【 第379期 】英文公園 第289期

(台北校區/通識教育中心) English Park

 


I. News Path–新聞步道

 

2025計畫」主任因川普強烈反對而辭職/由於塞納河污染,奧運官員推遲了男子鐵人三項比賽/中國 LGBTQ+ 群體慶祝巴黎奧運會上罕見的​​場景。但網路是分裂/恩佐費南德斯和阿根廷隊友高唱針對法國的種族主義口號,影響加劇/台灣羽球組合闖入巴黎奧運八強決賽/台北市長就學前性侵醜聞道歉/台灣解除日本福島食品的禁令/台積電的目標是到2040年達到100%再生能源

 

II. News Vocabulary

 

1.amid                                                              在……當中

2.blueprint                                                        藍圖

3.triathlon                                                         鐵人三項

4.postpone                                                       延後

5.embracing                                                     擁抱

6.among                                                           其中

7.intensifies                                                      極端

8.racist                                                             種族主義者

 

III VCR Observatory–影像觀景台

VoiceTube-不必花大錢 就能看影片學英語

 

想要有滿滿的自信心嗎?透過科學手法讓你的自信無法擋!/有選擇困難症的人最怕的 7 個時刻

 

IV Wisdom Woods–智慧森林

 

1.“Give free to him when you fall in love and give free to love when you don’t love.”

愛的時候,讓他自由;不愛的時候,讓愛自由。

2.“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart”

世界上對勇氣的最大考驗是忍受失敗而不喪失信心。

3.“A man’s best friends are his ten fingers.”

人最好的朋友是自己的十個手指。(靠自己最實在)

 

V. Singing River–吟唱河流

Rewrite The Stars / Steal The Show

 

I.               News Path

 

Project 2025 director steps down amid backlash from Trump

World

The director of Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for a potential second Donald Trump term, has stepped down amid intense criticism including from the former president.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/30/politics/project-2025-paul-dans/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

 

Olympic officials postpone men’s triathlon due to pollution in the Seine

World

The men’s individual triathlon race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been postponed due to poor water quality levels in the River Seine, the sport’s governing body, World Triathlon, announced on Monday. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, World Triathlon, its medical team, the International Olympic Committee and Paris city officials made the decision to postpone the men’s race to Wednesday.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/29/sport/seine-pollution-olympics-triathlon-postponed-intl-hnk/index.html


China’s LGBTQ+ community celebrates rare scenes from Paris Olympics. But the internet is divided

World

Two men kiss on a Parisian bridge. The camera later jumps to a trio embracing passionately in a room, before the door shuts. These are among the images that France, the organizer of the Paris 2024 Olympics, presented to the world during the opening ceremony last week.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/30/china/china-lgbtq-community-celebrates-rare-scenes-paris-olympics-intl-hnk/index.html

 

Fallout intensifies over soccer star Enzo Fernández and Argentina teammates singing racist chant about France

World

The fallout from Enzo Fernández and the Argentina national team’s racist chant has intensified as Argentina’s undersecretary of sport was sacked, while former France captain Hugo Lloris called it “an attack about French people.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/19/sport/fallout-enzo-fernandez-argentina-racist-chant-spt-intl

 

Taiwan's badminton duo soars into Paris Olympics quarterfinals

National

Taiwans top badminton mens duo, Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟), defeated an American duo at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday (July 30). Lee and Wang, known as the Lin Yang Pair, defeated the American-Chinese pair Vinson Chiu (邱愷翔) and Joshua Yuan (約書亞).

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5911204

 

Taipei mayor apologizes over preschool sexual abuse scandal

National

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) apologized to the children and parents affected by the sexual abuse scandal by a former preschool teacher. Mao Chun-shen (毛畯珅) is being investigated for sexually abusing almost 30 young girls at Taipei Piramide School (台北市私立培諾米達幼兒園), a private preschool owned by his mother.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5907620

 

Taiwan ends ban on food from Japan’s Fukushima

National

The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) announced on Tuesday (July 23) that it will lift the decade-long ban on food imports from Fukushima, Japan. Due to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, Taiwan banned food and agricultural imports from the five prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Chiba.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5907007


Taiwan’s TSMC aims for 100% renewable energy by 2040

National

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported it used approximately 2.59 billion kWh of renewable energy in 2023 and said it aims to achieve 100% renewable usage by 2040. According to TSMC’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report, their strategies for addressing climate change include promoting low-carbon manufacturing, using renewable energy, and enhancing energy efficiency, per CNA.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5910979


II. News Vocabulary(上述新聞標題與短文的單字補充)

1.amid                                                              ……當中

2.blueprint                                                        藍圖

3.triathlon                                                         鐵人三項

4.postpone                                                       延後

5.embracing                                                     擁抱

6.among                                                           其中

7.intensifies                                                      極端

8.racist                                                             種族主義者

9.duo                                                                二人組

10.scandal                                                        醜聞

11.abuse                                                          虐待

12.nuclear                                                       

13.agricultural                                                  農業

14.renewable                                                   再生能源

15.manufacturing                                             製造

 

III. VoiceTube

想要有滿滿的自信心嗎?透過科學手法讓你的自信無法擋!(The Scientific Method For Unstoppable Confidence: Professor Steve Peters)

初級

https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/176158

 

有選擇困難症的人最怕的 7 個時刻(7 Moments That Are Terrifying For Indecisive People)

中級

https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/22337


IV. Wisdom Woods

English proverbs and sayings full of humor and wisdom

1.“Give free to him when you fall in love and give free to love when you don’t love.”

愛的時候,讓他自由;不愛的時候,讓愛自由。

2.“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart”

世界上對勇氣的最大考驗是忍受失敗而不喪失信心。

3.“A man’s best friends are his ten fingers.”

人最好的朋友是自己的十個手指。(靠自己最實在)

4.“Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.”

只有在日常生活中盡責的人才會在重大時刻盡責。

5.“The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.”

做許多事情的捷徑就是一次只做一件事。

https://tw.amazingtalker.com/blog/zh-tw/zh-eng/32479/


V. Singing River

 

Rewrite The Stars” By Anne-Marie & James Arthur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRfmrE0ToTo

 

[Verse 1: Zac Efron]

You know I want you

你知道我渴望著你

 

It's not a secret I try to hide

這不是個需要隱瞞的秘密

 

I know you want me

我知道你也渴望者我

 

So don't keep saying our hands are tied

所以不要一直說著我們被拘束

 

You claim it's not in the cards

你聲稱這並不在你的計畫之中

 

But fate is pulling you miles away

但命運卻將你我拉得遙遠

 

And out of reach from me

但卻難以得到我的心

 

But you're here in my heart

但你其實一直常駐在我的心中

 

So who can stop me if I decide

所以又有誰能夠阻擋我,假如我做出

 

That you're my destiny?

你就是我真命天女的決定?

 

 

[Chorus: Zac Efron]

What if we rewrite the stars?

如果我們能夠改寫星辰會怎樣?

 

Say you were made to be mine

讓你與我能夠命中註定

 

Nothing could keep us apart

使任何事情皆無法阻擋我們

 

You'd be the one I was meant to find

你將會變成那我註定要尋找的天命

 

It's up to you, and it's up to me

這就靠你我來做決定了

 

No one can say what we get to be

沒有人能夠知道我們的未來

 

So why don't we rewrite the stars?

所以我們何不改寫滿天的星辰呢?

 

Maybe the world could be ours

或許整個世界皆會由我們所有

 

Tonight

就在今晚

 

 

[Verse 2: Zendaya]

You think it's easy

你覺得這件事很容易

 

You think I don't want to run to you

你認為我不想投奔你的懷抱

 

But there are mountains

但在我們之間卻有重重險阻

 

And there are doors that we can't walk through

以及一扇我們無法穿越的門

 

I know you're wondering why

我知道你正困惑著為什麼會這樣

 

Because we're able to be

因為我們只能夠

 

Just you and me

好好地做我們自己

 

Within these walls

當我們在馬戲團裡的時候

 

But when we go outside

但我們只要一離開馬戲團

 

You're going to wake up and see that it was hopeless after all

你將會從夢中清醒並且看清這段感情終究是沒希望的

 

 

[Chorus: Zendaya]

No one can rewrite the stars

沒有人可以改寫那些星辰

 

How can you say you'll be mine?

為甚麼你有把握你能夠屬於我?

 

Everything keeps us apart

一切事物皆隔絕著我們彼此

 

And I'm not the one you were meant to find

而我也並非你註定要去尋找的那個人

 

It's not up to you

這並非由你決定

 

It's not up to me

當然也並非由我決定

 

When everyone tells us what we can be

當眾人皆告訴我們這段感情會有甚麼結局的時候

 

How can we rewrite the stars?

我們要如何改寫那些閃耀的星星呢?

 

Say that the world can be ours

好讓全世界能夠為我們所有

 

Tonight

就在今晚

 

 

[Verse 3: Zac Efron and Zendaya]

All I want is to fly with you

我所想要的就是與你遠走高飛

 

All I want is to fall with you

我所想要的就是與你同生共死

 

So just give me all of you

所以就把你的一切交付給我吧

 

 

[Zendaya]

It feels impossible

這是不可能的

 

 

[Zac Efron]

It's not impossible

這並非不可能

 

 

[Zendaya]

Is it impossible?

這是不可能的嗎?

 

 

[Both]

Say that it's possible

快說這是有可能的

 

 

[Chorus: Zac Efron and Zendaya]

How do we rewrite the stars?

我們要如何改寫星辰?

 

Say you were made to be mine?

你與我是命中註定的嗎?

 

Nothing can keep us apart

甚麼皆無法阻擋我們相愛

 

Cause you are the one I was meant to find

因為你就是我要尋找的天命

 

It's up to you

一切由你決定

 

And it's up to me

而一切也由我決定

 

No one can say what we get to be

沒有人能夠說我們的未來會怎樣

 

And why don't we rewrite the stars?

我們為何不改寫星辰呢?

 

Changing the world to be ours

好讓整個世界能夠為我們所有

 

 

[Outro: Zendaya]

You know I want you

你知道我渴望著你

 

It's not a secret I try to hide

這並不是一個需要隱瞞的秘密

 

But I can't have you

但我卻無法擁有你

 

We're bound to break and

我們註定會分手

 

My hands are tied

而我受到了重重束縛

 

https://a0925316085.pixnet.net/blog/post/121150008

 

Steal The Show” By Lauv

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


Started out on a one way train

從一列單程火車出發

 

Always knew where I was gonna go next

總是知道我下一站要去哪裡

 

Didn’t know until I saw your face

直到見到妳的臉才知道

 

I was missing out on every moment

我每個時刻都在錯過

 

You’ll be one and, baby, I’ll be two

妳將是一,寶貝,而我是二

 

Would you mind it if I said I’m into you (I’m into you)

如果我說我喜歡妳,妳會介意嗎 (我喜歡妳)

 

 

So if it’s real, then darling let me know

所以如果這是真的,那親愛的請讓我知道

 

I wouldn’t mind if you steal the show

我不介意妳成為焦點

 

 

You and I, we go together

妳和我,我們一起

 

You’re the sky, I’ll be the weather

妳是天空,我將成為天氣

 

A pretty thing, a sun and rain, oh no

一個美麗的事物,太陽和雨,噢不

 

Oh, yeah

Summer night, perfect occasion

夏日夜晚,完美的場合

 

Where am I? You know I’ll be waitin’ for you

我在哪裡? 妳知道我會等著妳

 

Oh, for you

噢,為了妳

 

 

So if it’s real, then darling let me know

所以如果這是真的,那親愛的請讓我知道

 

I wouldn’t mind if you steal the show

我不介意妳成為焦點

 

So if it’s real, then darling let me know

所以如果這是真的,那親愛的請讓我知道

 

I wouldn’t mind if you steal the show

我不介意妳成為焦點

 

 

You shine, you shine, like forever, that’s forever

妳閃耀,妳閃耀,像永遠一樣,那就是永遠

 

You shine, you shine and steal the show

妳閃耀,妳閃耀,並搶盡風頭成為焦點

 

 

So if it’s real, then darling, let me know

所以如果這是真的,那親愛的,請讓我知道

 

I wouldn’t mind if you steal the show

我不介意妳成為焦點

 

(Started out on a one way train)

(從一列單程火車出發)

 

(Always knew where I was gonna go next)

(總是知道我下一站要去哪裡)

 

So if it’s real, then darling, let me know (Didn’t know until I saw your face)

所以如果這是真的,那親愛的,請讓我知道 (直到見到妳的臉才知道)

 

(I was missing out on every moment)

(我每個時刻都在錯過)

 

(You’ll be one and, baby, I’ll be two)

(妳將是一,寶貝,而我是二)

 

(Would you mind it if I said I’m into you)

(如果我說我喜歡妳,妳會介意嗎)

 

I wouldn’t mind if you steal the show

我不介意妳成為焦點

 

https://meliceherworld.com/%E6%AD%8C%E8%A9%9E%E7%BF%BB%E8%AD%AF-lauv-steal-the-show-from-%E5%85%83%E7%B4%A0%E6%96%B9%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82-elemental-by-%E7%9A%AE%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF-pixar-%E8%BF%AA%E5%A3%AB%E5%B0%BC-disney/

 


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