Pronunciation ChallengeHow humans disrupted a cycle essential to all life

+Thanks, Nina, for choosing this meaningful topic.

Usually, dead things decay and turn into rocks. Eventually, they are crushed, and extreme heat and pressure causes them to melt and emit the carbon, which is trapped underground. Over time, that trapped carbon eventually escapes([əˋskep]逃脫) into the atmosphere when volcanoes erupt([ɪˋrʌpt]爆發).
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Hello VoiceTubers! This Nina. Welcome to today’s pronunciation challenge. How did you get to work or school today? If you live in Taipei or New Taipei, then I guess there is a high chance you took the MRT or bus just like I did. If you live in other cities or countries, then you probably have a different answer. Did you drive a car or ride a motorbike or bicycle ,or simply go on foot. I hope most people are using more eco-friendly method of transportation. Today’s video talks about how human activity has disrupted carbon cycle on Earth. I believe that modern transportation is one of the biggest causes. Therefore, if more and more people can choose a greener way of transition, this will surely contribute to our environment. In some big cities, the public transportation system is really convenient so we should all make better use it. Though, it might not be as fast as driving a car or riding a motorbike on your own. Further save our planet, we need to make some changes sooner than later. If you’re riding a motorbike every day, try to use public transportation at least two times a week.
Don’t underestimate([ˋʌndɚˋɛstə͵met] 低估v.) the power accumulated with small changes.
If driving cars or riding motorbikes is your only option, try to use electric vehicles or car pooling(共乘). These things might not be easy to achieve at first, but it’s not impossible. We just need to have determination([dɪ͵tɝməˋneʃən]決心). Let’s do our best together.

And now, time for today’s sentence.
”Usually, dead things decay and turn into rocks. Eventually, they are crushed, and extreme heat and pressure causes them to melt and emit the carbon, which is trapped underground.”

1-1. decay [dɪˋke] (v.)腐蝕；腐朽
It means to become gradually damaged, worse, or less.
* Acid rain has decayed many marble(大理石) buildings. For example, the Taj Mahal in India.

1-2. decay (n.) 腐蝕，衰敗
It means the process of decaying.
* The sooner you treat your tooth decay, the less you will suffer.
+ tooth decay 蛀牙

2-1. crush (v.)壓扁；壓碎
It means to press something very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyed. Or it can mean to upset or shock somebody badly.
* She has this bad habit of leaving her glasses on the bed, this is already her third time to crush them this year.
* The mother was crushed by the news of her son going missing in the airplane crash, and couldn’t eat or sleep after.
+ crash [kræʃ] (n.) 飛機墜毀

2-2. crush (n.) 迷戀，迷戀的對象
It means a strong but temporary feeling of liking someone.
* I think Alina has a crush on the new transfer student, Stephen.
+have a crush on sb. 迷戀上某人

3. extreme [ɪkˋstrim] (adj.)極端的；極大的
It means very large in amount or degree. Or it can mean very severe or bad.
* I don’t think I could stand the extreme cold of Russian winter.
*The public all considered the judge’s sentence to be too extreme.

In recent years, due to global warming, more and more abnormal weather phenomena([fəˋnɑmənə] 現象) are happening all over the world, and this’s called extreme weather.

4. emit [ɪˋmɪt] (v.)散出；散發；排放
It means to send out a beam, noise, smell, or gas.
* The street light emitted a beam(光束) of soft yellow light.
+ a beam of light 一束光
emit 動詞變化: emit emitted emitted

5-1. be trapped
If someone or something is trapped, that person or thing is unable to move or escape from a place or situation.
+ trap [træp] (v.) 設陷阱捕捉，落入圈套（或困境）
* A rabbit is trapped in an old well(井), we need a rope and a bucket.
* She made up too many stories before and now she’s so trapped in her own lies.

5-2. trap (n.) 陷阱，圈套
There are two types of traps. First one, a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing their escape. And the second type is a dangerous or unpleasant situation which you have got into and from which it is difficult or impossible to escape.
* It takes experience to set a perfect trap for hunting.
* Carolin is too smart to fall into your trap.

Okay, that’s the end for today’s challenge. Repeat the sentence a few more times if you find it hard to pronounce, no need to rush. Remember to record and share this episode and give me a thumbs up.

And today, I want to recommend you a song by Allen Walker, it’s called “Different World.” Go checkout the music video. It’s not beautiful but it is reality. And let me end this episode with two lines of lyrics from the song. “This is not the world we had in mind ,but we got time.”
I’ll see you soon, goodbye!

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