| | | |  | Quokkas: The Marsupial That's All Smiles
| It's not often that a little-known animal becomes a social media star, but that's exactly what happened to a smiling Australian creature called a quokka. After tourists began posing for social media photos with the confident little animal, the quokka's friendliness began earning it popularity worldwide.
Quokkas are cat-sized marsupials that mainly live on small islands in Western Australia. Its name comes from a similar-sounding native Australian word. Quokkas have short brown or gray fur, small ears, and a unique mouth that makes them appear to be smiling! Its appearance has led some to describe quokkas as the world's happiest animals.
Naturally active at night, quokkas will eat during the day if they can find food. They prefer eating grasses and plants, which is also how they get their water. When food is scarce, they rely on fat stores in their tails to survive.
Quokkas are eager to start their own families, and females give birth just one month after mating. As with kangaroos, another type of marsupial, mother quokkas carry their babies in a pouch until they become independent, which for baby quokkas is around six months old. | | | | 短尾矮袋鼠：帶著微笑的有袋動物 | 鮮為人知的動物成為社群媒體的明星並不常見，但這正好就發生在一種會微笑的澳洲生物、名叫短尾矮袋鼠的身上。遊客開始在社群媒體上發布與這種充滿自信的小動物的合照後，短尾矮袋鼠的友善開始替牠在世界各地博得人氣。
短尾矮袋鼠是貓咪大小的有袋動物，主要生活在西澳的小島上。牠的名字來自一個聲音類似的澳洲原住民單詞。短尾矮袋鼠有著棕色或灰色的短毛、小耳朵和一張讓牠們看似在微笑的獨特嘴巴！牠的外表讓一些人將短尾矮袋鼠描述為世界上最快樂的動物。
短尾矮袋鼠天生在夜間很活躍，如果牠們能找到食物就會在白天進食。牠們較喜歡吃草和植物，這也是牠們攝取水的方式。食物短缺時，牠們靠著尾巴上儲存的脂肪來生存。
短尾矮袋鼠渴望成立自己的家庭，而母短尾矮袋鼠在交配後只要一個月就會生產。就像袋鼠（另一種有袋動物）一樣，短尾矮袋鼠媽媽把寶寶放在一個育兒袋裡直到牠們獨立為止，以短尾矮袋鼠寶寶來說大約是六個月大。 | | 《 詳細內文請翻閱NO.235 11月號Live互動英語雜誌 》 | | | | | | |  | | | conveyor belt sushi
迴轉壽司 | 源自日本的迴轉壽司由於價錢較傳統壽司店親民，且選擇多樣化而廣受大眾喜愛，許多日本的迴轉壽司連鎖店也紛紛來台展店，其中亞洲藏壽司甚至在今年於臺灣證券櫃臺買賣中心（Taipei Exchange）掛牌上櫃，來看看一些相關的用語吧！ |
| chain n. 連鎖店；連鎖集團
freshness n. 新鮮
rotation sushi n. phr. 旋轉壽司
OTC market n. phr. 櫃臺交易市場；店頭市場（為over-the-counter market的簡稱）
nigiri n. 握壽司
sashimi n. 生魚片
迴轉壽司熱門食材
tuna 鮪魚
shrimp 蝦子
salmon 鮭魚
fish roe 魚卵
In September, Kura Sushi, a Japanese chain that sells sushi on a conveyor belt, became the first Japan-based restaurant brand to trade on Taiwan's OTC market.
九月時，藏壽司（一家販售迴轉壽司的日本連鎖店）成為第一家在台灣店頭市場交易的日本餐廳品牌。 | | | | |
| | |  | | | | 2020/12/7 (一) |  | A very long time ago, a mother kangaroo and her joey met a weak old wombat.
很久很久以前，一隻袋鼠媽媽和她的袋鼠寶寶遇見了一隻衰老的袋熊。 |
| | 2020/12/8 (二) | | It's not often that a little-known animal becomes a social media star, but that's exactly what happened to a smiling Australian creature called a quokka.
鮮為人知的動物成為社群媒體的明星並不常見，但這正好就發生在一種會微笑的澳洲生物、名叫短尾矮袋鼠的身上。 |
| 2020/12/9 (三) | | It's possible that quokkas' cheerful nature and winning smile are the very things that will help them to survive.
短尾矮袋鼠開朗的天性和迷人的笑容可能正是幫助牠們生存的關鍵。 |
| 2020/12/10 (四) |
| When she was just nine years old, she began learning karate, winning three world championships by her 16th birthday.
她才九歲就開始學習空手道，並且在十六歲生日前就贏得了三次世界錦標賽。 |
| 2020/12/11 (五) | | Soon, even answering the phone or leaving the house became a struggle for the young star, and she found it hard to step onstage.
不久，對這位年輕的明星而言，就連接電話或離開家門都變成是很難的事，她發現要站到舞台上非常困難。 | | | | |  | | |  |  | 雙12年終感謝祭 | 2020年終暢銷書展 | | | | | | |
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