中華技術學院英語
學習月刊
CIT Monthly
2008 April
Contents：
1.English Q & A 英語問與答.............1
2.English Comic 英語漫畫...............2
3.English Grammar 英語文法 ..........3
4.Dialogue 情境對話 .........................4
5.Cross-cultural Superstitions .............5
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英文問與答 詹村陸老師提供
問: 請問死對頭 ，冤家英文怎麼說
答： head-butt：死對頭 ，冤家
典故: 其典故源自於「Beavis and Butt-head」（鱉三與大頭蛋）這部卡通，butt-head這個字和head-butt有什麼不一樣呢？很簡單地，就是這兩個字可以顛倒說。
詞性：head-butt就是「死對頭」的意思，這是名詞。而butt head 是動詞片語
例句： Bob and John butt heads。意思就是Bob和John處的不好，他們倆是死對頭的意思。
They get along like oil and water. 他們相處水火不容。
They pit against each other from time to time. 他們常常卯上，槓上對方。
Do you have any head-butts in your company？
其它用語：死對頭 ，冤家
a mortal enemy; a deadly enemy; an arch adversary; an implacable foe;
a bitter opponent; a bitterest enemy ;a sworn enemy
歷史用語：
George IV, who became King of England in 1820, despised his wife Caroline, but had to give up his plan
to divorce her, such being Caroline's popularity.
One day, following the death of Napoleon, George's groom of the bedchamber arrived to announce the delightful news: "Sire, your bitterest enemy is dead!" George's reply? "Is she? By God!"
喬治四世一八二○年即英國帝位。 他瞧不起妻子凱羅蘭 ， 但由於凱羅蘭深得民心，他不能不放棄休妻的計劃。
有一天，拿破崙死後，喬治的寢室侍從走來宣布喜訊 ：「陛下，你的死對頭歸西方了！」喬治怎樣回答呢？「那婆娘？謝天謝地 ！ 」
相關用語：Enemies often cross each other's path. = The road is narrow for enemies.
冤家路窄
問: 請問甚麼是helicopter parents
答: 直升機父母helicopter parents的特質為：直升機父母無所不在、無所不管，24小時監控孩子的學習，
在孩子上空盤旋，介入孩子的一切，總是為孩子安排各式各樣「對他好」的補習、活動，深怕自
己的孩子輸在起跑點
英文注解：
A helicopter parent is a term for a person who pays extremely close attention to his or her child or children,
particularly at educational institutions. They rush to prevent any harm or failure from befalling them or letting them
learn from their own mistakes, sometimes even contrary to the children's wishes. They are so named because, like
a helicopter, they hover closely overhead, rarely out of reach whether their children need them or not.
Taiwan's six million “helicopter parents” are hovering, their noses in everything involving their kids. And
while their influence is expanding, their impact may not be for the better.
延伸注解：Black Hawks
who cross the line from a mere excess of zeal to unethical behavior such as writing their children's college
admission essays. (The reference is to the military helicopter of the same name.)
漫畫英語 傅馨儀老師提供
文法與寫作單元 游月琴老師提供
In this month’s “Grammar and Writing” section, I would like to introduce to you a short passage written by one of my students from the Department of Tourism and Management. The title she worked on was Cyber Love.
Cyber Love 9700301 by Chen
I played the Internet at home. I chat with a cyber friends, we talked a lot.
He was funny and humor. He invited me to meet next time. We met at Train Station Exit and go to eat lunch. We chat a lot and have a good time today. I felt he is a easygoing person.
寫完一短文後建議同學先用 Microsoft Word 打出來，然後點工具，出現拼字及文法檢查，一行一行檢查，至少把基本拼字及文法先改對。以上面這篇短文為例，根據Microsoft Word拼字及文法檢查
Line one : I chat with a cyber friends, 建議改成 chat with friends or chat with a friend
Line four: he is a easygoing person建議改成 He is an easygoing person.
另外老師建議以下幾個修改給同學作參考:
Cyber Love 9700301 by Chen
I played[T1] (1) the Internet at home one day. I chat[T2] (2) with a[T3] (3) cyber friends[T4] (4), we talked a lot.He was funny and humor [T5] (5). He invited me to meet next time. We met at Train Station Exi(6)t[T6] and go[T7] (7) to eat lunch. We chat[T8] (8) a lot and have[T9] (9) a good time today[T10] (10). I felt he is a[T11] (11) easygoing person.
修改完的作品如下:
I surfed on the Internet at home one day. I chatted with a cyber friend. We talked a lot. He was funny and humorous. He invited me to meet the next time. We met at an exit of XX train station and then went to eat lunch. We chatted a lot and had a good time that day. I felt he is an easygoing person.
[T1]surfed
[T2]chatted
[T3]an
[T4]friend
[T5]humorous
[T6]an exit at xx train station
[T7]went
[T8]chatted
[T9]had
[T10]that day
[T11]an
情境對話 老師提供
Take me out to a ball game!
Tom: Hi, Jerry! Are you free tonight?
Jerry: Yes, I’m available. What’s up?
Tom: Well, I was thinking about going to a baseball game tonight. Would you come with me?
Jerry: Sure, I’d love to. I haven’t been to a baseball game in years.
Tom: Me too!
Jerry: Why haven’t you?
Tom: The traffic in LA is terrible! The LA traffic has prevented me from going because I didn’t want to get stuck in traffic on the freeway. With you coming with me, we can drive in the carpool lane and that should save us some time.
Jerry: Yes, not only will we save gas by going with one car, we’ll also save the cost of parking at the stadium.
Tom: Exactly! I’ve heard that the cost of stadium parking is outrageous these days.
Jerry: It figures. The average annual salary for a major league baseball player is well over two million (U.S.) dollars. The money has to come from somewhere.
Tom: They should have earned enough money with big fat television contracts and luxury suites, not to mention the profits from concession stands and ticket sells.
Jerry: I agree. So, which game do you want to go, the Dodgers or the Angels?
Tom: I’m a big Wang Chien-Ming fan. The Yankees are coming to town to play the Dodgers tonight at the Dodger Stadium.
Jerry: I thought the Yankees only play against American League teams, like the Angels when they visit LA.
Tom: In addition to playing against each American League team, they also play against selected members of the National League during their inter-league schedule.
Jerry: How does that work?
Tom: Well, the Yankees played against NL Central Division teams last year. And they played against NL East Division teams the year before. Therefore, the rotation calls for them to play against NL West Division teams this year, like the Dodgers, Padres, and Giants.
Jerry: I see. So, how is Wang Chien-Ming doing this season?
Tom: He is doing fine. I think he is motivated to do well this year after losing the salary arbitration during the off-season.
Jerry: How did he lose his case? I thought he had done pretty well the past few years.
Tom: Well, the representatives from the Yankees attacked his low strike-out ratio and the lack of success in the playoffs.
Jerry: Will we see him come to bat tonight?
Tom: Yes, we should see him batting in the ninth order because the DH will not be employed under National League rules.
Jerry: It should be a good game tonight.
Tom: I hope so.
翻譯
terrible極糟糕的,極差的。
traffic交通擁擠。
stuck阻塞。
prevented阻止;制止;妨礙。
carpool就是共乘的意思。 過年期間高速公路不是有倡導共乘制度嗎，有規定一台車裡面必須坐滿幾個人才可以開上高速公路，而有些國家甚至有劃分出carpool lane(共乘車道)，提供共乘的車子行駛，這就是carpool。在美國一台車裡只要滿兩人就可以開在高速公路最內側車道劃分出來的carpool lane。
outrageous無節制的;令人吃驚的。
annual salary年薪。
luxury suites是西方國家職業運動球場內的豪華包廂。
concession stands在球場內的商貨攤位。
rotation輪流。
motivated有動機的;有積極性的
salary arbitration是球員和球團交換仲裁金額後，由一位中立仲裁人決定選擇那一方提出的金額較為合理。
representatives代理人。
attacked抨擊;責難。
lack欠缺;不足;沒有。
DH (designated hitter) 指定打擊。
employed使用。
老師提供
Cross-cultural Superstitions
Take one minute and make a list of as many sports as you can think of.
同學們，請花一分鐘想想看，你喜歡哪些休閒運動。
棒球Baseball與冰上曲棍球Ice Hockey 是美國與加拿大非常風行的運動。
The following story will show you how superstitious some of athletes and sports fans can be.
以下的故事將會告訴大家那些職業運動員與球迷有多麼的迷信！
One day, it was announced that a Canadian coin buried under the ice at the hockey rink in the previous
Olympics would be taken to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
有一天官方宣布說有一枚埋藏在冬季奧運冰上曲棍球場下的硬幣，
將要進入”冰上曲棍球的名人殿堂”，這是多麼令人震驚的消息！
據說原因是The ice keepers for the rink were from Canada and they secretly buried the coin
before the games. As a result, Canada won the gold medals in both men and women’s hockey;
it isn’t surprising that many people believe the coin brought the Canadians good luck.
大家都認為是那枚硬幣帶給加拿大幸運。What do you think of this story?
Could a coin really be that lucky? 同學們，你們覺得這故事如何？一個小小
硬幣真的有那麼神奇的幸運嗎?