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上一集我们聊了 World Cup，世界杯。我们聊到为什么这个比赛每四年一次，却可以让全世界都一起疯。也聊到像我这种平常其实不太看足球的人，每到世界杯还是会被卷进去。但如果你跟我一样，是那种「四年疯一次」的足球观众，你可能会有一个问题：好，我知道世界杯很重要。我知道足球是全世界最多人看的运动。我也知道到时候大家会讨论 Messi、C罗、Mbappé、Bellingham 这些球星。可是问题是——我真的看得懂吗？足球表面上好像很简单。一颗球。两个球门。22个人在场上跑。把球踢进对方球门，就得分。这谁看不懂？但你真的开始看，就会发现：等一下，明明球进了，为什么边线裁判突然把旗子举起来？为什么全场都在欢呼，结果裁判说不算？这就是 offside，越位。那越位到底是什么？为什么裁判有时候要跑去场边看一个小屏幕？那就是 VAR。什么是 injury time？为什么比赛明明 90 分钟，结果踢到 98 分钟？还有场上这些人到底在干嘛？Goalkeeper、defender、midfielder、forward、striker、winger，这些位置到底差在哪？所以今天这集，我们就来做一集给「平常不看足球的人」的足球科普。我会用最简单的方式，介绍足球的基本位置、常见规则，还有一些你看世界杯时一定会听到的足球英文。� 本期的知识卡片我们整理在下面啦： Blend Inn Podcast ：一日球迷必备的世界杯足球英文 � Part 1：Football 还是 Soccer？名称背后的文化<img data-key="0" src="http://imagev2.xmcdn.com/storages/dc12-audiofreehighqps/E3/A4/GAqhuykOA_v2AAFf6ASoZeiv.png!op_type=4&device_type=ios&upload_type=attachment&name=mobile_large" alt="" data-origin="http://imagev2.xmcdn.com/storages/dc12-audiofreehighqps/E3/A4/GAqhuykOA_v2AAFf6ASoZeiv.png?op_type=0" data-large="http://imagev2.xmcdn.com/storages/dc12-audiofreehighqps/E3/A4/GAqhuykOA_v2AAFf6A
Today, I want to talk about what will probably be the biggest global event of this summer: The 2026 FIFA World Cup.Now, before you click away because you’re not a soccer fan, hear me out.Because honestly, I’m not exactly a hardcore soccer fan either.Growing up in Asia, soccer wasn’t really the sport everyone talked about.Then I went to the United States, where “football” usually means a completely different sport.And now I’m living in Australia, where people are obsessed with rugby, cricket, and AFL.So I’ve never really lived in a place where soccer was the undisputed king.But every four years, even people like me get pulled into the World Cup.And I think that’s what’s so fascinating.Because somehow, a sport that many of us barely follow suddenly becomes the center of the world’s attention.People who haven’t watched a single soccer match in four years suddenly become fanatics.Friends start talking about group-stage predictions.Families gather around televisions.Social media explodes.Entire countries seem to stop functioning for a few weeks.And somehow, billions of people start caring about the exact same thing.So today, I want to answer a simple question:Why should you care about the 2026 World Cup—even if you’re not a soccer fan?What makes this World Cup different?How did the World Cup become the biggest sporting event on Earth?Why is this year’s tournament likely to be so ex
Today, I want to talk about a word that has suddenly become incredibly popular online.Odyssey.Not just because Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movieThe Odysseyis one of the most anticipated films in the world right now, featuring an all-star cast and based on one of the most famous stories ever told.But because recently, on Chinese social media platforms like Xiaohongshu and Weibo, people have been talking nonstop about entering their “Odyssey Era.”You see posts like:“I think I’m in my Odyssey Era.”“My twenties are one long Odyssey.”“After quitting my job, I entered my Odyssey Period.”At first, I thought it was just another internet buzzword.But the more I thought about it, the more I realized something.Maybe a lot of us really are living through our own Odyssey.And honestly?I think I am too.A year and a half ago, my life looked very different.I was still working in the education industry in China.My wife and I had a familiar routine.We had help at home.We had a support system.We had friends nearby.Life wasn’t necessarily easy, but it was predictable.Then we moved to Australia.Suddenly, everything changed.<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyph
今天这一集，我想带大家做一场很长的历史旅行。而且我觉得这一集，其实某种程度上，也是理解整个西方文明的一把钥匙。因为如果你今天想真正理解：欧洲、美国、英文世界、甚至今天很多国际政治与价值观，你很难完全绕开一个宗教信仰：基督教。但最有意思的是，基督教其实根本不是来自欧洲。它不是英国的。不是法国的。也不是美国的。它其实来自今天的：巴勒斯坦、以色列、中东、西亚。而更不可思议的是：它一开始，甚至不是强者的宗教。它是穷人的宗教。是被迫害者的宗教。是帝国边缘人的宗教。结果两千年后，它却变成全世界影响力最大的文明力量之一。所以今天这一集，我想带大家一路从：罗马帝国、耶稣时代、基督徒被迫害、君士坦丁大帝、中古世纪、十字军、宗教改革、大航海与殖民主义、一路讲到今天。我觉得这其实不只是一个宗教故事。它是一个：「思想怎么改变世界」的故事。� 扫描下方二维码，关注公众号【Blend Inn】，获取节目文字版知识卡片 / 全英文故事双语文稿，加入听友群，随时互动哦~
So today, I want to talk about something that I honestly think is one of the BIGGEST reasons a lot of Asians never become truly comfortable speaking English.And no, I don’t think it’s vocabulary.I don’t think it’s grammar either.I think it’s embarrassment.Or more specifically: the fear of embarrassment.The fear of sounding stupid.The fear of making mistakes.The fear of people laughing at you.The fear of awkward silence.And honestly… I get it.Because growing up in Asia, a lot of us were taught that mistakes are bad.Especially public mistakes.And when that mindset gets attached to language learning, English slowly becomes less like communication… and more like performance.Like every sentence is a test.And I think THAT is what traps a lot of people.� 扫描下方二维码，关注公众号【Blend Inn】，获取节目文字版知识卡片 / 全英文故事双语文稿，加入听友群，随时互动哦~
So… a few weeks ago here in Sydney, my daughters were invited to one of their classmates’ birthday parties. And like every kid’s party, the kids were running around screaming, eating snacks, getting sugar highs… while the parents were all standing around awkwardly making small talk.And at some point, the conversation shifted to what the kids usually do on the weekends.And that was when I suddenly realized… wow.The difference between Asian parenting and Western parenting is way bigger than I thought.Because when I talked to a lot of Asian parents, the answers were usually things like:“Oh, my son has math tutoring on Saturday.”“My daughter does piano lessons and violin because she’s preparing for exams.”“We’re thinking about adding coding classes.”“My kid has swimming and tennis because maybe it’ll help with scholarships later.”And honestly… having grown up in Asia, none of this sounded strange to me.That was normal.That was childhood.But then I started talking to some local Australian parents.And the vibe was completely different.“Oh, we just went camping.”“My kids spent the whole weekend riding bikes with friends.”“We usually go to the park.”“My son plays rugby with his friends every Sunday.”“We try not to overschedule them.”And I remember standing there thinking… wait.These parents are raising kids with a completely different philosophy of childhood.<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:
之前我在EP140有聊过一个很多亚洲人到美国、澳洲之后会很困惑的现象。就是：西方人有时候嘴巴上听起来好像同意你，但其实未必真的答应。像是：“We should grab coffee sometime.”“Yeah, let’s do it.”“That sounds amazing.”结果最后根本没有后续。很多亚洲人第一次会觉得：「那你干嘛讲？」「是不是很假？」「你到底有没有要约？」但我后来慢慢发现。英文世界真正厉害的，其实不是「假性同意」。而是：他们很会拒绝别人，但不破坏关系。今天这集，我想聊的其实就是这件事情。因为我觉得这背后，是一个非常深的文化差异。很多华人文化里，拒绝别人，常常会被理解成：拒绝这段关系。所以很多人很怕说：不我不想我没空我做不到因为我们从小会觉得：这样是不是很没人情味？是不是很冷？是不是很不给面子？但英文世界其实很不一样。英文文化里，有一个很强的观念叫：boundaries。界线感。他们觉得：我拒绝这件事，不代表我拒绝你这个人。而且更成熟的做法是：不要假答应。不要因为 guilt、不好意思、怕尴尬，最后把自己搞得很累。所以今天这集，我想直接带大家看：英文世界里，大家到底是怎么「优雅拒绝」的。而且不同情境，讲法其实完全不一样。� 本期的知识卡片我们整理在下面啦：核心文化思维 (Core Mindset)<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif
工作客户令你抓狂？小孩晚上不睡觉令你崩溃？今天教你怎么用英文怎么「崩溃」！我不知道大家有没有发现：长大以后，人生里其实有很多种不同的「崩溃」。以我自己来说：双胞胎女儿不久前鼻塞不舒服，晚上一直哭、睡不着。好不容易姐姐睡着，又被妹妹哭声吵醒，搞到三更半夜还没睡。真的很令人崩溃。早上上学时间很紧张，刷牙洗脸、换校服、吃早餐动作超慢，还很容易分心去玩。明明离学校两三个 block，最后还是会迟到。那种时候你心里会想：「我真的快崩溃了。」� 本期的知识卡片我们整理在下面啦：1. This is driving me crazy.这真的快把我逼疯了。用法：不是正式崩溃，而是「持续烦你、磨你耐性」。ExampleMy inbox is driving me crazy lately.我最近真的被 email 搞疯。语气最日常、最万能可认真可开玩笑2. I’m losing it.我真的快崩溃了。用法：情绪快失控、理智快断线。ExampleIf these kids don’t go to bed soon, I’m gonna lose it.如果这些小孩再不睡，我真的要崩溃了。语气️ 比较 intense️ 多用于熟人之间<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;" dat
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