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精選詞彙單元 Vocab Ep.068: Korean bananas and soccer dolls 韓國香蕉與足球娃娃

精選詞彙單元 Vocab Ep.068: Korean bananas and soccer dolls 韓國香蕉與足球娃娃

通勤學英語 15Mins Today · fifteenmins

March 5, 202620m 14s

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Summary:

Climate change is benefitting South Korean farmers, as increased temperatures enables them to farm bananas, causing a boom in it. The second article discusses how a Soccer club got fined for using sex dolls to fill empty seats in their stadium due to coronavirus.

原討論文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-874-about-skorea-more-korean-bananas-to-be-harvested-this-year  

Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:

Agriculture n.: science or practice of farming
Is agriculture the most important industry in the world?
Does Taiwan excel at fruit agriculture? 

Controversy n.: public discussion about something negative
Did the recall of the mayor of Kaoshong spark controversy?
Is controversy good for a brand? 

Salacious adj.: too much sexual detail
Was Playboy a salacious magazine?
Did the scandal contain lots of salacious details?