#6 News English

 Google Translate - Level 5  

Google added 24 languages to its translation service, bringing the total number to 133. Google Translate is an indispensable tool. It conveniently and quickly translates vocabulary and texts into other languages. The 24 new languages are spoken by more than 300 million people. Among them are indigenous languages of the Americas. Google started its first translation service in 2006. It has continually added to the number of languages. Google said it still has a way to go. There are 7,000 languages worldwide that Translate doesn't translate.

Translate needs a large amount of linguistic data to support a language. Google explained how new technology helped to add the new languages. It said: "Up until a couple of years ago, it simply was not technologically possible to add languages like these, which are what we call a low resource – meaning that there are not very many text resources…for them." Google hopes to support languages used by large populations. It also wants to provide assistance for indigenous languages that are often overlooked by technology.

Good words to learn 

1.indispensable  (adj.) 必不可少的，必須的

Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without it, him, or her.

• This book is an indispensable resource for researchers.

           這本書是研究人員必不可少的資料。

2.technologically (adv.)技術地，關於（或涉及）技術地

in a way that relates to or involves technology.

• She likes to stay up to date technologically. 

          她喜歡在技術上跟上時代。

3.indigenous (adj.) 當地的；本土的，土生土長的

naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place.

• So who are the indigenous people of this land?

           那麼誰是這塊土地的原住民？

#5 English song

Clean Bandit - Rockabye 

(ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)

lyrics

〔Intro:Sean Paul〕

Call it love and devotion 稱之為愛與無私的奉獻

Call it a mom's adoration(Foundation)  稱之為對母親的仰慕之心

A special bond of creation, hah  一樣特別的獻禮

For all the single moms out there  給全天下的每個母親

Going through frustration  她們克服種種難關

Clean Bandit, Sean-da-paul, Anne-Marie  Clean Bandit, Sean Paul, Anne-Marie攜手

Sing, make them hear  大聲唱出來，讓她們聽見

〔Verse1:Anne-Maria＆Sean Paul 〕

She works at nights, by the water  她晚上在岸邊旁從事性交易

She's gone astray, so far away  她踏上了一條不歸路

From her father's daughter  已不在是她父親眼中的寶貝女兒

She just wants a life for her baby  她只想提供她的寶貝孩子個溫飽

All on her own, no one will come  沒人伸手幫助只能憑她一己之力

She's got to save them(daily struggle)  她扛起養育他們的責任

 

〔Pre-Chorus:Anne-Maria＆Sean Paul 〕

She tells him  她對他輕聲著

"Oh, love no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"   喔我的寶貝，沒有人能傷害你

I'm gonna give you all of my love  我會把我所有的愛全部給你

Nobody matters like you"   除了你誰也不給

She tells him   她對他細語著

'You're life ain't gonna be nothing like my life'  你相較於我的人生將更非凡不同

You're gonna grow and have good life  你會漸漸長大並有個美好的未來

I'm gonna do what I got to do"  我會盡我本份所能

 

〔Chorus:Anne-Maria＆Sean Paul 〕

So, rockabye baby, rockabye  孩子，安祥的睡吧

I'm gonna rock you  我會默默的照顧你

Rockabye baby, don't you cry  安詳的睡吧，不用害怕

Somebody's got you  我會一直在旁邊守護著你

Rockabye baby, rockabye  安詳的睡吧

I'm gonna rock you  我會默默的照顧你

Rockabye baby, don't you cry  安詳的睡吧，不用害怕

Rockabye, no  安詳的睡吧

The Singer

《Clean Bandit》

• Clean Bandit is a British electronic band founded in 2009 in Cambridge, England.
• The current group consists of three members, including Jack Patterson on keyboards, Luke Patterson on drums and Grace Chatto on cello.
  

《Sean Paul》

• Sean Paul is a famous Jamaican reggae and hip hop singer.

《Anne-Marie》

• Anne-Marie is an English singer and songwriter.
• She has been featured on several hit singles till date, including Clean Bandit's "Rockabye", "Friends", "Alarm" and "Ciao Adios".

Some good words to learn

• devotion  奉獻
• We appreciated his devotion of time and money to the project. 
• 我們感謝他為這一計畫花費的時間和金錢
• adoration   仰慕之心
• The doctor has earned the adoration of his patients.
• 這位醫生贏得了病人的崇拜
• frustration  挫折
• Life is full of frustrations. 
• 生活充滿了挫折。

Why do you like the song?

Rockabye" is a song for single mothers. 

It is a lullaby to put a child to sleep and expresses the feeling of doing one's best to make a child happy.A woman is alone with her newborn son. The child has no father, so she has to raise it by herself.

The music is an enjoyable melody that describes a common occurrence in society. When listening to the music, you can feel the dangers of society, the difficulties of single-parent families, and the painful process of a mother raising her child through the lyrics.

Whenever I hear this song, I think of my mom. My mom is always so selfless and is not afraid to suffer even if she wants to make us happy. In the real world, there are many single mothers who have to take care of their work and family at the same time. Although there is nothing we can do to help them, we should not look at them differently.

#4 Improve Your English 👍

 

Red Umbrella

Contents 

Carla saw a red umbrella for $10 on a rainy day, but bought it for only $7. She thought she was very lucky.
But when Carla went to buy a cake, the umbrella disappeared.She thought she was very unlucky.
After she left the bakery, she met a young man who took Carla for Marisa and asked her to go for a coffee.
They had a very nice talk.
After leaving the café, Carla finds her umbrella again and feels very lucky to get it back.

Comment

In the story, Carla thinks that the umbrella can bring her good luck, when the umbrella is gone, she thinks she is very unfortunate, this is actually from the "psychological effect".

Sometimes it is not the umbrella that brings her luck, but the umbrella that she believes in her heart can bring her luck, which is similar to people's beliefs, there is a idiom: "心誠則靈" is the meaning.

Hold on to your faith and things will go your way. (心誠則靈)

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#3 好想講英文 | 空中英語教室 Studio Classroom

Top 7 In/Out Phrasal Verbs 

go all in 全力以赴

ex. I need to go all in on this project so I can get a promotion.
我需要在這個專案上全力以赴，這樣我才能得到晉升。

all in 筋疲力竭

ex. The soccer player started out strong, but he was all in by halftime.
這位足球運動員開場時很強勢，但是終場就已經筋疲力竭了。

go all out 全力以赴

ex. I'm going to go all out for my birthday party this year.
今年我要好好地慶祝我的生日派對。

all out  全都用完了，沒有了

ex. A:Can I have twelve cheeseburgers? 
      B:Sorry, we're all out. Please come back tomorrow.
      A:我要點12個起司漢堡
      B:不好意思，都賣完了。明天才會有喔。

income  收入

ex. I need to have a steady income before I move out of my parent's house.

在搬出我爸媽家以前，我必須要有穩定的收入。

outcome 結果、結局

ex. Sunburn is the natural outcome of not wearing sunscreen in the summer.

夏天不擦防曬，結果就是容易曬傷。

put in  投入、花了

ex. I put in 14 hours of work today, so I'm going to take tomorrow morning off.

我今天投入了14個小時在工作，所以明天早上我要休假。

put out 撲滅

ex. Make sure you put out that campfire before you lrave the camp site.

你離開營地前要確實撲滅營火。

cash in  透過...賺取...

ex. Timmy tried to cash in on his new popularity by asking the prettiest girl in school for a date.

Timmy試圖通過和學校最漂亮的女生約會來提升他的人氣。

cash out 付錢

ex. After you find all your groceries,you can cash out at the front of the store.

你找到要買的物品後，就可以到店門口付帳。

hand in  提交

ex. I need to hand in this sales report by the end of the day.

我今天下班前必須交出這份銷售報告。 

hand out 分發

ex. Can you hand out these fact sheets to everyone in the meeting?

可以請你分發說明書給每一位來參加會議的人嗎?

take in 享受、觀賞

ex. Mark drives his scooter slowly through the national park, pausing often to take in the beautiful scenery.

Mark騎著他的機車，悠哉地穿過國家公園，還不時停下來欣賞美麗的風景。

take out 和...約會

ex.I'm going to take Hilary out tonight. I'm so nervous.

我今晚要和Hilary約會，我好緊張。

#2 Greeting!

Hello everyone! My name is Tina. I am from Taichung.

I major in Finance at  National Taipei University of Business. In my spare time, I like to sing and occasionally play online games. These are fun, right?

In this year's Lantern Festival, we went to Pingxi to release sky lanterns. Everyone wrote their wishes on the lanterns, and my wish was to get into the institute!

If you have any questions, please let me know. I will tell you more about me.

Thank you All!

#1 Greeting!

Hello everyone! My name is Tina. I am from Taichung.

I am studying in Finance at National Taipei University of Business. In my spare time, I like to sing and occasionally play some online games. These are really fun, right?

If you have any questions, please let me know. I will tell you more about me.

Thank you All!😎