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KKTV 旺年會｜日劇、動畫最強檔Ｘ各國好劇、綜藝、電影，每月銅板價輕鬆追！買一送一超狂優惠 ➟ https://go.fstry.me/3SNrKtC —— 以上為 Firstory DAI 動態廣告 —— ------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP加值內容與線上課程 ------------------------------- 通勤學英語VIP訂閱方案：https://open.firstory.me/join/15minstoday 社會人核心英語有聲書課程連結：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/554esm ------------------------------- 15Mins.Today 相關連結 ------------------------------- 歡迎針對這一集留言你的想法： 留言連結 主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 官方網站：www.15mins.today 加入Clubhouse直播室：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/46hm8k 訂閱YouTube頻道：https://15minsengcafe.pse.is/3rhuuy 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com ------------------------------- 以下是此單集逐字稿 (播放器有不同字數限制，完整文稿可到官網) ------------------------------- 國際時事跟讀 Ep.K683: Google Pixel 8 Pro: A Closer Look at the New Premium Flagship Highlights 摘要：Matte Glass Back and Camera Upgrades: The Pixel 8 Pro features a matte glass back and substantial camera improvements, including a 48-megapixel ultrawide lens, enhancing its design and photography capabilities.Impressive Display and Durability: The device boasts an impressive 6.7-inch OLED display with a wide range of refresh rates, and it uses Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 for enhanced durability, making it a compelling choice.Innovative Features: The article highlights innovative features like a built-in temperature sensor but questions their practicality.  I recently had the opportunity to spend some time with the upcoming Google Pixel 8 Pro, and while it bears a striking resemblance to its predecessor, it brings several meaningful upgrades. The most noticeable change is the matte glass back, a first for the Pixel Pro lineup. Although the exterior remains quite similar, the real improvements lie within the device, particularly in the camera system. 最近，我有機會花一些時間體驗即將推出的Google Pixel 8 Pro，盡管它與前代相似之處很多，但它仍帶來了一些有意義的升級。最明顯的變化是採用了霧面玻璃背板，這是Pixel Pro系列的首次嘗試。儘管外觀保持相似，但真正的改進點在於設備內部，特別是在相機系統方面。 Testing camera upgrades in a controlled environment can be challenging, but despite difficult lighting conditions, the pictures captured with the new cameras left a positive impression. The Pixel 8 Pro features a 48-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 50-megapixel primary wide lens, and a 48-megapixel 5x telephoto lens, offering a noticeable improvement over the previous model. 在特定環境下測試相機的升級可能具有挑戰性，但儘管光線條件較差，新相機拍攝的照片給人留下了良好的印象。Pixel 8 Pro搭載了一個4800萬像素的超廣角鏡頭、一個5000萬像素的主鏡頭和一個4800萬像素的5倍望遠鏡頭，相對上一代機型有明顯改進。 Software enhancements include new manual "Pro" controls for fine-tuning photography settings and improved skin tone accuracy. The "Best Take" feature allows you to swap individual faces in group photos for a perfect shot. While these sound promising, a thorough evaluation will be necessary in the full review. The Magic Eraser, which automatically removes unwanted elements from photos, continues to work well, as seen in previous Pixel phones. 軟體升級包括新的手動“專業”控制，用於微調攝影設定，以及提高膚色準確度。 "最佳拍攝"功能允許您在團體照中選出每個人當下最好的表情，以實現完美拍攝。儘管這些功能聽起來很有潛力，但需要在全面評測中進一步測試。魔法橡皮擦功能，它可以自動刪除照片中不需要的元素，延續自前代的Pixel手機，並且依然表現出色。 One intriguing addition to the Pixel 8 Pro is a built-in temperature sensor located on the camera bump. The purpose of this sensor, as demonstrated with an included thermometer app, seems to be limited to measuring the temperature of various surfaces. While it's a unique feature, it's unclear how it will be of practical use beyond novelty. Pixel 8 Pro中一個引人注目的新功能是內置的溫度感應器，位於相機凸起處。該感應器的目的就如附帶的溫度計應用程序所展示，似乎僅限於測量不同表面的溫度。儘管這是一個獨特的功能，但除了新奇之外，還沒有更具體的實際應用。 The device's 6.7-inch OLED display now supports a wide range of refresh rates, from 1 to 120 Hz, and boasts a "Super Actua" display that offers exceptional brightness. It can achieve up to 1,600 nits in HDR mode and 2,400 nits outdoors in direct sunlight, significantly improving upon last year's model. The Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, which protects the screen, promises enhanced durability. 該設備的6.7英吋OLED螢幕現在支援多種更新率，從1到120赫茲，並擁有"Super Actua"顯示，提供卓越的亮度。在HDR模式下，它可以達到最高1600尼特的亮度，並在陽光下達到2400尼特，顯著優於去年的機型。保護螢幕的康寧Gorilla Victus 2玻璃則確保了更強的耐用性。 The Pixel 8 Pro exudes a premium feel with its rounded edges and grippy polished aluminum sides. The matte glass back not only looks stylish in all color options but also feels comfortable in the hand. While the device appears to be an iterative update, the enhanced camera specifications and the new Tensor G3 processor hold the potential for significant improvements. We eagerly await the full review to uncover the full capabilities of Google's latest flagship smartphone. Pixel 8 Pro的圓角邊緣和握感極佳的拋光鋁合金側邊散發著高級感。霧面玻璃背板不僅在所有顏色選擇中都顯得時尚，而且手感舒適。雖然該設備似乎是一個例行的升級，但增強的相機規格和新的Tensor G3處理器都隱藏著巨大的潛力。我們熱切期待著完整的評測，以揭開Google最新旗艦智能手機的全部功能。 Keyword Drills 關鍵字：Iterative (It-er-a-tive): "While the device appears to be an iterative update."Durability (Du-ra-bil-i-ty): "The Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 promises enhanced durability."Intriguing (In-tri-guing): "One intriguing addition to the Pixel 8 Pro is a built-in temperature sensor."Capabilities (Ca-pa-bil-i-ties): "We eagerly await the full review to uncover the full capabilities of Google's latest flagship smartphone."Exceptional (Ex-cep-tion-al): "The device's 6.7-inch OLED display boasts a 'Super Actua' display that offers exceptional brightness." Reference article: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/04/google-pixel-8-pro-first-impressions/

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The new owners are wealthy and discerning, interested in new designs, upgraded comfort and sustainability. 在阿姆斯特丹，船屋已變得高檔了。新一批船屋主人富裕且有品味，對新設計、更高的舒適感和永續性都很感興趣。 Haverkate, a designer by trade, hopes his boat will inspire others to build on the water. He runs UrbanShips, a company that builds customized houseboats designed to look like ships. 哈福卡特以設計為業，希望他的船能激勵別人在水上蓋房子。他經營「都市船」公司，依照客戶需求打造看來像船隻的船屋。 After years of serving as a relatively cheap place to live in an expensive city, Amsterdam’s houseboats — or rather the spaces they float — have become popular and expensive, with prices increasing 30% to 40% over the past five years alone, according to Jon Kok, one of the city’s best known houseboat real estate agents. 阿姆斯特丹的船屋（更確切地說，是承載船屋的水面），原本的功用是在這昂貴的城市中作為相對廉價的住所，多年下來卻變得大受歡迎且價格高漲，阿姆斯特丹最知名船屋仲介公司之一「約翰科克」資料顯示，單單這五年來，船屋價格就漲了三到四成。 The whale’s share of the price increase comes from the value of the berth, not the ship. 船屋價格上漲，主要是因為船席變得更值錢，而不是船體本身。 A typical Amsterdam canal berth might be worth close to a half-million dollars, depending on its location and how big a ship it will allow; some of the older, unrenovated ships in those berths might be worth only $20,000 (building a new ship, of course, is much more expensive). 一個典型的阿姆斯特丹運河船席，可能就要近50萬美元，視地點和可容下多大船隻而定。停在這種船席上的一些老舊未翻新船隻，可能只值兩萬美元。（當然，造新船貴得多。） But in this gentrification debate, the cost of new berths is less important than the architecture of the ship — and whether they ever served as actual commercial ships. 不過，在討論船屋愈來愈高級的話題時，新船席的價格並不如船隻的設計美感和是否曾作為真正的商船來得重要。 Once populated by converted working boats, the canal now holds an increasing number of floating houses designed to look like oceangoing vessels but with hardly any of the working features of a real boat. 阿姆斯特丹的運河曾經滿是工作船改造後的船屋，現在有愈來愈多的水上房屋，設計成外觀像遠洋船，但實際上幾乎不具備真正船隻的功能。 Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/348587/web/#2L-16188816L Next Article Topic: Japan has so many vacant homes it’s giving them away Four years ago, Naoko and Takayuki Ida were given a house in the small town of Okutama, in Tokyo prefecture. For free. 4年前，井田直子與孝之得到一棟位於東京都小鎮奧多摩的房子。不用錢。 A free house may sound like a scam. But Japan faces an unusual property problem： it has more homes than people to live in them. 免費的房子聽起來像是騙局。但日本正面臨一項不尋常的房地產問題：房屋數量多於入住人數。 In 2013, there were 61 million houses and 52 million households, according to the Japan Policy Forum. And the situation is poised to get worse. 「日本政策論壇」指出，2013年時有6100萬間房子與5200萬戶家庭。而且，這種情況還會日益惡化。 Japan’s population is expected to decline from 127 million to about 88 million by 2065, according to the National Institute of Population and Social Security, meaning even fewer people will need houses. As young people leave rural areas for city jobs, Japan’s countryside has become haunted by deserted "ghost houses." 根據（日本）「國立社會保障、人口問題研究所」，預料日本人口到了2065年，會從1億2700萬減至約8800萬，意味需要房屋的人會更少。隨著年輕人為了在都市工作離開鄉間，日本鄉間已充斥遭棄置的「鬼屋」。 It’s predicted that by 2040, nearly 900 towns and villages across Japan will no longer exist － and Okutama is one of them. In that context, giving away property is a bid for survival. 預料到了2040年，全日本將近900座小鎮與村莊將不復存在—奧多摩便是其中之一。在此情況下，贈送房地產便成為一種求生之道。 Next Article Topic: Part Office Building , Part Homeless Shelter A year ago, when Amazon let a homeless shelter for families move into a former motel it owned, it was viewed as a nice but fleeting gesture. The motel was on a chunk of downtown property where Amazon planned to eventually erect yet another set of sparkling buildings to meet its insatiable need for office space in this city. The hotel would be torn down and the shelter kicked out when that time came. 一年前，亞馬遜公司讓一個遊民（無處可住）家庭收容所遷進該公司所有，曾為汽車旅館的一棟建築，當時被認為是好心，但僅屬暫時性的善舉。 這家汽車旅館位於市中心的一大片地產上，亞馬遜最終計畫在這塊土地上興建另一批閃閃發光的建築，以因應該公司在這個城市對辦公室空間永難滿足的需求。當重建的時刻降臨時，旅館會被拆除，收容所也會被掃地出門。 Instead, Amazon has decided to let the shelter stay. In an unusual arrangement, the company has agreed to give the shelter, Mary’s Place, a permanent home inside one of the new office buildings for which it will break ground in the fall. Amazon will give roughly half of the six-story building to the shelter, providing it with 47,000 square feet of space with private rooms that can hold 65 families, or about 220 people and their pets. The facility, expected to open in early 2020, will have its own entrance and elevators. 然而事非如此，亞馬遜已決定讓收容所留下。在一項不尋常的安排下，該公司已同意在預定秋天動工興建的新辦公大樓中的某一棟裡，讓收容所「瑪麗之家」擁有一個永遠的家。 亞馬遜準備大約將這棟六層樓大樓的一半提供給收容所，讓收容所擁有4萬7000平方英尺地坪，計有足可容納65戶家庭，或約220人和他們的寵物的私人房間。這項設施預計2020年年初啟用，將有自己的大門和電梯。 “I see it as this huge gift because everywhere we go, we end up leaving,” said Marty Hartman, the executive director of Mary’s Place, which runs seven transitional shelters around the Seattle area meant to house families until they can find permanent homes. “You come in and become a fabric of the neighborhood you’re in, and then you say goodbye. That’s a hard thing for a lot of people to do.” In an interview at the current Mary’s Place site owned by Amazon, which was bustling with families returning to the shelter for the evening, John Schoettler, Amazon’s vice president for global real estate and facilities, said the company would spend “tens of millions of dollars” on the design and construction of the shelter’s portion of the building. Amazon will pay the utilities for Mary’s Place, which will occupy the space rent free, although the organization will continue to pay its own staff. 「瑪麗之家」執行長馬蒂．哈特曼說：「我把它看成天大的一份禮物，因為無論我們到那裏，最終都得離開。」「瑪麗之家」在西雅圖地區經營七個中途之家性質的收容所，收容一些尚未找到固定住所的家庭。她說：「你住進來，成為你所加入鄰里的一份子，然後又得說再見。這對很多人來說是件困難的事。」 「瑪麗之家」目前所在地產權為亞馬遜所擁有，此刻正因一些家庭返回過夜而顯得頗為熱鬧，亞馬遜主管全球房地產和設施的副總裁約翰．舒特勒在此處接受訪問表示，該公司將花費「數千萬美元」設計和建造這棟建築內的收容所部分。亞馬遜將支付「瑪麗之家」的水電費、讓「瑪麗之家」免租金使用空間，不過「瑪麗之家」將繼續支付他們自己員工的薪水。 Schoettler said Amazon originally allowed the shelter to stay in the motel because of the severity of Seattle’s homelessness crisis, which had prompted the city’s mayor to declare a state of emergency in 2015. Schoettler said Amazon was impressed by Mary’s Place, and he described its plan to give the shelter a permanent home as an investment in the neighborhood. In San Francisco, Google, Salesforce.com and others have funded a campaign to find permanent housing for homeless people. But Nan Roman, president of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C., said she was unaware of any other private corporation integrating a homeless shelter into its building. 舒特勒說，亞馬遜最初允許收容所搬進汽車旅館，是因西雅圖遊民危機十分嚴重。遊民危機2015年時促使西雅圖市長宣布進入緊急狀態。舒特勒說， 亞馬遜被瑪麗之家給打動了，他把亞馬遜計畫給收容所一個長久的家這件事，稱為該公司對當地社區的一項投資。 在舊金山，谷歌、Salesforce.com 和其他公司都在資助替無家可歸者尋找固定住處的一項運動。不過，華盛頓特區非營利宣導團體「終結無家可歸全國聯盟」總裁南恩．羅曼說，據她所知，沒有任何其他私人公司讓遊民收容所進住他們的大樓。 Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/314016/web/

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