英文的學習不能等

      (<=前幾個星期想要偷渡廈門找"表哥"的高中生)

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Tina: Wow. It's really getting windy outside. I heard this is going to be a big typhoon.
Marcus: The news said it's going to be a super-typhoon. I'm glad to be back home and not outside in all that wind and rain.
Tina: It's a good thing we bought supplies to be prepared for a power-outage. Where are the lighters you got?
Marcus: You were supposed to get the lighters. I got candles.
Tina: No. I was supposed to get candles, and you were supposed to get the lighters.
Marcus: What are we going to do if the lights go out? 

There was a one-hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life: 

(以下摘錄自CNBC電視台對世界排名第二的富豪華倫巴菲特所做的一小時專訪,巴菲特目前已經捐310億美元給慈善機構,他對於人生的一些見解非常有趣) 

1.He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! 

(他11歲開始買了第一張股票,但現在還是很後悔說他太晚買了 !) 

2.He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

(他14歲時,就用他從小時候送報紙所賺的錢,買了一個小農場.) 

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Unit 4 Pass On Profanity 1

Mrs. Chen : Rick, I don't approve 2 of the kind of language you used in class on Monday.

Rick : I'm sorry, Mrs. Chen, but everyone I know talks like that.

Mrs. Chen : Maybe, but not in my class. I'm hoping you learned something from the supplemental 3 homework page 4 on the Apache Indians I assigned 5 you to read.

Rick : In fact, I did. It is said* that many Apaches face the sun in the morning and sing a song of thanks to the Creator 6 for the love between a man and a woman.
Mrs. Chen : That's right, and for that reason the Apaches never make jokes about sex. They equate 7 that with taking God's name in vain.

Rick : It's hard to believe their language has no bad words at all. I guess there's a certain dignity 8 about that.

Mrs. Chen : I agree. So Rick, at least in my class, I expect 9 next time you'll pass on the profanity.

Scott Provencal

1. I'e got a cold. / I've got a bad cold.
我感冒了。／我感冒很嚴重。

2. I've got a runny nose. / My nose is running.
我流鼻水。

英解︰to act in a humble way

這個片語字面上的意思是「把傲氣吞下去」，也就是「服氣，向人低頭」的意思，通常用在決定採低姿態或忍氣吞聲的情境。