英文的學習不能等

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英解︰make something famous or important, often referring to a place

在地圖上出現的地名必定具有一定的知名度或重要性，因此「把……放在地圖上」就是指「讓某人或某事變得有名或具有重要性」的意思。

讓……聲名大噪
Chien-Ming Wang has managed to put Taiwan on the map.
王建民已經讓台灣聲名大噪。

讓……出名
It's important that our village be put on the map if we want to attract tourists.
如果我們想吸引觀光客，讓我們的村子出名是很重要的。

使……廣為人知
It's disappointing that Columbine was put on the map because of a high school shooting.
令人失望的是，科倫拜高中是因為校園掃射事件才廣為人知。

讓……遠近馳名
Wonderful tea and beautiful scenery have put Alishan on the map.
好茶和美景讓阿里山遠近馳名。

讓……成名
Putting our town on the map isn't as important as retaining our local heritage.
讓我們的小鎮成名不比保持當地遺跡來得重要。

      (最近蠻有名的陳銳)

很久沒有考英文了

不知道遺忘了多少

因此上周考完學測

大考中心釋出考題後

就拿來寫寫看

連結

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Yesterday I went to a pharmacy that provides patients counseling because I had a headache and a sore throat.
我昨天去一家提供患者諮詢的藥局，因為我的頭和喉嚨都很痛。
【換句話說】
Yesterday I went to a chemist who gives patients advice because my head was killing me and my throat was all scratchy.

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Jason: Mmmm. That smells delicious 1 .

Ann: It's vegetable curry. My mother made it.

Jason: But isn't curry an Indian dish? Your mother is British.

Ann: Actually, curry is also one of England's national 2 dishes.

Jason: I'm confused 3 .

Ann: When England colonized 4 India, the British became obsessed 5 with all things Indian. Fashions, jewelry 6 and household 7 decor 8 from India were all very popular. And, of course, curry.

Jason: And women whose husbands worked in India introduced 9 Indian things to England?

Ann: Exactly.

Jason: I think I learned this in school. Indian items were first brought back as gifts, until eventually 10 stores opened which sold things from India.

Ann: That's right. Today, there is a large Indian community 11 living in England. You can get Indian goods everywhere. Especially curry.

Jason: So how do you like your curry?

Ann: Very spicy 12 . You?

Jason: I prefer 13 mine mild 14 .

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Unit 1 China In Space 1

Larry and Nancy are eating dinner in a restaurant.

Larry: Hey, did you hear the news about China?

Nancy: No. What happened? There wasn't another terrible international 2 incident 3 , was there?

Larry: Nothing like that. China just put a man into space for the first time.

Nancy: The Chinese spaceman 4 ! Now I remember. What a scoop 5 !

Larry: This makes China only the third country to put one of its people into space.

Nancy: After Russia and the United States.

Larry: And I read in the newspaper that China has plans to build their own space station.

Nancy: What a creepy 6 thought 7 . Then they would be able to take pictures of me from space!

Larry: Ha, ha. Nancy, you really think too much!

-Nathan Hines

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Jacob: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. But there's nothing to eat in this joint.
Rose: Nonsense. We have a lot of grub. There are onions, tomatoes, garlic, chicken, and ginger.
Jacob: Looks like I'll be having boiled hot dogs and onions again.
Rose: Sometimes I don't know what to do with you. You're really much too lazy. I'm going to make you something special.
Jacob: How about I give you one ingredient, and you make a dish centered around that ingredient.
Rose: Like the Iron Chef?
Jacob: Exactly. I choose paprika powder as the magic ingredient.
Rose: OK. Then I’m going to make you an Indian curry. How about you go get the chicken out of the freezer? And fill the sink with hot water so I can thaw the chicken out.
Jacob: I thought you were going to cook me dinner, not order me around. You’re just like your mother.
Rose: I am not like my mother. Go to the store and get some garam masala. We’ll need it for the curry.

(海賊王女帝真人版)   (台灣散打王)

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Jacob: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. But there's nothing to eat in this joint.
Rose: Nonsense. We have a lot of grub. There are onions, tomatoes, garlic, chicken, and ginger.
Jacob: Looks like I'll be having boiled hot dogs and onions again.
Rose: Sometimes I don't know what to do with you. You're really much too lazy. I'm going to make you something special.
Jacob: How about I give you one ingredient, and you make a dish centered around that ingredient.
Rose: Like the Iron Chef?
Jacob: Exactly. I choose paprika powder as the magic ingredient.
Rose: OK. Then I’m going to make you an Indian curry. How about you go get the chicken out of the freezer? And fill the sink with hot water so I can thaw the chicken out.
Jacob: I thought you were going to cook me dinner, not order me around. You’re just like your mother.
Rose: I am not like my mother. Go to the store and get some garam masala. We’ll need it for the curry.

     (東亞運跆拳道銀牌 曾敬翔)

Recently news broke out of a debt crisis in Dubai, which is known as the "New New York".

  This [transformed] this city [from] an oasis in the desert, for corporations and celebrities all over the world to rush towards, [into] a bomb which could create a serious impact to the economy.

Dubai is the second largest nation in the seven member nations of the United Arab Emirates.

  In order to reduce its dependence on income from petroleum, it has been aggressively developing the banking, logistics, real estate, and tourism industries in recent years.

  It's artificially constructed palm island has become a popular topic of discussion in tourism, while the Burj Al Arab Hotel had become the new benchmark for top grade hotels.
 
  However, the financial tsunami has placed Dubai in a major crisis this time.
 
Recently a state-run financial group in Dubai, Dubai World, made a public announcement without any forewarning that they will be delaying their debt of nearly US$60 billion for six months.

  As soon as this news [got out], stock markets dropped drastically all over the world.
 
  Several days later, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates issued a statement saying that they are prepared to provide additional fund flow to local and international banks within the country.
 
  The bank also emphasized that it will serve as a strong source of support for these banks.
 
  Though the statement did not clearly point out that it would be offering Dubai financial assistance, it did indeed raise the level of confidence amongst investors and caused fairly good, small-sized rebounds in global stock exchanges.

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Bob: Colleen, I sold my computer on eBay.
Colleen: That's great Bob! But did you erase all the information you had on it?
Bob: Yeah. I put everything into the computer's recycle bin.
Colleen: That might not be enough. You should have let me take a look at it first. In college we learned how information can be retrieved even after it's deleted.
Bob: Really? I had all my tax information and bank statements on the computer.
Colleen: You probably have nothing to worry about. Just be more careful next time.

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