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Podcast: 李老師陪你探索英文世界 Exploring English with Ms. Lee
Episode: EP197 | ☕️ 療入人心的水豚君
Description: 世上有人為了水豚奔走天涯海角，在東京，一席與水豚共處喝咖啡的座位，比泰勒絲演唱會還難搶！水豚君啊，什麼般的魅力讓大家搶破頭想見你呀？
Whenever Gary Shteyngart visits Tokyo, he will go to a capybara cafe（水豚咖啡廳）. He finds capybara（水豚）so fascinating（引人入勝的） that he has journeyed（遠行） to many places around the world just to see the animal.
Why is he such a fanatic（狂熱者） for capybaras?! First of all, capybaras are such sweet（溫馴可親的） animals that you can just sit there and have a connection（情感聯繫） with them. When you are around one, time flows（流逝） differently, one’s vision feels soft, and the world becomes pure and unaggressive（毫無攻擊性的）.
Moreover, he thinks that there’s something about the capybara that invites projection（引發心理投射）. Because the capybara is a prey animal（獵物動物）, it has prey reactions（獵物本能反應）. When cornered（被逼入絕境）, they will get panicky（驚恐不安的） and freak out（情緒失控）. The flightiness（易受驚的特質） of the giant rodent brought to mind the childhoo...