今天說說角要講的是跟高鐵有關的單字和片語喔!
首先是票種 (Types of Tickets) 的部分: 1. 成人票 regular/ adult ticket 2. 優待票 concession ticket (1) 兒童票 child ticket (2) 免票孩童 ticket-exempt child (3) 敬老票 ticket for senior persons (4) 愛心票(身心障礙者) disabled ticket 3. 回數票 multi-ride ticket 4. 定期票 periodic ticket 5. 早鳥優惠 early bird discount 6. 自由座 non-reserved seat 再來是車站的設施與服務 (Facilities & Services): 1. 旅客服務台 passenger service counter 2. 轉乘資訊 transfer information 3. 寄物櫃 baggage storage 4. 手機充電站 charging station 最後是與車廂 (car) 內部: 1. 靠窗/ 走道座位 window/ aisle seat 2. 商務車廂 business car (第六節車廂) 3. 旋轉座椅 swivel seat (高鐵的座位可以180旋轉喔) 4. 隱藏式掛衣架 Hidden coat hook (就是在牆壁上的掛鉤) 5. 無障礙洗手間 accessible toilet (在第七節車廂) 6. 大型行李放置區 luggage storage area (在每個車廂的門口) 還有還有,在高鐵站搭乘手扶梯(escalator)時,是不是會聽到「本扶手定時消毒」呢?這句話的英文是“The handrail is sterilized periodically.” 把「消毒 (sterilize)」和「定時地 (periodically)」兩個字學起來,生活中常常會用到喔! 祝大家新的一年通勤愉快!We wish you a pleasant journey! ※以上資訊來自台灣高鐵官網
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這個懶人包來自說說角團隊中的神人Ash!
2017年想在英文上有所精進嗎?看這篇就對了! -- 〖極好的新聞網站們〗 以下是幾家老牌的新聞社,多數都有影片,不想盯著文字看的話用看影片、聽音檔的方式都很棒唷! 1. The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com) 有興趣的話可以訂閱他們家的newsletter&breaking news alert,他會直接像懶人包一樣寄到你的信箱) 2. BBC (http://www.bbc.com) 他們也有專門針對英語學習者設計的program唷! 3. The Economist (http://www.economist.com) 尤其在政治、經濟等方面有極具水準與深度的分析與報導,但是有些文章沒訂閱的人可能看不到。 4. CNN Student News (http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews) 個人沒有很喜歡CNN,但他們針對學生做的Student News以淺顯易懂且有趣的方式囊括重點新聞,極推。主播超自嗨的,想要逐字稿網路上也很容易搜尋的到。 5. DW.COM (http://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097) 德國之聲 6. Breaking News English (http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com) 針對較初學者的網站,可以照程度分級選擇符合自己程度的短篇新聞與各種語速的音檔。同時網站還附有如填空、連連看、相近字等小測驗。 〖其他、文化相關(?)〗 1. TED ( https://www.ted.com) 2. VoiceTube (https://tw.voicetube.com) 一個為學習英文而生的網站,有許多有趣的影片與學習資源,也可自由選擇程度、主題。 3. New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com) 深耕文化、藝術等領域的老牌 <3 4. Reader’s Digest (http://www.rd.com) Reader’s Digest 所刊登的文章品質都不錯,篇幅也頗短,不論是用作英文寫作的參考,或是純粹為了消磨時間看故事,都非常合適。除了short stories之外,大家有興趣也可以搜尋 Reader’s Digest的笑話,在捧腹大笑之餘也可以學習他們的文化唷! 5. 電影&影集 影集裡生活化的用語與有趣的劇情非常適合拿來練聽力與口說。假如時間不夠也可以找那種較短的情境劇,一集約20分鐘而已~ 6. 各種脫口秀或電視節目 用電視節目來學英文—練聽力,亦或是跟著節目中的主持人&嘉賓練口說—是非常有趣且有效的英語學習法(畢竟當中使用的都是母語人士的日常用語)。我平常必追的幾個節目有:The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen Show, Conan (Youtube搜用戶 Team Coco), The Late Late Show with James Corden…etc. 非常推薦大家找自己有興趣的節目去看,通常youtube上也都有影片,短短的幾分鐘可以大笑消耗熱量也可以練習英文聽力與口說。我以前練英文時會將影片反覆看熟,然後一句一句跟著念,逼迫自己學習他們的腔調與語速~ 〖托福(擷取自別人的文章)〗 1. TPO小站論壇 大陸的托福模考軟體,在論壇免費下載,介面跟托福很像,但是模考有電子筆記功能,真考試會給紙筆沒有電子筆記。模考的閱讀很難,可能通篇都是專有名詞超想死,但是訓練過後會覺得考試開玩笑的簡單。論壇最強大的地方在於可以在論壇上po文回文賺金幣,然後用金幣換取線上老師免費批改口說寫作還有優良範例可以參考。 2. 機經 3. Umano 一個念英文文章的app,有分為政治、科技、藝術、企業、人生等等類別,文章皆取自外國雜誌,真人有溫度的朗讀,例如"Why we are still in Elsa's icy grip"在講冰雪奇緣,"The 6 things I learned from Interstellar"在講星際效應。每篇文章大約5~10分鐘,速度接近口語,是練聽力有趣的方法。聽的時候還可以用托福的聽力測驗的方法做一下筆記,同時長知識。 4. 倫的blog 附上網址http://xination.pixnet.net/blog 裡面對口說有很詳盡的分析和範例,可以抓到考托福的口說重點。 〖寫作〗 以下推薦一些寫作教學/資源相關的好站: 1. 普渡大學的寫作網站OWL (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/) 極好!對於寫作架構介紹、資源等皆有相當詳盡且精彩的整理,舉凡初學者的essay writing至論文寫作的thesis, research method或是citation都有豐富的資源。 2. 哈佛大學的寫作中心網站 (http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/resources) 除了有豐富的資源與tutorial之外,還有一個部落格可以參考。我幫你們將頁面開在"resources"的頁面,但非常推薦你們自行去探索唷! 3. 紐約大學水牛城校區(?)的寫作網站 (http://gse.buffalo.edu/org/writingstrategies/index.htm) 這個網站最大的好處就是有針對不同程度的學生分級,從寫作策略開始有非常詳盡且清楚的介紹。尤其它也有針對不同寫作目的的族群做教學(超愛它的toolkit)。此站的文字、圖表非常淺顯易懂,缺點就是界面太醜吧xD 其實世界各名校幾乎都有線上寫作教學的網站,舉凡學術寫作至求職、職場寫作的教學應有盡有。假如有需求的話非常推薦你們去google一下,比較各大學網站的介紹、指引、範本等,相信會有非常大的收穫唷。加油啦:) By Madonna
Thank you for acknowledging my ability to continue my career for 34 years in the face of blatant misogyny and sexism and constant bullying and relentless abuse. When I started, there was no Internet. So people had to say it to my face. There were very few people I had to clap back at because life were simpler then. When I first moved to New York, I was a teenager. It was 1979, and New York was a very scary place. In the first year I was held at gunpoint, raped on a rooftop with a knife digging into my throat. And I had my apartment broken into and robbed so many times I just stopped locking the door. In the years that followed, I lost almost every friend I had to AIDS or drugs or gunshot. As you can imagine, all these unexpected events not only help me become the daring woman that stands before you, but it also reminded me that I am vulnerable. And in life, there is no real safety except self belief, and an understanding that I am not the owner of my talent. I’m not the owner of anything. Everything I have was a gift from God. And even the fxxxed up things that happened to me, that still happen to me, are also gifts to teach me lessons and make me stronger. I am receiving an award for being the woman of the year. So I ask myself what can I say about being a woman and music business. What can I say about being a woman? When I first started writing songs, I didn't think it in a gender-specific way. I didn’t think about feminism. I just wanted to be an artist. I was of course inspired by Debbie Harry and Chrissie Hynde and Aretha Franklin, but my real muse was David Bowie. He embodied male and female spirit and that suited me just fine. He made me think there were no rules. But I was wrong. There are no rules — if you’re a boy. If you’re a girl, you have to play the game. What is that game? You are allowed to be pretty and cute and sexy. But don’t act too smart. Don’t have an opinion. Don’t have an opinion that is out of line with the status quo, at least. You are allowed to be objectified by men and dress like a slut, but don’t own your sluttiness. And do not, I repeat, do not, share your own sexual fantasies with the world. Be what men want you to be. But more importantly, be what women feel comfortable with you being around other men. And finally, do not age. Because to age is a sin. You will be criticized, you will be vilified, and you will definitely not be played on the radio. When I first became famous, there were nude photos of me in Playboy and Penthouse magazines, Photos that were taken from art schools that I posed for back at the day to make money. They weren’t very sexy. In fact, I looked quite bored. I was. But I was expected to feel ashamed when these photos came out. And I was not. And this puzzled people. Eventually I was left alone because I married Sean Penn, and not only would he would bust a cap in your ass, but I was taken off the market. So For a while I was not considered a threat. Years later, divorced and single — sorry Sean — I made my Erotica album and my Sex book was released. I remember being the headline of every newspaper and magazine. Everything I read about myself was damning. I was called a whore and a witch. One headline compared me to Satan. I said, ‘Wait a minute, isn’t Prince running around with fishnets and high heels and lipstick with his butt hanging out?’ Yes, he was. But he was a man. This was the first time I truly understood women really did not have the same freedom as men. I remember feeling paralyzed. It took me a while to pull myself together and get on with my creative life — to get on with my life. I took comfort in the poetry of Maya Angelou, and the writings of James Baldwin, and in the music of Nina Simone. I remember wishing that I had a female peer that I could look to for support. Camille Paglia, the famous feminist writer, said that I set women back by objectifying myself sexually. “Oh,” I thought, “So if you’re a feminist, you don’t have sexuality, you deny it.” So I said “fxxx it. I’m a different kind of feminist. I’m a bad feminist.” People say I’m controversial. But I think the most controversial thing I have ever done is to stick around. What I would like to say to all women here today is this: Women have been so oppressed for so long. They believe what men have to say about them. They believe they have to back a man to get the job done. And there are some very good men worth backing, but not because they’re men — because they’re worthy. As women, we have to start appreciating our own worth and each other’s worth. Seek out strong women to befriend, to align yourself with, to learn from, to be inspired by, to collaborate with, to support, to be enlightened by. As I said before, It’s not so much about receiving this award as it is having this opportunity to stand before you and really say thank you, as a woman, as an artist, as a human. Not only to the people who have loved and supported me along the way - many of you are sitting in front of me right now - you have no idea…you have no idea how much your support means. But to the doubters and naysayers and everyone who gave me hell and said I could not, that I would not or I must not — your resistance made me stronger, made me push harder, made me the fighter that I am today. It made me the woman that I am today. So thank you. 大家聖誕節過得如何呢?不論國內外,聖誕節都是一筆很大的商機,但是現在聖誕節過了,沒賣出去的商品怎麼辦?當然是清倉大拍賣囉!這篇富比士的文章闡述了今年美國商場提早開始舉行清倉拍賣的盛況,一起來看看吧!
文章這邊看 👉 goo.gl/C9kgdI -- 1. get a jump on (phr.) 佔得先機,卡位 Job listings are updated continuously on our website, so you can get a jump on your competition. 職缺清單持續在我們的網站上更新,所以你可以在應徵上佔得先機。 2. closeout sale (n.) 清倉大拍賣 3. keep sth under wraps (phr.) 隱藏,不公開 The automobile company kept the new model under wraps until most of the old models had been sold. 那家汽車公司在舊的車款快要售罄之前都一直不公開新的車款。 4. clearance (n.) 出清 5. inventory (n.) 庫存 6. fitness gear (n.) 健身器材、服裝 7. stock up on sth (phr.) 囤積 When there's a typhoon coming, we always stock up on food and candles. 在颱風來臨前,我們總會囤積食物和蠟燭。 8. decor (n.) 裝飾;室內裝潢 9. settee (n.) 有靠背的長椅 10. eye for (phr.) 渴望 Synonym: yearn for, long for, have a thirst for 11. discontinued merchandise (n.) 過季商品 12. year-end sale (n.) 年終拍賣會 -- 另外,文章中也用到了這個句型: it’s not unheard of… 意思是「(某種情形)不令人意外;(某一種人)也大有人在」,如果把not拿掉就是「(某種情形)極為罕見」的意思,例如: It's unheard of to have all one's money refunded two years after the purchase. 沒聽過有人買了東西兩年之後還能全額退款的。 看了今天分享的文章,大家是不是也準備去血拼一場了呢? -- Photo CC: Glen Scott 例句來自 Free Dictionary 每年的12月21日是冬至(Winter Solstice),也是北半球黑夜最長的一天。然而,過了冬至後,表示每天白天都會長一點點,但也表示要越來越冷了。 讓我們來看看冬至相關的單字有哪些吧! -- 冬至的英文是「Winer Solstice」,Solstice指的是「至日、至點」,是專屬於夏「至」、冬「至」的字。同理,夏至(6月21日)則是「Summer Solstice」。對北半球來說,冬至是「December Solstice」,南半球則是「June Solstice」,是有區別的喔! 而台灣和中國南方冬至必吃的湯圓可以直接翻成「Tangyuan」,如果要跟外國人解釋的話可以說是sweet rice-flour dumpling。很多傳統中式或港式包餡的點心或麵食,翻成英文都會用「dumpling」,例如包子、小籠包、水餃、鍋貼、燒賣、餛飩、蝦餃⋯⋯(小編餓了)。如果真要仔細區分、解釋差別的話,就直接用拼音拼出來跟外國人解釋吧! -- 明天聽說又要變冷了,大家還記得上禮拜教的「寒流」和「冷氣團」怎麼說嗎?來複習一下吧! * 寒流:cold wave * 冷氣團:cold air mass 別忘了對你的朋友說聲「stay warm」喔! |
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