台灣人這幾年因疫情關係無法出國，因此最近非常瘋露營。如果在台灣露營，我們推薦去台灣中部的 "武陵農場" 露營。每個季節都可以去武陵農場玩，春天時可以看櫻花，夏天時可以看繡球花，秋天時可以看到美麗的楓葉，冬天時可以看漂亮的落羽松，每次一上武陵農場就覺得風景美到沒辦法回家了...

露營 lùyíng: camping

瘋 fēng: be crazy about

武陵農場 Wǔlíng nóngchǎng: Wuling Farm, in the mountains of Taichung County

櫻花 yīnghuā: cherry blossoms

繡球花 xiùqiú huā: hydrangea

楓葉 fēngyè: maple leaf

落羽松 luòyǔ sōng: larch tree

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「番茄鐘工作法」最近在台灣很流行，台灣也有政府官員使用這個方法來工作。番茄鐘工作法是以「25分鐘」作為一個基準，在這25分鐘內，你需要把手機、電腦的通知關閉，也要把臉書或Youtube的視窗關閉，讓自己非常專心、不分心。25分鐘一到，就休息5分鐘，這5分鐘不思考，好好地閉目養神一下。身體有充分的休息後，會讓自己比較放鬆，也能繼續專心、繼續挑戰工作。「25分鐘工作，5分鐘休息」這樣不斷地循環，工作就會慢慢地完成了...

基準 jīzhǔn: benchmark; base

通知 tōngzhī: notification

關閉 guān bì: to close

視窗 shìchuāng: window (computing)

閉目養神 bì mù yǎngshén: to relax with one's eyes closed

充分 chōngfèn: adequate; enough

循環 xúnhuán: to circulate

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「咒」這個字的意思是詛咒，而《咒》是2022年台灣最可怕的恐怖片，電影中有很多台灣的民俗信仰，因此需要用很尊敬、很嚴肅的態度來討論。這部電影中的女主角在6年前和她的朋友們跑去常鬧鬼的地方拍些照片和影片，結果後來一一出事。她的男朋友在拍攝的過程中出意外死了，她的朋友也突然發瘋死了，跟這個女主角有所接觸的人，都因為不明原因而死亡，他們都被鬼附身，所以在沒有意識的情況下做很多特別的事情...

詛咒 zǔzhòu: curse, incantation

民俗信仰 mínsú xìnyǎng: folk religion

鬧鬼 nàoguǐ: (of a place) haunted

接觸 jiēchù: to get in touch with; to come into contact with

不明原因 bùmíng yuányīn: unknown reason

附身 fù shēn: be possessed by (a ghost…)

意識 yìshì: awareness

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莛莛今年聖誕節打算去好市多買一堆酒來喝，而芳芳則打算買一個很大的聖誕樹，然後聖誕節當天叫披薩和烤雞來吃。莛莛以前聖誕節時喜歡去朋友家開趴踢，她曾參加過非常大的交換禮物活動，她準備的禮物是茶杯和茶壺組，而她抽到了半打啤酒和一支紅酒。當天有超過100多人參加，他們在禮物上貼上號碼牌來交換禮物。芳芳大學時和社團朋友舉辦外籍學生聖誕節派對，當天她是活動主辦人，非常累，而這是她印象最深刻的聖誕節派對...

好市多hǎo shì duō: Costco

開趴踢 kāi pā tī: to party

茶杯和茶壺組 chábēi hé cháhú zǔ: teacup and teapot set

半打 bàn dǎ: half dozen

號碼牌 hàomǎ pái: number tag

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歐洲人的想法和嘉豪比較契合，因此他有了第二趟歐洲的旅程。他到了波蘭當志工的旅程給他很多的啟發。為了在波蘭推廣，並且實行跨文化、多元文化的分享，他在當地找了一些機構辦摺紙的工作坊。當時剛好是豬年，他便帶學生做豬的摺紙作品，順便跟他們介紹12生肖。嘉豪雖然想繼續留在波蘭，但因能做的有限，因此決定回台灣，讓一些目標可以更容易地實施、達成...

摺紙 zhézhǐ (摺 zhé: to fold): origami

契合 qìhé: affinitive

啟發 qǐfā: enlightenment; revelation

實行 shíxíng: to carry out

機構 jīgòu: institution

工作坊 gōngzuò fāng: workshop

實施 shíshī: to implement; to put into practice

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台灣吃素的人口高達170萬，因此台灣對素食者相當友善，餐廳或小吃店的菜單上常有素食的選項，或甚至有素食的菜單。而在台灣，素食分非常多種，"全素或純素" 的意思是吃的東西都是純植物性食品，不含蛋、牛奶，也不含蔥、蒜頭和韭菜等辛香料，因為在佛教，有些辛香料也算是葷菜，不算是純素食。而蛋奶素的意思則是除了蔬菜、水果或豆腐等以外，還可吃用蛋或奶所做的食品...

含 hán: to contain; to include

蔥 cōng: green onion

蒜頭 suàntóu: garlic

韭菜 jiǔcài: garlic chives

辛香料 xīn xiāngliào: spices

葷菜 hūncài: meat dishes, buddhists regard acrid and strong-smelling vegetable as meat dishes

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芳芳目前跟家人住，沒有買房的必要，但她看了一些理財的書後，發現有錢時不應該馬上享樂，應該要存下來，買一些會增值的資產，要不然老了後就沒有賺錢的能力了。她希望自己「慢一點吃棉花糖」，10年後過上自己想要的生活，因此現在非常省，不亂花錢。而莛莛買的房子現在租給了別人，也希望房子以後可以增值，讓自己快一點達到「財富自由」。但她現在幾乎每天都在補習班教英文5~6個小時，下班還要通勤1小時車程，因此常在外面買飯，有點浪費錢，讓她覺得自己不是個很會省錢的人...

省錢 shěng qián: save money

必要 bìyào: necessary

理財 lǐcái: financial management

棉花糖 miánhuā táng: marshmallow

財富自由 cáifù zìyóu: financial freedom

通勤 tōngqín: to commute; commuting

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金星是一位跨性別藝人，她動了手術後，成為了一名真正的女性。她非常有氣質，每次都穿著旗袍出現，她還是一名專業的舞者，是中國非常有名的舞蹈家。她常跳現代舞，她的作品中，總是融合了舞蹈、音樂和戲劇，充滿力和美。而她現在不但在舞蹈比賽節目上當評審，也是節目 "金星秀" 的主持人，她說話幽默又有趣，大家可以去Youtube上看看她的節目...

跨性別 kuà xìngbié: transgender

藝人 yìrén: entertainer

氣質 qìzhí: elegance

旗袍 qípáo: cheongsam

融合 rónghé: to integrate;  to fuse

評審 píngshěn: judges (of a competition)

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芳芳第一次去夜店就跟一大群女生一起跑到舞台上跳舞，拿酒灌下面的人，讓莛莛覺得她以前是個玩咖。而莛莛每次去夜店後，都得開車載朋友回家，因此她都不敢喝酒。但是她每次在夜店遇到陌生人時，他們都會問她 「你是不是嗑藥? 吸毒?」，但是莛莛連一滴酒都沒喝，非常奇怪。她常被人問這樣的問題，害她想說自己是不是過動...

灌 guàn: to make (people) drink (alcohol)

玩咖 wán kā: a player (who likes to playing around in night clubs etc)

嗑藥 kè yào: to take (illegal) drugs

吸毒 xīdú: use drugs

滴 dī: drop

過動 guò dòng: hyperactivity

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莛莛和她的派對好朋友-嘉豪，是在沙發衝浪的活動上認識的。嘉豪到歐洲旅行後，他的法國朋友介紹給他 "沙發衝浪"，從那時候開始，嘉豪在他的旅程中都使用沙發衝浪的方式旅遊。他使用沙發衝浪的動機很單純，除了能省錢，減少經濟負擔以外，他也發現以住宿來交流的方式，更能體要當地文化...

沙發衝浪 shāfā chōnglàng: couchsurfing

動機 dòngjī: motivation; intention

單純 dānchún: simple

省錢 shěng qián: save money

經濟負擔 jīngjì fùdān: financial stress

交流 jiāoliú: to communicate; to exchange;  to have social contact

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