MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/1022.mp3
中英文稿：
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m Neil...
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語。我是尼爾。
… and I’m Alice. Neil, what are you eating?
我是愛麗絲。尼爾，你在吃什麼？
Peanuts.
花生。
Hmm. Did you know that one of the producers, here, has an allergy to peanuts?
你知道我們這的一個製作人對花生過敏嗎？
面試英語寶典：不要虎頭蛇尾
面試終於結束了，可以鬆口氣了。別急！結尾也是很重要的！退出面試時要和剛進來時一樣彬彬有禮，充滿自信，這樣的表現將給你贏得一個精彩的退場，為你的成功增添一份希望。
BASIC EXPRESSIONS 基本句型表達
1) Do you have any questions you want to ask?
你有問題要問嗎？
2) When will I know your decision?
我何時能知道你們的決定？
3) How can we get in touch with you?
我們怎樣才能和你取得聯繫呢？
4) I can be reached at my office during work hours and at home in the evening.
工作時間我在辦公室，晚上我在家，你們都能找到我。
5) Thank you for your interest in our company.
謝謝你來參加我們公司的面試。
6) I'll look forward to hearing from you.
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：
http://online1.tingclass.net/voa…/2015/20150112sa_health.mp3
中英文稿：
When you curl up in bed, consider reading an old-fashioned printed book rather than a smartphone or tablet. Your sleep should be deeper and more restful. That’s the finding of a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
當你蜷縮在床上，考慮讀一本傳統的紙質書而不是流覽智慧手機或平板電腦，那你的睡眠應該會更深、更寧靜。這項研究結果出自《美國國家科學院院刊》。
Researchers had 12 healthy young adults read either a printed book or an iPad for four hours before bed during five consecutive evenings. During the fifth night blood samples were collected every hour via an IV during both the reading and sleeping periods. The research team assessed sleep time and REM cycles, and the subjects self-rated their sleepiness every evening and morning. All participants read for five nights on the iPad and for five from a book.
研究人員請來12位健康的年輕人，讓他們連續五個晚上，每晚睡前要麼讀四小時紙質書要麼讀四小時平板電腦。第五天通過靜脈注射，分別於閱讀和睡眠期間每小時抽取一次血液樣本。研究團隊會評估受試者的睡眠時間和睡眠週期，受試者每天早晚也要做睡眠自評。所有的受試者都連續讀了五晚的平板電腦或紙質書。
As anticipated, reading print made for better Zzzs. Participants reading the iPad took about 10 minutes longer to fall asleep, secreted less sleep-inducing melatonin, and shifted their internal circadian clock. They also reported feeling more tired the next morning.
不出所料，閱讀紙質書的人能更安心的呼呼大睡。那些閱讀平板電腦的受試者大約多花10分鐘才能入睡，睡眠中分泌的褪黑激素也比較少，還影響了他們內在的生物鐘。同時他們還報告說第二天早晨會感覺更累。
The study’s first author, Anne-Marie Chang, then of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, says that devices like the original Kindle, that do not produce their own light, should likely still be a good choice for bedtime reading. But when it comes to those backlit gadgets, probably best to read those over your morning coffee.
這項研究的第一作者——波士頓布萊根婦女醫院的安妮-瑪麗•張說，第一代自己不會發光的電子閱讀器產品，或許還是睡前閱讀一個不錯的選擇。但那些“背光”產品，最好還是在早上喝咖啡時看!
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/1040.mp3
中英文稿：
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m Alice…
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語。我是愛麗絲。
… And I’m Rob. Alice, I read in the paper recently that the substance called ’fluoride’ might be bad for our health. But it’s in nearly every brand of toothpaste, isn’t it?
我是羅伯。愛麗絲，我最近在報紙上看到一種叫“氟化物”的物質可能對我們的健康有害。但是幾乎每一款牙膏都有這種物質，不是嗎？
You shouldn’t believe everything you hear, Rob. Fluoride protects our teeth against decay.
你不應該聽信所有聽到的事情。氟化物保護我們的牙齒不受腐蝕。
But there’s a theory that drug companies are using fluoride to affect our brains… and make us all dumb…
但是有一種說法稱製藥公司利用氟化物影響我們的大腦，讓我們變得癡傻。
夏天到，各種“帽子”短語看過來！
炎炎夏日，出門一定要記得戴頂帽子防曬~ 英語中也有很多“帽子”短語，快來一起看看吧。
✿ to throw your hat into the ring 欣然迎戰，接受挑戰
以前在拳擊比賽中，如果一方想挑戰另一方，就把自己的帽子扔進拳擊台裡，這裡的ring 指“拳擊台”。現在這個成語的意思是說某人欣然迎戰，接受挑戰。
You know they’re looking for volunteers for a mission to Mars. I think I’m going to throw my hat into the ring.
你知道他們在尋找火星任務志願者。我想去挑戰一下。
✿ old hat 陳腐過時的
如果什麼東西因年久而被視為陳腐過時了的時候，那麼就可以用這個比喻性短語“老帽子”來形容。
DVDs are so old hat. I only buy movies online now and download them directly.
光碟早就過時了，我現在只線上購買電影看，可以直接下載。
✿ I'll eat my hat 絕不可能
I'll eat my hat 我會吃了我的帽子，這個表達的實際意思是說一件事情絕對不可能發生。
If Arsenal win the Champions League, I'll eat my hat!
這麼多“dog”英語句子，卻跟狗狗沒有關係？
❖ 1. to lead a dog's life 形容人過著貧困潦倒、慘不忍睹的生活
Tom’s been leading a dog's life since he got divorced。
➛湯姆自離婚後一直過著混沌潦倒的日子。
❖ 2. dog eat dog 殘酷、競爭激烈
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world。
➛有人說，我們生活在一個競爭激烈的世界。
❖ 3. work like a dog 指一個人努力、賣命地工作
They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog。
➛他們說，一個人想要成功就得拼命工作。
❖ 4. dog-tired 筋疲力盡
Such hard work can make him dog-tired。
➛如此堅辛的工作使他疲憊不堪。
❖ 5. sick as a dog 病得嚴重
The situation would be even worse if she became sick as a dog。
➛如果她病得厲害，情況會更糟。
❖ 6. Every dog has its days。每個人都有屬於自己的運氣/每個人都有時來運轉的一天
