I. News Path–新聞步道
川普將與金正日會面/西班牙警察死於粉絲暴力事件/ Nissan測試半自動載具 /前川普競選夥伴面臨更多指控 /2018年冬季奧運 / 抗議漁船事件/4個城市的公共自行車騎手享免費保險/ 2017年台灣的外來務工人數減少/台中試圖恢復古城魅力/2018年陽明山花卉節開始
II. News Vocabulary
1. clash 衝突
2.
glitch
故障
3.
semiautonomous 半自動
4.
associate 合作者
5.
Dramatically 顯著
6.
escalate 升高
7.
stake 賭注
8. counsel 法律顧問
III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台
VoiceTube-不必花大錢 就能看影片學英語
【TED-Ed】情境式諷刺:與你預期的相反/用蚊子咬來解釋微侵略/【Ted-Ed】人為什麼會做夢?/被喜歡的人喜歡後,我們為何不再喜歡他們了?
IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林
1. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance,
you must keep moving.”— Albert Einstein, Physicist
「人生就像騎腳踏車,為了保持平衡,你必須不斷往前走。」–
愛因斯坦 (物理學家)
2. “Judge a man by his questions rather than his
answers.”— Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Philosopher
「根據一個人提出的問題評斷他,而非他的答案。」–
伏爾泰 (思想家)
3. “Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.”– John
Cotton Dana, Librarian
「膽敢教授的人,絕不能停止進修。」–
約翰‧唐納 (圖書館館長)
V.
Singing River–吟唱河流
Her Morning Elegance / There Will Come A Time
I.
News Path
South Korea's president praises
potential Trump-Kim meeting
World
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South
Korean President Moon Jae-in says a planned summit between U.S. President
Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be a “historical
milestone” that will put the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula “really
on track.”
Police officer dies after fan violence before game in Spain
World
BILBAO, Spain (AP) — Spanish police say an officer has died after clashes
between police and soccer fans before a Europa League match on Thursday
Glitches or not, Nissan starts
testing semiautonomous rides
World
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Starting next month, Nissan Motor Co. is testing on
regular roads what it calls “a robo-vehicle mobility service.” Called Easy
Ride, it uses a cell-phone app to book semi-autonomous driven rides.
Ex-Trump campaign associates face
more charges
World
ASHINGTON (AP) — Dramatically escalating the pressure and stakes, special
counsel Robert Mueller filed additional criminal charges Thursday against
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and his business associate.
The 'Garlic Girls': South Korean
curlers a global sensation
World
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Forget Lindsey Vonn and Adam Rippon. The
real rock stars of the Pyeongchang Olympics are a humble group of Korean
curlers who have no idea they’ve become a global sensation.
Pro-unification activists protest
over fishing boat incident
National
Taipei, March 8 (CNA) A group of pro-China unification activists protested
outside Japan’s representative office in Taipei Thursday over Japanese patrol
vessels chasing away a Taiwanese fishing boat from waters near the disputed
Diaoyutai Islands over the weekend.
Riders of public bicycles in 4
cities to enjoy free insurance
National
Taipei, (CNA) Riders of public bicycles in Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan and
Kaohsiung will all enjoy free insurance coverage, starting sometime in the
second quarter of the year.
Fewer migrant workers in Taiwan
unaccounted for in 2017
National
Taipei, (CNA) The number of unaccounted for migrant workers declined to
18,209 in 2017, or 2.78 percent of the total, a record low since 2003,
according to Ministry of Labor (MOL) statistics released Thursday.
Taichung trying to restore old city
charm
National
Wu Chen-yao (吳禎耀) can still recall
his teenage days when he played in Lyu-Chuan (綠川), a 6.1-kilometer canal that runs through the Central District of
Taichung.
Taipei’s 2018 Yangmingshan Flower
Festival kicks off
National
Taipei, (CNA) The 2018 Yangmingshan Flower Festival kicked off on Thursday
with a traditional dragon and lion dance guided by the rhythmic beating of
drums serenaded by blooming cherry blossoms in what is considered one of the
biggest festivals in Taiwan.
II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)
1. clash 衝突
2.
glitch
故障
3.
semiautonomous 半自動
4.
associate 合作者
5.
Dramatically 顯著
6.
escalate 升高
7.
stake 賭注
8. counsel 法律顧問
9. curler 捲髮器
10. sensation 轟動
11. insurance 保險
12. unaccounted 下落不明
13. statistics 統計
14. restore 修復
15. kick off 開始
16.
milestone 里程碑
17.
unification 統一
III. VoiceTube
【TED-Ed】情境式諷刺:與你預期的相反
(Situational irony: The opposite of what you think - Christopher Warner)
初級
用蚊子咬來解釋微侵略 (How microaggressions are like mosquito
bites • Same Difference)
初級
【Ted-Ed】人為什麼會做夢? Why do we dream? - Amy Adkins
中級
被喜歡的人喜歡後,我們為何不再喜歡他們了?(Why We Go Off People Who Like Us)
中級
IV. Wisdom Woods
English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom
1. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance,
you must keep moving.”— Albert Einstein, Physicist
「人生就像騎腳踏車,為了保持平衡,你必須不斷往前走。」–
愛因斯坦 (物理學家)
2. “Judge a man by his questions rather than his
answers.”— Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Philosopher
「根據一個人提出的問題評斷他,而非他的答案。」–
伏爾泰 (思想家)
3. “Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.”– John
Cotton Dana, Librarian
「膽敢教授的人,絕不能停止進修。」–
約翰‧唐納 (圖書館館長)
4. “I think that it is very important if you know what
you want, understand where you are heading towards, and try your best to get
it. It is only when we use our hearts to do it, and fall in love with what we
are doing, then can we really get real determination.”— Emma Watson, Actress
「我覺得知道自己要什麼、了解自己要去哪,並盡力去達成是很重要的。我們只有用心去做,愛上自己在做的事,才能真正的下定決心。」–
艾瑪·華森 (女演員)
5. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you
to build theirs.”– Farrah Gray, Motivational Speaker
「建造你自己的夢想,否則你將受雇為別人建造他們的夢想。」–
法拉‧格雷 (勵志演說家)
6. “Failures are infinitely more instructive than
successes.”– George Clooney, Actor
「相較於成功,失敗的教育意義是無窮無盡。」–
喬治‧克隆尼 (演員)
7. “Just do what works for you, because there will always
be someone who thinks differently.”– Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the
U.S.
「做對你行的通的方式,因為總是會有人持不同看法。」–
蜜雪兒·歐巴馬(前美國第一夫人)
8. “What generally passes for ‘thought’ among the
majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one’s prejudices.”–
Clare Boothe Luce, Writer
「大多數人所謂的『思考』,是花時間重新排序自己的偏見。」–
克萊爾·布思·魯斯
(作家)
9. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always
have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have
enough.” – Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host
「如果你只看你擁有的,你將擁有的更多;如果你只看你沒有的,你將永遠不會滿足。」–
歐普拉‧溫芙蕾 (脫口秀主持人)
10. “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use
our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” – Jamie Paolinetti,
Director
「侷限只存在我們心裡,但如果我們運用想像力,人生有無限的可能。」–
傑米‧保勒內第 (導演)
V. Singing River
“Her
Morning Elegance” BY Oren Lavie
Sun been down for days
天空已久未放晴,
A pretty flower in a vase
A pretty flower in a vase
花瓶中那朵嬌花,
A slipper by the
fireplace
火爐旁的一隻拖鞋
A cello lying in its case
大提琴靜躺在箱子裡。
A cello lying in its case
大提琴靜躺在箱子裡。
Soon she's down the stairs
很快的 她下了樓梯,
Her morning elegance she wears
Her morning elegance she wears
她在優雅的早晨穿衣,
The sound of water makes her dream
The sound of water makes her dream
水之聲拉她入夢中,
Awoken by a cloud of steam
Awoken by a cloud of steam
蒸氣聲卻把她驚醒,
She pours a daydream in a cup
She pours a daydream in a cup
將她的白日夢倒入杯中,
A spoon of sugar sweetens up
A spoon of sugar sweetens up
加上一湯匙的糖讓夢更甜。
And She fights for her life
And She fights for her life
之後 她為她的生命奮鬥,
As she puts on her coat
As she puts on her coat
她穿上她的大衣,
And she fights for her life on the train
And she fights for her life on the train
之後 她在火車上為她的生命奮鬥,
She looks at the rain
She looks at the rain
她望向天上的雨,
As it pours
As it pours
傾盆大雨
And she fights for her life
And she fights for her life
之後 她為她的生命奮鬥,
As she goes in a store
As she goes in a store
她進了一家店,
With a thought she has caught By a thread
With a thought she has caught By a thread
一個突然的念頭之下,
She pays for the bread
She pays for the bread
她買了麵包,
And She goes...
And She goes...
之後 她去哪裡,
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
沒有人知道。
Sun been down for days
Sun been down for days
天空已久未放晴,
A winter melody she plays
A winter melody she plays
她拉了冬天的樂曲,
The thunder makes her contemplate
The thunder makes her contemplate
雷聲使她冥想,
She hears a noise behind the gate
She hears a noise behind the gate
她聽到了門外的聲響,
Perhaps a letter with a dove
Perhaps a letter with a dove
也許是鴿子來信,
Perhaps a stranger she could love
Perhaps a stranger she could love
也許是個可愛的陌生人。
And She fights for her
life
之後 她為她的生命奮鬥,
As she puts on her coat
As she puts on her coat
她穿上她的大衣,
And she fights for her life on the train
And she fights for her life on the train
之後她在火車上為她的生命奮鬥,
She looks at the rain
She looks at the rain
她望向天上的雨,
As it pours
As it pours
傾盆大雨
And she fights for her life
And she fights for her life
之後 她為她的生命奮鬥,
As she goes in a store
As she goes in a store
她進了一家店,
With a thought she has caught By a thread
With a thought she has caught By a thread
一個突然的念頭之下,
She pays for the bread
She pays for the bread
她買了麵包,
And She goes...
And She goes...
之後 她轉身離去,
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
沒有人知道。
And She fights for her
life
之後 她為她的生命奮鬥,
As she puts on her coat
As she puts on her coat
她穿上她的大衣,
And she fights for her life on the train
And she fights for her life on the train
之後她在火車上為她的生命奮鬥,
She looks at the rain
She looks at the rain
她望向天上的雨,
As it pours
As it pours
傾盆大雨
And she fights for her life
And she fights for her life
之後 她為她的生命奮鬥,
Where people are
pleasently strange
那裡的人們可愛的有趣,
And counting the change
And counting the change
算著找回的零錢,
And She goes...
And She goes...
她轉身離去
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
沒有人知道
“There
Will Come A Time” BY Noah And The Whale
One day things will
turn out as planned
一天事情會按計劃進行
You'll have her in the palm of your hand
你會讓她在你的手掌
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
One day she'll look at you and say
一天,她看著你說
I never thought I could feel this way
我從沒想過我能有這樣的感覺
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
One day she'll hang on to your arm
一天事情會按計劃進行
You'll have her in the palm of your hand
你會讓她在你的手掌
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
One day she'll look at you and say
一天,她看著你說
I never thought I could feel this way
我從沒想過我能有這樣的感覺
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
One day she'll hang on to your arm
一天她會緊緊抓住你的手臂
Chasing the night all the way 'til the dawn
追逐一路直到黎明夜
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
One day soon you'll find a way
不久的一天你會找到一種方式
To learn to lie and what you're thinking you say
為了學習好的謊言,你在想什麼你說
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
And there will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
And when it feels like everyone's turning their backs on you
當它感覺就像每個人都轉背對著你
And when it feels like everyone's turning their backs on you
當它感覺就像每個人都轉背對著你
Oh well the sun's not out but you know you got to see it through
哦太陽井的不出來,但你知道你必須看到它
Oh well the sun's not out but you know you got to see it through
哦太陽井的不出來,但你知道你必須看到它
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
There will come a time
Chasing the night all the way 'til the dawn
追逐一路直到黎明夜
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
One day soon you'll find a way
不久的一天你會找到一種方式
To learn to lie and what you're thinking you say
為了學習好的謊言,你在想什麼你說
But it's not tonight, no not tonight
但它不是今晚,今晚沒有沒有
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
And there will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
And when it feels like everyone's turning their backs on you
當它感覺就像每個人都轉背對著你
And when it feels like everyone's turning their backs on you
當它感覺就像每個人都轉背對著你
Oh well the sun's not out but you know you got to see it through
哦太陽井的不出來,但你知道你必須看到它
Oh well the sun's not out but you know you got to see it through
哦太陽井的不出來,但你知道你必須看到它
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need your friends tonight
你今晚會需要你的朋友
There will come a time
會那裡那麼一段時間
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
Where you will need someone tonight
在那裡你將需要有人今晚
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