Hi, this is Ray. These days I’m busy on make slides for teaching Korean kids in libraries. It’s a little bit challenging but finally I’ve done. A good news is that I’ve been applied to be a facilitator for global village, which is an activity for AIESEC exchange partners coming to Korea to show their own culture. A bad news is that I haven’t prepare anything🤡 I am like I’m going to turn their as an elegant but cheap gallery, I think… Also, I’ve been shopping a lot, so I spent lots of money… Korean knows the core of capitalism, I promise! And I got a deep talk and traveled with my fellow partners together yesterday! They’re so nice! Okay, here are some photos!

I have to say, today's weather has been just like the stock market up and down. Although the market finally rebounded a bit today, most people are still hesitant to jump back in because it still feels quite volatile. Then this evening, right when I was about to go swimming, it suddenly started raining. Now I'm stuck wondering whether I should even go anymore.

Today is the first day of the typhoon's impact. Normally, we'd have a typhoon day off, but since it's already Saturday, it feels like a bit of a rip-off!🤣 I could have gone out otherwise, but now I'm just stuck at home on a day I'd be off anyway. I wonder what everyone else is doing today? Does anyone have any good anime recommendations lately?

I love dessert so much!🙋 If I have a free time on my day off,I love cafe hopping after I finished my workout.It depends on what kinds of dessert I want to taste it. Forget the calories!

來源：DW News ｜ 美國環孢子蟲疫情 📊 Level: B2 ──── 📌 這則新聞在說什麼 ──── 先講重點： 一種叫環孢子蟲（cyclospora）的微小寄生蟲在美國至少 31 州引爆數千起重症腹瀉，今年已是 "the worst year on record"（史上病例最多的一年）。密西根州官員把嫌疑指向生鮮蔬果，特別是生菜和覆盆莓，但也強調 "cannot rule out other food items"（還不能排除其他食物）。 細節： • 它怎麼一路爬到你的餐盤： 受污染的水在農場端進了灌溉系統（contamination often happens at the farm level），蔬果出貨到超市和餐廳，最後一站就是你的叉子。過往的疫情幾乎都跟進口蔬果有關，專家點名的老面孔是 raspberries 和 bagged salads（袋裝沙拉）。 • 為什麼用洗的救不了你： 這隻寄生蟲很「黏」。它會躲進覆盆莓的縫隙和菜葉背面，連氯（chlorine）都拿它沒轍，阿嬤的白醋洗菜法也 "not foolproof"（不是萬無一失）。專家講得很直白："There's no real easy way available to consumers to make sure their produce is safe at this moment."（現階段消費者沒有任何簡單的方法能確保蔬果安全。） • 專家自己怎麼做： 她目前 "steering away from bagged salads"（避開袋裝沙拉），連餐廳的也不碰，改吃冷凍和煮熟的蔬菜。但覆盆莓照吃："It's berry season and that's a hard one to turn away from."（現在是莓果產季，這個很難說不。）管理風險，而不是恐慌。 • 密西根之謎： 病例最多的是密西根，但專家懷疑那是一種 feedback loop（回饋循環）：越多人知道，醫生越會主動驗，驗越多就找到越多。這種病要特別要求才會檢驗，很容易漏掉。 • 更大的問題： 我們的食物來自地球另一端。接下來的調查報告會揭曉 "where the weak links in the chain are"（供應鏈的弱點在哪），那才是這場疫情真正留下的東西。 ──── 🔑 本日嚴選 ──── 💡 rule out (phrasal verb) ▸ 意思：正式地「排除」一個可能性，字面就是從清單上劃掉一條。醫生排除病因、警方排除嫌疑人、公司排除方案，只要是「經過評估後劃掉」的動作都用它，比 exclude 口語、比 ignore 嚴謹。 ▸ 語境還原：官方聲明的原句 "they cannot rule out other food items"，意思是生菜嫌疑最大，但其他食物還不能劃掉。新聞裡看到 rule out，代表調查還在進行。 ▸ 造句："The doctor ruled out anything serious." （醫生排除了嚴重的可能。） ┈┈┈┈┈┈ 💡 steer away from (phrasal verb) ▸ 意思：刻意避開。steer 是轉方向盤，畫面就是「看到前面有狀況，方向盤一打繞過去」。避開食物、話題、麻煩人物都可以，語感比 avoid 更主動、帶有「明智閃避」的味道。 ▸ 語境還原：流行病學家親口說 "I'm choosing to steer away from bagged lettuce and bagged salads right now"，注意她用 choosing to，這是評估後的選擇，不是害怕。 ▸ 造句："I'd steer away from that topic at dinner." （吃飯的時候，那個話題最好繞開。） ┈┈┈┈┈┈ 💡 foolproof (adjective) ▸ 意思：萬無一失的。字面是「連傻瓜都不會用錯」（proof against fools），形容一個方法可靠到不管誰來操作都不會出包。常用在否定：not foolproof，就是「別太指望它」。 ▸ 語境還原：主持人問白醋洗菜有沒有用，專家的回答是 "Again, not foolproof."，一句話把阿嬤的偏方打回參考級。