每日口說挑戰充滿三葉草、綠衣物、飲酒作樂的聖派翠克節是什麼？兩分鐘帶你了解歷史！（A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day）

Hi, everyone, this is Susan; welcome to today’s Pronunciation Challenge. Let me start by wishing you all a happy St. Patrick’s Day! Now, you might not see this in Taiwan, but in many English-speaking countries, this is a day when you see numerous people out and about, drinking and partying while dressed in green. It’s actually one of the most celebrated holidays in the world! Before you rush off to the video to find out more, let's take a look at today's sentence and its pronunciation tips.

Sentence
Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America in the early 1700s, where it evolved into a secular holiday, often centered around drinking and celebrating all things Irish.

Pronunciation Tips
1. immigrants (the pronunciation the vowels)
2. the early 1700s (the article and the pronunciation of 1700s)
3. evolved (the pronunciation of vol and ved)
4. secular (the pronunciation of cu)

Vocabulary
1. center (v) 圍繞著，以⋯⋯為中心 KK [ˋsɛntɚ] IPA /ˈsen.t̬ɚ/
to have something as the main subject of discussion or interest
Eg. The discussion of today’s class centered around climate change.
今天課堂的討論重點圍繞著氣候變遷。

How about checking out the video and learn about this holiday? Who knows? Maybe you’d enjoy this holiday, too! But don't forget to record the sentence first, and I'll see you in the next episode!

Whatever holiday it is, as long as drinking is involved, it should be celebrated!

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Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America in the early 1700s where it evolved into a secular holiday oven centered around, drinking and celebrating all things Irish.

Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America in the early 1700s, where it evolved into a secular holiday, often centered around drinking and celebrating all things Irish.
愛爾蘭移民在 1700 年代早期講這個傳統引入美國，它在那裡演變為一個非宗教節日，慶典通常環繞著飲酒並慶祝愛爾蘭的一切。