Last year, the US Transport Security Administration (TSA) seized 6,542 guns from people about to board planes at 262 airports – a sixfold increase since 2010. Nearly nine in 10 of the weapons were loaded. — Guardian
Police and residents in a Japanese coastal town have been left baffled by a large iron ball that has washed up on a local beach, with authorities admitting they have no idea what it is – only that it isn’t about to explode. — Guardian
There is nothing worse than people who only see things from their point of view and refuse to try to understand anything from someone else’s perspective.
今天早上想通一件事情,覺得很開心。改天再來說。剛剛看到 Jimmy Falon 在脫口秀上訪問馬修康納萊有關他的兒童繪本,裡面有些可愛的句子跟大家分享。還蠻難翻譯的。有點玩文字遊戲。第一個句子 Just because I am finished 是一個小女孩關燈睡覺,doesn’t mean that I’m done 是小女孩躲在棉被底下看書。大家小時候有做過這種事嗎?結束了不代表完了。達到目標不代表你贏了。你寫的書不意味著我讀了。我又做了不代表我不後悔,諸如此類的,蠻可愛的。
Just because I’m finished doesn’t mean that I’m done.
Just because you got the goal doesn’t mean that you have won.
Just because you wrote it doesn’t mean I read it.
Just because I did it again doesn’t mean I don’t regret it.
Leo DiCaprio’s dating history is part of our obsession with staying young forever
李奧納多迪卡皮歐的約會史是我們對於永保年輕的著迷
The 48-year-old generated outrage online when it was rumored he was dating a 19-year-old model, as part of his long-observed age-gap-filled relationship history. — NPR
A lot of young girls are obsessed by their weight.
A lot of young girls are obsessed with their weight.
2 generate 動,造成
3 outrage 名,憤怒
4 rumor 動,名,謠傳
5 observe 動,觀察,察覺
6 gap 名,差距,generation gap 名,代溝
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B
Rescue crews on Friday pulled a 10-day-old boy and his mother from the ruins of a collapsed building in Turkey and dug out several people in other sites four days after a huge earthquake wrought death and destruction across southern Turkey and northwest Syria.
The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake in the region in two decades stood at 21,000 in both countries on Friday. — Reuters
這個在該區域二十年來最慘重的地震在星期五已確認的死亡人數在兩個國家達兩萬一千人。
1 rescue 名,動,救援
2 crew 名,全體工作人員
3 ruin 名,倒塌的建築物,廢墟,動,毀滅
4 collapsed 形,倒塌的
5 dig/dug/dug 動,挖掘
6 site 名,地點
7 wrought 動,使發生
8 destruction 名,毀壞
9 death toll 名,死亡人數
10 stand at 片,到達某數量
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C
The China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration declared Thursday, citing imagery from American U-2 spy planes.
A fleet of balloons operates under the direction of the People’s Liberation Army and is used specifically for spying, outfitted with high-tech equipment designed to gather sensitive information from targets across the globe, the U.S. said. Similar balloons have sailed over five continents, according to the administration. — AP
外國人都隨口髒話?也要看人啦。先前去加拿大找朋友玩時,朋友的朋友不小心在潔西前面罵髒話就會說 Excuse my French. 對,這時的 French 指的就是髒話。歌裡面也有很多髒話,先前有個學生很喜歡說罵黑人 N 開頭的英文字,不知道為什麼一天到晚掛在嘴邊,潔西有警告他出國不要亂說,尤其是對黑人,很挑釁的字,說了會倒大楣。
A judge ruled last week that using the F-word in work meetings was now ‘commonplace’.
一個法官上星期判決在工作會議上用F字現在是很「平常的」。
Swearing is everywhere. It is on TV, on social media, in music. Young children use “WTF” and “OMG”. For many of us, workplace swearing seems so normal that it doesn’t even stand out any more
More than 1,900 people were killed when an earthquake struck central Turkey and north-west Syria, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century, while a second powerful termor hours later threatened to overwhelm rescue efforts.
Thousands more were injured as the quake wiped out entire sections of major cities in a region filled with millions of people who have fled the civil war in Syria.
地震毀滅主要大城市的整個區域,在一個充滿了數百萬從敘利亞內戰逃難的人,造成數千人受傷。
The magnitude 7.8 quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was followed by a second, 7.7 quake in the middle of the day on Monday, as rescuers in both countries were still attempting to search for survivors. — Guardian
The U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday afternoon, the Pentagon said, while China called the downing an overreaction.
五角大廈說美國軍方星期六下午在南卡羅萊州的海岸附近射落疑為中國間諜氣球,而中國稱之為過度反應。
The Pentagon has said the balloon was being used for surveillance. Its presence already led Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday to postpone a historic trip to Beijing, as tensions continue to rise between the two countries over national security. – NPR
Japan’s conveyor belt sushi restaurants are struggling to regain the trust of diners, after the industry took a licking from one customer, whose viral videos of him defiling utensils and sushi with his saliva have earned him descriptions ranging from “nuisance" to “sushi terrorist.” – NPR
對了,關於大家覺得漲價漲得不得了的蛋潔西一直有個不知道誰能回答得出來的答案。潔西買的蛋完全都沒漲價。怎麼可能?真的。因為潔西看了 naked chef Jamie Oliver 的書跟影片後,覺得蛋真的像他說的是很便宜又好的蛋白質來源,所以蛋要買好一點的,所以潔西買的蛋一直是一盒十顆一百元上下的蛋,有時候買 free range 非籠子飼養的蛋又更貴。最近都買一盒十五顆特價165的蛋。這些蛋從蛋價一盒三十元到一盒六十元,通通沒漲過,所以潔西一直很疑惑。
When you connect with people who are good for you, you feel it. This is a big deal. Don’t forget to acknowledge how great it is to be around someone who lights you up.