「睡死了」 不是sleep die!「淺眠、昏睡」英文怎麼說? |13個跟「睡眠」有關的實用說法
JAN. 23,2024 / Jerry Chang

      學測結束後，終於有時間可以好好睡覺了是吧! 睡眠對身體和心理健康非常重要。在應對重要的考試或壓力後，確保足夠的休息時間可以幫助我們身體恢復並促進思考能力的提升喔!　但過度的睡眠也可能對健康產生負面影響。 「睡死」的英文別說成”sleep die”喔，"sleep like a log" 或 "sleep like a baby"，取決於你想要表達的感覺，這兩種都可用來形容一個人睡得非常沉。一起來來學學13個跟「睡眠」有關的實用英文說法:

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照過來！ 大胃王祕辛報你知 Eating as a Spectator Sport
JAN. 16,2024 / Analytical Editors

  When people talk about eating as a communal activity, they generally refer to the feeling of friendship and togetherness that comes from sitting down and sharing a meal with others. Yet, there is another way in which eating can be seen as a group experience: eating contests.
  Competitive eating contests challenge a person's eating speed or overall food consumption. Such events draw huge crowds and have become more and more popular with the streaming capabilities of the internet. While no one knows for sure how long food competitions have been around, there is a 13th-century Norse myth that features an eating contest between the trickster god Loki and a giant's servant. If the concept was prevalent enough to appear in ancient folklore, it had probably existed for a long time before that. ...

      當人們說吃東西是一項集體活動時，他們一般是指坐著與他人共享餐點時所感受到的友誼和親密感。但是還有另一種群體一起吃東西的體驗：大胃王比賽。
  大胃王比賽挑戰一個人吃東西的速度或整體的進食量。這樣的活動吸引龐大的群眾，且網路的串流功能使其變得愈來愈受歡迎。雖然沒有人能確定食物競賽存在多久，但有個十三世紀的北歐神話提到一場惡作劇之神洛基與一個巨人的僕人的吃東西競賽。如果這個概念盛行到出現在古老民間傳說中，那它可能更早以前就存在了。

• spectator       n.（觀看比賽的）觀眾
• communal   a. 集體的
• competitive   a. 競爭的

不是只有黑與白？歷代斑馬線大揭密 Not So Black and White: A History of Crosswalks
JAN. 25,2024 / Enjoy Editors

How zebra stripes and other patterns have made crossing streets safer
  Crosswalks are marked parts of the road where pedestrians have the right of way to cross. Although they seem like products of the modern world, crosswalks have actually been around for more than 2,000 years...
  The first crosswalks were invented in the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy. They consisted of large rocks placed on the road. When it rained heavily, they allowed people to cross the road without stepping in water or mud on the ground. They also forced horse-drawn carts to slow down and watch out for the pedestrians. These crosswalks are still found in parts of Italy today.
斑馬線和其他圖案如何讓過馬路更安全。
  行人穿越道是道路上有標記且行人有通行路權的部分。雖然它們看似是現代世界的產物，但行人穿越道其實已經存在超過兩千年了。
  第一條行人穿越道是在義大利古老的城市龐貝被發明出來的。它們由放置在路上的大石頭組成。下大雨時，它們讓人們能穿越馬路而不會踩到地上的水或泥巴。它們也迫使馬車慢下來留意行人。這些行人穿越道現今仍存在於義大利的部分區域。

• product   n. 產物
• have been around for + 一段時間    已存在若干時間
• consist of...   由...所組成
  

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