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國際時事跟讀 Ep. L261: Historic Tainan Gate Collapses Amid Torrential Rainstorms
Highlights 主題摘要
Heavy rains triggered the partial collapse of the Great East Gate, a significant historic site in Tainan.
The monument has been under a major restoration project since late last year to repair old concrete.
Authorities have sealed off the area and are working to ensure public safety and preserve the heritage.
Southern Taiwan has recently been battered by severe weather conditions, with consecutive days of torrential rain causing widespread flooding across multiple cities and counties. The relentless downpours have not only disrupted daily life but also inflicted serious damage on culturally significant landmarks. Early this morning, citizens in Tainan were shocked to discover that a side wall of the Great East Gate, a prestigious national monument, had partially collapsed. This unexpected disaster scattered heavy debris and construction scaffolding across a busy intersection, immediately prompting authorities to establish emergency blockades to prevent any potential injuries to passing commuters.
南台灣最近受到惡劣天氣的侵襲，連續數日的暴雨導致多個縣市出現大範圍的淹水。這些無情的傾盆大雨不僅打亂了日常生活，還對具備文化意義的地標造成嚴重破壞。今天清晨，台南市民震驚地發現，國定古蹟大東門的側牆發生了局部坍塌。這場意外的災難將沉重的土石與施工鷹架散落在一處繁忙的十字路口，當局隨即設立緊急封鎖線，以防止路過的通勤者受到任何潛在傷害。
The Great East Gate, also known as Yingchun Gate, stands as a proud symbol of Tainan's rich heritage and is one of the largest surviving city gates in the nation. This historic structure previously suffered a massive collapse due to extreme rainfall back in 1960. It was eventually rebuilt in 1975 using reinforced concrete methods that were common at the time. Recognizing that the aging concrete had developed concerning structural flaws over the past fifty years, the city government officially launched a comprehensive restoration project last November to properly preserve this cherished architectural treasure for future generations.
大東門又稱迎春門，是台南豐富歷史遺產的驕傲象徵，也是全國現存規模最大的城門之一。這座歷史建築曾在一九六〇年因為極端降雨而發生過大規模坍塌。最終，它在一九七五年使用當時常見的鋼筋混凝土工法進行了重建。由於意識到老舊的混凝土在過去五十年中出現了令人擔憂的結構缺陷，市政府在去年十一月正式啟動了一項全面的修復工程，為後代妥善保存這座珍貴的建築瑰寶。
Experts suggest that the ongoing heavy rainfall directly triggered the catastrophic structural failure we witnessed today. Because the top panels of the gate were still actively undergoing essential repairs, rainwater easily seeped through preexisting cracks in the damaged roof and walls. As the massive amount of water continuously soaked the internal layers, the earth and stones inside the structure became drastically saturated and unstable. The sheer weight of the accumulated moisture eventually overwhelmed the side wall, sending tons of unstable soil and heavy metal scaffolding violently crashing down onto the occupied traffic lanes below.
專家認為，持續的豪雨直接引發了我們今天所目睹的災難性結構損壞。由於城門的頂板仍積極進行著必要的修繕，雨水很容易就從受損屋頂和牆壁上原本就存在的裂縫中滲入。隨著大量水分不斷浸透內部土層，結構內部的泥土與石頭變得極度飽和且不穩定。積水產生的巨大重量最終壓垮了側牆，導致數噸不穩定的土石和沉重的金屬鷹架猛烈砸向下方原本有車輛通行的車道。
In response, the local government quickly halted all construction and dispatched specialists to inspect the structural integrity. Officials are urgently asking citizens to avoid the flooded areas while preservation teams carefully develop an emergency recovery plan to restore this incredibly vital piece of Taiwanese history.
作為回應，地方政府迅速勒令停工，並派遣專家檢查其結構完整性。官員緊急呼籲市民避開淹水區域，同時古蹟保存團隊正謹慎地制定緊急修復計畫，以搶救這塊極其重要的台灣歷史拼圖。
Keyword Drills 關鍵字
Torrential [adjective, falling rapidly and in copious quantities]: Southern Taiwan has recently been battered by severe weather conditions, with consecutive days of torrential rain causing widespread flooding.
Scaffolding [noun, a temporary structure used by workers while repairing a building]: This unexpected disaster scattered heavy debris and construction scaffolding across a busy intersection.
Comprehensive [adjective, complete and including everything that is necessary]: The city government officially launched a comprehensive restoration project last November to properly preserve this cherished architectural treasure.
Saturated [adjective, holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed]: The earth and stones inside the structure became drastically saturated and unstable.
Integrity [noun, the state of being whole, sound, and structurally undivided]: The local government quickly halted all construction and dispatched specialists to inspect the structural integrity.

Reference article:
https://www.gvm.com.tw/article/132521
https://news.ttv.com.tw/news/11508240005500N
https://www.peoplenews.tw/articles/lifestyle/51387

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如今，他把這份愛化成獎助學金，更用信託讓善意不停歇
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開會前先在心裡把整句英文練好幾遍,覺得沒把握乾脆不開口——這是不是你的日常?這集John老師跟阿鍵老師要聊一本書,專門拆穿這種「完美答案」迷思,書名叫《學習的26種方法》,作者還是史丹佛教育學院的院長。
這本書在紅什麼?
《The ABCs of How We Learn》中文版翻成《學習的26種方法》,作者是史丹佛大學教育學院院長Daniel Schwartz,跟兩位研究員Jessica Tsang、Kristen Blair合著。書的架構很有意思,從A到Z,26個英文字母各對應一種有科學根據的學習方法,內容脫胎自史丹佛一門很受歡迎的課。書不算新,但一直是學習類書籍榜上的常客。
John老師老實說,整本書都值得看,但他們平常看書比較沒耐心,所以這集挑了兩個字母,分享打到他們的部分——一個是G,一個是C。
G is for Generation:主動講出來,比想到完美答案更重要
John老師講到台灣人學語言最常卡住的地方:我們太習慣找「完美答案」。理工科訓練太扎實,數理有標準答案,所以我們會不自覺地期待語言也該有一個正確版本,講不出來就乾脆不講。
但書裡的G講的是「generation」——與其被動輸入,不如主動生成。原文說要emphasize active production over passive input,這句話直接打到John老師。他的邏輯很簡單:被動輸入有瓶頸,主動輸出卻沒有上限。你講了,才知道自己哪裡卡;你講錯了,大不了修正,又不會被抓去關。
這也是為什麼他們一直強調shadowing跟讀的重要——聽到什麼馬上跟著說出來,訓練大腦同步處理聽跟說。不用坐在書桌前硬背句型,通勤時間跟著podcast一句一句跟讀,反而更接近這本書講的「主動生成」。開口這件事,真的不花你一毛錢。
C is for Contrasting Cases:喝過一次好咖啡,你就回不去了
阿鍵老師選的是C,contrasting cases,關鍵在於「透過察覺差異來學習」。他舉了一個很生活化的例子:如果你沒喝過手沖咖啡,可能會覺得星巴克已經很好喝了。但喝過一次品質很高的手沖咖啡之後,再回去喝星巴克,你會發現原來香氣沒那麼豐富,甜味反而是靠糖漿撐出來的。有了比較,你才抓得到差異在哪裡。
John老師接著分享自己的親身經驗。他學中文回台灣後,講「龜裂」被一堆人糾正說要唸「龜裂」,他當下滿頭問號:明明字就是「龜」,為什麼要唸另一個音?他沒有像多數人一樣「別人說是這樣就是這樣」,而是直接問身邊懂的人「why」。阿鍵老師補充,這其實也對應到書裡另外兩個字母——T是Teaching,你教別人的時候自己會學得更深;U是Undoing,則是修正錯誤觀念。多問、多分享,你才會把那個「龜裂」牢牢記下來。
這也呼應了他們常提的費曼技巧(Feynman Technique):如果你能把一個概念講到讓國中生都聽懂,代表你真的學會了。書裡有句話John老師特別喜歡——教別人,等於把自己再學一次。從主動生成到主動分享,是同一條路上的兩個階段。

跟另一伴攜手走下去前，不只是甜言蜜語、浪漫送禮，這件事做好準備更重要！預防 HPV 是對彼此「愛情」最基本的尊重和承諾。別讓對健康的傷害變成愛情的阻礙，為彼此主動做好HPV預防才能說是「真愛」。
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Summary
KFC changed their classic “ Finger Lickin Good” slogan that was considered to be inappropriate during the pandemic in 2020. Instead of It’s Finger Lickin Good, now the words “Finger” and “Lickin" are pixelated. KFC senior executive said they will revert to the original slogan when it is appropriate again. In 2021, Macdonald’s plan to launch their Macplant platform and debut their plant-based patty co-created by Beyond Meat.
原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-1002-about-fast-food-kfc-drops-finger-lickin-good-slogan
Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:
Pixelate v. – divide an image into pixels / display an image as a small number of pixels to disguise someone’s identity. KFC pixelated a few words in their slogan to avoid public confusion. Faces of the witness were pixelated in the video.
Health hazard n. - health risk It is considered a health hazard for people to eat without washing their hands. Expired food cooked and sold to the public is a health hazard.
Mainstream n. ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as conventional or dominant in society. Plant-based products are close to becoming mainstream products. Before Facebook, Myspace was the mainstream social media platform.

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你人生中第一場讓你熬夜守著螢幕的國際賽事是哪一場？是世界盃、WBC，還是奧運？本週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Patrick 老師要來聊聊那些讓人熱血沸騰追不停的比賽啦！
如果你也有過「看不懂規則但還是看完了」的經驗，我們在這集分享了一套看比賽的心得，也許你會很有感喔。另外John老師也分享了當年南非世界盃足球賽的往事，雖然當時用來看球的軟體已經消失了，但那屆追比賽時留下的小習慣，卻一直延續到現在還沒停，你知道是什麼習慣嗎？
What was the first international sporting event in your life that kept you up glued to the screen? Was it the World Cup, WBC, or the Olympics? This week on English Cafe, John and Patrick discuss those matches that get your blood pumping and keep you coming back for more!
If you've also had the experience of "not understanding the rules but still watching anyway," we share some insights about watching sports in this episode that you might really relate to. Additionally, Teacher John also shares memories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa—although the software used to watch the games back then has disappeared, a small habit formed from following the matches then has continued all the way to now without stopping. Do you know what that habit is?

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國際時事跟讀 Ep. L257: Indonesia Quake: 53 Dead, Nearly 1,000 Aftershocks
Highlights 主題摘要
A magnitude 7.7 quake off Indonesia's Flores island killed at least 53 people and displaced 5,000.
Memories of the deadly 1992 Flores tsunami sent villagers running uphill the moment the sea drew back.
Landslides cut off the worst-hit districts; thousands still sleep outdoors after nearly 1,000 aftershocks.
The shaking began just before six on Saturday morning, while much of Flores was still asleep. The magnitude 7.7 earthquake, only ten kilometres deep, ruptured the seabed off the island's north coast. In Ruteng, hospital ceilings caved in and patients were moved outside into tents. At a Catholic seminary in Sikka, an assembly hall roof collapsed during morning Mass, sending students and nuns scrambling into the open. By Sunday, Indonesian authorities had put the death toll at 53, with more than a hundred injured and some 5,000 people displaced.
週六清晨將近六點，佛羅雷斯島上多數居民仍在熟睡，強震突然來襲。這起規模7.7的地震震源深度僅10公里，震央位於島嶼北岸外海。魯滕的醫院天花板震塌，病患被緊急移往戶外帳篷治療。席卡縣一所天主教神學院的禮堂屋頂在晨間彌撒時倒塌，學生與修女倉皇逃出。截至週日，印尼當局統計已有53人罹難、逾百人受傷，約5000人流離失所。
What sent villagers running uphill was not the shaking so much as what lives on in local memory. In 1992, a quake of the same magnitude struck the same water and triggered a tsunami that killed about 2,500 islanders. So when the sea visibly drew back on Saturday, residents near the epicentre did not wait to be told. The tsunami warning was lifted three hours later, once monitors detected no dangerous rise in sea level. Indonesia sits astride the Pacific Ring of Fire, among the most seismically exposed countries on earth.
讓村民拔腿往山上跑的，其實不是搖晃本身，而是留在當地人記憶裡的創傷。1992年，同樣規模的強震襲擊同一片海域並引發海嘯，島上約2500人喪生。因此週六一早海水明顯退去時，震央附近的居民不等通知就往高處逃。三小時後，監測站未測得危險的海平面變化，海嘯警報隨即解除。印尼位處太平洋火環帶，是全球地震風險最高的國家之一。
The rescue effort has been shaped less by the quake than by the terrain. Landslides severed sections of the Trans-Flores Highway, a 700-kilometre artery through mountainous country, leaving three of the worst-hit regencies cut off for more than a day. Search teams reached them only on Sunday, some arriving by ferry. "We have cleared most landslides and reopened roads to previously isolated villages," said Fathur Rahman, who heads the search-and-rescue office in Maumere, though communication blackouts and power cuts continued to hamper the work.
救援的最大阻礙不是地震本身，而是地形。山崩切斷橫貫佛羅雷斯公路的多個路段，這條長約700公里的幹道穿過山區，災情最重的三個縣因此對外中斷超過一天。搜救隊直到週日才抵達，部分人員改搭渡輪前往。毛梅雷搜救辦公室主任拉曼（Fathur Rahman）表示：「我們已經清除大部分土石，通往先前孤立的村落的道路也重新開放。」但通訊中斷和停電仍在拖慢搜救進度。
Relief has begun to trickle in: 50,000 aid packages weighing 275 tonnes, at least five helicopters, a naval vessel and a fourteen-day emergency response across the province. Even so, monitors logged close to a thousand aftershocks by Sunday afternoon, and thousands spent a second night under tarpaulins rather than return to houses left standing but no longer trusted. "The shaking was terrifying, so intense that my house nearly collapsed," one farmer told the Associated Press. Officials cite the same mix behind the full shelters: aftershocks, damaged homes and the memory of 1992.
援助陸續抵達：5萬份物資共重275公噸，至少5架直升機和1艘海軍艦艇馳援，全省進入為期14天的緊急應變期。不過截至週日下午，監測單位已記錄將近1000次餘震，數千人寧願在帆布棚下再睡一晚，也不敢回到那些沒倒、卻已讓人不放心的房子。一名農婦在受損住家旁的帳篷裡告訴美聯社：「搖得太可怕了，我家差點垮掉。」官員指出，讓收容所滿載的就是這幾件事：餘震、受損的房屋，還有1992年的記憶。

Keyword Drills 關鍵字
Cave in [verb phrase, to collapse inwards under weight or pressure]: The old roof caved in after heavy snow.
Draw back [verb phrase, to move backwards or retreat]: The sea drew back before the wave came.
Astride [preposition, positioned across or on both sides of something]: The town sits astride a major fault line.
Hamper [verb, to slow down or obstruct an effort]: Heavy rain hampered the search for survivors.
Trickle in [verb phrase, to arrive slowly and in small amounts]: Donations trickled in after the first report.

Reference article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/14/asia/indonesia-earthquake-intl-latam
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v00w5ylw9o
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