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    語妙天下

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    主持人:Maggie 黃蔚兒、Joanne 譚綺旻


    語言盛載的,是生活,是文化,也是眼界。

     

    《語妙天下》(Language Academy) 推出新一輯英語篇,選取了歷史性的演講詞,學習如何透過語言說服和打動人;另外還有Miss Maggie的實用筆記,為公開試考生加油!

     

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    https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=1581&lang=zh-CN

     

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    24/03/2024

    英語篇#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魯莽, nor because I have any love for violence.

     

    - Deny 否認/不允許

    Neil denies breaking the window.

    尼爾不承認是他打破了窗戶

     

    Her request for time off work was denied.

    她的休假請求未獲得批准

     

    - Sabotage (爲阻止敵人或對手成功而)毀壞

    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 奉獻,獻出(全部精力、時間等)

    He has dedicated his life to scientific research.

    他把自己的一生都奉獻給科學研究工作

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

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    英語篇 #11 求醫的英文用語

    主持人:Maggie 黃蔚兒、Joanne 譚綺旻

    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 偏頭痛

    ■        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 胸痛或緊繃

    -          problems with memory and concentration ("brain fog") 記憶/專注力問題

    -          difficulty sleeping (insomnia 失眠)

    -          heart palpitations 心悸

    -          Dizziness 頭暈

     

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

     

    Symptoms associated with menstrual 月經的 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. 肌肉收縮 “It hits me like a train 疼到好像被火車撞. 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 濕疹

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

    -          There is some rash.

    ●       Rash 皮疹

     

    ●       Diagnosed with 被診斷出 / diagnosis (noun)

     

    -          You have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

    -          You have been diagnosed with pneumonia (肺炎).

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    14/08/2022 - 足本 Full (HKT 20:04 - 20:35)