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繼5年前的哥本哈根會議之後，聯合國氣候變化綱要公約第21屆締約國大會（COP21）於11月30日在巴黎舉行，稱之為「巴黎氣候峰會」Paris Climate Summit。聯合國力促全球達成「減排承諾」的協議，使全球平均氣溫上升幅度不超過2℃，以取代即將過期的京都議定書。

氣候相關的議題是最好的國際溝通話匣子，要熟悉與天氣有關的情境。

• 減排 emission reduction

減排 emission reduction 經常出現在國際報導中，例如：CO2 emissions 二氧化碳排放，carbon emissions 碳排放、emissions from plants 來自工廠的排放、greenhouse gas emissions 溫室效應氣體排放。而「排放」emission 為多益測驗與國際職場的高頻核心字彙，曾出現在多益測驗的考題之中。

💡例句

Your vehicle will be inspected for exhaust emissions next month.
（你的車輛下個月將檢測廢氣排放。）

If CO2 emissions continue to rise at their current rate, it would be devastating to the planet.

資訊科技愈來愈發達，各國時事隨時都能接收，
身為地球人的一份子，一定要知道世界上的國家，
學會國家英文還不夠，首都也是常常會在新聞中出現！
快來把這些國家及首都的英文學起來吧
培養你的世界觀！

在文章開始前，小編精選了一部我們網站上點選率相當高的影片：全球十大最適合居住的城市！來未看先猜第一名的城市是哪裡吧？看影片的同時也記得順便練習聽力，看看各個城市的英文發音你是否都會呢？

超棒！票選全球十大最宜居的城市 (10 Most Livable Cities in the World)

一、亞洲 Asia

Eastern Asia 東亞

China 中國 Beijing 北京

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🎁 中英文稿：
They say that the nose knows. But it still gets its marching orders from the brain—at least when it comes to the lungs. Got that? Nose to brain to lungs. Because a new study shows that when people with asthma think they're smelling something noxious, their airways become inflamed—even when the odor is harmless. The finding is in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research. [Cristina Jaén and Pamela Dalton, Asthma and odors: The role of risk perception in asthma exacerbation]
他們說鼻子能夠知道你的想法。但是鼻子也是從大腦獲取的命令——至少就肺而言是這樣的。明白了嗎?鼻腦肺是相通的。因為一項新的研究表明：得哮喘的人覺得他們吸入了有害的空氣，即使他們呼吸的空氣是無害的，他們的呼吸道也已經開始發炎——。該研究發現被發表在《身心研究學》雜誌中。
Asthma attacks can be triggered by pollen, dust, harsh chemicals or scents. These environmental annoyances constrict the airways in the lung, making breathing difficult.
哮喘發作可由花粉、灰塵、刺激性化學物質或氣味而引起。這些不良的環境因素致使肺部呼吸道收縮，進而導致呼吸困難。
In this study, researchers wanted to see whether an individual's assumptions have any influence over this breathtaking series of events. So they exposed 17 asthma sufferers to a benign chemical that smells like roses for 15 minutes. Nine subjects were told the fragrance was a potential irritant, the other eight that it would be therapeutic.
在這項研究中，研究人員想瞭解個人的設想是否會對這一系列的驚人事件產生任何影響。因此，研究人員讓17位哮喘病患者在玫瑰味的無害化學氣體中待了15分鐘。並告訴其中9人該氣體含有潛在刺激物，而告訴其餘8人該氣體具有治療哮喘的作用。
The results were as plain as the nose on your face: subjects who expected an irritant experienced inflammation. And those who were primed to be soothed had no adverse reactions—even if they were normally bothered by perfumes.
結果顯而易見：被實驗者中那些認為該氣體中含有刺激物的人們患了炎症，而那些認為該氣體有治療作用的人們，即使也聞著同樣的氣體，卻沒有感覺到不適。
The results suggest that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Or be as irritating as you expect it will.
—Karen Hopkin

◄◄每天快步走25分鐘可延壽命七年►►
Just 25 minutes of brisk walking a day can add up to seven years to your life, according to health experts.
　　
健康專家稱，每天快步走25分鐘，可以延長七年壽命。
　　 
Researchers have found that moderate exercise could halve the risk of dying from a heart attack for someone in their fifties or sixties.
　　 
Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer, causing one death every seven seconds, and exercise has long been seen as a way to reduce the risks by cutting obesity and diabetes.
　　 
A new study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress suggested that regular exercise can increase life span.
　　 
A group of 69 healthy non-smokers, aged between 30 and 60, who did not take regular exercise were tested as part of the study at Saarland University in Germany.
　　　 
Blood tests taken during six months of regular aerobic exercise, high-intensity interval training and strength training showed that an anti-ageing process had been triggered and helped repair old DNA.
　　 
"This suggests that when people exercise regularly, they may be able to retard the process of ageing," said Sanjay Sharma, professor of inherited cardiac diseases in sports cardiology at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London.
　　 
"We may never avoid be-coming completely old, but we may delay the time we become old. We may look younger when we're 70 and may live into our nineties.
　　 
"Exercise buys you three to seven additional years of life. It is an antidepressant, it improves cognitive function and there is now evidence that it may retard the onset of dementia."
　　 
The advice from experts is that everyone should do at least 20 minutes of walking or jogging a day, given the sedentary lifestyles and changes in diet that have contributed to high death rates from heart disease. Exercise can also improve brain functioning.
　　
【單字】
❈ halve --vt.分成兩半，平分；減少到一半
參考例句：
➟Let's halve the project between our two teams.
　讓我們兩個隊平均分擔這項工程吧。
➟I'll halve expenses with you.
　我要跟你平均分攤費用。
❈ killer --n.殺人者，殺人犯，殺手，屠殺者
參考例句：
➟Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.
　心臟病已成為英國的頭號致命疾病。
➟The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.
　大量證據證明是他殺死她的。
❈ obesity --n.肥胖，肥大
參考例句：
➟One effect of overeating may be obesity.
　吃得過多能導致肥胖。
➟Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.
　糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易導致肥胖。
❈ diabetes --n.糖尿病
參考例句：
➟In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.
　對於糖尿病患者，醫生告誡他們不要吃糖。
➟Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.
　糖尿病是由體內胰島素分泌失調引起的。
❈ aged --adj.年老的，陳年的
參考例句：
➟He had put on weight and aged a little.
　他胖了，也老點了。
➟He is aged, but his memory is still good.
　他已年老，然而記憶力還好。
❈ aerobic--adj.需氧的，增氧健身法的，有氧的
參考例句：
➟Aerobic exercise helps to build up stamina.
　有氧健身操有助於增強耐力。
➟Aerobic dance is conductive to the health.
　有氧舞蹈有助於健康。
❈ interval --n.間隔，間距；幕間休息，中場休息
參考例句：
➟The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.
　這兩棵樹的間隔是40英尺。
➟There was a long interval before he answered the telephone.
　隔了好久他才回了電話。
❈ DNA --(縮)deoxyribonucleic acid 去氧核糖核酸
參考例句：
➟DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.
　去氧核糖核酸儲存於細胞的細胞核裡。
➟Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.
　基因突變是指DNA密碼的改變。
❈ retard --n.阻止，延遲；vt.妨礙，延遲，使減速
參考例句：
➟Lack of sunlight will retard the growth of most plants.
　缺乏陽光會妨礙大多數植物的生長。
➟Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
　持續不斷的暴力活動會阻礙關係到國家未來的談判的進行。
❈ cognitive --adj.認知的，認識的，有感知的
參考例句：
➟As children grow older, their cognitive processes become sharper.
　孩子們越長越大，他們的認知過程變得更為敏銳。
➟The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.
　認知心理學者倒很像一個需要通曉鐘錶如何運轉的鐘錶修理匠。
❈ onset --n.進攻，襲擊，開始，突然開始
參考例句：
➟The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.
　這種藥必須在感染的最初期就開始服用。
➟Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.
　我們的部隊抵擋住了敵人的進攻。
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👯 中英文稿：
Hello I'm Finn and welcome to 6 Minute English. Rob's here today. Hi Rob.
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語節目。我是Finn，今天嘉賓是Rob，你好Rob。
Hello Finn – are you well?
你好呀，最近怎麼樣？
Very well, thanks. Rob, tell me – do you have a favourite science-fiction movie?
還不錯，Rob，你有沒有最愛的科幻電影？
Ahh, science fiction – stories about an imagined future …well my favourite was and always will be ET: Extra Terrestrial, and you Finn?
額，科幻描繪的是想像中的未來世界，恩，我最愛的是《E.T.外星人》， 你呢？
Mine would probably be Blade Runner – the movie with Harrison Ford set in a dark, scary Los Angeles where he hunts robots called replicants. You know the one?
我的最愛是《銀翼殺手》，就是那部，背景地是黑暗恐怖的洛杉磯，哈里森‧福特主演的追蹤消滅複製人的那部電影，你知道麼？

美國喜劇演員、金球獎得主金凱瑞，在愛荷華州瑪赫西管理大學（ＭＵＭ）畢業典禮上致詞。他收起電影裡笑鬧不正經的態度，分享他在演藝事業成功的祕訣。

「你要奉獻給這個世界什麼？這世界需要你的天分來幫忙些什麼？這就是你現在要去發掘的。」

「別忘了，你這一生所得到的東西，必定會崩壞、離你而去，唯一能留下的，就是你心裡的東西。」


今周刊
http://www.businesstoday.com.tw/article-content-80417-108302?page=1

在二○一四年的畢業演說中，喜劇天王金凱瑞鼓勵畢業生放膽追求，讓這個世界看見你而非接受你；時尚品牌Tory Burch創辦人柏琦則提醒年輕人，要以扎實的準備作為逐夢基底。 祝你永遠保有熱情、願你永遠做好準備，兩人的演說，給了今年畢業生最完整的生命祝願。