濱崎步上海開唱卻被喊卡：這場風波教你搞懂 court、snub、retaliation
DEC. 08,2025 /常春藤中外編輯

     一場原本應該是歌迷狂歡的演唱會，最後卻變成國際新聞頭條。日本天后濱崎步上海開唱前夕突然被「喊卡」，背後牽動的是中日關係與台海局勢。趁著這則新聞，我們順便把國際版常出現的 court、snub、retaliation 三個關鍵字一次學清楚，看看外電記者是怎麼用這些字來寫出「政治 × 演唱會」的新聞故事。

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月亮變大了？ Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No... It's a Supermoon
DEC. 01,2025 / Analytical Editors

  Have you ever gazed at the night sky and felt as though the Moon loomed larger than usual? Your eyes were not deceiving you. The Moon's apparent size can __1__ subtly depending on where it is in its orbit. On certain occasions, it reaches its fullest phase while at its closest point to Earth. When these two events __2__, scientists and the public refer to the spectacle as a “supermoon.” vitoring.
  你是否曾在凝望夜空時，感覺月亮比平常更大？你並沒有看錯。月亮的視覺大小會依據它在軌道中的位置而有細微的改變。在某些時候，它同時達到最圓的滿月階段且位於最靠近地球的位置。當這兩個事件同時發生時，科學家和大眾稱此奇觀為「超級月亮」。

星期五的沒事教室 Harbor Me
NOV. 27 ,2025 / Enjoy Editors

Growing up in a complicated world
  How do children make sense of racism, poverty, and life in prison? These are subjects that often leave even adults at a loss for words. Harbor Me, a novel by Jacqueline Woodson, presents these topics in a way that young readers can easily understand. By telling the story through the voices of children, Woodson makes the themes easier to connect with.
在一個複雜的世界中長大
  孩子們如何理解種族歧視、貧窮以及在監獄裡的生活呢？這些主題甚至常常連成年人都無言以對。《星期五的沒事教室》是一本由賈桂琳．伍德生所寫的小說，它將這些議題以一種年輕讀者能輕易理解的方式呈現出來。透過用孩子們的聲音來講述故事，伍德森讓這些主題更容易引起共鳴。

• make sense of...   了解...
• at a loss for words    不知道該說什麼
• connect with...    和...產生共鳴

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