【 第317期 】英文公園 第227期

(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park

 

I. News Path–新聞步道

 

川普因涉嫌拜登在推特上大聲疾呼/ 81歲時裝設計師高田賢三死於巴黎/ 丹麥潛艇殺手馬德森“被捕入獄”/泰國男星長紅不敗，生世坎坷從小被領養/蔡英文總統希望減輕與中國的緊張關係/台灣名人丁小琴被判處2年6個月有期徒刑/台灣奶奶以學習英語為己任而贏得稱讚/中國戲曲保留戲服製作傳統

 

II. News Vocabulary

 

1.   lashed out         猛烈抨擊

2.   decisions           決定

3.   affiliations          隸屬關係

4.   label                  標籤

5.   outskirts            郊區

6.   spokesman       發言人

7.   arrested            被捕

8.   entertainment   娛樂

 

III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台

VoiceTube－不必花大錢 就能看影片學英語

 

哈瓦那翻唱/談婚姻，鐵達尼號/7個名字衝突/約會內容

 

IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林

 

1. “We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don’t. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.”– Henry Rollins, Singer

「我們都在人生中學習，有些教訓會記住，有些不會，我總是從拒絕和失敗中學到更多，而不是接受和成功。」– 亨利·羅林斯 (歌手)

2. “If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.”– Ralph Marston, Motivational Writer

「如果你要的話，即使意外的挫折也可以帶來全新正面的可能；如果你要的話，每個狀況都可以找到價值與成就感。」– 拉夫‧馬爾斯頓 (勵志作家)

3. “ You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.”– Kate Morton, Novelist

「你是靠自己所擁有的，而不是所缺少的來過你的人生。」– 凱特·莫頓 (小說家)

 

V. Singing River–吟唱河流

I Need Your Love / The Water Fountain

 

I.             News Path

 

Trump goes on Twitter rant over alleged censorship of Biden’s story

World

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at social media giants on Oct. 15, following Twitter and Facebook’s decisions to restrict access to a controversial report on U.S. Presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and his alleged affiliations with a Ukrainian business.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201015-1835390

Fashion designer Kenzo Takada, 81, dies from COVID-19 in Paris

World

Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada who created the Kenzo label in Paris in the 1970s died on Sunday, the brand that still carries his name said. Takada, 81, died of complications linked to Covid-19 at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a residential suburb on the western outskirts of the capital, his spokesman told French media.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201005-1834394

 

Danish submarine killer Madsen 'caught in prison escape'

World

Danish submarine builder Peter Madsen, who murdered the Swedish journalist Kim Wall, has been caught after trying to escape from jail, reports say. Police say they have arrested a man near the jail but have so far refused to confirm his identity.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54612455

 

Top Thai actor rose to fame despite difficult upbringing

World

Thai actor Barry Nadech Kugimiya has been a long-time favorite in the entertainment industry in Thailand where he is considered as the most handsome actor by many Thai teens. 

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201017-1835377

President Tsai Ing-wen hopes for reduced tensions with China

National

TAIPEI (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Saturday she has hopes for less tensions with China and in the region, if Beijing will listen to Taipei’s concerns, alter its approach and restart dialogue with the self-ruled island democracy.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201010-1834954

 

Taiwanese celeb Ding Xiao-qin sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison

National

TAIPEI (The China Post) — Taiwanese celeb Ding Xiao-qin (丁小芹), known for her stage name T-ana, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for selling fake luxury bags and failing to ship good to buyers, the Supreme Court confirmed on Monday. https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201019-1835553

Taiwan grandma wins praise for her dedication to learn English 

National

TAIPEI (The China Post) — A Taiwanese grandma has received praise online after a foreigner in Taiwan captured her photo while she was studying English on the Taipei MRT.

“You are never too old to learn a new language,” the Reddit user said about her.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201016-1835439

Chinese opera preserves costume-making traditions

National

TAIPEI (The China Post) — Traditional Cantonese plays would be incomplete without exquisite costumes on display. With heavily embroidered designs fitted from over 50 meters of cloth embellished with sequins, beads, and lights, these costumes require a painstaking 8,000 hours to complete. 

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201016-1835422

II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)

1.   lashed out        猛烈抨擊

2.   decisions          決定

3.   affiliations        隸屬關係

4.    label                標籤

5.   outskirts          郊區

6.   spokesman      發言人

7.   arrested            被捕

8.   entertainment   娛樂

9.    industry            行業

10.  tensions          緊張局勢

11.  dialogue          對話

12.  sentenced       被判刑

13.  luxury              豪華

14.  incomplete       不完整

15.  murdered         被謀殺

 

III. VoiceTube

哈瓦那翻唱 (Septiplier Sings Havana)

初級

https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/74780

 

談婚姻，鐵達尼號 (The World Comedy Tour - Jeff Green - Bill Burr - Mike King)

初級

https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/73985

 

7個名字衝突(7 Struggles Of Having A Common Name)

中級

https://www.voicetube.com/videos/41003

 

約會內容(What to Talk About on a Date)

中級

https://www.voicetube.com/videos/74006

IV. Wisdom Woods

English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom

1. “We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don’t. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.”– Henry Rollins, Singer

「我們都在人生中學習，有些教訓會記住，有些不會，我總是從拒絕和失敗中學到更多，而不是接受和成功。」– 亨利·羅林斯 (歌手)

2. “If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.”– Ralph Marston, Motivational Writer

「如果你要的話，即使意外的挫折也可以帶來全新正面的可能；如果你要的話，每個狀況都可以找到價值與成就感。」– 拉夫‧馬爾斯頓 (勵志作家)

3. “ You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.”– Kate Morton, Novelist

「你是靠自己所擁有的，而不是所缺少的來過你的人生。」– 凱特·莫頓 (小說家)

4. “Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.”– Napoleon Hill, Motivational Writer

「請記住，比起接受苦難和貧窮，要求富裕和興旺以追求高層次的生活，並不需花費更多的氣力。」– 拿破崙‧希爾 (勵志作家)

5. “We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.”– Joyce Meyer, Christian Author

「如果我們成為鼓勵者而不是批評者，我們可以大幅度改善與他人的關係。」– 喬依斯·邁爾 (基督教作家)

6. “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”– Aristotle, Philosopher

「任何人都會生氣 – 這很容易，但對正確的人、以正確的程度、在正確的時間、為正確的目的生氣 – 那不在每個人的能力範圍內，也不容易。」– 亞里斯多德 (哲學家)

7. “Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.”— William James, Psychologist

「悲觀導致軟弱，樂觀導致力量。」– 威廉‧詹姆斯 (心理學家)

8. “Be happy, but never satisfied.”– Bruce Lee, Martial Artist

「要快樂，但永遠不要滿足。」– 李小龍 (武術家)

9. “Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose!”– Bob Proctor, Motivational Coach

「信念與恐懼都要求你相信一件你看不到的事情，你來做選擇！」– 包柏‧普克 (勵志導師)

10. “A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself , and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to , letting a person be what they really are.”– Jim Morrison, Singer

「真正的朋友給你完全的自由做自己，特別是去感覺，或者不去感覺。不管你當下有了什麼感覺，他們都沒有問題，這就是真正的愛，讓一個人呈現他真正的樣子。」– 吉姆·莫里森 (歌手)

http://www.dailyenglishquote.com/

 

V. Singing River

 

“I Need Your Love” ByCalvin Harris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtKZKl7Bgu0

 

 I got this feeling, inside my bones

我骨子裡有某種感覺蠢蠢欲動

It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on

當我引發，它電力四射，盡情擺動

All through my city, all through my home

穿越城鎮及家鄉

We're flying up, no ceiling, when we in our zone

我們振臂高飛，無拘無束，這是我們的國度

 

I got that sunshine in my pocket

陽光隨手可得

Got that good soul in my feet

使我得腳不禁隨之起舞

I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh

當此降落，我感覺熱血沸騰

I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally

目不轉睛，令人詫異無比

Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop

我們被鎖於搖滾派對，別停下來

 

 

And under the lights when everything goes

燈光下，所有事物皆擺動身軀

Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close

當我靠近，你無處可躲

When we move, well, you already know

當我們搖擺身軀，你早已心知肚明

So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine

放縱去想像

Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance

我只能看見你的舞姿

Feeling good, good, creeping up on you

絕佳妙感不斷竄至你身

So just dance, dance, dance, come on

恣意熱舞

All those things I should do to you

我該對你俯首稱成

But you dance, dance, dance

但你的勁舞令我招架不住

And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing

今晚沒人要走，放縱熱舞

 

I can't stop the feeling

我無法停止這感覺

So just dance, dance, dance

儘管扭腰擺臀

I can't stop the feeling

我無法停下

So just dance, dance, dance, come on

縱情熱舞，來吧

 

Ooh, it's something magical

感到神奇的魔力

It's in the air, it's in my blood, it's rushing on

充斥著四周及我的血液，不斷巑動

Don't need no reason, don't need control

不須理由，不須約束

I fly so high, no ceiling, when I'm in my zone

我展翅高飛，毫無限制，這是我的世界

 

Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket

陽光唾手可得

Got that good soul in my feet

極佳的感覺由下攀升

I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh

我感到熱血沸騰

I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally

定睛注視，ˊ這令人震驚的一課

Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop

我們陷於搖滾派對，決不喊停

 

And under the lights when everything goes

燈光下的所有事物蠢蠢欲動

Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close

當我向你逼近，你無處可躲

When we move, well, you already know

當我們扭動，你已知道

So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine

放縱去臆測

Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance

我只能看見你的舞姿

Feeling good, good, creeping up on you

絕佳妙感竄升

So just dance, dance, dance, come on

只顧跳舞，毫無顧忌

All those things I should do to you

我該對你卑躬屈膝

But you dance, dance, dance

但你卻放肆熱舞

And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing

沒人要離開，只是儘管扭腰

 

{I can't stop the feeling

 So just dance, dance, dance}

我無法停下，只能放肆勁舞

 

I can't stop the, I can't stop the

 I can't stop the, I can't stop the

 I can't stop the feeling

不管怎樣就是無法停下

 

 

Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance

我的目中無它物，只有你的體軀

(I can't stop the feeling)

就是無法停下

Feeling good, good, creeping up on you

某種感覺由下爬升

So just dance, dance, dance, come on

儘管扭腰擺臀就好

(I can't stop the feeling)

我無法停下這感覺

All those things I should do to you

那些我該為你做的事

But you dance, dance, dance

但你卻放縱熱舞

(I can't stop the feeling)

我無法停下

And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing

沒人要走，跳舞至天明

 

Everybody sing

大家一起唱

(I can't stop the feeling)

我無法停止

Got this feeling in my body

它鎖於我身

(I can't stop the feeling)

我無法止住

Got this feeling in my body

這感覺的攒動

(I can't stop the feeling)

就是無法停下

Wanna see you move your body

想看你擺動身軀

(I can't stop the feeling)

我無法停下

Got this feeling in my body

這東西控制了我

Break it down

打破束縛

Got this feeling in my body

這感覺控制了我

Can't stop the feeling

無法停止這感覺

Got this feeling in my body, come on

某種感覺隨血液流至全身

 

https://www.music-cool.tw/2016/05/justin-timberlake-cant-stop-feeling.html

 

“The Water Fountain” By Alec Benjamin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ado75KpV9w

 

Saw you leaning against that old record machine

看見你倚靠在那台老舊的唱片機

Saw the name of your band written on the marquee

看見你的樂團即將登台演出

It's a full moon tonight so we getting rowdy

讓我們在今晚滿月的時候狂歡一下

Yeah we getting rowdy, g-g-getting rowdy

就讓我們狂歡一下吧

 

Feeling like I'm a high schooler

感覺好像回到高中時代

Sipping on a warm wine cooler

啜飲一口溫熱的紅酒

Hot 'cause the party don't stop

熱浪來襲正因為派對正high

 I'm in a crop top

我帶著警帽

Like I'm working at hooters

假裝在波霸餐廳上班

We been keeping it PG

我們所散發出來的氛圍就像友達以上戀人未滿

But I wanna get a little frisky

但我想玩大點

Come gimme some of that yum like a lollipop

給我一些甜頭吧!就像棒棒糖那樣

Let me set you free

讓我解放你!

 

C'mon 'cause I know what I like

來吧!我知道我喜歡什麼

And you're looking just like my type

你就是我喜歡的型

Let's go for it just for tonight

今晚讓我們再進一步

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon

放馬過來吧!

Now don't even try to deny

現在我們無須否認

We're both going home satisfied

我們會一起回家玩瘋一整天

Let's go for it just for tonight

讓我們為了今晚而努力

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon

放馬過來吧!

 

Write our names on the wall in the back of the bar

把我們的名字塗鴉在酒吧的後牆

Steal some bubblegum from the corner Maxi-Mart

再跑到街角便利商店偷個泡泡糖

Yeah, we laughing like kids causing trouble in the dark

摸黑使壞，我們笑得好傻好天真

Causing trouble in the dark, t-t-trouble in the dark

摸黑使壞~

 

Feeling like a saber-toothed tiger

這感覺是多麼的興奮

Sipping on a warm Budweiser

啜飲個潤潤喉的百威啤酒

Touch me and give me that rush

摸摸我讓我什麼事都不在意

Better pack a toothbrush

最好帶著牙刷吧!

Gonna pull an all-nighter

瘋狂還會延續一整晚

We been keeping it kosher

然而我們太過拘束

But I wanna get it on for sure

但我真的想要更多

Come gimme some of that yum like a lollipop

給我一些甜頭吧!就像棒棒糖那樣

Baby don't be scared

可別被我嚇到喔!寶貝

 

C'mon 'cause I know what I like

來吧!我知道我喜歡什麼

And you're looking just like my type

你就是我喜歡的型

Let's go for it just for tonight

今晚讓我們再進一步

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon

放馬過來吧!

Now don't even try to deny

現在我們無須否認

We're both going home satisfied

我們會一起回家玩瘋一整天

Let's go for it just for tonight

讓我們為了今晚而努力

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon

來吧!

 

I don't wanna go to sleep

我還不想睡

I wanna stay up all night

我想徹夜狂歡

I wanna just screw around

我想四處玩樂

I don't wanna think about

不想去思考

What's gonna be after this

這之後會是什麼

I wanna just live right now

我只想活在當下

 

I don't wanna go to sleep

我還不想睡

I wanna stay up all night

我想徹夜狂歡

I wanna just screw around

我想四處玩樂

I don't wanna think about

不想去思考

What's gonna be after this

這之後會是什麼

I wanna just live right now

我只想活在當下

 

 C'mon 'cause I know what I like

來吧!我知道我喜歡什麼

And you're looking just like my type

你就是我喜歡的型

Let's go for it just for tonight

今晚讓我們再進一步

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon

放馬過來吧!

Now don't even try to deny

現在我們無須否認

We're both going home satisfied

我們會一起回家玩瘋一整天

Let's go for it just for tonight

讓我們為了今晚而努力

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon

來吧!

 

https://www.music-cool.tw/2014/04/keha-cmon.html