▍原文 The family of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Chinese engineer who died after stopping her epilepsy medication, has sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her to discontinue taking the lifesaving drug. After being laid off by Amazon, Wan reportedly sought advice on reducing her dose to regain her language ability for job interviews. The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT provided a 25-day plan to stop her anti-seizure medication. Despite Wan voicing concerns 158 times, the chatbot brushed them off as her brain being in “low-power mode.” ▍語言點 epilepsy /ˈepɪlepsi/ n. 癲癇 epilepsy medication 抗癲癇藥物 lamotrigine n.（抗癲癇藥物）拉莫三嗪 sue /suː/ v. 起訴、控告 allege /əˈledʒ/ v. 指控，聲稱。 discontinue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ v. 停止、終止 lifesaving drug 救命的、維持生命的藥物 be laid off 遭到裁員 lay off 裁員、解雇 dose /doʊs/ n. 藥物的劑量 anti‑seizure medication 抗癲癇 seizure n. 癲癇發作 voice /vɔɪs/ v. 說出、表達 voice concerns 表達擔...
▍原文 The family of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Chinese engineer who died after stopping her epilepsy medication, has sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her to discontinue taking the lifesaving drug. After being laid off by Amazon, Wan reportedly sought advice on reducing her dose to regain her language ability for job interviews. The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT provided a 25-day plan to stop her anti-seizure medication. Despite Wan voicing concerns 158 times, the chatbot brushed them off as her brain being in “low-power mode.” ▍語言點 epilepsy /ˈepɪlepsi/ n. 癲癇 epilepsy medication 抗癲癇藥物 lamotrigine n.（抗癲癇藥物）拉莫三嗪 sue /suː/ v. 起訴、控告 allege /əˈledʒ/ v. 指控，聲稱。 discontinue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ v. 停止、終止 lifesaving drug 救命的、維持生命的藥物 be laid off 遭到裁員 lay off 裁員、解雇 dose /doʊs/ n. 藥物的劑量 anti‑seizure medication 抗癲癇 seizure n. 癲癇發作 voice /vɔɪs/ v. 說出、表達 voice concerns 表達擔...
▍原文 Microsoft has offered a buyout plan to about 60,000 employees, or over a quarter of its total workforce. This offer would grant workers the ability to leave with severance pay, with the goal of encouraging some employees to voluntarily quit the company. The buyout plan comes at a time when Microsoft has been facing exponential expense growth due to its increased investments in AI and its goal to triple its current data center capacity. ▍語言點 1. buyout plan 買斷方案 · buy someone out 付錢給某人，買斷其股份、權益、合同或職位，使其退出 · 辨析：layoff表示公司單方面要求員工離職，強制裁員；buyout plan表示公司出錢“買斷”員工的職位，給員工一筆錢，讓員工選擇是否離開。 2. workforce /ˈwɜːkfɔːs/ n. 全體員工 3. grant somebody something 給予某人某物（比give更正式，多指上級賦予下級權利） · grant somebody a scholarship 授予某人獎學金 · grant somebody permission to do something 批準某人做某事 4. severance pay 遣散費，離職補償 · sever v. 分離，斷絕關系 5....
▍原文 Microsoft has offered a buyout plan to about 60,000 employees, or over a quarter of its total workforce. This offer would grant workers the ability to leave with severance pay, with the goal of encouraging some employees to voluntarily quit the company. The buyout plan comes at a time when Microsoft has been facing exponential expense growth due to its increased investments in AI and its goal to triple its current data center capacity. ▍語言點 1. buyout plan 買斷方案 · buy someone out 付錢給某人，買斷其股份、權益、合同或職位，使其退出 · 辨析：layoff表示公司單方面要求員工離職，強制裁員；buyout plan表示公司出錢“買斷”員工的職位，給員工一筆錢，讓員工選擇是否離開。 2. workforce /ˈwɜːkfɔːs/ n. 全體員工 3. grant somebody something 給予某人某物（比give更正式，多指上級賦予下級權利） · grant somebody a scholarship 授予某人獎學金 · grant somebody permission to do something 批準某人做某事 4. severance pay 遣散費，離職補償 · sever v. 分離，斷絕關系 5....
▍原文 A new policy by Starbucks China has taken effect across all its 8,000 stores, making it mandatory for people to purchase items if they want to sit in its cafes. Starbucks China said the move aims to improve the "in-store experience" for customers and is part of its newly launched "Third Place Initiative". Many on Chinese social media welcomed the new policy. The company is facing stiff competition from homegrown brands such as Luckin Coffee. ▍語言點 1. take effect 生效，開始實施 ·The new rules will take effect next month. 新規定下個月生效。 2. across /əˈkrɔːs/ prep. （本文）覆蓋整個範圍，遍及 ；穿過，橫跨 3. mandatory ˈmændətɔːri/ adj. 強制的，必須遵守的 ·mandatory training 必須參加的培訓 ·反義表達：optional adj. 可選擇的，非強制的 ·make it mandatory for somebody to do something 規定某人必須做某件事 4. purchase /ˈpɜːrtʃəs/ v. 購買 ·purchase比buy更正式，常出現在商業報道和規章說明里。 5. the move 此舉 ·move n. 舉措，行動；v. 移動...
▍原文 A new policy by Starbucks China has taken effect across all its 8,000 stores, making it mandatory for people to purchase items if they want to sit in its cafes. Starbucks China said the move aims to improve the "in-store experience" for customers and is part of its newly launched "Third Place Initiative". Many on Chinese social media welcomed the new policy. The company is facing stiff competition from homegrown brands such as Luckin Coffee. ▍語言點 1. take effect 生效，開始實施 ·The new rules will take effect next month. 新規定下個月生效。 2. across /əˈkrɔːs/ prep. （本文）覆蓋整個範圍，遍及 ；穿過，橫跨 3. mandatory ˈmændətɔːri/ adj. 強制的，必須遵守的 ·mandatory training 必須參加的培訓 ·反義表達：optional adj. 可選擇的，非強制的 ·make it mandatory for somebody to do something 規定某人必須做某件事 4. purchase /ˈpɜːrtʃəs/ v. 購買 ·purchase比buy更正式，常出現在商業報道和規章說明里。 5. the move 此舉 ·move n. 舉措，行動；v. 移動...
▍原文 Claude Monet's "Iris" was sold in Paris for €50 million, becoming the most expensive work of art sold at auction in France, Sotheby's said. After a 42‑minute bidding tussle between at least six would‑be buyers on telephones, the painting was bought by an Asian client. “I’ve never seen bidding that long,” said a modern art dealer. “It was insane,” he added, “but these things are mega‑rare.” ▍語言點 1. Iris /ˈaɪrɪs/ n.《鳶尾花》（畫作名） 2. work of art 藝術品 3. auction /ˈɔːkʃn/ n. 拍賣 4. Sotheby's /ˈsʌðəbiz/ n. 蘇富比拍賣行（全球知名老牌拍賣行，世界多地設有分部） 5. bidding tussle 競價拉鋸，競價角逐 bid v.（在拍賣中）出價、喊價 tussle n. 激烈爭奪、拉鋸戰 6. would-be /ˈwʊd bi/ adj. 潛在的，有意參與的 would-be buyers 潛在的競拍買家、有意出價的競買人 7. on telephones 電話遠程競拍 高端拍賣里，不少頂級藏家不會親臨現場，委托拍賣行代為電話出價，是行業常見操作。 8. client /ˈklaɪənt/ n. 客戶（此處指買家） 9. dealer /ˈdiːlər/ n....
▍原文 Claude Monet's "Iris" was sold in Paris for €50 million, becoming the most expensive work of art sold at auction in France, Sotheby's said. After a 42‑minute bidding tussle between at least six would‑be buyers on telephones, the painting was bought by an Asian client. “I’ve never seen bidding that long,” said a modern art dealer. “It was insane,” he added, “but these things are mega‑rare.” ▍語言點 1. Iris /ˈaɪrɪs/ n.《鳶尾花》（畫作名） 2. work of art 藝術品 3. auction /ˈɔːkʃn/ n. 拍賣 4. Sotheby's /ˈsʌðəbiz/ n. 蘇富比拍賣行（全球知名老牌拍賣行，世界多地設有分部） 5. bidding tussle 競價拉鋸，競價角逐 bid v.（在拍賣中）出價、喊價 tussle n. 激烈爭奪、拉鋸戰 6. would-be /ˈwʊd bi/ adj. 潛在的，有意參與的 would-be buyers 潛在的競拍買家、有意出價的競買人 7. on telephones 電話遠程競拍 高端拍賣里，不少頂級藏家不會親臨現場，委托拍賣行代為電話出價，是行業常見操作。 8. client /ˈklaɪənt/ n. 客戶（此處指買家） 9. dealer /ˈdiːlər/ n....
▍原文 Lu Yong, the real-life inspiration for the 2018 hit film Dying to Survive, has begun reducing his medication for chronic myeloid leukaemia and hopes to stop taking it completely within three months. Over the past 24 years, he has taken more than 35,000 pills. His story brought the plight of cancer patients across China into the spotlight and accelerated the country’s healthcare reforms. Many credit Lu with helping to bring down the prices of imported life-saving drugs. ▍語言點 1. real-life inspiration 現實生活中的原型，靈感來源 2. Dying to Survive 《我不是藥神》（2018年熱門電影，講述普通人程勇從印度代購廉價抗癌藥的故事，故事靈感源自陸勇的真實經歷） 3. medication /ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn/ n. 藥物，用藥 · 辨析：medicine泛指“藥”；medication強調正在服用、按療程使用的藥物，尤指慢性病長期服用的。 4. chronic myeloid leukaemia 慢性髓系白血病，慢性粒細胞白血病（骨髓中白細胞異常增生、進展相對緩慢的血液癌症） · chronic adj. 慢性的 · acute adj. 急性的 · myeloid adj....
▍原文 Lu Yong, the real-life inspiration for the 2018 hit film Dying to Survive, has begun reducing his medication for chronic myeloid leukaemia and hopes to stop taking it completely within three months. Over the past 24 years, he has taken more than 35,000 pills. His story brought the plight of cancer patients across China into the spotlight and accelerated the country’s healthcare reforms. Many credit Lu with helping to bring down the prices of imported life-saving drugs. ▍語言點 1. real-life inspiration 現實生活中的原型，靈感來源 2. Dying to Survive 《我不是藥神》（2018年熱門電影，講述普通人程勇從印度代購廉價抗癌藥的故事，故事靈感源自陸勇的真實經歷） 3. medication /ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn/ n. 藥物，用藥 · 辨析：medicine泛指“藥”；medication強調正在服用、按療程使用的藥物，尤指慢性病長期服用的。 4. chronic myeloid leukaemia 慢性髓系白血病，慢性粒細胞白血病（骨髓中白細胞異常增生、進展相對緩慢的血液癌症） · chronic adj. 慢性的 · acute adj. 急性的 · myeloid adj....