(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park
I. News Path–新聞步道
Bush總統辭世告別式/川普「通俄門」調查案/兩名美國人涉永和謀殺案/美國承諾對台灣軍售/加州火災倖存山獅死亡/台灣知名小籠包業者在倫敦開設/新北市長公布核廢料解決方案/台灣內閣同意廢除2025年的無核目標/最新全球護照排名，台灣第28名
II. News Vocabulary
1. Prosecutors 檢察官
2. probe 探測
3. indicted 被起訴
4. gruesome 陰森
5. murder 謀殺
6. Initiative
倡議
7. Senate
參議院
8. surviving
倖存
III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台
VoiceTube－不必花大錢就能看影片學英語
公開場合演講如何展現自信？你需要這樣做！/為什麼女生該勇敢追愛/看看美國華僑試吃「台灣零食」的爆笑反應/如何克服被拒絕
IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林
1.“You had better live your best and act your best and
think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all
the other tomorrows that follow.”– Harriet Martineau, Writer
「今天最好盡力生活、盡力行事、盡力思想；因為今天是為明天、以及所有以後明天的可靠準備。」– 海麗葉特·馬蒂諾 (作家)
2. “We didn’t ascend from our hunter-gatherer days by
being satisfied.”– Jeff Bezos, Entrepreneur
「我們不是因為滿足，而脫離狩獵採集的生活。」– 傑佛瑞‧貝佐斯 (企業家)
3. “Nothing is really work unless you would rather be
doing something else.”— James Barrie, Novelist
「除非你寧可做其它事，你的工作就不會像是工作。」– 詹姆斯‧巴厘 (小說家)
V.
Singing River–吟唱河流
Beach House/talk is overrated
I.
News Path
Bush, president and patriarch, is
home for Texas burial
World
HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as 41st president and
patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going
to his final rest, in Texas.
The country said goodbye to him Wednesday in a national funeral service
that offered high praise for the last of the presidents to have fought in World
War II — and a hefty dose of humor about a man once described as a cross
between Mister Rogers and John Wayne.
Top Takeaways: Prosecutors detail
key pieces in Russia probe
World
WASHINGTON (AP) — Key pieces of the special counsel’s Russia investigation
appear to be falling into place.
In three court filings Friday, prosecutors for the first time connected
President Donald Trump to a crime involving hush money payments to a porn
actress. They revealed new outreach from Russia early in the Trump presidential
campaign. And they vividly laid out how they say two central figures in the
Trump orbit — Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort — were continually tripped up by
lies.
Two Americans indicted in gruesome
Yonghe murder case
World
Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) Two American suspects have been indicted in the
brutal murder earlier this year of a Canadian citizen in New Taipei, the city’s
District Prosecutors Office said Thursday.
Oren Shlomo Mayer,
37, and Ewart Odane Bent, 30, are accused of killing Canadian Ramgahan Sanjay
Ryan and dismembering the body, which was found on a riverbank under Zhongzheng
Bridge in the city’s Yonghe District on Aug. 22.
Asia Reassurance Initiative Act clears
U.S. Senate
World
Washington, Dec. 5 (CNA) The United States Senate on Tuesday passed the
Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018, which includes a section reaffirming
U.S. commitment to Taiwan, particularly arms sales.
Mountain lion dies after surviving
California wildfire
World
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion who survived numerous
treacherous freeway crossings and a massive wildfire northwest of Los Angeles
has died.
Taiwanese dumpling eatery opens
first European store in London
National
London, Dec. 5 (CNA) Taiwanese popular restaurant chain Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐), known for its steamed dumplings
called xiaolongbao, launched its first European store in London Wednesday.
New Taipei mayor calls for nuclear
waste final site solution
National
Taipei, Dec. 7 (CNA) New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) on Thursday called for a
coordinated effort to locate a final site for the disposal of nuclear waste
from the first nuclear power plant in the city, noting that decommissioning
cannot take place before an environmental impact assessment is conducted.
Cabinet agrees to abolish 2025
nuclear-free goal
National
Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) The Executive Yuan on Thursday approved a proposal to
abolish the first paragraph of Article 95 of the Electricity Act, halting the
policy of phasing-out nuclear power by 2025 in accordance with the result of
the Nov. 24 referendum.
Taiwan passport 28th most powerful
in Arton Capital rankings
National
Taipei, Dec. 4 (CNA) Taiwan’s passport has a global power rank of 28th
based on the number of countries it can be used to visit without pre-visa
requirements, according to rankings compiled by Canadian financial advisory
firm Arton Capital.
II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)
1. Prosecutors 檢察官
2. probe 探測
3. indicted 被起訴
4. gruesome 陰森
5. murder 謀殺
6. Initiative
倡議
7. Senate
參議院
8. surviving
倖存
9. treacherous
奸詐
10. eatery
餐館
11. nuclear
核
12. coordinated
協調
13. Cabinet
內閣
14. abolish 廢除
15. advisory 諮詢
III. VoiceTube
公開場合演講如何展現自信？你需要這樣做！(Be a More Confident Public Speaker)
初級
【Anna Akana】為什麼女生該勇敢追愛 (Why Girls
Should Ask Guys Out)
初級
【Fung Bros】看看美國華僑試吃「台灣零食」的爆笑反應 (TAIWANESE SNACKS!)
中級
【The School of Life】如何克服被拒絕 (How To Get Over Rejection)
中級
IV. Wisdom Woods
English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom
1.“You had better live your best and act your best and
think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all
the other tomorrows that follow.”– Harriet Martineau, Writer
「今天最好盡力生活、盡力行事、盡力思想；因為今天是為明天、以及所有以後明天的可靠準備。」– 海麗葉特·馬蒂諾 (作家)
2. “We didn’t ascend from our hunter-gatherer days by
being satisfied.”– Jeff Bezos, Entrepreneur
「我們不是因為滿足，而脫離狩獵採集的生活。」– 傑佛瑞‧貝佐斯 (企業家)
3. “Nothing is really work unless you would rather be
doing something else.”— James Barrie, Novelist
「除非你寧可做其它事，你的工作就不會像是工作。」– 詹姆斯‧巴厘 (小說家)
4. “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”— Indira Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister
「你必須學會在行動時取得寧靜、在寧靜時充滿生機。」– 英迪拉‧甘地 (前印度總理)
5. “No man understands a deep book until he has seen and
lived at least part of its contents.”– Ezra Pound, Poet
「沒人看得懂深奧的書，除非他至少看過或經歷過書裡的部分內容。」– 艾茲拉·龐德 (文學家)
6. “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you
lose, you will be wise.”– Anonymous
「冒險一試：如果成功了，你會得到快樂；如果失敗了，你會更有智慧。」– 無名氏
7. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your
own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.”— Anne Sweeney, President
「以自己的方式定義成功，以自己的規則達成它，並建立一個讓你活著感到自豪的人生。」– 安妮‧斯維尼 (總裁)
8. “It’s better to be at the bottom of the ladder you
want to climb than at the top of the one you don’t.”— Stephen Kellogg, Singer
「寧可在你想爬的梯子的底部，不要在你不想爬的梯子的頂端。」– 史蒂芬‧凱洛格 (歌手)
9. “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the
pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.”– Albert Einstein,
Physicist
「比起追求成功伴隨持續的不安，平靜及謙和的人生，可以帶來更多的快樂。」– 愛因斯坦 (物理學家)
10. “Behind every successful man there’s a lot of
unsuccessful years.”– Bob Brown, Politician
「每位成功者背後都有許多不成功的歲月。」– 鮑博·布朗 (政治人物)
V. Singing River
Beach
House BY The Chainsmokers
[Verse 1]
Woke up on the west side
在西岸清醒過來
Listening to beach house taking my time
Listening to beach house taking my time
悠哉地聽著海灘小屋的歌曲
She’s just my type
She’s just my type
她就是我理想中的那種女人
Dark hair waving out the passenger side
Dark hair waving out the passenger side
深色的秀髮隨風飄逸出了車窗外
Then I start to think
讓我開始回想
As she pulls me on the bathroom floor
As she pulls me on the bathroom floor
她將我拉倒在浴室地板上的畫面
This is my type of thing yeah yeah
這就是我喜歡的樣子
This is my type of thing yeah yeah
這就是我喜歡的樣子
[Chorus]
Oh, Darling of mine
Oh, Darling of mine
我的愛人啊
Where have you been?
Where have you been?
你最近都去了哪裡呢?
I feel so alive
I feel so alive
我感到精神百倍
With you in my bed
在我與你同床的夜晚
Oh darling of mine
With you in my bed
在我與你同床的夜晚
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
Please don’t let go
Please don’t let go
請不要離開我
Just tell me you feel this
Just tell me you feel this
和我說你一樣有這種感覺
Tell me you know
Tell me you know
跟我說你也了解就好
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
[Drop]
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
[Verse 2]
On a train through japan
On a train through japan
在穿越日本的列車上
I keep her real close cause she knows who I am
我讓她緊緊地依偎著我，因為她知道我的個性
Red pill in my hand
Red pill in my hand
想要看清事實的我
Paranoid cutie with a dark past and
Paranoid cutie with a dark past and
讓她變成了有著黑歷史的可愛偏執狂
It’s that type of thing
It’s that type of thing
她讓我難以用言語形容
When she feels like the girl next door
When she feels like the girl next door
當她帶有鄰家女孩氣息的時候
This is my type of thing yeah yeah
這就是我喜歡的樣子
This is my type of thing yeah yeah
這就是我喜歡的樣子
[Chorus]
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我親愛的
Where have you been?
Where have you been?
你最近都身在何方呢?
I feel so alive
I feel so alive
我感到特別有活力
With you in my bed
在我與你共享魚水之歡的夜晚
Oh darling of mine
With you in my bed
在我與你共享魚水之歡的夜晚
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
Please don’t let go
Please don’t let go
請不要離開我
Just tell me you feel this
Just tell me you feel this
只要跟我說你也有這種感覺
Tell me you know
Tell me you know
告訴我你也了解就好
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
[Drop]
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
Where have you been? (x4)
Where have you been? (x4)
你最近都去了哪裡呢?
[Verse 3]
Then I start to think
我開始回想
As I lift her on the sink
As I lift her on the sink
我靠在水槽上將她抱起的時候
That I’ve seen here before
我好像早就見過這種場面了
It’s a certain type of fling
That I’ve seen here before
我好像早就見過這種場面了
It’s a certain type of fling
這只不過是短暫的歡愉時光罷了
She gets bored of everything
She gets bored of everything
她早已厭倦了一切
Not the type you can ignore
Not the type you can ignore
讓你不再能忽視了
Yeah, I just wanna taste
Yeah, I just wanna taste
我只想要好好享受這種時刻
As she grabs me by the waist
As she grabs me by the waist
在她緊緊摟著我腰部的時候
As she closes the door
As she closes the door
在她關上房門時
She’s taking what she wants
She’s taking what she wants
她就可以對我予取予求
Baby you can have it all
Baby you can have it all
寶貝，你在這個時候就可以掌控一切
[Chorus]
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
Where have you been?
Where have you been?
你最近都去了哪裡呢?
I feel so alive
I feel so alive
我感到格外有精神
With you in my bed
With you in my bed
當我與你在床上翻雲覆雨的時候
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
Please don’t let go
Please don’t let go
請不要就此離開
Just tell me you feel this
Just tell me you feel this
只要告訴我你也有這種感覺
Tell me you know
Tell me you know
告訴我你也懂這種感受就好
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
[Drop]
Yeah-eah
Yeah-eah
Yeah-eah
Where have you been? (x4)
Yeah-eah
Yeah-eah
Where have you been? (x4)
你最近都去了哪裡呢?
Oh darling of mine
Oh darling of mine
噢，我的愛啊
talk
is overrated BY Jeremy Zucker ft. blackbear
[Verse 1]
How long have you been smiling?
你最後一次笑是什麼時候呢？
It seems like it's been too long
看起來似乎已經有好一段時間了
Some days I don't feel like trying
有時候我覺得自己根本沒有想嘗試的意思
So what the fuck are you on?
所以你為什麼要裝出那種樣子？
[Pre-Chorus]
I think too much, we drink too much
我有點想得太多 我們喝的太醉
Falling in love like it's just nothing
就這樣好像沒什麼似的陷入熱戀
I want to know where do we go
我想知道我們會進展到什麼程度
When nothing's wrong
如果沒什麼大事發生的話
[Chorus]
'Cause all the kids are depressed
因為孩子們都是如此憂鬱
Nothing ever makes sense
一切是如此不合常理
I'm not feeling alright
我一點也不好
Staying up 'til sunrise
徹夜未眠直到朝陽升起
And hoping shit is okay
希望一切都能順利
Pretending we know things
裝作我們知道事情
I don't know what happened
我不知道發生什麼事了
My natural reaction is that we're scared
我的本能反應表現出的就是我們都很害怕
So I guess we're scared
所以我猜我們是在害怕吧
[Verse 2]
But I can't really keep lying
但我實在是無法一直說謊下去
'Cause I've been scared all along
因為我真的好害怕
Getting sick of sleeping in
懼怕著睡眠而無法闔眼
While all my friends are popping pills
與此同時我的朋友們正吞下藥物對抗著憂鬱
And I don't think that they're wrong
我一點也不覺得他們有任何地方做錯了
[Pre-Chorus]
I think too much, we drink too much
我有點想得太多 我們喝的太醉
Falling apart like it's just nothing
就這樣好像沒什麼大不了的逐漸崩壞
I want to know where do we go
我想知道我們能走到哪一步
When nothing's wrong
如果一切不曾變調
[Chorus]
'Cause all the kids are depressed
因為孩子們都是如此憂鬱
Nothing ever makes sense
一切是如此不合常理
I'm not feeling alright
我一點也不好
Staying up 'til sunrise
徹夜未眠直到朝陽升起
And hoping shit is okay
希望一切都能順利
Pretending we know things
裝作我們知道事情
I don't know what happened
我不知道發生什麼事了
My natural reaction is that we're scared
我的本能反應表現出的就是我們都很害怕
So I guess we're scared
所以我猜我們是在害怕吧
Outro]
I won't deny it 'cause you saw what it was
我不會辯解 因為你也知道曾發生過什麼事
I can't deny it if you won't give a fuck
如果你真的毫不在乎 我也無法否認
So I'll start it out
所以乾脆由我先開始
You know I am so in love
妳知道的 我是如此為愛癡狂
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