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	本週課文介紹	Dessert: The Last Indulgence Solar Power: Rising to Meet Energy Needs Napping for Success
	英語達人	英語達人
	Vocabulary Focus	front line, homage, subset ...
	活動快遞	促銷商品

Dessert: The Last Indulgence

FOOD / 2009 June 22, 23

Even when money is tight, it seems we just can't do without sweets

甜點：最後的放肆

即使手頭真的很緊，人們似乎就是無法不吃甜食

The front line in America's battle to preserve its sanity, creative spirit and good cheer runs through places like Allen & Son Bar-B-Que in North Carolina, where regular customers know the menu will carry five or six pies, a half-dozen puddings and fruit cobblers, ice cream, cookies, and always the cream cheese pound cake with cream cheese icing…

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Solar Power: Rising to Meet Energy Needs

TECHNOLOGY / 2009 June 24, 25 One company's quest for environmental solutions to the energy crisis 因應能源需求而興起的太陽能企業積極尋求解決能源危機的環保方案... *Topic Talks for this article!*


Napping for Success
SOCIETY / 2009 June 26, 27 Find out how a power nap may help improve your overall wellness 小睡片刻為成功之母補充元氣小睡片刻可以改善整體健康喔... *Topic Talks for this article! [詳全文]***

英語達人

Q1: lamentable (adj) a) agreeable b) joyful c) rational d) disappointing Q2: in spades (idiom) a) with force b) in the extreme c) through joking d) full of hate 解答請至《活動快遞》

front line, homage, subset ...

front line (n phr) the most visible or important position in any situation 最前線；戰線 The president is usually on the front line in any big problem. homage (n) a sign of deep respect and often praise shown for someone or something 敬意；尊敬 Martin Luther King Day is a day for Americans to pay homage to a great leader in the civil rights movement. subset (n) a small group that is contained within a larger group (集體中的)小項或亞組 Children are a subset of the many different people in our community. niche (n) a specialized area that is exactly suitable for a particular thing 利基；合適的地位 The computer company couldn't grow because only a small niche of people were able to use its products. renewable (adj) describes a form of energy that can be produced again as it is used 再生的；可更新的 The sun and wind are sources of renewable energy