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Do you know how difficult it is to biodegrade plastics?

Most plastic trash is sent to landfills, where it can stay forhundreds of years. 8. Ecosystemo Simple Definition: All the living things (plants, animals, small creatures) andnon-living things (water, soil, air) in a place that work together.o Sentence: Plastic pollution hurts ecosystems—for example, sea turtles mighteat plastic bags by mistake and get sick. 9. Geneo Simple Definition: A tiny part inside living things (like plants, animals, orbacteria) that carries information for how they grow or work.o Sentence: Scientists found a gene in a special bacteria that helps it breakdown plastic bottles. 10. Composto Simple Definition: Decayed plant or food waste that turns into nutrient-richsoil, often made in a pile in gardens.o Sentence: You can put old leaves and vegetable peels in compost—they’llbreak down and help plants grow. 11. Heat-resistanto Simple Definition: Able to stay strong or work well even when it’s very hot.o Sentence: Some special enzymes are heat-resistant, so they can break downplastic even in warm places like compost piles. 12. Polluteo Simple Definition: To make a place (like water, air, or soil) dirty or unsafewith harmful things (like plastic, chemicals, or trash).o Sentence: When plastic trash ends up in rivers, it pollutes the water andharms fish. 13. Recycleo Simple Definition: To process old things (like plastic bottles, paper, or metal)so they can be made into new things.o Sentence: Only about 10% of plastic is recycled—most of it is thrown awayor burned.14. Energy-intensiveo Simple Definition: Needing a lot of energy (like electricity or fuel) to dosomething.o Sentence: Making new plastic is energy-intensive—it uses a lot of fuel andcreates pollution. 15. Harmlesso Simple Definition: Not able to hurt people, animals, or the environment.o Sentence: We need to make plastic that breaks down into harmless parts, soit doesn’t pollute the planet.

2025-12-14 中等

Rafflesia, beautiful but with a foul stench.

1. Rafflesia（大王花）o Definition: A type of flower that grows in Southeast Asia’s hot, wet forests.It’s famous for being the biggest flower in the world.o Sentence: Rafflesia has over 30 kinds. Some are only a few centimeters wide,but the largest can weigh 7 kilograms and be more than 1 meter across. 2. Parasite（寄生生物）o Definition: A living thing that lives on or inside another living thing (called a“host”) and takes food from it to survive.o Sentence: Rafflesia is a parasite. It spends most of its life living off anotherplant and can’t make its own food. 3. Host（宿主）o Definition: A plant or animal that a parasite lives on and gets food from.o Sentence: Rafflesia’s host is a type of vine. It takes water and nutrients fromthis vine to grow.4. Vine（藤蔓）o Definition: A long, thin plant that climbs up trees or other things to grow.o Sentence: Rafflesia only grows on a specific kind of vine—one that’s relatedto grapes. 5. Sunlight energy（陽光能量）o Definition: The energy that comes from the sun, which most plants use tomake their own food.o Sentence: Most vines use sunlight energy to make food, but Rafflesia can’tdo this anymore.6. Smell（氣味）o Definition: The thing you notice with your nose—like the smell of food orflowers.o Sentence: Rafflesia has a terrible smell, like rotting meat. This smell helps itattract insects.7. Insect（昆蟲）o Definition: A small animal with six legs, like a fly, ant, or butterfly.o Sentence: Flies are the insects that help Rafflesia spread its pollen. They aredrawn to its bad smell. 8. Pollen（花粉）o Definition: Tiny yellow or white dust-like bits from the male part of a flower.It helps flowers make seeds.o Sentence: When a fly lands on a male Rafflesia, pollen sticks to its back.Later, the fly can carry this pollen to a female flower. 9. Male flower（雄花）o Definition: A flower that makes pollen (the “male” part needed for makingseeds).o Sentence: Most Rafflesia flowers are either male or female. A male flowercan’t make seeds on its own—it needs pollen from another flower. 10. Female flower（雌花）o Definition: A flower that can make seeds if it gets pollen from a male flower.o Sentence: When a fly with pollen lands on a female Rafflesia, the pollenhelps the flower make seeds. 11. Seed（種子）o Definition: A small, hard part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.o Sentence: After a female Rafflesia gets pollen, it slowly turns into a fruit withthousands of tiny seeds inside. 12. Rotting（腐爛的）o Definition: Describing something that’s breaking down and starting to smellbad (like old food or dead animals).o Sentence: Rafflesia smells like rotting meat. This trick makes flies think it’s agood place to lay their eggs. 13. Attract（吸引）o Definition: To make something or someone come closer, usually becausethey find it interesting or useful.o Sentence: Rafflesia’s bad smell is meant to attract flies. Without these flies,it can’t make seeds. 14. Fruit（果實）o Definition: The part of a plant that holds seeds, like an apple or orange.o Sentence: After being pollinated, the Rafflesia flower doesn’t die rightaway—it becomes a fruit with lots of seeds. 15. Grow（生長）o Definition: To get bigger or develop into a larger plant or animal. o Sentence: Rafflesia starts as a small bud. It can take months or even a yearto grow into a full-sized flower. 16. Forest（森林）o Definition: A large area of land covered with many trees.o Sentence: Rafflesia lives in the deep forests of Southeast Asia. These forestsare warm and rain a lot. 17. Ant（螞蟻）o Definition: A small black or brown insect that lives in large groups and oftencarries food back to its nest.o Sentence: Scientists have seen ants carry Rafflesia seeds. But no one knowswhat happens to the seeds after they get to the ant nest. 18. Dead（死亡的）o Definition: No longer alive (like a dead animal or a dead leaf).o Sentence: Rafflesia’s smell is like a dead animal. Flies love this smell becausethey lay eggs on dead things. 19. Nutrients（養分）o Definition: The things plants and animals need to stay healthy andgrow—like vitamins or minerals.o Sentence: Rafflesia takes nutrients from its host vine. It can’t get thesenutrients on its own.20. Survive（生存）o Definition: To stay alive, especially when conditions are hard.o Sentence: Rafflesia can’t survive without its host vine. If the vine dies, theRafflesia will die too.

2025-12-14 简单

Home with Kids: Loki's Three Children

1. Asgardo Definition: In Norse mythology, the home and fortress of the Aesir gods,ruled by Odin.o Sentence: Odin, the king of Asgard, was troubled by recurring nightmaresabout three terrifying figures. 2. Jötunheimo Definition: In Norse mythology, the realm of the Jötuns (giants), one of thenine worlds.o Sentence: Thor and Tyr were sent to Jötunheim to capture Loki’s secretchildren from the giant Angrboda. 3. Jormungandro Definition: Also called the Midgard Serpent, a giant sea serpent in Norsemythology, one of Loki’s three children.o Sentence: The first child Thor encountered in Jötunheim was Jormungandr, ahuge serpent that spat venom. 4. Fenriro Definition: A giant wolf in Norse mythology, one of Loki’s children,prophesied to kill Odin during Ragnarök.o Sentence: Though Fenrir started as a harmless cub, Odin feared his growingstrength and tried to bind him with chains. 5. Bindo Definition: To tie or fasten someone/something tightly with rope, chains,etc., to restrict movement.o Sentence: Odin forged heavy chains to bind Fenrir, but the wolf easily brokethem apart like old wood. 6. Forgeo Definition: To make or shape metal objects by heating and hammering; tocreate (something strong or lasting).o Sentence: Desperate to control Fenrir, Odin returned to his smithy to forgeunbreakable shackles. 7. Shackleso Definition: Heavy metal rings or chains used to lock a person’s wrists or ankles, preventing freedom of movement.o Sentence: The second set of shackles was so strong that Fenrir paused for amoment, but he still managed to shatter them. 8. Dwarfo Definition: In Norse mythology, a small, skilled being who lives undergroundand is famous for crafting weapons and treasures.o Sentence: Odin turned to the most skilled dwarves for help, as they couldcreate objects from rare, magical materials. 9. Unbreakableo Definition: Impossible to break, destroy, or damage; extremely strong.o Sentence: The dwarves made Gleipnir, an unbreakable chain disguised as athin thread, to bind Fenrir. 10. Disguiseo Definition: To make someone/something look different in order to hide theirtrue identity or nature.o Sentence: Gleipnir was disguised as a delicate string, so Fenrir initiallylaughed at the seemingly weak chain. 11. Treacheryo Definition: The act of betraying someone who trusts you, especially by doingsomething harmful or dishonest.o Sentence: Fenrir felt the pain of treachery when he realized Odin’s trick—the “thin thread” was actually an unbreakable chain. 12. Vowo Definition: A serious promise or commitment to do something or behave ina certain way.o Sentence: After biting off Odin’s wrist, Fenrir vowed to destroy the king inrevenge for his deception. 13. Prophecyo Definition: A statement saying what will happen in the future, especially onebelieved to come from a god or spirit.o Sentence: Odin’s nightmares were linked to a prophecy that Loki’s childrenwould bring trouble to Asgard. 14. Banisho Definition: To send someone away from a place, especially a country, as apunishment or to keep them safe.o Sentence: Odin banished Jormungandr to the ocean at the edge of the world, hoping to keep the serpent far from Asgard. 15. Realmo Definition: A kingdom or territory ruled by a king or queen; a sphere ofactivity or interest.o Sentence: Hel, Loki’s second child, was sent to the underground realmwhere she ruled over the dead. 16. Shattero Definition: To break suddenly into many small pieces; to destroy somethingcompletely.o Sentence: With a powerful twist, Fenrir shattered the heavy iron chains intoa thousand tiny pieces. 17. Deceptiono Definition: The act of tricking someone by telling lies or hiding the truth.o Sentence: Odin’s deception—hiding Gleipnir’s strength—made Fenrir evenangrier and more determined to seek revenge. 18. Fateo Definition: The power that some people believe controls everything thathappens to you in life, and that you cannot change.o Sentence: Odin thought he had defeated fate by binding Fenrir, but hisactions only sealed his own doom. 19. Doomo Definition: Death, destruction, or a terrible event that will happen in thefuture and cannot be avoided.o Sentence: Though Odin celebrated his “victory,” he did not know his doomwas already sealed by Fenrir’s vow. 20. Ragnaröko Definition: In Norse mythology, the final battle between the gods and theforces of evil, resulting in the destruction of the world and the birth of a newone.o Sentence: Fenrir’s growing strength and anger were signs that Ragnarök, theend of the old world, was drawing near.

2025-12-14 中等

The Infinite Hotel Paradox

1. Thought experimento Definition: A hypothetical scenario constructed through logical reasoningand imagination (no physical execution required) to explore abstractconcepts or theoretical boundaries.o Example: David Hilbert’s infinite hotel is a renowned thoughtexperiment designed to reveal how challenging the concept of infinity is forhumans to grasp. 2. Infinityo Definition: (n.) The state or quality of being without limits, bounds, or anend (a key mathematical concept; also refers to &quot;something infinite&quot; ingeneral).o Example: The infinity of rooms in Hilbert’s hotel allows the night manager toalways find space for new guests, even when the hotel seems &quot;full&quot;. 3. Countable infiniteo Definition: (Mathematical term) An infinite set that can be put into a one-to-one correspondence with the set of natural numbers (e.g., the set ofintegers, the set of rational numbers).o Example: The passengers on the infinite bus form a countableinfinite group, so the night manager can assign them to empty roomssystematically.4. Prime numbero Definition: (n.) A natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisorsother than 1 and itself (e.g., 2, 3, 5, 7, 11).o Example: The night manager used prime numbers like 2, 3, and 7 to assignunique rooms—each guest moved to a room number equal to a primeraised to their original room/seat number. 5. Powero Definition: (n.) In mathematics, the result of multiplying a number by itself acertain number of times (e.g., &quot;2 to the power of 7&quot; means 2×2×2×2×2×2×2= 128).o Example: The guest in room 7 was relocated to room 2 to the power of 7,which is 128, to free up odd-numbered rooms for new passengers. 6. Natural numbero Definition: (n.) A positive integer (1, 2, 3, ...) used to count or label items; sometimes defined to include 0, but the video uses the &quot;1, 2, 3...&quot; definition.o Example: The hotel uses natural numbers to number its rooms, and thebuses use them to number passengers’ seats. 7. Real numbero Definition: (n.) A mathematical term referring to any number that can berepresented on a number line, including rational numbers (e.g., 3, 1/2) andirrational numbers (e.g., √2, π).o Example: Unlike natural numbers, the set of real numbers isuncountable—you cannot match every real number to a unique naturalnumber.8. Uncountableo Definition: (adj.) (In mathematics) Describing an infinite set that cannot beput into a one-to-one correspondence with natural numbers; also means&quot;not able to be counted&quot; in general.o Example: The uncountable nature of real numbers means a &quot;real-numberhotel&quot; could never use the night manager’s strategies to arrange all guests. 9. Logisticso Definition: (n.) The detailed coordination of a complex operation (here,referring to the night manager’s work of assigning rooms to infinite guests;also applies to supply chains, transportation, etc.).o Example: Managing an infinite hotel would be a logistics nightmare—even askilled manager needs mathematical tricks to avoid chaos. 10. Paradoxo Definition: (n.) A statement or scenario that seems contradictory or illogicalat first, but often reveals a deeper truth when explored.o Example: Hilbert’s infinite hotel is a paradox because it appears &quot;full&quot; yetcan always accommodate more guests. 11. Accommodateo Definition: (v.) To provide space, resources, or support forsomeone/something; to adjust to fit a need.o Example: The night manager found a way to accommodate every passengerfrom the infinite buses by using prime numbers. 12. Relocateo Definition: (v.) To move someone or something from one place to another,especially permanently or for a specific purpose.o Example: The manager asked guests to relocate from room n to room n+1to make space for the first new guest. 13. Divisoro Definition: (n.) A number that divides another number without leaving aremainder (e.g., 2 is a divisor of 4; 1 and 7 are the only divisors of 7).o Example: A prime number has exactly two divisors: 1 and itself.14. Hypotheticalo Definition: (adj.) Based on a hypothesis or assumption; not real or actual,but imagined for reasoning.o Example: The infinite hotel is a hypothetical building—no real hotel couldhave an endless number of rooms. 15. Abstracto Definition: (adj.) Relating to ideas or concepts rather than physical objects;difficult to understand because it is not concrete.o Example: Infinity is an abstract concept—we can’t see or touch it, but wecan study it through math. 16. Systematico Definition: (adj.) Done according to a fixed plan, method, or system;organized and logical.o Example: The night manager used a systematic approach to assign rooms,ensuring no two guests ended up in the same space. 17. Analogyo Definition: (n.) A comparison between two things that are similar in someway, used to explain a complex idea.o Example: The video uses the hotel’s room assignments as an analogy toexplain how countable infinite sets work. 18. Complexityo Definition: (n.) The state of being complicated or having manyinterconnected parts; the difficulty of understanding something.o Example: The complexity of infinity becomes clear when you try to &quot;add&quot;more guests to a &quot;full&quot; infinite hotel. 19. Correspondenceo Definition: (n.) A relationship where each item in one set is matched toexactly one item in another set (key in understanding countable infinity).o Example: The correspondence between natural numbers and bus seats letsthe manager map each passenger to a hotel room. 20. Theoremo Definition: (n.) A statement in mathematics or logic that has been proven true through rigorous reasoning (e.g., Euclid’s theorem about infiniteprimes).o Example: Euclid’s theorem that there are infinitely many prime numberswas critical to the night manager’s solution.

2025-12-14 困难

A bizarre case involving two young girls suffering from a strange illness, and the many mysteries surrounding the Salem witch trials.

1. Accuse- Simple Definition: To say someone did a bad thing (like a crime).- Sentence: The girls accused three women of being witches in Salem. 2. Innocent- Simple Definition: Not guilty of a bad thing; didn’t do the crime.- Sentence: Many innocent people were put in jail during the witch trials. 3. Guilty- Simple Definition: Having done a bad thing or crime.- Sentence: The court said Sarah Good was guilty, but she didn’t do anything wrong. 4. Punish- Simple Definition: To make someone suffer because they did something bad.- Sentence: The judges wanted to punish people they thought were witches. 5. Fear- Simple Definition: A feeling you get when you think something dangerous will happen.- Sentence: Fear of the devil made Salem’s people believe in witchcraft. 6. Religion- Simple Definition: Beliefs about God or gods, and the practices that go with them. - Sentence: The Puritans’ religion was very strict, and they feared evil. 7. Strange- Simple Definition: Not normal; unusual.- Sentence: Betty and Abigail started acting strange—they twisted their bodies andscreamed. 8. Symptom- Simple Definition: A sign that someone is sick (like a fever or pain).- Sentence: The doctor saw no physical symptoms, so he said the girls were cursed. 9. Arrest- Simple Definition: To take someone to jail because they are thought to have done acrime.- Sentence: The police arrested Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba in February 1692. 10. Confess- Simple Definition: To say you did a bad thing (even if you didn’t).- Sentence: Tituba confessed to witchcraft to avoid being killed. 11. Jail- Simple Definition: A place where people are kept when they are arrested or found guilty.- Sentence: Sarah Osborne died in jail before her trial. 12. Trial- Simple Definition: A meeting in court where people decide if someone is guilty. - Sentence: The witch trials in Salem were not fair—they used bad evidence. 13. Evidence- Simple Definition: Something that shows if someone did a bad thing (like a fingerprint ora witness).- Sentence: The court used &quot;spectral evidence&quot;—girls screaming about ghosts—which wasnot real. 14. Neighbor- Simple Definition: A person who lives near you.- Sentence: Some accused their neighbors of witchcraft to save themselves. 15. Hunger- Simple Definition: The feeling you get when you need to eat.- Sentence: Salem’s people feared hunger because the winter was very cold and cropsdied. 16.Disease- Simple Definition: An illness that makes you sick.- Sentence: The doctor thought the girls’ problems were from evil, not a disease. 17. Release- Simple Definition: To let someone go (from jail or a bad situation).- Sentence: Tituba was in jail until May, then they let her release. 18. Spread - Simple Definition: To move from one person/place to another.- Sentence: The accusations of witchcraft spread to nearby villages. 19. Stop- Simple Definition: To make something not happen anymore.- Sentence: The governor stopped the trials when his wife was accused. 20. Danger- Simple Definition: A situation where someone could get hurt or die.- Sentence: The Salem witch trials showed the danger of believing lies out of fear.

2025-12-14 简单

What did people use before anesthetics were invented?

1. Amputate /ˈæmpjuteɪt/ (v.)Definition: To cut off a part of the body (like an arm or leg) for medical reasons.Sentence: In the 1830s, surgeon Robert Liston could amputate a patient’s leg in just a fewminutes to reduce their pain.2. Unconscious /ʌnˈkɒnʃəs/ (adj.)Definition: Not awake, and not able to feel or hear things.Sentence: The goal of early anesthetics was to make patients unconscious so they wouldn’tfeel surgery pain.3. Painkiller /ˈpeɪnkɪlə/ (n.)Definition: A drug or substance that reduces or stops pain.Sentence: Before modern medicine, people used plants like opium as a painkiller duringsimple medical procedures.4. Sedate /sɪˈdeɪt/ (v.)Definition: To make someone calm or sleepy using a drug.Sentence: Early doctors tried to sedate patients with alcohol mixed with herbs beforesurgery.5. Toxic /ˈtɒksɪk/ (adj.)Definition: Containing something poisonous that can harm or kill.Sentence: Chloroform was once used as an anesthetic, but later people learned it’s toxic anddangerous for health.6. Carcinogen /kɑːˈsɪnədʒən/ (n.)Definition: A substance that can cause cancer.Sentence: Modern scientists found that chloroform is a carcinogen, so doctors no longer useit.7. Side effect /ˌsaɪd ɪˈfekt/ (n.)Definition: An unwanted reaction to a drug (other than its main purpose).Sentence: Ether worked as an anesthetic, but it had side effects like making patients feelsick.8. Crude /kruːd/ (adj.)Definition: Simple and not well-made (used for early, basic tools or substances). Sentence: Ancient Chinese doctors used crude mixtures of alcohol and powder to easesurgery pain.9. Skeptical /ˈskeptɪkl/ (adj.)Definition: Doubting whether something is true or effective.Sentence: Many surgeons were skeptical about early anesthetics, so they refused to usethem at first.10. Popularize /ˈpɒpjələraɪz/ (v.)Definition: To make something known and used by many people.Sentence: Doctor James Simpson helped popularize chloroform by using it to ease painduring childbirth.11. Frustration /frʌˈstreɪʃn/ (n.)Definition: A feeling of disappointment when something doesn’t work.Sentence: The doctor felt frustration when his first try with ether failed— the patientscreamed from pain.12. Racist /ˈreɪsɪst/ (adj.)Definition: Treating people unfairly because of their race.Sentence: Some 19th-century doctors held racist beliefs and refused to give anesthetics toBlack patients.13. Sexist /ˈseksɪst/ (adj.)Definition: Treating people unfairly because of their gender (usually women).Sentence: Doctor Charles Meigs had sexist ideas— he thought women should “endure”childbirth pain without anesthetics.14. Administer /ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)/ (v.)Definition: To give someone a drug or treatment.Sentence: In 1842, an American doctor administered ether to a patient before removing agrowth from their neck.15. Growth /ɡrəʊθ/ (n.)Definition: An unusual lump or mass on the body (like a small tumor, explained simply).Sentence: The surgeon used ether to make the patient sleep before cutting out a growthfrom their neck.16. Inhale /ɪnˈheɪl/ (v.)Definition: To breathe in a gas or vapor.Sentence: 13th-century doctors had patients inhale fumes from drug-soaked sponges toreduce pain. 17. Favor /ˈfeɪvə(r)/ (n.)Definition: Popularity or preference for something.Sentence: Chloroform lost favor in the 1900s when doctors realized it was too dangerous.18. Procedure /prəˈsiːdʒə(r)/ (n.)Definition: A series of steps done for a medical reason (like surgery, explained simply).Sentence: Before anesthetics, medical procedures like cutting off a damaged limb wereextremely painful.19. Vapor /ˈveɪpə(r)/ (n.)Definition: A gas-like form of a liquid (like steam from water).Sentence: Patients inhaled ether vapor to fall asleep before surgery.20. Advance /ədˈvɑːns/ (n.)Definition: A new improvement or progress in something (like medicine).Sentence: The discovery of ether was a major advance in making surgery less painful.

2025-12-14 困难

A doctor who broke the contract with the Grim Reaper

Despair (n. / v.) Definition: A state of complete hopelessness (noun); to feel or show hopelessness(verb). Sentence: When the couple could not feed their 13th child, they were consumed bydeep despair.2. Vague (adj.) Definition: Not clearly seen, heard, or understood; indistinct. Sentence: After wandering the forest for hours, the father spottedtwo vague figures in the distance.3. Figure (n.) Definition: A person seen from a distance or in a way that does not show their faceclearly; a character. Sentence: The third figure the father met in the dark woods had sunken eyes and atwisted smile—it was Death.4. Entrust (v.) Definition: To give someone responsibility for looking after a person or thing. Sentence: The father refused to entrust his newborn son to the god or the devil, asthey judged human lives.5. Tangled (adj.) Definition: Twisted together in an untidy way (used for plants, hair, ropes, etc.). Sentence: The father ventured deeper into the tangled bushes to find a suitablegodfather for his child.6. Sunken (adj.) Definition: (Of eyes, cheeks, etc.) Having sunk inward, typically due to illness,tiredness, or old age. Sentence: Death’s sunken eyes stared out from his thin face, making the father feeluneasy.7. Twisted (adj.) Definition: Bent or turned out of its normal shape; distorted (often used to describea sinister appearance). Sentence: Death held a bottle of cure-all in his twisted hand and offered to be theboy’s godfather. 8. Potion (n.) Definition: A liquid with magical or medicinal properties, especially one believed tocure illness or affect behavior. Sentence: Death gave the young doctor a magical potion that could heal everyhuman disease.9. Strict (adj.) Definition: (Of rules, orders, or people) Demanding that rules are obeyed and notallowing flexibility. Sentence: The strict rule of the potion was: if Death lingered at the foot of apatient’s bed, the doctor could not save them.10. Linger (v.) Definition: To stay in a place longer than necessary, especially because you do notwant to leave; to remain present. Sentence: When the doctor entered the king’s bedroom, he saw Death lingering atthe foot of the bed.11. Arrogant (adj.) Definition: Having an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities;overbearing. Sentence: Death warned his arrogant godson that cheating him a second timewould cost the doctor his life.12. Urgent (adj.) Definition: Requiring immediate action or attention. Sentence: The king sent an urgent message to the doctor, begging him to cure theseriously ill princess.13. Greed (n.) Definition: Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, orfood. Sentence: At first, the doctor’s greed for the king’s reward made him rush to thepalace—but he soon forgot Death’s warning.14. Lurk (v.) Definition: To wait secretly in a place, especially to do something harmful orunpleasant. Sentence: The doctor was so captivated by the princess’s grace that he did notnotice Death lurking at her feet.15. Infatuated (adj.) Definition: Filled with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone.  Sentence: Death dragged away the infatuated doctor before the princess couldthank him for saving her.16. Cavern (n.) Definition: A large cave, especially one formed by natural processes (larger andmore impressive than a typical &quot;cave&quot;). Sentence: When the doctor opened his eyes, he found himself in a vast cavern linedwith thousands of candles.17. Mortality (n.) Definition: The state of being subject to death; the fact that all living things mustdie. Sentence: The doctor’s foolish attempt to control mortality by cheating Death led tohis tragic end.18. Betrayal (n.) Definition: The action of betraying someone or something; breaking a trust orpromise. Sentence: Death argued that the doctor’s betrayal was unforgivable, so he refusedto spare his life.19. Frail (adj.) Definition: Weak and delicate (used for people’s bodies, grip, or objects that areeasily broken). Sentence: Death loosened his frail skeletal grip, and the doctor’s candle fell to thecavern floor.20. Flicker (v. / n.) Definition: To burn or shine with an unsteady, wavering light (verb); an unsteadylight (noun). Sentence: Death watched the flickering flame of the doctor’s candle until it fadedinto a thin wisp of smoke.

2025-12-14 中等

Chocolate: From Sacred Drink to Global Obsesson

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Cacao (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The tropical tree that produces seeds (cacao beans) used to make chocolate; also the seeds themselves <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：可可樹；可可豆（指結出可可豆的熱帶樹木，也指用於製作巧克力的可可豆本身） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：cacao tree（可可樹）、cacao beans（可可豆） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Ancient civilizations in Central America first cultivated cacao trees for their valuable beans.（中美洲的古文明最早種植可可樹，以獲取其珍貴的可可豆。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Sacred (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Regarded as holy or having great spiritual importance (used to describe cacao in ancient cultures) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：神聖的；神聖性的（形容在古代文化中被視為神聖、具有重要精神意義的事物，此處特指可可） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：sacred drink（神聖饮品）、sacred ritual（神聖儀式） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The Aztecs considered cacao a sacred gift from the gods and used it to make a bitter ceremonial drink.（阿茲特克人將可可視為神明賜予的神聖禮物，用其製作苦味的儀式性饮品。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Ceremonial (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Relating to a ceremony or formal religious or cultural event <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：儀式性的；正式的（與儀式、宗教或文化正式活動相關的） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：ceremonial drink（儀式饮品）、ceremonial use（儀式用途） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：In ancient times, chocolate was not a snack but a ceremonial drink consumed during important events.（在古代，巧克力並非零食，而是在重要場合飲用的儀式性饮品。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Popularize (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To make something become liked or used by many people (here, making chocolate a global food) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：推廣；普及（使某物被大眾喜愛或使用，此處特指讓巧克力成為全球流行食品） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：popularize chocolate（普及巧克力）、popularize a new product（推廣新產品） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：European explorers helped popularize cacao by bringing it back from the Americas to their home countries.（歐洲探險家將可可從美洲帶回祖國，推動了可可的普及。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Confectionery (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Sweet foods like chocolate, candies, and pastries; the business of making these foods <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：甜食；糖果點心（指巧克力、糖果、糕點等甜食，也指製作這類食品的行業） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：chocolate confectionery（巧克力甜食）、confectionery industry（糖果行業） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The development of new processing methods turned cacao into a key ingredient in the confectionery industry.（新加工工藝的研發使可可成為糖果行業的核心原料。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Process (v./n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(v.) To treat raw materials (like cacao beans) with steps to make a finished product; (n.) The series of steps for this treatment <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(v.) 加工；處理；(n.) 加工過程（對原材料如可可豆進行多步處理以製成成品，或指該處理步驟） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：process cacao beans（加工可可豆）、processing method（加工方法） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：It takes several weeks to process cacao beans into edible chocolate, including roasting and grinding.（將可可豆加工成可食用巧克力需要數週時間，包括烘焙和研磨步驟。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Global (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Relating to the whole world; happening or existing in many countries <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：全球的；世界性的（與全世界相關、在多國發生或存在的） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：global popularity（全球流行）、global market（全球市場） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Today, chocolate has achieved global popularity, with different flavors and forms in nearly every country.（如今，巧克力已風靡全球，幾乎每個國家都有其獨特的口味和形式。）

2025-12-07 中等

New pill approved for common type of advanced breast cancer in UK

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Breast cancer (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A malignant tumor that develops in the breast tissue, primarily affecting women but also occurring in men <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：乳腺癌（一種發生在乳腺組織的惡性腫瘤，主要影響女性，男性也可能患病） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：diagnose breast cancer（診斷乳腺癌）、treat breast cancer（治療乳腺癌） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Early detection significantly improves the chances of successful breast cancer treatment.（早期檢測能大幅提高乳腺癌治療的成功率。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Therapeutic breakthrough (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A major advance in medical treatment that significantly improves patient outcomes (here, for breast cancer) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：治療性突破（醫學治療領域的重大進展，能顯著改善患者治療效果，此處特指乳腺癌治療） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：achieve a therapeutic breakthrough（取得治療性突破）、therapeutic breakthrough in oncology（腫瘤學領域的治療突破） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The new drug represents a major therapeutic breakthrough for patients with hormone-resistant breast cancer.（這種新藥為激素抵抗型乳腺癌患者帶來了重大治療突破。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Hormone therapy (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A type of cancer treatment that blocks or reduces hormones (e.g., estrogen) to slow or stop the growth of hormone-sensitive tumors <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：激素治療（一種癌症治療方式，通過阻斷或減少激素（如雌激素）來減緩或阻止激素敏感性腫瘤生長） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：針對“激素受體陽性乳腺癌”的常見治療手段，新藥突破常圍繞其局限性展開 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Many patients with early-stage breast cancer receive hormone therapy to prevent cancer recurrence.（許多早期乳腺癌患者接受激素治療以防止癌症復發。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Malignant (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Describing a tumor that can grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body (opposite of "benign") <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：惡性的（形容腫瘤可不受控制地生長並轉移到身體其他部位，與“良性的”相對） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：malignant tumor（惡性腫瘤）、malignant cells（惡性細胞） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The test results confirmed that the breast lump was malignant, requiring immediate treatment.（檢測結果確認乳腺腫塊為惡性，需立即治療。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Recurrence (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The return of a disease (like cancer) after a period of improvement or remission <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：復發；再發（指疾病（如癌症）在好轉或緩解一段時間後再次出現） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：cancer recurrence（癌症復發）、reduce the risk of recurrence（降低復發風險） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The new drug has been shown to cut the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 50% in clinical trials.（臨床試驗表明，這種新藥能將乳腺癌復發風險降低50%。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Remission (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A period when the signs and symptoms of a disease (like cancer) are reduced or disappear <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：緩解期；減輕期（指疾病（如癌症）的癥狀減輕或消失的階段） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：achieve remission（進入緩解期）、sustained remission（持續緩解） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Patients who took the new drug stayed in remission for an average of 24 months, longer than those on traditional treatment.（服用新藥的患者平均緩解期達24個月，比接受傳統治療的患者更長。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Oncologist (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A doctor who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：腫瘤科醫生（專門從事癌症診斷、治療和預防的醫生） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The oncologist explained that the new drug was suitable for patients with advanced breast cancer who had not responded to other treatments.（腫瘤科醫生解釋，這種新藥適用於對其他治療無反應的晚期乳腺癌患者。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-12-07 困难

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Extraterrestrial (adj./n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(adj.) Relating to life, objects, or phenomena outside Earth; (n.) A being from outside Earth (often called "alien" informally) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(adj.) 外星的；地球外的；(n.) 外星人（形容與地球之外的生命、物體或現象相關，或指外星生物） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：extraterrestrial life（外星生命）、extraterrestrial signals（外星信號） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Scientists are analyzing data to confirm whether the signal comes from extraterrestrial life.（科學家正在分析數據，以確認該信號是否來自外星生命。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Evidence (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Facts or information that prove something is true (here, proof of alien life’s existence) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：證據；證明（指能證實某事為真的事實或信息，此處特指外星生命存在的證據） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：scientific evidence（科學證據）、find evidence（發現證據） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The detection of organic molecules on the planet provides key evidence for extraterrestrial life.（在該行星上探測到有機分子，為外星生命提供了關鍵證據。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Organic molecule (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A molecule containing carbon atoms, which is essential for supporting life (e.g., proteins, carbohydrates) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：有機分子（含碳原子的分子，是維持生命的必需物質，如蛋白質、碳水化合物） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：外星生命探索的核心指標——有機分子的存在暗示生命可能存在 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Astronomers found organic molecules in the distant planet’s atmosphere, raising hopes for extraterrestrial life.（天文學家在遙遠行星的大氣層中發現了有機分子，為尋找外星生命帶來希望。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Detect (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To discover or identify something that is difficult to notice (e.g., signals, molecules in space) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：探測；檢測（指發現或識別難以察覺的事物，如太空中的信號、分子） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：detect signals（探測信號）、detect molecules（檢測分子） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The advanced instrument can detect faint organic molecules from millions of light-years away.（這台先進儀器能探測到數百萬光年外的微弱有機分子。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Celestial body (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A natural object in space, such as a planet, star, moon, or comet <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：天體（太空中的自然物體，如行星、恆星、衛星或彗星） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：distant celestial body（遙遠天體）、study celestial bodies（研究天體） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Scientists focus on studying small, rocky celestial bodies that may have liquid water.（科學家重點研究可能存在液態水的小型巖石天體。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Hypothesis (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A proposed explanation for a phenomenon that needs to be tested (e.g., a theory about alien life) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：假說；假設（指對現象的推測性解釋，需進一步驗證，如關於外星生命的理論） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：form a hypothesis（提出假說）、test a hypothesis（驗證假說） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The team formed a hypothesis that the planet’s atmosphere could support extraterrestrial life.（該團隊提出假說：這顆行星的大氣層可支撐外星生命。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Space probe (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：An unmanned spacecraft sent to explore space, collect data, and send it back to Earth <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：太空探測器（無人駕駛的航天器，用於探索太空、收集數據並傳回地球） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：A new space probe was launched to collect more data on the celestial body with potential extraterrestrial life.（一顆新型太空探測器已發射，旨在收集更多關於這顆可能存在外星生命的天體的數據。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-12-07 困难