A: I’ve made you a cup of hot chocolate.
B: Oh, that’s really nice of you. Huh? How come it tastes a bit sour?
A: Does it? Let me try. Yeah, it really does. I think the milk’s gone off.
B: Was the milk you used past its expiry date? I don’t want to get a bad stomach.
A: 我幫你沖了一杯熱可可。
B: 謝謝你,你真是貼心。嗯?這可可怎麼有股酸味?
A: 有嗎?我喝喝看。真的耶,牛奶好像壞了。
B: 你加的牛奶該不會過期了吧?我可不想吃壞肚子。
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When people listen to music today, they typically use streaming services like YouTube or Spotify. However, traditional formats like vinyl records have regained popularity in recent times. Vinyl records are circular discs that store music in grooves on their surfaces and are played on a turntable. As the turntable’s needle runs along these grooves, it picks up vibrations and translates them into sound. The history of vinyl records dates back to the late 1800s, but material and technological challenges delayed mass production until the 1950s. Despite early versions having short playtimes and poor sound quality, vinyl records introduced a new era
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