每日口說挑戰原來我們抄捷徑走出來的小路對設計這麼有幫助？！ (How Footpaths Help Shape Our Technology - Cheddar Explains)

Intro:
Hi, VoiceTubers! This is Jeff Chiao. While walking in a park or any path on grass turf, have you ever noticed that towards the end, there seems to always be a shortcut like a sub-path that was formed by people trampling over it? This scene may either make you scratch your head and think: “Why people couldn’t just follow the route and don’t be that hasty?” or, “If there is apparently a more efficient way for people to get from this end to the other, why is it not designed like that in the first place?”

Such a path is called the desire path and is actually one of the core design philosophies that form our technology today, especially in multiple applications and websites you might be browsing right now on your devices. To find out more about this interesting idea, go watch the video we featured today! But before that, let’s first get our hands on the sentence of the day.

Featured Sentence:
“It was clear that people wanted a way to join specific conversations organized by topic.”
[ 很顯然人們想要有一個能夠依照話題分門別類來討論的方式。 ]

Okay, let me repeat it one more time, just a little bit slower.

“It was clear that people wanted a way to join specific conversations organized by topic.”

With that out of the way, let’s head to the pronunciation tips.

Pronunciation tips:
As always, our first tip is about the connection of two successive words. The first example in the sentence is “wanted a”. We could combine the /d/ sound in “wanted” with “a”, and pronounce them as “wanted-a”. Wanted-a.
The other example is “specific conversations”. As “specific” ends with /k/ and “conversations” also starts with a /k/ sound, we could connect them end to end, and pronounce them as “specifi-conversations.” Specifi-conversations.

There are also two words worth paying extra attention to. The first is “specific”, in which, the “e” is a shorter, weaker /ə/ sound, the two “i”s should be pronounced as a shorter /ɪ/ sound, and the stress should be put on the “ci” /sɪ/ sound. Specific. Specific.
The other word is “organize”. The “or” should be a long, tongue-twisting /ɔr/ sound, the “a” should be a short /ə/ sound, and the "i" should be a long /aɪ/ sound. With the stress put on the first /ɔr/, the world should be pronounced as: organize. Organize.

All right, with the tips sorted, let’s get to the vocabulary.

Vocabulary:

specific (adj.) KK [spɪˋsɪfɪk] IPA /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not others; particular
特定的；特有的
In order to find the specific make-up products his girlfriend asked him to bring back, Jack spent hours in several duty-free shops and nearly missed his flight.
為了找到他的女友託他帶回來的特定化妝品，Jack 在數間免稅品店花了好幾個小時，還差點就沒有趕上班機。

organize (v.) KK [ˋɔrgə͵naɪz] IPA /ˈɔːr.ɡən.aɪz/
to do or arrange something according to a particular system
（按某一體系）整理；安排
All the novels are organized by genre in the bookstore so customers can find the books they like easier.
書店裡的所有小說都按照種類分門別類，好讓客人們能更輕易地找到喜歡的書。

topic (n.) KK [ˋtɑpɪk] IPA /ˈtɑː.pɪk/
a subject that is discussed, written about, or studied
話題；主題
The revision of traffic regulations has been a popular topic since the tragic death of the famous actor committed by a drunk driving recidivist.
自從那位著名演員受一名酒駕慣犯所害慘死之後，對於交通法規的修法便成為了熱門的話題。

Outro:

So that wraps up today’s episode!

Aside from the classic trampled path example I mentioned earlier, I think it’s quite fair to say that most other examples of desire path philosophy we could see nowadays are from the digital world. From @ names feature to # hashtags, these features that we may take for granted, are all the results of how we interact with the technologies around us. Especially with smartphones: you unconsciously reach for top or bottom right corners for an app’s options, scroll from top to bottom when you expect to see more content, and use your index and middle fingers to zoom in or out while viewing a picture.

It’s difficult to tell whether it’s our intuition that inspired the app designers, who then put these features into every app they made, or maybe it is another way around that we are so used to these mechanisms, and we are then actually conditioned by these technologies. I would say it’s like a “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” question. What do you think? Have you seen any interesting examples that you think might be the result of desire path? Again, if you want to know more about this intriguing topic, be sure to check out the video. But for now, that’s all for today’s episode! This is Jeff Chiao from VoiceTube. Hope y’all have a good one! Until next time, goodbye.

☺It was clear that people wanted a way to join specific conversations organized by topic.
很顯然人們想要有一個能夠依照話題分門別類，以便參與討論特定話題的方式。
【心得】關鍵字真的很好用
■specific [spəˈsɪfɪk] (adj.)特殊的、特定的；明確的、具體的；有特效的；{生物}種的；獨有的、特有的[(+to)]
(n.C) 特性；特效藥；(分類學上的)專名
(n.P)詳情；詳細說明書
■organize [ˋɔrgən͵aɪz] {英式拼法}organise (vt.) 安排；組織；籌劃；把…組成工會；整理、使有條理/井然有序；使具有有機體的構造；使成有機體；{口語}使(自己)頭腦清醒
(vi.)組織工會；成立組織；形成有機體
■topic [ˋtɑpɪk] (n.C) 話題、要旨；主題；論題; 題目；標題

It was clear that people wanted a way to join specific conversations organized by topic.

TGIF Have a wonderful weekend!

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It was clear that people wanted a way to join specific conversations organized by topic.
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It was clear that people wanted a way to join specific conversations organized by topic.