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通勤學英語 15Mins Today

精選詞彙單元 Vocab EP.038: 日本送空屋與北海道高校的羊肉 Japan’s vacant homes and Ebetsu highschool lamb products

07 Aug 2025

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挺你所想!與你一起生活的銀行 中國信託銀行推出TISA級別基金,每月千元就能投資,定期定額終身0申購手續費之外,中國信託銀行提供「終身免收信託管理費」,挺你省的有感! 了解更多 👉 https://fstry.pse.is/88sfll —— 以上為 Firstory Podcast 廣告 —— Summary: Houses in small towns in Japan are given away for free. Japan is now facing an unusual property problem – more homes than people to live in them. According to statistics, in 2013, there were a total of 61m houses and 52m households in Japan. The aging society is going to make the situation worse.  Full article: https://www.15mins.today/blog/702-about-japan-japan-has-so-many-vacant-homes-it-s-giving-them-away  Vocabulary and Sample Sentences: Prefecture n. – a district under the authority of a prefect or governor. Tokyo prefecture is the second largest single metropolitan area in the world behind New York.  Household n. – a house and its occupants regarded as a unit. The average number of people per household in Taiwan is 3.07.  Next summary: Embetsu agricultural high school in northern Hokkaido avoided being shut down by reviving the school’s sheep farming and lamb products that is now considered a souvenir / local specialty.  Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:  Sth is at stake idiom. – something is being risked and may be lost or damaged. The school’s survival was at stake if it wasn’t for the great lamb products they produced.  Breeding n. The mating and production of offspring by animals. The Embetsu high school was responsible for the breeding of Suffolk sheep.

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