When the King of New Vietnamese Cuisine met the Queen of Nordic Vietnamese Cuisine.

“I rebelled against Vietnamese traditions—because I didn’t want to grow up as a Vietnamese girl the way my mother wanted to raise me.” — Anh Lê of LêLê

“We become hyphenated. I’m Vietnamese-American.” — Peter Cuong Franklin of Anan Saigon

"The spring before last, I came to Iran for the first time after decades of absence and longing and nostalgia and homesickness. As a hyphenated person, an Iranian-American, being neither nor either or very rarely being both at least rarely comfortably so, I arrived before dawn on pins and needles and with my whole and heart and soul and being in an state of elation mixed with anxiety and anticipation. I was pining to feel at home, and harbored notions of being like a captured fish finally returned to its native stream. Swim, swim, little fish, hyphenated no more. But I arrived with a Lonely Planet Guidebook to Iran in my suitcase - the absurdity of returning to my very own homeland with a foreign guidebook didn't escape my notice -- and while I speak Farsi fluently, I was shocked to hear from various people that I speak my own mother tongue with an accent ... and everyone knew I was a "Khareji" before I even opened my mouth. I was confounded by the currency (100 toman was a lot of money when I left and now it couldn't even buy a piece of gum) and I didn't know better than to ask for 250 grams of Chaghaleh Badoom instead of one entire kiloo. "No one ever buys that much Chaghaleh Badoom" my friends chided me with bemusement. But how could I be a Khareji when I was born here and spent the first 15 years of my life here? When my grandparents are buried here and when I find nothing more pleasing than the sound of water in the Joob or the sight of snow peaked mountains or that unique smell of Iranian earth dampened by rain? When the sight and sound of the crows brightens up my day, when I'm tickled pink by Ta'rof (at least when it's not exaggerated) and when if given the opportunity, I can write epic essays about every minute and grand facet of our enchanting and beautiful culture?

I came back to Iran again very recently. For a number of reasons. One of which was to come to my mom's art show and in this photo here I am standing in front of one of her handmade quilts. But the foremost reason I came back is that I was born in Tehran, Iran. I am a Tehrani. I don't want to be here as a Khareji or a visitor. I want to be one of the humans of Tehran. My heart is here. I want to stay here for awhile. This here is my Vatan. I'm in love and this here is my beloved."

Azita. Seen at the Haftsamar Gallery

首位 MCU 漫威電影宇宙亞裔超級英雄來了！《尚氣與十環傳奇》是第一部以亞裔演員為主的漫威電影，除了挑大樑的劉思慕，陣容包括梁朝偉、楊紫瓊等巨星。但《尚氣》至今未獲得中國上映許可，萬一因失去中國票房導致收入不如預期，漫威是否還會留下這個角色？

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本集 timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:51 第一遍英文朗讀
3:17 新聞 & 相關單字解說
15:10 額外單字片語
20:41 第二遍英文朗讀

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朗讀內容參考了
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58361669

Vox: https://www.vox.com/22638536/shang-chi-review-representation-simu-liu-awkwafina

CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/shang-chi-destin-daniel-cretton-interview-marvel-hyphenated-spc-intl/index.html

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/02/shang-chi-doesnt-have-a-release-date-in-china-why-thats-a-big-deal.html
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本集提到的單字片語：
Ground rules 基本規則
Spoilers 劇透
Trailer 預告片
Marvel 漫威
Marvel Comics 漫威漫畫
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) 漫威電影宇宙
The big screen
Cinema 電影院
Captain Marvel 驚奇隊長
Black Panther 黑豹
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Tony Leung 梁朝偉
Michelle Yeoh 楊紫瓊
Awkwafina 奧卡菲娜
Director 導演
Screenwriter 編劇
Asian American 亞裔美國人
Cultural identity
Diverse casting 多樣化的選角
Crazy Rich Asians 瘋狂亞洲富豪
Box office 票房
Box office hit 賣座電影
Box office bomb / flop 賠錢電影 / 票房毒藥
China market 中國市場
The Avengers 《復仇者聯盟》
Iron Man 《鋼鐵人》
Avengers: Endgame 《復仇者聯盟：終局之戰》
Rampant 猖獗的 
Piracy 盜版情況
Controversial 有爭議性的
Reductive 過度簡化的
Stereotypes 刻板印象
Anti-Asian hate crimes 反亞裔的仇恨犯罪
Positivity 積極正面的能量
Joy 歡樂
Celebration 慶祝
Homage 尊敬、敬意
Pay homage to 致敬
Labor Day 美國勞動節
Memorial Day 陣亡將士紀念日


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