Leena Yousefi used to visit Hawaii often. She even considered buying a vacation home there. But after Trump announced tariffs on Canadian goods and talked about making Canada the 51st state, she canceled her trip.

• Used to visit 過去常常去
• I used to visit my grandparents every weekend.
• Tariffs 關稅
• The government announced tariffs on imported goods.

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A school-age child has died from measles in west Texas. The death of the child, who was not vaccinated for measles, was confirmed by state and local health officials and comes after weeks of a growing outbreak that spans Texas and New Mexico.

• Vaccinated ​​接種疫苗
• Confirmed 已確認
• A growing outbreak 不斷擴大的疫情
• Spans 橫跨
• The bridge spans across the wide river, connecting the two cities.

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The USDA is scrambling to rehire workers fired from its bird flu response team after mass layoffs across the federal government. Initially, the agency defended the cuts as part of a government efficiency plan but quickly reversed course when key health roles were affected.

• scrambling to rehire 急著重新聘請
• The company is scrambling to rehire workers after a sudden increase in demand.
• mass layoffs 大規模裁員
• The tech industry is experiencing mass layoffs due to economic downturns.

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A Delta Airlines plane flipped over when landing at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Monday. The aircraft, a Mitsubishi CRJ-900, ended up on its roof, injuring 19 people, including three in critical condition.

• Flipped over 翻倒
• Ended up on its roof 四輪朝天
• Critical condition 命危

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A Big Asteroid Might Hit Earth in 7 Years – Scientists Are Watching It Closely
Scientists are studying a large asteroid called 2024 YR4 to see if it will hit Earth in 2032. Right now, the chance of it hitting Earth is very small—about 1 in 47 (2.1%).

•  1 in X 幾分之一
• There’s a 1 in a million chance of winning the lottery.

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Detrow: Do you remember the moment when you and the other kids at the computer lab realized like, okay, in the next 20 years, everyone's going to have a computer? Like, do you remember when that clicked into place? Like this is going to happen?

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  Clicked into place 突然明白了
• 
  
• 
  After weeks of studying, the math concept finally clicked into place in my mind.

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In early 2025, President Donald Trump introduced significant changes to reduce the number of federal workers. Those who chose to resign by February 6, 2025, would continue to receive their salary and benefits until September 30, 2025, without any work duties during this period.

• Reduce the number of 減少某某的數量
• Those who… 選擇 X 的那些人
• Salary and benefits 薪水和福利

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TikTok Faces U.S. Ban Amid Legal Battle
TikTok, a popular app with 170 million U.S. users, may shut down in the U.S. on Sunday due to a federal ban. The ban requires TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. operations. If ByteDance fails to comply, TikTok will no longer be available on app stores, and U.S. companies must stop supporting the app.

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  shut down (關閉，停止運作)
• 
  We plan to shut down operations in US after Monday.
• 
  
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  federal ban (聯邦禁令)

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China is reportedly considering letting Elon Musk take over TikTok’s U.S. operations to avoid a potential ban, according to Bloomberg News.

• Reportedly 據報導
• Take over 接管
• potential ban 可能的禁令
• according to 根據

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Trump Has Big Plans for Greenland and Panama Canal

• 常見句 Has big plans for 對… 有大計劃

Donald Trump recently made some surprising statements about his plans. He said he might use military force to take control of two places: Greenland and the Panama Canal.

• 語塊 use military force 用軍事力量
• 片語動詞 take control of 掌控；接管

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VPN Use Surges in Florida and South Carolina After New Internet Laws
Florida and South Carolina have seen a huge rise in people using VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) after new laws were introduced to block access to adult websites without government-approved ID.
Searches for "free VPN" jumped by over 400% in these states at the start of the year, according to Google Trends. Researchers also found a 1,150% increase in demand for VPNs in Florida.

• a huge rise in: 大幅增加
• block access to: 阻止進入
• Jumped by over 400%: 成長超過 400%

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