今天的節目跟大家分享兩個學英文容易出現的心理關卡

猶他州「VPN」的 Google 搜索量迅速上漲，原因是：之後無法從猶他州的 IP 位址瀏覽 Pornhub。Google searches for “VPN” have skyrocketed in Utah this week for one reason: You can no longer visit Pornhub from a Utah IP address.

Another one bites the dust: Authorities seized First Republic Bank this morning and sold most of its assets to JPMorgan, the country’s largest bank. 又一間銀行倒閉：美國政府接管了第一共和銀行，並將其大部分資產出售給美國最大的銀行 JP 摩根。

airbnb 其實是很好的學習內容，上面的評價可以讓大家學會如何用英文形容房間。舉例來講，spacious，往往會形容房間大小，像是 spacious room。如果房東回覆很快，就可以說 the host was very responsive

現在簡單式和現在簡單進行式都可以表達現在或未來。但是主要的差別要看你想表達的事情。現在簡單式往往表達 1.事實、真理，2. 表達習慣，3.時間表。現在進行式則表達 1. 趨勢，2. 暫時的情況，3. 個人規劃的未來。

文法很多時候是大家的罩門，在今天的節目我會解釋「過去簡單式」和「現在完成式」並試著讓大家可以把學習文法這件事融入生活中的寫作、口說。

歌劇魅影是百老匯上演時間最長的演出，在紐約 Majestic 劇院上演了 35 年的傳奇演出後，將於本週日正式閉幕。The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show on Broadway is officially closing this Sunday after a legendary 35-year run at the Majestic Theatre in New York.

我當晚決定跑去朋友家，我男朋友醒來後開始緊張。他打給我拜託我回家，但我認為跟他在一起對我沒有好處。I took off to a friend’s house for the night and he panicked when he woke up in the morning and I wasn’t there. He called me, crying, begging me to return. I unleashed all my feelings in return, and in more words told him that I didn’t have much of an incentive to return, and how could I know that he’d do better? His tears turned to anger, and he screamed at the phone.

兩年後，這位原 po 來給大家一個 update。他說，回頭看當初自己的留言，實在覺得自己傻，因為後來她發現自己的男朋友真的有酒癮。Going back and reading these posts was insanely difficult. I want to kick myself for how deep in denial I was. Everyone in the comments was telling me that my boyfriend is an alcoholic and I fought so hard against that. But it was true.

對於男友睡前喝酒的習慣，大部分的人聽到都認為男友基本上就是有酒癮。但是原 po 這位女生不認同，他認為大家反應過度，而且一下跳太遠。為什麼睡前喝點就就被說成是酒癮呢？First, I’d like to address the comments accusing my boyfriend of being an alcoholic, being abusive, accusing me of lying about how happy I am in the relationship. You are fucking crazy. What a leap. He functions just fine without alcohol and I’ve seen him go weeks without it. He doesn’t need alcohol to fall asleep. He drinks after work because that’s how he likes to unwind.