關於 locked air ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Last weekend, our S.A.D. brought us to Sembawang, once home to the British naval base which meant there were plenty of WWII structures to locate!

We started off with this old gateway off Jalan Selimang, which was most likely the entrance to the seaside bungalow of the late Cycle & Carriage boss Chua Boon Peng. We then explored the areas nearer to Sembawang Park, where we found an old bunker hidden along Gibraltar Crescent which has been completely ‘eaten’ by banyan roots. The entrance to the bunker has already been locked so no exploring further. 😅 But because of the naval base, Sembawang is home to more than a dozen WWII bunkers and air-raid shelters. Some speculate that they are probably part of a complex and yet-to-be-discovered underground network in Sembawang. 😱

This can be seen from the numerous ‘hills’ scattered around. Like the one at Durban Road, which has 2 ventilation vents sticking out. They have already been sealed so what lies underneath is anyone’s guess. A more interesting find is the two partially-exposed pillboxes in Bermuda Road, which had slots for machine guns.

Never knew Sembawang had so much history relating to WWII so it’s definitely a great walk around the area if your kids are military buffs!

- Luyện đọc tìm từ vựng nhé.
Bài đọc hôm nay là: THE GROWTH OF BIKE-SHARING SCHEMES AROUND THE WORLD

How Dutch engineer Luud Schimmelpennink helped to devise urban bike-sharing schemes

A. The original idea for an urban bike-sharing scheme dates back to a summer's day in Amsterdam in 1965. Provo, the organisation that came up with the idea, was a group of Dutch activists who wanted to change society. They believed the scheme, which was known as the Witte Fietsenplan, was an answer to the perceived threats of air pollution and consumerism. In the centre of Amsterdam, they painted a small number of used bikes white. They also distributed leaflets describing the dangers of cars and inviting people to use the white bikes. The bikes were then left unlocked at various locations around the city, to be used by anyone in need of transport.

B. Luud Schimmelpennink, a Dutch industrial engineer who still lives and cycles in Amsterdam, was heavily involved in the original scheme. He recalls how the scheme succeeded in attracting a great deal of attention - particularly when it came to publicising Provo's aims - but struggled to get off the ground. The police were opposed to Provo's initiatives and almost as soon as the white bikes were distributed around the city, they removed them. However, for Schimmelpennink and for bike-sharing schemes in general, this was just the beginning. 'The first Witte Fietsenplan was just a symbolic thing,' he says. 'We painted a few bikes white, that was all. Things got more serious when I became a member of the Amsterdam city council two years later.'

C. Schimmelpennink seized this opportunity to present a more elaborate Witte Fietsenplan to the city council. 'My idea was that the municipality of Amsterdam would distribute 10,000 white bikes over the city, for everyone to use,' he explains. 'I made serious calculations. It turned out that a white bicycle - per person, per kilometre - would cost the municipality only 10% of what it contributed to public transport per person per kilometre.' Nevertheless, the council unanimously rejected the plan. 'They said that the bicycle belongs to the past. They saw a glorious future for the car,' says Schimmelpennink. But he was not in the least discouraged.

D. Schimmelpennink never stopped believing in bike-sharing, and in the mid-90s, two Danes asked for his help to set up a system in Copenhagen. The result was the world's first large-scale bike-share programme. It worked on a deposit: 'You dropped a coin in the bike and when you returned it, you got your money back.' After setting up the Danish system, Schimmelpennink decided to try his luck again in the Netherlands - and this time he succeeded in arousing the interest of the Dutch Ministry of Transport. 'Times had changed,' he recalls. 'People had become more environmentally conscious, and the Danish experiment had proved that bike-sharing was a real possibility.' A new Witte Fietsenplan was launched in 1999 in Amsterdam. However, riding a white bike was no longer free; it cost one guilder per trip and payment was made with a chip card developed by the Dutch bank Postbank. Schimmelpennink designed conspicuous, sturdy white bikes locked in special racks which could be opened with the chip card- the plan started with 250 bikes, distributed over five stations.

E. Theo Molenaar, who was a system designer for the project, worked alongside Schimmelpennink. 'I remember when we were testing the bike racks, he announced that he had already designed better ones. But of course, we had to go through with the ones we had.' The system, however, was prone to vandalism and theft. 'After every weekend there would always be a couple of bikes missing,' Molenaar says. 'I really have no idea what people did with them, because they could instantly be recognised as white bikes.' But the biggest blow came when Postbank decided to abolish the chip card, because it wasn't profitable. 'That chip card was pivotal to the system,' Molenaar says. 'To continue the project we would have needed to set up another system, but the business partner had lost interest.'

F. Schimmelpennink was disappointed, but- characteristically- not for long. In 2002 he got a call from the French advertising corporation JC Decaux, who wanted to set up his bike-sharing scheme in Vienna. 'That went really well. After Vienna, they set up a system in Lyon. Then in 2007, Paris followed. That was a decisive moment in the history of bike-sharing.' The huge and unexpected success of the Parisian bike-sharing programme, which now boasts more than 20,000 bicycles, inspired cities all over the world to set up their own schemes, all modelled on Schimmelpennink's. 'It's wonderful that this happened,' he says. 'But financially I didn't really benefit from it, because I never filed for a patent.'

G. In Amsterdam today, 38% of all trips are made by bike and, along with Copenhagen, it is regarded as one of the two most cycle-friendly capitals in the world - but the city never got another Witte Fietsenplan. Molenaar believes this may be because everybody in Amsterdam already has a bike. Schimmelpennink, however, cannot see that this changes Amsterdam's need for a bike-sharing scheme. 'People who travel on the underground don't carry their bikes around. But often they need additional transport to reach their final destination.' Although he thinks it is strange that a city like Amsterdam does not have a successful bike­ sharing scheme, he is optimistic about the future. 'In the '60s we didn't stand a chance because people were prepared to give their lives to keep cars in the city. But that mentality has totally changed. Today everybody longs for cities that are not dominated by cars.'

original (adj): đầu tiên
scheme (n): kế hoạch
activist (n): nhà hoạt động xã hội
perceived (adj): nhận biết; threat (n): mối đe dọa
consumerism (n): sự bảo vệ quyền lợi người tiêu dùng
struggle (v): đấu tranh
opposed (adj): phản đối
initiative (n): sáng kiến
symbolic (adj): tượng trưng
seize (v): nắm bắt
elaborate (adj): phức tạp
municipality (n): thành phố tự trị
unanimously (adv): đồng lòng, nhất trí
glorious (adj): huy hoàng
deposit (n): tiền đặt cọc
arouse (v): đánh thức
conscious (adj): nhận thức
conspicuous (adj): đáng chú ý
vandalism (n): hành động cố ý phá hoại
theft (n): hành vi trộm cắp
abolish (v): hủy bỏ
profitable (adj): có lợi
pivotal (adj): chủ chốt, then chốt
characteristically (adv): một cách đặc trưng
decisive (adj): kiên quyết
unexpected (adj): bấtt ngờ
boast (v): khoe khoang
optimistic (adj): lạc quan
mentality (n): tâm tính

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//Somehow, something still shines so bright
In this cage they have both locked us in
Outside these chains, poison fills up the air
In this jail cell, your love makes me feel it’s a fight we can win.//

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本集 timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:00 第一遍英文朗讀
3:15 新聞 & 相關單字解說
18:16 額外單字片語
24:23 第二遍英文朗讀

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臉書社團 (朗讀文字)：https://www.facebook.com/groups/ssyingwen/posts/285659919986921/

朗讀內容參考了
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/afghanistan-striking-image-appears-to-show-640-people-fleeing-kabul-in-packed-us-military-plane
AP: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-784681c4400b097cf73b93cec34c5c61
CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/16/middleeast/taliban-control-afghanistan-explained-intl-hnk/index.html
VOA Learning English: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/kabul-airport-in-chaos-biden-defends-us-withdrawl/6004849.html

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Afghanistan 阿富汗
Taliban  神學士 / 塔利班
Kabul 阿富汗的首都
President Ashraf Ghani 阿富汗總統
Vice president 副總統
Senior officials 高官
Tarmac 柏油
Interpol 國際刑警組織
Afghan 阿富汗人 / 阿富汗的
Desperate 絕望
Interpreters 口譯員
Military jet 軍用飛機
Land-locked state 內陸國
South Asia 南亞
Central Asia 中亞
Neighboring countries 鄰近國
Iran 伊朗
Pakistan
巴基斯坦 Uzbekistan
Tajikistan 塔吉克
Turkmenistan ​​土庫曼
Chaos 混亂
Air traffic control 空中交通管制
Soviet Union 蘇聯
Civil war 內戰
Islamic law 伊斯蘭法律
Haven 避風港、安全的地方
Sanctuary 庇護所
Women’s rights 女性的權利
Chief international correspondent 首席國際通訊記者
Badass 很厲害的人
Commander 指揮官
Hijab 頭巾
Niqab
Burqa
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I love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish I could pre[C]tend I didn't need ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for (Am) ya 
 
Shawn Mendes: 
[Am]Land in Miami 
The air was hot from summer (C) rains
Sweat drippin' off me 
Before I even knew her [F]name, la-la-la 
It felt like [Em]ooh-la-la-la, [E7]yeah no 
[Am]Sapphire and moonlight, we danced for hours in the [C]sand 
Tequila sunrise, her body fit right in my [F]hands, ooh-la-la-la 
It felt like [Em]ooh-la-la-la, [E7]yeah 
 
Chorus: 
I love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish I could [C]pretend I didn't need ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7] oh you know i love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish it wasn’t so damn [C]hard to leave ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for ya 
Camila Cabello: 
[Am]Locked in the hotel, there's just somethings that never [C]change 
You say we're just friends 
But friends don't know the way you taste, [F]la-la-la 
God [Em]knows it's been a long time coming, don't ya let me [E7]fall, ooh 
[Am]Hooked on your lips, undress me 
Hooked on your tongue 
[C]Oh, I love your kisses is deadly don't [Em]stop 
Chorus: 
I love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish I could [C]pretend I didn't need ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for ya 
Ooooh you know i love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish it wasn’t so damn [C]hard to leave ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for ya 
 
Outro: 
[Am]All along I've been coming for [C]ya (For you) 
And I hope it means something to [F]ya 
Call my name, I'll be coming for [Em]ya 
Calling for [E7]ya 
For ya [Am ] 
[Am F C Em]- [E7 ]

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I love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish I could pre[C]tend I didn't need ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for (Am) ya 
 
Shawn Mendes: 
[Am]Late in Miami 
The air was hot from summer (C) rains
Sweat drippin' off me 
Before I even knew her [F]name, la-la-la 
It felt like [Em]ooh-la-la-la, [E7]yeah no 
[Am]Sapphire and moonlight, we danced for hours in the [C]sand 
Tequila sunrise, her body fit right in my [F]hands, ooh-la-la-la 
It felt like [Em]ooh-la-la-la, [E7]yeah 
 
Chorus: 
I love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish I could [C]pretend I didn't need ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7] oh you know i love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish it wasn’t so damn [C]hard to leave ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for ya 
Camila Cabello: 
[Am]Locked in the hotel, there's just somethings that never [C]change 
You say we're just friends 
But friends don't know the way you taste, [F]la-la-la 
God [Em]knows it's been a long time coming, don't ya let me [E7]fall, ooh 
[Am]Hooked on your lips, undress me 
Hooked on your tongue 
[C]Oh, I love your kisses is deadly don't [Em]stop 
Chorus: 
I love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish I could [C]pretend I didn't need ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for ya 
Ooooh you know i love it when you [Am]call me señorita 
I wish it wasn’t so damn [C]hard to leave ya 
But every touch is [F]ooh-la-la-la 
It's true, la-la-la 
[Em]Ooh, I should be runnin' 
[E7]Ooh, you keep me coming for ya 
 
Outro: 
[Am]All along I've been coming for [C]ya (For you) 
And I hope it means something to [F]ya 
Call my name, I'll be coming for [Em]ya 
Calling for [E7]ya 
For ya [Am ] 
[Am F C Em]- [E7 ]