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    语妙天下

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    主持人:Maggie 黄蔚儿、Joanne 谭绮旻


    语言盛载的,是生活,是文化,也是眼界。

     

    《语妙天下》(Language Academy) 推出新一辑英语篇,选取了历史性的演讲词,学习如何透过语言说服和打动人;另外还有Miss Maggie的实用笔记,为公开试考生加油!

     

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    24/03/2024

    英语篇#7 I am Prepared to Die - Nelson Mandela

    Summary of the Speech:

    - Mandela saw the trial as a transformative opportunity that offered him visibility and a hearing, a space from which to spread stories of such significance and consequence

    - He admitted the truth of some of the charges made against him

    - He focused on the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, for social equality, and political rights for all South Africans

    - He was sentenced to life imprisonment, escaped the death penalty.

     

    Some Important Parts of the Speech:

    Some of the things so far told to the Court are true and some are untrue. I do not, however, deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness鲁莽, nor because I have any love for violence.

     

    - Deny 否认/不允许

    Neil denies breaking the window.

    尼尔不承认是他打破了窗户

     

    Her request for time off work was denied.

    她的休假请求未获得批准

     

    - Sabotage (爲阻止敌人或对手成功而)毁坏

    The angry workers were responsible for the sabotage of the machines.

    She sabotaged his plan.

     

    During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people… I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal 理想 which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

     

    - Dedicate 奉献,献出(全部精力、时间等)

    He has dedicated his life to scientific research.

    他把自己的一生都奉献给科学研究工作

    24/03/2024 - 足本 Full (HKT 20:00 - 20:30)

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    英语篇 #11 求医的英文用语

    主持人:Maggie 黄蔚儿、Joanne 谭绮旻

    We’ve had five waves of COVID already, but we are still very alerted.

     

    ●       News headline from The Guardian:

     

    “Alarm in Beijing after announcement zero-Covid policy 清零政策 may last five

    years”

    -          Communist party official posts notice saying mass mandatory testing and travel curbs will continue

     

    Symptoms of COVID (Most common)

    ○        Fever

    ■        I had a fever last night.

    ○        Cough

    ■        I have been coughing a lot.

    ○        Tiredness (exhausted 很累)

    ■        I have been exhausted.

    ○        Loss of taste or smell

    ■        I haven’t been able to taste anything.

    ○        Phlegm 痰 (spit out your phlegm 吐痰)

    ■        I have been coughing up a lot of phlegm.

    ○        Stuffy nose 鼻塞

    ■        My nose has been stuffy, especially when I am lying down.

    ○        Snot / nasal mucus 鼻涕 / 鼻的分泌物

    ■        There’s a lot of snot.

    ○        Migraine 偏头痛

    ■        I keep getting migraines.

     

    Some people are affected by long COVID and this can last months.

     

    Common long COVID symptoms include:

     

    -          extreme tiredness (fatigue) 疲倦

    -          shortness of breath 呼吸急促

    -          chest pain or tightness 胸痛或紧绷

    -          problems with memory and concentration ("brain fog") 记忆/专注力问题

    -          difficulty sleeping (insomnia 失眠)

    -          heart palpitations 心悸

    -          Dizziness 头晕

     

    4.      Women get periods, unless they have had menopause (停经)already.

     

    Symptoms associated with menstrual 月经的 period:

     

    cramps (m 痛) / menstrual pain/ menstrual cramps Back pain 背疼 / Lower back pain 腰疼 (back can be the whole back)  (On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being extremely painful, how would you rate your pain?) When you go see a gynecologist, they would always ask, “When was the first day of your last period?” In Europe, men can pay to experience giving birth, would you do it?

     

    They use a machine that puts electric currents into your body to force your muscles to contract. 肌肉收缩 “It hits me like a train 疼到好像被火车撞. It feels as if my stomach is being so violently compressed it’s going to come out of my back.”

     

    The weather in Hong Kong is always so humid. The air is very polluted.

     

    ●       allergy 敏感

    ●       Nasal allergy 鼻敏感

    ●       food allergy 食物敏感

    -          Do you have any food allergies?

    -          My cat is allergic to gluten (a wheat allergy).

    ●       Allergic (Are you allergic to peanuts?/  A lot of westerners are allergic to peanuts)

    ●       Eczema 湿疹

    -          The doctor may prescribe steroid cream). / prescribe 配药

    -          There is some rash.

    ●       Rash 皮疹

     

    ●       Diagnosed with 被诊断出 / diagnosis (noun)

     

    -          You have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

    -          You have been diagnosed with pneumonia (肺炎).

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