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「我今天聽懂30%,昨天好像有60%,那今天心情不好是不是又掉回40%了?」如果你也曾經這樣自我懷疑,那你不是特例。這集是「聽到說」七封信的第二封,John老師和阿鍵老師要幫你把這種飄忽不定的百分比,換成三個清楚看得見的階段,讓你知道自己到底卡在哪裡,又該怎麼往前走。
為什麼「聽懂幾趴」這種算法根本不準
你有沒有想過,「聽懂60%」到底是什麼意思?是漏掉幾個單字,還是完全抓不到句子的重點?兩位老師這集要先打破一個迷思:用百分比自我評估聽力,其實一點也不科學。真正該問的問題不是「我聽懂多少」,而是「我現在的英文聽力,是屬於初期、中期,還是進階」。
聽力這件事,牽涉到咬字、發音、連音,還有你大腦處理句子的速度。台灣人特別怕連音,這也是為什麼你聽外國人講中文的四聲會覺得他們像機器人——因為外國人根本聽不出四聲的差別,對他們來說每個音都長一樣。同樣的道理,英文母語者對你來說,也常常是一整串黏在一起的音,分不出哪裡斷句。這集把聽力拆成三個階段,幫通勤學英文的你找到自己現在的座標。
初期:一聽到英文就想逃,其實不是你聽力差
初期的特徵很明顯:一聽到英文,尤其是全英文對話,整個人就緊張起來,甚至想往後退。John老師形容這是一種「壓聽雷」的感覺——耳朵有聽到聲音,但完全變成外星語,腦筋一片空白。這種反應很常跟被老師點名要開口說英文的課堂經驗有關,聽久了就變成PTSD式的抗拒感。
阿鍵老師提醒,這階段不是聽力不夠好,而是你根本沒有「習慣」聽這個語言。解法很單純:大量做casual listening就好,美劇、日劇、podcast放著聽,不用逼自己每句都聽懂。等到耳朵對英文的音調不再那麼陌生、不再那麼緊張,你就等於過了初期這關。
中期:大概聽得懂,但總覺得漏掉了什麼
中期是大多數人卡住的地方。你聽得懂大意,可是總覺得漏了幾個字,然後開始擔心這幾個字會不會影響整段話的理解。阿鍵老師點出關鍵:這階段最常遇到的是連音、縮寫,還有課本裡學不到的口語表達。像go into會變成gonna,did you會黏在一起念,課本教的都是Reading跟Writing的正式英文,沒人教你Speaking這種活生生的口語版本。
這也是為什麼John老師會說,自己在這個階段常常懷疑自己英文不好——不是講不出來,而是對方一句話裡藏了兩三個問題,只抓得到一個。想突破中期,重點不是聽更多,而是聽得更細:搭配English Cafe這類節目,把連音、縮寫、慣用語一個一個抓出來,細節補齊了,自我懷疑自然會少一點。
進階:換個腔調,又會被打回原形
進階聽力的人,平常聽得很順,通勤、開車、走路聽英文早就是日常。但一遇到不熟悉的腔調——印度腔、蘇格蘭腔、荷蘭腔——瞬間又覺得自己回到中期,好像換了一個語言一樣。John老師舉了在台灣走紅的韓籍啦啦隊李多慧當例子:她中文已經講得很好,但中文的四聲對她來說始終是個關卡,因為韓語裡沒有對應的音調概念,發音方式跟認字是分開學的兩件事。腔調這種東西,真的沒有從小浸泡,後天就是要花更多力氣去磨。
有趣的是,兩位老師也聊到,詞彙量不見得跟話題廣度成正比。像講到大家熟悉的川普,他用字其實不難,但涉獵的領域從國防、貿易到流行文化,樣樣都能聊上幾句——這反而是一種學習策略的啟發:先抓住核心詞彙,再慢慢往外延伸。就像節目裡提到,一個原本在竹科做工程相關工作的朋友,因為公司需要處理法規文件,從工程英文一路學到法律相關的英文用語,靠的就是先站穩自己熟悉的領域,再一步步擴大聽力的守備範圍。

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Summary:
In this dual article episode, we find that Microsoft has opened a permanent work from home policy for employees in response to the struggles of getting to office amidst the pandemic. Once the pandemic subsides, Microsoft employees can choose to work from home permanently with their manager’s approval. Next piece of news is about the Korean government moved kindergarten and elementary school students back online in response of the surge in the number of COVID19 infections.
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Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:
Provisions n. action of supplying or providing something / financial or other arrangements In response to COVID19, Microsoft expanded their work-from-home provisions. Financial provisions have to be made to avoid the impact from a market crash.
Drag on ph. V – process or situation that continue at unnecessary length If the COVID19 situation drags on, the market may react badly. You should not let your health condition drag on.
Surge n. - powerful upward or forward movement The number of Porsches surged in the streets of Taipei. Share prices of Tesla surged after the positive outlook on their production schedule.

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你有沒有為了省錢或是賺錢，做過一些想起來會想笑的傻事？本週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Angel 老師要來聊一個平常不太容易開口的話題：財務後悔。
這集充滿我們兩位老師的血淚，有省過頭的糗事，也有代價不小的投資教訓。筆記裡除了實用的英文慣用語外，也整理了一些安慰人的簡單短語，畢竟誰沒做錯過事呢？學起來下次聽到令人遺憾的故事，就能派上用場囉。
Have you ever done something ridiculous for the sake of saving or making money that makes you laugh thinking about it now? This week on English Cafe, John and Angel discuss a topic that's not usually easy to bring up: financial regrets.
This episode is full of the blood, sweat, and tears of the two teachers—there are embarrassing stories about being overly frugal, and costly investment lessons learned. Beyond practical English idioms, we've also compiled some simple reassuring phrases, because after all, who hasn't made mistakes? Learn them and you'll be ready the next time you hear a regrettable story.

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國際時事跟讀 Ep. L253: 36,000 Homes Still Without Water 10 Days After Kumamoto Quake

Highlights 主題摘要
A magnitude 7.1 quake killed 38 people in Kumamoto on July 28, yet open roads let relief reach stricken communities within hours.
Water outages hit tens of thousands of homes as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius, turning the aftermath into a slower, quieter emergency.
Care-home residents and disabled people living alone risk being overlooked, a warning ahead of the far larger Nankai Trough quake Japan expects.
When a magnitude 7.1 earthquake tore through central Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July 28, it registered the maximum reading of 7 on Japan's seismic intensity scale and killed 38 people, making it the country's strongest quake since the Noto Peninsula disaster of New Year's Day 2024. Yet the comparison with Noto is instructive. Where landslides and severed roads once cut off entire communities for weeks, most routes across Kumamoto remained passable, allowing rescue crews, volunteers and relief supplies to reach stricken districts within hours.
七月二十八日下午四時二十七分，熊本縣中部發生規模七點一強震，觀測到日本震度分級最高的七級，造成三十八人罹難，也是二○二四年元旦能登半島地震以來，日本最強的一次地震。和能登相比，這次的差別很明顯。當年能登因土石崩塌、道路中斷，多處聚落被孤立好幾週；熊本這次大部分道路仍可通行，搜救人員、志工和救援物資在數小時內就抵達受災地區。
What Japan has learned about logistics, however, did little to blunt what came next. For thousands of residents, surviving the earthquake quickly gave way to surviving its aftermath. Nearly 7,000 people were still sheltering in evacuation centres this week, while more than 36,000 households across Kumamoto remained without running water. Temperatures in the prefecture climbed past 40 degrees Celsius for the first time on record, and families slept in their cars simply to run the air conditioning.
日本多年累積的後勤調度經驗，卻擋不住接下來的難題。對數千名居民來說，撐過地震只是第一關，接下來還得撐過震後的日子。本週仍有近七千人待在避難所，熊本縣內超過三萬六千戶沒有自來水可用。縣內氣溫更首度突破攝氏四十度，寫下觀測史上新高，不少家庭乾脆睡在車上，就為了吹冷氣。
That combination of heat and thirst has revived a long-standing anxiety. After the 2024 Noto quake, disaster-related deaths, meaning those caused by illness, exhaustion or the worsening of injuries during evacuation, reached 520, more than double the 228 killed directly by the quake. Those most exposed are often the people who depended on support long before the ground moved: residents with disabilities living alone, and care-home residents whose staff must provide round-the-clock help without running water. Relief workers argue such facilities routinely fall through the cracks of the national response system.
高溫加上缺水，讓一項長年存在的隱憂再度浮上檯面。二○二四年能登地震後，因避難期間生病、體力不支或傷勢惡化而死亡的「災害關聯死」已達五百二十人，是震災中直接罹難二百二十八人的兩倍以上。風險最高的，往往是地震發生前就得靠外界協助的族群：獨居的身心障礙者，還有長照機構的住民，機構人員得在沒有自來水的狀況下全天候照護。救災人員指出，這類機構經常被國家防災體系漏接。
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who toured the region on Aug. 3, pledged to restore critical infrastructure as quickly as possible, while Kumamoto's governor pressed for more help at shelters lacking clean water and medical care. Officials fear these same weaknesses would be magnified many times over in a future Nankai Trough megathrust quake. There were brighter notes: TSMC said its Kumamoto fab had returned to normal operations and pledged 250 million yen for relief. For residents, recovery is likely to be a long battle.
首相高市早苗八月三日走訪災區，承諾盡快修復維生管線；熊本縣知事則要求中央加強支援，指出不少避難所缺乏乾淨飲水和醫療資源。官員擔心，同樣的問題若碰上未來的南海海槽大地震，衝擊會放大好幾倍。也有比較正面的消息：台積電表示熊本晶圓廠已恢復正常運作，並捐出兩億五千萬日圓賑災。但對當地居民而言，重建恐怕是一場長期抗戰。
Keyword Drills 關鍵字
Passable [adjective, able to be travelled along or through]: The main road stayed passable after the storm.
Give way to [verb phrase, to be replaced or followed by something else]: Her relief soon gave way to exhaustion.
Fall through the cracks [idiom, to be overlooked or missed by a system]: Some patients fall through the cracks of the system.
Press for [verb phrase, to demand something firmly and repeatedly]: Residents pressed for a faster response from the city.
Many times over [idiom, repeatedly or to a far greater degree]: The delay raised the final cost many times over.

Reference article:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/japan/society/kumamoto-earthquake-recovery-japan/
https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202608040008
https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k10015198531000
https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k10015197971000
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/03/japan/kumamoto-quake-evacuees-heat/

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