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主持人：黃蔚兒﹑洪肇賢
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英語篇#4 Go-to唔係叫你去呀(2) ; 應試貼士︰個人短講
1. Go Cold Turkey
突然停止某種行為（特別指戒癮）
“She didn’t gradually reduce her drinking; she went cold turkey.”
她沒有慢慢減少飲酒量，而是直接完全戒掉。
Go cold turkey帶有直接同果斷嘅語氣，通常指沒有任何過渡過程而徹底改變，用來形容一些需要強大意志力的行為特別貼切。
2. Go Through the Roof
怒氣沖天或價格急劇上升。
用來表達突然非常憤怒
“When he found out about the mistake, his temper went through the roof.”
當發現錯誤時，他怒火中燒。
形容價格因需求增加或者其他原因而急升
“After the announcement, the demand for concert tickets went through the roof.”
消息發佈之後，演唱會門票的需求激增。
3. Go Out on a Limb
冒險或做出孤注一擲的舉動
Go out on a limb這個短語源自於攀爬樹木時，走到樹枝（limb）上會比待在樹幹上更危險，因為樹枝較脆弱，可能隨時斷裂。
“I’m going out on a limb here, but I think this idea will work.”
我冒險說一句，但我認為這個想法可行。
4. Go for Broke
全力以赴
“We must win this game, let’s go for broke.”
我們一定要勝出這比賽，一齊全力以赴吧！
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英語篇#3 The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln
主持人：黃蔚兒﹑洪肇賢
Summary of the speech:
- It was a short speech to remind people why the Civil War was fought. It also honored the sacrifice of the many men who had died fighting it.
- Lincoln reminded his audience that the United States was founded based on liberty and equality.
- He stated that the Civil War was being fought to uphold and safeguard these ideal. 標準極高的原則
- It is one of the most powerful statements in the English language and one of the most important expressions of freedom and liberty in any language.
- Everett immediately afterward wrote to Lincoln: “I wish that I could flatter myself that I had come as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.”
Some Important Parts of the Speech:
- Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in孕育於 liberty, and dedicated to致力於 the proposition主張 that all men are created equal.
Example: He has dedicated his life to scientific research. 他把自己的一生都奉獻給科學研究。
- Score in English have a meaning of 20. Fourscore and seven years equals to 87 years.
Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, 87 years after America became independence in 1776.
- We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain徒勞的；枉然的；無用的—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Example: I tried in vain to start a conversation. 我嘗試打開話題但不成功。
