【 第306期 】英文公園 第216期

(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park


I. News Path–新聞步道

伊朗面對COVID-19 病毒/川普訪問印度/製藥商為冠狀病毒疫苗進行測試/全日空公司再訂購新飛機/台美貿易協定/ CECC隔離103位與澳大利亞COVID-19病例接觸者/台灣股市暴跌/台灣葡萄酒在法國比賽中獲得金牌

II. News Vocabulary

1. outbreak                        爆發
2. censorship                    審查制度
3. pomp                             富麗堂皇
4. delved                            鑽研
5. substance                      物質
6. accomplishments         成就
7. whirlwind                      旋風
8. coronavirus                   冠狀病毒

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

當夏天來臨,你想出去玩還是待在家呢?/想認識她卻不知如何是好?搭訕技巧學起來!/如何不計算熱量達到減脂/咖啡界傳奇!帶你了解星巴克的商標故事

IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林

1. “If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads!”– Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
「如果你想走到高處,用自己的雙腿!別讓別人把你抬高;別坐在別人的背上或頭上!」弗里德里希尼采 (哲學家)
2. “Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.”— Louis Pasteur, Microbiologist
「意志、努力與等待是成功金字塔的基石。」路易斯巴斯德 (微生物學家)
3. “It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.”– George Eliot, Novelist
「玫瑰絕不會從天上掉下,如果想要更多的玫瑰,我們必須自己種植。」喬治·艾略特 (小說家)

V. Singing River–吟唱河流

Stupid Love/3am

I.             News Path

Pompeo blasts China, Iran for response to virus outbreak

World
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday hit out at China and Iran for their response to the outbreak of coronavirus, accusing the two governments of censorship and of trying to cover up the severity of the spread of the deadly illness.

Trump’s India visit moves from pomp to trade, military talks
World
NEW DELHI (AP) — President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to India delved into substance Tuesday after opening with a heavy dose of pomp and pageantry, even as few concrete accomplishments were expected from the whirlwind trip.

Drugmaker readies possible coronavirus vaccine for testing
World
Drugmaker Moderna has shipped its first batch of a possible coronavirus vaccine for humans to government researchers for testing.

Japan’s ANA orders 20 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners
World
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese carrier ANA is ordering 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, bringing its fleet of the planes to 103 by 2025.

President urges Taiwan-U.S. trade pact in meeting with AIT chair
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) expressed her desire for Taiwan to sign a bilateral trade agreement with the United States on Thursday during a meeting with visiting American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairman James Moriarty.

CECC isolates 103 for contact with Australian COVID-19 case
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — The Taiwanese authorities have placed 103 people under home isolation after they had contact with an Australian classical musician who was diagnosed with COVID-19 following a Feb. 23-March 2 visit to Taiwan, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday.

Taiwan shares plunge on U.S. market volatility
National
TAIPEI (CNA) — Taiwan shares moved sharply lower Friday morning after the U.S. markets plunged overnight on growing fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States, dealers said.

Taiwanese wines win gold medals in French competition
National
PARIS (CNA) — Two types of wine made from Taiwan-grown grapes took gold medals at the 26th Vinalies Internationales Competition held from Feb. 29 to March 4 in Paris.

II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)
1. outbreak                        爆發
2. censorship                    審查制度
3. pomp                             富麗堂皇
4. delved                            鑽研
5. substance                     物質
6. accomplishments        成就
7. whirlwind                     旋風
8. coronavirus                  冠狀病毒
9. vaccine                         疫苗
10. fleet                             艦隊
11. pact                              協議
12. bilateral                      雙邊
13. diagnosed                  確診
14. plunge                        暴跌
15. Internationales          國際化

III. VoiceTube

當夏天來臨,你想出去玩還是待在家呢? (Stay Inside)
初級

想認識她卻不知如何是好?搭訕技巧學起來! (Casually Explained: Flirting)
初級

如何不計算熱量達到減脂 (How to Lose Weight WITHOUT Counting Calories!!)
中級

咖啡界傳奇!帶你了解星巴克的商標故事 (The Story Behind the Starbucks Mermaid)
中級

IV. Wisdom Woods
English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom
1. “If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads!”– Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
「如果你想走到高處,用自己的雙腿!別讓別人把你抬高;別坐在別人的背上或頭上!」弗里德里希尼采 (哲學家)
2. “Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.”— Louis Pasteur, Microbiologist
「意志、努力與等待是成功金字塔的基石。」路易斯巴斯德 (微生物學家)
3. “It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.”– George Eliot, Novelist
「玫瑰絕不會從天上掉下,如果想要更多的玫瑰,我們必須自己種植。」喬治·艾略特 (小說家)
4. “No such thing as spare time. No such thing as free time. No such thing as down time. All you got is life time.”– Henry Rollins, Singer
「沒有所謂的多餘時間,沒有所謂的空閒時間,沒有所謂的停工時間,你只有生命的時間。」亨利·羅林斯 (歌手)
5. “That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest.”– Henry David Thoreau, Philosopher
「最容易取得快樂的人是最富有的人。」亨利大衛梭羅 (哲學家)
6. “Happiness is a way station between too much and too little.”– Channing Pollock, Writer
「快樂是太多和太少的中間站。」詹寧布魯克 (作家)
7. “Let your joy be in the journey, not in some distant goal.”– Tim Cook, Apple CEO
「讓你的喜悅來自旅途中,而非一個遙遠的目標。」提姆·庫克 (蘋果執行長)
8. “Never give up on something you love.”– Ariana Grande, Singer
「永遠不要放棄你所熱愛的事。」亞莉安娜·格蘭德 (歌手)
9. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.”– Khalil Gibran, Poet
「你的小孩像是箭,你像弓一般的把他們射出去。」哈里利紀伯倫 (詩人)
10. “Leap, and the net will appear.”– John Burroughs, Writer
「勇敢的跳下去,接住你的網子將會出現。」約翰巴勒斯 (作家)

V. Singing River

“Stupid Love” BY Lady Gaga


You’re the one that I’ve been waiting for
你是我一直等待的那個人
Gotta quit this crying, nobody’s gonna
必須停止繼續哭泣
Heal me if I don’t open the door
若我不敞開心房,沒有人能夠治好我
Kinda hard to believe, gotta have faith in me
有點難以相信,但必須對自己有些信任
Freak out, freak out, freak out, freak out (Look at me)
嚇壞了,我真的嚇壞了(看看我)
Get down, get down, get down, get down (Look at me)
難過、落寞、痛苦(看看我)
Freak out, freak out, freak out, freak out
嚇壞了,我真的嚇壞了(看看我)
Look at me now
看看現在的我
‘Cause all I ever wanted was love
因為我所有人生的所求就是愛
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh
All I ever wanted was love
我所有人生的所求就是愛
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh (Higher, higher)
I want your stupid love, love
我想要你不理智的愛
I want your stupid love, love
我想要你哪不理智的愛
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now, it’s time to free me from the chain
現在是時候讓我從枷鎖中自由了
I gotta find that peace, is it too late or
我需要找回那平靜,是否太遲?
Could this love protect me from the pain?
或是這愛能讓我不被傷害呢?
I would battle for you (Even if I break in two)
我會為你而戰,即使我粉身碎骨
Freak out, freak out, freak out, freak out (Look at me)
嚇壞了,我真的嚇壞了(看看我)
Get down, get down, get down, get down (Look at me)
難過、落寞、痛苦(看看我)
Freak out, freak out, freak out, freak out
嚇壞了,我真的嚇壞了(看看我)
Look at me now
看看現在的我
‘Cause all I ever wanted was love
因為我所有人生的所求就是愛
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh
All I ever wanted was love
我所有人生的所求就是愛
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh (Ooh-ooh)
Hey, hey-uh (Higher, higher)
I want your stupid love, love
我想要你哪不理智的愛
I want your stupid love, love
我想要你哪不理智的愛
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
I don’t need a reason (Oh)
我不需要什麼藉口
Not sorry, I want your stupid love
別說抱歉,我想要你哪不理智的愛
I don’t need a reason (Oh)
我不需要什麼藉口
Not sorry, I want your stupid love
別說抱歉,我想要你哪不理智的愛
Higher, higher
更多更好
I want your stupid love, love (Oh, oh, woo)
我想要你哪不理智的愛
We got a stupid love, love (Love, love, oh)
我們彼此傻傻地愛著
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
I want your stupid love, love
我想要你哪不理智的愛
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
I want your stupid love, love
我想要你哪不理智的愛

“3am” BY Halsey


Darling, I’ve just left the bar
親愛的,我才剛離開酒吧
And I’ve misplaced all my credit cards
我不小心把所有信用卡都留在那邊了
My self-preservation and all of my reservations
我的不安和對於自己批判
Are sittin’ and contemplating what to do with me, do with me
正不斷衝撞挑戰自我中
Think I took it way too far
我覺得可能是自己想太多了
And I’m stumblin’ drunk, getting in a car
我喝得爛醉,一跛一跛的走到車上
My insecurities are hurtin’ me
我的不安感不斷地傷害我
Someone please come and flirt with me
拜託誰來跟我調情一下
I really need a mirror that’ll come along and tell me that I’m fine
我真的很需要一面鏡子在我面前,告訴我一切都好
I do it every time
我每次都會這樣做
I keep on hanging on the line, ignoring every warning sign
我持續保持通話狀態,忽視掉所有危險的訊號
Come on and make me feel alright again
來吧,讓我再一次感到一切都好
‘Cause it’s 3 AM
因為現在是凌晨三點
And I’m callin’ everybody that I know
我打給了每一個我認識的人
And here we go again
讓所有的事再來一次
While I’m runnin’ through the numbers in my phone
當我從手機打過所有號碼時
And yeah, I’ll take fake moans and dial tones
我會接受所有的無關緊要的抱怨和打不通的嘟嘟聲
Let ’em spill right down the microphone
讓這些都隨著麥克風傾瀉而出吧
I need it digital ’cause, baby, when it’s physical
我需要一點科技的陪伴,寶貝,因為當在真實世界中時
I end up alone, end up alone
我最終都將孤獨,都將孤獨
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital ’cause, baby, when it’s physical
我需要一點科技的陪伴,寶貝,因為當在真實世界中時
I end up alone, end up alone
我最終都將孤獨,都將孤獨
And every night, I wanna live in color through a white-blue screen
每天晚上,我只想活在哪電腦螢幕營造出來的五顏六色之中
I got a technicolor vision going vivid in my white-blue jeans
身穿藍白牛仔褲的自己在螢幕裡越來越清晰
I know it’s complicated
我知道這一切非常難以說明
‘Cause everyone that I’ve dated says they hate it
因為每一個我交往過的人都說他們討厭這樣
‘Cause they don’t know what to do with me, do with me
因為他們不知道該怎麼跟我相處
Know that my identity always getting the best of me
我知道我的公共身份總是讓我無法喘氣
I’m the worst of my enemies
我是我自己最糟的敵人
And I don’t really know what to do with me
而我也真的不知道該怎麼面對自己
Yeah, I don’t really know what to do with me
而我也真的不知道該怎麼面對自己
I keep on hanging on the line, ignoring every warning sign
我持續保持通話狀態,忽視掉所有危險的訊號
Come on and make me feel alright again
來吧,讓我再一次感到一切都好
‘Cause it’s 3 AM
因為現在是凌晨三點
And I’m callin’ everybody that I know
我打給了每一個我認識的人
And here we go again
讓所有的事再來一次
While I’m runnin’ through the numbers in my phone
當我從手機打過所有號碼時
And yeah, I’ll take fake moans and dial tones
我會接受所有的無關緊要的抱怨和打不通的嘟嘟聲
Let ’em spill right down the microphone
讓這些都隨著麥克風傾瀉而出吧
I need it digital ’cause, baby, when it’s physical
我需要一點科技的陪伴,寶貝,因為當在真實世界中時
I end up alone, end up alone
我最終都將孤獨,都將孤獨
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital ’cause, baby, when it’s physical
我需要一點科技的陪伴,寶貝,因為當在真實世界中時
I end up alone, end up alone
我最終都將孤獨,都將孤獨
I’m reckless, treat it like a necklace
我已失去控制
Take a different version and I try it on for size with everybody that I know
胡亂地把任何事情扣在我認識的人身上
And will you please pick up the fucking phone?
而你可以拜託接起那該死的電話嗎
‘Cause it’s 3 AM
因為現在是凌晨三點
And I’m callin’ everybody that I know
我打給了每一個我認識的人
And here we go again
讓所有的事再來一次
While I’m runnin’ through the numbers in my phone
當我從手機打過所有號碼時
And yeah, I’ll take fake moans and dial tones
我會接受所有的無關緊要的抱怨和打不通的嘟嘟聲
Let ’em spill right down the microphone
讓這些都隨著麥克風傾瀉而出吧
I need it digital ’cause, baby, when it’s physical
我需要一點科技的陪伴,寶貝,因為當在真實世界中時
I end up alone, end up alone
我最終都將孤獨,都將孤獨
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital ’cause, baby, when it’s physical
我需要一點科技的陪伴,寶貝,因為當在真實世界中時
I end up alone, end up alone
我最終都將孤獨,都將孤獨
Your, your best song is a song that’s currently on the radio
你,你最好的歌就是現在正在廣播電台的那首
How many people can say that?
有多少人可以這樣說:
That their best song is the one that’s currently about to be a massive hit?
「我最好的歌就是現在即將成為大熱門的那首?」
It’s already a hit, it’s just gonna get more massive
已經是熱門了,只會越來越熱門
How many more people can say it? Not very many
有多少人可以這樣說?沒有多少
Congratulations!
恭喜你!
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