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一篇英文新聞讀完了,每個字都認識,叫你轉述給別人聽,你卻支支吾吾說不出個所以然?這集John老師和阿鍵老師找了一本1940年出版、快80歲的老書出來聊,書名很直白——《如何閱讀一本書》。老書不代表過時,反而拆穿了一個大家都以為自己會、其實根本不會的能力:讀。
一本教你「怎麼讀書」的書,葫蘆裡賣什麼藥?
作者Mortimer Adler不是隨便寫寫,他是哲學家、教育者,長年參與《大英百科全書》的編輯工作,某種程度上就是維基百科出現之前的維基百科主編。1972年修訂版找來Charles Van Doren加入,兩人一起把這本書打磨成後來大家熟知的經典版本。
阿鍵老師在節目裡順便科普了一個單字:Wikipedia其實是從Encyclopedia變出來的字。骨灰級學習者應該都有印象,小時候翻百科全書要先查另一本索引書,才知道自己要的資料藏在哪一冊裡,不像現在打開網頁search就有,現代人是真的幸福。
唸得出聲音,不代表你真的讀懂了
Adler把閱讀分成好幾個層次,第一層叫Elementary Reading,基礎閱讀。聽起來很簡單,但John老師分享了一段自己在修道院唸書時的糗事:老師要他讀完一段故事,他讀得很流暢,字也都認得,結果修女突然要他轉述Peter做了什麼事,他當場愣住,腦袋一片空白。
問題出在哪?他把每個字的發音都唸出來了,卻沒有在腦中把句子組織成畫面、變成一個故事。這就是Elementary Reading的陷阱——你以為自己在read,其實只是嘴巴在發音而已。真正的基礎閱讀,是讀完一句話,腦中要能浮現對應的情境。
從檢視到分析,閱讀原來分這麼多關卡
再往上一層是Inspectional Reading,檢視閱讀,也就是快速skim過一遍,抓出文章大概在講什麼,腦中先準備好幾個問題,邊讀邊找答案。再上去是Analytical Reading,分析閱讀,這時候不只要知道文章寫了什麼,還要一直問為什麼——為什麼這個人這樣做,為什麼這個國家會變成這樣。阿鍵老師說他讀到喜歡的動物、生物類主題,自然而然就會讀到分析層次;但遇到不熟的題材,可能就停在基礎層次,先搞懂大概意思就好。
John老師則是看時間決定要讀到哪個層次:只有15分鐘,做到Analytical差不多就夠了,再深入下去太費腦力,精神消耗完還要花時間恢復。真的有一小時空檔,才會進到Syntopical Reading,主題閱讀——把讀過的東西跟之前看過的資料互相比對、重新組織,這通常是寫論文、做研究才會用到的功夫。時間就是本錢,這句話放在閱讀策略上一樣成立。
這套方法怎麼套進你的英文學習
這幾個層次聽起來學術,其實早就藏在15Mins的內容設計裡。每一則國際時事跟讀前面的三個highlights,就是幫你先建立一個mental picture,對應到Elementary Reading的預先處理;先聽過一遍抓故事走向,就是Inspectional;讀完之後試著把整個故事講給別人聽,或是問自己為什麼這個事件會發生,就是進入Analytical。
阿鍵老師提醒,inspectional階段本來就不需要每個字都懂,能抓到故事大概方向就算合格,這也是shadowing一直在強調的重點。竹科工程師開車上班那段路,或是台北捷運通勤兩站的時間,剛好聽完一集精讀story,不用坐在書桌前硬K兩小時,一樣能練到英文閱讀跟英文跟讀的功夫。
兩位老師也丟了一個挑戰:這週找三篇私密單集內容,試著做到Analytical層次,讀出聲音、做shadowing,能講給別人聽更好。

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According to the National Academy of Sciences, money can buy you some happiness. Their findings suggest that spending money to save time may reduce stress about the limited time in the day, thereby improving happiness. The study found that people who outsource or pay to get their disliked tasks done has better overall life satisfaction.
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你知道嗎？台灣是個美食之國，但有些食物吃下肚之前，得先看看你的職業、看看你是不是正要考試，甚至......看看你家裡是不是有船員?!
本週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Klim 老師要介紹一些台灣常見的飲食禁忌，看乖乖如何打進TSMC的一級供應鏈，聊聊那些可能會「招來厄運」的日常美食。
Did you know? Taiwan is a food paradise, but before eating certain foods, you need to check your profession, see if you're about to take an exam, and even... check if there's a sailor in your family!?
This week on English Cafe, John and Klim introduce some common Taiwanese dining taboos, discussing how Crispy Boy snacks made it into TSMC's first-tier supply chain, and chatting about everyday foods that might "bring bad luck."

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國際時事跟讀 Ep. L236: Memory Boom: Micron Wins, Apple Pays
Highlights 主題摘要
Memory prices have surged throughout 2026 as AI demand swallows global chip supply, forcing device makers to raise prices.
Micron's record quarter sparked a public clash with Apple over who is really to blame for the shortage.
Samsung and SK Hynix warn the squeeze will run through 2027, with the supply gap set to widen.
Memory prices have surged sharply throughout 2026. Research firm TrendForce reported that DRAM contract prices climbed roughly 90 percent quarter-over-quarter in the first quarter alone, with consumer modules such as LPDDR5X rising nearly 89 percent in the second. The driver is not a supply disruption but a deliberate reallocation of capacity: memory makers are prioritizing high-margin AI products, leaving conventional DRAM structurally undersupplied even as total industry revenue climbs to record levels.
2026年以來，記憶體價格漲勢兇猛。研究機構TrendForce指出，光是第一季，DRAM合約價就較前一季上漲約90%，LPDDR5X等消費端模組到了第二季也漲了近89%。推升價格的主因並非供應斷鏈，而是廠商刻意調配產能：記憶體業者把產能優先留給毛利較高的AI產品，所以即便整體產業營收衝上新高，一般DRAM仍陷入結構性供給不足。
That imbalance has turned into a windfall for Micron Technology, one of the world's three dominant memory suppliers. The company's fiscal third-quarter revenue, released in late June, more than quadrupled year-over-year to $41.46 billion, while gross margin jumped to 84.9 percent from 39 percent a year earlier. Net income reached $28.24 billion, against just $1.89 billion in the same quarter last year. Shares surged roughly 15 percent in after-hours trading, briefly lifting Micron's market value above both Meta and Tesla, while management guided for about $50 billion in revenue next quarter, citing sold-out high-bandwidth memory.
這樣的供需失衡，反倒讓全球三大記憶體供應商之一的美光大幅進帳。美光六月下旬公布財報，第三會計季營收年增逾四倍，達414.6億美元，毛利率也從一年前的39%跳升至84.9%。淨利達282.4億美元，去年同期僅18.9億美元。財報一出，美光股價在盤後交易一度大漲約15%，市值短暫超車Meta與特斯拉；公司並看好下一季營收上看500億美元，並提到高頻寬記憶體（HBM）早已被搶購一空。
The earnings beat landed hours after Apple announced price increases across its Mac, iPad, Apple TV, HomePod, and Vision Pro lines, a move that sent its stock down more than 6 percent and erased roughly $265 billion in market value. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal after Micron's results, chief business officer Sumit Sadana offered a pointed response. Without naming Apple directly, he suggested that certain large customers had exploited the industry's 2023 downturn to demand rock-bottom prices, straining supplier margins at the exact moment capital was needed to expand capacity. "A lot of the industry investments got shut down in 2023 because of really poor pricing and really poor margins," he said.
這份亮眼財報出爐前幾個小時，蘋果才剛宣布Mac、iPad、Apple TV、HomePod與Vision Pro全線調漲，導致股價重挫逾6%，市值蒸發約2650億美元。美光財報公布後，商務長薩達納接受《華爾街日報》採訪時，做出一番語帶機鋒的回應。他沒有直接點名蘋果，卻暗指某些大客戶趁2023年產業低谷壓低採購價，正好在廠商最需要資金擴產的時候，壓縮了供應商的利潤。他說：「2023年產業內許多投資之所以喊停，就是因為價格與利潤都太差。」
The dispute over blame does little to change where the market is headed. Samsung's memory division warned in late April that the supply gap would widen further through 2027, a view echoed by SK Hynix days earlier. Together with Micron, the two Korean firms control more than 90 percent of the global DRAM market. TrendForce projects total memory revenue will grow from $551.6 billion in 2026 to $842.7 billion in 2027, suggesting the current tightness has further to run.
不管這場責任歸屬怎麼吵，都改不了市場的大方向。三星記憶體部門四月底就示警，供需缺口到2027年只會更大，SK海力士稍早也表達相同看法。連同美光在內，這幾家業者合計掌握全球九成以上的DRAM市場。TrendForce預估，整體記憶體市場營收會從2026年的5516億美元，成長到2027年的8427億美元，顯示這波供給吃緊將會延續下去。
Keyword Drills 關鍵字
Quarter-over-quarter [adverb phrase, compared with the previous three-month period]: Revenue rose fifteen percent quarter-over-quarter.
Windfall [noun, a large unexpected gain or profit]: The tax refund was a nice windfall.
After-hours trading [noun phrase, buying and selling of stocks after the market closes]: The shares jumped in after-hours trading.
Downturn [noun, a period of reduced economic activity]: Many firms cut jobs during the downturn.
Rock-bottom [adjective, at the lowest possible level]: They sold the tickets at rock-bottom prices.

Reference article:
1. https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-technology-inc-reports-record-results-third-quarter
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/24/micron-mu-earnings-report-q3-2026.html
3. https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/25/micron-exec-suggests-apples-aggressive-purchasing-tactics-helped-fuel-memory-shortage/
4. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/samsung-and-sk-hynix-warn-ai-driven-memory-shortages-could-last-until-2027-and-beyond-as-hbm-demand-explodes-customers-already-reserving-supply-years-ahead-while-the-wider-dram-market-begins-to-tighten
5. https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112358/dram-prices-surged-by-up-to-89-percent-in-q2-2026-destroying-the-consumer-segment/index.html