【 第369期 】英文公園 第279期

(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park

 


I. News Path–新聞步道

 

安全審判接近尾聲,香港民主派領導人將進行最後一次辯護/新冠疫情後兒童呼吸道疾病激增,北京醫院不堪負荷/ OpenAI的動盪不僅是Sam Altman的問題/人類和鴿子共享的空間是杜拜設計週的亮點之一/台灣疾管中心警告中國大陸爆發7種病原體/由於中國競爭,台灣晶片代工廠將降價10-20%/中部爆發禽流感導致15,000隻母雞撲殺/大衛庫塔(David Guetta)擔任2023Ultra台灣站主賽

 

II. News Vocabulary

 

1.trial                                         試用

2.arrests                                    逮捕

3.surge                                      急遽上升

4.respiratory                              呼吸系統

5.consequential                         後果性的

6.upheaval                                劇變

7.pigeons                                  鴿子

8.embracing                              樂意採納

 

III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台

VoiceTube-不必花大錢 就能看影片學英語

 

【動物】貓奴必看!貓咪的真心話竟然是…/超好奇!為什麼飛機上不能使用手機?

 

IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林

 

1.“Reason is our soul’s left hand, faith her right, by these we reach divinity.” John Donne, Poet

「邏輯是靈魂的左手,信念是它的右手,這兩者可讓我們到達神聖的境界。」– 約翰·多恩 (詩人)

2.“A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.”— Ambrose Bierce, Writer

「諷世者是無賴,其不當的觀點只看見事情的樣貌,而不是它應該成為的樣子。」– 安布羅斯·比爾斯 (作家)

3.“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”— Jim Henson, Puppeteer

「人生如同電影,寫自己的結局,持續相信,繼續演出。」– 吉姆·亨森 (布偶製作人)

 

V. Singing River–吟唱河流

Love You Like A Love Song / Loser

 

I.             News Path

 

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy leaders to give final defense as landmark national security trial nears an end

World

Hong Kong CNN — Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures are one step closer to learning their fate in the city’s largest national security case to date, as prosecutors and lawyers are returning to court Wednesday to make closing speeches almost three years since the mass arrests.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/29/asia/hong-kong-47-national-security-trial-final-defense-intl-hnk/index.html

 

Beijing hospitals overwhelmed with post-Covid surge in respiratory illnesses among children

World

Hong Kong CNN — Hospitals in Beijing and northern China are grappling with a surge of children with respiratory illnesses as the country enters its first winter since relaxing stringent Covid-19 controls nearly one year ago.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/19/media/musk-israel-hamas-misinformation/index.html


OpenAI’s turmoil is about more than Sam Altman

World

New York CNN — The battle over the most consequential technology in decades is getting ugly, fast. OpenAI’s incredible upheaval — with former CEO Sam Altman caught in the middle — could have broad implications for who gets to control the future of artificial intelligence.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/21/tech/microsoft-chatgpt-sam-altman/index.html

 

A space for humans and pigeons to share is among the highlights of Dubai Design Week

World

When you think of Dubai, you might picture its iconic skyline and breathtaking architecture. Now, a group of architects and designers is embracing sustainable innovation to create installations that are only a fraction of the size of the city’s soaring towers, but no less inspired.

https://edition.cnn.com/style/space-humans-and-pigeons-dubai-design-week-spc/index.html

 

Taiwan CDC warns of outbreak of 7 pathogens in China

National

Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Monday (Nov. 27) said the current outbreak of respiratory illnesses in China is caused by seven different pathogens, and cases will likely peak during the Lunar New Year. In its latest report on Sunday (Nov. 26), the National Health Commission of China (NHCC) said the recent wave of respiratory infections in northern China has been caused by multiple pathogens, including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and COVID-19.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5048069

 

Taiwan chip foundries to see 10-20% price cuts due to Chinese competition

National

Taiwanese chip foundries are expected to see significant price cuts on mature semiconductor production in the first quarter of 2024 due to fierce competition from Chinese and South Korean foundries. An estimated 32 new process wafer fabs will go online in China next year, creating a massive capacity glut, reported the Commercial Times. In anticipation of this surge in capacity, industry insiders said that Taiwanese wafer foundries are preparing for a price war with China's Hua Hong Semiconductor and South Korea's Key Foundry by slashing prices by 10% to 20% in the first quarter of 2024.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5047729

 

Central Taiwan bird flu outbreak leads to culling of 15,000 hens

National

A poultry farm in Yunlin County’s Gukeng Township culled all 15,374 of its laying hens on Monday (Nov. 27) after becoming the first case of H5N1 reported domestically this winter. The farm noticed abnormal laying conditions among its hens last Wednesday (Nov. 22), and a few days later, bird flu was confirmed, leading to the culling of the entire farm, including 35,000 eggs. The poultry farm came online in April and had only raised its first batch of laying hens, per PTS.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5048687


David Guetta to headline Ultra Taiwan 2023

National

World-renowned DJ David Guetta will headline Ultra Taiwan, one of Asia's most celebrated electronic music festivals, which is being held on Dec. 8-9 at Dajia Riverside Park in Taipei. A two-time Grammy winner, Guetta has reclaimed for the third time the coveted title of "world's No. 1 DJ" in DJ Mag's annual Top 100 DJs poll. This marks Guetta's first performance in Taiwan after seven years..

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5048653


II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)

1.trial                                         試用

2.arrests                                    逮捕

3.surge                                      急遽上升

4.respiratory                              呼吸系統

5.consequential                         後果性的

6.upheaval                                劇變

7.pigeons                                  鴿子

8.embracing                              樂意採納

9.pathogens                              病原體

10.multiple                               多種的

11.capacity                               生產能力

12.glut                                      過剩

13.flu                                        流感

14.abnormal                             異常

15.poll                                      民意調查

 

III. VoiceTube

【動物】貓奴必看!貓咪的真心話竟然是…(What your cat really thinks of you.)

初級

https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/18632

 

超好奇!為什麼飛機上不能使用手機?(Why Can't You Use Phones on Planes?)

中級

https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/13914


IV. Wisdom Woods

English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom

1.“Reason is our soul’s left hand, faith her right, by these we reach divinity.” John Donne, Poet

「邏輯是靈魂的左手,信念是它的右手,這兩者可讓我們到達神聖的境界。」– 約翰·多恩 (詩人)

2.“A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.”— Ambrose Bierce, Writer

「諷世者是無賴,其不當的觀點只看見事情的樣貌,而不是它應該成為的樣子。」– 安布羅斯·比爾斯 (作家)

3.“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”— Jim Henson, Puppeteer

「人生如同電影,寫自己的結局,持續相信,繼續演出。」– 吉姆·亨森 (布偶製作人)

4.“Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing.”— Peyton Manning, American Football Player

「你感覺到壓力,是因為你不知道自己究竟在幹嘛。」– 培頓·曼寧 (美式足球員)

5.“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”— Oscar Wilde, Writer

「最微小的善舉,勝過最偉大的意圖。」– 奧斯卡‧王爾德 (作家)

https://www.dailyenglishquote.com/page/15/


V. Singing River

 

Love You Like A Love Song” By Selena Gomez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgT_us6AsDg 


It's been said and done

一切已成定局,

Every beautiful thought's been already sung

那一首首美麗的樂曲也早已唱盡。

And I guess right now here's another one

但我想此時此刻又出現了那新的樂章,

So your melody will play on and on, with the best of 'em

屬於你的那段動人旋律,用我們最美的經歷。

You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible

你是如此的不可多得,猶如幻夢重生,那驚為天人的感覺。

A centerfold miracle, lyrical

舉手投足都充滿著無可救藥的美。

You saved my life again

是你賦予了我生活的意義。

And I want you to know baby

而這一切的一切我只想讓你知道。

 

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首永不完結的戀之歌,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首神魂顛倒的戀之歌,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首天長地久的戀之歌,寶貝。

 

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

而我總是不厭其煩地一直收聽。

 

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就好像我沉淪在戀歌之中,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就好像我沉落在戀歌之中,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就好像我徹底沉淪在你一手譜寫的愛之歌中,寶貝。

 

 

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

而我總是不厭其煩地重複播放。

 

Constantly, boy, you play through my mind like a symphony

霎那間,男孩,你的舉手投足宛如一首優美的交響曲在我的腦內緩緩聲起,

There's no way to describe what you do to me

這種感覺言不清理不明,

You just do to me, what you do

但你就是做到了,你究竟是怎麼辦到的?

And it feels like I've been rescued

而我卻感覺被你拯救於水火之中,

I've been set free

那難能可貴的自由。

I am hypnotized by your destiny

我開始執迷於你的一舉一動,

You are magical, lyrical, beautiful

你是如此地神奇、美麗、像童話王子那般。

You are

你就是如此。

And I want you to know, baby

而我想讓你知道的便是,

 

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首永不完結的戀之歌,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首神魂顛倒的戀之歌,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首天長地久的戀之歌,寶貝。

 

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

而我總是不厭其煩地一直收聽。

 

I, I love you like a (love song, baby) love song, baby

我愛你就好像沉淪在戀歌之中,寶貝。

I, I love you like a (love song, baby) love song, baby

我愛你就好像我沉落在戀歌之中,寶貝。

I, I love you (I love you, I love you) like a love song, baby

我愛你就好像我徹底沉淪在你一手譜寫的戀之歌中,寶貝。

 

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (like a love song)

而我總是不厭其煩地重複播放。

 

No one compares

無人能同你並駕齊驅,

You stand alone, to every record I own

在我有所耳聞的樂曲中,你是那截然不同的一首,

Music to my heart that's what you are

你就是那首在我心中掀起漣漪的夢幻樂曲。

A song that goes on and on

一首永不完結的戀之歌。

 

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首永不完結的戀之歌,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首神魂顛倒的戀之歌,寶貝。

I, I love you like a love song, baby

我愛你就像一首天長地久的戀之歌,寶貝。

 

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

而我總是不厭其煩地一直收聽。

 

 

I, I love you like a (love song, baby) love song, baby

我愛你就好像沉淪在戀歌之中,寶貝。

I, I love you like a (love song, baby) love song, baby

我愛你就好像我沉落在戀歌之中,寶貝。

I, I love you (I love you, I love you) like a love song, baby

我愛你就好像我徹底沉淪在你一手譜寫的戀之歌中,寶貝。

 

I love you... like a love song

愛著你,就好像一首永無止盡的戀曲。

 

https://home.gamer.com.tw/artwork.php?sn=5521992

 

Loser” By Charlie Puth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp6BS-rSr98


[Chorus]

Oh, I'm such a loser

我真是個輸家

How'd I ever lose her?

我是怎麼能失去她的

Oh, baby, I must've been out of my mind

看來我是瘋了神才會如此

Now, I-I'm a loser

我現在就是個輸家

Why'd I have to lose her?

為何我一定得失去她

I'll never recover, I'll never be fine

我永遠無法痊癒 永遠無法走出來

'Cause I-I

因為我

 

[Verse 1]

I just might get a little too drunk

我好像有些喝得太醉

So, I won't think about us (Uh)

我不會再想到你我之間

I don't think about what (Uh)

不會再去試著思考

We could have been, and

我們原本會是多麽美好

I stay up, like, three or four nights

熬夜失眠了三至四夜

So I won't dream about us (Uh)

不會再夢到你我間的回憶

I wake up with no luck (No)

醒來發現自己運氣盡失

I just can't win

我就是無法從中勝利

 

 

[Pre-Chorus]

I should've seen it all along (Uh-ah)

我早該要能察覺這一切的

She was a one in a million (Uh-ah)

她是那百萬中難得選一

It hurts whenever someone says her name

但凡聽見她的名我就心痛

(Someone says her name

(聽見任何人提及她的名)

When we wеre goin' off and on (Uh-ah)

當我們這樣分分合合

I guess I really playеd it wrong (Ah-uh)

我猜我是真的做錯了

I shouldve never let her slip away

我真不該讓她從我身邊溜走

 

[Chorus]

Oh, I'm such a loser

我真是個輸家

How'd I ever lose her?

我是怎麼能失去她的

Oh, baby, I must've been out of my mind

看來我是瘋了神才會如此

Now, I-I'm a loser

我現在就是個輸家

Why'd I have to lose her?

為何我一定得失去她

I'll never recover, I'll never be fine

我永遠無法痊癒 永遠無法走出來

'Cause I-I

因為我

 

[Verse 2]

Uh, I just might been a little too gone

對眼前一切太過困惑

When she needed somebody (Uh)

當她需要人陪時

Up against her body (Woah) at 2 A.M

凌晨兩點也願意相陪

Yeah, now I keep lyin' to myself

不斷催眠對自己撒謊

But she's just joking probably (She's joking probably)

但她大概只是開開玩笑而已

She'll probably call me and we'll be us again

或許她會再度聯繫我要重修舊好

 

[Pre-Chorus]

I should've seen it all along (Uh-ah)

我早該要能察覺這一切的

She was a one in a million (Ah-uh)

她是那百萬中難得選一

Now she's in love, and I'm in second place (Damn)

如今她再次戀愛 我只能位居二位

 

[Chorus]

No, I'm such a loser

我真是個輸家

How'd I ever lose her? (Lose her)

我是怎麼能失去她的

Oh, baby, I must've still been out of my mind (-ind)

看來我是瘋了神才會如此

Now, I-I'm a loser

我現在就是個輸家

Why'd I have to lose her? (Her)

為何我一定得失去她

I'll never recover, I'll never be fine (Fine)

我永遠無法痊癒 永遠無法走出來

'Cause I-I, uh

因為我

 

[Post-Chorus]

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma-lo-o-o-o-ser (Yeah, I say)

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma (I)

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma-lo-o-o-o-ser

我就是個輸了一切的輸家

 

[Bridge]

Tell me, God is real

告訴我上帝真的存在

Do you think about me still

妳是否還依舊掛念著我

Or am I livin' for nothing?

我這一路上是否都白活了

Don't know where it went

不知道自己到底在過什麼

Wrong but I'll just take the hint

做錯了但我會學聰明點

It's gonna take some adjusting

我會好好調整再次出發

 

 

[Chorus]

Oh, I'm such a loser

我真是個輸家

How'd I ever lose her?

我是怎麼能失去她的

Oh, baby, I must've still been out of my mind

看來我是瘋了神才會如此

Now, I-I'm a loser (Oh!)

我現在就是個輸家

Why'd I have to lose her? (I'll never)

為何我一定得失去她

I'll never recover, I'll never be fine (Oh, baby, I)

我永遠無法痊癒 永遠無法走出來

'Cause I-I'm a loser

因為我就是個輸家

 

[Post-Chorus]

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma (Ah, hey)

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma (Don't slip away)

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma (I say, yeah, I say)

I'm-ma-ma-ma-ma-lo-o-o-o-ser

我就是個輸了一切的輸家

 

https://jt1901.pixnet.net/blog/post/355369999-charlie-puth-cp%e6%9f%a5%e7%90%86---

 

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