They Might Be Giants▼ 末日神話 —— 進擊的巨人 This dark fantasy is a reason why we should all live in fear of the Titans. 這部黑色幻想作品是我們全都應該活在巨人恐懼之下的原因。
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Imagine a world where people live in cities behind tall walls. Outside those walls are giant creatures▼ called the Titans — monsters set on destroying mankind▼. This is the scary world of the popular manga Attack on Titan. Attackon Titan first appeared in 2009 in a popular Japanese magazine and has since spread all over the world. At first, the story follows Eren, his adopted sister Mikasa, and his friend Armin. They all join the army to fight the Titans after they are attacked by the huge humanoids▼.
As the story goes on, however, readers come to see that everything is not black and white when it comes to the Titans. Some humans can even change into Titans. It is all very strange and exciting.
In the past seven years, Attack on Titan has gone beyond manga, becoming several novel series, an anime series, and even movies. The manga alone has over 52.5 million copies in print, mostly in Japan. It was recently announced that season two of the Attack on Titan series on TV will come out sometime in 2017.
imagine vt. 想像
Can you imagine what your life will be like in the future?
你可以想像的到你的人生未來會是什麼樣子嗎？
destroy vt. 破壞，毀掉
A flood destroyed that small village last summer.
去年夏天一場水災毀掉了那個小村莊。
spread vt. 傳播，散播（三態同形）
The rumor quickly spread around the neighborhood.
謠言很快就在社區裡散播開來。
adopted a. 被領養的
Jenny is an adopted child, and she wants to learn about her birth parents.
珍妮是被領養的小孩，而且她想知道關於她生父母的事情。
when it comes to... 談到／涉及……
When it comes to dancing, Amber is the best.
講到跳舞，安柏是最厲害的。
go beyond... 超乎／超越……
Their relationship has gone beyond friendship.
他們的關係已經超乎了友誼。
announce vt. 宣布，通告
Jerry announced that he's getting married.
傑瑞宣布他要結婚了。
sometime adv. 在某個時候
Cindy will meet her new neighbor sometime later in the week.
辛蒂在本週稍晚會找時間去見見她的新鄰居。
▼ giant n. 巨人 & a. 巨大的 ▼ creature n. 生物；動物 ▼ mankind n. 人類 ▼ humanoid n. 類人動物 & a. 像人的
print 當名詞的用法
本文 "The manga alone has over 52.5 million copies in print, mostly in Japan." 中的 print 為名詞，表『印刷出的字；印刷用的字體』，而片語 (be) in print 則表『書仍在印行』；若是 (be) out of print，則表示『書已經絕版』。例：
John's latest novel will soon be in print.
（約翰最新的小說很快就要出版了。）
I'm sorry, but this book is not available. It's out of print.
（很抱歉我們沒賣這本書。它已經絕版了。）
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