下午去龍山寺拜拜，突然決定的，看了手機，還有二十分鐘，不過公車時間不一定準，早點出去等，剛好有順利趕上。到了龍山寺拜拜完後，也不餓，也不想多逛，就想回家了，一看公車時間表，我要搭的應該是我去的時候搭的同一班公車。於是我又搭著它回家了，真是巧合啊！ What a coincidence! 英文的真巧啊可以這樣說。也可以說 It was a coincidence that I took the same bus home. 真巧我搭了同一班公車回家。
不小心在看恐怖片，真糟糕，早點睡覺去，比較實在。晚安晚安。
A: What flavor would you like? Chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla? A: 你要什麼口味的？巧克力，草莓，還是香草？ B: Whatever! B: 隨便
Have you decided yet? 你決定好了嗎？ Have you chosen a restaurant yet? 你選好餐廳了嗎？ Have you made up your mind? 你下定決心了嗎？ Make up your mind! 下定決心！
It’s up to you. 你決定。 I can’t make up my mind. 我沒辦法下決定。 I’ve made up my mind. 我決定好了。 I’m easy. 我很隨和。 She is easy. 她很隨便。(態度舉止輕挑) I’m not as picky as you are. 我不像你那麼挑。
A: Let’s eat Japanese food. 我們吃日本料理吧。 B: I second that. 好啊。
Don’t beat yourself up. We all make mistakes. I actually think they can be pretty useful. They say every mistake is an opportunity to learn something new and improve yourselves.
學生問到 trip, journey, travel 有什麼不同。好難一下解釋得很清楚。上網看了一下，有人說短的是 trip 長的是 journey 。字典的確也是有這麼說到，但是兩小時的也叫做 journey ，字典例子，這是長嗎？頭好大。也有字典寫說 trip 是美式用法，journey 是英式用法。這我就蠻同意的，哈哈，因為我自己不太常用 journey 這個字。travel 比較常用它當動詞，當名詞的時候是不可數。所以 Have a good trip. (O) 可以。但是不能說 Have a good travel. (X)。travel 本身有從一地移動到另外一地的意思，當然還有旅遊的例子。我是覺得多看多聽一些例子，慢慢地就會比較有概念。希望這篇看完不會越看越迷糊。假如有看到比較好，清楚的用法，也歡迎轉貼過來。謝謝。
trip (n) 旅行，行程
a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and
come back again
一段旅程，你去某個地方，通常是短期的，然後再回來
The trip from Taipei to Taichung takes about 2 hours.
從台北到台中的旅程大約要花兩小時。
Did your foreign friends enjoy the trip to National Palace Museum?
你的外國朋友們喜歡去故宮的這個旅程嗎？
How about a trip to the zoo this Sunday morning?
要不要這個星期天早上去動物園？
a business trip 出差
a school trip 學校旅遊
a fishing trop 釣魚旅遊
a skiing trip 滑雪旅遊
He’s on a business trip with his boss and won’t be back until next
Wednesday.
他跟他的老闆去出差，下星期三才會回來。
go on a trip
take a trip
a day trip: a pleasure trip done in one day
一天的旅行：一個在一天內完成的玩樂的旅行。
journey (n) 旅遊，旅程
especially British English an occasion when you travel from one
place to another, especially over a long distance (syn) trip American English
特別是英式英語，當你從一個地方到另外一個地方旅行，特別是長程的。類似於美式英語的 trip
We are going on a journey to France.
我們將要去法國旅遊。
Have a safe journey! / Have a nice trip!
旅途愉快！
It’s a two-hour train journey from Taipei to Taichung.
從台北到台中要搭兩小時的火車。
We made some friends on the journey.
我們在旅途中認識了一些朋友。
travel (v) 旅行
to go from one place to another, or to several places, especially
ones that are far away
從一個地方到另外一個地方，或好幾個地方，特別是比較遠的地方。
She travels to work by train.
她搭火車上班。
The elderly travel free on public transport.
老年人坐大眾交通工具免費。
A lot of people want to travel around the world after they retire.
許多人想要在他們退休後環遊世界。
They are planning to travel across America this summer.
used to say that if you do not know about a problem, you cannot worry
about it; it is more comfortable not to know certain things; said to emphasize
that sometimes it is better for you if you do not know all the facts about a
situation
Leave 除了離開之外還有不少用法，潔西選了幾個比較常用比較好用的給大家參考一下。另外請假的假也是leave，比方說病假叫做
sick leave，那要請假怎麼說呢？一般我們其實會說 take 時間 off。請一天假 take a day off ，請星期一早上 take
Monday morning off。下面名詞的地方有介紹說法。
最後面有點語無倫次，因為昨天睡不著，今天又早起，所以睡眠不足，東晃晃西晃晃後回家摸了一個下午，然後晚上終於把買了想煮沒煮的菜通通煮起來，一個人吃真的難煮，怎麼煮都剩一堆。今天的魚香茄子，炒高麗菜，人參雞湯，涼拌小黃瓜，通通明天還要再吃一次。
洗洗切切煮煮花了兩個小時，吃完又要洗鍋子，洗盤子，洗電鍋，好多要洗，累死了。在外面買個便當實在是經濟又實惠啊！不過煮東西是蠻有成就感的，雖然也沒多好吃，哈哈，熟能生巧
Practice makes perfect. 就跟英文一樣，多煮幾次應該就能找到自己想要的口味了。
明天要看醫生，還是要早起，應該來去洗洗睡了。祝大家有美好的一週，順心，愉快！晚安。
leave (v)
1 go away from a place or a person
1 離開一個地方或一個人
The bus leaves in 7 minutes.
公車在七分鐘後離開。
I didn’t leave the office until midnight.
我一直到午夜十二點才離開辦公室。
Never leave your child alone in a car.
絕對不要把你的小孩一個人留在車內。
2 if you leave your job, home, school etc, you permanently stop
doing that job, living at home etc
2 假如你離開你的工作，家，學校等，你永久的停止做那分鐘做，不在住在家裡等等。
How old were you when you left home?
你幾歲離開家裡的？
She got married as soon as she left school.
她一離開學校(畢業)就結婚。
3 to let something remain in a particular state, position, or
condition
3 讓某件事維持在某一個特定的狀態，位置或狀況
I left my phone at home again! I forgot my phone again.
我又把手機忘在家裡了！
The trial left many questions unanswered.
那個審判(試驗)留下許多未回答的問題。
You can leave the door open.
你可以讓門開著就好。
4 to deliver a message, note, package etc for someone or put it
somewhere so that they will get it later
4 傳送一個訊息，便條，包裹等等給某人，或者把它放在某個地方所以別人可以等等再拿
Can I leave a message?
我可以留言嗎？
Her mom usually leaves money for her when she goes abroad.
她媽媽通常會留錢給她當她出國的時候。
5 Leave me alone! 離我遠一點！
leave (n)
time allowed away from work for a holiday or illness
被允許離開工作因為度假或生病的時間＝假
I’ve applied for three days’ leave.
我請了三天的假。
You basic annual leave is 7 days.
你的年假是七天。
I’ve asked my boss if I can take a week’s unpaid leave.
我問我老闆我能不能放一個禮拜的無薪假。
The teacher was off on maternity leave.
那個老師請產假。
He got a week’s paternity leave.
他有一個星期的育嬰假。
sick leave 病假
compassionate leave 喪假
paid leave 帶薪假
unpaid leave 無薪假
personal leave 事假
Can I take a day off?
我可以請假一天嗎？
Is it possible for me to take Friday afternoon off?
我可能星期五下午請假嗎？
I need to take the 31st off for some personal reason.
我需要在三十一號請事假
I would like to take time off on December 30th and 31st. Please
let me know if this will be fine.
我想要在十二月三十跟三十一號請假。請讓我知道這是否可行。
I would like to take the last two weeks of December off as vacation.
Jessie's 潔西家 