(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park
I. News Path–新聞步道
救援船在義大利水域/柏林牆的和平標誌/芝加哥萬聖節槍擊案/東非的洪水/智利取消APEC峰會/台積電新增工作崗位/內閣通過F-16購買的特別預算/台灣海上風電場
II. News Vocabulary
1. humanitarian 人道的
2. shelter 庇護
3. assignment 任務
4. hoisted 懸掛
5. streamers
彩帶
6. commemoration 紀念活動
7. intended
義務
8. critically 嚴格的
III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台
VoiceTube－不必花大錢就能看影片學英語
對你來說「肥胖」是什麼？/不要留下遺憾/如何找到你的風格，穿衣的自信/我們離心智數位化還有多遠
IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林
1. “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”– Benjamin Disraeli,
British Prime Minister
「成功的祕密是對目的堅貞不移。」– 班傑明‧迪斯雷利 (英國首相)
2. “Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of
will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.”– Francois de La
Rochefoucauld, Writer
「事情很少是不可能的；人們之所以不成功，與其說是條件不夠，不如說是決心不夠。」– 法蘭索瓦·德·拉羅希福可 (作家)
3. “Cease to struggle and you cease to live.”– Thomas Carlyle, Writer
「停止奮鬥，你就停止了生活。」– 湯瑪斯‧卡萊爾 (作家)
V.
Singing River–吟唱河流
Orphans/Location Unknown
I.
News
Path
The Latest: Rescue ship with 88
migrants in Italian waters
World
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — The Latest on immigration to Europe. (all times
local):
6:45
A humanitarian rescue ship with 88 migrants aboard says it has entered
Italian waters off Sicily to shelter from strong wind and waves.
Sea-Eye said its vessel Alan Kurdi was awaiting assignment of a safe port
by Italy on Friday, a week after its passengers were taken off an unseaworthy
smugglers’ boat in the Mediterranean off Libya.
Messages of peace mark 30 years
since fall of Berlin Wall
World
The Latest: Police: Gang member
target of Halloween shooting
World
10 a.m.
Chicago police say they believe a gang member was the intended target in a
shooting that left a 7-year-old girl who was trick-or-treating critically
injured.
Flooding in East Africa affects more
than 1 million people
World
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 1 million people in East Africa are
affected by flooding after higher than normal rainfall, an aid group said
Friday. Parts of the region are bracing for a tropical storm, Kyarr, that could
worsen an already dire humanitarian situation.
Taiwan expresses regret after Chile
cancels APEC summit
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) expressed regret Thursday after the Chilean government announced a day
earlier that the South American country will not host the 2019 Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum due to ongoing social unrest there.
TSMC to add 8,000 jobs at its new
3nm fab
National
TAIPEI (The China Post) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
(TSMC, 台積電) plans to hire
8,000 people in Research and Development (R&D) to develop 3-nanometer
manufacturing technology, according to Chairman Mark Liu (劉德音).
Cabinet passes special budget for
F-16 purchase
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — Taiwan’s Cabinet passed a NT$246.7 billion (US$8.04
billion) special budget Thursday to be spent on the purchase of a new fleet of
F-16 fighter jets from the United States amid the rising tensions across the
Taiwan Strait.
Offshore wind farm secures loan of
over NT$62 billion
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — Formosa 2, an offshore wind power development project has
secured a massive loan of more than NT$62 billion (US$2.03 billion), paving the
way for the start of construction of a wind farm located off the west coast of
Taiwan.
II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)
1. humanitarian 人道的
2. shelter 庇護
3. assignment 任務
4. hoisted 懸掛
5. streamers
彩帶
6. commemoration 紀念活動
7. intended
義務
8. critically 嚴格的
9. flooding 洪水
10. bracing
支撐
11. regret 後悔
12. nanometer
奈米級
13. tensions
緊張
14. Offshore 離岸
15. loan
貸款
III. VoiceTube
對你來說「肥胖」是什麼？ (Fat | Eating Disorders | One Word | Cut)
初級
不要留下遺憾 (100 People Tell Us Their Biggest Regret | Keep it 100 |
Cut)
初級
如何找到你的風格，穿衣的自信 (how to find your style + the confidence to wear it)
中級
我們離心智數位化還有多遠 (How close are we to uploading our minds? - Michael S.A.
Graziano)
中級
IV. Wisdom Woods
English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom
1. “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”– Benjamin Disraeli,
British Prime Minister
「成功的祕密是對目的堅貞不移。」– 班傑明‧迪斯雷利 (英國首相)
2. “Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of
will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.”– Francois de La
Rochefoucauld, Writer
「事情很少是不可能的；人們之所以不成功，與其說是條件不夠，不如說是決心不夠。」– 法蘭索瓦·德·拉羅希福可 (作家)
3. “Cease to struggle and you cease to live.”– Thomas Carlyle, Writer
「停止奮鬥，你就停止了生活。」– 湯瑪斯‧卡萊爾 (作家)
4. “There is always room at the top.”– Daniel Webster, Statesman
「最頂層永遠還有空間。」– 丹尼爾‧韋伯斯特 (政治家)
5. “When you are convinced that your cause is right, have the courage to
take a stand.”– Tim Cook, Apple CEO
「當你相信自己的理由是正當的，就要有勇氣守住立場。」– 提姆·庫克 (蘋果執行長)
6. “You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.”– Warren Buffett,
Investor
「你無法跟一個不好的人，完成一樁好的交易。」– 華倫‧巴菲特 (投資家)
7. “Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke
up. Day by day, and at the end of the day – if you live long enough – like most
people, you will get out of life what you deserve.”– Charles Munger, Investor
「每天試著讓自己比早上起床時更有智慧一點，日覆一日，而最終 – 如果你活得夠久 – 你會像大多數人一般，得到你人生所應得的。」– 查理斯·孟格 (投資家)
8. “In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force
before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a
clumsy friend.”– Sophie Swetchine, Salon Host
「如果要有敵人，本身必須是個人物。他必須有股力量，才能被另一股力量所抗拒。惡毒的敵人勝過笨拙的朋友。」– 蘇菲‧隋馨 (聚會沙龍主人)
9. “Motivation will beat mere talent almost every time.”– Norman
Augustine, Aerospace Executive
「強烈的動機，往往可以戰勝天賦。」- 諾曼‧奥古斯丁 (航太公司執行長)
10. “If you’ve got a talent, protect it.”– Jim Carrey, Comedian
「如果你有某種天份，保護好它。」– 金‧凱瑞 (喜劇演員)
V. Singing River
“Orphans” BY Coldplay
I want to know when I
can go
我想知道我什麼時候能離開
Back and get drunk with
my friends
回到朋友身邊然後一起買醉
Boom boom ka, buba de
ka
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
Boom boom ka, buba de
ka
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
Boom boom ka, buba de
ka
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
Rosaleem of the
Damascene
大馬士革的小女孩 Rosaleem
Yes, she had eyes like
the moon
她有一雙如月亮般的明亮眼睛
Would have been on the
silver screen
美麗到有機會成為銀幕上的女明星
But for the missile
monsoon
但因為那場空襲
She went, “Woo woo, woo
woo oo-oo-oo”
只聽得到她的淒厲的慘叫
(Boom boom ka, buba de ka, Boom boom ka, buba
de ka, Boom boom ka, buba de ka)
炸彈如雨般落下
Indigo up in heaven
today
湛藍的天際看似天堂
“Woo
woo, woo woo oo-oo-oo”
聽到四處的慘叫聲了嗎
(Boom boom ka, buba de
ka, Boom boom ka, buba de ka)
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
With bombs going boom
ba-boom-boom
爆炸聲此起彼落
She say
而她說
I want to know when I
can go
我想知道我什麼時候能離開
Back and get drunk with
my friends
回到朋友身邊然後一起買醉
I want to know when I
can go
我想知道我什麼時候能離開
Back and be young again
重回年輕時的青春與快樂
Baba would go where the
flowers grow
爸爸會去百花盛開的地方
Almond and peach trees
in bloom
杏仁花和桃花綻放
And he would know just
when and what to sow
而他也知道什麼時候要種植哪種植物
So golden and opportune
如此的燦爛又合適
He went, “Woo woo, woo
woo oo-oo-oo”
但他突然發出淒厲慘叫
(Boom boom ka, buba de ka, Boom boom ka, buba
de ka, Boom boom ka, buba de ka)
炸彈如雨般落下
Tulips the colour of
honey today
爸爸種的鬱金香金黃的像蜂蜜
It’s true true, woo woo
oo-oo-oo
但慘絕人寰的場景都是真的
(Boom boom ka, buba de
ka, Boom boom ka, buba de ka)
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
With bombs going boom
ba-boom-boom
爆炸聲此起彼落
He say
而他說
I want to know when I
can go
我想知道我什麼時候能離開
Back and get drunk with
my friends
回到朋友身邊然後一起買醉
I want to know when I
can go
我想知道我什麼時候能離開
Back and be young again
重回年輕時的青春與快樂
Woo woo, woo woo
oo-oo-oo
聽到四處的慘叫聲了嗎
Woo woo, woo woo
oo-oo-oo
聽到四處的慘叫聲了嗎
Cherubim Seraphim soon
天堂的天使們出來迎接我們了
Come sailing us home by
the light of the moon
乘著月光引領我們回天堂
I want to know when I
can go
我想知道我什麼時候能離開
Back and get drunk with
my friends
回到朋友身邊然後一起買醉
I want to know when I
can go
我想知道我什麼時候能離開
Back and feel home
again
重回溫暖的家
Woo woo, woo woo
oo-oo-oo
聽到四處的慘叫聲了嗎
I guess we’ll be raised
on our own then
我猜我們只能靠自己了
Woo woo, woo woo
oo-oo-oo
聽到四處的慘叫聲了嗎
I want to be with you
’til the world ends
我希望至少我能跟你一起直到世界毀滅
I want to be with you
’til the whole world ends
我希望至少我能跟你一起直到整個世界消逝殆盡
Boom boom ka, buba de
ka
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
Boom boom ka, buba de
ka
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
Boom boom ka, buba de
ka
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
Boom boom ka, buba de
ka
聽到炸彈爆炸的聲音了嗎
Boom
碰！
“Location Unknown” BY HONNE
Travelling places I
ain’t seen you in ages
四處遊歷，我彷彿好幾個世紀沒見到妳了
But I hope you come
back to me
但我希望妳回到我身邊
My mind’s running wild
with you faraway
妳離我如此遙遠，我的腦海已幾近瘋狂
I still think of you a
hundred times a day
我仍然天天不斷不斷的想念著你
I still think of you
too if only you knew
想要妳知道我仍然在思念妳
When I’m feeling a bit
down and I wanna pull through
當我感到有點失落仍然會去克服
I look over your
photograph
看著妳的照片
And I think how much I
miss you, I miss you
我想著我有多麼想念你，我好想妳，好想妳......
I wish I knew where I
was ‘cause I don’t have a clue
我真希望我知道我的心思在哪，因為我一點頭緒也沒有
I just need to work out
some way of getting me to you
我只需要找到一個方法回到妳身邊
‘Cause
I will never find a love like ours out here
因為我知道我再也找不到像我們之間的這種愛了
In a million years, a
million years
這些愛是尋了好幾百萬年再也找不到的
My location unknown
tryna find a way back home to you again
我的思想陷入混沌，仍一再的試著找到回到妳身邊的方式
I gotta get back to you
gotta gotta get back to you
我要回到妳身邊，一定要回到妳身邊
My location unknown
tryna find a way back home to you again
我的思想陷入混沌，仍一再的試著找到回到妳身邊的方式
I gotta get back to you
gotta gotta get back to you
我要回到妳身邊，一定要回到妳身邊
My location unknown
tryna find a way back home to you again
我的思想陷入混沌，仍一再的試著找到回到妳身邊的方式
I gotta get back to you
gotta gotta get back to you
我要回到妳身邊，一定要回到妳身邊
I just need to know
that you’re safe, given that I’m miles away
我只需要知道你還安好，我與妳的距離是如此遙遠
On the first flight
back to your side
搭上第一班航班回到妳身邊
I don’t care how long
it takes, I know you’ll be worth the wait
我不在意要花多長時間，再長得等待也因為你而值得，因為是妳啊
On the first flight
back to your side
搭上第一班航班回到妳身邊
Travelling places I
ain’t seen you in ages
四處遊歷，我彷彿好幾個世紀沒見到妳了
But I hope you come
back to me
但我仍然希望妳回到我身邊
My mind’s running wild
with you faraway
妳離我如此遙遠，我的腦海已幾近瘋狂
I still think of you a
hundred times a day
我仍然天天不斷不斷的想念著你
I still think of you
too if only you knew
想要妳知道我仍然在思念妳
I just need to work out
some way of getting me to you
我只需要找到一個方法回到妳身邊
‘Cause
I will never find a love like ours out here
因為我知道我再也找不到像我們之間的這種愛了
In a million years, a
million years
這些愛是尋了好幾百萬年再也找不到的
My location unknown
tryna find a way back home to you again
我的思想陷入混沌，仍一再的試著找到回到妳身邊的方式
I gotta get back to you
gotta gotta get back to you
我要回到妳身邊，一定要回到妳身邊
My location unknown
tryna find a way back home to you again
我的思想陷入混沌，仍一再的試著找到回到妳身邊的方式
I gotta get back to you
gotta gotta get back to you
我要回到妳身邊，一定要回到妳身邊
I just need to know
that you’re safe, given that I’m miles away
我只需要知道你還安好，我距離妳是如此遙遠
On the first flight
back to your side
搭上第一班航班回到妳身邊
I don’t care how long
it takes, I know you’ll be worth the wait
我不在意要花多久時間，再長的等待也因為你而值得，因為妳是妳啊
On the first flight
back to your side
搭上第一班航班回到妳身邊
I don’t want to be
wasting time without you
沒有妳在身邊，無論時間如何度過都是浪費
Don’t want to throw
away my life I need you
我需要妳在我的生命中
Something tells me
we’ll be alright
有個聲音告訴著我，我們會好好的
Something tells me
we’ll be alright, alright
有個聲音告訴著我，我們會好好的，一切都會好好的
I don’t want to be
wasting time without you
沒有妳在身邊，無論時間如何度過都是浪費
Don’t wanna throw away
my life I need you
我需要妳在我的生命中
Something tells me
we’ll be alright
有個聲音告訴著我，我們會好好的
But something tells me
we’ll be alright alright
有個聲音告訴著我，我們會好好的，一切都會好好的
My location unknown
tryna find a way back home to you again
我的思想陷入混沌，仍一再的試著找到回到妳身邊的方式
I gotta get back to you
gotta gotta get back to you
我要回到妳身邊，一定要回到妳身邊
My location unknown
tryna find a way back home to you again
我的思想陷入混沌，仍一再的試著找到回到妳身邊的方式
I gotta get back to you
gotta gotta get back to you
我要回到妳身邊，一定要回到妳身邊
I just need to know
that you’re safe, given that I’m miles away
我只需要知道你還安好，我與妳的距離是如此遙遠
On the first flight
back to your side
搭上第一班航班回到妳身邊
I don’t care how long
it takes, I know you’ll be worth the wait
我不在意要花多久時間，再長的等待也因為你而值得，因為妳是妳啊
On the first flight
back to your side
搭上第一班航班回到妳身邊
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