Urban▼ Legends: Fact or Fiction? 真真假假•都會傳奇 Is the story you heard recently real or is it a myth▼? 你最近聽到的故事是真的還是虛構的呢？
Have you ever heard someone swear that the city's sewers▼ are full of alligators? How about the one about the woman who found a rat in her fast- food sandwich? These stories always seem to come from a friend who heard it from a friend. They are urban legends——amazing stories that are thought to be true but are fake. Urban legends are basicallymade-up stories. No one seems to know how, or where, or why they start. One person tells another who tells yet another, and so on. Before long, so many people are telling the story that it takes on a life of its own. The belief is that if enough people are saying something happened, there must be some truth to it. Today, it is pretty easy to prove that an urban legend is false. There are websites, such as snopes.com, that go about investigating the truth behind these tales. That doesn't mean urban legends are finished, though. In fact, thanks to the Internet, it's easier than ever for urban legends to travel far and wide.
fake a. 偽造的；假的；冒充的 Most people can't tell a real diamond from a fake one. 大部分的人無法辨別真鑽石和假鑽石的差別。
basically adv. 基本上 These two words basically mean the same thing. 這兩個字基本上是一樣的意思。
made-up a. 捏造的，虛構的 Sam's made-up excuses didn't fool anyone. 山姆捏造的藉口唬不了任何人。
and so on 等等，及諸如此類 Sally's father can't eat seafood such as fish, shrimps, crabs, and so on. 莎莉的父親不能吃海鮮，像是魚、蝦、螃蟹等等。
take on... 呈現／開始具有…… John's life took on a new meaning after his near-death experience. 約翰有過瀕死經驗後，他的人生開始有了新的意義。
belief n. 信念 Lisa has a strong belief in her ability to win. 麗莎對她獲勝的能力有堅定的信念。
prove vt. 證明，證實 The results from Dr. Chen's research proved his theory. 陳博士的研究結果證實了他的理論。
go about V-ing 著手／開始進行…… After Beth prepared all the ingredients she needed, she went about making a delicious cake. 貝絲準備好所有需要的食材後，她便開始做美味的蛋糕。 * ingredient n. 食材，原料
▼ urban a. 城市的，都市的（僅用於名詞前） ▼ myth n. 神話；錯誤的想法 ▼ sewer n. 下水道
『四處，到處』怎麼說 本文 "In fact, thanks to the Internet, it's easier than ever for urban legends to travel far and wide." 中的片語 far and wide 表『四處，到處』。而片語中的副詞 far 表『四處，到處』，常見用法為 as far as...，表『遠至／一直到……』。例：
Clark traveled far and wide after he retired. （克拉克退休後便雲遊四海。）
The sea stretched before us as far as our eyes could see. （這片海綿延在我們眼前，一望無際。）
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