"The Lady or the Tiger?", a famous short story
written by Frank R. Stockton in 1882.
The semi-barbaric King of an ancient land utilized an unusual form of administering justice for offenders in his kingdom. The offender would be placed in an arena where his only way out would be to go through one of two doors. Behind one door was a beautiful woman hand-picked by the king and behind the other was a fierce tiger. The offender was then asked to pick one of the doors, without knowing what was behind it. If he picked the door with the woman behind it, then he was declared innocent but was also required to marry the woman, regardless of previous marital status. If he picked the door with the tiger behind it, though, then he was deemed guilty and the tiger would rip him to pieces.
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"I, Abraham Lincoln, do solemnly swear that
I will faithfully execute the Office of President
of the United States, and will to the best of
my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States"
Lincoln was sworn in as the sixteenth president.
以上為1861年美國總統林肯就職典禮上宣誓詞
而如今這個宣誓詞也已被當作是美國總統宣誓的bible
第44任美國總統歐巴馬就職演說(2009/01/20)
就是把Abraham Lincoln改成Barack Obama而已~
President Barack Obama 2009 Inauguration and Address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=TW&hl=zh-TW&v=VjnygQ02aW4&eurl
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is
at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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Hi, this is Tim Berge.
Time to take a look at today's ultraviolet index for the island.
According to the most recent UVI predictions from
the Enviromental Protection Adminisrtration,
it's gonna be another one of those days for a sunburn alert here in Taiwan.
First, up here in the Taipei area, the UVI prediction is 10, which is very high.
So, please remember to stick to the shade from 10 AM to 2 PM.
Elsewhere around the island,
Kaohsiung also has a prediction of 10, which is very high.
And Taichung has a prediction of 8, which is high.
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ultraviolet 紫外線
UVI UltraViolet Index 紫外線指數
Enviromental Protection Adminisrtration 環保署
surburn 曬傷
alert 警戒
stick to 待在；堅守
shade 陰涼處
elsewhere 其它地方
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Taking a look at the weather forecast for today,
they tell us thundershower activity north, center and south
with the highs of 34 in the north, 33 in both the center and south.
Forecast for tomorrow the same, thundershowers islandwide.
It will be a little bit warmer tomorrow.
The high in the north tomorrow is expected to be 35,
with the highs in the center and south about 34 degrees.
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forecast 預測；預報
thunder 打雷
thundershower 雷陣雨
lightning 閃電
islandwide 全島的
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Feat.是Featuring的縮寫
用在歌曲就是由誰主唱 用在影片就是由誰主演
Ex: The new movie features two of my favorite actors.
(這部新片由我最喜愛的兩位演員主演。)
而通常友情客串也會用這個字
例如Westlife的專輯有一首跟寶兒合唱的 它在後面就會加個 Feat. Boa
通常在英文的表達方式裡
如果我們已經知道這是誰的歌
那主唱在演唱會上找○○助陣來唱這首, 就會說 Feat. ○○
如果是某首經典老歌 那之後翻唱的人也是可以用 Feat. 或更簡潔用法： Ft.
總之 Ft. 的意思就是你已經知道這首歌的原唱版本
而可能由不同人來演唱 那就用Ft.
如果專程說這首歌由原唱者 版權者呈現給你 通常則用Present
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先發主投八局 (Inning Pitched) 只失二分
又一次優質先發 (Quality Start) 的表現
ERA (Earned Run Average) 也降至 3.95
呵呵 有底特律老虎隊的球迷給了以下評語:
The Wang was pretty hard-on the boys tonight.
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一般用語
awesome 酷斃了
take drug = do drug 吸毒
do weed = smoke 吸菸
do you do weed? = do you smoke? 吸菸嗎？
don't be so sure about that 別太肯定
mind your own business 別管閒事
none of your business 沒你的事
you are so mean 你太沒意思啦
don't be mean about that 別太沒意思了啊
gal = girl
pee 尿尿
oops 哎喲
How's your day? 今天怎麼樣？
don't fool me 別耍我
my treat 我請客
be right back (BRB) 馬上回來
native american 純美國人
don't get funny with me 別無理
don't get smart with me 別耍花樣
Where are you located? 你在哪？
suck up to somebody 拍馬屁
What's your problem? 你怎麼了你？(用於指責)
hold the(your) breath 等等(叫你先閉嘴的意思)
that's your problem 那是你的事
How in the world can he do it to me! 他怎麼能這樣對我呢！
so so 一般
Can you handle this? 你行嗎？
get into such a mess 這麼不幸(指遇到了困難的事)
evil man 壞人
do me a favor 幫幫忙
hang out with 與..出去玩
it's up to you 看你了
it depends 那要看情況了
American-born Chinese (ABC) 出生在美國的華人
粗俗用語
zip it 閉嘴
I dont give a shit! 我不在乎！
fu*k that! = fu*k that shit 去他的！
jack off 手淫
whore 妓女
punk 笨蛋
badass 壞蛋
jackass 蠢蛋
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一般用語
How are you doing? 你好
What are you into? 你對什麼感興趣？
What are you up to? 最近怎麼樣？
sit back 少管閒事
be good 聽話
sorry ass 可憐的人
oh yeah? 是嗎？
Give it a shot. Give it a go. 試一試
try me 你試試
So what? 那又如何？
be pissed off 被惹惱
piss off 滾！
get it? 明白了嗎？
don't bother 別麻煩了
exactly 正是！
gotcha! = got you! 抓到你啦！
you know what? 你知道嗎？
guess what 猜猜怎麼了
tell you what 跟你說啊
kind of (kinda), sort of (sorta) 有點兒
get me wrong 你冤枉了我
who knows, god knows 誰知道呢？
Did I make myself clear? 我是否讓你明白啦？
Get on it! 去做吧！
just kidding 開玩笑的
no offense 別生氣(用於事先警告)
Jusus! = Geeze! 天呀！
Gosh = God 我的天呀！
粗俗用語
fu*k off 滾！
Bah 呸！
Shut up. Shut the hell up. Shut the fuck up. 閉嘴
cuss, abuse 罵人
cut the crap 少廢話
bullshit 胡說
what the fu*k (WTF), what the hell, what the hack 真他X的
Damn! X的 (倒霉)
Damn it! God damn it! 他X的！
kick your ass 揍你
kiss my ass 表示看不起你
Back off! 讓開！
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原來 Friday 前面的 T.G.I. 是
Thank Goodness It's Friday！
(感謝上帝，終於是星期五了！) 的縮寫呀
現在才知道 哈哈
好像有些人都直接叫 TGI 而不叫 Friday
anyway, 聽的懂就好 管他怎麼叫~
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