The Infodemic — and the Scientists Fighting Against It | Jessica Malaty Rivera | TED

🎯 聽之前

Jessica Malaty Rivera talks about the infodemic: too much information, some of it false, and the scientific habits that keep a person from spreading it. The English is about evidence, sources, and careful verbs.

• How is an infodemic different from a single rumor?
• Which verbs do scientists use when they are not sure: suggest, show, prove?
• What should you do before you forward something?
• Listen for the difference between a feeling of certainty and a source.

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

1. An infodemic is not one lie. It is a flood that makes the truth hard to stand in.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   資訊疫情不是一個謊言。它是一場讓真相很難站住的洪水。

   flood：洪水。stand in：站在其中。
2. Forwarding is publishing. Your name is on it even if you only pressed share.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   轉傳就是出版。即使你只是按了分享，上面也有你的名字。

   even if 讓步。publishing 把轉傳升高到責任。
3. "Suggests" is not "proves." The verb is part of the honesty.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   「暗示」不是「證明」。動詞本身就是誠實的一部分。

   科學英文裡 suggest / show / prove 強度不同。
4. Ask who measured it, when, and what they would need to see to change their mind.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   問是誰量的、什麼時候量的，以及他們要看到什麼才會改變想法。

   三個間接問句接在 ask 後面。change their mind：改變想法。
5. Certainty that arrives in one screenshot is usually a costume.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   從一張截圖裡抵達的確定感，通常是一套服裝。

   that arrives 修飾 certainty。costume：裝出來的確定。
6. Slow the share down until you can say the claim in your own words.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   把分享放慢，直到你能用自己的話講出那個主張。

   until 設一個能力門檻。claim：主張。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

1. An infodemic is:
   One lieA flood that makes truth hard to stand inA scientific paperA correction
   The problem is volume and speed, not a single rumor.
2. Forwarding, in this lesson, is:
   NeutralPublishingFact-checkingThe fine print
   Share puts your name on the claim.
3. "Suggests" versus "proves":
   They are equalSuggests is weaker and more honest when that is all the evidence allowsProves is always saferNeither is a verb
   The strength of the verb should match the strength of the evidence.
4. "Jump to conclusions" means:
   Read the methodDecide too quicklyForward a correctionAsk who measured it
   You leap to the ending and skip the evidence.

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

• Paraphrase a claim you recently saw, in your own words. What verb does it deserve: suggest, show, or prove?
• When did you forward something you could not explain? What would slowing down have changed?
• Write three questions you will ask before the next share: who, when, and what would change their mind.