Do you still remember what is the very first English article you ever read?

你還記得你閱讀的第一篇英文文章是什麼嗎？

To many people, English reading is the same thing as "reading test"

很多人印象中的英文閱讀都是「閱讀測驗」

which means after you finished your reading, you have to pick up a correct answer from ABCD

就是你讀完之後要從 ABCD 裡面選出來一個正確的選項

so you can imagine that many people do not have a habit of reading, and are not interested in it

所以不難想像很多人對英文閱讀沒有習慣也沒有興趣

what's worse, whenever they see English words, their heads will hurt, their eyes, their knees, their whole bodies will hurt

甚至是一看到英文就頭痛、眼睛痛、膝蓋痛、全身痛

but I believe English is an enjoyable thing

不過我覺得英文閱讀本來就是應該享受的一件事情

like my sister, she like to read English novels. This is how she enjoys reading

像是我妹的話就很喜歡讀英文的小說，就是她享受閱讀的方式

and you can see there are a ton of novels behind me

那你們看得到我們後面背景的這一整排的英文小說...

Oh, as for this, our background are all real

對了說到這個，我們後面的背景是真的喔

There are many people questioned like if it is computer generated image. No it is real

最近有很多人質疑他是不是綠幕 key 上去的，他是真的

(pop up)

(冒出)

but I'm seldom read English novels, they are too heavy

不過我自己比較沒有在讀英文小說，因為要把他們帶來帶去很重阿

and they have so many pages, it takes lots of time to finish them

而且書這麼厚，要讀完還要花很久的時間

Yeah it may sound like I am a lazy, OK

好這個聽起來可能覺得我很懶惰，Ok

It's not because of laziness, OK? It's personal favor

這個不是懶惰 Ok？這個是個人喜好

So besides reading novels, how can we get interesting and convenient English reading sources?

那如果不是讀小說，要在哪裡找到又有趣又方便的英文閱讀資料呢？

We all have a smartphone, in this time with advanced Internet, apparently they will be websites and apps

我們現在人手一機，在這個網路的時代當中，當然就是網站跟 APP 了

As for me, I am used to using English surface on Internet

我自己的話使用網路的習慣是會使用英文介面

so almost all of my common visit websites are display in English

所以我常逛的網站幾乎都是全英文呈現的

So English reading is simultaneously how I get information and how I get entertainment

所以英文閱讀同時是我取得資訊以及娛樂的來源

Today I'm gonna introduce 3 websites that I visit them for fun

那我今天要跟大家介紹三個我自己 for fun 會去逛的英文網站

to help you making a habit of English reading through interesting contexts

讓你透過有趣的內容，可以養成英文閱讀的習慣

The first on is "9gag". It's a joke website, all the contexts are made by their users

首先是 9gag，他是一個使用者自製內容的笑話網站

Usually it will be a pic, or a gif, with a short line of words

通常就是一張圖或者是一張 gif 配上一小段文字

There's their popularity ranking on the homepage, and it's updating every few minutes

那首頁一進去就是他的熱門榜，而且他每幾分鐘就會更新

So even if you visit the website very often, it's hard to bump into things you have already read

所以就算你很常逛也很難逛到你已經看過的東西

Next I'm going to show you how this website looks like and what its context is

那接下來我會帶大家，實際上看一下這個網站的排版跟內容會長什麼樣子

When you visit 9gag, you can see the most popular post

所以 9gag 的首頁一進來的話，就是最熱門的貼文

As we can see, its post will have a pic of a gif, and a simple English sentence

我們看得到他的貼文形式就是一張圖或者一張 gif 檔，配上一句簡單的英文

like here, "He just want to take a nap."

像這邊是："He just wants to take a nap.”

Yeah, cute and funny posts like this

好，所以就是這種可愛、好笑的貼文這樣子

Sometimes, it will also have English inside the picture

那有時候在圖片裡面，也有可能會有英文

So you can see the title here: "This is pure gold."

所以你看這邊的標題是： "This is pure gold!”

But the title inside the image is: "This was the happiest cat they could find..."

但是他圖片裡面有這個標題是， "This was the happiest cat they could find…”

It's a vegetarian cat, so it looks really upset

所以因為他是吃素的貓，所以可能看起來臉很臭

So like this, simple, funny and relaxing posts

所以像這樣子這種，簡單有趣又輕鬆的貼文

By just looking through all these, you can see some English accompany with images

這樣沒有負擔的滑一滑，就可以看到一些英文跟圖片的搭配

OK then let's look at some special stuff on 9gag. These called "meme"

好那接下來我們會看到，在 9gag 上面有一些特別的，這個叫做 "meme”

They are presented by animals, classical images to symbolize a typical meaning

也就是他會用一些動物阿或是一些經典的圖片來去代表某一種意象

Such as this, "awkward seal", it always comes with very embarrassing things

比如說這個是 "awkward seal”，跟這個搭配的話都是一些非常尷尬的事情

And this is "success baby"

那這個的話是 "success baby"

Usually, a very success thing will be accompanied with this meme

通常來說，是一件非常成功的事情就會配這張 meme

Then this is "curious philosoraptor"

這個的話是 “curious philosoraptor”

If something is thinking about a philosophical question, it will use this meme

如果是要思考一個比較哲學性的問題的話，就會配上這個 meme

This meme is called "confession bear"

這個 meme 的話叫做 "confession bear”

Basically it will be used on maybe propose, something stupid or bad you have done in the past

基本上就是搭配可能一些告白，在講過去做過的一些蠢事啊或者是壞事

This meme is "first world problems"

這個 meme 的話是 "first world problems"

It may be a really small question, and it will appear with this meme

他可能是一個非常微小的問題，就會配上這個 meme

Of course there are much more meme there, but we can only introduce those today

那當然有非常非常多的 meme 喔，不過今天只能介紹這幾個

When you read 9gag, and find something appear repeatly

自己去讀的時候呢，會發現這些不斷重複出來的時候

Then you can get to know which meme are going to what kind of feeling

就會大概知道，每一個 meme 會配上什麼樣子的感覺

Next we are talking about BuzzFeed, an American new media company

再來是 BuzzFeed，他是一個美國的新媒體公司

which also owns a very successful Youtube channel

他也有一個非常成功的 YouTube 頻道

Basically, this site is showing funny thing happened in the US real like and the Internet

基本上這個網站就會把美國的現實生活跟網路世界所發生的趣事

in funny and brief articles

整理成有趣又精簡的文章呈現給大家看

BuzzFeed, this website, we can see tons of posts when we visit it

那 BuzzFeed 這個網站，我們一進來就會看到有很多、很多的文章

it's a little bit cluttered, but I'll suggest you guys to start with the categories up here

那有一點點眼花撩亂，不過我會建議大家從，上面的這個分類開始看

There're many categories: LOL, win, OMG

上面有很多分類嘛：有好笑的，看人家成功的，驚奇的

cute, fall, or WTF, it might be something weird

可愛的，看人家出糗的，或者是 wtf 這個是可能怪異的

And as for me, I always start with this

那我自己本身的話，都會從這個

the red arrow, what it is, it's call "trending"

紅色這個箭頭是什麼，就是叫做 trending

namely the hot topics now. I will start with here

也就是現在當紅的內容，我會從這邊開始去看

And then, we can find 2 tabs

那這邊的話，我們會看到有兩個分頁

The first one is "trending now", which means it's hot now

第一個是 trending now，也就是現在很紅的

and "top posts this week, which means the hottest post this week

跟 top posts this week，就是這個禮拜最紅的貼文

Usually, you can find interesting articles at these 2 places

那通常來說，這兩個地方都會找到很有趣的文章

Now let's pick up one of them. Let's look at this:

那我們隨便選一個來看看，好我們看這個：

"17 Pictures of Bill Clinton Realizing that Balloons Exist"

”17 Pictures of Bill Clinton Realizing that Balloons Exist”

Okay access to the context, at first of course we can see the title

好進入到文章的內文，首先當然就是先看到標題嘛

and this passage is about Clinton will be unusually excited when he see balloons

那這一篇文章是在講有關美國前總統克林頓，看到氣球會異常的興奮

in the beginning, it will give you some discribtion

所以他開始就給你一些他的敘述

Here are some bullet points, from 1 to 8 and their photos

所以 bullet points，一二三四五六七八的點跟他的圖片搭配

So, this one " They are real! The balloons are real!"

好所以呢，這個「他們是真的喔！氣球是真的！」

"He can touch the balloons!" "Touching another" "Wow"

「他竟然可以碰到氣球」、「碰到另外一個」、「哇」

Hahaha, a zoom-in photo. Ok, so

哈哈哈，他把他放大。Ok，所以呢

He really likes balloons! How could this become the hottest post this week

他真的很喜歡氣球欸，這個為什麼會是這個禮拜最紅的貼文阿

And another interesting thing is

那還有另外一個有趣的事是因為

BuzzFeed is talking about the hottest things in American real life and the Internet world

BuzzFeed 他是拿美國現實生活跟網路世界最火紅的事件來去報導

so you can know what is trending now by simply checking their posts

所以光是看這一個網站上面會有什麼文章，就知道最近在紅什麼

The last on is Reddit, a site that I visit almost everyday

最後是 Reddit，他是我個人每一天幾乎都會去逛的網站

It is known as "the front page of the Internet", which is the homepage of the Internet

他號稱 the front page of the Internet，就是網路的首頁

or the American ptt

或者是美國版的 ptt

It has various sections can allow people to discuss and post

他有各式各樣的版讓網路鄉民可以做各種討論與推文

Then let's take a look at this site, Reddit. Its layout looks a little bit like ptt

好那我們來看一下 Reddit 這個網站，他跟 ptt 的設計有一點像

Very simple and nude. There are many different hot keys and buttons

就是非常的簡單非常的裸露，那有很多不同的鍵、不同的鈕

looks a little complicated

看起來有一點複雜

But basically, the first page you see would be the hottest post

不過基本上，進來的首頁是最熱門的文章

There are many ways to react with posts

那文章有很多不同的互動方式嘛

You can upvote or downvote them. Just like what we do on ptt

你可以去推他的文，或者是噓他的文，這跟 ptt 一樣

You can also click on one of them to leave a comment

那你也可以進去，點進去看之後來去做一些留言

And if you click on a comment, you can see how people talk about the post

那點進去留言的話就可以看得到，下面大家是在怎麼樣討論這個貼文的

Another point is called "subreddit"

那還有另外一個重點叫做 subreddit

which means that many posts are separated by different topics

那他就是用一個特別的主題來去分類不同的類型的文章

So, today I'm going to recommend 3 subreddits. The first one is "askreddit"

那我今天要跟大家推薦三個 subreddit，第一個是 "askreddit”

When you throw out a question, and people will discuss it below Basically, it's a place allow you to discuss questions

就是問了一個問題，那下面就會做討論，這就是基本上一個問題的討論版

So, usually there are plenty of comments below You can see there are almost 2000 comments here

所以通常來說，下面的留言就會非常多，你看這裡有將近2000個留言

So if you are interested in one question

所以如果是一個你有興趣的問題的話

you can click on it and see people debating badly

你點進去可以看到大家非常激烈跟熱烈在討論

The second section I am gonna recommend is "Today I Learned"

那第二個我推薦的版是，"Today I Learned”

On this section, people share what they learned

那在這個版上面，大家會推薦自己所學習到的知識

All the posts here are started with TIL, which means "Today I Learned"

那他的所有文章的開頭都是 TIL，就是 Today I Learned

followed by a sentence, which is what he or she learned

後面就是這一句話，就是他學到了什麼東西

So, on the section, you can find some interesting trivia

所以在這邊的話，看一看其實有時候會時不時發現一些很有趣的冷知識

and below them, of course, people's comments

以及下面當然，大家對他的討論

The last section I want to recommend is "Today I Fucked Up", TIFU

那最後一個要跟大家推薦的版叫做，”Today I Fucked Up”，TIFU

Basically, I really suggest that you can visit this section when you are down

基本上我很推薦如果你心情不好的話，就可以來這個版逛一逛

The logic here is, someone did something really stupid

他的邏輯就是，他做了一件非常蠢的事情

He or she will start the post with "TIFU", then what stupid thing he or she done

他就會用 TIFU 開始，後面就是他做了什麼蠢事

For example, let's take a look at this one, TIFU by asking a girl out

比如說，我們來看一下這個，TIFU by asking a girl out

So, click on it, and we can see a short story

所以點進來後，我們就會看到一個小小段的故事

The story about how he fucked it up

就是他如何的搞砸了這件事情

So, I strongly believe that, after you read the post, after you read the section

所以我覺得真的，你看完這篇文章，你看完這個版之後

you'll feel like your life is still hopeful

你會覺得你的人生還是非常有希望的

Alright! These are the 3 useful Websites I recommend

好的這個就是我個人推薦的三個網站

Even though you can't see international news or classical literature there

雖然在上面看不到什麼世界新聞或者是經典文學

but they are supposed to be attractive and interesting

不過應該都是讓人想要看，會有興趣的內容

Visit them every day without any pressure, after a long period

那每一天輕鬆的上去逛一逛，在一段長時間當中

insist this habit, maybe you can start your habit of English reading

堅持下去，說不定還可以養成你對英文閱讀的習慣喔

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如果你喜歡這個影片，請幫我按個讚！

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如果你想要看到更多的影片，可以點這一邊的訂閱按鈕，訂閱我們的頻道

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每個禮拜一跟四的晚上九點都會有新的影片！

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那我們在 Facebook 跟 Instagram 也都有帳號

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可以用阿滴英文或者是 Ray Du English 來搜尋到我們！

And that's a wrap, thank you guys for watching, as always

And that is a wrap, thank you guys for watching, as always

and I'll catch you guys next time! See ya~~~

and I’ll catch you guys next time! See ya~~~