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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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英語篇#10 Resignation Address in 1974 - Richard Nixon
Summary of the Speech:
- Nixon concluded that he no longer had "a strong enough political base in the Congress" to make it possible for him to complete his term of office.
- He had never been a quitter, and to leave office before the end of his term "is abhorrent 深惡痛絕 to every instinct 本能 in my body.”
- He mentioned he must put the interests of America first.
Some Important Parts of the Speech:
“I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interest of the Nation must always come before any personal considerations.”
- Agony （肉體或精神的）極度痛苦
My aunt has cancer and she has been in agony.
- Unanimously 一致地
The Board voted unanimously to terminate his three-year contract.
董事會全票通過決定終止他為期三年的合同。
- Urge 敦促; 驅策
We were urged to wash our hands frequently to prevent the spread of germs.
To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication 辯護; 證明正當 would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.
Absorb 吸收
- I need to a tissue to absorb the water on the table.
- Absorb the time and attention (耗盡時間及精神)
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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).
