星期三, 12月 14, 2005

明明忙得要死,我竟然還看神話!

一大堆事情要做,可是我還是很皮…看了電影:神話。看完後,最簡單的感想,成龍的電影愈來愈不好看了。

看完又很空虛,一堆事情積在那邊。…

星期日, 12月 11, 2005

Winter Clothing

1. glove(s) 手套 2. sweater 毛衣 3. Gore-tex jacket 防水透氣夾克 4. shawl 披肩;披巾 5. ski hat/knit hat 針織的)滑雪帽 6. earmuff(s) 禦寒耳罩 7. jacket 夾克 8. boot(s) 靴子 9. vest 背心 10. fleece pullover 外觀類似羊毛材質)套頭毛衣 11. wool sock(s) 羊毛襪12. turtleneck 高領上衣 13. overcoat 大衣 14. mitten(s) (拇指分開, 剩下四指連在一起的15. scarf 圍巾 16. down jacket 羽絨夾克(背心)
相關用語
1. leather jacket 皮夾克 2. long-sleeve shirt 長袖襯衫 3. flannel shirt 法蘭絨襯衫 4. sweatshirt (圓領長袖)汗衫;運動服 5. sweatpants 運動長褲 6. snowsuit(兒童穿的)禦寒大衣 7. parka(連有頭套的)防寒外套;連帽外套 8. leg warmer(s)(只套住腿而不包住腳的)暖腿套 9. slipper(s)室內便鞋(在西方,slipper(s) 通常指有加襯裡、非常暖和、 適合在寒冷的天氣裡穿的鞋) 10. ski mask 滑雪面罩 11. wool (n.) 羊毛 12. woolly (adj.) 羊毛製的 13. down (n.) 絨毛;羽絨 14. long underwear 長的內衣褲;衛生衣褲 15. lined (adj.) 加了襯裡的 16. lining (n.) 衣服的襯裡 17. insulated (adj.) 絕緣的;隔熱的(可藉此保暖) 18. insulation (n.) 絕緣;隔熱 19. waterproof (adj.) 防水的 20. water-resistant (adj.) 抗水的 21. chilly (adj.) 寒冷的 22. frigid (adj.) 嚴寒的 23. freezing (adj.) 極度寒冷的 24. numb (adj.) 麻木的;失去感覺的 25. frozen (adj.) 冷凍的;凍僵的

A little bird told me(有人偷偷告訴我


小鳥在此引申指消息的來源,故 a little bird told me 常用來指「有人私下告訴我;我聽說……」。
A little bird told me that you were getting married. When's the big day?
我聽說你要結婚了,好日子是什麼時候啊?

Kerry: How did you find out the company was going public?
凱瑞:你怎麼知道那家公司要上市?
Ian: A little bird told me.
伊恩:我有小道消息啦。

星期三, 12月 07, 2005

some time 與sometime和sometimes的區別

今天來上點英文課好了。
some time 、sometime 和 sometimes 的區別在哪裡?下列的解釋和例句跟你說明白

It is easy to get these three words mixed up if you don't fully understand the
difference between them. Some time means a period of time, as in, "Paul has
been working here for quite some time." Sometime is an adverb that can
mean "any unspecified time in the future or past." For example: "I will get
around to it sometime". Sometimes is an adverb meaning "occasionally."
So, take care when you are using these three words.

如果你不完全了解這三個字之間的差別,很容易會把它們被弄混。Some time 是指一段時間,如:「保羅已經在這裡工作挺長一段時間了。」Sometime 是副詞,指「在未來或過去的任何一個不特定時間」,例如:「我會找時間去做那件事的。」Sometimes 是副詞,指「有時候」。所以用這三個字的時候要特別注意。

For some time I have been thinking about getting a dog.

我想養隻狗已經想一段時間了。

Maggie will get married sometime in the future.

瑪姬將來會結婚。

It was sometime last night that the bank was robbed.

昨晚某個時候銀行被搶了。

Sometimes I like to walk along the river by myself.