A: Do you have any travel plans for this summer?
B: I plan to visit the new “Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo — The Making of Harry Potter.”
A: I’ve heard that it’s the second studio like this in the world, after the one in London.
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B: Apart from the grand opening of the new studio, the Harry Potter series will be adapted into a TV drama series.
A: Wow, all the “muggles” around the world must be so excited about this.
A: 這個夏天你有什麼旅遊計畫嗎？
B: 我想要去新開幕的「東京哈利波特影城」。
A: 聽說這是繼倫敦之後，全球第二家哈利波特影城。
B: 除了影城開幕，《哈利波特》還將被翻拍成電視劇。
A: 天啊，全球的「麻瓜」們應該很興奮吧！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩〉
Skating is a popular recreational and competitive activity that involves sliding over surfaces using specially designed footwear. Its origins date back over 1,000 years to Northern Europe, where people first strapped animal bones to their feet to move across frozen lakes and rivers. In the 17th century, the Dutch transformed skating into a leisure activity. They also replaced bone blades with metal, leading to the creation of modern ice skates. Today, ice skating is enjoyed as a global sport and an exciting pastime by people of all ages. Figure skating is one of the best-known and most graceful forms of skating.
Have you ever gazed at the night sky and felt as though the Moon loomed larger than usual? Your eyes were not deceiving you. The Moon’s apparent size can __1__ subtly depending on where it is in its orbit. On certain occasions, it reaches its fullest phase while at its closest point to Earth. When these two events __2__, scientists and the public refer to the spectacle as a “supermoon.” The Moon does not orbit our planet in a perfect circle. Instead, it travels along a more oval-shaped __3__, completing one full orbit every 27 days. Consequently, there are times when
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