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「邊聽邊念?老師,我又不是在上口譯班。」如果你第一次試英文跟讀(shadowing)就覺得嘴巴打結、腦袋當機,恭喜你,這代表你做對了。
「從聽到說」七封信來到第五封,前面的聽和朗讀對通勤家族來說都不是問題,大家真正卡住的,幾乎都是跟讀。這集John老師和阿鍵老師把跟讀拆成初階、中階、進階三個層次,讓你知道自己現在該站在哪一格。
覺得很難?那就對了
John老師舉了一個很直白的例子:如果隨便誰跑百米都能跑進那個秒數,世界上就不會有Usain Bolt;如果隨便跳下水都游得飛快,也不會有Michael Phelps。人本來就是在極限邊緣慢慢練出來的。
他的原話是:If it is hard, it doesn't mean it's bad for you.
但挑戰不等於硬撐。John老師自己沒跑過馬拉松,他說第一天就跑全馬的話,大概會直接被AED電一下送醫院。阿鍵老師補刀:腳先斷掉吧。
跟讀就像上健身房,重量是一點一點往上加的。第一個月、第二年、第四年的強度本來就不一樣,甚至某段時間停在同一個強度(plateau)也完全OK。早上在捷運上被擠得心浮氣躁,只想趕快到公司,這種時候硬逼自己全速跟讀,只會覺得「好難我不行」。先找到自己舒服的程度,想挑戰的時候再加一點重量就好。
初階:先認識水性,別急著跳深水區
很多人誤會,以為跟讀一開始就要完全同步。其實不同步才是正確的起點。
想想小時候背課文,老師念一句你念一句,這本來就不同步。念久了,老師才剛開口,你就能跟著發出第一個音。母語都是這樣練起來的,英文當然也是。
John老師用學游泳比喻:第一堂課就把你丟到深水區,你下禮拜大概不會再出現了。所以先拿浮板,先熟悉水性。放到英文跟讀上,就是先聽幾遍、朗讀一兩遍,把文章摸熟,最後再跟讀一遍就夠。聽和朗讀多做幾次,跟讀只要一次。
選文章也有學問。如果你挑一篇美國選舉的新聞來練,裡面一堆拉丁裔、非洲裔的人名,你根本不熟,那你到底是在練跟讀,還是在跟生字和人名搏鬥?一次塞太多新東西,只會更挫折。初階就一個原則:make yourself comfortable,挑自己熟悉的主題。
中階:把舒適圈砍一半
跟著John老師和阿鍵老師練了這麼多年的學長姐,如果還說自己在初階,John老師說,可能要打屁股了。2026年了,come on!
中階的做法是把前面的「暖身」砍掉一半:只聽一兩遍就直接跟讀,或只朗讀一兩遍就直接跟讀。
阿鍵老師聽完覺得「聽一遍,第二遍直接跟,好像可以耶」。John老師馬上提醒,大家腦中想像都覺得可以,真的做下去才會發現:哇,好難。但那只是不習慣,不是能力不夠。你的聽力和閱讀早就到一定程度了,做個兩三篇就會抓到訣竅。
就像游泳課要你踢水,腿一定會痠,但你總不能因為腿痠就不踢吧?浮板(逐字稿)還在,只是你得開始出力了。
這個階段可以慢慢往同步靠近。對方講到第二個字你才開口講第一個字,沒問題,越來越接近就好。阿鍵老師還順便「爆料」,John老師錄音時語速不是每句都很穩,有快有慢。John老師抗議了一下,然後承認:看到很興奮的文章,講話就是會快起來嘛。
進階:幾乎同步,聽力被磨到最細
到了進階,就很接近口譯員的狀態了:音檔聽一遍,下一遍就上場。同樣的提醒再講一次,做這種挑戰一定要挑熟悉的主題,目的是逼大腦同時處理聽和說,不是給自己找挫折。
練到這裡會有個很神奇的感覺。John老師說,有時候聽到一個字,腦中就像看到那個字被打出來一樣。以前在初階,同一個字聽起來糊成一團,要在腦子裡想半天;現在聽力和閱讀都到位了,字就自己跳出來。
阿鍵老師提到,非母語人士最難抓的是重音,而且同一個字當動詞、當名詞,重音還可能不同。他們的建議是:別想太多,用模仿的。對方用什麼調性講,你就用什麼調性講,最不費腦力。
就算你沒打算去考口譯班,這種練習也會把英文聽力磨得更細。John老師自己習慣閉著眼睛聽YouTube上評比咖啡磨豆機的英文影片入睡,如果閉著眼睛也能聽清楚每個字、理解對方在解釋什麼,那就代表你有能力挑戰同步跟讀了。
最後阿鍵老師的觀察很實用:一週四集,不用每集都拚進階。熟悉的主題做進階,一般的做中階,累的時候做初階直接朗讀就好。竹科開車上班那段路、高鐵上那半小時,依當天狀態自己調配。

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Summary:
We already know that junk food that are high in calories can lead to chronic diseases like heart disease and high blood pressure. Now we know that eating too much junk food can also affect a teenager’s sleep quality. The research team said that these findings are worrying because poor-quality of sleep has an adverse impact on adolescent health and cognitive development.
原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-k031-junk-food-habit-affects-sleep-quality
Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:
Popular adj. – liked, admired, or enjoyed by many people The new song by Billie Eilish is very popular amongst millennials. Boba milk tea is a popular drink around the world.
Soft-drink / Cool-drink / Carbonated drink – non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated Research found that teenagers who drink more than three soft drinks per day were 55 percent more likely to report sleep disturbance than those who only drink one cup per day. Carbonated drinks usually contain caffeine and large amounts of sugar.
Consumption n. / Consume v. – using up of a resource / buy or eat and drink. People of all ages should watch their daily calorie consumption. Consuming junk food is now a major part of our daily lives.

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傳了好幾年的摺疊 iPhone，終於真的來了！Apple 新機 iPhone Duo 一發表就話題不斷，但這支蘋果首款摺疊機，你會願意掏錢買單嗎？本週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Cariya 老師要來好好聊聊 iPhone Duo 到底值不值得入手。
這集我們從命名開始吐槽，把它的價格跟精品包、機車擺在一起比一比就知道有多厲害。我們也回顧了當年拿著 iPhone 4 走路有風的年代。另外，摺疊機最讓人擔心的摺痕和轉軸耐用度，Apple 用了什麼小技巧來處理？首度支援的 Apple Pencil 又能派上什麼用場？趕快收聽本集節目吸收3C相關的常用詞彙和慣用語吧！
The foldable iPhone that's been rumored for years has finally arrived! Apple's new iPhone Duo has been generating buzz since its announcement, but would you be willing to shell out the cash for Apple's first foldable phone? This week on English Cafe, John and Cariya discuss whether the iPhone Duo is really worth buying.
In this episode, we start by criticizing the naming, and comparing its price to luxury handbags and motorcycles to show just how expensive it is. We also reminisce about the days when carrying an iPhone 4 made you feel cool. Additionally, what tricks has Apple used to address the biggest concerns with foldable phones—the crease and hinge durability? And how will the newly supported Apple Pencil come in handy? Tune in to this episode to pick up common tech vocabulary and idioms!

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國際時事跟讀 Ep. L293: France's Student Revolt Exposes a Deeper Debt Crisis
Highlights 主題摘要
France faces its largest student protests in decades, with hundreds of schools closed and thousands detained.
Years of real-terms funding cuts left classrooms overcrowded just as a 2010 fertility spike reached high school.
With public debt above the size of its economy, Paris has little room to meet students' demands.
France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What began in late September as a modest show of support for striking teachers at a high school north of Paris has snowballed into a national crisis. On Tuesday, the interior ministry estimated that around 256,000 people marched nationwide, including 56,000 in Paris, though a high school student union put the figure closer to 450,000. Hundreds of schools have been forced to close, and more than 6,000 people, most of them minors with no criminal record, have been taken into police custody over the past few weeks.
法國正面臨數十年來規模最大的學潮，局勢難以收拾。9月下旬，巴黎北郊一所高中的學生聲援罷教老師，原本只是小規模行動，如今卻演變成全國性危機。內政部估計，週二全國約有25萬6000人上街，光是巴黎就有5萬6000人；一個高中生工會則稱人數接近45萬。過去幾週，已有數百所學校被迫關閉，超過6000人遭警方拘留，多數是沒有前科的未成年人。
The grievances, however, are long-standing. A fertility spike in 2010 has pushed more teenagers into secondary schools that have endured years of real-terms funding cuts. Those schools now employ fewer teachers than in 2008, despite enrolling an extra 250,000 students, and 70% of public-sector classrooms hold more than 30 pupils. Students insist they are not asking for much: simply an education system that allows them to learn.
不過，學生的不滿由來已久。法國2010年出現一波生育高峰，這批孩子陸續升上中學，學校卻已連年面臨實質經費刪減。目前中學教師人數比2008年還少，學生卻多了25萬人；公立學校有七成班級超過30人。學生強調，他們要的並不多，只是一個能讓人好好學習的教育體制。
The movement took a darker turn late last week, when the interior minister described a shift from student protest to urban violence and some 2,000 people were detained in a single day. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told the National Assembly that 215 students and 85 education staff had been injured, while rejecting claims that the government had ordered police to crack down. Talks between the education minister and student leaders ended without agreement, and critics have described the official response as slow and tin-eared.
上週後半，情勢急轉直下。內政部長表示，抗議已從學運轉為城市暴力，單日就有約2000人遭拘留。總理 Sébastien Lecornu 在國民議會表示，已有215名學生與85名教職員受傷，但否認政府下令警方鎮壓。教育部長與學生代表會談，最後沒有達成共識；批評者則指政府反應遲緩，又不懂民情。
What makes the crisis harder to defuse is the state of the public finances. France's public debt exceeded $4 trillion in June, more than the size of its economy, and the government is trying to pass a 2027 budget that narrows the deficit to around 5% of GDP through painful belt-tightening. Last week, the country's 10-year bond yield briefly topped 5%, its highest since 2002, and the gap with German yields widened to levels last seen in 2012. Economists warn that, given France's size, the turmoil could spill over to the rest of the eurozone, particularly if next spring's presidential election brings in a government less committed to fiscal discipline.
讓危機更難化解的，是法國吃緊的財政。法國公共債務6月突破4兆美元，超過整體經濟規模；政府正力推2027年預算，打算靠痛苦的撙節開支，把赤字壓到GDP的5%左右。上週，法國10年期公債殖利率一度突破5%，創2002年以來新高，與德國公債的利差也擴大到2012年以來最大。經濟學家警告，以法國在歐洲的份量，這波動盪可能外溢到整個歐元區；若明年春天的總統大選選出較不重視財政紀律的政府，風險還會更高。

Keyword Drills 關鍵字
Snowball into [verb phrase, to grow quickly from something small into something much larger]: A small delay snowballed into a missed deadline.
Long-standing [adjective, having existed or continued for a long time]: The team finally solved a long-standing billing problem.
Take a darker turn [idiom, to become more serious, troubling or dangerous]: The negotiations took a darker turn this morning.
Tin-eared [adjective, showing poor judgment about how others will react]: Customers called the company's apology tin-eared.
Belt-tightening [noun, a reduction in spending to save money]: The new budget calls for more belt-tightening.

Reference article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/06/europe/france-student-protests-intl
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/06/business/france-debt-crisis-europe-economy-intl
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/6453727
https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/257907/world/president-macron-calls-crisis-meeting-as-school-protests-spread-across-france

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想吃吃不到的台灣美食(英語篇)
簡易大綱 台灣美食也就是我們的街邊小吃
英語翻譯最完善的台菜餐廳 –> 欣葉 + 鼎泰豐菜單 菜單翻譯最完整 夜市翻譯最完整的是基隆夜市
英語菜名是如何命名的？
包子 = 英文叫 蒸豬肉餐包 steamed pork buns 料理方式 + 內容物(菜/肉) + 菜的分類 noodles, bread, rice, pie,
唯美的菜名？ +with 配/佐 ， on 上面 ，in 泡裡面/鍋裡頭 台式料理的名字 台式醃蘿蔔香煎雞蛋 ＝>菜脯蛋=> Taiwan styled fried pickled turnip with egg / Fried egg with pickled turnip Fried egg with rice 蛋炒飯 / Fried rice with egg 飯炒蛋 割包正名後變 bao，小籠包 xiaolongbao等 聽眾分享 Share your favorite Taiwanese snack or dish 鹹酥雞 Chicken popcorn 臭豆腐 Stinky tofu 芒果冰 Shave ice withmango 大腸包小腸 Sausage with/on sticky rice sausage