tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364457592011-04-21T17:50:48.840-07:00Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647466972477873686noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36445759.post-82014452779697679552007-10-31T05:06:00.000-07:002007-10-31T05:07:04.798-07:0012%- Secular Americans<br />Secular　　　俗人<br />Secularism 　世俗主義者、現世主義、政教分離<br />Pew 　　　 教堂裡的長凳<br />Atheist 　　　(they don’t believe…)<br />Agnostic 不可知論者　(no matter it exists or not, they just don’t care…)<br />Modestly<br />Unaffiliated<br />Affiliated They are some how affiliated.<br />Values 價值觀<br />To be generational in nature 本質上<br />Cohorts 一群人、同伴<br />Coming of age 成熟、發達、成年<br />Commitment 　託付、委任<br />Respondent<br />Baby boom<br />Baby boomers<br />Identify with 參與、與…打成一片<br />Constant 持續的 constantly studying for the test<br />Indicating 指出<br />Decline (much better than reject and refuse)<br />Preference What’s your preference, a or b?<br />Classified<br />Generation Y<br />Subculture<br /><br />關於牙…<br />Buck teeth<br />Fangs<br />A gap between your teeth<br />牙套<br />矯正<br />補牙 to have a tooth filled, to stop a tooth ivory<br />洗牙<br /><br />orangutan 紅毛猩猩<br />natural habitat 棲息地<br />macaque 彌猴<br />Lemurs of Madagascar 狐猴<br />Galapagos Islands 加拉比哥群島<br />Evolution 進化論<br />Evolved　<br /><br />Antarctica 南極洲<br />Arctic北極洲<br />commodity price 物價指數<br />inflation 通貨膨漲<br />deflation<br />inherit<br />family business<br />cable car　（平常）<br />gandola (滑雪)<br /><br />sever<br />sever political relationship 斷交<br />doing/did survey<br />right before…<br />concede 割讓<br />give precedence to somebody 禮讓<br />aristocracy 貴族政治<br />Republican GOD (GRAND OLD PARTY)<br /><br />franchisee vicious circle 惡性循環<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36445759-8201445277969767955?l=mynotes-patty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647466972477873686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36445759.post-24409771113393128202007-10-23T09:20:00.000-07:002007-10-23T10:10:58.416-07:00<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Gavain's recommandation:</span><br />Cat Stevens- Father and Son<br />Linkin Park- Hands held high<br />Pearl Jam- Last kiss<br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Foods:</span><br />sacred 神聖的、宗教上的<br />a pack of .... 一群<br />domestic market<br />overseas/international/global market<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">2007 Rugby World Cup -UK lose, South Africa win:</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Rugby</span><br />Apartheid -meaning separate-ness in Afrikaans, cognate to English apart and hood. 種族隔離政策<br />racial segregation<br />Africans V.S. Dutch : 南非通用的布爾語(亦稱南非荷蘭語，難怪會通)<br />There are more than 200 African words in common with Dutch. Therefore, if you can speak Africans, then there won't be any problem to communicate with Dutch.<br />political propaganda 宣傳<br />war propaganda<br />religious propaganda<br />aboriginals<br />parachute<br />troop 軍隊<br />paratroopers<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">關於荷蘭</span><br />freckles 雀斑<br />formosa<br />forts<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">其它:</span><br />airtime : This song gets a lot of airtime.<br />light up the mood/atmosphere (make people happy):She has light up the atmosphere<br />ergonomically<br />environmental aesthetics<br />reject/refuse :reject an offer<br />subject to....<br />gourmet (法) 美食家、美食主義者<br />veggie wrap/chicken wrap (do not use roll, that's Chinglish)<br />iced frapp<br />frappucino<br />valet parking 代客泊車<br />grill/souvlaki<br />beach/summer gear<br />garments 衣服<br />custom logos<br />customization<br />as of....<br />minute as of....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36445759-2440977111339312820?l=mynotes-patty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647466972477873686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36445759.post-47522447808544536682007-10-19T04:53:00.000-07:002007-10-19T05:24:39.141-07:00<span style="color:#ff99ff;">話家常:</span><br />distant cousin (relative) 遠親<br />developed country 已開發國家<br />developing country 開發中國家<br />undeveloped country 未開發國家<br />calligraphy 書法<br />oil crisis 石油危機<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">談到投資:</span><br />plunge 猛跌、驟降<br />Price started a downward plunge. 價格開始猛跌<br />Pegged to<br />Fixed currency<br />Floating currency<br />De-evaluation 貶值<br />Evaluation 升值<br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"><br />談到中國:<br /></span>Christian<br />Christianity<br />Catholic<br />Catholicism<br />Atheist 無神論<br />Coffin<br />Cremate<br />Urn<br />Funeral parlour 殯儀館<br />Multiple re-entry visa/permit<br />Single entry visa/permit<br />Simplified character<br />Traditional character<br />Literacy rate<br />Literate<br />Illiterate<br />Cultural revolution 文革 (除了中國，法國也有… 但還有其它國家有嗎?)<br />Auspicious day 黃道吉日<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">談到運動:</span><br />Playoffs 季後賽、錦標賽<br />PE class = gym class<br />Parlor = parlour 英式客廳、接待室<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">其它:</span><br />African savannah 非洲大草原<br />Open house 預售屋<br />Display house<br />Vital friend 不可或缺的朋友 (天下-大人的朋友學)<br />Cheer for someone/team/country<br />Reality<br />Poverty gap<br />Korf ball 合球<br />Back to back<br />In a row<br />UN for Taiwan (or it should be Taiwan for the UN?)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36445759-4752244780854453668?l=mynotes-patty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647466972477873686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36445759.post-1161538137831917832006-10-22T10:25:00.000-07:002006-10-22T10:31:48.186-07:00今天的內容主要是Jocyce一個月的美國自助之旅學到的生字有…<br />Here are the words we learned this week.<br /><br />加油 gas up (gas up my car)<br />夜景　　 night view<br />重型機車 crotch rockets<br />雙層巴士 double-deck bus<br />騎警　　 mounted police<br />搜身　　 "search” youput you down<br />杯墊 coaster (也可以加上cup 或table來說明哪一種墊子)<br />恐懼症、懼怕 phobia<br />書報自動販賣機 newspaper stands (newsstand也行)<br />中場休息　 intermission<br />暴動　　 riot<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36445759-116153813783191783?l=mynotes-patty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647466972477873686noreply@blogger.com0