Pronunciation ChallengeWhy The Government Is Interested In Your Spotify Data - Cheddar Examines

Hello everyone! This’s Helena, welcome to today’s pronunciation challenge. Do you like music? I rarely meet people who don’t listen to music. There’s one big question for music lovers though, how does Spotify or other music apps come up with the songs on their recommendation list? Or how do they know what kind of music you like? This video helps us to solve the key part of the mystery(謎). It says: The recommendation list comes from an algorithm([ˋælgə͵rɪðm] 演算法), which the company use to analyze songs and put them into different categories of emotions. Sounds familiar, right? Facebook probably use the same strategy to sell their Ads and put things we might like on the pages review.

Besides this, the video focuses on the study of the correlation between people’s music choices and economic behavior, which means in simple terms, will the music you listen to affect the things we buy? What’s the result? Watch the music and check it out. But before you do that, let’s take a look at our sentence of the day.
“According to Andy, understanding how economies operate is much more about how we feel rather than what we think we’re doing.”

1. according to 據…所說；按…所記載
It means as stated by.
* According to the graph in the study, more than 80% of the students in the school perform better in languages than in math.
* I don't think you know this, but they're dating according to the rumors.

Speaking of rumors, there are two other related vocabulary. The first one is gossip. And the second one is more like an idiom, it’s called “spill the tea”. It means tell us something that you know which is interesting, or maybe a gossip.

2-1. economy [ɪˋkɑnəmɪ] (n.) 經濟；經濟制度
It means the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made and used.

global economy 全球經濟
local economy 地區經濟
the US/ Taiwan/ Japan economy（某國的經濟）

You can describe the economy by using strong and weak.

And if you wanna say to make economy better, you can say stimulate the economy or boost economy.

And refers to make the economy more stable, then you can say stabilize the economy.

* While the inflation(通貨膨脹) rate increases, the government is planning to cut taxes to stimulate the economy.

2-2. economic [͵ikəˋnɑmɪk] (adj.) 經濟上的；經濟的
The adjective of economy is economic. It means something related to trade industry and money.
* Economic recessions([rɪˋsɛʃən] 衰退) can lead to an increase in unemployment(失業) rate, which may result in a higher crime rate.

Economic recession is a decline in economy.

economic crisis 危機
economic growth 成長
economic policies 政策

3-1. operate (v.) （使）工作，（使）運行；運作；操作；起作用
It means to work being action or have an effect.
* Do you know how to operate the camera under water?

3-2. operation (n.) 運作，實施，工作; 手術
The noun of operate is operation. It means the fact of operating or being active.

4-1. rather than 寧願，更喜歡；而不是
It means instead of, used especially when you prefer one thing to another.
* I would rather stay at home than go out on a typhoon day.

A: Would you rather stay at home than go out with me?
你居然寧願待在家，也不願跟我出去？
B: Yes! I would rather stay at home.

Alright, that will be everything for today’s vocabulary. Now, I’m gonna share a bit of my story and thoughts.
It seems to me that absorb tech information has become easier and easier with the Internet as a big source. Data at the same time is becoming more crucial for companies and governments to analyze or predict future trends. And the world has really changed a lot because these new technologies. I remember asking my dad: “How did you do research without the Internet? I seriously could not imagine researching and writing the essay without the help of Google.” He laughed and answered: “Well, I went to a library to scan and print the pages I needed, or I read books from the book stores, and these take a lot more time than typing a few words into a search engine.”

I just feel like life is so different now than it was before. Can you imagine what it was like 30 years ago? Or what was it like for you? You can share your options or story, and leave the comment below. This is the end of today’s challenge, I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for listening until the end. And I’ll see you next Sunday!

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