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2013年8月28日 星期三

雙語:小小繞口令幫孩子輕鬆快樂學英語



小小繞口令幫孩子輕鬆快樂學英語~12篇繞口令提供給你!
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  A tidy tiger tied a tie tighter to tidy her tiny tail。

  一隻老虎將領帶繫緊,清潔它的尾巴。

  A bloke's back bike brake block broke。

  一個傢伙的腳踏車后制動器壞了。

  A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood。

  大黑蟲咬大黑熊,大黑熊流血了!

  A bitter biting bittern bit a better brother bittern, and the bitter better bittern bit the bitter bittern back. And the bitter bittern, bitten, by the better bitten bittern, said:"I'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"

  一隻沮喪而尖刻的麻鵲咬了它兄弟一口,而沒有它那麼沮喪的兄弟又咬它一口。那隻被咬的沮喪麻鵲對它的兄弟說:「我是一隻充滿怨恨的麻鵲!我害人終害己了!」

  A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea, "Let us fly!" Said the fly, "Let us flee!" So they flew through a flaw in the flue。

  一隻跳蚤和一隻蒼蠅飛進煙道里。跳蚤說:「讓我們飛吧!」蒼蠅說:「讓我們逃跑吧!」就這樣,它們就飛越了煙道里的一條裂紋。

  A tutor WHO tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to their tutor, "Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

  一個吹笛的導師嘗試教兩個吹笛者吹笛。那兩個學吹笛的問導師:「吹笛難,還是教兩個學吹笛的人吹笛難呢?」

  All I want is a proper cup of coffee made in a proper copper coffee pot, you can believe it or not, but I just want a cup of coffee in a proper coffee pot. Tin coffee pots or iron coffee pots are of no use to me. If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!

  我只想要一杯用真正銅製的咖啡壺煮的正統咖啡。信不信由你,我只想要一杯用真正銅製的咖啡壺煮的正統咖啡。錫制的咖啡壺和鐵制的咖啡壺對我而言也是沒用的。假如我不能要一杯用真正銅製的咖啡壺煮的正統咖啡,那我就要一杯茶吧!

  How much dew would a dewdrop drop if a dewdrop could drop dew?

  如果一顆露珠會掉下露水,那麼一顆露珠會掉下多少露水呢?

  A snow-white swan swam swiftly to catch a slowly-swimming snake in a lake。

  湖中一隻雪白的天鵝快速地遊動著去追趕一條慢慢遊動的蛇。

  A skunk sat on a stump. The skunk thought the stump stunk, and the stump thought the skunk stunk。

  一隻臭鼬坐在樹墩上,臭鼬認為樹墩發臭,而樹墩又認為臭鼬發臭。

  Sandy sniffed sweet smelling sunflower seeds while sitting beside a swift stream。

  桑迪坐在湍急的小溪邊盡情地品味著葵花子的香味。

  A pleasant peasant keeps a pleasant pheasant and both the peasant and the pheasant are having a pleasant time together。

  一位和氣的農民養了一隻伶俐的野雞,而且這位和氣的農民和這隻伶俐的野雞在一起度過了一段很美好的時光。

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2013年8月21日 星期三

中英文對照新聞》研究:素食者更健康長壽

Vegetarians live longer and prosper: study 研究:素食者更健康長壽

◎陳成良

Want to live longer and keep the grim reaper at bay? A new study suggests dropping meat from your diet.

想延年益壽,遠離死神?一項新研究建議將肉類從菜單中剔除。

After following more than 70,000 men and women over six years, researchers at Loma Linda University in California concluded that those who followed vegetarian lifestyles had reduced rates of mortality.

加州洛馬琳達大學研究人員歷時6年多,跟蹤調查7萬多名男女,得出素食生活降低死亡率的結論。

After categorizing study participants into five dietary groups -- non-vegetarians, semi-vegetarians, pescatarians, lacto-ovo-vegetarians, and vegans -- authors found that vegetarian groups -- the lacto-ovo-vegetarians and the vegans -- tended to be older, more highly educated, and more likely to be married, drink less alcohol, smoke less, exercise more and be thinner.

研究者把參與對象分成五種飲食組——非素食者、半素食者,魚素者、奶蛋素食者和嚴格的素食主義者。作者發現,奶蛋素食者和嚴格的素食者多數年齡更大,學歷較高,更可能已婚,較少吸菸飲酒,運動更多,更加苗條。

Mortality rates were also lower among those who followed meat-free diets --12 percent lower than their carnivorous counterparts. This was particularly noteworthy among male participants, who showed a significant reduction in cardiovascular and ischemic heart disease-related deaths, researchers point out.

只吃無肉飲食者,死亡率也較低——比食肉者低12%。這在男性中表現尤為明顯,他們患心血管疾病及缺血性心臟病致死的機率大大降低,研究人員指出。

It’s the latest study to tout the benefits of a meat-free diet. Earlier this year, researchers from the University of Oxford found that the risk of hospitalization or death from heart disease is 32 percent lower in vegetarians than their counterparts.(AFP)

這是宣揚無肉飲食益處的最新研究。今年年初,牛津大學研究者發現素食者因心臟病住院或死亡的風險比肉食者少32%。(法新社)

新聞辭典

keep...at bay:片語,不使…接近,躲避。例句:I’m trying to keep my ex-boyfriends at bay.(我努力躲避前男友們。)

pescetarian:名詞,魚素者,吃魚但不吃其他肉類者。

lacto-ovo vegetarian :名詞,奶蛋素者,與ovolactarian意思相同。例句:Going lacto-ovo vegetarian for 30 days was a lot easier than I expected. (堅持30天的奶蛋素食比我想像得容易得多。)

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2013年6月12日 星期三

社交英語丨11問~用英文打開話匣子

這裡要介紹大家一些在美國最常用到的聊天問句。在開啟雙方對話前,通常可以運用一個簡單的問句與人交談,也許是問好,也許是詢問,但只要你敢先開口,你絕對會有很多跟外國人交朋友、練習英文的機會。


 


1. How are you doing? 你好嗎?


美國人見面時候最常用的打招呼方式就是”Hey! How are you doing?” 或是”How are you?” 。不然”How’s going?”也很常見。這種每天跟別人打招呼的習慣,就是跟美國友人建立良好關係的開始。很多人都覺得美國人很冷漠,不跟自己打招呼,但自己又何嘗不是對美國友人很冷漠呢?試著主動一點吧!


 


2. What’s up? 什麽事?


“What’s up?”也是很常用的一種打招呼方式。比方說Bob在路上看到我跟我說”Hey! Mark!”,那我通常就會答說”Hi! Bob. What’s up?”,這就是問對方近來怎樣,有什麽事嗎?通常如果沒什麽事人家就會說”Not much.”。不過還有一種情況也很常見,你先跟人家說”Hey! What’s up?”,那別人也不說”Not much.”,反而反問一句”What’s up?”,所以”What’s up?”到後來已經變成有點”Hello!”的含意在裡面了。


 


“What’s up?”也常被用來問人家有什麽事?例如有人登門拜訪,你就會說”What’s up?”到底有何貴幹啊?總之”What’s up?”在美國應用的很廣,一定要熟悉。


 


3. Could you do me a favor? 能不能幫我一個忙?


人是不能獨自一個人活的,需要別人幫忙的地方總是很多,所以當你需要幫忙時可以說”Could you do me a favor?”或是”Could you give me a hand?”(這算是比較正式而禮貌的講法)。有時候要請別人幫忙還不太好意思說,就可以說”Could you do me a little favor?”能不能幫我一個小忙?其實也許是幫大忙但也要先講成小忙, 先讓對方點頭才是。(注意一下這裡用could you會比can you來的客氣一點。)


 


另外,”Can you help me?”也很常見,通常比如說我們去買東西,可是店員自己在聊天,我就會說”Can you help me?”(其實正常來說,應該是他們主動會問”Can I help you?”或是”May I help you?”才對,但有時實在等不急了,就直接先問了”Can you help me?”)


 


4. What are you studying? 你主修什麽的?


通常聽到是學生,都會很自然地問”What are you studying?”,其實這樣的問法就是問你”What’s your major?”,但他們比較喜歡說”What are you studying?”,如果說你遇見一個人,你也不確定他是不是學生,我們通常會問”What do you do for living?”(你是做什麽工作的?)或是簡單地問”What do you do?”,一般不會說成”What’s your job?”。


 


5. Where are you going? 你要去哪啊?


通常走在路上遇到好朋友,除了打招呼之外,可能還會問”Where are you going?”,美國人也很喜歡用heading這個字來代替going。所以你也可以問”Where are you heading?”,同樣都是你上哪去的意思。


 


6. Whats your favorite ice cream? 你最喜歡的冰淇淋是什麽?


這句話通常可用在遇到陌生人時,又真的想不到其它話題的時候。試想二個人如果有共同的興趣和嗜好是不是就很容易成為好朋友呢?所以可以試著問人家”What’s your favorite movie?“, “Who’s your favorite movie star?”,總之,favorite之後可以接任何你有興趣的話題。


 


Favorite這個字很好用,如果這句話不用favorite的話,就會變成”What kind of ice cream do you like the most?”,聽來是不是很冗長?還有一點值得一提,比如要回答「我最喜歡香草冰淇淋,再來是巧克力」要怎麽說?那就是”Vanilla is my favorite flavor and chocolate is my second favorite.”


 


7. What color is your car? What’s the color of your car? 你的車子是什麽顏色?


美國人有時候就乾脆省略,只說”What color?”。


 


讓我們多練習幾句,”What year is your car?”(你的車是幾年份的?),”What area do you live?”(你是住哪一區的?)。同樣的,How後面接一個形容詞也很常用,例如”How big is your dog?”(你的狗有多大?)。


 


8. What’s going on? 發生了什麽事?


比如說你要用計算機,可是不知為什麽無法開機,你就可以說:”Hey, What’s going on?”,雖然這句就完全等於”What happened?”或是”What’s up with that?”,但是美國人還是比較喜歡說”What’s going on?”,又比如人家問你說”Why is our oven broken?”,你就可以推的一乾二凈地說:”I don’t know what’s going on.”(我不知發生了什麽事。)


 


9. How come? 為什麽?(怎麽會這樣?)


How come的用法大部份就等於why,但是它的用法沒有像why那麽廣,它通常是用在你覺得奇怪,而問為什麽的時候,比如說有人早上一大早要去supermarket,你就會問他:”How come?”。另外,當別人問你一個問題,而你不想回答時可以說”How come?”,相當於”Why do you ask that?”,也就是說”It’s none of your business!”


 


雖然 how come 跟 why 的用法上差不多,但二者的問法不同,例如上句,”Why is our oven broken?”換成”how come?”的話,要說成”How come our oven is broken?”,注意一下,這二句的be動詞位置是不一樣的。


 


10. You want to go to see a movie? 你要去看電影嗎?


這樣的句子看似不合文法,但卻是美國人天天在用的句子。他們有時候要說一個問句,就直接把肯定句的尾音提高就成了疑問句。其實正確的說法應該是”Do you want to go to see a movie?”,但可能是太冗長了點,所以美國人才會直接說”You want to go to see a movie?”


 


另外,更口語的說法應該是”You wanna go to see a movie?”,因為在口語中他們常會把want to省略成wanna。或是把going to省略成gonna。所以這句話也可以講成”Are you gonna see a movie?”


 


11. Anybody needs a fork? 有沒有人要叉子的啊?


除了W-H開頭的問句外,還有很多種口語化的問句型態,如anybody這個字。例如出去遊玩時,一下車,有一個美國人問說有沒有人要去上衛生間,他也許會這麼說,”Anybody has to pee?”,是不是簡單易懂?也有很多的問句是用Any開頭的,例如:”Any volunteer?”(有沒有自願的啊?)或是”Any luck today?”(今天運氣好不好啊?)




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2013年5月23日 星期四

社交英語丨成為”社交達人”必備的12個小技巧

1.Talk about who you know and what you have in common. Mutual friends, bosses, hometowns, etc.


聊一聊認識的人或者雙方的共通之處。比如共同的朋友、上司,或者家鄉等等。


2. Ask relevant questions about life, work, hobbies, and pop-culture. Keeping abreast of current events will provide you with great conversation builders. Lead with “What do you think of…?”, “Have you heard…?”, “What is your take on…?”, etc. Stay away from negative or controversial topics, and refrain from long-winded stories.


詢問對方關於生活、工作、愛好、流行文化等問題。密切關注時事,會讓你有很多話題可以聊。用類似“你覺得……如何?”、“你聽說……了嗎?”、“你接受得了……嗎?”這樣的問句打開話匣子。避免談論負面的或者爭議性的話題,也別說太囉唆的故事。


3. If you notice yourself getting bored with what you’re saying, stop talking, acknowledge the situation, and move on to the next topic.


如果你突然意識到自己說的話很無聊,那就別硬撐啦。承認這個狀況,然後果斷換另一個話題。


4. Listen more than you talk.多聽,少說。


5. With people you have never met before, limit stories to the last few moments of your life. Bringup casual points about your current surroundings, like the funny music playing in the background or the tasty martinis the bar is serving.


和陌生人在一起的時候,把話題集中在自己近期的生活。也可以隨意聊聊當下的環境,比如搞笑的背景音樂或者酒吧裡好喝的馬丁尼酒。


6. Know a few interesting historical facts, like this one: As a child, Albert Einstein seldom spoke. When he did, he spoke very slowly – indeed, he tried out entire sentences in his head until he got them right before he spoke aloud. Einstein did this until he was nine years old. His parents were worried about his lack of talking. But at last, at the supper table one night, he broke his silence to say, “The soup is too hot!” Greatly relieved, his parents asked why he had never said a word before. Albert replied, “Because up to now everything was in order.”


知道一些歷史趣聞,比如下面這個:愛因斯坦小時候很少說話。即使開口,也說的很慢。他一定要在腦子裡構思好整個句子,才肯大聲說出來。在9歲之前,他一直是這個狀態。父母對他的寡言少語感到憂心忡忡。不過,終於有一天在吃晚飯的時候,他打破了沈默,說了句「湯太燙了!」。如釋重負的父母問他,為什麽從前不說話。阿爾伯特回答:「因為直到現在,一切都井然有序。」


7. But realize that no one likes a person who thinks he knows everything.


但是,務必牢記,沒有人喜歡一個自認為無所不知的人。


8. Prolonged pauses are the best time for that interesting historical fact. Most people would rather listen to you talk about anything than listen to an awkward silence.


如果長時間冷場,最合適的話題是歷史趣聞。與忍受冷場相比,大多數人都更樂意聽你說話,隨便什麽話題都成。


9. Watch your body language. People who look illatease make others uncomfortable. Act confident and comfortable, even when you’re not.


注意身體語言。如果你看起來很拘束,別人也會感覺不舒服。裝也要裝得自信和坦然一點。


10. Let strangers interrupt you. They’re not being rude, they’re assisting you. Let them speak, and wait to be prompted before continuing your story. It’s usually a good sign that they are actually listening to you.


允許陌生人插話。別把這樣的舉動看作粗魯無禮,他們其實是在幫你。讓他們發言,然後等他們給你提示,再繼續你的話題。這通常是個好跡象,說明他們確實在聽你說話。


11. If all else fails, just talk about the weather, which always gets people riled up.


如果全都行不通,幹脆聊聊常把大夥兒惹毛的天氣吧。


12. And have a few exit lines ready so, if needs be, you can both gracefully move on. For example, “I need to check in with a client over there”, “I skipped lunch today, so I need to grab a quick bite”, etc.


準備一些隨時能結束談話的藉口,這樣在必要的時候,雙方都可以從容地離開。比如,「我需要幫一個客戶去登記入住」、「我今天沒吃午飯,所以我得趕緊去吃點東西。」


As long as you avoid anything personal, political, or controversial – at least during first encounters – and know which questions to ask, you’ll be talking the talk of certified socialite.


只要閉口不談任何私人、政治或者富有爭議性的話題(至少第一次見面時不說),並且知道該問什麽問題,你就一定能像社會名流一般侃侃而談啦。


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