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主持人：Maggie 黃蔚兒、譚永暉
語言盛載的，是生活，是文化，也是眼界。
新一輯英語篇，選取歷史性的演講詞，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#12 Nobel Lecture - Malala Yousafzai
鳴謝諾貝爾基金會Nobel Foundation提供馬拉拉演說錄音。
Summary of the Speech:- Malala was confident but humble. She gave recognition to Kailash Satyarthi (another Nobel Peace Prize winner, an Indian for fighting against child labour).
- She mentioned her terrifying experience when the Taliban took over her hometown.
- mentioned her voice represents 66 million girls who are deprived of education (many children in the world still do not have education)
- She shared a story of her friend who wanted to be a doctor but was forced to marry and gave birth at 14.
- She stressed that basic education is not enough.
- She will use the Nobel Prize money to provide quality education everywhere in the world, especially for girls.
- At the end of the speech, she urged world leaders to help.
Some Important Parts of the Speech:
“But things did not remain the same. When I was in Swat, which was a place of tourism and beauty, it suddenly changed into a place of terrorism恐怖主義. I was just ten when more than 400 schools were destroyed. Women were fogged. People were killed. And our beautiful dreams turned into nightmares. Education went from being a right to being a crime.”
- Crime違法行爲，罪行
They committed a serious crime.
- Criminal 罪犯(n)/犯罪性的(adj.)
She is a criminal.
Criminal behavior
“My great hope is that this will be the last time we must fight for education. Let’s solve this once and for all. We have already taken many steps. Now it is time to take a leap.”
- Leap 跳躍
I leaped up to answer the phone. 我跳起來去接電話
take a leap of faith 對一件事情有信心，準備搏一搏重溫
英語篇 #16 與公用事業相關的電話用語
主持人：Maggie 黃蔚兒、譚永暉
One of the many problems you may encounter when you first move aboard is probably dealing with utility companies in English.
○ When I first moved to the U.S., I found that it was more difficult to understand people on the phone than to speak to them in person.
- Could you please repeat that?
- Can you speak a little slower, please?
- Could you spell that for me, please?
○ When I was in college, I had a few part-time jobs. One of them was working for a translation company as an over-the-phone interpreter 電話翻譯員.
- In the U.S., you can request an interpreter翻譯員.
Situation 1: Calling the internet company
- I am calling because…
- my internet isn’t working.
- the reception (or signal) is poor.
- the internet is very slow.
- In Sydney, Australia, it takes up to 2 weeks before someone comes and installs the internet.
- Most likely the internet company is going to tell you to
- “switch the modem off for 10 secs and back on”
- “Is the internet light flashing or solid?”
- For security purposes 保安理由, can you please verify the last 4 digits of your ID?
Situation 2: Calling a handyman company
- I am calling because…
- my toilet pipe has burst 廁所渠爆了
- a pipe is leaking 渠漏水
- Can you please send someone out here?
- When’s the soonest someone (or a technician) can come?
(It would be a pressing situation 緊迫情況 if your water boiler has stopped working.)
Situation 3: Noise complaint
- Calling the security guards downstairs or non-emergency services
- Hi, there’s a lot of noise coming from my neighbor's flat.
- It sounds like there’s a fight going on.
- It’s past ten o’clock and I think they are playing mahjong (or singing karaoke).
- My neighbor's dog has been barking the whole night.
- Can you please have someone take a look?
