When ChatGPT was first released in 2022, it caused a lot of panic（恐慌） among educators because it has made cheating even easier for students. Teachers fear（擔心） that students will use it to write their essays, solve math problems, or prepare for presentations. Work that used to take students hours to finish will now be done within a few seconds. To prevent large-scale cheating from happening, some schools ban（禁止） the use of ChatGPT, while some employ（採用） the AI detection services. But recently the tables have turned in the US. Some students are complaining（抱怨） on websites such as Rate My Professors about their teachers’ over dependence（過度依賴） on AI.

We all have only one life to live, so why not live it to its fullest? I encourage you all to try something new, whether it be grand or small. Try a new food, learn a new skill, do something that scares you. It’s okay to be embarrassed. Be patient with yourself. Go at your own pace, but most importantly, go find adventure.

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, experienced the same kind of sharp reversal (急遽的逆轉) of fortune that is often featured in their collected fairy tales. Shortly after the births of the brothers, 1785 and 1786, their father was promoted to serve as the magistrate (地方法官), so the Grimms moved into a mansion with maids and a cook. They lived a fairy-tale like life. But one day, bad fortune struck. In 1796, their father, only 44 years old, suddenly died of pneumonia (肺炎). Without their father’s income, the family were forced to move to an almshouse (救濟院) just next door — cursed with a view of their beautiful former house.

Tolkien對於fairy tales重要性的解釋，他的想法也深深影響了CS Lewis.

當你打開門，看到成千上百的水豚跟你在同一個豪宅社區裡生活，你覺得如何呢？

家庭媽網紅利用小孩拍片牟利，最後導致孩子身心受虐，進而推動法律改革,

How much are you willing to go in the name of science? Are you willing to take a sniff at a 5000-year-old mummy? Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians mummified（做成木乃伊）their important societal figures（社會重要人物）after they died. In order to know how well-preserved（保存良好）are the mummies, or to put it more bluntly, in order to know whether the bodies underneath layers of wrapping have started to rot, scientists decided to put them to a smelling test（氣味測試）. The researchers used a technique called gas chromatography（氣相層析法）which could separate（分離）the different scents（氣味）inside the sarcophagus（石棺）, a stone coffin. And to their surprises（驚訝）, most of the mummies actually smelled quite pleasant. Sure that some of them may smell stale（腐敗的）and mouldy（發霉的）, but most smelled earthy（泥土味）and a little spicy（辛香的）. This actually makes logical sense（合乎邏輯）since oils, and balm（香膏）were used in the process of embalming（防腐處理）mummies.

Charlie is not your typical (典型的) teenager. He’s thirteen years old this year. Growing up on his family farm in Australia, he started shearing (剪羊毛) sheep when he was just five years old. Having seen both his parents constantly (不斷地) shearing sheep, he got curious (好奇的) and asked them to teach him. At first, he wasn’t allowed to use electrical shearing tools (電動剪毛工具). As you can see, shearing sheep requires lots of skills and strength (力氣). First you have to hold the sheep still and when you shear, you can’t shear too close to the skin. Charlie found the entire process fascinating (迷人的) and fun. He said while other families went away for vacations, his family just enjoyed shearing sheep together. Domesticated (被馴養的) sheep don’t shed (自然脫落) naturally, so they can develop serious health issues (健康問題) if they are not regularly shorn (剪毛；為 shear 的過去分詞).

你是雞蛋控嗎？你想發揮DIY精神來吃自己養的雞所生的蛋嗎？

世上有人為了水豚奔走天涯海角，在東京，一席與水豚共處喝咖啡的座位，比泰勒絲演唱會還難搶！水豚君啊，什麼般的魅力讓大家搶破頭想見你呀？