(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park
I. News Path–新聞步道
《明鏡周刊》報導，德國準備向烏克蘭派遣豹2坦克/ FDA停止對Evusheld的授權/雞蛋價格飆升美國生產商的利潤創新高/M3GAN已是個圖標。現有的人工智能能把她變成現實嗎？/前副總統陳建仁接任台灣省長/台灣將於月底宣布室內掩蔽變化/台灣減少酒後駕車的三大障礙/新北天元寺三色櫻花
II. News Vocabulary
1.Leopard
豹紋
2.bolster
支撐
3.authorization
授權
4.circulating
流通
5.profits
利潤
6.distributor
分銷商
7.spins
旋轉
8.conceit
自負
III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台
VoiceTube－不必花大錢 就能看影片學英語
人際關係好重要！如何在他人面前留下好印象？/什麼！被刪臉書好友了？
IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林
1.“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the
excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”—
Gloria Steinem, Feminist
「沒有想像力的躍進、或夢想，就沒有其它可能給人的興奮。夢想終究也是計劃的一種形式。」–
葛羅莉亞·斯坦能 (女權主義者)
2.“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is
an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.”—
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Business Professor
「願景不僅是個可能的景像，也是個更好自已的訴求、成就更多的召喚。」–
羅莎貝絲‧肯特 (教授)
3.“Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the
mirror and repeat, ‘Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.”—
Gina Rodriguez, Actress
「每天早晨，我父親要我看鏡子並複誦『今天會是很棒的一天；我可以，且我將做到。』」–
吉娜·羅德里奎 (演員)
V. Singing River–吟唱河流
Dancing With
Your Ghost / As It Was
I.
News Path
Germany set to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Der
Spiegel reports
World
CNN— Germany is set to send its sought-after Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster the country’s war effort, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday evening, attributing to unnamed sources. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to deliver the battle tanks following “months of debate,” according to the German news outlet’s exclusive report.The German parliament is due to debate the contentious issue on Wednesday morning.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/24/europe/germany-leopard-2-tanks-ukraine-announcement-intl
With rise of new coronavirus variants, FDA halts
authorization of Evusheld
World
CNN— The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday halted the emergency
use authorization of Evusheld because it does not appear to protect against
Covid-19 from viral variants currently circulating in the United
States.Evusheld is a monoclonal antibody therapy used to prevent Covid-19 in
immunocompromised people, who are less likely to generate an immune response
from Covid-19 vaccination.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/26/health/evusheld-covid-fda-eua-revision
Surging egg prices mean record profits for largest US egg
producer
New York CNN— A spike in egg prices has squeezed customers. But even with
rising costs of its own, the leading US egg supplier has found that it can make
even more money out of every egg.The egg shortage has enabled record quarterly
profits and sales at Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), the largest producer and
distributor of eggs in the United States.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/13/business/egg-prices-cal-maine-foods/index.html
M3GAN is already an icon. Could existing AI turn her into
reality?
World
CNN— There is no shortage of robot uprising fiction in the Western canon
(see: the works of Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick; classics like “The
Terminator”; family-friendly spins like “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”). It’s
a conceit that preys on one of mankind’s great fears, that robots will replace
us.But there’s just something about M3GAN that makes for an ideal monster and
the film in which she stars a particularly chilling cautionary tale.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/19/entertainment/m3gan-robot-uprising-cec
Former VP Chen Chien-jen
takes over as Taiwan premier
National
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan President
Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) hosted a press conference at the
Presidential Office Friday morning (Jan. 27), announcing a partial Cabinet
reshuffle.The biggest change was Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) stepping down after four years, making way for former Vice President
Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) to return to the Executive Yuan as
premier.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4792258
Taiwan to announce
indoor masking changes at end of month
National
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s COVID-19 task force on Thursday (Jan. 19)
said it could announce the easing of indoor masking rules as soon as Jan.
31.The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said that it is looking at
mandating masking in designated places such as medical institutions, long-term
care facilities, and public transportation. Whether or not to wear a mask in
other indoor settings will be optional.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4786713
Three obstacles in
Taiwan’s way to reduce drunk driving
“There are only two things in an alcoholic’s life: Drinking and going out
to get drinks. I farm in the mountains, and the nearest convenience store is a
two-hour drive away. Yet when the addiction kicks in, I can’t help but rush
down the mountain like I’m possessed,” said Ms. Chang (張), a woman in her 40s with a severe alcohol addiction, who recounted how
she has spent 25 years of her life since high school.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4787588
Tri-color cherry
blossoms at New Taipei’s Tianyuan Temple
National
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — New Taipei City
Government said on Wednesday (Jan. 25) the cherry blossoms at the back of the
Tianyuan Temple (天元宮) in Tamsui District are blooming
and attracting hoards of flower lovers, urging the public to visit during the
Lunar New Year holiday.According to the city government, the tri-color cherry
blossoms (三色櫻) at the Tianyuan Temple are a
hybridized species of cherry tree from Japan.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4791733
II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)
1.Leopard
豹紋
2.bolster
支撐
3.authorization
授權
4.circulating
流通
5.profits
利潤
6.distributor
分銷商
7.spins
旋轉
8.conceit
自負
9.reshuffle
重新安排
10.easing
寬鬆
11.facilities
設施
12.obstacles
障礙
13.addiction
上癮
14.blossoms
鮮花
15.hybridized
雜交
III. VoiceTube
人際關係好重要！如何在他人面前留下好印象？(How To Impress Literally Everyone You Meet)
初級
https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/24751
什麼！被刪臉書好友了？(When you're unfriended on Facebook)
中級
https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/40602
IV. Wisdom Woods
English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom
1.“Without leaps of
imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming,
after all, is a form of planning.”— Gloria Steinem, Feminist
「沒有想像力的躍進、或夢想，就沒有其它可能給人的興奮。夢想終究也是計劃的一種形式。」– 葛羅莉亞·斯坦能 (女權主義者)
2.“A
vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better
selves, a call to become something more.”— Rosabeth Moss Kanter,
Business Professor
「願景不僅是個可能的景像，也是個更好自已的訴求、成就更多的召喚。」– 羅莎貝絲‧肯特
(教授)
3.“Every
morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat, ‘Today is going
to be a great day; I can, and I will.”— Gina Rodriguez, Actress
「每天早晨，我父親要我看鏡子並複誦『今天會是很棒的一天；我可以，且我將做到。』」– 吉娜·羅德里奎 (演員)
4.“The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do
something.”— Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Writer
「現在就行動，採取行動永遠不嫌太晚。」–
安東尼．聖修伯里 (作家)
5.“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have
it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward,
you’re always in the same place.”— Nora Roberts, Novelist
「如果你不追求你想要的，你永遠都不會得到；如果你不問，答案永遠都是否定的；如果你不往前走，你永遠都是留在原地。」–
諾拉．羅伯特 (小說家)
https://www.dailyenglishquote.com/page/5/
V. Singing River
“Dancing With Your Ghost” By Sasha Alex Sloan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc_aX8c8g4
Yelling
at the sky
向天大叫
Screaming
at the world
向世界哭喊
Baby,
why’d you go away?
寶貝，為什麼你就這麼離去了
I’m
still your girl
我依然是你的女孩啊
Holding
on too tight
努力的堅持著
Head
up in the clouds
抬頭看了看天空
Heaven
only knows where you are now
唯有天堂知道你現在的所在
How do
I love, how do I love again?
我又要怎麼，怎麼再次陷入愛情呢？
How do
I trust, how do I trust again?
我又要如何信任，再一次的信任人呢？
I stay
up all night
我整夜未眠
Tell
myself I’m alright
告訴自己，一切都沒事的
Baby,
you’re just harder to see than most
寶貝，你只是比以前更難見到了
I put
the record on
我按下了播放鍵
Wait
’til I hear our song
等待聽到我們的歌曲
Every
night I’m dancing with your ghost
每一天每一夜，我都和你的靈魂漫舞
Every
night I’m dancing with your ghost
每一天每一夜，我都和你的靈魂漫舞
Never
got the chance
從來沒有機會
To say
a last goodbye
和你說聲再見
I
gotta move on
我需要向前走了
But it
hurts to try
但每一次的嘗試都如刀割
How do
I love, how do I love again?
我又要怎麼，怎麼再次陷入愛情呢？
How do
I trust, how do I trust again?
我又要如何信任，再一次的信任人呢？
I stay
up all night
我整夜未眠
Tell
myself I’m alright
告訴自己，一切都沒事的
Baby,
you’re just harder to see than most
寶貝，你只是比以前更難見到了
I put
the record on
我按下了播放鍵
Wait
’til I hear our song
等待聽到我們的歌曲
Every
night I’m dancing with your ghost
每一天每一夜，我都和你的靈魂漫舞
Every
night I’m dancing with your ghost
每一天每一夜，我都和你的靈魂漫舞
How do
I love, how do I love again?
我又要怎麼，怎麼再次陷入愛情呢？
How do
I trust, how do I trust again?
我又要如何信任，再一次的信任人呢？
I stay
up all night
我整夜未眠
Tell
myself I’m alright
告訴自己，一切都沒事的
Baby,
you’re just harder to see than most
寶貝，你只是比以前更難見到了
I put
the record on
我按下了播放鍵
Wait
’til I hear our song
等待聽到我們的歌曲
Every
night I’m dancing with your ghost
每一天每一夜，我都和你的靈魂漫舞
Every
night I’m dancing with your ghost
每一天每一夜，我都和你的靈魂漫舞
Every
night I’m dancing with your ghost
每一天每一夜，我都和你的靈魂漫舞
https://mrlifeday.com/sasha-sloan-dancing-with-your-ghost/
“As It Was” By Harry Styles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5v3kku4y6Q
[Intro]
Come
on, Harry, we wanna say goodnight to you
來吧哈利 是時候道聲晚安了
[Verse
1]
Holdin'
me back
箝制住我
Gravity's
holdin' me back
引力試圖將我拉回 我走不出
I want
you to hold out the palm of your hand
希望你能伸出掌心救助我
Why
don't we leave it at that?
為何不讓一切停留於此刻美好
Nothin'
to say
無話可說
When
everything gets in the way
當一切美好被干涉破壞
Seems
you cannot be replaced
看來你在我心中無可被取代
And
I'm the one who will stay, oh-oh-oh
最終結局永遠空留我一人
[Chorus]
In
this world, it's just us
這小小世界 只容納下你我兩人
You
know it's not the same as it was
你也知道現今一切已無往昔般美好
In
this world, it's just us
就你我兩人 共享這世界
You
know it's not the same as it was
物是人非 過往美好已不復存在
As it
was, as it was
現實如此 過去逝去無法回返
You
know it's not the same
一切早已與過去不同
[Verse
2]
Answer
the phone
接起電話
"Harry,
you're no good alone
哈利你不是孤單一人
Why
are you sitting at home on the floor?
為何要一人寂寞坐在家中地板
What
kind of pills are you on?"
現在你服什麼藥
Ringin'
the bell
按下門鈴
And
nobody's coming to help
然而卻沒人應聲救助
Your
daddy lives by himself
你的父親自己獨居
He
just wants to know that you're well, oh-oh-oh
只是想知道你是否安然無恙
[Chorus]
In
this world, it's just us
這小小世界 只容納下你我兩人
You
know it's not the same as it was
你也知道現今一切已無往昔般美好
In
this world, it's just us
就你我兩人 共享這世界
You
know it's not the same as it was
物是人非 過往美好已不復存在
As it
was, as it was
現實如此 過去逝去無法回返
You
know it's not the same
一切早已與過去不同
[Bridge]
Go
home, get ahead, light-speed internet
回家吧 勇敢前進 用光速前往
I
don't wanna talk about the way that it was
既定事實改變不了就不想多加討論
Leave
America, two kids follow her
離開美國 帶著兩個孩子跟隨
I
don't wanna talk about who's doin' it first
不想談亂到底是誰先鑄下一切
[Outro]
(Hey)
As it
was
往昔美好
You
know it's not the same as it was
現在的我覓尋不得昔日那般感受
As it
was, as it was
如同過去的那份美好
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