【 第322期 】英文公園 第232期

(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park

 

I. News Path–新聞步道

 

拜登首位領導受虐情報機構的內閣成員/救援人員試圖在中國煤礦中挽救21名被困工人/ 能源大幅上漲，12月份批發價格上漲0.3％/拜登演講值得期待/564位正在隔離的醫院人員：CECC /停辦台灣燈會！蘇貞昌：不容任何地方有破口/台灣報告了2例從菲律賓進口的COVID-19病例/美國大使帶著袋裝的台灣“福爾摩沙黑熊”前往聯合國

 

II. News Vocabulary

 

1.  confirmed         已確認

2.   intelligence      情報

3.   agency             機構

4.   rescuers           營救者

5.   debris               碎屑

6.   index                指數

7.   matched           匹配的

8.   administration   行政

 

III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台

VoiceTube－不必花大錢 就能看影片學英語

 

這是當您忽略女朋友的文本時發生的情況/你夠了

 

IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林

 

1.“I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.”— J.C. Penney, Entrepreneur

「若不是因為挫折，我今天不會有任何成就。我是被迫在因難中進步。」– 詹姆斯‧彭尼 (企業家)

2.“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”— Sydney J. Harris, Journalist

「為做過的事而後悔會因時間而慢慢平撫，為沒做過的事而後悔卻是無法平撫。」– 哈利斯 (記者)

3.“I believe in me more than anything in this world.”— Wilma Rudolph, Athlete

「在這世界上我最相信的是自己。」– 威爾瑪‧魯道夫 (運動員)

 

V. Singing River–吟唱河流

We Don't Talk Anymore / Sugar

 

I.             News Path

 

Biden's first Cabinet member to lead battered intel agencies

World

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, giving President Joe Biden the first member of his Cabinet and placing the first woman in charge of the nearly two-decade old agency.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210121-2043896

Trapped worker dies as rescuers try to save 21 in China mine

World

BEIJING (AP) — A worker trapped in a Chinese gold mine for more than a week has died as rescuers try to clear debris and improve ventilation to save 21 others also stuck deep below ground, state media reported Thursday.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210121-2044297

 

December wholesale prices up 0.3% with sharp jump in energy

World

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in December led by a the biggest jump in energy costs since June.The Labor Department reported Friday that the gain in its producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach consumers, followed a modest 0.1% gain in November and matched the 0.3% rise in October.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210115-2027681

 

The Latest: Biden speech to look forward, not dwell on Trump

World

Two of the Biden administration’s top communications officials are describing the incoming president’s inaugural address as a forward-looking speech that will make little to no mention of his predecessor.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210120-2042407

564 hospital personnel currently under quarantine: CECC

National

TAIPEI (The China Post) — The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, 中央流行疫情指揮中心) announced on Thursday 564 hospital personnel are currently being asked to quarantine for 14 days in relation to the Taoyuan General Hospital cluster infections, and added that the number may likely go up.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210121-2044768

 

Su Tseng-chang cancels Lantern Festival on virus resurgence

National

The Executive yuan announced Tuesday its decision to cancel the Taiwan Lantern Festival due to an infection cluster at Taoyuan General Hospital. Premier Su Tseng-chang expressed hope that the public would unite on the decision to prioritize containing the virus as Taiwan reports several locally-transmitted cases. 

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210121-2042191

Taiwan reports 2 imported COVID-19 cases from the Philippines

National

TAIPEI (The China Post/ANN) — The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, 中央流行疫情指揮中心) reported 2 more imported COVID-19 cases from the Philippines on Thursday, bringing the tally to 872.Both cases are asymptomatic and submitted the required negative test results taken 3 days prior to boarding their flights to Taiwan.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210121-2044488

U.S. ambassador heads to U.N. with Taiwan ‘Formosan black bear’ in bag

National

TAIPEI (The China Post) — The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (駐紐約台北經濟文化辦事處) posted a photo on Friday showing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, carrying a Formosan black bear stuffed animal in her purse on her way to promote Taiwan.

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210115-2027106

II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)

1.   confirmed             已確認

2.     intelligence         情報

3.     agency               機構

4.     rescuers            營救者

5.     debris                碎屑

6.     index                  指數

7.    matched              匹配的

8.     administration     行政

9.   inaugural              就職典禮

10.  quarantine           隔離

11.  infections             感染

12.  Executive             行政人員

13.  prioritize               優先

14.   asymptomatic     無症狀的

15.  Ambassador        大使

 

III. VoiceTube

這是當您忽略女朋友的文本時發生的情況 (This Is What Happens When You Ignore Your Girlfriend's Texts)

初級

https://www.voicetube.com/videos/18979

 

你夠了(You Are Enough)

中級

https://www.voicetube.com/videos/131582

IV. Wisdom Woods

English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom

1.“I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.”— J.C. Penney, Entrepreneur

「若不是因為挫折，我今天不會有任何成就。我是被迫在因難中進步。」– 詹姆斯‧彭尼 (企業家)

2.“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”— Sydney J. Harris, Journalist

「為做過的事而後悔會因時間而慢慢平撫，為沒做過的事而後悔卻是無法平撫。」– 哈利斯 (記者)

3.“I believe in me more than anything in this world.”— Wilma Rudolph, Athlete

「在這世界上我最相信的是自己。」– 威爾瑪‧魯道夫 (運動員)

4.“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”— Bill Cosby, Comedian

「我不知道成功的祕訣是什麼，但試著討好每一個人是失敗的祕訣。」– 比爾‧考斯比 (喜劇演員)

5.“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later.”— William Jennings Bryan, Politician

「優秀的人將克服困難當做第一優先，成功只是之後的附帶品。」– 威廉‧詹寧斯‧布萊恩 (政客)http://www.dailyenglishquote.com/

V. Singing River

 

“We Don't Talk Anymore” By Charlie Puth 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtDnEC4zak

 

 We don't talk anymore, we don't talk anymore

我們只剩沉默、我們不再相愛

We don't talk anymore, like we used to do

以往的愛戀消逝無蹤

We don't love anymore

彼此不再相愛

What was all of it for?

是為了什麼呢？

Oh, we don't talk anymore, like we used to do

以往的熱情不再

 

I just heard you found the one you've been looking

剛得知妳遇到合適的那個人

You've been looking for

一直等待的那個人

I wish I would have known that wasn't me

早該知道那個人不是我

Cause even after all this time I still wonder

即使如此現在我還是一直掛念著妳

Why I can't move on

為何無法忘懷

Just the way you did so easily

而妳卻如此輕易轉身

 

Don't wanna know

不想知道

What kind of dress you're wearing tonight

今天妳打扮得多美

If he's holding onto you so tight

更無法想像他會把妳摟得多緊

The way I did before

曾經我也是那個人

 

I overdosed

我用情太深了

Should've known your love was a game

早該知道妳的愛只是一場遊戲

Now I can't get you out of my brain

現在我無法忘記你所有一切

Oh, it's such a shame

多像個白癡

 

That we don't talk anymore, we don't talk anymore

我們只剩沉默、我們不再說話

We don't talk anymore, like we used to do

以往的快樂都不在了

We don't love anymore

我們不再相愛了

What was all of it for?

到底是為什麼呢？

Oh, we don't talk anymore, like we used to do

曾經的美好難道都遺忘了嗎？

 

【Selena Gomez】：

I just hope you're lying next to somebody

多希望你身邊有人陪你

Who knows how to love you like me

像我一樣懂得如何去愛妳

There must be a good reason that you're gone

你會離開一定是有原因的吧

Every now and then I think you

時時刻刻都在掛念著你

Might want me to come show up at your door

多想出現在你門前

But I'm just too afraid that I'll be wrong

但多害怕看到我不想看的

 

Don't wanna know

不想知道

If you're looking into her eyes

你是多麼深情的看著那個她

If she's holding onto you so tight the way I did before

而她可能像我從前那樣把你抱得緊緊的

 

I overdosed

我愛得太深了

Should've known your love was a game

早該知道你不曾對愛認真

Now I can't get you out of my brain

但我卻無法將你從我腦海中趕走

Oh, it's such a shame

多麼的可笑

 

【Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez】：

That we don't talk anymore (We don't, we don't)

我們不再相愛

We don't talk anymore (We don't, we don't)

我們只剩沉默

We don't talk anymore, like we used to do

以往的那些愛都消失了

We don't love anymore (We don't, we don't)

我們不再愛了

What was all of it for? (We don't, we don't)

為何會變這樣？

Oh, we don't talk anymore, like we used to do

以往的美好都消逝了

Like we used to do

都不在了

 

Don't wanna know

不想知道

What kind of dress you're wearing tonight

妳今晚是多麼的動人

If he's giving it to you just right

倘若他讓妳感到非常快樂

The way I did before

就像我曾經那樣

 

I overdosed

我愛過頭了

Should've known your love was a game

早該知道妳的愛就如同遊戲一般

Now I can't get you out of my brain

無法將妳抹滅

Oh, it's such a shame

多麼的丟人

 

That we don't talk anymore (We don't, we don't)

我們不再相愛

We don't talk anymore (We don't, we don't)

我們只剩沉默

We don't talk anymore, like we used to do

以往的那些愛都消失了

We don't love anymore (We don't, we don't)

我們不再愛了

What was all of it for? (We don't, we don't)

為何會變這樣？

Oh, we don't talk anymore, like we used to do

以往的美好都消逝了

 

Don't wanna know

不想知道

What kind of dress you're wearing tonight

今天妳打扮得多美

If he's holding onto you so tight

更無法想像他會把妳摟得多緊

The way I did before

曾經我也是那個人

 

I overdosed

我用情太深了

Should've known your love was a game

早該知道妳的愛只是一場遊戲

Now I can't get you out of my brain

現在我無法忘記你所有一切

Oh, it's such a shame

多麼的可笑

 

https://lihyun0201.pixnet.net/blog/post/382348762-%E3%80%90%E6%AD%8C%E8%A9%9E%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%BF%BB%E8%AD%AF%E3%80%91charlie-puth---we-don%27t-talk-anymore

 

“Sugar” By Maroon 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg

I'm hurting baby, I'm broken down

我很受傷，寶貝，心情陷入了低潮

I need your loving, loving

我需要你的愛，你的愛啊!

I need it now

我現在就要

When I'm without you

只要一離開你

I'm something weak

我就虛弱無比

You got me begging, begging

屈膝卑躬五體投地

I'm on my knees

我苦苦地懇求你

I don't wanna be needing your love

不想得到你那憐憫的點點愛意

I just wanna be deep in your love

只想與你有段瘋狂的愛情

And it's killing me when you're away

你不在我的身邊實在太過要命

Ooh baby, 'cause a bullet don't care where you are

喔親愛的，攘攘塵世危機四伏，我太過擔心

I just wanna be there where you are

我只想緊緊地守護著你

And I gotta get one little taste

所以你怎麼還不讓我嚐點甜頭呢?

 

Sugar

甜心啊

Yes please

是的我願意!

Won't you come and put in down on me

你願不願意來到我的身邊給我愛情?

Oh right here, 'cause I need

此時此地，我現在就要

Little love and little sympathy

自然流露的那點點愛意

Yeah you show me good loving

若你能好好愛我

Make it alright

就該認真對待

Need a little sweetness in my life

我的生命裡需要這點甜蜜

Sugar

甜心啊

Yes please

是的我願意!

Won't you come and put it down on me

你是否願意來到我的身邊給我愛情

 

My broken pieces

我那破碎的心

You pick them up

被你拼湊完整

Don't leave me hanging, hanging

請別讓我等著讓我乾著急

Come give me some

快給我一點點愛

When I'm without ya

你一不在我身邊

I'm so insecure

我好沒安全感

You are the one thing, one thing

你就是我的唯一，我的唯一

I'm living for

我如此需要你

I don't wanna be needing your love

不想得到你那憐憫的點點愛意

I just wanna be deep in your love

只想與你有段瘋狂的愛情

And it's killing me when you're away

你不在我身邊實在太過要命

Ooh baby, 'cause a bullet don't care where you are

喔親愛的，攘攘塵世危機四伏，我太擔心

I just wanna be there where you are

我只想緊緊地守護著你

And I gotta get one little taste

所以你怎麼還不讓我嚐點甜頭啊!

 

Sugar

甜心啊

Yes please

是的我願意

Won't you come and put in down on me

你願不願意來到我的身邊給我愛情

Oh right here, 'cause I need

此時此地，我現在就要

Little love and little sympathy

自然流露的點點愛意

Yeah you show me good loving

若你能好好愛我

Make it alright

就該認真對待

Need a little sweetness in my life

在我的生命裡需要這點甜密

Sugar (Sugar)

甜心啊

Yes please (Yes please)

是的我願意

Won't you come and put it down on me

你願不願意來到我身邊給我愛情?

 

Yeah, I want that red velvet

是的，我愛紅色天鵝絨

I want that sugar sweet

我也愛我的寶貝甜如蜜糖

Don't let nobody touch it

別讓他人動手腳

Unless that somebody is me

除非那人是我

I gotta be a man

我可是你的男人

There ain't no other way

這事上無可商量的餘地

'Cause girl you're hotter than southern California bae

因為女孩啊你太火辣了，連南加州的妞兒都遜色三分

I don't wanna play no games

我不想跟你耍什麼小把戲

I don't gotta be afraid

為愛我無所畏懼

Don't give all that shy shit

就把害羞都丟到一邊

No make up on

不必遮遮掩掩

That's my

這就是我

 

Sugar

甜心啊

Yes please

是的我願意

Won't you come and put in down on me

你願不願意來到我的身邊給我愛情

Oh right here, 'cause I need

此時此地，我現在就要

Little love and little sympathy

自然流露的點點愛意

Yeah you show me good loving

若你能好好愛我

Make it alright

就該認真對待

Need a little sweetness in my life (Yeah)

在我的生命裡需要這點甜密

Sugar (Sugar)

甜心啊

Yes please (Yes please)

是的我願意

Won't you come and put it down on me

你願不願意來到我身邊給我愛情?

 

Sugar

甜心啊

Yes please

是的我願意

Won't you come and put in down on me

你願不願意來到我的身邊給我愛情

Oh right here, 'cause I need

此時此地，我現在就要

Little love and little sympathy

自然流露的點點愛意

Yeah you show me good loving

若你能好好愛我

Make it alright

就該認真對待

Need a little sweetness in my life

在我的生命裡需要這點甜密

Sugar (Sugar)

甜心啊

Yes please (Yes please)

是的我願意

Won't you come and put it down on me

你願不願意來到我身邊給我愛情?

 

Down on me down on me

給我你真誠的愛

Ooh, ahaha

 

https://www.music-cool.tw/2015/01/maroon-5-sugar.html