【 第298期 】英文公園 第208期

(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park


I. News Path–新聞步道

法國消防員抗議活動/美國總統候選人辯論/ B-17墜機事故/法國建築物倒塌/送餐平台因被罰款/ CAL停止在飛機上出售免稅菸/台灣絕佳旅遊景點/國立史前博物館台南分館將開幕

II. News Vocabulary

1. artifacts                   文物
2. assail                       攻擊
3. accused                    被告
4. senator                     參議員
5. ducking                   閃避
6. derail                       出軌
7. fatal                         致命
8. preliminary            初步

III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台
VoiceTube-不必花大錢就能看影片學英語

他或她到底喜不喜歡我?你不可不知的「戀愛教戰守則」!致所有漫漫學習路上的你:失敗不等於結束!/經濟衰退無法避免嗎?/為什麼又忘了呀!腦袋記憶如何運作?

IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林

1. “A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”– John Barrymore, Actor
「只要一個人還有追求,他就沒有老。直到後悔取代了夢想,一個人才算老。」約翰·巴里摩 (演員)
2. “All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.”– Richard Henry Stoddard, Poet
「所有你做的事,用你的全力;只做一半的事,絕對沒有做好。」理查德·亨利·斯托達德 (詩人)
3. “Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.”– William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist
「大膽挑戰,這世界總會讓步。如果有時候你被打敗了,一次次的挑戰,它總會屈服。」威廉·梅克比斯·薩克萊 (小說家)

V. Singing River–吟唱河流

Memories/Graveyard

I.             News Path

French firefighters protest working conditions, low pay

World
PARIS (AP) — Thousands of French firefighters are protesting low pay and difficult working conditions and say they want to know they have the government’s support.

Debate rivals assail Warren as she joins Democrats’ top rank
World
Elizabeth Warren repeatedly came under attack during the Democratic presidential debate as rivals accused the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the cost of Medicare for All and her signature wealth tax plan in an attempt to derail her rising campaign.

Federal report reveals little on cause of fatal B-17 crash
World
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A preliminary report by investigators on the B-17 crash that killed seven people at a Connecticut airport this month does not shed light on the possible cause.

Search continues, hope diminishes at hotel collapse site
World
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Would-be rescuers spent a fourth day searching through the unstable wreckage of a collapsed New Orleans building amid diminishing hopes a man missing in the rubble will be found alive. Meanwhile, experts mulled how to stabilize and remove what’s left of the uncompleted hotel building and two giant construction cranes in danger of toppling.

Food delivery platforms fined for ‘poor safety management’
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — The three food delivery companies that claim to be contractors rather than employers as defined by the traditional labor-management framework were fined NT$9,000 (US$293) each for poor management of food courier traffic safety, the Directorate General of Highways under the Transportation Ministry said Tuesday.

CAL stops selling duty-free cigarettes on its planes amid scandal
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — A China Airlines (CAL) spokesman confirmed Monday that the carrier stopped selling duty-free cigarettes on its planes from Sunday.

Big data uncovers top travel spots in Taiwan
National
TAIPEI (The China Post) — According to KKday, an online travel agent, the top travel destination in Taiwan between January and August was the one-day trip to Jiufen Pingxi.

Tainan branch of National Museum of Prehistory to open Oct. 19
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — The National Museum of Prehistory’s (NMP) Tainan branch officially opens Oct. 19 following a nine-month soft opening, with hundreds of artifacts on display, the head of the museum said Tuesday.

II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)
1. artifacts                   文物
2. assail                       攻擊
3. accused                    被告
4. senator                     參議員
5. ducking                   閃避
6. derail                       出軌
7. fatal                          致命
8. preliminary             初步
9. diminishes               減少
10. collapse                  倒塌
11. unstable                  不穩定的
12. wreckage                廢墟
13. contractors             承包商
14. cigarettes                香菸
15. uncovers                揭露

III. VoiceTube

他或她到底喜不喜歡我?你不可不知的「戀愛教戰守則」! (The best piece of dating advice)
初級

致所有漫漫學習路上的你:失敗不等於結束! (Failure Doesn't Mean The Game Is Over - Study Motivation)
初級

經濟衰退無法避免嗎? (Is A Recession Inevitable?)
中級

為什麼又忘了呀!腦袋記憶如何運作? (How Your Memory Works)
中級

IV. Wisdom Woods
English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom
1. “A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”– John Barrymore, Actor
「只要一個人還有追求,他就沒有老。直到後悔取代了夢想,一個人才算老。」約翰·巴里摩 (演員)
2. “All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.”– Richard Henry Stoddard, Poet
「所有你做的事,用你的全力;只做一半的事,絕對沒有做好。」理查德·亨利·斯托達德 (詩人)
3. “Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.”– William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist
「大膽挑戰,這世界總會讓步。如果有時候你被打敗了,一次次的挑戰,它總會屈服。」威廉·梅克比斯·薩克萊 (小說家)
4. “Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible.”– Alan Turing, Computer Scientist
「能夠想像任何事的人,可以創造不可能。」艾倫·圖靈 (電腦科學家)
5. “Man errs so long as he strives.”– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Writer
「一個人只要有奮鬥就會犯錯。」歌德 (作家)
6. “The more things you do, the more you can do.”– Lucille Ball, Actress
「做的愈多,你會做的就愈多。」露西爾鮑爾 (演員)
7. “The man who has made up his mind to win will never say ‘impossible.'”– Napoleon Bonaparte, Military Commander
「下決心取得勝利的人絕不會說『不可能』。」拿破崙 (軍事家)
8. “If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.”– Joshua Reynolds, Painter
「如果你很有天賦,勤勉會使其更加完善;如果你能力一般,勤勉會補足其缺陷。」約書亞·雷諾茲 (畫家)
9. “This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.”– Euripides, Playwright
「真正的勇氣是:無所畏懼地接受上天給你的一切。」歐里庇得斯 (劇作家)
10. “One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.”– James Russell Lowell, Poet
「一次痛苦的經驗抵得上無數次的警告。」詹姆斯.拉塞爾.羅威爾 (詩人)

V. Singing River

“Memories” BY Maroon 5


There's a time that I remember, when I did not know no pain
我還記得那時候 我不知道痛苦是什麼
When I believed in forever, and everything would stay the same
我曾相信著永恆 所有事物都不會改變
Now my heart feel like December when somebody say your name
如今當有人呼喚我時 我總感到心寒
'Cause I can't reach out to call you, but I know I will one day, yeah
因為我沒辦法同樣的回應 但我知道有一天我可以的
Everybody hurts sometimes
每個人偶爾會受傷
Everybody hurts someday, ayy-ayy
每個人總有滿是傷痛的一天
But everything gon' be alright
但一切都會好的
Go and raise a glass and say, ayy
現在舉起酒杯一起說
Here's to the ones that we got
敬我們所擁有的一切
Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not
敬本來應該在這 卻不在的你
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
因為暢飲的時候 喚起了所有回憶
Of everything we've been through
和所有我們經歷的過往
Toast to the ones here today
敬依然在這的大家
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
敬那些我們失去的人
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
因為暢飲的時候 喚起了所有回憶
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
然後回憶讓我們想起了 想起了你們
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
回憶讓我們想起了 想起了你們
There's a time that I remember when I never felt so lost
我還記得那時候 我從沒感到如此失落
When I felt all of the hatred was too powerful to stop (Ooh, yeah)
當我感受到如此強烈的厭惡
Now my heart feel like an ember and it's lighting up the dark
現在我的心就像復燃的灰燼 點亮整個黑夜
I'll carry these torches for ya that you know I'll never drop, yeah
我將為你們帶來這些火光 證明我不再消沉
Everybody hurts sometimes
每個人偶爾會受傷
Everybody hurts someday, ayy-ayy
每個人總有滿是傷痛的一天
But everything gon' be alright
但一切都會好的
Go and raise a glass and say, ayy
現在舉起酒杯一起說
Here's to the ones that we got
敬我們所擁有的一切
Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not
敬本來應該在這 卻不在的你
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
因為暢飲的時候 喚起了所有回憶
Of everything we've been through
和所有我們經歷的過往
Toast to the ones here today
敬依然在這的大家
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
敬那些我們失去的人
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
因為暢飲的時候 喚起了所有回憶
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
然後回憶讓我們想起了 想起了你們
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
回憶讓我們想起了 想起了你們
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo (Ooh, yeah)
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
回憶讓我們想起了 想起了你們
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
回憶讓我們想起了 想起了你們

“Graveyard” BY Halsey


It’s crazy when
這很瘋狂
The thing you love the most is the detriment
當你最愛的東西被損壞時
Let that sink in
讓那下沉
You can think again
你可以再想一想
When the hand you wanna hold is a weapon and
當你想握住的手是武器
You’re nothin’ but skin
你只不過是皮膚
Oh, ’cause I keep diggin’ myself down deeper
哦,因為我不斷深入挖掘自己
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
I keep running, I keep running, I keep running
我繼續跑步,繼續跑步,繼續跑步
They say I may be making a mistake
他們說我可能犯了一個錯誤
I would’ve followed all the way, no matter how far
無論多遠,我都會一路追隨
I know when you go down all your darkest roads
當你走下所有最黑暗的道路時,我知道
I would’ve followed all the way to the graveyard
我會跟著去墓地
Oh, ’cause I keep diggin’ myself down deeper
哦,因為我不斷深入挖掘自己
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
I keep running when both my feet hurt
當我的雙腳受傷時,我一直在跑
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
Oh, when you go down all your darkest roads
哦,當你走下所有最黑暗的道路時
I would’ve followed all the way to the graveyard (No, oh)
我會跟著去墓地(不,哦)
You look at me (Look at me)
你看著我
With eyes so dark, don’t know how you even see
眼睛很黑,不知道你怎麼看
You push right through me (Push right through me)
你向我推進
It’s gettin’ real
它變得越來越真實
You lock the door, you’re drunk at the steering wheel
你鎖門,你在方向盤上喝醉了
And I can’t conceal
我無法掩飾
Oh, ’cause I’ve been diggin’ myself down deeper
哦,因為我一直在深入挖掘自己
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
I keep running, I keep running, I keep running
我繼續跑步,繼續跑步,繼續跑步
They say I may be making a mistake
他們說我可能犯了一個錯誤
I would’ve followed all the way, no matter how far
無論多遠,我都會一路追隨
I know when you go down all your darkest roads
當你走下所有最黑暗的道路時,我知道
I would’ve followed all the way to the graveyard
我會跟著去墓地
Oh, ’cause I keep diggin’ myself down deeper
哦,因為我不斷深入挖掘自己
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
I keep running when both my feet hurt
當我的雙腳受傷時,我一直在跑
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
Oh, when you go down all your darkest roads
哦,當你走下所有最黑暗的道路時
I would’ve followed all the way to the graveyard
我會跟著去墓地
Oh, it’s funny how
哦,這很有趣
The warning signs can feel like they’re butterflies
警告標誌如何感覺它們是蝴蝶
Oh, ’cause I keep diggin’ myself down deeper
哦,因為我不斷深入挖掘自己
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
I keep running when both my feet hurt
當我的雙腳受傷時,我一直在跑
I won’t stop ’til I get where you are
我不會停下來,直到我到達你的位置
Oh, when you go down all your darkest roads
哦,當你走下所有最黑暗的道路時
I would’ve followed all the way to the graveyard
我會跟著去墓地

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