我自己最近在看的是 Westworld 西部世界,打算開始看 Suits 金裝律師,目前還沒很受到吸引。看過的 Criminal Minds 犯罪心理,覺得好看,其他 CSI 系列也可以參考一下,喜歡警匪偵探片的人,還有 Law & Order 法網遊龍也看過一點 。Shameless 無恥之徒看到後面有點無感,前面真的很好看。Strange Things 怪奇物語也好看。Sense 8 超感八,可惜不再續拍了。NCIS 海軍犯罪現場我也看了十幾季。Homeland 國土安全,也是一開始很好看,不過新的一季出來我還是乖乖準時收看。Narcos 毒梟,我不知道為什麼會去看這種片,但是看了就停不下來,真的好看,音樂又好聽。This Is Us 很溫馨的家庭片。Lost 迷失檔案也很好看,學生推薦的。ER 急診室的春天,是因為 George Clooney 喬治克隆尼去看的。The Blacklist 諜海黑名單,男主角超帥,但是故事我個人覺得不太合理。而且我不喜歡女主角,哈哈。喔喔,我的最愛之一 How to Get Away with Murder 謀殺入門課,前幾季劇情真的是每一集都等不及要看下一集,很會吊人胃口。House of Cards 紙牌屋,名聲蠻高的,不過男主角因為性騷擾退出了。Mr. Robot 駭客軍團也很不錯。Gossip Girl 花邊教主,就可以看看一堆有錢人家青少年怎麼勾心鬥角。Sex and the City 慾望城市,這就不用多介紹了。Person of Interest 疑犯追蹤,這我覺得真的好看。Dynasty 朝代,好像也翻豪門世家,這可以看看有錢人的生活。The Night Manager 夜班經理,有我喜歡的 Tom Hiddleston 湯姆希斯修頓跟 Hugh Laurie 修羅利,看帥哥就夠了,裡面的美女很會穿衣服,視覺享受。Drop Dead Diva 美女上錯身,胖胖的女主角是個律師,很有魅力,先前在電視看的。2 Broke Girls 破產姐妹花,這網友推薦的,真的好笑,非常放鬆,很多色色的用語或罵人的髒話。小孩子可能不太適合。The Killing 謀殺,男主角很帥,劇情就是謀殺案,不錯看,但是有點沈重。The Good Doctor 良醫,有自閉症的醫生的故事。The Newsroom 新聞急先鋒,好看,增加不少國際新聞的知識,沒有繼續真的可惜。Six Feet Under 六呎風雲,講了很多有關生死的故事,每個喪禮背後都有不同的故事。Lie to Me 謊言終結者,怎麼樣看穿說謊的人。好了,潔西查了 IMDb 的電視影集資料庫的前五百名,找出一些看過的分享給大家參考。
有人問到要怎麼樣看影集學英文?我的建議是因為每個人的程度都不太一樣,用適合自己的方法,才會有所進步。現在很多都線上看得影集都有中英文字幕的我自己是多半看英文字幕,遇到好用的片語單字句子就暫停寫下來,要增加口說的話可以暫停跟著唸唸看。假如是 DVD 的話,有人會先用英文字幕看一遍,再看中文字幕的。也有人會看中文字幕了解意思後再看一遍英文字幕。也有人會都不用字幕來練聽力,當然要有些程度才能這樣做。要看兩遍以上會比較花時間,但是可以學到更多,加強記憶。建議可以不同方法都試試看,看哪一個學習到比較多。假如會看到光看劇情不管英文的話,就試著把重心放在聽英文對話上,聽到常用的就暫停下來寫筆記,做練習。不過這樣當然會看得比較不過癮,潔西自己則是跳著,有時候陶醉在劇情中,有時候整理一些筆記。光是看比較沒用,有在用心記住,寫是可以加深印象,說句子也是,也可以跟讀,這難度比較高,無聊的時候看日劇會玩一玩,也挺好玩的,頗有挑戰性,但是發音會變漂亮。供大家做參考。
10 Great TV series to improve your English speaking and pronunciation
1 Friends六人行
It’s perhaps the best-know American sitcom in the world and rightfully so – it’s a mix of sarcasm, deadpan (‘not obvious’) humor and lessons of what NOT to do when you’re on a break with your partner.
This show is a modern day twist on the old Sherlock Holmes stories. Holmes is a consulting detective who uses modern technology to help him solve crimes with the help of his college Doctor John Watson, a former military doctor.
Drama, conspiracy, love, betrayal and brilliant characters make the show that involves actors from all around the world. The language is beautiful and easy to understand.
It is about the life of five friends, that live in New York, focusing on their love life, work and of course their favorite free time activity: sitting in their favorite bar. You get to know many modern American expressions and can enjoy a lot of slang that makes the show even more entertaining.
An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits.
Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.
在一個鄰居謎樣般的自殺後,秘密與實情在住在一個郊區的一些女性朋友中展開。
8 The Big Bang Theory 生活大爆炸
A woman moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory. For English learners this is perfect, there are lots of different accents to hear and study as well as an Indian accent.
A young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed. The language is simple and easy to understand, all you have to do is enjoy the stories.
Modern Family is a hilarious show that makes a commentary on how the traditional American family has completely changed, and it shows what could perhaps be considered “typical” nowadays. The show gives a good insight into American culture and how family life there has changed so much.
A six-year-old child in the US state of Indiana found a loaded handgun in a couch at Ikea and fired it, police say.
警方說在美國印地安那州一個六歲的孩子在IKEA的沙發裡找到一隻上膛的槍並開了槍。
原來是有個男人在試坐沙發時掉了槍,一個小孩把玩後射了一槍,還好是對沙發,無人受傷。
這麼離譜的新聞大概只有美國有吧?再次推 BBC News 的app,單字多半簡單易懂,可以先看標題,找自己有興趣的讀。閱讀是最好的增加詞彙的方式。
夏天這麼熱,白天可以走去哪裡鬼混?百貨公司?好吧,明天就走到百貨公司去混混。每天都要努力過生活加油中!今天有什麼值得記憶的呢?有個阿伯在我領藥的時候,若無其事的把我推開,直接插隊到最前面去,前面的人也沒說話。提醒自己年紀大了以後不要做顧人怨的老人。還有今天好像是看 PTT 的時候說到跟父母之間的關係。我也不太跟我爸說話,是應該多跟他說一點,雖然不知道要從何說起。啊,明天要拿錢給他。不打字了,才沒打多少手就痛,越來越弱了,早點休息吧!祝大家有愉快的夜晚或美好的一天!
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10 Stories showing why you shouldn’t rush to judgement
十個故事告訴你為什麼你不應該急著下判斷
I guess I overworked. I was knocking on a door for half an hour, demanding to be let in. My pass didn’t work, and I head voices behind the door, but no one wanted to let me in. I was shouting, “I’m your boss! I demand you open the door!” Again a whisper. Finally, a frightened guard opened and said, “If you don’t stop, I’ll call the police!” It turned out I was knocking on a bank door. My office was one door further along …
我想我工作過頭了。我敲著一扇門敲了半個小時,要求讓我進去。我的門卡開不了門,而且我聽到門後面有聲音,但是沒有人要讓我進去。我大吼:「我是你們的老版!我命令你們開門!」又聽到有人說話的聲音。最後,一個驚嚇的警衛開門說「假如你不停,我就打電話報警!」原來我敲的是一間銀行的門。我的辦公室是過去一點的下一扇門。
I started dating a guy. I invited him to my place, hoping for a romantic evening, but got poisoned with sushi and spent all night in the bathroom. I thought the relationship was over. When I opened the door, he wasn’t there. Well, he’d left … 20 minutes later, he came back with pills carbonated water, and lemon. He found a drugstore in an unknown place! He looked after me until I fell asleep in the morning. Hugged me before sleep. Real men still exist!
我開始跟一個男生約會。我邀請他到我家,希望有個浪漫的夜晚,但是因為吃了壽司食物中毒了,一整個晚上都待在廁所裡。我想我們的感情結束了。當我開門的時候,他不在那裡。恩,他已經離開了 … 二十分鐘過後,他帶著藥,氣泡水,跟檸檬。他找到一家在不知道什麼地方的藥局。他照顧我一直到早上我睡著的時候。在我睡覺前擁抱我。真男人還是存在的!