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A team of designers in the US, called Wonder Substance, has developed a robotic chess set made of real wood with pieces that are able to move on their own.
While online chess lets you play against and learn from people around the world, it isn't always as fun as playing with a real board.
Wonder Substance's chessboard, Phantom, lets you play online while still giving you the experience of a real-life game. Phantom users can play against anyone else in the world, with their opponent either using an app or another Phantom board.
The Phantom board is made with sensors that tell the board where the chess pieces are. When your opponent moves a piece, the same piece will move on your Phantom board. And of course, if they're playing with a board instead of an app, your moves will happen on their board too.
If you don't want to use your hands, you can also just tell the board which piece to move and it will do it for you.
For players who want to learn from famous games, the chessboard can play through over 100 famous chess matches for you to watch. And you can also play games against a chess program called Maia.
Phantom isn't for sale in stores yet, but it's expected to cost at least $720. The developers have started a Kickstarter, and while they had hoped to get just $6,000, they have already raised more than $1.8 million.

👉Summary
有款西洋棋盤叫做「魅影」，能讓你在線上玩，同時帶來現實生活中的遊戲體驗。魅影棋盤配有感測器，能夠告訴棋盤棋子下在哪裡。 當你的對手移動棋子時，你的幻影棋盤上的同一顆棋子也會移動。那些想要從知名棋局學習的玩家，棋盤可以演練100多場知名西洋棋比賽供您觀看。 你也可以跟西洋棋程式Maia來對戰。

👉Words & Phrases
set套
opponent對手
sensor感應器 

References
Article: Engoo Daily News
(https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/this-wooden-chessboard-moves-by-itself/h_do_uZPEeuJ6VOuvSblcw)
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坐在螢光幕前，看起來光鮮亮麗✨
但鏡頭後，其實藏著很多說不出口的壓力……

這一集主持人 Jenny 邀請到
🇹🇼🇬🇧 台英混血的 Natalie
聊聊她成為「文化交流型節目來賓」的真實經驗與挑戰。

Natalie 分享——
明明代表英國 🇬🇧
卻因為在台灣長大、帶著美式口音
常常被觀眾放大檢視、貼標籤 🏷️

更辛酸的是螢光幕後的兩難👇
⏱️ 節目時間有限，很多內容來不及好好說
💬 話少，被說是「花瓶」
💬 話多，又被罵「太愛表現、不禮貌」
怎麼做，好像都不對 😮‍💨

這一集也提醒我們——
電視節目終究是「被剪輯過的娛樂呈現」🎬
不需要對來賓、對文化交流過度苛責
多一點理解，也是一種成熟的觀看方式 🌱

📘 本集三個單字筆記本
📝 Reality show｜實境節目
📝 Cultural exchange｜文化交流
📝 Balance｜平衡

🎙️ 聽完這集
你會更懂得
站在螢光幕前的人
其實只是努力把一小段真實，留給大家的人 💛

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London's newest tourist attraction has disappointed visitors to the centre of the British capital.
Designed by Dutch architecture company MVRDV, the Marble Arch Mound is a 25 meter artificial hill that offers views of Hyde Park, Oxford Street and other famous areas of London.
City officials hope the attraction will help bring people back to the centre of London after more than a year of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, just a few days after it opened the Marble Arch Mound began offering refunds to tourists who were unhappy with their visit.
Visitors compared the hill to a construction site, and said that it does not look like the pictures on the Marble Arch Mound website. A promised shop and café have not yet been finished.
Westminster Council, which is in charge of the hill, have said that parts of the attraction "are not yet ready for visitors." They also said that anyone who booked a ticket during the first week that the attraction was open will be offered their money back, and a free ticket for another visit at a later date.
The council said it plans to continue improving the Marble Arch Mound until it is taken down in January 2022.

👉Summary
「大理石拱門山」是一座高25公尺的人造山丘，可一覽海德公園、牛津街和倫敦其他知名地區的風景。在新冠病毒疫情導致一年以上的限制之後，都市官員希望這個景點，能夠將人潮帶回倫敦市中心。不過，就在開幕後的幾天，「大理石拱門山」卻得開始退費給不滿意的遊客。遊客把這座山丘比擬成施工地，並表示它看起來不像官網上的照片。承諾好的商店和咖啡廳也還沒完工。掌管這座人造山的西敏市議會表示，該景點的部分區域「尚未準備好開放給遊客」，並承諾任何在該景點開放首週訂票的人，都能拿到退款，以及之後日期的一張免費門票。

👉Words & Phrases
disappoint（使）失望
architecture建築學
artificial人造的

References
Article: Engoo Daily News
(https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/visitors-disappointed-by-londons-newest-attraction/oBbGKvE9EeuuHwuo3j8hCA)
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你有沒有想過——
「準時下班」在某些國家，其實是理所當然？⏰

這一集主持人 Jenny 邀請來自 🇭🇺 匈牙利的 Christina
一起聊聊歐洲與台灣在
💼 工作態度
🏢 職場文化
🌱 生活與工作的平衡
之間，究竟差在哪裡？

Christina 分享一個超有畫面的例子👇
在匈牙利，店家 5 點關門
可能 4 點半就不再接待新客人 🚪
但在台灣呢？
就算只剩最後 1 分鐘，還是笑臉迎人服務到底 😅

更讓人震驚的是——
✨ 匈牙利「新人」年假就有 20 天
而且會隨著年齡增加！
另外，歐洲部分國家甚至開始嘗試「週休三日」
結果不是更混，反而效率更好 📈
真正落實了 work-life balance

📘 本集三個單字筆記本
📝 Annual leave｜年假
📝 Work-life balance｜工作與生活平衡
📝 Public holiday｜國定假日

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你可能會重新思考
「努力工作」到底是時間長
還是方法對 🤔

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From America to Italy to South Korea, birthrates have been decreasing in many countries around the world. Since 2005, Japan has been doing international surveys every five years to try to learn what it can do to raise its own low birth rate.
The most recent survey was done between October 2020 and January 2021. It included a total of about 4,400 people aged 20 to 49 in Japan, France, Germany and Sweden.
People were asked if they thought it was easy to have and raise children in their country. In Japan, only 4.4% of people said it was "very easy" to have and raise children there. This compared to 25.5% in France, 26.5% in Germany and 80.4% in Sweden.
Just 2.1% of people in Sweden said it was "very" or "somewhat" difficult to have and raise children there. But in Japan that figure was 61.1% — and this number has been rising over the last 10 years.
When people were asked why they think it is easy to raise children in Japan, the top reason given was that the country is safe. In France and Germany, the top reason was good child care.
But in Sweden, the top reason for it being easy to have children was support for education costs. Good income security while taking time off to care for children was a close second.

👉Summary
日本最近一次發的國際性生育問卷是在2020年10月和2021年1月間完成。總共約有4,400位介於20歲至49歲來自日本、法國、德國和瑞典的人參與。民眾被詢問在他們的國家生小孩和扶養他們是否容易。 在日本，只有4.4%人說在那裡生育小孩「非常容易」。 相較之下，法國25.5%，德國26.5%，瑞典則有80.4%。甚至有高達61.1%的日本人認為在日本生育小孩「非常」或是「稍微有點」困難，而且這個數字在過去十年來不斷在上升。

👉Words & Phrases
raise養育
support幫助
income收入

References
Article: Engoo Daily News
(https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/61-say-its-hard-to-raise-a-child-in-japan/zmspggSlEeyum1PdKRulFw)
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👤 Guest｜Stanley｜旅德台灣美國人

運動，在你的生活中是「任務」還是「習慣」？
本集 Jenny 與 Stanley 從台灣一路聊到德國，
從健身文化、勞動環境到心理健康，
拆解兩種截然不同的運動日常。

🇹🇼 vs 🇩🇪 運動文化大不同
🏋️‍♂️ 台灣：運動像任務
Stanley觀察到，許多台灣人即使想運動，
也往往得「硬排進行程」才能做到。
這與教育文化、工作壓力、長工時息息相關。

🏞️ 歐洲：運動就是生活
在德國，下班後的時間大都屬於自己，
心理健康與勞工權益備受重視。
運動不是任務，而是自然融入日常的習慣。

🎽 另外，他也談到台灣社會對運動員的強烈支持，
但若希望國民運動更普及，
最根本的前提是：
✨ 人必須先有「自由時間」去動起來！

📘【本集三個單字筆記本】
✔ Fitness — 健身
✔ Active lifestyle — 活躍生活
✔ Athlete — 運動員

想知道更多文化差異背後的觀察與反思？
本集一定要聽！🎧💬

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According to Statista, by 2021 there were over 3.2 billion video game players in the world. And both the video game industry and its players have developed many abbreviations for talking about gaming.
An "RPG" is a "role-playing game," or a game where the player controls one or more characters that go on a quest, getting more powerful as the story continues. The world's top-selling RPG series is Pokémon, with over 380 million games sold.
Before video games went online, people could usually only play in pairs or maybe up to four or sometimes six players. But today, gamers can enjoy "MMOs" — "massively multiplayer online" games that let many people play the same game at once.
Popular MMOs include Fortnite and League of Legends, both of which are "F2P," or "free to play." F2P players can enjoy the basic game, but may have to pay for things like better weapons or nicer character designs.
"GG" means "good game," and is often written at the end of online games. Like a handshake, typing "GG" shows that you had fun and thought the other players did great too.

👉Summary
「RPG」是「角色扮演遊戲」，或是玩家操控一位以上角色進行冒險，且隨著故事發展變得更強大的遊戲。 全球最暢銷的RPG系列是《寶可夢》，賣出超過3.8億片的遊戲。現在，玩家可以享受「MMO」，也就是「大型多人線上遊戲」。知名的大型多人線上遊戲包括《要塞英雄》和《英雄聯盟》，兩款都是「F2P」免付費遊戲。 F2P玩家可以享受基本的遊戲內容，但也可以付費買更好的道具。「GG」的意思是「很好的遊戲」，經常會用在線上遊戲結束時。 就跟握手一樣，打出「GG」表示你玩得很開心，也覺得其他玩家表現得很好。有趣的是，台灣網友也會把GG用來表示「完蛋了」的意思。

👉Words & Phrases
abbreviation縮寫
quest探索
series系列

References
Article: Engoo Daily News
(https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/video-game-abbreviations-from-dlc-to-ftw/5B1q_As-EeyQdYsNfv9GeQ)
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▲ Guest：旅台美國人 Katie 🇺🇸✨

你以為親子營只是出國玩一玩、拍照打卡嗎？📸
其實，這一集要帶你看見——旅行，也可以是一堂超有溫度的文化課！ 💛
主持人 Jenny 🎙️ 與長期旅居台灣的美國老師 Katie 聊到她一份很特別的工作👇
在寒暑假期間，她會陪伴親子家庭一起前往
🇲🇾 馬來西亞、🇸🇬 新加坡等鄰近國家，
展開 5～6 天的親子海外學習之旅 ✈️
在旅途中，Katie 擔任的是——

📘 雙語引導老師 的角色
透過說故事、文化介紹、生活情境互動，
引導爸媽與孩子自然地「開口說英文」🗣️
但這趟旅程的重點，不只是語言學習！✨
更重要的是：
🤝 建立親子溝通
💞 培養家庭同理心
👀 學會觀察彼此與世界

Katie 也分享，真正的溝通不只靠語言，還包括：
👋 學習當地的問候方式
👀 觀察肢體語言與表情
💬 理解文化差異背後的意義

在旅途中，一起面對挑戰、一起完成任務，
讓家人之間的距離悄悄拉近 ❤️
也讓孩子知道——世界很大，而理解比語言更重要 🌏✨

📒【本集三個單字筆記本】
🟡 Cultural communication｜文化溝通
🟡 Challenge｜挑戰
🟡 Observation｜觀察
一起來聽聽，
當旅行遇上教育，親子關係會發生什麼美好的改變吧！ 🎒🌈

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At 5,895 meters tall, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania isn't just the tallest mountain in Africa. It's also the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, which means it's the tallest mountain that isn't part of a mountain range.
It's actually a volcano, and it has three cones. Two of the cones are extinct, but one could erupt again — although it hasn't erupted for 360,000 years.
Mount Kilimanjaro is so tall that there's always snow on the top. However, some scientists think all the snow could melt as Earth gets warmer. In 1973, the mountain and the forests around it all became part of Kilimanjaro National Park to try to protect the area.
In 1889, German geologist Hans Meyer, Austrian climber Ludwig Purtscheller and their guide Yohani Kinyala Lauwo became the first people to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
Now about 30,000 people climb the mountain every year. It's thought of as the easiest of the world's tallest mountains to climb because you don't need any special skills or climbing equipment.
But that doesn't mean it's easy. About 30% to 50% of climbers fail to get to the top.
All kinds of people have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. American Anne Lorimor has the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to climb it. In 2019, she got to the top aged 89.
👉Summary
吉力馬札羅山是一座有三座山峰的火山。 其中兩座是死火山，有一座還有可能再次噴發——雖然它已經有36萬年沒有爆發了。吉力馬札羅山的海拔很高，所以山頂總是有積雪。 不過，有些科學家認為所有的積雪，可能隨著全球暖化而融化。目前每年大約有3萬人攀爬此山。它被認為是最容易攀登的世界最高山，因為不需要任何特殊技能或攀登設備也能爬。

👉Words & Phrases
range山脈
volcano火山
cone圓錐體

👉References
Article: Engoo Daily News
(https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/mount-kilimanjaro-africas-tallest-mountain/IjXwHgv1EeynNy9pfRBeoQ)
(https://engoo.com.tw/)

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👩‍🦰 Guest：匈牙利 Christina

「吃飯也能反映文化差異？」😯
這一集，主持人 Jenny 與來自匈牙利的 Christina，
聊到她對台灣「快文化（fast-paced culture）」的驚訝！

在台灣，午餐常常是「30分鐘內解決戰鬥」⏰；
但在匈牙利，用餐是一種享受與社交儀式——
午餐至少一小時，週末更會邊吃邊聊兩到三小時，
不只是吃飯，更是一種「生活的節奏」。☕🍲

Christina 也分享了她對比文化的觀察：
🇭🇺 匈牙利高中食堂像餐廳一樣，有前菜、主菜、甜點，節奏悠閒～
🇹🇼 台灣學生則快速排隊、十分鐘掃光餐盤，立刻回教室！

而最有趣的文化衝擊是——
❌ 匈牙利人不給客人喝白開水！
❄️ 飲料中也不會加冰塊！
這背後其實藏著匈牙利人的 健康觀與待客哲學，
他們認為「太冷」的水對身體不好，溫暖與關懷從一杯常溫水開始～💗

📘 本集三個單字筆記本 Vocabulary Notes
1️⃣ Soda – 汽水 🥤
2️⃣ Nutrition – 營養 🍎
3️⃣ Ice cube – 冰塊 🧊

🎙️ 一起收聽本集節目，
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