雅思師資介紹
最近上雅思課程的同學，應該注意到我們有一位風度翩翩的新老師吧！他是我們新來的老師，英文名字叫RHYS；還有個中文名字叫孟甫瑞，同學有機會可以用老師的中文名字呼喚他，試試看老師還記得自己的中文名字嗎？
雖然老師看起來很年輕，不過老師已經結婚囉，（可能有女同學心碎了），師母也是美人喔！我猜大家應該對老師充滿興趣，也很好奇吧，而且也深受學生愛戴，記得有次老師喉嚨發炎說不出話，第二天上課就有人買了一整包的八仙果給老師潤喉了。這期就來好好介紹我們雅思的新老師Rhys-孟甫瑞。老師是牛津大學中文系的學生，所以中文非常流利，並且非常喜歡中華文化，所以才會想來台灣敎英文。Rhys雖然看起來文質彬彬、斯斯文文的，不過可是身懷絕技會武功的，是個柔道高手勒！交代完老師的小八卦，介紹一下老師的授課內容以及上課方式。現在老師負責的課有兩門：雅思寫作、以及雅思口試小班。
老師在雅思的口試小班可以說是非常認真的準備，根據小編不負責任側面了解，Rhys都會十分認真的搜集時事，整理消化對雅思考試有益的教材後，再與同學分享，想要考雅思的同學都很清楚，雅思考試沒有固定形式、範圍，所以在準備上可以說是十分困難，不過多虧了老師細心整理蒐集資料，幫同學省下了不少時間以及麻煩，並且老師上課的方式幽默風趣、生動活潑，讓學生感到如沐春風，有興趣的同學可以上YOUTUBE搜尋來自牛津的老師，就可以感受一下老師上課的氣氛。
而雅思寫作課程呢？因為老師是英國人，非常了解典雅的英文寫作方式，所以同學可以學到正統的英文寫作方式，幫助同學在寫作獲取高分，除了雅思的圖表題老師會精闢分析該如何寫才能獲取高分外，而在大作文上老師也會提供足夠的資訊、以及寫文章的點子，並帶領同學一起腦力激盪，讓同學在下筆時不會慌亂，並且下筆有如神，輕鬆獲取寫作高分。
2010年10月27日 星期三
哈佛在PTT上的心得分享
oh man, 我得到了112我朋友說破108要po心得文 :-p
以下是我的成績 (第一戰)
R L S W total29 27 26 30 112
真的想鼓勵大家托福真的是考耐心一定要堅持下去
我是今年六月辭職開始準備托福的這幾個月一度覺得很惶恐 雖然知道自己要出國念書但又沒有賺錢讓我覺得自己很荒廢但考完以後收到成績 有稍微心安一點有付出真的有收穫喔!
跟大家分享我的讀書計畫
Reading:在我還沒開始上托福板以前我不知道有TPO這種東西所以去天瓏書局買了一些參考書(但我事後覺得不需要多買 題目都不太真! 尤其是口說)我有買Nancy Gallagher的新托福考試衝刺試題一開始念的時候有被嚇到因為裡面太多專有名詞 文章又很冗長加上幾年沒碰英文了 整個很挫敗但是托福新手舊手們千萬不要在這裡就被打敗沒有人天生就讀得懂托福文章盡量開始訓練自己廣泛接受學科單字
讓自己看到camouflage, magma, celestial, elaborate....等就覺得看到 fine, thank you跟how are you的等級你就成功一半了!(但真的要很努力唷)
後來我每天都規定自己念三篇 並且狂背學科單字我覺得閱讀部分練習黃金閱讀就很夠了
但我真正閱讀變強是我準備托福後期也開始準備AT訓練過修辭後 看文章速度變很快所以很推薦托福新手把基礎文法搞懂
對了 閱讀要抓點 不是精讀也不要鑽研每一個字抓到大方向跟組織架構就會好答題
Listening:這是我花最多時間準備的一科我不管搭捷運慢跑走路都會聽!
一開始我只是漫無目的的聽不知道要統整 也聽不出文章的脈絡後來發現統整文章脈絡真的要訓練 我很推薦綠寶書在還沒開始聽TPO以前我把綠寶書聽的極濫默默的學科單字的聲音會在你腦海裡留下印象後來開始聽TPO就覺得沒有那麼難
不過大家都知道聽懂跟選對完全是兩回事老實說10/17考完以後我深深覺得自己聽力會落到24分
因為選項真的不好選其實有幾題我也是心虛的猜了但是我猜之前都會聯想起整篇概要 或是該段落的主旨所以即使很細節的地方沒聽到我還是有智慧的猜 加上有點好運氣的把正確答案的到
聽力TPO我一共做了三遍反覆訓練自己聽懂文章的"組織架構"
Speaking:我有補習推哈佛的口說小班真的有訓練到
口說我有買口語真經 1/2另外還有看JJ
口說一定要找partner練習 前一二題想idea我一開始練口說都一直想很刁鑽的回答建議大家真的講的極簡單極好比如果題目如果問你最得意的事 你覺得最難的事 你最喜歡做的事
最想學的技巧 我都會說學煮飯 (哈哈 很好講了吧)
我記得我以前練習過一題最想去旅行的地方我一開口就講了埃及結果例子根本講不出來老實說 你要怎麼描述金字塔很讚 沙漠很讚 還要想人面獅身怎麼講就花掉你五秒後來我都會說 我最想去旅行的地方是台北101很讚 餐廳多 人善良等等 瞬間變得好講100倍
我要說的重點就是講簡單跟自己熟悉的事物 不要用太理性的思考來講口說你會講不出來 真的!
其實這次考到JJ真的很好運但其實我以為我口說會28結果我卻得到GGF 26我自認為我發音很好說 T_T
口說最大的要點就是不要怕 大聲講出來4 6 題給分沒那麼嚴格聽力在這邊又再次扮演了很重要的腳色我還是想再強調一次
托福基本功: 累積單字+聽托福 再訓練考試技巧
Writing:獨立寫作-出乎我意料的是我是考前一周才開始練習寫作文(因為我覺得作文題目跟口說一二題性質很像 就都沒準備= =)結果我竟然得到了一個30 (感謝ET$!)
我想說的是: 用簡單的英文寫作吧!
我並沒有用很艱深的單字來寫我的文章但我很要求自己的文法 拼字 跟邏輯我的idea也很瞎掰, 因為瞎掰真的很好寫不用寫什麼深遠的大道理把自己搞得很累單字又想不出來
我也是模板派的人因為先把模板丟上去 至少緊張的心情少了一半文章的架構也大致上出來了再把自己的想法一一填到段落裡面去
但我有默默把老師給的模板記下來ET$根本不會抓模板 也不會覺得你用模板就給你低分只要清楚的把想法寫下來 不用太難的單字也可以寫出好文章
至於整合部分-聽力真的很重要!這裡的技巧在於抓住文章跟聽力重點
這裡的文章跟閱讀不同其實我根本沒有仔細看但我有把三小段落的supporting要點抓下來至於要不要記筆記我是覺得看個人摟
我覺得整個托福考下來最重要的應該是聽力聽力好會很吃香所以各位...準備隨身聽 天天聽托福吧!
我個人是沒有在準備考試期間看影集因為覺得太浪費時間 且影集英語是不會出現在托福考題裡的!(至少機率極小)但之前上班有瘋狂的看CSI, 不免俗的還有慾望城市拉如果是預計花半年以上準備托福的人再看吧如果是想要速戰速決KO托福 不要看影集!!!多聽TPO這種有組織架構的文章順練自己邊聽邊組織!
我明天要去把海賊王59集買回家慶祝 (L)祝福大家考試都順利摟~
接下來以下是我的考場經驗
[評議] 1. 考場代碼：STN10723A
2. 考場名稱：哈佛補習班
3. 考場交通：便利 在南陽街嘛!
4. 隔音效果：不優秀 但不怕被影響的人可以報
5. 硬體設備：可
6. 人員服務：兩人 沒什麼在管考生
7. 考場大約人數 / 座位：20/20
8. 綜合評價：鍵盤不好打 其他都蠻好的
[填空選擇] __ [1] 考試報到情況： (A) 先到先考 __
[2] 個人物品存放： (A) 有寄物櫃 也不算寄物櫃 就是一個會鎖起來的教室
__ [3] 考場筆相關： (A) 鉛筆 _1_ 隻 ; 是那種很粗的黃色2B
鉛筆 害我筆記做的很糟= =
__ [4] 草稿紙相關： → _3_ 張 _A4_ 尺寸 (預設答案;3張A4) __
[5] 中場回收草稿紙：(B) 不會回收 也不會以紙換紙
__ [6] 休息強制離場： (A) 是 __
[7] 鍵盤擺放方式: (B) 桌面上 __
[8] 螢幕可否調整: (A) 可調整
本文作者應戰日期: 2010/10/17
以下是我的成績 (第一戰)
R L S W total29 27 26 30 112
真的想鼓勵大家托福真的是考耐心一定要堅持下去
我是今年六月辭職開始準備托福的這幾個月一度覺得很惶恐 雖然知道自己要出國念書但又沒有賺錢讓我覺得自己很荒廢但考完以後收到成績 有稍微心安一點有付出真的有收穫喔!
跟大家分享我的讀書計畫
Reading:在我還沒開始上托福板以前我不知道有TPO這種東西所以去天瓏書局買了一些參考書(但我事後覺得不需要多買 題目都不太真! 尤其是口說)我有買Nancy Gallagher的新托福考試衝刺試題一開始念的時候有被嚇到因為裡面太多專有名詞 文章又很冗長加上幾年沒碰英文了 整個很挫敗但是托福新手舊手們千萬不要在這裡就被打敗沒有人天生就讀得懂托福文章盡量開始訓練自己廣泛接受學科單字
讓自己看到camouflage, magma, celestial, elaborate....等就覺得看到 fine, thank you跟how are you的等級你就成功一半了!(但真的要很努力唷)
後來我每天都規定自己念三篇 並且狂背學科單字我覺得閱讀部分練習黃金閱讀就很夠了
但我真正閱讀變強是我準備托福後期也開始準備AT訓練過修辭後 看文章速度變很快所以很推薦托福新手把基礎文法搞懂
對了 閱讀要抓點 不是精讀也不要鑽研每一個字抓到大方向跟組織架構就會好答題
Listening:這是我花最多時間準備的一科我不管搭捷運慢跑走路都會聽!
一開始我只是漫無目的的聽不知道要統整 也聽不出文章的脈絡後來發現統整文章脈絡真的要訓練 我很推薦綠寶書在還沒開始聽TPO以前我把綠寶書聽的極濫默默的學科單字的聲音會在你腦海裡留下印象後來開始聽TPO就覺得沒有那麼難
不過大家都知道聽懂跟選對完全是兩回事老實說10/17考完以後我深深覺得自己聽力會落到24分
因為選項真的不好選其實有幾題我也是心虛的猜了但是我猜之前都會聯想起整篇概要 或是該段落的主旨所以即使很細節的地方沒聽到我還是有智慧的猜 加上有點好運氣的把正確答案的到
聽力TPO我一共做了三遍反覆訓練自己聽懂文章的"組織架構"
Speaking:我有補習推哈佛的口說小班真的有訓練到
口說我有買口語真經 1/2另外還有看JJ
口說一定要找partner練習 前一二題想idea我一開始練口說都一直想很刁鑽的回答建議大家真的講的極簡單極好比如果題目如果問你最得意的事 你覺得最難的事 你最喜歡做的事
最想學的技巧 我都會說學煮飯 (哈哈 很好講了吧)
我記得我以前練習過一題最想去旅行的地方我一開口就講了埃及結果例子根本講不出來老實說 你要怎麼描述金字塔很讚 沙漠很讚 還要想人面獅身怎麼講就花掉你五秒後來我都會說 我最想去旅行的地方是台北101很讚 餐廳多 人善良等等 瞬間變得好講100倍
我要說的重點就是講簡單跟自己熟悉的事物 不要用太理性的思考來講口說你會講不出來 真的!
其實這次考到JJ真的很好運但其實我以為我口說會28結果我卻得到GGF 26我自認為我發音很好說 T_T
口說最大的要點就是不要怕 大聲講出來4 6 題給分沒那麼嚴格聽力在這邊又再次扮演了很重要的腳色我還是想再強調一次
托福基本功: 累積單字+聽托福 再訓練考試技巧
Writing:獨立寫作-出乎我意料的是我是考前一周才開始練習寫作文(因為我覺得作文題目跟口說一二題性質很像 就都沒準備= =)結果我竟然得到了一個30 (感謝ET$!)
我想說的是: 用簡單的英文寫作吧!
我並沒有用很艱深的單字來寫我的文章但我很要求自己的文法 拼字 跟邏輯我的idea也很瞎掰, 因為瞎掰真的很好寫不用寫什麼深遠的大道理把自己搞得很累單字又想不出來
我也是模板派的人因為先把模板丟上去 至少緊張的心情少了一半文章的架構也大致上出來了再把自己的想法一一填到段落裡面去
但我有默默把老師給的模板記下來ET$根本不會抓模板 也不會覺得你用模板就給你低分只要清楚的把想法寫下來 不用太難的單字也可以寫出好文章
至於整合部分-聽力真的很重要!這裡的技巧在於抓住文章跟聽力重點
這裡的文章跟閱讀不同其實我根本沒有仔細看但我有把三小段落的supporting要點抓下來至於要不要記筆記我是覺得看個人摟
我覺得整個托福考下來最重要的應該是聽力聽力好會很吃香所以各位...準備隨身聽 天天聽托福吧!
我個人是沒有在準備考試期間看影集因為覺得太浪費時間 且影集英語是不會出現在托福考題裡的!(至少機率極小)但之前上班有瘋狂的看CSI, 不免俗的還有慾望城市拉如果是預計花半年以上準備托福的人再看吧如果是想要速戰速決KO托福 不要看影集!!!多聽TPO這種有組織架構的文章順練自己邊聽邊組織!
我明天要去把海賊王59集買回家慶祝 (L)祝福大家考試都順利摟~
接下來以下是我的考場經驗
[評議] 1. 考場代碼：STN10723A
2. 考場名稱：哈佛補習班
3. 考場交通：便利 在南陽街嘛!
4. 隔音效果：不優秀 但不怕被影響的人可以報
5. 硬體設備：可
6. 人員服務：兩人 沒什麼在管考生
7. 考場大約人數 / 座位：20/20
8. 綜合評價：鍵盤不好打 其他都蠻好的
[填空選擇] __ [1] 考試報到情況： (A) 先到先考 __
[2] 個人物品存放： (A) 有寄物櫃 也不算寄物櫃 就是一個會鎖起來的教室
__ [3] 考場筆相關： (A) 鉛筆 _1_ 隻 ; 是那種很粗的黃色2B
鉛筆 害我筆記做的很糟= =
__ [4] 草稿紙相關： → _3_ 張 _A4_ 尺寸 (預設答案;3張A4) __
[5] 中場回收草稿紙：(B) 不會回收 也不會以紙換紙
__ [6] 休息強制離場： (A) 是 __
[7] 鍵盤擺放方式: (B) 桌面上 __
[8] 螢幕可否調整: (A) 可調整
本文作者應戰日期: 2010/10/17
2010年10月22日 星期五
2010年3月11日 星期四
聽歌學英文
明天Placebo就要來台灣了
來聽聽他們的歌來學英文吧
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-fJ9ROrW08
歌詞英文
Sucker love is heaven sent,
You pucker up our passion's spent
My heart's a tart your body's rent
My body's broken yours is bent
Carve your name into my arm
Instead of stressed I lie here charmed
Cuz there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Sucker love, a box I choose
No other box I choose to use
Another love I would abuse
No circumstances could excuse
In the shape of things to come
Too much poison come undone
Cuz there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every me... he
Sucker love is known to swing
Prone to cling and waste these things
Pucker up for heaven's sake
There's never been so much at stake
I serve my head up on a plate
It's only comfort, calling late
Cuz there's nothing else to do,
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every me... he
Every me and every you
Every me... he
Like the naked leads the blind
I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind
Sucker love I always find
Someone to bruise and leave behind
All alone in space and time
There's nothing here but what here's mine
Something borrowed something blue
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every meEvery me and every you
Every meEvery me and every you
Every me.. he
來聽聽他們的歌來學英文吧
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-fJ9ROrW08
歌詞英文
Sucker love is heaven sent,
You pucker up our passion's spent
My heart's a tart your body's rent
My body's broken yours is bent
Carve your name into my arm
Instead of stressed I lie here charmed
Cuz there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Sucker love, a box I choose
No other box I choose to use
Another love I would abuse
No circumstances could excuse
In the shape of things to come
Too much poison come undone
Cuz there's nothing else to do
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every me... he
Sucker love is known to swing
Prone to cling and waste these things
Pucker up for heaven's sake
There's never been so much at stake
I serve my head up on a plate
It's only comfort, calling late
Cuz there's nothing else to do,
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every me... he
Every me and every you
Every me... he
Like the naked leads the blind
I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind
Sucker love I always find
Someone to bruise and leave behind
All alone in space and time
There's nothing here but what here's mine
Something borrowed something blue
Every me and every you
Every me and every you
Every meEvery me and every you
Every meEvery me and every you
Every me.. he
2010年2月25日 星期四
聽歌學英文
本週的歌是
MUSE Supermassive blackhole
是最近很夯的電影暮光之城中的配樂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3_a-PMTw
以下是歌詞
Oh baby dont you know I suffer?
Oh baby can you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretences
How long before you let me go?
You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive'
I thought I was a fool for no-one
Oh baby I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth
You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive (You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive' Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(You set my soul alight)Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive (You set my soul alight)Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
單字補充
moan 呻吟
pretences=pretense 藉口
Glaciers 冰河
superficial 膚淺的
MUSE Supermassive blackhole
是最近很夯的電影暮光之城中的配樂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3_a-PMTw
以下是歌詞
Oh baby dont you know I suffer?
Oh baby can you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretences
How long before you let me go?
You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive'
I thought I was a fool for no-one
Oh baby I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth
You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive (You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive' Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(You set my soul alight)Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive (You set my soul alight)Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
單字補充
moan 呻吟
pretences=pretense 藉口
Glaciers 冰河
superficial 膚淺的
2010年2月8日 星期一
英文名言錄
‧承諾能鼓舞你發揮全力，也能保護及加強你在自己及他人心目中的可信度和聲譽，更能為你帶來熱忱的能量和無法阻擋的動力，並讓你充滿無價的自豪感。承諾很重要！——蓋瑞‧布萊爾
“Commitment inspires you to perform to the best of your abilities. It protects and strengthens your credibility and reputations with yourself and with others. It provides you with passionate energy and unstoppable momentum, and fills you with a sense of pride that’s priceless. Commitment counts!” --Gary Blair
‧品格端正的領導人，能透過反覆一再的善行，在人生中多種美德之間取得適當的平衡。因此，一如成功的運動員，正直善良的人士將屢創佳績。亞里斯多德說得對：『我們反覆做什麼，我們就是什麼。』——蓋瑞‧布萊爾
“Leaders who possess good character are those who, through repeated good acts, achieve an appropriate balance of the virtues in his life. Therefore, like a successful athlete, the virtuous person plays a consistently good game. As Aristotle rightly noted, ‘we are what we repeatedly do.’” --Gary Blair
‧焦點絕對至關重要，你將經歷的每一次成功，焦點會都是先決條件。在各種你必須塞進忙碌行程表的事項當中，管理焦點是最不容忽視的一環。——蓋瑞‧布萊爾
“Focus definitely counts, as it serves as an absolute precondition for every success you will experience. And of all the activities you must cram into your busy schedule, managing your focus is the one you can least afford to overlook.” --Gary Blair
‧一貫性成了一種凝聚人心的力量，能讓一切各就各位，也能幫助我們了解這個世界以及我們在這個世界上的角色，這就是一貫性重要的原因。——蓋瑞‧布萊爾
“Consistency becomes a form of human gravity. It holds everything in place and together. It helps us understand the world and our place in it, and that’s why consistency counts.” --Gary Blair
“Commitment inspires you to perform to the best of your abilities. It protects and strengthens your credibility and reputations with yourself and with others. It provides you with passionate energy and unstoppable momentum, and fills you with a sense of pride that’s priceless. Commitment counts!” --Gary Blair
‧品格端正的領導人，能透過反覆一再的善行，在人生中多種美德之間取得適當的平衡。因此，一如成功的運動員，正直善良的人士將屢創佳績。亞里斯多德說得對：『我們反覆做什麼，我們就是什麼。』——蓋瑞‧布萊爾
“Leaders who possess good character are those who, through repeated good acts, achieve an appropriate balance of the virtues in his life. Therefore, like a successful athlete, the virtuous person plays a consistently good game. As Aristotle rightly noted, ‘we are what we repeatedly do.’” --Gary Blair
‧焦點絕對至關重要，你將經歷的每一次成功，焦點會都是先決條件。在各種你必須塞進忙碌行程表的事項當中，管理焦點是最不容忽視的一環。——蓋瑞‧布萊爾
“Focus definitely counts, as it serves as an absolute precondition for every success you will experience. And of all the activities you must cram into your busy schedule, managing your focus is the one you can least afford to overlook.” --Gary Blair
‧一貫性成了一種凝聚人心的力量，能讓一切各就各位，也能幫助我們了解這個世界以及我們在這個世界上的角色，這就是一貫性重要的原因。——蓋瑞‧布萊爾
“Consistency becomes a form of human gravity. It holds everything in place and together. It helps us understand the world and our place in it, and that’s why consistency counts.” --Gary Blair
選校除了看排名還能看什麼?
一篇來自於美國USNEWS雜誌的報導
連結如下
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2010/02/04/students-say-college-rankings-arent-most-important-part-of-decision.html
主要內容是在說
根據UCLA針對新鮮人做的問卷
發現學校排名對於新鮮人已經不再是最重要的選擇了
以下是新鮮人考慮因素依照排名列給大家
可以作為大家選校的參考
1.此所大學有很好的學術聲譽
2.畢業生都找到很好的工作
3.學校提供學生財務支援
4.就讀這所學校的花費
5.參觀後學校的感覺
6.學校的校地寬闊
7.學校在社會運動上有好聲譽
8.畢業生進入好研究所
9.離家近
10.網路上的資訊
11.家長決定
12.雜誌上的學校排名
13.學校提前寄發錄取函
14.負擔不起首選學校
15.高中導師的建議
16.首選未錄取
16.校隊選拔
18.宗教因素
18.老師的建議
20.親戚的期望
21.私立學校的諮詢員建議
22.可線上上課
連結如下
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2010/02/04/students-say-college-rankings-arent-most-important-part-of-decision.html
主要內容是在說
根據UCLA針對新鮮人做的問卷
發現學校排名對於新鮮人已經不再是最重要的選擇了
以下是新鮮人考慮因素依照排名列給大家
可以作為大家選校的參考
1.此所大學有很好的學術聲譽
2.畢業生都找到很好的工作
3.學校提供學生財務支援
4.就讀這所學校的花費
5.參觀後學校的感覺
6.學校的校地寬闊
7.學校在社會運動上有好聲譽
8.畢業生進入好研究所
9.離家近
10.網路上的資訊
11.家長決定
12.雜誌上的學校排名
13.學校提前寄發錄取函
14.負擔不起首選學校
15.高中導師的建議
16.首選未錄取
16.校隊選拔
18.宗教因素
18.老師的建議
20.親戚的期望
21.私立學校的諮詢員建議
22.可線上上課
一系列關於英文寫作的文章
http://tinyurl.com/y8hksal英文研究論文寫作－搭配詞指引
http://tinyurl.com/yl4a84p什麼是「搭配詞」？ http://tinyurl.com/y9mf4h5「搭配詞」是一種語言能力
http://tinyurl.com/yh9rs8f高頻學術搭配詞theoretically
http://tinyurl.com/yfgusd2高頻學術搭配詞cause http://tinyurl.com/yzkx3r4高頻學術搭配詞proposal
http://tinyurl.com/yhb7eov高頻學術搭配詞－literature
http://tinyurl.com/y8p5ptc高頻學術搭配詞－impact
http://tinyurl.com/27vdjb英文論文寫作1》常見研究方法
http://tinyurl.com/yzgcmy3英文論文寫作2》如何找題目？
http://tinyurl.com/yg5yv6d英文論文寫作3》寫作格式
http://tinyurl.com/ybelt2r英文論文寫作4》表達「評論」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/ykdoue3英文論文寫作5》表達「如下所述…」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/yd5buol英文論文寫作6》表達「與…比較」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/y8zx5ho英文論文寫作7》表達「組成、包含」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/ykacmeq英文論文寫作8》學術搭配詞
http://tinyurl.com/ycapuut英文論文寫作9》研究論文的文體特色
http://tinyurl.com/ylrtfvd英文論文寫作10》情態助動詞 Modal Auxiliary
http://tinyurl.com/ybefgfy英文論文寫作11》倍數的比較
http://tinyurl.com/yf6foby英文論文寫作12》介系詞 Prepositions／At
http://tinyurl.com/ygnalmc英文論文寫作13》 對等連接詞 Coordinate Conjunctions
http://tinyurl.com/ybnl7aw英文論文寫作14》連接副詞 Conjunctive Adverbs
http://tinyurl.com/ylr4sh7英文論文寫作15》研究方法 Method
http://tinyurl.com/yl4a84p什麼是「搭配詞」？ http://tinyurl.com/y9mf4h5「搭配詞」是一種語言能力
http://tinyurl.com/yh9rs8f高頻學術搭配詞theoretically
http://tinyurl.com/yfgusd2高頻學術搭配詞cause http://tinyurl.com/yzkx3r4高頻學術搭配詞proposal
http://tinyurl.com/yhb7eov高頻學術搭配詞－literature
http://tinyurl.com/y8p5ptc高頻學術搭配詞－impact
http://tinyurl.com/27vdjb英文論文寫作1》常見研究方法
http://tinyurl.com/yzgcmy3英文論文寫作2》如何找題目？
http://tinyurl.com/yg5yv6d英文論文寫作3》寫作格式
http://tinyurl.com/ybelt2r英文論文寫作4》表達「評論」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/ykdoue3英文論文寫作5》表達「如下所述…」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/yd5buol英文論文寫作6》表達「與…比較」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/y8zx5ho英文論文寫作7》表達「組成、包含」的句型
http://tinyurl.com/ykacmeq英文論文寫作8》學術搭配詞
http://tinyurl.com/ycapuut英文論文寫作9》研究論文的文體特色
http://tinyurl.com/ylrtfvd英文論文寫作10》情態助動詞 Modal Auxiliary
http://tinyurl.com/ybefgfy英文論文寫作11》倍數的比較
http://tinyurl.com/yf6foby英文論文寫作12》介系詞 Prepositions／At
http://tinyurl.com/ygnalmc英文論文寫作13》 對等連接詞 Coordinate Conjunctions
http://tinyurl.com/ybnl7aw英文論文寫作14》連接副詞 Conjunctive Adverbs
http://tinyurl.com/ylr4sh7英文論文寫作15》研究方法 Method
2010年2月5日 星期五
聽歌學英文
大家知道生命是苦樂參半的交響樂要如何用英文說嗎?
聽了下面這首歌你就知道了
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3m4e45bTo
附上中英文對照歌詞
另外介紹一些片語
make ends meet 使收支平衡
Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
生命就像是苦樂交織的交響樂曲
Try to make ends meet
總想要追求圓滿
You're a slave to money then you die
一生為錢賣命 然後死去
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
就讓我帶你走過我唯一走過的路
You know the one that takes you to the places
就是你所知道的那個
where all the veins meet yeah,
體驗一切悲歡交集的所在
No change, I can change
改變 我可以改變
I can change, I can change
我可以改變 我可以改變
But I'm here in my mold
我卻被框在這裡
I am here in my mold
被框在這裡
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
但每過一天 都有千萬個不同的我
I can't change my mold
改變不了如此束縛
No, no, no, no, no
不 不 不 不 不
Well I never pray
不曾祈求過什麼
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
但今晚我虔誠跪下
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
我需要聽見這樣的聲音 感受我悲痛的聲音
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
旋律會發光 洗竄入腦 讓我得到解脫
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
卻發現 沒有人在唱歌 只有自己的呼吸
No change, I can change
改變 我可以改變
I can change, I can change
我可以改變 我可以改變
But I'm here in my mold
我卻被框在這裡
I am here in my mold
被框在這裡
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
但每過一天 都有千萬個不同的我
I can't change my mold
改變不了如此束縛
No, no, no, no, no 不 不 不 不 不
I can't change
無法改變
I can't change
無法改變
聽了下面這首歌你就知道了
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3m4e45bTo
附上中英文對照歌詞
另外介紹一些片語
make ends meet 使收支平衡
Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
生命就像是苦樂交織的交響樂曲
Try to make ends meet
總想要追求圓滿
You're a slave to money then you die
一生為錢賣命 然後死去
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
就讓我帶你走過我唯一走過的路
You know the one that takes you to the places
就是你所知道的那個
where all the veins meet yeah,
體驗一切悲歡交集的所在
No change, I can change
改變 我可以改變
I can change, I can change
我可以改變 我可以改變
But I'm here in my mold
我卻被框在這裡
I am here in my mold
被框在這裡
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
但每過一天 都有千萬個不同的我
I can't change my mold
改變不了如此束縛
No, no, no, no, no
不 不 不 不 不
Well I never pray
不曾祈求過什麼
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
但今晚我虔誠跪下
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
我需要聽見這樣的聲音 感受我悲痛的聲音
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
旋律會發光 洗竄入腦 讓我得到解脫
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
卻發現 沒有人在唱歌 只有自己的呼吸
No change, I can change
改變 我可以改變
I can change, I can change
我可以改變 我可以改變
But I'm here in my mold
我卻被框在這裡
I am here in my mold
被框在這裡
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
但每過一天 都有千萬個不同的我
I can't change my mold
改變不了如此束縛
No, no, no, no, no 不 不 不 不 不
I can't change
無法改變
I can't change
無法改變
2010年2月3日 星期三
SUBMIT後你要做什麼 提高你的錄取率
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2010/01/11/how-to-get-in-after-you-apply.html
來自USNEWS的新聞
整理來自評審委員的建議
1.確認要寄出的文件都寄出
尤其在線上申請後 更要確認
2.如果有機會的話 參加學校的面試吧
藉此來行銷自己
3.向學校問重要的問題 而且有禮貌
4.多跟審查委員連絡 關心自己的申請狀況
5.如果有某些事件影響你的成績 就照實向學校解釋吧
6.寫三到五個重要問題 EMAIL給審查委員吧
來自USNEWS的新聞
整理來自評審委員的建議
1.確認要寄出的文件都寄出
尤其在線上申請後 更要確認
2.如果有機會的話 參加學校的面試吧
藉此來行銷自己
3.向學校問重要的問題 而且有禮貌
4.多跟審查委員連絡 關心自己的申請狀況
5.如果有某些事件影響你的成績 就照實向學校解釋吧
6.寫三到五個重要問題 EMAIL給審查委員吧
2010年2月1日 星期一
你會用英文說符號嗎?
& Ampersand (And 符號)
* Asterisk (星號)
@ At sign, at (At 符號，At)
\ Backslash (反斜線)
[ Open bracket (左中括弧)
^ Caret (插入號)
] Close bracket (右中括弧)
( Open parenthesis (左括弧)
) Close parenthesis (右括弧)
: Colon (冒號), Comma (逗號)
$ Dollar sign (錢符號)
-- Double dash (雙破折號)
... Ellipsis (省略符號)
' Single quote (單引號)
" Quote (雙引號)
= Equals (等號)
+ Plus, plus sign (加，加號)
! Exclamation point (驚歎號)
> Greater than (大於)
< Less than (小於)
# Pound sign (井字號)
? Question mark (問號)
. Period, dot (句號，點)
; Semicolon (分號)
- Hyphen (連字號)
— Dash (破折號)
_ Underscore (底線)
Vertical bar (垂直線)
{ Open brace (左大括弧)
} Close brace (右大括弧)
% Percent, percent sign (百分比，百分比符號)
/ Slash (斜線)
// Double slash (雙斜線)
~ Tilde (取代符號，毛毛蟲)
* Asterisk (星號)
@ At sign, at (At 符號，At)
\ Backslash (反斜線)
[ Open bracket (左中括弧)
^ Caret (插入號)
] Close bracket (右中括弧)
( Open parenthesis (左括弧)
) Close parenthesis (右括弧)
: Colon (冒號), Comma (逗號)
$ Dollar sign (錢符號)
-- Double dash (雙破折號)
... Ellipsis (省略符號)
' Single quote (單引號)
" Quote (雙引號)
= Equals (等號)
+ Plus, plus sign (加，加號)
! Exclamation point (驚歎號)
> Greater than (大於)
< Less than (小於)
# Pound sign (井字號)
? Question mark (問號)
. Period, dot (句號，點)
; Semicolon (分號)
- Hyphen (連字號)
— Dash (破折號)
_ Underscore (底線)
Vertical bar (垂直線)
{ Open brace (左大括弧)
} Close brace (右大括弧)
% Percent, percent sign (百分比，百分比符號)
/ Slash (斜線)
// Double slash (雙斜線)
~ Tilde (取代符號，毛毛蟲)
實用的英文口語
1. 活該！ serves you(him or her) right! = you deserve (he/she deserves it.)
e.g you failed the test? serves you right for not studying!
2. 活該！ you had it coming!
e.g. a: i gained weight!
b: well,you had it coming,because you''ve been eating so much without exercising.
3. 胡鬧 that’s monkey business!e.g. a: stop fooling around! that’s monkey business!
別再混日子了！你根本在胡鬧嘛！注：本句也可把monkey當成動詞說成“stop monkeying around!”
3．請便！ help yourself.do as you please. (表示不需准許而可取東西，就是請客人自在點，不必太拘束。)
4．哪有？ what do you mean? not at all!
注：如果只說“what do you mean？”那是不帶任何用意的問句，只是想問清楚對方的意思；但是它也可用於挑釁及威脅，代表不滿對方表達的意見。 若加上“not at all”，表示你在否懧對方表達的意思。
5．才怪！ yeah，right！as if！e.g. a: today’s test was very easy.b: yeah,right!a:he thinks he can socialize with us! as if!
他自懧可以跟我們交往！ 才怪！
注：“yeah，right”常用於諷刺性的回答。“as if”大多是10到17歲女孩的用語。
6．加油！ go for it！e.g. a: go for it! you can do it!注：這是鼓勵他人的話，也就是“give it a good try.”“try your best.”。
7．夠了！ enough！stop it！
注：也可以加強語氣說“enough is enough！”。要是對方正在fooling around （無所事事），你會罵他“enough of this foolishness！”（混夠了吧！）
8．放心！ I got your back.e.g. a: Don’t worry,man. I got your back.
注：這句原本來自“I’m covering you from behind”（我在後面掩護你），是打仗時\軍人常說的一句話。但在現代的意思是我會照料一切，要對方不必擔心，所以這句男人會常用，女人反而較少用。
9．愛現！ showoff！e.g. a： he’s been doing that all day. what a showoff!
注：showoff是名詞，也可作動詞，如：she likes to show off her toys. 或he is always showing off his strength.
10．討厭！ so annoying！e.g. a: stop that! you are so annoying! 夠了！你真討厭！
11．免談！ no need to discuss！（no need for discussion.）e.g. a: it’s all settled. there’s no need to discuss it anymore. 全都確定了。所以就免談了！
12．真棒！ that’s great!
13．好險！ that was close！e.g. a: I’m so glad you made it. that was close!
注：這裡的close是很接近、幸好的意思，和開門關門（open and close）的close不同。
14．閉嘴！ shut up！
15．好爛！ it sucks！e.g. a: that sucks. don’t buy it.
注：這句話可用來形容人、事物的狀況令人失望或十分不理想。
16．真巧！ what a coincidence！
17．幼稚！ immature！e.g. a: She’s still sleeping with her favorite stuffed animal.
She’s so immature.What a baby！e.g. a: Look at her still buying “hello kitty” stuff at age 30.
What a baby!
注：這句話對美國人來說侮辱的程度比較大。
18．花癡！ flirt！e.g. a: You are such a flirt! Stop kissing up to him! He doesn’t like you at all.
你是花癡喔？別再討好他了。他根本不喜歡你。
注：不論男女，凡有如此行為的皆可用flirt表示。player（調情聖手）專指男性， tease（賣弄風情的女人）專指女性。
19．痞子！ riff raff！e.g. a: these people give me the creeps. riff raff!
這些人使我起雞皮疙瘩。真是一群痞子！
注：在美國riff raff特別指人骯髒、下流。
20．找死！ playing with fire！e.g. a: Are you crazy? You’re playing with fire!
注：這是表示某人在做的事很危險或很有挑戰性。
21．色狼！ Pervert！
e.g. A: He is such a pervert! I saw him looking at me in the toilet!
注：這句話除了指性變態，也指精神變態，可簡單地說“perv”，也可作動詞，例如：“You are rally perverted.” 。
22．精彩！ Super！e.g. A: Good job. That’s super! 注：這字有點舊了，但年輕人喜歡在形容詞前面加super以強調它的意思如“super-cool”。
23．算了！ Forget it！
注：這句有“不談這件事了”，或“這沒什麼”的意思。
24．糟了！ Shit！/ Fuck！/ Damn！e.g. A: Shit! This stinks! 糟了！這好臭！
注： 這些都是低俗的用語，如同“***”等等咒罵的字，Damn是其中最溫和的一個。
25．廢話！ Bullshit！e.g. A: I don’t believe it. That’s bullshit!
注：這句也可用crap來表示，它的語氣比較溫和，但還是一樣無禮。
26．變態！ Pervert！e.g. A: Let’s get out of here. There are so many perverts here.
注：中文的變態從意思來看，其實比英文的pervert語意厭惡許多。
27．吹牛！ Brag.e.g. A: He’s bragging. There’s no way he could do that!
28．裝傻！ Play dumb.e.g. A: Don’t play dumb. You know about that.
29．偏心。 Biased （prejudiced）。e.g. A: Stop saying those things about it.
You’re just biased. 不要再這樣說它\了，你就是偏心。
A：He’s so prejudiced. He helps her just because he likes her.
注：prejudice本意就是負面的，常用來職責對方不公正， bias則是中性字，
如“The author has a bias for apple pie”（這個作家對蘋果派有所偏好）。
30．無恥！ Shameless！e.g. A: How could you do such a thing! You’re shameless! 這種事你也做得出來！\你無恥！
注： Shameless 和 no shame不同，no shame是not scared of being shameful，不怕丟臉的意思。
31．你敢？ You dare？e.g. A: I want to challenge you! B: You dare?
32．贊成！ I approve. / That’s a good idea.e.g. A: Let’s go for a walk. B: Sure. I approve.
33．好飽！ I’m stuffed.
34. 休想！ Over my dead body！/ No way!e.g. A: You want to marry that guy?
Over my dead body!
35．成交！ It’s a deal!
36. 幹嘛？ What？/ What do you want？/ What’s wrong? / what do you think you are doing? / what happened? / what for?
3 字篇
37． 不會吧？ That won’t happen,will it?e.g. A: He will win the game. That won’t happen,will it? 不會吧？ No,she’s not like that,is she?
e.g. A: Are you sure she stole the jewels? No,she’s not like that,is she? 不會吧？
No,it won’t,will it?e.g. A: He may not have much longer to live.B: No,he won’t die,will he?不會吧？ No way! (or Be smart!較禮貌一點)
37. 起內哄。 Fighting one’s own. / In-fighting.e.g. A: That company wasted too much time fighting its own. A: I won’t tolerate this in-fighting!
38. 狗屎運！ Lucky bastard！e.g. A: He won the lottery! Lucky bastard!
39. 沒風度。 Crasse.g. A: He’s so crass. There’s no way I would date him.
注：另外，vulgar，boorish也可以用來形容別人沒風度。
40. 你說呢？ So what？e.g. A: You are such a bad person. Who’s gonna like you?
B: So what? 你說呢！ You tell me！e.g. A: What are we going to do? B: You tell me!
注：說“So what”時，若語氣冷淡，則表示不在乎；若語氣帶挑釁，則表示不要人干涉，有“你管我 ”“那又怎樣”的意思。
41. 別傻了！ Wise up！e.g. A: Please you believe that? Wise up!Don’t be silly!e.g. A: I think we can get everyone to give us money. B: Don’t be silly.
注：當女孩子說“Don’t be silly”時，大多是在打情罵俏。
42．別鬧了！ Keep it down！e.g. A: You kids are too loud! Keep it down!
注：Keep it down是不要鬧了，但keep it up意思完全不同，是用來勉勵對方繼續 努力下去。 如果keep it up！用威嚇的語氣說就變成：若繼續下去後果就不堪設想 （你再給我試試看！）。
42. 不許碰！ Don’t touch it! / Hands off!
43. 膽小鬼！ Coward！ E.g. A: He dare not do it! What a coward!
44. 考慮中！ Sitting on the fence。e.g. A: I haven’t decided what to do. I’m sitting on the fence.
注： 表示此人的決定仍搖擺不定，隨時會受人影響。
45. 認輸吧！ Give in！ e.g. A: Give in! You won’t have a chance.
注： 也可用“give it up！”，意即“不要再試了，你只是在浪費時間”。
46. 搶劫啊！ Rip off！ E.g. A: That shirt cost me $3000! What a rip-off!
注： rip當名詞也可當動詞，所以可說：He really ripped me off.” 。
47. 別催我！ Don’t rush me.e.g. A: I’m on it! Don’t rush me. 別催我！我正在做呢！
48. 再聯絡！ Keep in touch。
49. 幹得好！ Good job. / Well done!
50. 真劃算。 What a great deal!e.g. I got two bikes for the price of one. What a great deal!
注：這裡的deal是指買賣交易。在其他情況中“What’s the deal?”“What’s going on?”“Why are you doing this?” 都是在詢問“怎麼了？”。
51. 看好喔！ Watch me!
注：這句是要別人注意自己在表演的特殊動作或技巧。
52. 死定了！ I’m dead! E.g. A: I lost my computer. I’m dead. What am I going to do?I’m dead meat.e.g. A: I failed the exam! I’m dead meat!
注：以上兩句都是十分誇張的句子，表示真的不知如何是好，另外，常見的句子有 “You’ll be the death of me.”意思是指你和你惹的麻煩會毀了我。
53. 羨慕吧！ Eat your heart out!e.g. A: Look out all these girls all over me! Eat your heart out!
You’re never gonna find a girl who will like you.注：說這句話的人有著炫耀的心態。
54. 無所謂。 Whatever。 E.g. A: You can do what you want. Whatever.
注：這是年輕人很常用的俚語，除了無所謂外，還有以下的意思： I don’t care! (我才不在乎) etc.(等等，諸如此類的) No！ That’s not the way it is,but I don’t give a damn. (才不是那樣的，不過我才不理它。)在不同上下文作不同解釋。
55. 別裝蒜！ Don’t play innocent. / Don’t play dumb!
56. 去你的！ Fuck you！ （這句話十分粗俗，用生氣或厭惡的語氣說，有“滾你媽的蛋”之意。
57. 分攤吧！ Let’s go Dutch.
58. 你做夢！ You’re dreaming.e.g. A: That will never happen. You’re dreaming.
注：“Dream on！”意思也是一樣，另外多了點玩笑的態度。
59. 你真笨！ You’re so lame!e.g. A: You’re so lame. Even a kid can make it. Try again.
注：Lame 原來的意思是跛腳、不適當的意思。在這裡指人不夠酷、無能。
60. 並不想。 Don’t feel like it.e.g. A: Come out with us tonight. It’ll cheer you up. B: I don’t feel like it.
61. 好可惜。 What a shame (pity).
62. 隨便你。 （It’s ）Up to you.Whatever.
63. 安分點！ Behave！ E.g. A: Stop making so much noise! Behave.
注： 年輕人用這句話的時候，多是在鬧著玩的情況下，要對方“安分點”；
男女朋友在打情罵俏時也會叫對方“安分”一點。
64. 再說啦！ We’ll talk about it later.
65. 分手吧！ Let’s break up.
66. 你看吧！ I told you so! E.g. A: I told you so! It won’t work.See!e.g. A: Like I said it’s not as hard as you thought it’d be. See!
67. 不要臉！ Shameless！e.g. A: I can’t believe she’s wearing that! Shameless!
注：本句除了用shameless外，也可用“She has no shame. ”。
68. 別管他！ Don’t worry about it.e.g. A: I don’t want to look bad.
B: Don’t worry about it. No one will notice.
Don’t pay attention to it.e.g. A: That guy over there is staring at me.
B: Don’t play attention to it. What the heck!
e.g. A: Is it alright if I ask Dane to come over? B: What the heck!
注： what the heck 與what the ****！ 兩個意思一樣。
69．怎麼說？ How do I say this？ E.g. A: It’s so hard to explain. How do I say this? What do you mean?e.g. A: I’m feeling sorry for him.B: What do you mean?
70．胡扯的！ That’s rubbish!e.g. A: It’s no like that at all. That’s rubbish.
71. 蠻配的。 Suits you well. E.g. That color looks really good on you. It suits you well.
72. 很噁心！ Blood and gore.e.g. A: I don’t like scary and violent movies. There’s too much blood and gore. That’s so gross!e.g. Will you stop making those gestures? That’s so gross!
注：“Blood and gore”多半是指電影而言，而“gross”在一般的情況下都可使用。
73．懂了嗎？ Get it？ E.g. A: We broke up two months ago! Stop calling me. Do you get it?(Do you) know what I mean? / know what I’m saying?e.g. A: That’s the way it is. ( Do you ) know What I mean?You know?e.g. A: I really hate this. You know?
74. 別裝了！ Stop pretending. E.g. A: I know you hate it. Stop pretending.
注： Pretending可用playing 代替。
75．神經病。 Crazy！ E.g. A: You can’t do that! Crazy!
注：這字暗示某人精神失常，行為反常 年輕人的俚語常以“mentally challenged”代替crazy。
76．免了吧！ No need！e.g. A: I want to make sure that I get it straight. B: There’s no need. Forget it.
注： “no need”可自成一句，也可在句中使用。如：There was no need to call the president.
77．又來了！ Again.e.g. A: Here it come again. I don’t want todeal with it.
That’s typical.e.g. A: He’s not taking responsibility for this mistake.
B: That’s typical.
78. 不騙你！ Not joking。e.g. A: Believe me. I’m not joking.
79．我請客。My treat。 E.g. A: please,it’s your birthday. My treat!
注： Treat也作動詞用，如：I’ll treat you tonight. (今晚我請客。)
80．不賴嘛！ Not bad。
81．去死啦！ Go to hell！ E.g. A: you’re such a bully. Go to hell.
注：生氣時在口語上詛咒別人去死前面有時會加上“you can”。
82．冷靜點！ Calm down！ E.g. A: Don’t get so excited. Calm down.Keep your pants/shirt on! E.g. A: What’s the hurry? Keep your pants/shirt on!
83．我保證。 I guarantee. E.g. A: You’ll be fine. I guarantee.
84. 我發誓！ I swear！ E.g. A: It will never happen again. I swear!注：swear還有下列用法：I swear by my bike that I can get anywhere in town in 15minutes. (swear by…對著…發誓，表示很有信心)。 The chief of justice swore in the president. （司法院長監督總統宣誓就職）。 I’m going to swear ff candy for the next month. (下個月我要戒吃糖果)。
85．來單挑！ Let’s fight one-on-one!e.g. A: let’s goyou and melet’s fight one-on-one.B: All rightleave the others alone. It’s between you and me.
86. 正經點！ Have some decency! E.g. A: Stop playing with the cake. Have some decency!Seriously… E.g. A: Okstop joking around. Seriously…注：說這兩句話的情況不同，“have some decency”通常是在對方有了一些惡作劇的行為之後，用來提醒他舉止莊重一點。“Seriously…”則多用來轉變話題，跟中文的“說真格的……”類似，說完這句話，說者就把話題轉為嚴肅的內容。
87．乾脆點！ Make up your mind！E.g. A: Geezwe’ve been over this a thousand times. Make up your mind!
88．打擾了！ Excuse me for bothering you.注：因為文化的差異，美國人很少有這種說法，大部分的美國人都不懧為要說這麼謙虛的話。
89．清醒點！ Sober up！ E.g. A: Your parents are coming. Sober up.Wake up! (Wake up and smell the coffee!)e.g. A: Wake up! You look like you had a long night. 清醒點，你看起來像是整夜沒睡。注：酒醉或吃藥後，多會用“Sober up”。“Wake up！”或“Wake up and smell thecoffee！”則是“腦袋裡在想什麼呀，醒醒吧你！”用來訓斥別人面對現實。
90．別理他！ Don’t mind him. E.g. A: Don’t mind him. He’s just playing.Forget him. E.g. A: He saw me steal the diamond!B: Forget him. I’ll take care of him.注：forget him是“別理他！”，而“別理我！”是leave me alone。
91．有眼光！ Good taste. E.g. A: That looks really good. You’ve got good taste.
92．誰說的？ Who said that? E.g. A: It’s not like that at all. Who said that?Says who? E.g. A: They cancelled our show.B: Says who?注：這兩句話除了可用來詢問是什麼人說的，它的意思多半是用來否懧所聽到的消息。
93．很難說。 Hard to say. 表示不清楚、不確定而難下定論。
94．老實說。 To tell you the truth （that…）/Honestly…
95．你撒謊！ You lie！
96．真噁心！ So disgusting！
97．真礙眼！ Rubs me the wrong way.e.g. A: I can’t put my finger on itbut he really rubs me the wrong way.我說不上來，但他真礙眼！注：說這句話時通常有人惹到你，但也可能只是因為某人的外貌、言行令人不舒服。
98．別想溜！ Don’t run away!注：run away也可指閃避問題，如：“Don’t run away from your problems. ” 是要\對方面對，並解決問題。
99．不客氣。 You’re welcome. / No problem. / No bother./
Don’t worry about it/ Don’t mention it.
100. 不上道。 Don’t know how to play the game.E.g. A: Everyone accepted the bribe except him. He doesn’t know how to play t\he game.注：這是現代的俚語。有一句Playing the field，它的意思就大不一樣了，是表示同時\跟很多不同的人約會。
101．你輸了！ You lost！
102．吵死了！ So noisy！
103．不見得。 Not necessarily. E.g. A: Everyone is gonna hate me.B: Not necessarily. (意味“情況可能正好相反”)
104．兜風去。 Let’s go out for a drive.
E.g. A: I feel so trapped in here. Let’s go out for a drive!我覺得有被困在這裡得感覺。咱們兜風去吧！Let’s go out for some air!E.g. A: We’ve been studying all day. Let’s go out for some air!注：going out for a drive 是開車或騎車出去。 going out for some air 除了開車或\騎車，也可表示用走來散心。
105．怕了吧？ Now you are scared aren’t you?e.g. A: Now you are scared aren’t you?B: Get that gun away from me!
106. 真低級！ How low-class！ E.g. A: What do you think about Mary’s new skirt?B: How low-class! (通常不當別人面講這句話)
107．就這樣。 The way it is。 E.g. A: You can’t change anything. That’s the \way it is.Let it be. E.g. A: I know it’s hard to accept. Let it be.注：let it be通常語氣和緩，以安慰別人或使人平靜。
108．放棄吧！ Give up！
109．太神了！ Cool！
110． 解脫了！ Free at last！ E.g. A: Thank god I graduated and I’m done with\ school forever. Free at last.
111. 要你管！ Not your business. /None of your business./ It’s none of your business.注：有些用Beeswax代替Business。
112. 好噁心！ Sick！ E.g. A: Have you seen that movie “Friday the 13th”? It’s so sick.
113. 小氣鬼！ Stingy bastard！ E.g. A: He didn’t even pay for my dinner! What a stingy bastard.What a miser！ E.g. A: He’s been wearing the same clothes since high school. What a miser! Can’t he buy new clothes?注：stingy bastard語氣很刻薄，因為“bastard”已經近乎粗話了。Stingy 是形容詞，小氣，吝嗇之意。Miser是名詞。
114. 我招了！ I admit… E.g. A: Yeah
you’re right. OKI admit it!
注：本句用來當作爭論失敗得聲明，或者用來表示道歉。
115. 別惹我！ Don’t bother me. E.g. A: OkI’ll do whatever you want.But just don’t bother me anymore.Stop picking on me. E.g. A: Can you stop picking on me? 你能不能別再惹我？注：Bother 意思是阻撓，困擾，或對某人嘮叨。To pick on someone是指作弄人，找人麻煩。
116. 沒什麼。 Not much… E.g. A: Hey! What’s up!B: Not much…
117. 答對了。 Bingo！ / You are right！
118. 改天吧！ Another time… E.g. A: Let’s go out again tomorrow night.B: Maybe another time…I’ll take a rain check. E.g. A: I’ll take you out to dinner.B: I can’t tonightbut I’ll take a rain check.注：rain check本意來自比賽因下雨而取消，所發給觀眾下次入場得延期證明；或是商店
再減價時段特價品賣完時，發給客人在有貨時可以相同優惠購買該商品得證明。
119. 我不管！ I don’t care! E.g. A: But your rival has everyone’s favor… B:\ I don’t care! I’m going to beat him. Just watch.注：I don’t give a damn! =I don’t care. 但是更粗俗一些。
120. 別多嘴。 Enough! Shut up!
121. 耍大牌。 Poser！
E.g. A: Who does she think she is? A movie star? What a poser!
122. 何必呢？ What for？ E.g. A: I want to go back to school.B: What for? You already have a Ph D!Why are you doing that? E.g. A: You have all the toys you need. Why are you bu\ying more? Why are you doing that?注：依說話的語氣，意思可能是刻薄的反諷，好奇的詢問，或是冷漠不想搭理對方。
123. 書呆子。 Nerd. E.g. A: All he does is study. He never goes out. What a nerd!
124. 不錯吧？ Look not bad huh?
E.g. A: I’ve organized all this information for the presentation. Looknot bad huh?
125. 真可怕！ That’s terrible!
126. 別妄想！ You’re dreaming! / In your dreams.
127. 你真行！ You’re so great! / You ‘da bomb! / You are the bomb.
128. 不難吃。 Tastes good.
129. 真體貼！ So affectionate！ E.g. A: Did you see the way she touches him? S\o affectionate!注：另外一種口語用法是“lovey-duvvy”，但是比較負面，含有受不了別人如此親熱的\意思。 130. 得了吧！ Come on！ 131. 末班車。 Just made it. E.g. A: I was the 150th prize-winner! Just made it\ for the championship!
e.g you failed the test? serves you right for not studying!
2. 活該！ you had it coming!
e.g. a: i gained weight!
b: well,you had it coming,because you''ve been eating so much without exercising.
3. 胡鬧 that’s monkey business!e.g. a: stop fooling around! that’s monkey business!
別再混日子了！你根本在胡鬧嘛！注：本句也可把monkey當成動詞說成“stop monkeying around!”
3．請便！ help yourself.do as you please. (表示不需准許而可取東西，就是請客人自在點，不必太拘束。)
4．哪有？ what do you mean? not at all!
注：如果只說“what do you mean？”那是不帶任何用意的問句，只是想問清楚對方的意思；但是它也可用於挑釁及威脅，代表不滿對方表達的意見。 若加上“not at all”，表示你在否懧對方表達的意思。
5．才怪！ yeah，right！as if！e.g. a: today’s test was very easy.b: yeah,right!a:he thinks he can socialize with us! as if!
他自懧可以跟我們交往！ 才怪！
注：“yeah，right”常用於諷刺性的回答。“as if”大多是10到17歲女孩的用語。
6．加油！ go for it！e.g. a: go for it! you can do it!注：這是鼓勵他人的話，也就是“give it a good try.”“try your best.”。
7．夠了！ enough！stop it！
注：也可以加強語氣說“enough is enough！”。要是對方正在fooling around （無所事事），你會罵他“enough of this foolishness！”（混夠了吧！）
8．放心！ I got your back.e.g. a: Don’t worry,man. I got your back.
注：這句原本來自“I’m covering you from behind”（我在後面掩護你），是打仗時\軍人常說的一句話。但在現代的意思是我會照料一切，要對方不必擔心，所以這句男人會常用，女人反而較少用。
9．愛現！ showoff！e.g. a： he’s been doing that all day. what a showoff!
注：showoff是名詞，也可作動詞，如：she likes to show off her toys. 或he is always showing off his strength.
10．討厭！ so annoying！e.g. a: stop that! you are so annoying! 夠了！你真討厭！
11．免談！ no need to discuss！（no need for discussion.）e.g. a: it’s all settled. there’s no need to discuss it anymore. 全都確定了。所以就免談了！
12．真棒！ that’s great!
13．好險！ that was close！e.g. a: I’m so glad you made it. that was close!
注：這裡的close是很接近、幸好的意思，和開門關門（open and close）的close不同。
14．閉嘴！ shut up！
15．好爛！ it sucks！e.g. a: that sucks. don’t buy it.
注：這句話可用來形容人、事物的狀況令人失望或十分不理想。
16．真巧！ what a coincidence！
17．幼稚！ immature！e.g. a: She’s still sleeping with her favorite stuffed animal.
She’s so immature.What a baby！e.g. a: Look at her still buying “hello kitty” stuff at age 30.
What a baby!
注：這句話對美國人來說侮辱的程度比較大。
18．花癡！ flirt！e.g. a: You are such a flirt! Stop kissing up to him! He doesn’t like you at all.
你是花癡喔？別再討好他了。他根本不喜歡你。
注：不論男女，凡有如此行為的皆可用flirt表示。player（調情聖手）專指男性， tease（賣弄風情的女人）專指女性。
19．痞子！ riff raff！e.g. a: these people give me the creeps. riff raff!
這些人使我起雞皮疙瘩。真是一群痞子！
注：在美國riff raff特別指人骯髒、下流。
20．找死！ playing with fire！e.g. a: Are you crazy? You’re playing with fire!
注：這是表示某人在做的事很危險或很有挑戰性。
21．色狼！ Pervert！
e.g. A: He is such a pervert! I saw him looking at me in the toilet!
注：這句話除了指性變態，也指精神變態，可簡單地說“perv”，也可作動詞，例如：“You are rally perverted.” 。
22．精彩！ Super！e.g. A: Good job. That’s super! 注：這字有點舊了，但年輕人喜歡在形容詞前面加super以強調它的意思如“super-cool”。
23．算了！ Forget it！
注：這句有“不談這件事了”，或“這沒什麼”的意思。
24．糟了！ Shit！/ Fuck！/ Damn！e.g. A: Shit! This stinks! 糟了！這好臭！
注： 這些都是低俗的用語，如同“***”等等咒罵的字，Damn是其中最溫和的一個。
25．廢話！ Bullshit！e.g. A: I don’t believe it. That’s bullshit!
注：這句也可用crap來表示，它的語氣比較溫和，但還是一樣無禮。
26．變態！ Pervert！e.g. A: Let’s get out of here. There are so many perverts here.
注：中文的變態從意思來看，其實比英文的pervert語意厭惡許多。
27．吹牛！ Brag.e.g. A: He’s bragging. There’s no way he could do that!
28．裝傻！ Play dumb.e.g. A: Don’t play dumb. You know about that.
29．偏心。 Biased （prejudiced）。e.g. A: Stop saying those things about it.
You’re just biased. 不要再這樣說它\了，你就是偏心。
A：He’s so prejudiced. He helps her just because he likes her.
注：prejudice本意就是負面的，常用來職責對方不公正， bias則是中性字，
如“The author has a bias for apple pie”（這個作家對蘋果派有所偏好）。
30．無恥！ Shameless！e.g. A: How could you do such a thing! You’re shameless! 這種事你也做得出來！\你無恥！
注： Shameless 和 no shame不同，no shame是not scared of being shameful，不怕丟臉的意思。
31．你敢？ You dare？e.g. A: I want to challenge you! B: You dare?
32．贊成！ I approve. / That’s a good idea.e.g. A: Let’s go for a walk. B: Sure. I approve.
33．好飽！ I’m stuffed.
34. 休想！ Over my dead body！/ No way!e.g. A: You want to marry that guy?
Over my dead body!
35．成交！ It’s a deal!
36. 幹嘛？ What？/ What do you want？/ What’s wrong? / what do you think you are doing? / what happened? / what for?
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37． 不會吧？ That won’t happen,will it?e.g. A: He will win the game. That won’t happen,will it? 不會吧？ No,she’s not like that,is she?
e.g. A: Are you sure she stole the jewels? No,she’s not like that,is she? 不會吧？
No,it won’t,will it?e.g. A: He may not have much longer to live.B: No,he won’t die,will he?不會吧？ No way! (or Be smart!較禮貌一點)
37. 起內哄。 Fighting one’s own. / In-fighting.e.g. A: That company wasted too much time fighting its own. A: I won’t tolerate this in-fighting!
38. 狗屎運！ Lucky bastard！e.g. A: He won the lottery! Lucky bastard!
39. 沒風度。 Crasse.g. A: He’s so crass. There’s no way I would date him.
注：另外，vulgar，boorish也可以用來形容別人沒風度。
40. 你說呢？ So what？e.g. A: You are such a bad person. Who’s gonna like you?
B: So what? 你說呢！ You tell me！e.g. A: What are we going to do? B: You tell me!
注：說“So what”時，若語氣冷淡，則表示不在乎；若語氣帶挑釁，則表示不要人干涉，有“你管我 ”“那又怎樣”的意思。
41. 別傻了！ Wise up！e.g. A: Please you believe that? Wise up!Don’t be silly!e.g. A: I think we can get everyone to give us money. B: Don’t be silly.
注：當女孩子說“Don’t be silly”時，大多是在打情罵俏。
42．別鬧了！ Keep it down！e.g. A: You kids are too loud! Keep it down!
注：Keep it down是不要鬧了，但keep it up意思完全不同，是用來勉勵對方繼續 努力下去。 如果keep it up！用威嚇的語氣說就變成：若繼續下去後果就不堪設想 （你再給我試試看！）。
42. 不許碰！ Don’t touch it! / Hands off!
43. 膽小鬼！ Coward！ E.g. A: He dare not do it! What a coward!
44. 考慮中！ Sitting on the fence。e.g. A: I haven’t decided what to do. I’m sitting on the fence.
注： 表示此人的決定仍搖擺不定，隨時會受人影響。
45. 認輸吧！ Give in！ e.g. A: Give in! You won’t have a chance.
注： 也可用“give it up！”，意即“不要再試了，你只是在浪費時間”。
46. 搶劫啊！ Rip off！ E.g. A: That shirt cost me $3000! What a rip-off!
注： rip當名詞也可當動詞，所以可說：He really ripped me off.” 。
47. 別催我！ Don’t rush me.e.g. A: I’m on it! Don’t rush me. 別催我！我正在做呢！
48. 再聯絡！ Keep in touch。
49. 幹得好！ Good job. / Well done!
50. 真劃算。 What a great deal!e.g. I got two bikes for the price of one. What a great deal!
注：這裡的deal是指買賣交易。在其他情況中“What’s the deal?”“What’s going on?”“Why are you doing this?” 都是在詢問“怎麼了？”。
51. 看好喔！ Watch me!
注：這句是要別人注意自己在表演的特殊動作或技巧。
52. 死定了！ I’m dead! E.g. A: I lost my computer. I’m dead. What am I going to do?I’m dead meat.e.g. A: I failed the exam! I’m dead meat!
注：以上兩句都是十分誇張的句子，表示真的不知如何是好，另外，常見的句子有 “You’ll be the death of me.”意思是指你和你惹的麻煩會毀了我。
53. 羨慕吧！ Eat your heart out!e.g. A: Look out all these girls all over me! Eat your heart out!
You’re never gonna find a girl who will like you.注：說這句話的人有著炫耀的心態。
54. 無所謂。 Whatever。 E.g. A: You can do what you want. Whatever.
注：這是年輕人很常用的俚語，除了無所謂外，還有以下的意思： I don’t care! (我才不在乎) etc.(等等，諸如此類的) No！ That’s not the way it is,but I don’t give a damn. (才不是那樣的，不過我才不理它。)在不同上下文作不同解釋。
55. 別裝蒜！ Don’t play innocent. / Don’t play dumb!
56. 去你的！ Fuck you！ （這句話十分粗俗，用生氣或厭惡的語氣說，有“滾你媽的蛋”之意。
57. 分攤吧！ Let’s go Dutch.
58. 你做夢！ You’re dreaming.e.g. A: That will never happen. You’re dreaming.
注：“Dream on！”意思也是一樣，另外多了點玩笑的態度。
59. 你真笨！ You’re so lame!e.g. A: You’re so lame. Even a kid can make it. Try again.
注：Lame 原來的意思是跛腳、不適當的意思。在這裡指人不夠酷、無能。
60. 並不想。 Don’t feel like it.e.g. A: Come out with us tonight. It’ll cheer you up. B: I don’t feel like it.
61. 好可惜。 What a shame (pity).
62. 隨便你。 （It’s ）Up to you.Whatever.
63. 安分點！ Behave！ E.g. A: Stop making so much noise! Behave.
注： 年輕人用這句話的時候，多是在鬧著玩的情況下，要對方“安分點”；
男女朋友在打情罵俏時也會叫對方“安分”一點。
64. 再說啦！ We’ll talk about it later.
65. 分手吧！ Let’s break up.
66. 你看吧！ I told you so! E.g. A: I told you so! It won’t work.See!e.g. A: Like I said it’s not as hard as you thought it’d be. See!
67. 不要臉！ Shameless！e.g. A: I can’t believe she’s wearing that! Shameless!
注：本句除了用shameless外，也可用“She has no shame. ”。
68. 別管他！ Don’t worry about it.e.g. A: I don’t want to look bad.
B: Don’t worry about it. No one will notice.
Don’t pay attention to it.e.g. A: That guy over there is staring at me.
B: Don’t play attention to it. What the heck!
e.g. A: Is it alright if I ask Dane to come over? B: What the heck!
注： what the heck 與what the ****！ 兩個意思一樣。
69．怎麼說？ How do I say this？ E.g. A: It’s so hard to explain. How do I say this? What do you mean?e.g. A: I’m feeling sorry for him.B: What do you mean?
70．胡扯的！ That’s rubbish!e.g. A: It’s no like that at all. That’s rubbish.
71. 蠻配的。 Suits you well. E.g. That color looks really good on you. It suits you well.
72. 很噁心！ Blood and gore.e.g. A: I don’t like scary and violent movies. There’s too much blood and gore. That’s so gross!e.g. Will you stop making those gestures? That’s so gross!
注：“Blood and gore”多半是指電影而言，而“gross”在一般的情況下都可使用。
73．懂了嗎？ Get it？ E.g. A: We broke up two months ago! Stop calling me. Do you get it?(Do you) know what I mean? / know what I’m saying?e.g. A: That’s the way it is. ( Do you ) know What I mean?You know?e.g. A: I really hate this. You know?
74. 別裝了！ Stop pretending. E.g. A: I know you hate it. Stop pretending.
注： Pretending可用playing 代替。
75．神經病。 Crazy！ E.g. A: You can’t do that! Crazy!
注：這字暗示某人精神失常，行為反常 年輕人的俚語常以“mentally challenged”代替crazy。
76．免了吧！ No need！e.g. A: I want to make sure that I get it straight. B: There’s no need. Forget it.
注： “no need”可自成一句，也可在句中使用。如：There was no need to call the president.
77．又來了！ Again.e.g. A: Here it come again. I don’t want todeal with it.
That’s typical.e.g. A: He’s not taking responsibility for this mistake.
B: That’s typical.
78. 不騙你！ Not joking。e.g. A: Believe me. I’m not joking.
79．我請客。My treat。 E.g. A: please,it’s your birthday. My treat!
注： Treat也作動詞用，如：I’ll treat you tonight. (今晚我請客。)
80．不賴嘛！ Not bad。
81．去死啦！ Go to hell！ E.g. A: you’re such a bully. Go to hell.
注：生氣時在口語上詛咒別人去死前面有時會加上“you can”。
82．冷靜點！ Calm down！ E.g. A: Don’t get so excited. Calm down.Keep your pants/shirt on! E.g. A: What’s the hurry? Keep your pants/shirt on!
83．我保證。 I guarantee. E.g. A: You’ll be fine. I guarantee.
84. 我發誓！ I swear！ E.g. A: It will never happen again. I swear!注：swear還有下列用法：I swear by my bike that I can get anywhere in town in 15minutes. (swear by…對著…發誓，表示很有信心)。 The chief of justice swore in the president. （司法院長監督總統宣誓就職）。 I’m going to swear ff candy for the next month. (下個月我要戒吃糖果)。
85．來單挑！ Let’s fight one-on-one!e.g. A: let’s goyou and melet’s fight one-on-one.B: All rightleave the others alone. It’s between you and me.
86. 正經點！ Have some decency! E.g. A: Stop playing with the cake. Have some decency!Seriously… E.g. A: Okstop joking around. Seriously…注：說這兩句話的情況不同，“have some decency”通常是在對方有了一些惡作劇的行為之後，用來提醒他舉止莊重一點。“Seriously…”則多用來轉變話題，跟中文的“說真格的……”類似，說完這句話，說者就把話題轉為嚴肅的內容。
87．乾脆點！ Make up your mind！E.g. A: Geezwe’ve been over this a thousand times. Make up your mind!
88．打擾了！ Excuse me for bothering you.注：因為文化的差異，美國人很少有這種說法，大部分的美國人都不懧為要說這麼謙虛的話。
89．清醒點！ Sober up！ E.g. A: Your parents are coming. Sober up.Wake up! (Wake up and smell the coffee!)e.g. A: Wake up! You look like you had a long night. 清醒點，你看起來像是整夜沒睡。注：酒醉或吃藥後，多會用“Sober up”。“Wake up！”或“Wake up and smell thecoffee！”則是“腦袋裡在想什麼呀，醒醒吧你！”用來訓斥別人面對現實。
90．別理他！ Don’t mind him. E.g. A: Don’t mind him. He’s just playing.Forget him. E.g. A: He saw me steal the diamond!B: Forget him. I’ll take care of him.注：forget him是“別理他！”，而“別理我！”是leave me alone。
91．有眼光！ Good taste. E.g. A: That looks really good. You’ve got good taste.
92．誰說的？ Who said that? E.g. A: It’s not like that at all. Who said that?Says who? E.g. A: They cancelled our show.B: Says who?注：這兩句話除了可用來詢問是什麼人說的，它的意思多半是用來否懧所聽到的消息。
93．很難說。 Hard to say. 表示不清楚、不確定而難下定論。
94．老實說。 To tell you the truth （that…）/Honestly…
95．你撒謊！ You lie！
96．真噁心！ So disgusting！
97．真礙眼！ Rubs me the wrong way.e.g. A: I can’t put my finger on itbut he really rubs me the wrong way.我說不上來，但他真礙眼！注：說這句話時通常有人惹到你，但也可能只是因為某人的外貌、言行令人不舒服。
98．別想溜！ Don’t run away!注：run away也可指閃避問題，如：“Don’t run away from your problems. ” 是要\對方面對，並解決問題。
99．不客氣。 You’re welcome. / No problem. / No bother./
Don’t worry about it/ Don’t mention it.
100. 不上道。 Don’t know how to play the game.E.g. A: Everyone accepted the bribe except him. He doesn’t know how to play t\he game.注：這是現代的俚語。有一句Playing the field，它的意思就大不一樣了，是表示同時\跟很多不同的人約會。
101．你輸了！ You lost！
102．吵死了！ So noisy！
103．不見得。 Not necessarily. E.g. A: Everyone is gonna hate me.B: Not necessarily. (意味“情況可能正好相反”)
104．兜風去。 Let’s go out for a drive.
E.g. A: I feel so trapped in here. Let’s go out for a drive!我覺得有被困在這裡得感覺。咱們兜風去吧！Let’s go out for some air!E.g. A: We’ve been studying all day. Let’s go out for some air!注：going out for a drive 是開車或騎車出去。 going out for some air 除了開車或\騎車，也可表示用走來散心。
105．怕了吧？ Now you are scared aren’t you?e.g. A: Now you are scared aren’t you?B: Get that gun away from me!
106. 真低級！ How low-class！ E.g. A: What do you think about Mary’s new skirt?B: How low-class! (通常不當別人面講這句話)
107．就這樣。 The way it is。 E.g. A: You can’t change anything. That’s the \way it is.Let it be. E.g. A: I know it’s hard to accept. Let it be.注：let it be通常語氣和緩，以安慰別人或使人平靜。
108．放棄吧！ Give up！
109．太神了！ Cool！
110． 解脫了！ Free at last！ E.g. A: Thank god I graduated and I’m done with\ school forever. Free at last.
111. 要你管！ Not your business. /None of your business./ It’s none of your business.注：有些用Beeswax代替Business。
112. 好噁心！ Sick！ E.g. A: Have you seen that movie “Friday the 13th”? It’s so sick.
113. 小氣鬼！ Stingy bastard！ E.g. A: He didn’t even pay for my dinner! What a stingy bastard.What a miser！ E.g. A: He’s been wearing the same clothes since high school. What a miser! Can’t he buy new clothes?注：stingy bastard語氣很刻薄，因為“bastard”已經近乎粗話了。Stingy 是形容詞，小氣，吝嗇之意。Miser是名詞。
114. 我招了！ I admit… E.g. A: Yeah
you’re right. OKI admit it!
注：本句用來當作爭論失敗得聲明，或者用來表示道歉。
115. 別惹我！ Don’t bother me. E.g. A: OkI’ll do whatever you want.But just don’t bother me anymore.Stop picking on me. E.g. A: Can you stop picking on me? 你能不能別再惹我？注：Bother 意思是阻撓，困擾，或對某人嘮叨。To pick on someone是指作弄人，找人麻煩。
116. 沒什麼。 Not much… E.g. A: Hey! What’s up!B: Not much…
117. 答對了。 Bingo！ / You are right！
118. 改天吧！ Another time… E.g. A: Let’s go out again tomorrow night.B: Maybe another time…I’ll take a rain check. E.g. A: I’ll take you out to dinner.B: I can’t tonightbut I’ll take a rain check.注：rain check本意來自比賽因下雨而取消，所發給觀眾下次入場得延期證明；或是商店
再減價時段特價品賣完時，發給客人在有貨時可以相同優惠購買該商品得證明。
119. 我不管！ I don’t care! E.g. A: But your rival has everyone’s favor… B:\ I don’t care! I’m going to beat him. Just watch.注：I don’t give a damn! =I don’t care. 但是更粗俗一些。
120. 別多嘴。 Enough! Shut up!
121. 耍大牌。 Poser！
E.g. A: Who does she think she is? A movie star? What a poser!
122. 何必呢？ What for？ E.g. A: I want to go back to school.B: What for? You already have a Ph D!Why are you doing that? E.g. A: You have all the toys you need. Why are you bu\ying more? Why are you doing that?注：依說話的語氣，意思可能是刻薄的反諷，好奇的詢問，或是冷漠不想搭理對方。
123. 書呆子。 Nerd. E.g. A: All he does is study. He never goes out. What a nerd!
124. 不錯吧？ Look not bad huh?
E.g. A: I’ve organized all this information for the presentation. Looknot bad huh?
125. 真可怕！ That’s terrible!
126. 別妄想！ You’re dreaming! / In your dreams.
127. 你真行！ You’re so great! / You ‘da bomb! / You are the bomb.
128. 不難吃。 Tastes good.
129. 真體貼！ So affectionate！ E.g. A: Did you see the way she touches him? S\o affectionate!注：另外一種口語用法是“lovey-duvvy”，但是比較負面，含有受不了別人如此親熱的\意思。 130. 得了吧！ Come on！ 131. 末班車。 Just made it. E.g. A: I was the 150th prize-winner! Just made it\ for the championship!
英文小品分享
01. I love you not because of who you are,
but because of who I am when I am with you.
我愛你不是因為你是誰，而是我在你面前可以是誰。
02. No man or woman is worth your tears,
and the one who is, won't make you cry.
沒有男人或女人是值得你為他流眼淚，值得的那一位，不會要你哭。
03. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to,
doesn't mean they don't love you with all they
have.
那人不是你所想般愛你，但不代表那人不是全心全意地愛你。
04. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
一個真正的朋友是向著你伸手，觸動你心靈的人。
05. The worst way to miss someone
is to be sitting right beside them
knowing you can't have them.
掛念一個人最差的方式，就是你坐在他身旁，而知道你不能擁有他。
06. Never frown,
even when you are sad,
because you never know who is falling in love with your
smile.
就算你不快樂也不要皺眉，因為你永不知道誰會愛上你的笑容。
07. To the world you may be one person,
but to one person you may be the world.
在世界裡你可能只是某人，但對某人你可能是全世界。
08. Don't waste your time on a man/woman,
who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
不要花時間在一個不會花時間在你身上的人。
09. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people
before meeting the right one,
so that when we finally meet the person,
we will know how to be grateful.
可能神要我們在遇到那位對的人之前先遇上一些錯的人，
讓我們遇到那位對的人時懂得珍惜。
10. Don't cry because it is over,
smile because it happened.
不要因為完結而哭，要為曾經發生而微笑。
11. There's always going to be people that hurt you,
so what you have to do is keep on trusting
and just be more careful about who you trust next time
around.
這個世界永遠也會有一些傷害你的人，
你要做的就是繼續去信人和小心你下次你相信的人。
12. Make yourself a better person
and know who you are before you try
and know someone else
and expect them to know you.
在你嘗試了解其他人和盼望其他人明白你之前， 先把你自己變成一個更好的人和了解你自己。
13. Don't try so hard,
the best things come when you least expect
them to.
不要太努力去尋找，
最好的東西是在你最預計不到的時候出現。
14. Remember: Whatever happens, happens for a
reason.
謹記︰所有事情也都是因果循環的。
15. True friends: How many people actually have 8 true
friends?
Hardly anyone I know!
But some of us have all right friends and
good friends!!!
真正的朋友︰有多少人有八位真正的朋友？
我幾乎不認識這些人！
但在我們當中有些人全有對和好的朋友！！！
but because of who I am when I am with you.
我愛你不是因為你是誰，而是我在你面前可以是誰。
02. No man or woman is worth your tears,
and the one who is, won't make you cry.
沒有男人或女人是值得你為他流眼淚，值得的那一位，不會要你哭。
03. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to,
doesn't mean they don't love you with all they
have.
那人不是你所想般愛你，但不代表那人不是全心全意地愛你。
04. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
一個真正的朋友是向著你伸手，觸動你心靈的人。
05. The worst way to miss someone
is to be sitting right beside them
knowing you can't have them.
掛念一個人最差的方式，就是你坐在他身旁，而知道你不能擁有他。
06. Never frown,
even when you are sad,
because you never know who is falling in love with your
smile.
就算你不快樂也不要皺眉，因為你永不知道誰會愛上你的笑容。
07. To the world you may be one person,
but to one person you may be the world.
在世界裡你可能只是某人，但對某人你可能是全世界。
08. Don't waste your time on a man/woman,
who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
不要花時間在一個不會花時間在你身上的人。
09. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people
before meeting the right one,
so that when we finally meet the person,
we will know how to be grateful.
可能神要我們在遇到那位對的人之前先遇上一些錯的人，
讓我們遇到那位對的人時懂得珍惜。
10. Don't cry because it is over,
smile because it happened.
不要因為完結而哭，要為曾經發生而微笑。
11. There's always going to be people that hurt you,
so what you have to do is keep on trusting
and just be more careful about who you trust next time
around.
這個世界永遠也會有一些傷害你的人，
你要做的就是繼續去信人和小心你下次你相信的人。
12. Make yourself a better person
and know who you are before you try
and know someone else
and expect them to know you.
在你嘗試了解其他人和盼望其他人明白你之前， 先把你自己變成一個更好的人和了解你自己。
13. Don't try so hard,
the best things come when you least expect
them to.
不要太努力去尋找，
最好的東西是在你最預計不到的時候出現。
14. Remember: Whatever happens, happens for a
reason.
謹記︰所有事情也都是因果循環的。
15. True friends: How many people actually have 8 true
friends?
Hardly anyone I know!
But some of us have all right friends and
good friends!!!
真正的朋友︰有多少人有八位真正的朋友？
我幾乎不認識這些人！
但在我們當中有些人全有對和好的朋友！！！
背托福單字的好工具
這是一個線上字典
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php
不過是以圖像化為主的
相信很多人都會有經驗
有些字不管如何就是記不下來
那就換一個方式是用圖像的方式
來記憶吧
舉例來說
如下圖
可以看到一個 Themes 分類有一個Astronomy
你就可以點進去看 然後有很多的天文學單字
並附上很多圖
這對於托福單字的記憶是很有幫助的
大家可以試試看
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php
不過是以圖像化為主的
相信很多人都會有經驗
有些字不管如何就是記不下來
那就換一個方式是用圖像的方式
來記憶吧
舉例來說
如下圖可以看到一個 Themes 分類有一個Astronomy
你就可以點進去看 然後有很多的天文學單字
並附上很多圖
這對於托福單字的記憶是很有幫助的
大家可以試試看
如何用英文跟人吵架
給你英文吵架一百句
1.Stop complaining! 別發牢騷！
2.You make me sick! 你真讓我噁心！
3.What's wrong with you? 你怎麼回事？
4.You shouldn't have done that! 你真不應該那樣做!
5.You're a jerk! 你是個廢物/混球！
6.Don't talk to me like that! 別那樣和我說話!
7.Who do you think you are? 你以為你是誰？
8.What's your problem? 你怎麼回事啊？
9.I hate you! 我討厭你！
10.I don't want to see your face! 我不願再見到你！
11.You're crazy! 你瘋了!
12.Are you insane/crazy/out of your mind? 你瘋了嗎？（美國人絕對 常用！）
13.Don't bother me. 別煩我。
14.Knock it off. 少來這一套。
15.Get out of my face. 從我面前消失！
16.Leave me alone. 走開。
17.Get lost.滾開！
18.Take a hike! 哪兒涼快哪兒歇著去吧。
19.You piss me off. 你氣死我了。
20.It's none of your business. 關你屁事！
21.What's the meaning of this? 這是什麼意思？
22.How dare you! 你敢！
23.Cut it out. 省省吧。
24.You stupid jerk! 你這蠢豬！
25.You have a lot of nerve. 臉皮真厚。
26.I'm fed up. 我厭倦了。
27.I can't take it anymore. 我受不了了！（常用）
28.I've had enough of your garbage. 我聽膩了你的廢話。
29.Shut up! 閉嘴！
30.What do you want? 你想怎麼樣？
31.Do you know what time it is? 你知道現在都幾點嗎？
32.What were you thinking? 你腦子進水啊？
33.How can you say that? 你怎麼可以這樣說？
34.Who says? 誰說的？
35.That's what you think! 那才是你腦子裏想的！
36.Don't look at me like that. 別那樣看著我。
37.What did you say? 你說什麼？
38.You are out of your mind. 你腦子有毛病！
39.You make me so mad.你氣死我了啦。
40.Drop dead. 去死吧！
41.fuck off. 滾蛋。
42.Don't give me your shit. 別跟我胡扯。
43.Don't give me your excuses/ No more excuses. 別找藉口。
44.You're a pain in the ass. 你這討厭鬼。
45.You're an asshole. 你這缺德鬼。
46.You bastard! 你這雜種！
47.Get over yourself. 別自以為是。
48.You're nothing to me. 你對我什麼都不是。
49.It's not my fault. 不是我的錯。
50.You look guilty. 你看起來心虛。
51.I can't help it. 我沒辦法。
52.That's your problem. 那是你的問題。
53.I don't want to hear it. 我不想聽！
54.Get off my back. 少跟我囉嗦。
55.Give me a break. 饒了我吧。
56.Who do you think youre talking to? 你以為你在跟誰說話？
57.Look at this mess! 看看這爛攤子！
58.Youre so careless. 你真粗心。
59.Why on earth didn't you tell me the truth? 你到底為什麼不跟我說實話？
60.I'm about to explode! 我肺都快要氣炸了！
61.What a stupid idiot! 真是白癡一個！
62.I'm not going to put up with this! 我再也受不了啦！
63.I never want to see your face again! 我再也不要見到你！
64.That's terrible. 真糟糕！
65.Just look at what you've done! 看看你都做了些什麼！
66.I wish I had never met you. 我真後悔這輩子遇到你！
67.You're a disgrace. 你真丟人！
68.I'll never forgive you! 我永遠都不會饒恕你！
69.Don't nag me! 別在我面前嘮叨！
70.I'm sick of it. 我都膩了。
71.You're such a bitch! 你這個婊子!
72.Stop screwing/ fooling/ messing around! 別鬼混了！
73.Mind your own business! 管好你自己的事！
74.You're just a good for nothing bum! 你真是一個廢物！/ 你一無是處!
75.You've gone too far! 你太過分了！
76.I loathe you! 我討厭你！
77.I detest you! 我恨你！
78.Get the hell out of here! 滾開!
79.Don't be that way! 別那樣！
80.Can't you do anything right? 成事不足，敗事有餘。
81.You're impossible. 你真不可救藥。
82.Don't touch me! 別碰我！
83.Get away from me! 離我遠一點兒！
84.Get out of my life. 我不願再見到你。/ 從我的生活中消失吧。
85.You're a joke! 你真是一個小丑！
86.Don't give me your attitude. 別跟我擺架子。
87.You'll be sorry. 你會後悔的。
88.We're through. 我們完了！
89.Look at the mess you've made! 你搞得一團糟！
90.You've ruined everything. 全都讓你搞砸了。
91.I can't believe your never. 你好大的膽子！
92.You're away too far. 你太過分了。
93.I can't take you any more! 我再也受不了你啦！
94.I'm telling you for the last time! 我最後再告訴你一次！
95.I could kill you! 我宰了你！
96.That's the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard! 那是我聽到的最愚蠢的事！
97.I can't believe a word you say. 我才不信你呢!
98.You never tell the truth！ 你從來就不說實話！
99.Don't push me ! 別逼我！
100.Enough is enough! 夠了夠了！
101.Don't waste my time anymore. 別再浪費我的時間了！
102.Don't make so much noise. I’m working. 別吵，我在幹活。
103.It's unfair. 太不公平了。
104.I'm very disappointed. 真讓我失望。
105.Don't panic! 別怕!
106.What do you think you are doing? 你知道你在做什麼嗎？
107.Don't you dare come back again! 你敢再回來！
108.You asked for it. 你自找的。
109.Nonsense! 鬼話！
1.Stop complaining! 別發牢騷！
2.You make me sick! 你真讓我噁心！
3.What's wrong with you? 你怎麼回事？
4.You shouldn't have done that! 你真不應該那樣做!
5.You're a jerk! 你是個廢物/混球！
6.Don't talk to me like that! 別那樣和我說話!
7.Who do you think you are? 你以為你是誰？
8.What's your problem? 你怎麼回事啊？
9.I hate you! 我討厭你！
10.I don't want to see your face! 我不願再見到你！
11.You're crazy! 你瘋了!
12.Are you insane/crazy/out of your mind? 你瘋了嗎？（美國人絕對 常用！）
13.Don't bother me. 別煩我。
14.Knock it off. 少來這一套。
15.Get out of my face. 從我面前消失！
16.Leave me alone. 走開。
17.Get lost.滾開！
18.Take a hike! 哪兒涼快哪兒歇著去吧。
19.You piss me off. 你氣死我了。
20.It's none of your business. 關你屁事！
21.What's the meaning of this? 這是什麼意思？
22.How dare you! 你敢！
23.Cut it out. 省省吧。
24.You stupid jerk! 你這蠢豬！
25.You have a lot of nerve. 臉皮真厚。
26.I'm fed up. 我厭倦了。
27.I can't take it anymore. 我受不了了！（常用）
28.I've had enough of your garbage. 我聽膩了你的廢話。
29.Shut up! 閉嘴！
30.What do you want? 你想怎麼樣？
31.Do you know what time it is? 你知道現在都幾點嗎？
32.What were you thinking? 你腦子進水啊？
33.How can you say that? 你怎麼可以這樣說？
34.Who says? 誰說的？
35.That's what you think! 那才是你腦子裏想的！
36.Don't look at me like that. 別那樣看著我。
37.What did you say? 你說什麼？
38.You are out of your mind. 你腦子有毛病！
39.You make me so mad.你氣死我了啦。
40.Drop dead. 去死吧！
41.fuck off. 滾蛋。
42.Don't give me your shit. 別跟我胡扯。
43.Don't give me your excuses/ No more excuses. 別找藉口。
44.You're a pain in the ass. 你這討厭鬼。
45.You're an asshole. 你這缺德鬼。
46.You bastard! 你這雜種！
47.Get over yourself. 別自以為是。
48.You're nothing to me. 你對我什麼都不是。
49.It's not my fault. 不是我的錯。
50.You look guilty. 你看起來心虛。
51.I can't help it. 我沒辦法。
52.That's your problem. 那是你的問題。
53.I don't want to hear it. 我不想聽！
54.Get off my back. 少跟我囉嗦。
55.Give me a break. 饒了我吧。
56.Who do you think youre talking to? 你以為你在跟誰說話？
57.Look at this mess! 看看這爛攤子！
58.Youre so careless. 你真粗心。
59.Why on earth didn't you tell me the truth? 你到底為什麼不跟我說實話？
60.I'm about to explode! 我肺都快要氣炸了！
61.What a stupid idiot! 真是白癡一個！
62.I'm not going to put up with this! 我再也受不了啦！
63.I never want to see your face again! 我再也不要見到你！
64.That's terrible. 真糟糕！
65.Just look at what you've done! 看看你都做了些什麼！
66.I wish I had never met you. 我真後悔這輩子遇到你！
67.You're a disgrace. 你真丟人！
68.I'll never forgive you! 我永遠都不會饒恕你！
69.Don't nag me! 別在我面前嘮叨！
70.I'm sick of it. 我都膩了。
71.You're such a bitch! 你這個婊子!
72.Stop screwing/ fooling/ messing around! 別鬼混了！
73.Mind your own business! 管好你自己的事！
74.You're just a good for nothing bum! 你真是一個廢物！/ 你一無是處!
75.You've gone too far! 你太過分了！
76.I loathe you! 我討厭你！
77.I detest you! 我恨你！
78.Get the hell out of here! 滾開!
79.Don't be that way! 別那樣！
80.Can't you do anything right? 成事不足，敗事有餘。
81.You're impossible. 你真不可救藥。
82.Don't touch me! 別碰我！
83.Get away from me! 離我遠一點兒！
84.Get out of my life. 我不願再見到你。/ 從我的生活中消失吧。
85.You're a joke! 你真是一個小丑！
86.Don't give me your attitude. 別跟我擺架子。
87.You'll be sorry. 你會後悔的。
88.We're through. 我們完了！
89.Look at the mess you've made! 你搞得一團糟！
90.You've ruined everything. 全都讓你搞砸了。
91.I can't believe your never. 你好大的膽子！
92.You're away too far. 你太過分了。
93.I can't take you any more! 我再也受不了你啦！
94.I'm telling you for the last time! 我最後再告訴你一次！
95.I could kill you! 我宰了你！
96.That's the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard! 那是我聽到的最愚蠢的事！
97.I can't believe a word you say. 我才不信你呢!
98.You never tell the truth！ 你從來就不說實話！
99.Don't push me ! 別逼我！
100.Enough is enough! 夠了夠了！
101.Don't waste my time anymore. 別再浪費我的時間了！
102.Don't make so much noise. I’m working. 別吵，我在幹活。
103.It's unfair. 太不公平了。
104.I'm very disappointed. 真讓我失望。
105.Don't panic! 別怕!
106.What do you think you are doing? 你知道你在做什麼嗎？
107.Don't you dare come back again! 你敢再回來！
108.You asked for it. 你自找的。
109.Nonsense! 鬼話！
2010年1月26日 星期二
看到一則關於哈佛的ptt
其實我是一個很少逛ptt的人，哈佛真的是比較傳統一些，當同行在此深耕不已時，我們連怎麼上ptt都不知道，不會推文，沒有足夠的次數寫文章….，會開始去爬文是因為暑假時高晴和陳弈這二個教學認真又有實力的老師都在ptt中箭落馬，雖然只有一則批評，但他們這種力求完美的人卻耿耿於懷。
可是今天我看到了一則文章，所有的回文我保證沒有一個是哈佛員工，真的都是學生自己主動去幫我們回的，真的超感動～（雖然不知道你們是誰，但真的很謝謝你們）尤其這樣的舉動真的愈來愈頻繁，老師們，你們這一年多來的努力改變和用心，真的都陸續結果了！
附文如下：
『昨天跟我朋友一起去問了這整個北車的托福補習班，我們對於哈佛跟時代比較有興趣，可是因為時代很貴，哈佛很便宜，家長比較偏金錢導向，可是我自己有幾個疑問，聽說時代的班都很小，而且口說都是外師帶，是不是值得多花一萬塊去上這樣的課程？因為哈佛好像比較少外師，加上看板上的資訊，感覺上有點像台灣老師在上英文的感覺(或許是我錯覺啦，歡迎指正，提供我們一個好的方向)，然後我也想問說，哈佛的課其實排的滿滿的，我是從桃園上台北補習，有沒有甚麼課程可以不一定要上的(例如四合一？因為我不太知道那在幹嘛)，時代一直催錢，哈佛則是讓我感覺人數很多，所以我跟我朋友都很猶豫~我的程度可以直接銜接托福課程，而我朋友可能需要三個月的銜接，如果以我們的程度，有需要報到四個月以上的班嗎？煩請板上各位大大給我們一些心得吧~因為價差太大，實在不知道該怎麼樣比較@@(有看到版上補時代的人較少，可是有推的都很推....而哈佛的就都中上的評價) 感謝大家了~
JLOPINKY:推哈佛,聽力跟閱讀還是以台灣人為王道,口說彭小班很讚喔
JLOPINKY:四合一是一個老外上的內容是TOEFL基本觀念的闡述,很值得
lovelyfafa:寫作是外師口說小班也有外師 四合一也是外師啊
mandylin0830:個人慘痛經驗不推時代!外國老師人不錯,但針對考試我覺得其他幾間老師比較專門
chiaxin:推哈佛！我覺得哈佛的老師都很認真，也都很親切的為學生解答，常常12:30下課，老師 都幫學生回答問題到一點或一點半，而且我反而還蠻喜歡上台灣老師的課，我自己覺得台灣人比較能理解台灣人英文的弱處 (個人自己覺得啦~)
windtc:個人也推哈佛 (剛補第四個星期),除了板上常出現的彭老師外，一些外籍老師幾乎著重在簡單而明瞭,其實對實質幫助滿大，老師上課的東西,回家在做實質練習,不會就做記號問老師，其實幾個月不能衝高單字量,但是最基礎的部分可以打很穩，能穩住不犯你常犯錯誤還有打好基礎,其實幫助反而不錯@@第二句好像少打東西,我是指簡單而明瞭的表達你的句子@@
peopleboss:推哈佛!高晴老師我愛你
jack72:推時代的老師,Nurdin人很好 mandylin0830:我上Nurdin會睡著 他的版書好潦草...
推 bigtreebig:哈佛高晴老師+1
lovelyfafa:高晴老師懷孕不舒服還硬撐在講台上 真的超感動的T^T
joymary:哈佛也有外師阿，JEFF TRUE DEREK都很讚阿!尤其是DEREK老師，可以感覺到他滿滿的用心~』
可是今天我看到了一則文章，所有的回文我保證沒有一個是哈佛員工，真的都是學生自己主動去幫我們回的，真的超感動～（雖然不知道你們是誰，但真的很謝謝你們）尤其這樣的舉動真的愈來愈頻繁，老師們，你們這一年多來的努力改變和用心，真的都陸續結果了！
附文如下：
『昨天跟我朋友一起去問了這整個北車的托福補習班，我們對於哈佛跟時代比較有興趣，可是因為時代很貴，哈佛很便宜，家長比較偏金錢導向，可是我自己有幾個疑問，聽說時代的班都很小，而且口說都是外師帶，是不是值得多花一萬塊去上這樣的課程？因為哈佛好像比較少外師，加上看板上的資訊，感覺上有點像台灣老師在上英文的感覺(或許是我錯覺啦，歡迎指正，提供我們一個好的方向)，然後我也想問說，哈佛的課其實排的滿滿的，我是從桃園上台北補習，有沒有甚麼課程可以不一定要上的(例如四合一？因為我不太知道那在幹嘛)，時代一直催錢，哈佛則是讓我感覺人數很多，所以我跟我朋友都很猶豫~我的程度可以直接銜接托福課程，而我朋友可能需要三個月的銜接，如果以我們的程度，有需要報到四個月以上的班嗎？煩請板上各位大大給我們一些心得吧~因為價差太大，實在不知道該怎麼樣比較@@(有看到版上補時代的人較少，可是有推的都很推....而哈佛的就都中上的評價) 感謝大家了~
JLOPINKY:推哈佛,聽力跟閱讀還是以台灣人為王道,口說彭小班很讚喔
JLOPINKY:四合一是一個老外上的內容是TOEFL基本觀念的闡述,很值得
lovelyfafa:寫作是外師口說小班也有外師 四合一也是外師啊
mandylin0830:個人慘痛經驗不推時代!外國老師人不錯,但針對考試我覺得其他幾間老師比較專門
chiaxin:推哈佛！我覺得哈佛的老師都很認真，也都很親切的為學生解答，常常12:30下課，老師 都幫學生回答問題到一點或一點半，而且我反而還蠻喜歡上台灣老師的課，我自己覺得台灣人比較能理解台灣人英文的弱處 (個人自己覺得啦~)
windtc:個人也推哈佛 (剛補第四個星期),除了板上常出現的彭老師外，一些外籍老師幾乎著重在簡單而明瞭,其實對實質幫助滿大，老師上課的東西,回家在做實質練習,不會就做記號問老師，其實幾個月不能衝高單字量,但是最基礎的部分可以打很穩，能穩住不犯你常犯錯誤還有打好基礎,其實幫助反而不錯@@第二句好像少打東西,我是指簡單而明瞭的表達你的句子@@
peopleboss:推哈佛!高晴老師我愛你
jack72:推時代的老師,Nurdin人很好 mandylin0830:我上Nurdin會睡著 他的版書好潦草...
推 bigtreebig:哈佛高晴老師+1
lovelyfafa:高晴老師懷孕不舒服還硬撐在講台上 真的超感動的T^T
joymary:哈佛也有外師阿，JEFF TRUE DEREK都很讚阿!尤其是DEREK老師，可以感覺到他滿滿的用心~』
歐巴馬演講: 夢想與責任
歐巴馬是一名很出色的演講者，因此此篇文章可以作為聽力的訓練
除此之外裡面很多詞句也可以作為作文的好題材
先提一些單字
"This is no picnic for me either, buster."
在這裡的picnic指的是愉快的經驗 口語上常用
stay on track 中文常說的在正軌上 英文便是stay on track
You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills 每次談到知識 可以用insights來替換knowledge
好拼好記又比knowledge來的有深度
But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it.
下定決心用的就是resolve這各字 而大家常說的新年新希望就是 New year's resolution.
Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do,that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn.
這裡有兩各詞 如何用英文說挺身而出呢? stand up for someone
另外之前新聞常用的詞霸凌其實就是來自英文的bully
佳句
who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
太愛什麼而無法不全力以赴
我覺得這各句型可以用在談一些非常喜愛的事物時
例如
I love playing guitar too much to do anything less than my best.
這篇演講稿可以用在談教育 談成功的作文題材
為什麼需要接受教育
可以從I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every singleone of you has something ...這一段一直到 We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect ...中找到好題材
在這段文字 It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students whosat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat whereyou sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.
也可以用來談教育的重要性
也可以用在談怎樣才能成功
這一段
That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. Buthe once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. Andthat's why I succeed."
可以說明失敗為成功之母
在裡面舉了J.K. Rollins 還有 Michael Jordan作為例子是很好的寫作方式
其他還有 These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.也可以用來談成功重要性
這段文字No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. The same principle applies to your school work. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.
可以用來談勤能補拙
以下為演講稿連結 以及中英文對照全搞
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZ6GrzWkw0
Obama's Speech to Students 9th Sept’09:
A Message of Hope and Responsibility for America’s Students
《夢想與責任》
Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right,everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.)How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield HighSchool in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from allacross America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so gladthat all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such anoutstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)
大家好！謝謝。謝謝。謝謝大家。好，請就坐。大家今天都好嗎？提姆史派塞不錯吧？我現在與維吉尼亞州阿靈頓郡威克菲爾高中的學生在一起。美國各地從幼稚園到中學12年級的學生正在收聽收看。我很高興大家今天都能參與。我還要感謝威克菲爾高中出色的組織安排。請為你們自己熱烈鼓掌。
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for thoseof you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your firstday in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous. Iimagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good rightnow -- (applause) -- with just one more year to go. And no matter what gradeyou're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and youcould've stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.
我知道，今天是你們開學的日子。對於進入幼稚園、初中或高中的學生，今天是你們來到新學校的第一天，心裡可能有點緊張，這是可以理解的。我能想像有些高年級生現在很開心，還有一年就畢業了。不論是哪個年級，有些人可能希望暑假更長一點，今天早上還能多睡一小會兒。
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived inIndonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didn't have the money to sendme where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it wasimportant for me to keep up with an American education. So she decided toteach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to
teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had togo to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.
我了解這種感覺。我小時候全家生活在海外。我在印尼住了幾年。我媽媽沒有錢送我上其他美國孩子上的學校，但她認為必須讓我接受美式教育。因此，她決定從周一到週五自己給我補課。不過她還要上班，所以只能在清晨四點半給我上課。
Now, as you might imagine, I wasn't too happy about getting up that early.And a lot of times, I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. Butwhenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks andshe'd say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster." (Laughter.)
你們可以想見，我不太情願那麼早起床。有很多次，我趴在餐桌上就睡著了。但每當我抱怨的時候，我媽媽都會那樣看我一眼，然後說：「小子，我也並不輕鬆啊。」
So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. ButI'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I'mhere because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expectedof all of you in this new school year.
我知道有些人還在適應開學後的生活。但我今天來到這裡是因為有重要的事情要和你們說。我來這裡是要和你們談談教育的問題，以及在這個新學年對你們的期望。
Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked about responsibility a lot.
我舉行過很多次有關教育問題的演講。我多次談到過責任問題。
I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushingyou to learn.
我談到過教師激勵學生並督促他們學習的責任。
I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour infront of the TV or with the Xbox.
我談到過家長的責任，要確保你們走正路，完成家庭作業，不要整天坐在電視前或玩Xbox遊戲。
I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting highstandards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schoolsthat aren't working, where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve.
我多次談到過政府的責任，要制定高標準，支持教師和校長的工作，徹底改善不能為學生提供應有機會、教育品質差的學校。
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will makea difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you payattention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.That's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.
然而，即使我們擁有最敬業的教師，最盡力的家長和全世界最好的學校。如果大家不履行責任，不到校上課，不專心聽講，不聽家長、祖父祖母和其他大人的話，不付出成功所必須的勤奮努力，那麼這一切都毫無用處，都無關緊要。這就是我今天講話的重點：你們每個人對自己的教育應盡的責任。
I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every singleone of you has something that you're good at. Every single one of you hassomething to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.
我首先要講講你們對自己應盡的責任。你們每個人都有自己的長處。你們每個人都能做出自己的貢獻。你們對自己應盡的責任是發現自己的能力所在。而教育能夠提供這樣的機會。
Maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a bookor articles in a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper -- that English class paper that's assigned to you. Maybe youcould be an innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine -- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
你或許能成為一名出色的作家，甚至可能寫書或在報紙上發表文章，但你可能要在完成某篇英文課的作文後才會發現自己的才華。你或許能成為一名創新者或發明家，甚至可能設計出新一代iPhone或研製出新型藥物或疫苗，但你可能要在完成科學課的實驗後才會發現自己的才華。你或許能成為一名市長或參議員或最高法院的大法官，但你可能要在參加學生會或辯論社後才會發現自己的才華。
And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
不論你的生活志向是什麼，我敢肯定你必須上學讀書才能實現它。你想當醫生、教師或警官嗎？你想當護士、建築師、律師或軍人嗎？你必須接受良好的教育，才能從事上述任何一種職業。你不能指望輟學後能碰上個好工作。你必須接受培訓，為之努力，為之學習。
And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
這並非只對你個人的人生和未來意義重大。你們所受的教育將決定這個國家的未來。美國的未來取決於你們。你們今日在校學習的知識，將決定我們國家是否能夠迎接未來所面臨的最嚴峻挑戰。
You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
你們需要利用在自然科學和數學課程所學到的知識和解決問題的能力來治癒癌症、愛滋病及其他疾病，開發新的能源技術和保護我們的環境。你們需要利用在歷史學和社會學課堂上所獲得的知識和獨立思考能力來對抗貧窮和解決遊民問題、打擊犯罪和消除歧視，使我們的國家更公平、更自由。你們需要利用在所有課堂上培養的創造力和智慧來創辦新公司，增加就業機會，振興我們的經濟。
We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.
我們需要每個人發揮聰明才智和技能，以便幫助老一輩人解決我們面臨的棘手問題。如果你們不這樣做，如果你們輟學，你們不僅僅是自暴自棄，也是拋棄自己的國家。
Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
我自然知道學業優秀並非易事。我知道你們許多人在生活中面臨挑戰，難以集中精力從事學業。
I get it. I know what it's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.
我明白這一點。我有親身感受。兩歲時，我父親離家而去，我是由一位單親母親撫養成人的，母親不得不工作，並時常為支付生活費用而苦苦掙扎，但有時仍無法為我們提供其他孩子享有的東西。有時，我渴望生活中能有一位父親。有時我感到孤獨，感到自己不適應社會。
So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did somethings I'm not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And mylife could have easily taken a turn for the worse.
我並非總是盡到學生本分去專心學習，我也曾做過一些不光采的事情，我曾惹上不應該惹的麻煩。我的人生原本會輕易陷入更糟糕的境地。
But I was -- I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife,our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.
但是，我當年際遇不錯。我有過許多第二次機會，我有幸能上大學，上法學院，追求自己的理想。我的妻子，我們的第一夫人米歇爾歐巴馬，也有著類似的經歷。她的父母都未曾上過大學，家裡很窮。但他們非常勤奮，她也是如此，因此她得以進入一些美國最好的學校。
Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.
你們中有一些人可能沒有那些有利條件。或許生活中沒有成年人為你們提供所需要的支持。或許你們家中有人失業，經濟非常拮据。或許你們生活在不安全的社區，或有朋友逼迫你們去做不對的事情。
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home -- none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.
然而說到底，你們生活的環境、你們的膚色、你們的原籍、你們的經濟收入、你們家中的境況等等，這一切都不能成為不用功或不努力的理由。你們沒有理由不服從你們的老師、逃學、或輟學。沒有理由不付出努力。
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write yourown destiny. You make your own future.
你們目前的狀況並不決定著你們的未來。沒有人決定你們的命運，在美國，你們決定自己的命運。你們掌握自己的未來。
That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
這就是像你們這樣的年輕人每天都在做的事情，全美各地都是如此。
Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't speak English
when she first started school. Neither of her parents had gone to college.But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to BrownUniversity -- is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her wayto becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.
來自德州羅馬城的賈茲敏佩雷斯就是一個例證，她剛開始上學時並不會說英文。她的父母都沒有上過大學。然而，她非常勤奮，成績優秀，獲得了布朗大學的獎學金，她如今正在讀研究所，攻讀公共衛生，不久將成為賈茲敏佩雷斯博士。
I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure all sorts of treatment sand surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer-- hundreds of extra hours -- to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind.He's headed to college this fall. 我想起了加州洛斯阿爾托斯城的安多尼舒爾茨，他從三歲開始就一直與腦癌抗爭，他不得不忍受各類治療和手術帶來的痛苦，其中一項手術曾影響了他的記憶，因此他花在功課上的時間比一般人長得多，要多出數百個小時。然而，他從未落後。他今年秋季將邁進大他今年秋季將邁進大
學。
And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Evenwhen bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start aprogram to keep young people out of gangs, and she's on track to graduatehigh school with honors and go on to college.
我還想起家鄉伊利諾州芝加哥市的尚特爾史蒂夫。她曾在芝加哥最艱困的社區生活，流離於多個不同的家庭，但她最終在一家地方醫療中心找到工作，並開始了一項幫助年輕人遠離幫派的計劃，她即將以優異成績從高中畢業，緊接著將上大學。
And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. Theyface challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they've got ita lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose totake responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals forthemselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.
賈茲敏、安多尼和尚特爾與你們都沒什麼兩樣。他們在生活中面臨種種挑戰。以某種情況來說，他們的處境比起你們許多人更差。但他們拒絕放棄。他們決定要為自己的一生、自己的教育負起責任，為自己設定各項奮鬥目標。我期待你們都會這樣做。
That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extra curricular activity, or volunteer in your community.Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do,that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don't feel well, sowe can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
因此，我今天呼籲你們每一個人為自己的教育設定目標，並盡自己的最大努力來實現這些目標。你的目標可以是一件十分簡單的事情，例如完成家庭作業、上課專心聽講、或每天花一點時間讀一本書。也許你會決定要參加課外活動或在社區當志工。也許你會決定挺身而出保護那些因為身份或長相而受人戲弄或欺負的孩子，原因是你和我一樣認為所有的年輕人都應該享有一個適合讀書和學習的安全環境。也許你會決定要更加照顧自己，以便有更充沛的精力來學習。順便提一下，除了這些事情外，我希望大家要勤洗手，身體感到不舒服的時候要待在家裡不要去上學，這樣我們才能防止有人在今年秋冬季節染上流感。
But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you toreally work at it.
但無論你決定做什麼，我希望你下決心去做。我希望你腳踏實地去做。
I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich andsuccessful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is throughrapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you're notgoing to be any of those things.
我知道有時候你會從電視上得到這樣的印象：不用努力就能發財致富並成功，唱饒舌、打籃球或成為真人秀明星是走向成功的途徑。但實際情況是：你可能不會成為其中的一種人。
The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
事實上，成功不是輕而易舉的事情。你不會喜歡你學習的每一門課目。你不會與你的每一位老師都很投合。不是所有的家庭作業都與你眼前的生活完全有關。你第一次嘗試做每件事的時候，不一定成功。
That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. Buthe once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. Andthat's why I succeed."
這些都沒關係。世界上最成功的人士中有一些是遭遇失敗最多的人。作者羅琳所寫的系列小說《哈利波特》第一集在出版之前被退稿了12次。麥可喬丹曾被他的高中籃球隊除名。在喬丹的籃球生涯中，他輸過數百場比賽，有成千上萬個球沒有投中。但他曾說過：「在我的一生中，我失敗了一次又一次、一次又一次。這就是我成功的原因。」
These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get in totrouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid,it just means you need to spend more time studying.
這些人士成功，因為他們懂得：不能讓失敗來限制你，而必須讓失敗來開導你。你必須從失敗中找到解決辦法。因此，如果你遇到麻煩，那並不表示你是麻煩的製造者，而意味著你需要更加努力去把它做對。如果你有一門課分數低，那不表示你比別人笨，而只表示你需要花更多的時間學習。
No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. The same principle applies to your school work. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.
沒有人天生擅長做各種事情。你要靠勤奮來變得擅長於各種事情。第一次接觸新的體育項目時，你不可能就是一位主力隊員。第一次唱一首歌時，你不可能就唱準每個音。你必須練習。同樣的道理適用於你的學業。你可能要把一道數學題做幾次才把它做對。你可能要把一些文章閱讀幾遍才能理解。在交出一篇優美的作文之前，你絕對需要打幾遍草稿。
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when youdon't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new. So find an adult that you trust -- a parent, a grand parent or teacher, a coachor a counselor -- and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.
不要害怕提問。不要在需要幫助時害怕請求別人幫助。我天天請求別人的幫助。請求幫助不是軟弱的表現，它是力量的標誌，因為它表明你有勇氣承認自己對某些事情不懂，這樣做會使你學到新的東西。因此，請找到一位你信任的成年人，例如家長、祖父母或老師、教練或輔導員，請他們幫助你遵循既定計劃，實現你的目標。
And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
即使當你苦苦掙扎、灰心喪氣、感到其他人對你不抱希望時，也不要對你自己喪失信心，因為當你自暴自棄時，你也拋棄了自己的國家。
The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
在美國歷史留名的人不是在困難時刻退縮的人，而是堅持不懈、加倍努力的人，他們對國家的愛促使他們全力以赴。
It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students whosat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat whereyou sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.
在美國歷史留名的人250年前也是學生，他們後來打了獨立戰爭並創建了這個國家。還有75年前的學生，他們後來走出了大蕭條並打贏了一場世界大戰；他們為民權而奮鬥並把太空人送上了月球。至於20年前的學生，他們後來創辦了Google、Twitter和Facebook，改變了我們溝通的方式。
So today, I want to ask all of you, what's your contribution going to be?What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? Whatwill a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what allof you did for this country?
而今天，我要問問大家，你們將做出什麼貢獻？你們將解決什麼問題？你們將有什麼發現？ 20年、50年或100年後來到這裡講話的總統將會怎樣評價你們為這個國家所做的一切？
Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to makesure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn. But you've got to do your part, too. So I expect all of you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. Sodon't let us down. Don't let your family down or your country down. Most ofall, don't let yourself down. Make us all proud.
你們的家人、老師和我正在竭盡全力保證你們接受必要的教育，以便回答上述問題。我正在努力工作，以便你們的教室得到修繕，你們能夠得到學習所需的課本、設備和電腦。但你們也必須盡自己的努力。因此，我希望大家從今年起認真對待這個問題。我希望你們盡最大努力做好每一件事。我希望你們每個人都有出色的表現。不要讓我們失望。不要讓家人或國家失望。而最重要的是，不要辜負自己，並讓我們都能為你感到驕傲。
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you. (Applause.)
非常感謝大家。願主保佑你們。願主保佑美國。謝謝。
除此之外裡面很多詞句也可以作為作文的好題材
先提一些單字
"This is no picnic for me either, buster."
在這裡的picnic指的是愉快的經驗 口語上常用
stay on track 中文常說的在正軌上 英文便是stay on track
You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills 每次談到知識 可以用insights來替換knowledge
好拼好記又比knowledge來的有深度
But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it.
下定決心用的就是resolve這各字 而大家常說的新年新希望就是 New year's resolution.
Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do,that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn.
這裡有兩各詞 如何用英文說挺身而出呢? stand up for someone
另外之前新聞常用的詞霸凌其實就是來自英文的bully
佳句
who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
太愛什麼而無法不全力以赴
我覺得這各句型可以用在談一些非常喜愛的事物時
例如
I love playing guitar too much to do anything less than my best.
這篇演講稿可以用在談教育 談成功的作文題材
為什麼需要接受教育
可以從I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every singleone of you has something ...這一段一直到 We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect ...中找到好題材
在這段文字 It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students whosat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat whereyou sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.
也可以用來談教育的重要性
也可以用在談怎樣才能成功
這一段
That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. Buthe once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. Andthat's why I succeed."
可以說明失敗為成功之母
在裡面舉了J.K. Rollins 還有 Michael Jordan作為例子是很好的寫作方式
其他還有 These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.也可以用來談成功重要性
這段文字No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. The same principle applies to your school work. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.
可以用來談勤能補拙
以下為演講稿連結 以及中英文對照全搞
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZ6GrzWkw0
Obama's Speech to Students 9th Sept’09:
A Message of Hope and Responsibility for America’s Students
《夢想與責任》
Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right,everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.)How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield HighSchool in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from allacross America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so gladthat all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such anoutstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)
大家好！謝謝。謝謝。謝謝大家。好，請就坐。大家今天都好嗎？提姆史派塞不錯吧？我現在與維吉尼亞州阿靈頓郡威克菲爾高中的學生在一起。美國各地從幼稚園到中學12年級的學生正在收聽收看。我很高興大家今天都能參與。我還要感謝威克菲爾高中出色的組織安排。請為你們自己熱烈鼓掌。
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for thoseof you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your firstday in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous. Iimagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good rightnow -- (applause) -- with just one more year to go. And no matter what gradeyou're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and youcould've stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.
我知道，今天是你們開學的日子。對於進入幼稚園、初中或高中的學生，今天是你們來到新學校的第一天，心裡可能有點緊張，這是可以理解的。我能想像有些高年級生現在很開心，還有一年就畢業了。不論是哪個年級，有些人可能希望暑假更長一點，今天早上還能多睡一小會兒。
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived inIndonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didn't have the money to sendme where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it wasimportant for me to keep up with an American education. So she decided toteach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to
teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had togo to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.
我了解這種感覺。我小時候全家生活在海外。我在印尼住了幾年。我媽媽沒有錢送我上其他美國孩子上的學校，但她認為必須讓我接受美式教育。因此，她決定從周一到週五自己給我補課。不過她還要上班，所以只能在清晨四點半給我上課。
Now, as you might imagine, I wasn't too happy about getting up that early.And a lot of times, I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. Butwhenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks andshe'd say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster." (Laughter.)
你們可以想見，我不太情願那麼早起床。有很多次，我趴在餐桌上就睡著了。但每當我抱怨的時候，我媽媽都會那樣看我一眼，然後說：「小子，我也並不輕鬆啊。」
So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. ButI'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I'mhere because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expectedof all of you in this new school year.
我知道有些人還在適應開學後的生活。但我今天來到這裡是因為有重要的事情要和你們說。我來這裡是要和你們談談教育的問題，以及在這個新學年對你們的期望。
Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked about responsibility a lot.
我舉行過很多次有關教育問題的演講。我多次談到過責任問題。
I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushingyou to learn.
我談到過教師激勵學生並督促他們學習的責任。
I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour infront of the TV or with the Xbox.
我談到過家長的責任，要確保你們走正路，完成家庭作業，不要整天坐在電視前或玩Xbox遊戲。
I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting highstandards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schoolsthat aren't working, where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve.
我多次談到過政府的責任，要制定高標準，支持教師和校長的工作，徹底改善不能為學生提供應有機會、教育品質差的學校。
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will makea difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you payattention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.That's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.
然而，即使我們擁有最敬業的教師，最盡力的家長和全世界最好的學校。如果大家不履行責任，不到校上課，不專心聽講，不聽家長、祖父祖母和其他大人的話，不付出成功所必須的勤奮努力，那麼這一切都毫無用處，都無關緊要。這就是我今天講話的重點：你們每個人對自己的教育應盡的責任。
I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every singleone of you has something that you're good at. Every single one of you hassomething to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.
我首先要講講你們對自己應盡的責任。你們每個人都有自己的長處。你們每個人都能做出自己的貢獻。你們對自己應盡的責任是發現自己的能力所在。而教育能夠提供這樣的機會。
Maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a bookor articles in a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper -- that English class paper that's assigned to you. Maybe youcould be an innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine -- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
你或許能成為一名出色的作家，甚至可能寫書或在報紙上發表文章，但你可能要在完成某篇英文課的作文後才會發現自己的才華。你或許能成為一名創新者或發明家，甚至可能設計出新一代iPhone或研製出新型藥物或疫苗，但你可能要在完成科學課的實驗後才會發現自己的才華。你或許能成為一名市長或參議員或最高法院的大法官，但你可能要在參加學生會或辯論社後才會發現自己的才華。
And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
不論你的生活志向是什麼，我敢肯定你必須上學讀書才能實現它。你想當醫生、教師或警官嗎？你想當護士、建築師、律師或軍人嗎？你必須接受良好的教育，才能從事上述任何一種職業。你不能指望輟學後能碰上個好工作。你必須接受培訓，為之努力，為之學習。
And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
這並非只對你個人的人生和未來意義重大。你們所受的教育將決定這個國家的未來。美國的未來取決於你們。你們今日在校學習的知識，將決定我們國家是否能夠迎接未來所面臨的最嚴峻挑戰。
You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
你們需要利用在自然科學和數學課程所學到的知識和解決問題的能力來治癒癌症、愛滋病及其他疾病，開發新的能源技術和保護我們的環境。你們需要利用在歷史學和社會學課堂上所獲得的知識和獨立思考能力來對抗貧窮和解決遊民問題、打擊犯罪和消除歧視，使我們的國家更公平、更自由。你們需要利用在所有課堂上培養的創造力和智慧來創辦新公司，增加就業機會，振興我們的經濟。
We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.
我們需要每個人發揮聰明才智和技能，以便幫助老一輩人解決我們面臨的棘手問題。如果你們不這樣做，如果你們輟學，你們不僅僅是自暴自棄，也是拋棄自己的國家。
Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
我自然知道學業優秀並非易事。我知道你們許多人在生活中面臨挑戰，難以集中精力從事學業。
I get it. I know what it's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.
我明白這一點。我有親身感受。兩歲時，我父親離家而去，我是由一位單親母親撫養成人的，母親不得不工作，並時常為支付生活費用而苦苦掙扎，但有時仍無法為我們提供其他孩子享有的東西。有時，我渴望生活中能有一位父親。有時我感到孤獨，感到自己不適應社會。
So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did somethings I'm not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And mylife could have easily taken a turn for the worse.
我並非總是盡到學生本分去專心學習，我也曾做過一些不光采的事情，我曾惹上不應該惹的麻煩。我的人生原本會輕易陷入更糟糕的境地。
But I was -- I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife,our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.
但是，我當年際遇不錯。我有過許多第二次機會，我有幸能上大學，上法學院，追求自己的理想。我的妻子，我們的第一夫人米歇爾歐巴馬，也有著類似的經歷。她的父母都未曾上過大學，家裡很窮。但他們非常勤奮，她也是如此，因此她得以進入一些美國最好的學校。
Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.
你們中有一些人可能沒有那些有利條件。或許生活中沒有成年人為你們提供所需要的支持。或許你們家中有人失業，經濟非常拮据。或許你們生活在不安全的社區，或有朋友逼迫你們去做不對的事情。
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home -- none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.
然而說到底，你們生活的環境、你們的膚色、你們的原籍、你們的經濟收入、你們家中的境況等等，這一切都不能成為不用功或不努力的理由。你們沒有理由不服從你們的老師、逃學、或輟學。沒有理由不付出努力。
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write yourown destiny. You make your own future.
你們目前的狀況並不決定著你們的未來。沒有人決定你們的命運，在美國，你們決定自己的命運。你們掌握自己的未來。
That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
這就是像你們這樣的年輕人每天都在做的事情，全美各地都是如此。
Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't speak English
when she first started school. Neither of her parents had gone to college.But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to BrownUniversity -- is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her wayto becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.
來自德州羅馬城的賈茲敏佩雷斯就是一個例證，她剛開始上學時並不會說英文。她的父母都沒有上過大學。然而，她非常勤奮，成績優秀，獲得了布朗大學的獎學金，她如今正在讀研究所，攻讀公共衛生，不久將成為賈茲敏佩雷斯博士。
I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure all sorts of treatment sand surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer-- hundreds of extra hours -- to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind.He's headed to college this fall. 我想起了加州洛斯阿爾托斯城的安多尼舒爾茨，他從三歲開始就一直與腦癌抗爭，他不得不忍受各類治療和手術帶來的痛苦，其中一項手術曾影響了他的記憶，因此他花在功課上的時間比一般人長得多，要多出數百個小時。然而，他從未落後。他今年秋季將邁進大他今年秋季將邁進大
學。
And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Evenwhen bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start aprogram to keep young people out of gangs, and she's on track to graduatehigh school with honors and go on to college.
我還想起家鄉伊利諾州芝加哥市的尚特爾史蒂夫。她曾在芝加哥最艱困的社區生活，流離於多個不同的家庭，但她最終在一家地方醫療中心找到工作，並開始了一項幫助年輕人遠離幫派的計劃，她即將以優異成績從高中畢業，緊接著將上大學。
And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. Theyface challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they've got ita lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose totake responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals forthemselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.
賈茲敏、安多尼和尚特爾與你們都沒什麼兩樣。他們在生活中面臨種種挑戰。以某種情況來說，他們的處境比起你們許多人更差。但他們拒絕放棄。他們決定要為自己的一生、自己的教育負起責任，為自己設定各項奮鬥目標。我期待你們都會這樣做。
That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extra curricular activity, or volunteer in your community.Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do,that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don't feel well, sowe can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
因此，我今天呼籲你們每一個人為自己的教育設定目標，並盡自己的最大努力來實現這些目標。你的目標可以是一件十分簡單的事情，例如完成家庭作業、上課專心聽講、或每天花一點時間讀一本書。也許你會決定要參加課外活動或在社區當志工。也許你會決定挺身而出保護那些因為身份或長相而受人戲弄或欺負的孩子，原因是你和我一樣認為所有的年輕人都應該享有一個適合讀書和學習的安全環境。也許你會決定要更加照顧自己，以便有更充沛的精力來學習。順便提一下，除了這些事情外，我希望大家要勤洗手，身體感到不舒服的時候要待在家裡不要去上學，這樣我們才能防止有人在今年秋冬季節染上流感。
But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you toreally work at it.
但無論你決定做什麼，我希望你下決心去做。我希望你腳踏實地去做。
I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich andsuccessful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is throughrapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you're notgoing to be any of those things.
我知道有時候你會從電視上得到這樣的印象：不用努力就能發財致富並成功，唱饒舌、打籃球或成為真人秀明星是走向成功的途徑。但實際情況是：你可能不會成為其中的一種人。
The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
事實上，成功不是輕而易舉的事情。你不會喜歡你學習的每一門課目。你不會與你的每一位老師都很投合。不是所有的家庭作業都與你眼前的生活完全有關。你第一次嘗試做每件事的時候，不一定成功。
That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. Buthe once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. Andthat's why I succeed."
這些都沒關係。世界上最成功的人士中有一些是遭遇失敗最多的人。作者羅琳所寫的系列小說《哈利波特》第一集在出版之前被退稿了12次。麥可喬丹曾被他的高中籃球隊除名。在喬丹的籃球生涯中，他輸過數百場比賽，有成千上萬個球沒有投中。但他曾說過：「在我的一生中，我失敗了一次又一次、一次又一次。這就是我成功的原因。」
These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get in totrouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid,it just means you need to spend more time studying.
這些人士成功，因為他們懂得：不能讓失敗來限制你，而必須讓失敗來開導你。你必須從失敗中找到解決辦法。因此，如果你遇到麻煩，那並不表示你是麻煩的製造者，而意味著你需要更加努力去把它做對。如果你有一門課分數低，那不表示你比別人笨，而只表示你需要花更多的時間學習。
No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. The same principle applies to your school work. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.
沒有人天生擅長做各種事情。你要靠勤奮來變得擅長於各種事情。第一次接觸新的體育項目時，你不可能就是一位主力隊員。第一次唱一首歌時，你不可能就唱準每個音。你必須練習。同樣的道理適用於你的學業。你可能要把一道數學題做幾次才把它做對。你可能要把一些文章閱讀幾遍才能理解。在交出一篇優美的作文之前，你絕對需要打幾遍草稿。
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when youdon't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new. So find an adult that you trust -- a parent, a grand parent or teacher, a coachor a counselor -- and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.
不要害怕提問。不要在需要幫助時害怕請求別人幫助。我天天請求別人的幫助。請求幫助不是軟弱的表現，它是力量的標誌，因為它表明你有勇氣承認自己對某些事情不懂，這樣做會使你學到新的東西。因此，請找到一位你信任的成年人，例如家長、祖父母或老師、教練或輔導員，請他們幫助你遵循既定計劃，實現你的目標。
And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
即使當你苦苦掙扎、灰心喪氣、感到其他人對你不抱希望時，也不要對你自己喪失信心，因為當你自暴自棄時，你也拋棄了自己的國家。
The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
在美國歷史留名的人不是在困難時刻退縮的人，而是堅持不懈、加倍努力的人，他們對國家的愛促使他們全力以赴。
It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students whosat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat whereyou sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.
在美國歷史留名的人250年前也是學生，他們後來打了獨立戰爭並創建了這個國家。還有75年前的學生，他們後來走出了大蕭條並打贏了一場世界大戰；他們為民權而奮鬥並把太空人送上了月球。至於20年前的學生，他們後來創辦了Google、Twitter和Facebook，改變了我們溝通的方式。
So today, I want to ask all of you, what's your contribution going to be?What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? Whatwill a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what allof you did for this country?
而今天，我要問問大家，你們將做出什麼貢獻？你們將解決什麼問題？你們將有什麼發現？ 20年、50年或100年後來到這裡講話的總統將會怎樣評價你們為這個國家所做的一切？
Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to makesure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn. But you've got to do your part, too. So I expect all of you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. Sodon't let us down. Don't let your family down or your country down. Most ofall, don't let yourself down. Make us all proud.
你們的家人、老師和我正在竭盡全力保證你們接受必要的教育，以便回答上述問題。我正在努力工作，以便你們的教室得到修繕，你們能夠得到學習所需的課本、設備和電腦。但你們也必須盡自己的努力。因此，我希望大家從今年起認真對待這個問題。我希望你們盡最大努力做好每一件事。我希望你們每個人都有出色的表現。不要讓我們失望。不要讓家人或國家失望。而最重要的是，不要辜負自己，並讓我們都能為你感到驕傲。
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you. (Applause.)
非常感謝大家。願主保佑你們。願主保佑美國。謝謝。
2010年1月25日 星期一
免費練習托福的資源
http://ww3.free-english.com/english/Home.aspx
在這各網站
你只要註冊帳號密碼後
可以利用這各網站來
增加自己考試的臨場感
可以讓自己熟悉考試的感覺
除此之外 還有一些小遊戲可以增加自己的英文能力
在這各網站
你只要註冊帳號密碼後
可以利用這各網站來
增加自己考試的臨場感
可以讓自己熟悉考試的感覺
除此之外 還有一些小遊戲可以增加自己的英文能力
2010年1月21日 星期四
英文學習的好幫手
今天向大家介紹一個網站
可以幫助你的英文寫作
http://lang-8.com/
這是一個交換日記的網址
當你使用英文寫作時
網站會自動幫你找尋會員
來幫你修改英文
相同的你也可以幫其他人更改中文
大家可以使用資源 來增強自己英文能力
可以幫助你的英文寫作
http://lang-8.com/
這是一個交換日記的網址
當你使用英文寫作時
網站會自動幫你找尋會員
來幫你修改英文
相同的你也可以幫其他人更改中文
大家可以使用資源 來增強自己英文能力
2010年1月18日 星期一
聽英文歌訓練聽力
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EoukRWQ-ec
這首歌是Radiohead的歌 內容有些反諷
大家可以用這首歌訓練聽力
順便可以學些單字
歌詞如下
fitter happier
more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
at ease
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
a patient better driver
a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
sleeping well (no bad dreams)
no paranoia
careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity standing orders
on sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
car wash (also on sundays)
no longer afraid of the dark
or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
nothing so childish
at a better pace
slower and more calculated
no chance of escape
now self-employed
concerned (but powerless)
an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
will not cry in public
less chance of illness
tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
a good memory
still cries at a good film
still kisses with saliva
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick
that's driven into
frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
calm
fitter, healthier and more productive
a pig in a cage
on antibiotics
單字補充
productive 多產的
saturated fats 飽和脂肪
pragmatism正好與idealism互為相反詞
pragmatism為實用主義 idealism為理想主義者
frantic 發狂
antibiotics 抗生素
整首歌實際上是一首 諷刺為極重的歌曲
反諷的對象 則是所謂的中產階級
由一開始 Fitter Happier這句就可以知道了
實下所謂的雅痞 最喜歡的就是健身減肥了
若多聽幾次 細看歌詞便可以發現
舉例來說 no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants這句
便是對於保育動物的人反諷 在鏡頭前熱愛動物 不知對這些小蟲子又是如何
這句也十分有趣an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
加入核心團體放棄你的理想吧
a pig in a cage
on antibiotics到頭來 只是一隻注射抗生素 在籠子裡的豬而已
結局也十分諷刺
這首歌是Radiohead的歌 內容有些反諷
大家可以用這首歌訓練聽力
順便可以學些單字
歌詞如下
fitter happier
more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
at ease
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
a patient better driver
a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
sleeping well (no bad dreams)
no paranoia
careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity standing orders
on sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
car wash (also on sundays)
no longer afraid of the dark
or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
nothing so childish
at a better pace
slower and more calculated
no chance of escape
now self-employed
concerned (but powerless)
an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
will not cry in public
less chance of illness
tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
a good memory
still cries at a good film
still kisses with saliva
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick
that's driven into
frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
calm
fitter, healthier and more productive
a pig in a cage
on antibiotics
單字補充
productive 多產的
saturated fats 飽和脂肪
pragmatism正好與idealism互為相反詞
pragmatism為實用主義 idealism為理想主義者
frantic 發狂
antibiotics 抗生素
整首歌實際上是一首 諷刺為極重的歌曲
反諷的對象 則是所謂的中產階級
由一開始 Fitter Happier這句就可以知道了
實下所謂的雅痞 最喜歡的就是健身減肥了
若多聽幾次 細看歌詞便可以發現
舉例來說 no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants這句
便是對於保育動物的人反諷 在鏡頭前熱愛動物 不知對這些小蟲子又是如何
這句也十分有趣an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
加入核心團體放棄你的理想吧
a pig in a cage
on antibiotics到頭來 只是一隻注射抗生素 在籠子裡的豬而已
結局也十分諷刺
2010年1月17日 星期日
成績與申請的相關性
成績與申請的相關性
開始申請學校後，有些人可能會浮出一個問題：我大學的時候很混，成績很差，還有救嗎、可以申請上學校嗎？答案是，還是有機會的！那要如何提高自己的優勢呢！
首先，當送件至學校時，學校評斷標準不會如此單面向，既然寄出的文件如此多，自然希望可以由很多面向來了解學生。所以如果成績不好，便要從其他方面來著手。比方說，在撰寫讀書計畫時，可以用一些篇幅來交代自己成績不佳的理由，當然必須是合理的理由：例如，時間花在實驗室幫忙...等等。除此之外，還能在讀書計畫張顯一些個人特質、創意…等等，如果曾經有獲得學術相關的獎項，自然能彌補本身成績不足的缺點。如果所申請的科系為藝術設計類的科系，那麼一本好的作品集，便可以大大提升自己被錄取的機會。
而在推薦信上，若是與自己十分熟識的老師、上司，可以先向他們告知自己成績不佳的事實，請推薦人可以花一些篇幅幫自己修是這各缺點，例如：這位學生雖然成績表現不是十分理想，但相當有學術熱忱。如果是上司自然可以在自己的工作表現多多著墨，此外也可以與讀書計劃搭配，在讀書計畫中寫出：雖然大學成績不是很理想，可是自己在工作方面十分努力。在搭配上推薦信老闆的稱讚，自然也能表現出自己的優點。還有機會可以改變的，就是其他留學考試，想辦法讓自己的GRE、TOFEL或是GMAT的成績好一點，也可以提升自己的競爭力。
最後，要提醒大家成績單絕對不是世界末日，如果都決定要出國了，便要下定決心，盡自己一切努力增加自己的優勢。也不要讓舊觀念侷限自己，不要因為大學成績爛就放棄了自己。
開始申請學校後，有些人可能會浮出一個問題：我大學的時候很混，成績很差，還有救嗎、可以申請上學校嗎？答案是，還是有機會的！那要如何提高自己的優勢呢！
首先，當送件至學校時，學校評斷標準不會如此單面向，既然寄出的文件如此多，自然希望可以由很多面向來了解學生。所以如果成績不好，便要從其他方面來著手。比方說，在撰寫讀書計畫時，可以用一些篇幅來交代自己成績不佳的理由，當然必須是合理的理由：例如，時間花在實驗室幫忙...等等。除此之外，還能在讀書計畫張顯一些個人特質、創意…等等，如果曾經有獲得學術相關的獎項，自然能彌補本身成績不足的缺點。如果所申請的科系為藝術設計類的科系，那麼一本好的作品集，便可以大大提升自己被錄取的機會。
而在推薦信上，若是與自己十分熟識的老師、上司，可以先向他們告知自己成績不佳的事實，請推薦人可以花一些篇幅幫自己修是這各缺點，例如：這位學生雖然成績表現不是十分理想，但相當有學術熱忱。如果是上司自然可以在自己的工作表現多多著墨，此外也可以與讀書計劃搭配，在讀書計畫中寫出：雖然大學成績不是很理想，可是自己在工作方面十分努力。在搭配上推薦信老闆的稱讚，自然也能表現出自己的優點。還有機會可以改變的，就是其他留學考試，想辦法讓自己的GRE、TOFEL或是GMAT的成績好一點，也可以提升自己的競爭力。
最後，要提醒大家成績單絕對不是世界末日，如果都決定要出國了，便要下定決心，盡自己一切努力增加自己的優勢。也不要讓舊觀念侷限自己，不要因為大學成績爛就放棄了自己。
2010年1月14日 星期四
High and Dry
今天介紹英國天團
Radiohead藉由他們的歌來介紹這各片語
High and Dry
先來聽歌吧
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCPDiEz-GcE&feature=player_embedded
歌詞如下
high and dry
two jumps in a week
i bet you think that's pretty clever
don't you boy.
flying on your motorcycle.
watching all the ground beneath you drop.
you'd kill yourself for recognition.
kill yourself to never ever stop.
you broke another mirror.
you're turning into something you are not.
don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
drying up in conversation
you will be the one who cannot talk.
all your insides fall to pieces.
you just sit there wishing you could still make love.
they're the ones who'll hate you
when you think you've got the world all sussed out.
they're the ones who'll spit at you.
you will be the one screaming out.
it's the best thing that you ever had.
the best thing that you had has gone away...
High and dry 原本意指小船擱淺 後來引申為孤立無援之意
其中還有一個有趣的片語 Dry up原本指小河枯涸了
在這首歌裡 Drying up in the conversation
指的是 突然無話可說
也就是我們常說的好乾喔 沒話題了
以上是簡單的英文分享
Radiohead藉由他們的歌來介紹這各片語
High and Dry
先來聽歌吧
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCPDiEz-GcE&feature=player_embedded
歌詞如下
high and dry
two jumps in a week
i bet you think that's pretty clever
don't you boy.
flying on your motorcycle.
watching all the ground beneath you drop.
you'd kill yourself for recognition.
kill yourself to never ever stop.
you broke another mirror.
you're turning into something you are not.
don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
drying up in conversation
you will be the one who cannot talk.
all your insides fall to pieces.
you just sit there wishing you could still make love.
they're the ones who'll hate you
when you think you've got the world all sussed out.
they're the ones who'll spit at you.
you will be the one screaming out.
it's the best thing that you ever had.
the best thing that you had has gone away...
High and dry 原本意指小船擱淺 後來引申為孤立無援之意
其中還有一個有趣的片語 Dry up原本指小河枯涸了
在這首歌裡 Drying up in the conversation
指的是 突然無話可說
也就是我們常說的好乾喔 沒話題了
以上是簡單的英文分享
2010年1月13日 星期三
聽歌學英文
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5mmtDfd0uY&feature=related
又是Coldplay
這次介紹這首饒富詩意的歌
歌詞如下
Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I will cross
Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get
what I deserve
No better and no worse
I just got lost
Every river that I've tried to cross
And every door I ever tried was locked
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off...
You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you'll be lost
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the firing starts
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off…
這首歌用字簡單 卻玩了許多文字遊戲
大家再寫文章也可以考慮此種手法 簡單的字卻表達很深的意涵
像歌曲一開始 I'm losing 用的是lose這各字迷失的意思
接下來又用了同一個字 卻用了失敗的意思 讓人驚艷
可以翻成一句 頗有哲思意味的句子
我現在雖然正在迷失 可是並不代表我輸了
第二段也用了相同的手法
同樣式簡單的字 hurt
可是第一個hurting代表生理所說的傷 第二個hurt是心裡受的傷
同樣也是一句漂亮 深沉的句子
雖然我正在承受傷害 我卻未曾心傷
而第四段也是很有趣的小故事
You might be a big fishIn a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you'll be lost
頗有我們常說的強中自有強中手的味道
這句不段重複的歌詞
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off...
卻是有十分多的意味 不同心境來看時或許會有不同想法
為什麼要等陽光逐漸消逝呢
或許是如同歌詞不段說的不能迷失
因此當一切外界援助消失時 才能更確定自己的心
又是Coldplay
這次介紹這首饒富詩意的歌
歌詞如下
Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I will cross
Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get
what I deserve
No better and no worse
I just got lost
Every river that I've tried to cross
And every door I ever tried was locked
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off...
You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you'll be lost
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the firing starts
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off…
這首歌用字簡單 卻玩了許多文字遊戲
大家再寫文章也可以考慮此種手法 簡單的字卻表達很深的意涵
像歌曲一開始 I'm losing 用的是lose這各字迷失的意思
接下來又用了同一個字 卻用了失敗的意思 讓人驚艷
可以翻成一句 頗有哲思意味的句子
我現在雖然正在迷失 可是並不代表我輸了
第二段也用了相同的手法
同樣式簡單的字 hurt
可是第一個hurting代表生理所說的傷 第二個hurt是心裡受的傷
同樣也是一句漂亮 深沉的句子
雖然我正在承受傷害 我卻未曾心傷
而第四段也是很有趣的小故事
You might be a big fishIn a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you'll be lost
頗有我們常說的強中自有強中手的味道
這句不段重複的歌詞
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off...
卻是有十分多的意味 不同心境來看時或許會有不同想法
為什麼要等陽光逐漸消逝呢
或許是如同歌詞不段說的不能迷失
因此當一切外界援助消失時 才能更確定自己的心
2010年1月12日 星期二
讀書計畫該如何寫
通常來說，所有的學校在你提出申請時，一定會要求你附上一樣東西：
讀書計畫，也就是俗稱的SOP－Statement of Purpose或是。那麼該如何寫這份讀書計劃呢？
首先，我們必須要了解學校為什麼要大家撰寫這份讀書計畫，學校希望借這各機會瞭解你，因此你必須要能夠展現自己的特色，讓學校覺得這位學生是非錄取不可的人才。接下來分析一下通常學校的讀書計畫裡面會要求包含什麼資訊呢！以普渡大學（Purdue University）為例：學校要求的項目有，為什麼要繼續學習、為什麼選擇我們學校、研究興趣還有自己在專業上的計畫，未來的展望。或者可以交代自己特殊的背景或是學術成就。
針對這些可以歸納一些撰寫原則：
1. 雖然學校說可以交代背景，但通常應該是交代在學習上的背景，如果轉換領域的最好能表現出自己為什麼想轉換領域，是什麼誘發自己的興趣。切勿將自己從小到大，家庭背景都寫入讀書計畫，因為審查委員想知道的是身為學生的你，對學術的熱忱、以及潛力。
2. 理由：無論是繼續升學的理由，或是選擇該校的理由要充分而非廣泛不夠精準的理由。舉例來說：曾經看過有人寫自己想出國唸書的原因是學習獨立生活，這各理由就可說是非常差的理由：因為不必出國也能學習到如何獨立生活，要能夠說服審查委員必須更特殊。例如：非出國不可的理由，可以是體驗不同文化使自己的思考能更寬闊，或是有更好的設備等等。因此，筆者建議如果時間允許應該針對每一家學校做出不同的研究，研究該校系與其他校系不同處，或是針對系上的教授是如何吸引你，他們在學術上的成就等等。
3. 在來就是自己研究的興趣，通常在申請時系所都是比較大範圍的，例如：英美文學、傳撥或是物理學……等等。因此，必須要對學校說出更小的範圍，一方面可以展現自己對這領域的研究及專業知識，另一方面來說，也是學校評估這位學生的專業是否適合學校的研究走向。因此撰寫時，能研究一下學校的專攻領域、研究範圍可以大幅提升自己錄取的機會。
4. 關於未來的展望，必須要能提出攻讀這學位，與你未來發展的相關聯。舉例來說：不能申請物理系，卻說自己日後要當一位小說家。要讓學校感受到這各學位是對學生的未來有幫助，也是展現自己未來發展的潛力。
以上簡單敘述了一篇讀書計畫該寫什麼不該寫什麼，希望對大家有所幫助。
讀書計畫，也就是俗稱的SOP－Statement of Purpose或是。那麼該如何寫這份讀書計劃呢？
首先，我們必須要了解學校為什麼要大家撰寫這份讀書計畫，學校希望借這各機會瞭解你，因此你必須要能夠展現自己的特色，讓學校覺得這位學生是非錄取不可的人才。接下來分析一下通常學校的讀書計畫裡面會要求包含什麼資訊呢！以普渡大學（Purdue University）為例：學校要求的項目有，為什麼要繼續學習、為什麼選擇我們學校、研究興趣還有自己在專業上的計畫，未來的展望。或者可以交代自己特殊的背景或是學術成就。
針對這些可以歸納一些撰寫原則：
1. 雖然學校說可以交代背景，但通常應該是交代在學習上的背景，如果轉換領域的最好能表現出自己為什麼想轉換領域，是什麼誘發自己的興趣。切勿將自己從小到大，家庭背景都寫入讀書計畫，因為審查委員想知道的是身為學生的你，對學術的熱忱、以及潛力。
2. 理由：無論是繼續升學的理由，或是選擇該校的理由要充分而非廣泛不夠精準的理由。舉例來說：曾經看過有人寫自己想出國唸書的原因是學習獨立生活，這各理由就可說是非常差的理由：因為不必出國也能學習到如何獨立生活，要能夠說服審查委員必須更特殊。例如：非出國不可的理由，可以是體驗不同文化使自己的思考能更寬闊，或是有更好的設備等等。因此，筆者建議如果時間允許應該針對每一家學校做出不同的研究，研究該校系與其他校系不同處，或是針對系上的教授是如何吸引你，他們在學術上的成就等等。
3. 在來就是自己研究的興趣，通常在申請時系所都是比較大範圍的，例如：英美文學、傳撥或是物理學……等等。因此，必須要對學校說出更小的範圍，一方面可以展現自己對這領域的研究及專業知識，另一方面來說，也是學校評估這位學生的專業是否適合學校的研究走向。因此撰寫時，能研究一下學校的專攻領域、研究範圍可以大幅提升自己錄取的機會。
4. 關於未來的展望，必須要能提出攻讀這學位，與你未來發展的相關聯。舉例來說：不能申請物理系，卻說自己日後要當一位小說家。要讓學校感受到這各學位是對學生的未來有幫助，也是展現自己未來發展的潛力。
以上簡單敘述了一篇讀書計畫該寫什麼不該寫什麼，希望對大家有所幫助。
2010年1月11日 星期一
推薦信如何準備
一般人常會問的問題：申請學校要找推薦人幫我寫信，應該要找誰呢？
在這邊要破除幾個迷思：
第一：是不是越有名，職位越高的人寫出的推薦信就越有效果呢？答案是，
不一定。一般來說，學校要推薦信的原因，在於想借由其他人的眼，
來觀察你是否具備有學術研究的潛力，而MBA的推薦信則是希望可
已知道你有沒有具備一個經理人的能力。有
些人或許會找自己公司的總經理來推薦自己，雖然總經理的位階比較
高，感覺起來說話比較有份量，可是如果總經理與你不熟識，能寫的
也只是一些泛泛之言，或是樣板的推薦信，學校每次申請時會收到多
少學生資料，會看到多少這種樣板的推薦信，你認為這樣的推薦信能
表現出自己的潛力嗎？因此，與其找高階主管，不如找與你熟悉的直屬
長官。因為，他更了解你、更能展現你的優點。當然，如果你跟高階主管
很熟識，這樣的推薦信是更好的。相同的如果是找老師寫推薦信的話，不
一定要找系主任，反而可以找跟自己熟悉的老師，並且在該科有良好表現
的老師來寫推薦信。當然，如果能跟日後要申請的專業領域有關的科目是
更好。
第二：校友推薦有加分嗎？答案應該是否定的。或許很多人會想找該校的校友
來推薦自己，可是實際上成效卻是不多，因為學校一年畢業幾千名學生，
如何能奢望學校記得某些學生，並看重他的推薦呢？因此，除非你找到
的是該校的傑出校友，或是這位校友剛好與你十分熟識，否則並不十分推
薦特別去找該校校友寫推薦函。
既然知道要找誰來寫，那該準備什麼資料給推薦人呢？以下提供一些小小的
建議：
學號、姓名
你的聯絡方式(E-mail 電話 手機)
各式不同算法的GPA
得過的獎
發表過的論文
畢業名次
T G成績
修過他什麼課 成績多少
列一張表整理出每一所學校你申請的系所名稱、Deadline、
以及你希望能拿到推薦信的時間
寫一篇小文章提醒老師一些你們之間發生過的事、
你希望他能強調你哪些方面的優點等等
在這邊要破除幾個迷思：
第一：是不是越有名，職位越高的人寫出的推薦信就越有效果呢？答案是，
不一定。一般來說，學校要推薦信的原因，在於想借由其他人的眼，
來觀察你是否具備有學術研究的潛力，而MBA的推薦信則是希望可
已知道你有沒有具備一個經理人的能力。有
些人或許會找自己公司的總經理來推薦自己，雖然總經理的位階比較
高，感覺起來說話比較有份量，可是如果總經理與你不熟識，能寫的
也只是一些泛泛之言，或是樣板的推薦信，學校每次申請時會收到多
少學生資料，會看到多少這種樣板的推薦信，你認為這樣的推薦信能
表現出自己的潛力嗎？因此，與其找高階主管，不如找與你熟悉的直屬
長官。因為，他更了解你、更能展現你的優點。當然，如果你跟高階主管
很熟識，這樣的推薦信是更好的。相同的如果是找老師寫推薦信的話，不
一定要找系主任，反而可以找跟自己熟悉的老師，並且在該科有良好表現
的老師來寫推薦信。當然，如果能跟日後要申請的專業領域有關的科目是
更好。
第二：校友推薦有加分嗎？答案應該是否定的。或許很多人會想找該校的校友
來推薦自己，可是實際上成效卻是不多，因為學校一年畢業幾千名學生，
如何能奢望學校記得某些學生，並看重他的推薦呢？因此，除非你找到
的是該校的傑出校友，或是這位校友剛好與你十分熟識，否則並不十分推
薦特別去找該校校友寫推薦函。
既然知道要找誰來寫，那該準備什麼資料給推薦人呢？以下提供一些小小的
建議：
學號、姓名
你的聯絡方式(E-mail 電話 手機)
各式不同算法的GPA
得過的獎
發表過的論文
畢業名次
T G成績
修過他什麼課 成績多少
列一張表整理出每一所學校你申請的系所名稱、Deadline、
以及你希望能拿到推薦信的時間
寫一篇小文章提醒老師一些你們之間發生過的事、
你希望他能強調你哪些方面的優點等等
2010年1月10日 星期日
留學如何規劃時間準備
相信很多人都有留學夢
那該如何準備及規劃時間呢
以下由PTT STUDYABORD版 轉入fushi的文章
將給大家一個基本概念
要如何準備留學
想要出國 （準備時間一年）
↓
決定考試類別： TOEFL+ GRE OR GMAT（視個人狀況決定先考哪一項）
（在這邊以GRE為例）
↓
三月開始準備GRE （視個人狀況提早3-6個月背單字）
目標考六月GRE（考不好還有10月）
（GMAT一個月一次，考個兩三次的不少）
↓
考完休息一個禮拜，準備TOEFL視狀況準備2-3個月，預計九月考，最遲在11月以前考完
（一次考不好也不要灰心，台灣人平均要考兩次以上才有好成績）
↓
九到十月開始瀏覽學校、開始找推薦信人選首先找到自己領域的排名（USNEWS、南陽街走一
趟）然後上網瀏覽各學校網站（看多了就會了）第一次去找寫推薦信的人時，可以順便請教該申
請什麼學校、各個學校狀況
↓
決定申請學校開始寫SOP、ESSAY、準備財力證明、申請中英文成績單（瀰封蓋章）
拿推薦信表格給老師或老闆
看個人狀況，準備這些文件要花上約一二個月
↓
拿到推薦信這部分是最難掌握的，
整個申請過程只有這部分不是自己操控的
申請完以後也別忘記老師
↓
開始申請美國明星學校多半在12/1-12/15申請截止
第一級的學校多半在1/1-1/15申請截止
MBA有三ROUND的，
多半在10-11月、12-1月、2-3月
加發TOEFL、GRE、GMAT成績都是需要5-10天工作天申請人一多的時候，
ETS效率會更慢，可能會花上15-20天
寄快遞也需要3-5天才會到達，同樣的，申請旺季時，
人一多文件容易延遲。
↓
持續注意文件是否到達、完整 （12月-3月）等待的過程可以繼續念英文、
彌補之前只為了考試而比較弱的部分或是去兼差打工等等、
讓自己忙一點會比較好過
↓
決定去哪一間學校 三到四月
----- 半年準備過程：-----
7月開始準備考10月GRE考完馬上準備11月底TOEFL，
考不好12月再考然後把上面準備申請文件、推薦信、瀏覽學校、找學校的事
通通壓縮在11月考完TOEFL後辦完看看能不能趕上12月截止的學校重心放在準備1月截止的學校2-3月的還可以繼續申請
-------------------------
大致就是如上所述準備出國第一件事要搞清楚：出國的目的是什麼？有了清楚的目的，
就有動力念英文、也很清楚自己SOP要寫什麼
然後有人會卡在托福、GRE、GMAT若是考不好，千萬不要灰心～一旦下定決心要出國，
這就是一條不歸路
自認英文不好就早一點念英文、平常累積實力不然辭職以後再來念，雖然時間很充裕，
但是壓力也比較大一旦考不好也容易患得患失
一個申請者的申請條件，在進入上面的申請程序前，幾乎已經決定一大半了能改變的只有TOEFL、GRE、GMAT但這三項成績通常也是決定能不能出國的關鍵凡努力必有收穫
那該如何準備及規劃時間呢
以下由PTT STUDYABORD版 轉入fushi的文章
將給大家一個基本概念
要如何準備留學
想要出國 （準備時間一年）
↓
決定考試類別： TOEFL+ GRE OR GMAT（視個人狀況決定先考哪一項）
（在這邊以GRE為例）
↓
三月開始準備GRE （視個人狀況提早3-6個月背單字）
目標考六月GRE（考不好還有10月）
（GMAT一個月一次，考個兩三次的不少）
↓
考完休息一個禮拜，準備TOEFL視狀況準備2-3個月，預計九月考，最遲在11月以前考完
（一次考不好也不要灰心，台灣人平均要考兩次以上才有好成績）
↓
九到十月開始瀏覽學校、開始找推薦信人選首先找到自己領域的排名（USNEWS、南陽街走一
趟）然後上網瀏覽各學校網站（看多了就會了）第一次去找寫推薦信的人時，可以順便請教該申
請什麼學校、各個學校狀況
↓
決定申請學校開始寫SOP、ESSAY、準備財力證明、申請中英文成績單（瀰封蓋章）
拿推薦信表格給老師或老闆
看個人狀況，準備這些文件要花上約一二個月
↓
拿到推薦信這部分是最難掌握的，
整個申請過程只有這部分不是自己操控的
申請完以後也別忘記老師
↓
開始申請美國明星學校多半在12/1-12/15申請截止
第一級的學校多半在1/1-1/15申請截止
MBA有三ROUND的，
多半在10-11月、12-1月、2-3月
加發TOEFL、GRE、GMAT成績都是需要5-10天工作天申請人一多的時候，
ETS效率會更慢，可能會花上15-20天
寄快遞也需要3-5天才會到達，同樣的，申請旺季時，
人一多文件容易延遲。
↓
持續注意文件是否到達、完整 （12月-3月）等待的過程可以繼續念英文、
彌補之前只為了考試而比較弱的部分或是去兼差打工等等、
讓自己忙一點會比較好過
↓
決定去哪一間學校 三到四月
----- 半年準備過程：-----
7月開始準備考10月GRE考完馬上準備11月底TOEFL，
考不好12月再考然後把上面準備申請文件、推薦信、瀏覽學校、找學校的事
通通壓縮在11月考完TOEFL後辦完看看能不能趕上12月截止的學校重心放在準備1月截止的學校2-3月的還可以繼續申請
-------------------------
大致就是如上所述準備出國第一件事要搞清楚：出國的目的是什麼？有了清楚的目的，
就有動力念英文、也很清楚自己SOP要寫什麼
然後有人會卡在托福、GRE、GMAT若是考不好，千萬不要灰心～一旦下定決心要出國，
這就是一條不歸路
自認英文不好就早一點念英文、平常累積實力不然辭職以後再來念，雖然時間很充裕，
但是壓力也比較大一旦考不好也容易患得患失
一個申請者的申請條件，在進入上面的申請程序前，幾乎已經決定一大半了能改變的只有TOEFL、GRE、GMAT但這三項成績通常也是決定能不能出國的關鍵凡努力必有收穫
留學需要準備的東西
又到了申請的旺季了
對於懷抱出國夢的大家
是不是已經知道要準備什麼了呢?
不知道也沒有關係
哈佛在這裡將與大家分享
1.大學 / 研究所 英文成績單一份
通常可以向所就讀的學校申請成績單
要記得要求學校提供學校信封 並且彌封蓋章
2. 各種留學考試的成績
要記得向ETS要求加發你的考試成績:如GRE GMAT 托福等
至你所申請的學校
3.財力證明(向銀行申請存款證明)及財力支持信
向銀行申請財力證明 如果所申請學校沒有制式表格
記得寫一封cover letter給學校 證明你的家人願意資助你
4.介紹信三封 (須彌封)
這部份有時會比較複雜 因為各各學校要求不同
有些學校採取線上申請 那麼就不需再另外寄信
有些學校有制式表格 需要下載表格 依照規定
通常則是請老師上司寫推薦信 使用公司或學校的信封 並且需要彌封
以上是一些留學基本所需文件
之後會在詳細解說會遇上的問題
請大家繼續FOLLOW
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1.大學 / 研究所 英文成績單一份
通常可以向所就讀的學校申請成績單
要記得要求學校提供學校信封 並且彌封蓋章
2. 各種留學考試的成績
要記得向ETS要求加發你的考試成績:如GRE GMAT 托福等
至你所申請的學校
3.財力證明(向銀行申請存款證明)及財力支持信
向銀行申請財力證明 如果所申請學校沒有制式表格
記得寫一封cover letter給學校 證明你的家人願意資助你
4.介紹信三封 (須彌封)
這部份有時會比較複雜 因為各各學校要求不同
有些學校採取線上申請 那麼就不需再另外寄信
有些學校有制式表格 需要下載表格 依照規定
通常則是請老師上司寫推薦信 使用公司或學校的信封 並且需要彌封
以上是一些留學基本所需文件
之後會在詳細解說會遇上的問題
請大家繼續FOLLOW
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