immigrants,”  and another  told the mayor, “Don´t send your garbage upstate! Keep it down there!”      Anti-immigrant and  xenophobic  comments are frequent on Adams’ Facebook account. When Adams streamed a celebration of Eid at his official residence featuring several Muslim speakers, a user replied “Stupid. Here to ruin another state. Another non American here to ruin within.”       However  offensive to Mexicans and Muslims, these comments are perfectly legal under the First Amendment. And as a public official, Mayor Adams is  prohibited  by the First Amendment  from  suppressing specific vie

TIME閱讀解析 32 - 為什麼早起也不見得比較好 ?

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  Why Waking Up Earlier Isn't Necessarily Better 為什麼早起也不見得比較好    單字→粗體黃底 片語→粗體斜字 句型→底線 文法→底線粗體       A favorite  trope   of sleep research is   to  divide   the entire human population   into   two cute, feathered categories: early birds (also called larks) and night owls. Often, these studies link people’s natural sleep patterns—called their chronotype—with some waking behavior or personality trait.       It doesn’t take long to see   which team more often   comes out on top . (Hint: it’s the one that catches the worm.)   Research says that   early birds are happier, more punctual,   do better in  school, and share more conservative morals. Night owls are more impulsive, angry, and likely to become cyberbullies; they have   shoddier   diets and, most critically, are worse at kicking soccer balls.      But can the population really be categorized so neatly? Or is the research painting an incomplete and overly  moralistic  picture? BY HAILEY WEISS MAY 25, 2023 全文網址 :  https://time.c

TIME閱讀解析 31 - 夢遊教會我們創傷對大腦的影響

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What Sleepwalking Teaches Us About Trauma's Effects on the Brain 夢遊教會我們創傷對大腦的影響 單字→粗體黃底 片語→粗體斜字 句型→底線 文法→底線粗體      Imagine getting up in the middle of the night, and starting to drive your car around town or preparing a big dish of dog food and eating it—and  although  your eyes are  wide open , you’re  sound asleep.  While these experiences sound like fiction, they are examples of a curious condition occurring around the edges of sleep, known as “sleepwalking.” Sleepwalking is a so-called “arousal disorder”—a form of partial awakening during sleep— that affects around 2.5% of adults and as many as 14% of children. And  it’s this  uncanny  phenomenon  that   not only  gives us profound insight into how the  dissociative  mechanisms during sleep  come about  and how they can  collapse ,   but also  provides clues about the nature of consciousness itself. BY BALAND JALAL MAY 25, 2023 全文網址:  https://time.com/6282314/sleepwalking-trauma-effect-brain/   單字 1.   uncanny   (adj.) 神祕的;奇怪的;

TIME閱讀解析 30 - 噤聲月經討論重創運動員

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  Silencing Period Talk Hurts Athletes 噤聲月經討論重創運動員  單字→粗體黃底 片語→粗體斜字 句型→底線 文法→底線粗體         Mikaela Shiffrin was unstoppable this winter. The alpine skier won 14 World Cup races and ended the season with the overall, slalom, and giant slalom titles. Most notably, she notched her 88th victory to become the winningest skier in World Cup history—man or woman. But Shiffrin broke more than skiing records this season. She broke a  taboo  in sports, too—she talked about her menstrual cycle.      In interviews after the  back-to-back  wins that  vaulted  her past Lindsey Vonn to the top of the women’s all-time wins list, Shiffrin said she was exhausted. She didn’t sleep well and generally felt  out of sorts  before her race, mentioning that it was “an unfortunate time of my monthly cycle.” While Shiffrin didn’t  shy away from  talking about her cycle, she expressed some embarrassment, saying that she probably shouldn’t talk about it in her interviews.      And yet, menstruation is a normal biolo

TIME閱讀解析 29 - 科學家們正利用聲音來解鎖地球的秘密

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  Scientists Are Using Sound To Unlock Our Planet’s Secrets 科學家們正利用聲音來解鎖地球的秘密  單字→粗體黃底 片語→粗體斜字 句型→底線 文法→底線粗體           Waves crash. Tree branches vibrate. Mosquitoes hum.   These phenomena  take place  every day but not everyone necessarily hears them.  Indeed , some sounds happen in places that are hard for humans to access or below the level of what we can   perceive . But  more and more , scientists are  listening in .      From a root system up to 90 feet underground, to balloons floating 70,000 feet above earth, a series of recent audible insights are being showcased this week by experts gathering at the annual Acoustical Society of America conference. The new data revealed by these sounds are helping scientists better understand the natural world.      For example, last year researchers discovered that climate change is   speeding up   the transmission of sound in the ocean, with potential implications to marine life. More recently, in March, a study published in Nature revealed