11個學英語的常見錯誤：優質男孩篇

11個學英語的常見錯誤：優質男孩篇

順便讓你學會17個英文單字

好用的英語學習工具 - 可查專有名詞發音的網站

大部分的專有名詞, 知道意思不難, 要知道正確發音比較難

例如, 代表餐廳評等的米其林Michellin

旅遊勝地泰國的普吉島Phuket

如果沒聽人說過, 也很難念正確～

還有許多類似的專有名詞, 例如很長的姓氏

都可以在這個網站查查看有沒有發音喔！！

http://www.howjsay.com/

雅思IELTS口說模板 - 範例影片

在Youtube上發現雅思IELTS口說模板影片, 滿不錯的, 可以供做參考～

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZKWewLjkWY

還有許多相關的模板可以點選～^^

[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 5/27-5/31

●國際新聞(一)

With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District in the U.S. state of Oklahoma flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over."

猛烈的暴風雨來臨前，美國奧克拉荷馬州摩爾公立學校校區匆忙傳了簡訊給家長，上面寫說：「我們目前把所有學生留在學校裡，直至危險過去為止。」

單字:
1. ominous storm 猛烈的暴風雨(ominous, 不祥的)
2. approach 接近
3. flash a text alert 匆忙傳簡訊通知
4. hold 留置
5. the current storm danger 目前的風暴危機

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

A top human rights group has warned that the plight of refugees and migrants fleeing wars and economic hardship is worsening in Europe as financial turmoil and austerity stoke bias against foreigners.

某個主要人權組織警告說，逃避戰爭和經濟困難的難民和移民在歐洲的苦況日惡，原因是金融亂局和撙節措施挑起了排外的偏見。

單字:
1. top 主要
2. human rights group 人權組織
3. the plight of refugees and migrants fleeing wars 逃避戰爭的難民和移民之苦境
4. 挑起偏見 bias

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Premier Jiang Yi-huah announced Tuesday that the government will spend NT$3.24 billion over the next five years on a package of measures to reinvigorate Taiwan's ailing economy.

行政院院長江宜樺星期二宣布一系列振興經濟措施，政府將在未來五年投入新台幣卅二億四千萬元，以提振台灣低迷的經濟。

單字:
1. a package of measures 財政減稅措施
2. reinvigorate (vigor的i是念一的音, 不是埃)
3. ailing 生病 (sick和ill之外的另一個選擇, ai發長音ㄟ)

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=c
參考:
http://www.qfinance.com/dictionary/fiscal-measures



●國內新聞(二)

The Republic of China will soon post female armed service personnel in the South China Sea for the first time to help safeguard the nation's sovereignty over the territory, maintain regional peace and beef up protection for Taiwan's ships.

海巡署星期二說，中華民國將在短期內首次派遣女兵前往南海，以協助保衛國家領土主權，維持地區和平並加強保護台灣船隻。

單字:
1. post 派遣
2. female armed service personnel 女兵
3. safeguard the nation's sovereignty over the territory 保衛國家領土主權(sovereignty, 統治權, ver中間e沒有特別發音, eign只有一的音, 重音在第二音節, 發音和sovereign差滿多的)
4. beef up protection 加強保護

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=d



●生活新知

David Beckham's pecs are as much a part of his brand as his soccer skills; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. Being one of the world's highest-earning athletes in 2013, Beckham has recently retired.

貝克漢的胸肌和他的足球技都是他的招牌之一，但比起他所放棄的運動，他的鞋子品牌最終還是比較能賺錢。身為二○○三年全球收入最高的運動員之一，貝克漢最近退休了。

單字:
1. pecs 胸肌
2. lucrative 有利可圖
3. highest-earning 收入最高

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=138&c=e

[文法] [轉錄] 有用的現在完成式講解

這個網頁所講解的現在式文法很有用, 清晰易懂, 還有很實用的補充。

網頁連結:
http://211.75.39.208:888/adv/grammar/data/VSVT07.htm

[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 6/3-6/7

●國際新聞(一)

Until the fertilizer company in West, Texas, blew up in April and demolished scores of homes, many in that town of 2,800 didn't know what chemicals were stored there or how dangerous they were.

在美國德州韋斯特市的肥料廠四月發生爆炸，炸毀了數十家民宅之前，這個城鎮的兩千八百名居民中很多人都不知道當地貯存了些什麼化學藥品，也不知道它們有多危險。

單字:
1. fertilizer company 肥料廠
2. blow up 爆炸
3. demolish 毀壞
4. scores of homes 數十家民宅
5. many in that town of 2,800 這個城鎮的2,800人中的一大部分

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

The giant posters of Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon's wars with Israel still dot the picturesque landscape of southern Lebanon, the few remaining reminders of some of the epic battles.

在黎巴嫩與以色列的戰爭中喪生的真主黨戰士遺像巨幅海報，現在仍然可以在風景秀麗的黎巴嫩南部很多地方看到。這是這些激戰留下來的少數紀念物之一。

單字:
1. dot 點綴
2. picturesque landscape 秀麗風景
3. the few remaining reminders 少數紀念物
4. epic battle 激戰

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Close to 500 people participated in a candlelight vigil in Taipei Tuesday to commemorate those who were killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and to call for the release of political prisoners in China.

近五百人星期二在台北市參加一項緬懷一九八九年天安門大屠殺遇難者的燭光晚會，並呼籲中共釋放政治犯。

單字:
1. candlelight vigil 燭光晚會
2. commemorate 緬懷
3. Tiananmen Square massacre 天安門大屠殺
4. call for 呼籲

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=c



●國內新聞(二)

Taiwan's authorities in charge of intellectual property protection have decided to give up on a plan to block overseas Internet services that violate copyright laws amid opposition to the plan from free-speech advocates.

在一片主張言論自由的人反對聲浪中，主管智慧產權保護的台灣政府單位決定放棄封鎖境外侵權網站的計畫。 經濟部智慧財產局長王美花在星期一宣佈了前述決定，宣稱...

單字:
1. amid 在...之中
2. opposition to the plan 反對聲浪
3. free-speech advocate 主張言論自由的人

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=d



●生活新知

A Chinese teenager who defaced an ancient temple in Egypt with graffiti has come under fire at home, where his vandalism prompted public fretting about how to cultivate a good image overseas as more newly affluent Chinese travel around the world.

一名中國少年在埃及一所神廟內塗鴉，使神廟受損，結果在國內遭到撻伐，原因是愈來愈多中國新富出國旅遊之際，這名少年的破壞行為使中國社會大眾擔心不知如何在國外培養良好形象。

單字:
1. defaced with graffiti 以塗鴉毀損
2. come under fire at home 在國內遭到撻伐
3. fret 擔心
4. newly affluent Chinese 中國新富

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=139&c=e

[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 6/10-6/14

●國際新聞(一)

At an age when most Chinese executives are long retired, the country's top hog butcher is taking on a daunting new job — persuading Americans to allow him to complete China's biggest takeover of a U.S. company.

在這個大多數中國高階主管都早已退休的時代，該國最大的豬肉製造商展開了一項艱鉅的工作，說服美國人讓他完成中國最大手筆收購一家美國企業的案子。

單字:
1. are long retired 早已退休
2. top 最大
3. hog butcher 豬肉製造商
4. take on 展開
5. daunting 艱鉅(令人裹足不前的)
6. takeover 收購

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

A stainless steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of southeastern Washington state, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II. The tank holds radioactive waste.

美國華盛頓州東南部的沙土下埋了一個約略有一個籃球場大小的不鏽鋼核廢料槽，這是美國為了贏得二次大戰所付代價的古老遺跡之一。這個廢料槽貯藏著輻射廢料。

單字:
1. stainless steel tank 不鏽鋼槽
2. the size of a basketball court 一個籃球場大小
3. lies buried 埋了 (lie與bury兩字皆有埋的意思)
4. aging remnant 古老遺跡
5. radioactive waste 幅射廢料

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Taiwan entered a "zero tolerance" era toward drunk driving yesterday when the world's toughest standards for alcohol levels in motorists went into effect. Under the revised Criminal Code, motorists are subject to prosecution under tough standards.

台灣昨天進入對酒醉駕車的「零容忍」時代，開始實施全世界最嚴厲的酒精濃度標準。根據新公布的「中華民國刑法」修正案，駕車人被起訴的標準很嚴。

單字:
1. drunk driving 酒醉駕車
2. go into effect 開始實施
3. Criminal Code 刑法
4. subject to prosecution 可被起訴

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=c



●國內新聞(二)

Taiwanese traditional music and theater groups will begin holding performances and workshops in rural areas of Taiwan from this month to promote traditional art, the Ministry of Culture announced this week.

文化部本星期宣布，台灣的傳統音樂和戲劇表演團體將從本月起在台灣農村地區表演和舉行研討會，以推廣傳統藝術，文化部宣布。

單字:
1.theater groups 戲劇表演團體
2. hold performance 舉行表演
3. rural area 農村地區
4. promote traditional art 推廣傳統藝術

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=d



●生活新知

The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without empathy. Popular actor Hong Suk-chon was banished from television and radio programs for three years.

二○○○年南韓首次有名流宣佈自己是同性戀者時，反應既來得快而且無情。受歡迎的演員洪石川遭到電視台和電台放逐三年。他接受脫口秀目訪問時，宣稱後悔公開表明...

單字:
1. without empathy 無情
2. be banished 遭到放逐(冷凍)
3. television and radio programs 電視台和電台

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=140&c=e

[翻譯] [轉載] 雙語時事新聞 6/17-6/21

●國際新聞(一)

People like Edward Snowden — nearly 500,000 employees of private firms with access to the U.S. government's most sensitive secrets — play a crucial role in the U.S. intelligence community: They help monitor threats.

像愛德華史諾登的人──即近五十萬名任職於可以接觸到美國政府最敏感機密民間企業的雇員──在美國情報界扮演一個很重要的角色：他們幫忙偵防威脅。

單字:
1. private firms 民間企業
2. with access to 可以接觸到
3. intelligence community 情報界

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=a



●國際新聞(二)

The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin children has turned patchy and orangish, their stomachs have ballooned.

沿著海地南岸山區而建的石砌房子和外貌有如印第安人帳篷的茅舍間，難熬的饑餓幾乎無所不在。瘦得像一根竹竿的孩子，頭髮斑駁疏落，而且呈橘色，肚子脹大。

單字:
1. the hardship of hunger 難熬的飢餓
2. abound 大量存在
3. amid 在...之中

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=b



●國內新聞(一)

Taiwan's top media regulator is taking action to improve global news coverage on local radio and TV stations, which have long been criticized for focusing too much on domestic affairs.

台灣最高媒體監督單位要採取行動來改善長期遭批評太著重國內新聞的國內電台與電視台國際新聞報導。

單字:
1. top 最高
2. media regulaor 媒體監督單位
3. global news coverage 國際新聞(的報導比例)

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=c



●國內新聞(二)

The Taipei City Government recently redeveloped the Shuanglien traditional market into a youth hostel for backpackers in Taiwan. The 35-year-old market had been attracting fewer customers and visitors due to its age.

台北市政府最近將雙連傳統市場轉型成了給背包客來台灣下榻的青年旅舍。 這座有卅五年歷史的市場由於老舊，因此吸引愈來愈少的顧客與觀光客。

單字:
1. the Taipei City Government 台北市政府(機構名, 如為建築物把Government改成Hall)
2. redevelop 重建
3. fewer 越來越少
4. due to its age 由於老舊

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=d
參考:
http://www.ep66.com.tw/QA1.htm



●生活新知

Laura Radocaj of Vero Beach, Florida, was warned when she was pregnant with twins that motherhood would be harder than she imagined — especially because she planned to go back to work while the twins were still babies.

佛羅里達州維羅灘居民羅娜拉多卡伊懷了雙胞胎時，有人提醒她說，這一回當媽媽可沒有原先設想那麼容易了，特別是她的雙胞胎還是嬰兒時，她還打算回去工作。

單字:
1. warn 提醒(警告)
2. motherhood 母職
3. plan 打算(計畫)

原文:
http://inews.chinapost.com.tw/default.asp?i=141&c=e

CNN文章導讀: 中國改革 part.8

原文標題:

Can China reform?

原文連結:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/03/can-china-reform/

原文作者:

Global Public Square staff, 由Jason Miks發表

原文日期:

2013年6月3日

1.8>原文

So China wants to refine and reform its state capitalist model and maintain its political Leninist model. But if its reforms are actually implemented, they will create larger and larger groups of Chinese who think of themselves as middle class, do not owe their livelihood to the government, and seek greater individual autonomy and freedom. Eventually, that tends to produce political change.

1.8>解析

1. refine

變得更好; 改進

2. state capitalist model

國家資本主義模型

3. Leninist

列寧主義的, 重音放在len…

全句maintain its political Leninist model意指在政治上依然維持列寧主義(雖然在國家經濟上要採取資本主義)

4. larger and larger

越來越多(越來越大一群)

larger and larger是兩個相同的形容詞比較級連用的形式

5. Chinese who think of themselves as middle class

認為自己是中產階級的中國人

Note: 此處who為關係代名詞, 代表”某人”, 與前面1.3和1.6提到的皆為同樣的文法概念

出現在1.3à

whose ten years, whose為”某人的”(前中國領導者所領導的十年中), 某人的 = 前中國領導者的

出現在1.6à

political elites that run state-owned enterprises, that為”某人”(經營國營企業的那些政治菁英), 某人 = 政治菁英

出現在1.7à

Chinese who think of themselves as middle class, who為”某人”(認為自己是中產階級的中國人), 某人 = 中國人

6. livelihood

生計(此處意指財產)

7. seek

追求

8. autonomy

自治權, 重音在to…

9. Eventually, that tend(s) to produce political change

終究, 那還是會導致政治上的改變

Note: tend是形容某種走向或是趨勢的方向

本篇文章(part.1~part.8)完結

CNN文章導讀: 中國改革 part.7

原文標題:

Can China reform?

原文連結:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/03/can-china-reform/

原文作者:

Global Public Square staff, 由Jason Miks發表

原文日期:

2013年6月3日

1.7>原文

Keep one thing in mind, though. China's new leaders want growth, modernity and all of that good stuff, but they don't want to become a Western-style liberal democracy. Last January, when Xi went on a speaking tour of the country, he claimed that his reforms do not equal Westernization. One reason why the Soviet Union collapsed, Xi said, was because it wavered on its beliefs.

1.7>解析

1. Keep one thing in mind

記住這件事

2. though

不過

3. a speaking tour

巡迴演說

4. do not equal

不等同於

5. the Soviet Union

蘇聯, 現已解體, 亦即The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics

6. waver(ed) on its beliefs

動搖了自己的信念

請續讀CNN文章導讀: 中國改革 part.8

CNN文章導讀: 中國改革 part.6

原文標題:

Can China reform?

原文連結:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/03/can-china-reform/

1.6>原文

The question is, will any of it actually happen? Economic reforms everywhere are politically difficult. Beijing's leaders realize that reforms are necessary to boost long-term growth but some of them will actually address public discontent, on issues like corruption. But on the other hand, many reforms will face resistance – from political elites that run state-owned enterprises and local governments that make deals with developers.

So how Beijing navigates these waters will be fascinating to watch. Maybe this week, when Xi Jinping meets President Obama in California, we will learn some more.

1.6>解析

1. politically difficult

在政治上很困難

Note: politically difficult此副詞 + 形容詞的句型與1.2所提到unusually bold的句型相同。

2. some of them

它們之中的某些(此處them是指前文的many reforms, 所以意思是某些改革)

3. address public discontent

引起公眾不滿

Note: 類似的意思也可用reveal public discontent, 例句: The poll reveals public discontent. (民調顯示公眾不滿)

4. state-owned enterprises

國營企業

5. many reforms will face resistance – from political elites that run state-owned enterprises and local governments that make deals with developers

許多改革會遭到抗拒: 來自於那些經營國營企業的政治菁英, 以及與土地開發者做生意的地方政府的抗拒

Note: 請注意以下與前段有關連的部分

解說1à

political elites that run state-owned enterprises以及ocal governments that make deals with developers分別為2個名詞構句, 以and連接, 這樣的句型和1.3的(were marked by) passivity and a lack of courage to reform是一樣的, 都是用and連接兩個名詞(或名詞構句)。

解說2à

political elites that run state-owned enterprises的that是關係代名詞, 用來連接run state-owned enterprises, 意思是指那些經營國營企業的政治菁英。因為這樣的描述很長(run state-owned enterprises), 所以用that這個關係代名詞連接。1.3的whose ten years, whose也是一個關係代名詞, 意思是”某一個人的”。

解說3à

承上述解說2, 這裡的that是關係代名詞, 與1.3連接子句的that作用不一樣; 1.3的have said that the state's command systems need an overhaul裡面的that是用來連接子句the state's command systems need an overhaul。(如何判斷是一個子句? 子句是一個完整的句子, 會有一個動詞, 在這裡是need; 會有一個主詞, 在這裡是the state's command systems)

請續讀CNN文章導讀: 中國改革 part.7

【電影英文台詞】變裝男侍 part.1

電影英文台詞: 變裝男侍
Movie Script: Albert Nobbs



1>油漆工修伯發現變裝男侍亞柏其實是女性
Painter Hubert found that Waiter Albert was actually a woman.



修伯: 所以...你為什麼要穿得像個男人?
Hubert: So...why are you dressed like a fellow?

亞柏(直接忽略修伯的問題): 如果你沒有把那跳蚤帶進來, 原本在我死之前都不會有人懷疑我的性別!
Albert: No one would have suspected me until the day of my death, if it hadn't been for the flea you brought in!



2>亞柏到修伯家拜訪, 第一次體驗到一個家庭裡面愉快的氣氛
Albert visited Huber's place and for the first time he felt the warmth that usually comes from a family.

修伯(一邊模仿飯店主人的語氣): 噢, 太迷人了, 佩吉先生, 太迷人了!
Hubert: Oh, very salubrious, Mr. Page, very salubrious!

凱特琳(很有反應地大笑著): "迷人"? 她以為她是誰, 英國女王嗎? 噢天哪! 我真想好好看她幾眼, 那隻老鱈魚!
Cathleen: "Salubrious"! Who does she think she is, the Queen of England? Oh, I'd love to get a squint at her, the old hake!

凱特琳(發現沉默不語的亞柏並沒有加入兩人愉快的談話): 諾伯先生, 在飯店裡工作一定很有趣吧? 總是不停在發生新的事情, 一直有新的笑料。
Cathleen: It must be nice, Mr. Nobbs, working in a hotel. Always something happening, something to give you a laugh.

亞柏(沉默一陣子後回應): 昨天西恩從煤炭口的梯子摔下來了。
Albert: Yesterday Sean Casey fell down the coal-hole steps.



單字
Vocabulary

1. salubrious
(氣候、空氣)有益健康的; 清爽的

2. squint
【口語】一瞥; 看(+at)

3. hake
狗鱈, 無鬚鱈; 海鱈



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CNN文章導讀: 中國改革 part.5

原文標題:

Can China reform?

原文連結:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/03/can-china-reform/

1.5>原文

More from CNN: Is Chinese dream a fantasy?

China has had remarkable growth, but the buildup of these conditions is beginning to show. Foreign investment is declining; trade with Europe and the United States is slowing. According to a recent survey, more than a third of U.S. companies in China say that their business there is hindered by state favoritism for Chinese companies. The same survey also reveals that the two biggest perceived risks in China are an economic slowdown, and rising labor costs.

In short, there is a strong case to be made for a round of serious reforms in China.

1. buildup of these conditions is beginning to show

中國特有的市場條件正逐漸顯現出後果

(由前後文推斷, 意指任人唯親、行賄文化等現象)

2. hindered by state favoritism for Chinese companies

被中國的國家保護主義給阻礙

Note: hinder是阻礙, 在這裡hinder加了ed變成hindered, 這個ed並不是過去式, 而是代表被動式, 意指”被阻礙”(美商公司在中國的生意被國家保護主義給阻礙)。

3. In short

總之

4. there is a strong case to be made for a round of serious reforms in China

我們確信在中國施行一系列的積極改革是有必要的

Note 1: “case”在此處是指非常可信的某種說法, 除了a strong case, 也可以說a good case, 或是a clear case, 基本上這些說法都是想強調某個論點的可信。

Note 2: “seroious”在此處是指”當真的”、”來真的”, 而不是指嚴肅; 因為這兩種詞義皆可當形容詞解, 有時會混淆, 所以是要看前後文推測出恰當的詞義。

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[分享] 網路英文字典 標準的發音

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目前為止覺得這個字典的發音很標準又很清晰

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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/favoritism

CNN文章導讀: 中國改革 part.4

原文標題:

Can China reform?

原文連結:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/03/can-china-reform/

1.4>原文

Corruption flourished under their watch: China is ranked only as the 80th most clean country in the world by Transparency International in its latest corruption index. State controls, nepotism and a culture of bribery made it difficult to do business: the World Bank ranked China 91st in the world – behind the likes of Azerbaijan and the Kyrgyz Republic.

1.4>解析

1. Transparency International

透明國際是一個監察貪污腐敗的國際非政府組織, 每年公布”清廉指數”(corruption index)。

2. nepotism

任用時偏袒自家人(或有血緣關係的親戚); 任人唯親

3. a culture of bribery

送禮文化; 紅包文化

a culture of + N

具有某種特質的文化

bribery

賄賂

4. made it difficult to do business

很難做生意

Sth + make it + adj. + to V

某事使某事變得很…

例句: Your laziness makes it impossible to succeed.

“laziness”(懶惰)讓”succeed”(成功)變得很不可能。

5. Azerbaijan

亞塞拜然, 鄰近伊朗

6. Kyrgyz Republic

吉爾吉斯, 鄰近新疆

Kyrgyz重音在kyr

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