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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

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雞蛋、地毯、子彈、豆子,這四樣東西放在一起,你猜得到在講什麼嗎?
它們其實是四個超常見的英文慣用語。John老師說連他太太都吐槽過:「這些聽起來很實用,可是我很少用啊。」這集就是要解決這個問題,按讚歸按讚,拿來用才是重點。
雞蛋不要放在同一個籃子裡
先
來個簡單的暖身。Don't put all your eggs in one basket,中文幾乎一模一樣,就是不要孤注一擲、不要把所有風險押在同一個地方。
阿鍵老師補充,早期農業社會裡,雞蛋就等於你的資產,這樣想就很好記。口語上也可以縮短,直接一句 all your eggs in one basket?語氣一出來,對方就知道你覺得他太冒險了。
John老師順手開了個玩笑:台灣現在是不是 all our eggs in one basket?那個籃子叫 AI。竹科的朋友聽到應該會心一笑。
然後是生活版。John老師和太太超愛吃蛋,滷蛋、煎蛋、scrambled eggs 通通來,去 Costco 一買就是六十幾顆。所以他會提醒自己 don't put all the eggs in one cart,推車上別疊太高。阿鍵老師更狠,說應該是 don't put all your eggs in one stove,不要全部拿去滷。
有些事,掃到地毯下就好
這是
John老師最愛的一個:sweep something under the rug,把東西掃到地毯底下,也就是避而不談、眼不見為淨。
有趣的是,同一句話在不同年紀,動機完全不一樣。
青少年做這件事,通常是怕被罵。John老師說他國高中時很怕事,老師一問,他就直接 "He did it." 標準的抓耙子。那時候深信 honesty is the best policy。
長大社會化之後才發現,有些事真的不用拿放大鏡檢視。為了家庭和諧、為了顧大局,大事化小、小事化無。想像在台北辦公室,同事開會時講錯一個小數字,你真的要當場糾正嗎?有時候 just sweep it under the rug,大家都輕鬆一點。
John老師的結論是:It's not all bad. 自己生活也會快樂一點。
再痛也要撐過去:bite the bullet
阿鍵老
師說這個她一開始沒辦法馬上猜到,看了解釋之後才覺得「欸,還真的蠻像的」。
Bite the bullet,意思是咬緊牙關、硬著頭皮去做那件你千百萬個不願意的事。
John老師小學時就常聽英文老師這樣說。全班哀嚎不要作業,老師就一句 "You gotta bite the bullet." 他當時英文還不夠好,自己腦補成「子彈打進嘴巴再痛也要吞下去」,方向其實也沒差太遠。
不過這裡有個文化差異值得注意。台灣槍枝彈藥管制很嚴,子彈離我們的生活很遠,聽起來沒什麼感覺。但在可以合法持槍的國家,這句話天天都聽得到。所以下次報稅季要整理一整年的收據、或是專案卡關得面對難搞的客戶,心裡默念一句 bite the bullet 就對了。
八卦聽一半?快把豆子倒出來
最後是
spill the beans,把秘密或關鍵說出來。
John老師說他在 Café 節目裡超常用,吐槽其他老師講太多就是 "You spilled the beans!",要先公布今天的重點也會說 "I gotta spill the beans today." 他自己承認現在有點變成口頭禪,快成 clickbait 了。
最典型的情境還是朋友八卦。有人說「上禮拜我看到 Alex 跟 Tina……」,然後停住。這時候你就可以說 "Go on, spill the beans!" 不要含在嘴巴裡,全部倒出來。
阿鍵老師順帶提到另一個說法 let the cat out of the bag。兩個怎麼分?let the cat out of the bag 比較像是誰不小心把秘密戳破了;spill the beans 則常用在催別人快講八卦。想看更多真實用法,可以去 YouGlish 搜搜看,大多會出現在浪漫喜劇或影集裡。
而如果你根本不想聽八卦呢?也很簡單,sweep it under the rug 就好。

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Summary
The Pestalozzi Foundation Kindergarten is the coolest kindergarten in the world. The kindergarten is situated within the FC St.Pauli’s soccer stadium. The idea came a few year ago, when the football club was renovating its stadium and they realized they had extra space to spare. The St Pauli quarter in Hamburg is a traditionally working-class area that is facing an aging community. Therefore, having the kindergarten in the stadium to serve the community helped the football club to maintain its root in the community.
原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-k028-welcome-to-the-world-s-coolest-kindergarten
Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:
Preschool n. / Kindergarten n. – nursery schools for kids ages 2-4 ; Kindergarten runs from 3-5 When Joey becomes 3, I will send him to kindergarten in our neighbourhood. My wife and I are working, so we have to send our two-year-old daughter to preschool for daycare.
Vantage point n. – a place or position with a good view On match days, parents clamor to reserve a spot to watch from the prime vantage point of the kindergarten’s deck. In the movie, American shooter, the sniper needs to scout and take the vantage point.
Perks n. – benefits or advantages If your child attends Pestalozzi Foundation Kindergarten, your perks are to watch the football games for free on match days. Our company have perks like getting free lunch for attending a meeting at noon.

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你有發現 Instagram 最近偷偷換了品牌標準字嗎？如果你打開 App 覺得那個 logo 好像哪裡不太一樣，卻又說不上來，那你的眼睛很利。本週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Patrick 老師就從這個沒什麼人注意到的小改動開始，一路聊回 Instagram 的品牌故事。
今天我們這集要帶大家回頭看 Instagram 最早是怎麼從一個沒人會用的複雜 App，變成每天都在滑的照片平台。中間還有幾則你可能沒聽過的冷知識：Instagram 史上第一則貼文到底拍了什麼？濾鏡功能又是怎麼被「嫌棄」出來的？
Have you noticed Instagram quietly changed its brand typeface recently? If you opened the app and felt something looked a bit different about the logo but couldn't quite put your finger on it, your eyes are sharp. This week on English Cafe, John and Patrick start from this overlooked small change and trace back through Instagram's brand story.
In this episode, we take everyone back to see how Instagram went from a complicated app that nobody wanted to use to the photo platform we scroll through every day. Along the way, there are also some fun facts you might not have heard: what did Instagram's very first post actually show? And how was the filter feature "despised" into existence?