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最近台股紅通通,你早上滑手機是先看盤,還是先看英文新聞?老實說吧,大概是前者。
沒關係。這集把過去兩週的 News Shadowing 文章一次幫你複習完,John老師和阿鍵老師還順便爆料:每一則當初為什麼挑它,哪幾則最適合拿去茶水間跟同事聊。
升息一碼,英文到底怎麼講?
Fed 升息了。新任主席 Kevin Warsh 是川普親自挑的人,川普又是出了名的愛降息,結果 Warsh 上任沒多久就投下升息票,調了 25 個基本點,是 2023 年以來第一次。伊朗戰事讓油價下不來,通膨壓不住,不升不行。
阿鍵老師覺得最有戲的是川普的反應。氣歸氣,他罵的是整個 Fed 理事會,偏偏沒罵 Warsh。自己任命的人,怎麼罵?
John老師則要你先把關鍵字搞定。升息是 rate hike,降息是 rate cut。台灣新聞說「升息一碼」,英文講 25 basis points,也就是 0.25%;兩碼就是 50 basis points。外資報告裡常直接寫 25bp。
升息的理由可以慢慢查,但開會時聽到 "a 25-basis-point hike" 要能馬上反應過來。這是商用英文會話的基本功。
Meta 把眼鏡上的鏡頭拿掉了
John老師自認是 tech geek,這則當然是他挑的。Meta Connect 2026 最讓兩位老師有感的,是一副沒有鏡頭的智慧眼鏡 Ray-Ban Meta Audio。只留聲音功能,43 公克,是 Meta 歷來最輕的一副。
為什麼要拿掉鏡頭?智慧眼鏡的偷拍爭議一直沒停過,錄影時眼睛旁邊那顆燈亮著,戴的人和被看的人都尷尬。John老師說得很實際:跑步的時候你根本不需要鏡頭,但還是可以用喊的叫出 Meta 的 AI 助理 Muse。
還有一點,它終於變好看了。之前那副戴在亞洲人臉上真的太大,這次總算有點文青風。
同場發表的還有新的 VR 眼鏡,把運算和電池做成外接的小盒子放口袋,鏡框本身只剩一百公克左右。John老師的朋友 Gavin 之前買過 Quest 3,所以他會這樣開話題:"Gavin, did you see the Oculus update? I think it's time to get a new one."
自己想買的話可以說 "I'm in the market for a new pair of smart glasses. I think I'm gonna get one for myself this Christmas." 台灣上市大概要等到明年,那就改成 "Give yourself a gift for the Lunar New Year."
拍一下就哀哀叫,三天賺五千美元
這則是阿鍵老師的最愛。SlapMac,名字就是全部的說明:拍一下你的 MacBook,它叫給你聽。
技術上沒什麼了不起,用的就是筆電裡本來就有的動作感應器。阿姆斯特丹的開發者 Tonino Catapano 先是拍了一支打筆電的短片爆紅,接著 48 小時內把它做成 app 開賣,三天進帳 5,000 美元。後來還加碼,插 USB 它也會叫。
阿鍵老師看到的重點是 business mindset。迷因的熱度就那幾天,錯過就賣不掉了,差別只在你能不能幫一個小概念加值。
John老師想起 iPhone 剛出來那幾年的打火機 app、倒啤酒 app。超無聊,可是每個人都下載了。現在有 AI,人人都能 vibe coding,動手做的年代又回來了。
這種東西怎麼用英文聊?不用解釋。Show it, don't tell it. 筆電轉過去說一句 "Check this app out." 同事是 I 人不太講話?"I dare you to slap my Mac."
不過阿鍵老師提醒,台灣辦公室中午大家都在趴睡,這時候讓它叫出來⋯⋯你自己斟酌。
16 歲的泰國女生,吼贏全美國
John老師放給阿鍵老師聽的時候,阿鍵老師以為這聲音是二、三十歲、有點歷練的歌手。結果是 16 歲。
Nene Royal,普吉島來的吉他手兼主唱,拿下《America's Got Talent》第 21 季冠軍和一百萬美元獎金,是第一位奪冠的泰國人。她唱的還是搖滾和金屬,對 Gen Z 來說根本是小眾。現在滿街都是 hip hop,連 K-pop 都在 rap,聽搖滾長大的 John老師很期待來一波 revival。
阿鍵老師注意到的是另一件事。一路贊助她的 CP Group 就是泰國正大集團,在台灣叫卜蜂,超市雞肉包裝上那個 CP。奪冠後,集團資深董事長家族送了她們一家一戶曼谷的公寓。好老闆。
開場白很簡單:"Did you see the winner on America's Got Talent?" 同事愛聽搖滾,或剛好是泰國人,這題穩贏,他可能比你還熟。
另外三則,挑你有感的聊
名古屋亞運。 為了省錢沒蓋選手村,選手分住飯店、臨時組合屋,還有四千人住在郵輪上,抱怨多到市長出面道歉。當年台北辦世大運,我們對自己超挑剔,結果日本也會出包。不追賽事的人,聊「選手沒得好睡、沒得好吃」一樣聊得起來。
Nike。 待了快 18 年的 S&P 100,被踢出去了。John老師的比喻很台灣:想像 0050 哪天把一檔老牌權值股剔除。股價從 2021 年高點跌掉近八成,大中華區營收連八季下滑,大家腳上換成 On 和 HOKA。我們是穿 Nike 長大的,現在 Just do it 在分析師嘴裡變成 just sell it。
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Summary:
In recent years, Taiwan’s boba milk tea has taken the world by storm. Now, many more Taiwanese local snacks are becoming more visible internationally. Wheelcake – a thick, round pancake made in a mold that sandwich a variety of fillings is now giving London foodies something to drool over. What are some of your favorite Taiwanese snacks? Do you think they would be loved as much overseas?
原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-k024-taiwanese-cakes-take-london-by-storm Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:
Street vendor n. – vendors that sell goods on the street, usually with a cart or on a mat. Shilin nightmarket started with a few street vendors aiming to serve night owls that later evolved into a market of street vendors covering the neighboring streets. Selling on the streets as a street vendor is the easiest way to test market your product.
Fluffy adj. – light in texture and containing air Wheelcake is a popular street snack made by sandwiching a filling between two fluffy pancakes. Milk is the secret to making fluffy scrambled eggs.
Filling n. – something edible put between layers of a sandwich or cake Beard papa puffs now offers strawberry cream filling. Mister Donut’s angel cream donut now comes in 3 flavors of filling.- -----------------------------------
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你上一次發呆是什麼時候?不是滑手機那種,是真的坐著,讓腦袋自己亂飄的那種。小時候我們常常整個下午都在做白日夢發呆,長大後卻好像越來越難了。這週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Shimin 老師要從一部電影和一首歌,聊聊我們是怎麼把想像力弄丟的。
John老師從小就很喜歡一位英國作家 Roald Dahl,今天我們聊到了這位作家一部跨越五十年的三個電影改編版本,以及三位演員各自演出來的同一個角色:威利旺卡。透過介紹《Pure Imagination》這首歌,我們也聊到了一個很實際的問題:大人的快樂到底是什麼?答案可能比你想的簡單很多,一張沙發、一隻貓,或是一份剛炸好的薯條。
When was the last time you zoned out? Not the kind where you're scrolling your phone, but the real kind where you just sit there and let your mind wander freely. As kids, we spent whole afternoons daydreaming and spacing out, but as adults it seems harder and harder to do. This week on English Cafe, John and Shimin discuss how we lost our imagination through a film and a song.
John has loved British author Roald Dahl since childhood, and today we discuss this author's three film adaptations spanning fifty years and three different actors each portraying the same character: Willy Wonka. Through introducing the song "Pure Imagination," we also discuss a very practical question: what is adult happiness anyway? The answer might be much simpler than you think—a sofa, a cat, or a freshly fried order of fries. - 吉時保: https://fstry.pse.is/9mmpk8
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國際時事跟讀 Ep. L285: Trump-Xi Summit Heavy on Pomp, Light on Deals
Highlights 主題摘要
Trump hosted Xi at a lavish White House state dinner, but the summit produced few concrete breakthroughs.
Deep divisions over trade, technology and Taiwan limited the outcomes to a tariff cut and planned AI talks.
Taiwan appeared in neither official readout, while a $14 billion US arms package for the island remains on hold.
Washington rolled out the red carpet last week as President Donald Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his first state visit to the US in more than a decade. Trump greeted Xi at the airport, a rare gesture, and later held a lavish state dinner attended by tech chiefs including Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Apple's Tim Cook. There, Trump toasted a future of "harmony, peace and success", while Xi insisted that artificial intelligence must remain "under human control".
美國總統川普上週以最高規格接待中國國家主席習近平,這也是習近平10多年來首度對美國進行國是訪問。川普罕見親赴機場迎接,隨後在白宮設下盛大國宴,輝達執行長黃仁勳、蘋果執行長庫克等科技業領袖都在座。川普在席間舉杯,祝兩國未來「和諧、和平、成功」;習近平則強調,人工智慧必須處於「人類控制之下」。
Beneath the diplomatic niceties, however, old fault lines remained. Beijing wants Washington to stay out of its way on trade, technology and Taiwan, whereas Trump arrived hoping for deals on tariffs, rare earths and farm exports. Chinese state media reported that Xi had privately urged the US to handle Taiwan "with prudence". Tellingly, the two governments issued separate readouts rather than a joint statement, which Peter Alexander of Z-ben Advisors said showed both sides were "locked in a battle" over escalation dominance.
然而,外交客套話背後,雙方的老問題依舊存在。北京希望美方在貿易、科技和台灣議題上不要擋路;川普則想在關稅、稀土和農產品出口上談成協議。中國官媒報導,習近平私下要求美方「慎重」處理台灣問題。值得注意的是,兩國各自發布會談紀要,並未發表聯合聲明。Z-ben Advisors 的 Peter Alexander 認為,這顯示雙方正陷入角力,爭奪局勢升級時的主導權。
The deliverables that did emerge were modest. The two countries agreed to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of each other's goods, and the US readout said China would buy at least 10 million metric tons of American coal a year in 2027 and 2028. They also plan to launch an AI dialogue within two months, although the US called the technology "Super Intelligence" while China stuck with "AI". The trade truce, meanwhile, was extended by just two months, far shorter than expected. Scott Kennedy of CSIS described the deliverables as "quite limited and tentative".
實際談成的成果相當有限。兩國同意對彼此價值300億美元的商品調降關稅;美方紀要指出,中國2027年和2028年每年將從美國進口至少1000萬公噸煤炭。雙方也計劃在兩個月內啟動人工智慧對話,不過美方稱這項技術為「超級智慧」,中方仍沿用「人工智慧」。貿易休戰則只延長兩個月,遠比外界預期短。美國智庫戰略暨國際研究中心(CSIS)的 Scott Kennedy 形容,這些成果「相當有限,也只是初步」。
Taiwan appeared in neither official readout, which Kennedy took as a sign of no progress. A $14 billion arms package for the island has been on hold since May, when Xi warned the two countries could "collide or even enter into conflict"; Trump called it a "very good negotiating chip". The leaders will meet twice more this year, at Apec in Shenzhen in November and the G20 in Miami in December. Whether this fragile detente lasts, analysts warn, depends on more tangible outcomes.
台灣議題沒有出現在任何一方的官方紀要中,Kennedy 認為這代表雙方在此毫無進展。一筆140億美元的對台軍售案自5月起遭到擱置;當時習近平警告,兩國可能「發生碰撞甚至衝突」,川普則稱這筆軍售是「非常好的談判籌碼」。兩人今年還會再見兩次面,分別是11月在深圳舉行的亞太經合會(APEC)峰會,以及12月在邁阿密登場的20國集團(G20)峰會。分析人士警告,雙方若拿不出更具體的成果,這種脆弱的緩和恐怕難以持久。
Keyword Drills 關鍵字
Roll out the red carpet [idiom, to give someone a special, grand welcome]: The hotel rolled out the red carpet for our clients.
Diplomatic niceties [noun phrase, polite formalities used to keep relations smooth]: Let's skip the diplomatic niceties and talk numbers.
Deliverables [noun, concrete results that a project or meeting must produce]: Please send me the project deliverables by Friday.
Stick with [verb phrase, to keep using something without changing it]: Let's stick with the original plan for now.
Negotiating chip [noun phrase, something used as leverage to gain an advantage in talks]: Our lower price became a useful negotiating chip.
Reference article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxq63dqp93n1o
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/trump-xi-summit-tangible-outcomes-us-china-truce.html
https://www.csis.org/analysis/takeaways-trump-xi-white-house-summit
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202609260002.aspx
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簡易大綱 那些年啟發你英語學習的美劇/音樂/電影
1. 什麼是啟發?有沒有激發你的好奇心,有沒有讓你問更多的問題?想要了解更多?
2. 經典英文美劇英文是什麼? 80年代 李麥克KnightRider,A-Team天龍特攻隊,馬蓋先Mcgyver 90年代 Beverly Hills90210 飛越比佛利,Friends六人行,Sex and theCity 慾望城市,海灘遊俠 Baywatch 2000年代 Gossip Girl花邊教主,怪醫豪斯 House M.D.,陰屍路 The Walking Dead,CSI Crime Scene Investigation 犯罪現場 ,檀島警騎2.0 Hawaii5-0
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