Today is the International Left-handed Day! 你是左撇子嗎？8/13日是你的專屬日！快利用英文短篇聽力練習筆記與跟述。
這篇短篇英文練習，討論的是國際左撇子日。記得念國小的時候，班上總有一兩個習慣用左手寫字的同學，這些人後來通通都被強迫矯正成右手寫字(這是誰想出來的歪點子啊)。我在美國念書的時候，發現左撇子小孩一堆啊，因為那裡的左撇子不但不需要被矯正，還可以以去專屬的販賣店，購買適合使用的左撇子生活小東西(如開瓶器或是T-shirt用來炫耀之類的東西)。慣用右手的人，英文則是a right-handed person.
類似的英文短篇可以練習shadowing英文跟述與筆記，若希望能多利用類似素材練習，請點英文聽力短篇訓練(教練之前一共整理了47篇，題材多元，從鬼月、減肥到狗旅館，五花八門什麼題材都有。大家可以選擇自己喜歡的來練習喔。
From 蘋果日報雙語天下長春藤美語
Left-Handers' Day
舉起你的左手來──國際左撇子日
Left-handers have to live in reverse from most people. Many of the things
in our daily lives are made to be used with the right hand. However, on August
13, lefties can raise their left hands in pride because it is Left-Handers'
Day, the one day when right is wrong.
Whether you are left-handed or not, visit the Left-Hander's Day website and learn how to participate in this unique holiday. The site offers posters that can be printed and hung up to support left-handedness. The one thing it cannot do is explain what causes left-handedness. Even though no one really knows how this trait comes about, researchers believe that it is genetic since it seems to run in families. Lefties favor the right side of the brain, which controls creativity, imagination, emotions, and spatial awareness. No wonder left-handedness is more common in artists, architects, and athletes.
Whether you are left-handed or not, visit the Left-Hander's Day website and learn how to participate in this unique holiday. The site offers posters that can be printed and hung up to support left-handedness. The one thing it cannot do is explain what causes left-handedness. Even though no one really knows how this trait comes about, researchers believe that it is genetic since it seems to run in families. Lefties favor the right side of the brain, which controls creativity, imagination, emotions, and spatial awareness. No wonder left-handedness is more common in artists, architects, and athletes.
左撇子必須與多數人過著相反的生活。我們日常生活中有許多事物都是為慣用右手的人所設計。然而在八月十三日這一天，左撇子們終於可以驕傲地舉起他們的左手，因為這天就是打破右撇為正統的左撇子日。
無論您是不是左撇子，請登入國際左撇子日的網站來瞭解如何參與這個特別的節日。這個網站上有許多支持左撇子的海報供大家列印出來張貼。不過網站無法做的一件事就是解釋左撇子這個現象的成因。雖然沒人確切知道這項特質是如何產生的，但是研究人員認為它與基因有關，因為這似乎是種家族遺傳。左撇子偏好使用掌管創意、想像力、情緒和空間感的右腦。難怪藝術家、建築師和運動員當中有許多都是左撇子。
無論您是不是左撇子，請登入國際左撇子日的網站來瞭解如何參與這個特別的節日。這個網站上有許多支持左撇子的海報供大家列印出來張貼。不過網站無法做的一件事就是解釋左撇子這個現象的成因。雖然沒人確切知道這項特質是如何產生的，但是研究人員認為它與基因有關，因為這似乎是種家族遺傳。左撇子偏好使用掌管創意、想像力、情緒和空間感的右腦。難怪藝術家、建築師和運動員當中有許多都是左撇子。
生活必備字詞
reverse n. 相反；反向（的事物）
The teacher was quite upset because her students did the reverse of what she said.
hang up.../hang...up 懸掛……
Jerry stood on a chair to hang the picture up on his living room wall.
favor vt. 偏好
The teacher was quite upset because her students did the reverse of what she said.
hang up.../hang...up 懸掛……
Jerry stood on a chair to hang the picture up on his living room wall.
favor vt. 偏好
生活用語解析
...since it seems to...（……因為這似乎……）
since 作副詞連接詞表「因為／既然……時」，其後引導的副詞子句及所修飾的主要子句用一般時態，本文中即為此用。
例：I can't tell if Jason is a bad person since I barely know him.
since 作副詞連接詞表「因為／既然……時」，其後引導的副詞子句及所修飾的主要子句用一般時態，本文中即為此用。
例：I can't tell if Jason is a bad person since I barely know him.
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