【乾,我講英文有夠乾】: 看完「魷魚遊戲」只講得出 It’s great. 嗎?
大家也看了魷魚遊戲了嗎?很多紐約的 #美國朋友 跟我說
・It’s way better than the Hunger Games.
・I binged the whole 9 episodes (一次追了九集).
・It’s graphically brutal. (超級血腥殘忍)
・Totes worth a watch. (Totes 是 totally 的口語寫法)
但當我問問身邊的人會怎樣用英文聊這部劇時,台灣人的對這部影集的描述常常是:
・It’s really good.
・I liked it!
・You should watch it.
・I highly recommend it.
當然,這 4 句話在語意上、用法上沒有問題。但如果你想要用得更 #道地、#到位,請繼續讀下去。
1️⃣ 傳統無啥用的 solution:
面臨這樣的問題,傳統上不少英文老師會建議你去查閱同義字字典,去 #升級自己會的形容詞。但,其實不斷用 It’s adj. 的方式
或去升級 “like” 這個動詞,調成 I enjoyed watching it. 只是繼續圍繞在相似的想法裡頭,英文還是 #沒有質的變化。�
2️⃣ 從「#思維模板」、母語人士的「#說話習慣」下手:
其實不管是魷魚遊戲、還是 The Hunger Games、還是其他相似種類 (genre) 的電影,英美國人會講述的方式「大同小異」,並 #不會因人而異。這樣的好處就是我們有個範圍可以學習這些「思維模板」。不只是一兩個字的片語、搭配詞,而是整體「表達的方向」。
例如:
✔︎ 在表達從第一集就ㄉㄧㄠˊ住時,你可以說:�
I was hooked from the first episode.
It had me hooked from the start.
✔︎ 在表達很棒時,他們不會只說 It’s great. 他們會說
It's hands down one of the best series I’ve seen on Netflix.
One of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time.
✔︎ 其他正向表述、讚揚的講法還包含:
It’s worth a watch for sure! (值得一看)
It has set a high bar for other movies of this genre. (把標準提得很高)
It has definitely lived up to the hype! (真的如大家所說般地好 )
之所以為思維模板,就是母語人士ㄧ要描述電影觀後感時,
#幾乎都會馬上想到這些用法。我們不應該再走「中文想這樣講 — > 翻成英文」這樣的路。
記得,英文要學好不是要變成「逐字翻譯大師」。要從慣用思維、表達習慣下手。
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time up中文 在 凱蒂英文 Learn English with Catty Facebook 的最佳貼文
#全英文Podcast介紹與推薦
Podcast超級多,到底可以聽什麼?
我想利用Podcast學英文,我適合什麼?
凱蒂整理了一些全英文的Podcast,讓你可以在通勤時聆聽,或是做事時當作背景音,幫你訓練英文耳朵
分類總共有初級、中級、中高級以上
中級裡面再分為故事類、新聞類、其他
每一類/級我都有介紹2-3個Podcast頻道
讓你更容易找到自己喜歡的內容
在聽英文時,尤其是全英文的內容時,請一定要記得:
絕對不要因為聽不懂就糾結在那邊,聽不懂往下聽就好
選擇適合自己的程度去聽,在聽的時候,去抓你聽的懂的字,即使只有幾個單字也好,然後持續地聽,慢慢地就會進步了。
📌初級
🔹聽故事學英文
平均長度:長度差異大
1. 有雙語故事、雙語兒童新聞
2. 這次介紹中唯一有講中文的Podcast
3. Sandy老師的兒子常會出現在節目中,聲音相當可愛
🔹English Kids Story with Katrina
平均長度:8分鐘
1. 目前上面有伊索寓言、北歐神話,還有連載中的一個長篇故事
2. 整體語速慢,適合對英文聽力比較害怕者
3. 美國腔
📌中級:故事類
🔹By Kids, For Kids Story Time
平均長度:10分鐘
1. 有世界各地的童話、神話...等故事
2. 有它配背景音效,可以想成有聲版的戲劇,蠻有趣的
3. 腔調不一定,由世界各地不同的小孩來講故事
🔹Short Stories for Kids: The Magic Factory of Story Telling
平均長度:10分鐘
1. 上面的故事都是這個Podcast團隊所寫的,所以內容不太一定,有些會是聽眾投稿的故事
2. 講話很有情緒高低起伏,聽起來很吸引人
3. 不過講者聲音稍微比較尖一點,可以自己評估聽的是否習慣
4. 美國腔
🔹Chicken Soup of the Soul with Amy Newmark
平均長度:長度差異大,10-20分鐘
1. 由心靈雞湯的總編輯來講故事
2. 各種暖心小故事
3. 美國腔
📌中級:新聞類
🔹Up First
平均長度:14分鐘
1. 每天選3則新聞講給你聽
2. 由NPR製作的新聞節目,NPR是美國國家公共廣播電台
3. NPR也有網站,上面資源很多,之前也有介紹過哦
4. 美國腔
🔹CNN10
平均長度:10分鐘
1. 雖然沒更新了,但是集數還是很多
2. 這個Podcast有影片,所以如果搭配看的話像在看電視新聞XD
3. 美國腔
📌中級:其他
🔹6 Minutes English
平均長度:6分鐘
1. 很有名的英文學習廣播節目
2. 由兩個講者對話,就像在聽廣播
3. 一集有一個問題,讓聽眾去聽答案
4. 英國腔
🔹 Plain English
平均長度:24分鐘
1. 有各種主題的內容,論語言難度不會太難
2. 語速慢,講話清楚,但我個人覺得講話有點太慢跟平淡
3. 美國腔
🔹 TED Talks Daily (HD video)
平均長度:長度差異大,5-20分鐘
1. 內容多元,其實就是TED Talks
2. 有影片可以看,所以也可以當作TED Talks來看
3. 腔調不一定
📌中高級以上
中高級以上的意思是,這個節目主要母語人士在聽的,所以語言難度會因為主題而有落差,也會因為參與討論的講者不同而有所不同。另外是,這裡介紹的幾個節目,長度都算長,所以也需要對英文有較好的理解力,在聆聽上比較能夠聽得下去
🔹 Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
平均長度:1小時5分鐘
1. 一集會接聽一通匿名電話
2. 主題各式各樣都有
3. 美國腔
🔹 Something You Should Know
平均長度:50分鐘
1. 各種冷知識討論與介紹
2. 像是為什麼人們會臉紅、氣象預報怎麼預測的,都蠻好玩的
3. 美國腔
🔹 The Real Story
平均長度:49分鐘
1. 由BBC製作的節目,一集節目深度討論一個議題
2. 會請不同領域的專家一起參與討論
3. 英國腔
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翻轉視界 18 Changing Perspective
There's not just one road to the destination, but many roads. You just need to take the little step that’s right in front of you, and then the next one, and a few years down the track, they will seem like massive achievements.
通往目的地的路不止一條,有很多路可走。你只需要邁出眼前這一小步,然後再邁出下一步,幾年下來,將會成為巨大成就。
文章來自於New Humans of Australia (有取得授權)
★★★★★★★★★★★★
I didn’t meet my father until I was 6 years old. My parents had a comfortable, middle-class life in Shanghai, or as close as you could get under communism. But they always wanted to live overseas, and just before I was born, my dad came to Sydney to set things up. I don’t know why, but in the end, my mother and I didn’t join him until I was 6.
•a middle-class life 中產階級生活
•set things up 打點一切
•live overseas 往海外生活
•in the end 最後 (表達在經過一段時間或一連串事件之後的結果)
直到六歲前我都未曾見過父親。我的雙親在上海過著舒適的中產階級生活,或著說,在共產階級下所能得到的最接近的生活。他們一直響往海外生活,就在我出生前,我父親來到雪梨打點一切。但不知何故,直到六歲那年我與母親才終於與父親團聚。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Unfortunately, half a year after we arrived, he left us. That was a huge shock. Our transition had already been quite difficult, as we both didn't speak English. Also, as Shanghai was such a big bustling city, Sydney felt a bit like the countryside, especially on the weekends, as no shops were open back then!
•shock 令人震驚的事件(或經歷);驚愕,震驚 (come as a great shock 讓人倍感震驚)
•transition 轉變;過渡
•a bustling city 繁華都會
不幸的是,就在我跟母親抵達半年後,父親離開了我們。這是個巨大的打擊,因爲我們不會說英文,在適應過渡期本就已過得相當艱辛。此外,不同於上海的繁華都會,雪梨更像鄉下,尤其在週末,那時連商店都不開門。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
We were very much reliant on my dad, not only financially, but also as a conduit into the wider community. So to have that broken was quite distressing. I remember Mum crying a lot. As we had become socially isolated, we didn’t find out anything about Centrelink, so we survived on her savings for a while, and then got some help from her family back in China.
•be reliant on… 依賴...
•a conduit into 進入...的渠道
•distressing (adj.) 令人苦惱的,令人擔憂的
•become socially isolated 變得孤立於社會
•survive on her savings 僅靠的她積蓄過日子
我們相當依賴我父親,不僅是經濟,他也是我們進入更廣泛社區的渠道。因此,當局面被打破時令人相當痛苦,我還記得母親時常哭泣。由於我們孤立於社會,所以我們並不知道澳洲社會福利聯絡中心 (Centrelink)的任何資訊,僅靠母親的積蓄支撐了一段時間,然後從母親在中國的娘家得到一些幫助。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Eventually, Mum moved us down to Melbourne, where we were able to make some new networks and family friendships. But I was bullied a bit at school about things like my food and clothing! Whenever someone bullied me, I would defend myself, but because I didn’t have the language skills to explain to the teacher why, I got in trouble quite a bit. I ended up having to move school 3 times before I came to Balwyn Primary School, which was relatively multicultural.
•be able to 能夠
•make new networks 建立新的人脈,關係網
•be bullied 被霸凌
•language skills 語言能力
•get in trouble 惹上麻煩
•end up 最後處於;最後成爲;以…告終
•relatively 相對地
•multicultural 多元文化的
最後,母親帶著我搬遷到墨爾本,在那我們能夠建立起新的網絡與家庭情誼。然而。我在學校飽受霸凌,例如我的食物及衣物。每當有人霸凌我,我會自我防衛,但我的語言技巧不足以向老師解釋事發原因,因此常常陷入麻煩。後來我不得不再三轉學,直到就讀相對多元文化的博文小學(Balwyn Primary School)。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
After that, I did alright. Music featured very prominently in my life. I had started learning the violin from the age of 2.5 years old and even with all the troubles that were going on in my life, had somehow still kept up with it. As a result, I got a music scholarship to Trinity Grammar School. But even there I used to get into quite a lot of mischief, and would often skip school to go to the movies.
•do alight 過得不錯,做的不錯
•feature (v.) 以…為特色;給…以顯著的地位
•prominently 重要地;著名地;突出地,顯眼地
之後,我便過得不錯。音樂在我生活中佔有重要的一席之地,我從兩歲半開始學習小提琴,儘管生活中事事不如意,我依然堅持不輟。因此,我獲得三一文法學校( Trinity Grammar School)的音樂獎學金。但即使在那,我也常惡作劇、逃學看電影。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
By the end of year 11, I was told I would have to either repeat the year, or consider going to another school, which was quite humiliating for my mum. I decided to move school and surprisingly, I ended up doing quite well in year 12! As a result, I ended up getting into a double degree in Law and Music at Monash.
•repeat the year 留級 ; 重唸一年
•humiliating 令人感到恥辱的,丟臉的
11年級結束時,我被告知要麽被留級,要麼考慮轉學,這對我母親來說相當丟人。我決定轉學,而令人驚訝的是,我在12年級的時候表現優異,最後錄取蒙納士大學法律與音樂雙學位。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
When I started, my first thought was that I didn’t belong because I had done so badly in school up to year 11 and everyone else seemed so smart. But I put my head down, got through it, and ended up getting a job in the legal department of a major manufacturing company, which was a different approach to what most law students do.
•do not belong 不屬於這
•put my head down 埋頭苦幹
•the legal department of ...的法律部門
•a different approach 不同途徑
•approach (思考問題的)方式,方法,態度
當我開始進入大學,最初的想法是我不屬於這,因為我在11年級前都表現不佳,而這裡的人似乎都聰明絕頂。但我埋頭苦幹,咬牙撐過,最後在一家大型製造公司的法律部門找到工作,這與多數法律系學生的途徑不同。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
I really enjoyed it. It was hard work, but I learned a lot of foundational business, legal and corporate communication skills. After that I worked in corporate governance in RMIT, then started to moonlight as a lecturer in the Law Faculty. Eventually, they asked me if I wanted to do a PhD and I blindly said yes! I next worked at Swinburne University, and then was head-hunted to lead the corporate legal team at the Commercial Passenger Vehicles Commission.
•foundational 基礎的
•communication skills 溝通技巧
•corporate governance
•moonlight (v.) (尤指瞞著僱主)從事第二職業,兼職
•headhunt (v.) 物色(人才); 挖角
•legal team 法律團隊
我非常喜歡這份工作,這是份辛苦的工作,但我學習了很多基礎商業、法律以及公司溝通技巧。之後我在皇家墨爾本理工大學( RMIT)從事公司治理工作,並開始兼職擔任法律系講師。後來他們問我是否想要讀博士,我便盲目地答應了。接下來,我在斯威本大學(Swinburne University)工作,再被挖角到商用小客車委員會領導法律團隊。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
I had a good life, but after a while, I realised I wanted a different kind of job. I could see my seniors were making a lot of money but that their family life was not that good. And looking at my own upbringing, I wanted to be the kind of father who could be present in my own kids’ lives. So I decided on dentistry. It would not only allow me to use the hand skills that I had developed from playing the violin, but also the analytical and reasoning skills that I'd developed in law. Plus it would be flexible, and offer me a stable income and the chance to meet different people every day!
•upbringing 教養
•decide on sth 決定某事或東西
•analytical and reasoning skills 分析和推理能力
•offer a stable income 提供穩定收入
我的生活很不錯,但一段時間後,我意識到自己想要一份不同的工作。我知道前輩們賺了很多錢,但他們的家庭生活並不美滿。看著自己的成長經歷,我想要成為可以在孩子生活中出席的父親,所以我決定改行當牙醫。這項職業能讓我使用從拉小提琴中發展出的手部技巧,也能運用我在法律中發展出的分析與推理技能。此外,這個職業相當靈活,能為我提供穩定收入,並有機會每天與不同的人見面。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
My now fiancée, who was my girlfriend at the time, was also applying for further study, and coincidentally we both got into university in South Australia, so we moved to Adelaide together a few years ago.
•fiancée 未婚妻
•at the time 當時
•apply for 申請
•further study 繼續教育,進修;進一步研究;深造
•coincidentally 碰巧地;巧合地
我的未婚妻,當時的女友,也申請繼續深造,巧的是我們都考上南澳大學(University of South Australia),所以幾年前一起搬到阿得雷德( Adelaide)。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
I was lucky to get a university job at Flinders University. Initially, I started out as a casual lecturer in the law school, but I’ve since transitioned into teaching health law and research, and I’m currently writing a few books on the intersection between law and medicine. And also, obviously, trying to finish my dentistry degree!
•start out as… 起初擔任...
•transition into… 轉變到...
我很幸運的在福林德斯大學(Flinders University)找到工作,起初我在法學院擔任臨時講師,但我後來轉換到醫事法教學及研究。目前我正撰寫幾本關於法律與醫學相接的書籍,並努力完成我的牙醫學位。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Mum eventually retrained as a Chinese high school teacher, and she’s still teaching to this day. Like most first generation migrants, she struggled quite a lot, and invested heavily in my success. After we’re married, my fiancée and I are planning to have children, and I’m sure they will have it much easier than I did.
•retrain 重新培養;再培訓;再訓練
•to this day 至今
•first generation migrants 第一代移民
•struggle a lot 掙扎奮鬥許久
•have it much easier 過的比較輕鬆
我的母親最終重新接受培訓,成為一名中文高中老師並執教至今。如同大多數第一代移民,她掙扎奮鬥許久,並為我的成功投資甚多。我與未婚妻打算婚後生孩子,我確信孩子會過的比我輕鬆得多。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Still, a lot of the failures that I’ve had in my life have really informed a lot of my successes. Looking back, I wouldn't really want to change that to have a smoother life.
•inform [正式] 影響某人的態度或意見
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/inform
•have a smoother life 有一個更順遂的人生
我的生活中的種種失敗確實為我的成功提供借鑑。回首過去,我不會想要改變那些坎坷經歷去擁有一個更順遂的人生。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Over the years, I've learned that perseverance is very important. I hope that through telling my story, I can be an example to others who might be in a similar position as I was: to show that there's not just one road to the destination, but many roads. You just need to take the little step that’s right in front of you, and then the next one, and a few years down the track, they will seem like massive achievements.
•over the years 多年來
•perseverance 不屈不撓,堅持不懈
•be an example 成為榜樣
•be in a similar position 處於相似的處境
•down the road/line/track 將來(的路)
多年來,我學到堅持不懈是至關重要的。我希望透過講述自己的故事,能成為其他可能與我有相似處境的人的榜樣:向他們展示通往目的地的路不止一條,有很多路可走。你只需要邁出眼前這一小步,然後再邁出下一步,幾年下來,將會成為巨大成就。
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time up中文 在 Jackz Youtube 的精選貼文
我們是白痴世代,只玩智能手機的低頭族。We're generation of idiots; Smartphones and dumb people.
當我們打開自己的電腦,便同時關上了自己的大門。When we open our computers, and it's our doors we shut,
抬起頭吧 低頭族的省思(星洲網)
(http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/363796)
頭刷手機是每天不能不做的事,但低頭是不是會讓你錯過了人生更好的風景?
英國藝術工作者蓋瑞科德(Gary Turk)今年4月在網絡上載了一部題為《抬起頭來》(Look Up)的自創短片,從中呼吁低頭組關掉手機,放下生活中的干擾。截至目前為止,這部短片已經累積高達2千萬的瀏覽量。
片中"Look Up"一詞,是針對現今"上網一族"的一種術語。視頻中,蓋瑞通過是一個迷路男子因為開口向身邊一名女子問路,而展開美麗的愛情故事乃至獲得美滿人生的故事,突顯現代人們或許因為現代科技,例如手機中的導航應用程式而與幸福失之交臂。
蓋瑞強調,"我們無法逃避網絡媒體;但我們可以放下智能手機,走入人群,感受真實的人生,因為他們就在我們的眼前,所以請不要忽略他。"
Original Footage by Gary Turk:
Look Up
http://youtu.be/Z7dLU6fk9QY
'Look Up' - A spoken word film for an online generation.
'Look Up' is a lesson taught to us through a love story, in a world where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, but always results in us spending more time alone.
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智慧型手機世代的沉痛反思 - 抬頭看世界 (中文字幕):
http://youtu.be/2dXd2fOouCg
中文字幕"註解"請看:
http://forgetfulbc.blogspot.com/2014/05/lookup.html
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