分享一首好聽的歌

流淚手心/林健輝



這首超好聽的啦~據說是輸了，不懂輸在哪裡。

我聽聲音沒看人時，還以為是陶喆出馬踢館了。

對了~部落閣影像影像跟聲音有點連不起來喔，

想對著歌詞聽請享用最上頁的位址連結。

國樂的表演

這是這星期五國樂社的戶外表演，國樂社的大家都好厲害呢。

這個禮拜社團活動進入收尾，感謝辛苦教二胡的指導學長社長及文書長，

雖然我的二胡還停留在殺雞程度...好啦，殺雞有殺的比較小聲....

飄飄的植物管理區

這是我在清大人社院五樓走廊照顧的植物，之前一直不敢秀，因為他們之前都過的好淒慘，不是快枯死就是快曬死，好可憐。

大概在十月初吧，方老師要求飄飄接下這個案子，那時我有點不願意，因為不想再管太多的事情，不過看到那些一個學期前照顧的植物因為別人的亂照顧，被蹂躪成曲捲黃褐，厭厭一息...就一陣心酸，所以就接了下去。

剛開始照顧的兩個禮拜，他的葉子慢慢挺立且翠綠，漸漸的，不知道從哪天開始，就開始開起了一朵又一朵的花，讓我好開心。

上星期六時，飄飄把他們拍了下來，給大家欣賞。有機會走過時，可不許亂拔阿，植物會哭的啦。

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instead [adverb]

• instead of somebody/something used to say what is not used, does not happen etc, when something else is used, happens etc

• used to say what is done, when you have just said that a particular thing is not done

bark
[verb]

• [intransitive] when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound or series of sounds [↪ growl]

• also bark out [transitive] to say something quickly in a loud voice

bark at

• bark up the wrong tree [informal] to have a wrong idea, or do something in a way that will not give you the information or result you want

• [transitive] to rub the skin off your knee, elbow etc by falling or knocking against something [= graze]

interpretative [adjective]

• relating to, explaining, or understanding the meaning of something:

Reading is an interpretative process.

• relating to how feelings are expressed through music, dance, art etc:

interpretive dance


demonstrate [verb]

• [transitive] to show or prove something clearly:

The study demonstrates the link between poverty and malnutrition.

demonstrate that
Hitchcock's films demonstrate that a British filmmaker could learn from Hollywood.

demonstrate how/what/why etc
This section will attempt to demonstrate how the Bank of England operates.
The government now has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to reform.

• [transitive] to show or describe how to do something or how something works

demonstrate how
They'll be demonstrating how to handle modern, high performance cars.

• [intransitive] to protest or support something in public with a lot of other people

Supporters demonstrated outside the courtroom during the trial.

demonstrate against
What are they demonstrating against?

• [transitive] to show that you have a particular ability, quality, or feeling

He has demonstrated an ability to meet deadlines.

兇一個看看

囧：不要整天嘻皮笑臉的啦。

宅大師：難道要整天哭嗎。

囧：也不是這樣子，只是希望你正經一點。

宅大師：好那我兇給你看。

囧：好阿，嚇不倒我低

宅大師：汪汪！

囧：......

宅大師講談

宅大師：當你看到一個女生跟男生摟摟抱抱，而你覺得想扁那個男生時，你就喜歡上那個女生了。...

囧：那如果是想扁那個女生呢？...

宅大師：那表示你是個道學先生。...

囧：那如果沒有感覺呢？...

宅大師：你戴的防閃光墨鏡功能不錯。

風的藝術家-新宮晉

星期四上完貨幣銀行學時，看到之前不明就以的工科系前藝術品的半完成品旁，有一群人圍著它。這個建築很神奇，會隨著風改變形狀，所以就問了那群人，可不可以參觀這件建築作品。

染著紅紫色頭髮的老婆婆接受了我的請求，所以我可以進入施工地拍攝。

看著那建築的兩個圓板隨著風的改變轉阿轉的，讓我感覺很舒服且從容，我很興奮的問了那婆婆，它轉來轉去會不會關節卡到阿？旁邊中年太太熱心的回答我，因為他有特別的承軸，所以跑的很順，而且不用加潤滑油喔。我似懂非懂的點點頭。

「你很幸運喔，因為這東西的藝術家就在這。」指了指旁邊不起眼的公公，公公他向我點了點頭。原來他就是這東西的藝術家阿？我看了看貌不驚人的藝術家，然後看著這件風的藝術作品，點了點頭回禮。
後來我才知道，那位公公是新宮晉先生，而紅紫色頭髮的婆婆是他的夫人新公保子太太。

寫網誌也要認真

流覽越多地方，越覺得寫網誌不認真不行呢。網誌不只是記錄自己的地方，也是個分享的地方，要是自己寫的別人看不懂就沒戲唱了，所以要考慮到大眾的接受度。

前天去搭火車，火車嚴重的誤點，我在火車站看著霧點時間一直往上跳74，78，88...心裡想著，快破紀錄，破紀錄。一臉興奮，幸災樂禍的好像我不是受害者。難怪有很多人說我的腦袋不正常...我也只是想拍個破紀錄的照片而已嘛。



經過這番體驗，我現在了解了，災難的擴大會讓記者興奮這句話。

飄飄的目標

得意的飄飄得意得意的飄~~~今天無敵的英文老師攏哥說，在大學要知道自己一輩子的目標，大家的目標是什麼呢？然後開始點名，我當場愣住。是什麼是什麼？得意的飄飄努力敲著不管用的腦袋，試著找出自己以前的夢想與上大學的目標，結果悲哀的發現到，以前的夢想早就因為記憶消除的關係，記不起來，上大學前又早已失去目標。怎摩辦怎麼辦，這麼簡單的問題讓飄飄緊張的像熱鍋上的螞蟻。

「ㄟ~ㄉㄡˇ ~我不知道耶。」然後被老師嘲笑我在醉生夢死。

所以，今飄飄吃飯時靜靜的想自己的目標，到底是什麼阿，咬著嘴裡的鐵板燒牛肉，呼呼，好燙。可惡阿，好難想~良久腦海裡浮現一個女生的笑容，可恨的傢伙，讓浪羽從此變成月亮的傢伙~是她讓飄飄從此失去可以永遠陪伴自己的朋友。羽，你的夢想還是守護她嗎？可是飄不能，我有記著你的話，不成為一顆生冷的月亮，去環繞一顆不穩定的星球。

一個偉大的目標不是適合偉人就是小蝦米，飄飄不是偉人也不是小蝦米，飄飄知道，集合許多小目標成為大目標，才是實際而且可讓自己常常快樂的做法。第一個目標，完成自己的未頁吧。我想起大二的探索，得到想法。完成EconMangBankAcco‧未頁，樂‧未頁，不要一次吃太多，慢慢吃就好，就這樣子跟老師這樣說吧「我不知道未來會發生什麼，所以我沒有一輩子的目標，不過我有小目標，就是專注於完成自己對於未來的學習步驟。」

容易被討厭

自己為什麼很容易被討厭呢？是我不會察言觀色？還是有別的原因？也有可能是我這個人一向散慢又隨性。希望，不是那個或許...

今天在執行巨大刪除，將近兩個月可見歷史刪光光，再留下{為冊}，作為日後的備檔。每兩個月就重新來過，慢慢的把自己想要成為的形狀作起來。也許哪天開始，自己終於可以一直的喜歡自己。

這一個禮拜的靈魂很亂，我很害怕，害怕自己又和以前一樣，看不清別人也看不清自己。最近沒有時間去讀論語與德道經，明天考完試回家應該再讀幾遍，以策安全。眼下先執行巨大刪除，先行砍掉回憶路徑，增加哀傷回溯的難度。

笑這種東西，還真是難阿。呵呵。

所以只好來社窩打字拉
真難過，家裡的滑鼠只剩右鍵，鍵盤只剩下左中間可以打。

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很喜歡吉他的聲音呢，有撫平人心的感覺，飄飄看著盪來盪去的湖水。可惜彈鋼琴的人是不能留指甲的，不然飄飄一定買下這樂器好好的把玩。

昨天晚上，家裡有好多馬路爬阿爬的，是不是要發生什麼事了呢？飄飄不知道。地球的生命都站在名為地殼的大浮萍上，而這塊浮萍又在熱熱的熔石飄阿飄的。飄飄想阿，既然風會影響成功湖的水面起落，那也有可能影響陸地的浮沉阿，地表每天都只有輕輕的搖搖晃晃，是因為風的力氣不夠吧。

天氣轉涼了，學校能有讓飄飄從心裡溫暖的東西真好。簫媽媽的鬆餅很好吃，從社長手中接過的外套很溫暖，跟禹萱還有聖鈜鬥嘴也很很有趣呢。可是，這樣可以結束四年六個月的長期陰天嗎？

突然發現，笑這種東西，還真是難阿。呵呵。

行進‧思念

那天，我知道自己生命短暫及弱小。我正一步步的走向死亡，不管我願不願意，
自己做的決定，做的事情沒有對錯，所以我不需要為成敗負責，
我要負責的是，有沒有努力，讓自己變的更喜歡自己。

思念，不能改變事實，所以不要繼續下去。
舊的思念不能挽回愛人，新的思念不能讓好感加分。

吃家聚記

我們這家很團結，吃家聚時四個人居然到了三個呢。
直屬的直屬學妹感覺很文靜，是個很好相處的人，
在東門集合之後，跟直屬學妹小麻煩及直直屬學妹打打鬧鬧的走去餐廳，
不過說來也糗，居然要直屬學妹帶路，阿阿，我還真糟糕阿。

跟小麻煩講話很有趣，尤其是互相逗著說話的時候，
小麻煩，椰林道是我大一升大二的暑假接受到的關鍵環境及關鍵字
二胡，古箏則是我大二升大三時接收到的，此為後話，暫且不提。

有一陣子沒看到小麻煩，他看來過的還不錯，沒有剛剛進清大時的潦倒。
用餐時我點了份香草鮮蝦筆筒麵，吃起來感覺怪怪的，麵不夠有彈性，
不過蝦子處理的很好，不太需要剝殼。
邊用餐時邊和坐旁邊很生的直直屬學妹聊天，
他說他想要加入羽球隊學打羽球，我給了他一些建議，
然後就沒多說什麼了──我用餐時不習慣說話。

大概晚上八點半，小麻煩說他要趕回家了，不然搭不到車，
由於怕小麻煩危險，所以就送她的公車招呼站搭車。
一路上昏昏暗暗的感覺很危險，心裡直呼還好有陪她走，
直到燈光較亮人較多的招呼站，我才安心的啟程回家。

不知小麻煩到家了沒？希望他平安。
唉~真不愧是小麻煩，總讓人擔心受怕。

不自棄的孩子

今天在火車站等人時碰到一個男孩，剛開始他問了我「大哥，可不可以借我二十七塊？」沒有解釋原因，我以為是騙子或是流浪漢，跟他說「沒有耶。」後來看著他東問西問，甚至去問火車站員，才發現到，他是真的缺二十七塊。心裡很想要幫他，所以去搭問他需不需要幫忙，可惜他剛剛買到了他想搭的，從竹南往苗栗的車票。後來他跟我攀談，我才了解到他是個上進的男孩，寧願晚上睡車站，隔日起來繼續當義工，趕火車，過生活。

他讓我相當愧疚與感動。我這個有大學讀的傢伙，居然有東西吃嫌不好吃，有地方睡還嫌不好睡，跟他比起來，我到底算什麼呢？我貢獻了一日的打工所得給他，作為誤會的道歉，也做為這善良意志的些微支持。

希望他明天早上可以吃個飽，繼續笑著過。

Money, banking, and financial market vocabulary 1(by word cards)

automoble
sleek
afford
mutual
crucial
channelling
cyclic

security
mortgage
aside
corporation
postpone
fluctuation
tendency

unison
narrow
briefly
examine
brag
volatile
collapse

willingness

calculus vocabulary P25

phenomenon
{noun}
plural phenomena [countable]

• something that happens or exists in society, science, or nature, especially something that is studied because it is difficult to understand

phenomenon of
the growing phenomenon of telecommuting
Homelessness is not a new phenomenon.
natural/historical/social etc phenomenon
Language is a social and cultural phenomenon.

• something or someone that is very unusual because of a rare quality or ability that they have

reaction
{noun}

• to a situation/event [uncountable and countable] something that you feel or do because of something that has happened or been said [↪ response]:

What was Jeff's reaction when you told him about the job?
reaction to
the government's reaction to the fuel crisis
bring/provoke/produce a reaction
The news brought an angry reaction from unions.
somebody's first/immediate reaction
His first reaction was to deny everything.
instinctive/gut reaction (=what you immediately feel before you have time to think)
My gut reaction was not to trust him.
There were mixed reactions (=different people reacting in different ways) to the strike.
in reaction to something
An emergency fund was set up in reaction to the famine.

• moving quickly reactions [plural] your ability to move quickly when something dangerous happens suddenly:

a skilled driver with very quick reactions

• to food/drugs [countable] if you have a reaction to a drug or to something you have eaten, it makes you ill

reaction to
a reaction to the immunization
have/suffer a reaction
She had a severe allergic reaction to the drug.
cause/bring on/trigger a reaction
Certain foods are more likely than others to cause allergic reactions.

• science [uncountable and countable]

a) a chemical change that happens when two or more substances are mixed together:
a chemical reaction in the soil
b) a physical force that is the result of an equally strong physical force in the opposite direction

• change [singular] a change in people's attitudes, behaviour, fashions etc that happens because they disapprove of the way in which things were done in the past

reaction against
a reaction against the traditional values of the nineteenth century

• against change [uncountable] [formal] strong and unreasonable opposition to all social and political changes:

The revolutionary movement was crushed by the forces of reaction.
➔ chain reaction

expectancy
{noun}

• [uncountable]the feeling that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen:

I saw the look of expectancy in the children's eyes.
➔ life expectancy

emission
{noun}

• [countable usually plural] a gas or other substance that is sent into the air:

Britain agreed to cut emissions of nitrogen oxide from power stations.

• [uncountable] the act of sending out light, heat, gas etc

reduction
{noun}

• [uncountable and countable] a decrease in the size, price, or amount of something, or the act of decreasing something:

strategies for noise reduction
reduction in
a slight reduction in the price of oil
reduction of
the reduction of interest rates
reduction on
substantial reductions on children's clothes
The company promised they would make no staff reductions for at least two years.


modelling
{noun}
British English ; modeling American English [uncountable]

• the work of a fashion model:

a career in modelling

• the process of making a scientific or computer model of something to show how it works or to understand it better

modelling of
computer modelling of the system
economic modelling

• the activity of making models of objects

tractable
{adjective}

• [formal]easy to control or deal with [≠ intractable]:

The issues have proved to be less tractable than expected.
—tractability {noun} [uncountable]

suitable
{adjective}

• having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation [≠ unsuitable]:

We are hoping to find a suitable school.
suitable for
The house is not really suitable for a large family.
suitable place/time etc to do something
a suitable place to rear young children
suitable to use/be shown etc
These crayons are not suitable to use in very hot weather.


formulate
{verb}
[transitive]

• to develop something such as a plan or a set of rules, and decide all the details of how it will be done

formulate a policy/plan/strategy etc
He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922.
formulate an idea/theory
Darwin formulated the theory of natural selection.

• to think carefully about what to say, and say it clearly:

We are studying the situation but have not formulated any response yet.
—formulation {noun} [uncountable and countable]
the formulation of clear objectives

conclusion
{noun}

• [countable] something you decide after considering all the information you have [↪ conclude]

These are the report's main conclusions.
conclusion (that)
I soon came to the conclusion that she was lying.
It is still too early to reach a conclusion on this point.
There are perhaps two main conclusions to be drawn from the above discussion.
All the evidence pointed to the conclusion that he was guilty.
It's important not to jump to conclusions.
The police came to the inescapable conclusion that the children had been murdered.

• [countable] [formal] the end or final part of something [= end]

conclusion of

At the conclusion of the meeting, little progress had been made.

• in conclusion used in a piece of writing or a speech to show that you are about to finish what you are saying [= finally]:

In conclusion, I would like to say how much I have enjoyed myself today.

• [uncountable] the final arrangement of an agreement, a business deal etc

conclusion of
the conclusion of a peace treaty

• be a foregone conclusion to be certain to happen, even though it has not yet officially happened:

The outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.

stage
{noun}
time/state [countable] a particular time or state that something reaches as it grows or develops [↪ phase, step]
stage of/in
the early stages of a child's development
at a crucial stage in the race

• part of process [countable] one of the parts which something such as a competition or process is divided into

stage of
The team reached the semi-final stage of the competition.
stage 2/6 etc
We're now reaching the end of stage 3 of the construction.

The next stage is to complete an application form.

in stages
The rest of the money will be paid in stages (=a small amount at a time).
theatre [countable] the raised area in a theatre which actors or singers stand on when they perform [↪ backstage]
on stage
She is on stage for most of the play.
She appeared on stage with George Michael.

• acting the stage acting as a profession, especially in theatres:

I wanted to go on the stage (=become an actor).
stars of stage and screen (=theatre and cinema)

• centre stage if someone or something is centre stage, it has everyone's attention, or is very important:

Anne's sculpture took centre stage at the show.
The UN has moved to the centre stage of world politics.
place [singular] a place or area of activity where something important happens
on the world/international/political etc stage
He's an experienced campaigner on the world stage.
important figures on the European political stage
stage for
Geneva has been the stage for many such conferences.

• set the stage for something to prepare for something or make something possible:

Will this agreement merely set the stage for another war?
➔ landing stage

calculus vocabulary P18-23

p18

Coincide

Solid

Dot

Indicates

Absolute

P20

Symmetry

P23

Quotient

calculus vocabulary P17

division
{noun}

• separating [uncountable and countable] the act of separating something into two or more different parts, or the way these parts are separated or shared

division of something between/among/into something
he division of words into syllables
the traditional division of labour (=the way that particular tasks are shared) between husband and wife

• disagreement [uncountable and countable] disagreement among the members of a group that makes them form smaller opposing groups

division between/within/among something
Can he heal the deep divisions among Republican ranks?
racial/class/gender etc division
The old class divisions had begun to break down.
The Army was plagued by internal divisions.

• mathematics [uncountable] the process of finding out how many times one number is contained in another [↪ multiplication, long division]

• part of an organization [countable] a group that does a particular job within a large organization:

the Computer Services Division

• military [countable] a large military group

a tank division

• sport [countable] one of the groups of teams that a sports competition is divided into, often based on the number of games they have won

the Premier/First/Second/Third/Fourth Division
a second-division club
in parliament [countable] a process in which members of the British parliament vote for something by dividing into groups:
MPs forced a division on the bill.
Some members supported the opposition in the division lobbies (=the rooms where the vote takes place).

notation
{noun}
[uncountable and countable]
a system of written marks or signs used to represent something such as music, mathematics, or scientific ideas

vertical
{adjective}

• pointing up in a line that forms an angle of 90° with a flat surface [≠ horizontal; ↪ diagonal]:

a vertical line
the vertical axis of a graph
vertical window blinds
vertical cliff/climb/drop etc (=one that is very high or steep)
a gorge lined with vertical cliffs
having a structure in which there are top, middle, and bottom levels:
Formal communication channels are usually vertical.
—vertically {adverb}


imply
{verb}
past tense and past participle implied, present participle implying, third person singular implies [transitive]

• to suggest that something is true, without saying this directly [↪ infer, implication]

imply (that)
Cleo blushed. She had not meant to imply that he was lying.
an implied threat

• if a fact, event etc implies something, it shows that it is likely to be true [= suggest]

imply (that)
The high level of radiation in the rocks implies that they are volcanic in origin.

• if one thing implies another, it proves that the second thing exists:

Democracy implies a respect for individual liberties.
High profits do not necessarily imply efficiency.

calculus vocabulary P16

let
{verb}

• allow [transitive not in passive] to allow someone to do something [↪ permit]:

I can't come out tonight - my dad won't let me.

• not stop something happening [transitive not usually in passive] to not stop something happening, or to make it possible for it to happen

let somebody/something do something

Jenny let the note fall to the ground.
Don't let anyone know it was me who told you.
Max let the door swing open.
Let the cookies cool down before you try them.

• mathematics let something be/equal/represent something technical used in mathematics to mean that you give something a particular measurement or value in order to make a calculation:

Let angle A equal the sum of the two opposite sides.


express
{verb}

• feeling to tell or show what you are feeling or thinking by using words, looks, or actions

express your views/opinions
Bill's not afraid to express his opinions.
Parents have expressed their concerns about their children's safety.
She expressed an interest in seeing York.

express something in/by/through something
Express your reasons for applying in simple terms.
express sympathy/fear/anger etc
She doesn't express her emotions as much as he does.
express thanks/gratitude (for something) (to somebody) (=thank someone in a speech or by writing a letter)
Finally, I'd like to express my sincere thanks to all those who have helped today.
express doubts/reservations
The USA expressed reservations before agreeing to sign the agreement.
Many people have expressed their opposition to the proposals.
express yourself (=say what you think or feel)
Young children often have difficulty expressing themselves.
He first learnt to express himself through movement at his dance classes.
Words can't express (=it is impossible to describe) how angry we felt.

• articular emotion to show or describe a particular feeling:

Many of Munch's paintings express a deep feeling of despair.

• something expresses itself if something expresses itself, it becomes noticeable [= something reveals itself]:

Religious faith expresses itself in a variety of ways.

• mathematics technical to change an amount or quantity into a different form, especially in mathematics

express something as/in something
Express three-quarters as a decimal.
The value of the coffee becomes significantly higher when expressed in foreign currency.

• feeding babies if a woman expresses milk, she presses milk out of her breast in order to feed it to her baby later

eliminate
{verb}
[transitive]

• to completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted

eliminate a need/possibility/risk/problem etc
The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques.
The teacher should try to eliminate the possibility that the child has a hearing defect.
eliminate something/somebody from something
Fatty foods should be eliminated from the diet.

• [usually passive] to defeat a team or person in a competition, so that they no longer take part in it:

Our team was eliminated in the first round.

• to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble:

a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals

• eliminate somebody from your enquiries British English if the police eliminate someone from their enquiries, they decide that that person did not commit a particular crime

Learning English - Words in the News

轉錄自
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/09/070928_coppola.shtml

28 September, 2007 - Published 12:05 GMT

Coppola robbed

Thieves in Argentina have stolen a computer from US film director Francis Ford Coppola, which contained his new script. The director was not in the house at the time, but he is offering a reward for the return of the information. This report from Daniel Schweimler:

Listen to the story

It wasn't in the script, but that might have to be rewritten now; five armed thieves broke into the house in the fashionable Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires belonging to Francis Ford Coppola, hitting and threatening a person who was in the house at the time.

They took a number of items, including his computer containing the screenplay and other information for his next film, Tetro. It's about the rivalries over the generations in an artistic Italian immigrant family to Buenos Aires and will star Matt Damon. Filming is due to start next February.

A spokeswoman for Mr Coppola offered a reward for the return of the computer which she said was vital for him and his work. The five-times Oscar winner is reported to be very sad.

Coppola, the maker of the Godfather trilogy and the Vietnam war film Apocalypse Now, has been living in Buenos Aires for some months, learning Spanish and working on his next film. He's occasionally seen in public attending football matches.

However, he's not the first high-profile American to fall victim to Buenos Aires thieves. President Bush's daughter Barbara had her handbag and mobile phone stolen last year, despite the protection of US Secret Service agents.

Daniel Schweimler, BBC News, Buenos Aires

Listen to the words

stolen
the past participle of steal

steal
{verb}
past tense stole / past participle stolen
1 take something [intransitive and transitive] to take something that belongs to someone else:
Boys broke into a shop and stole £45 in cash.

• steal from

He stole money from his parents.

• steal something from somebody

He'd stolen the flowers from our garden.

2 use ideas [intransitive and transitive] to use someone else's ideas without getting permission or without admitting that they are not your own ideas [= pinch]:

Inventors know that someone is always going to try to steal their designs.

• steal something from somebody

A well-known scientist was accused of stealing his former student's ideas.

script

{noun}

1 [countable] the written form of a speech, play, film etc [↪ screenplay]:
They write all their own scripts.
a film script
2 [uncountable and countable] the set of letters that are used in writing a language:
Arabic script
3 [countable] British English a piece of work that a student writes in an examination
4 [singular, uncountable] formal writing done by hand:
a diary entry written in neat black script

broke into
if you break into a building or car, you enter by force, usually to steal something

fashionable
popular at this particular time

screenplay
text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actors, acting instructions, scene directions for cameramen etc.

rivalries over the generations
competition (for the same thing, e.g. status, wealth etc.) that was started by someone's parents, or even grandparents, and continued by their children

due to start
scheduled, or timetabled to begin

offered a reward
said he would give money (to show his thanks)

vital
very important, essential

trilogy
a series of films or books based on one story that consists of three parts

high-profile
well-known, attracting a lot of attention and interest from the public and media

to fall victim to
to have an unexpected bad experience (in this case, to be robbed) as a result of someone's bad actions

mobile

{adjective}

1 not fixed in one position, and easy to move and use in different places:
mobile air-conditioners

2 moving or able to move from one job, area, or social class to another:
a more mobile workforce
People these days are much more socially mobile.
an upwardly mobile (=moving to a higher social scale) professional

3 able to move or travel easily [≠ immobile]:
She's more mobile now that she has her own car.

• 4 mobile library/shop/clinic etc

[British English] a shop etc that is kept in a vehicle and driven from place to place:

Two mobile units provide healthcare in rural villages.

• 5 mobile mouth/face/features

[written] features that can change their expression quickly:
His mobile features registered amusement.

Animal Crackers (garfield cat)

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nap
{noun}
1 [countable] a short sleep, especially during the day

• have/take a nap

I usually take a nap after lunch.
an afternoon nap
2 [singular]TIM the soft surface on some cloth and leather, made by brushing the short fine threads or hairs in one direction ➔ pile(7)


pile
{noun}
7material [uncountable and countable]TIM the soft surface of short threads on a carpet or some types of cloth

• thick/deep pile

Her feet sank into the thick pile of the rug.

a deep pile carpet

snoopy today's strip

Peanuts
a humorous US cartoon strip (=a set of drawings that tell a story in a newspaper or magazine) by Charles Schultz, about a boy called Charlie Brown, who is nice but not very confident and often unlucky. Other characters include his dog Snoopy, his sister Sally, and his friends Lucy, Linus, Pigpen, Peppermint Patty, and Schroeder.

peanuts
{noun}
1 [countable] a pale brown nut in a thin shell which grows under the ground [= groundnut]:
a packet of roasted peanuts

2 peanuts informal a very small amount of money:
The hotel workers get paid peanuts.
I'm tired of working for peanuts.


you'd
1 the short form of 'you had':
If you'd been more careful, this wouldn't have happened.

2 the short form of 'you would':
You'd be amazed at how much she spends on clothes.

merely
{adverb}
1 used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is [= only]:
He's merely a boy - you can't expect him to understand.
2 used to emphasize that nothing more than what you say is involved [= just]:
We're merely good friends.
He merely shrugged and walked away.

• not merely/rather than merely

used before the less important of two ideas in a sentence to emphasize the more important idea:
It's not merely a matter of cost, but whether she's old enough to go on holiday alone.
It's important to write these goals down, rather than merely think about them.

snoopy today's strip

go by
{phrasal verb}

1 if time goes by, it passes:

Things will get easier as time goes by.

• as the days/weeks/years go by

As the weeks went by, I became more and more worried.

• hardly a day/week/month etc goes by

Hardly a week goes by without some food scare being reported in the media.

• in days/times/years etc gone by

These herbs would have been grown for medicinal purposes in days gone by.

• go by something

to form an opinion about someone or something from the information or experience that you have:
You can't always go by appearances.
If his past plays are anything to go by, this should be a play worth watching.

• go by something

to do things according to a set of rules or laws:
Only a fool goes by the rules all the time.

snoopy today's strip

mental
{adj}
1 [only before noun] relating to the health or state of someone's mind

• mental illness
• mental health.

2 [only before noun] relating to the mind and thinking, or happening only in the mind:

• mental attitude.
• mental picture/image

3 to make a special effort to remember something:

• make a mental note

4 a difficulty in remembering something or in understanding something:

• mental block

5 (British English spoken informal)
a) to get very angry
b) to start behaving in an uncontrolled or excited way

• go mental
  

6 [not before noun] (British English informal) thinking or behaving in a way that seems crazy or strange:

• mentally = {adv}
• somebody must be mental
  

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From The Times

September 22, 2007

Bush may bypass UN with tough sanctions against Iran

Tom Baldwin in Washington

President Bush is prepared to bypass the United Nations and instead work with European allies on imposing tougher sanctions against Iran’s defiant stance on its nuclear programme.

He is understood to be increasingly frustrated by the snail-pace progress of four months-long talks with Russia and China over punishing Tehran for failing to comply with successive Security Council resolutions. The west fears that Iran’s avowed determination to secure nuclear energy is cover for pursuit of a military programme.

But, even as officials from the US, Russia, China, France Britain and Germany met in Washington today to consider the next steps, diplomats admitted that America and the three European powers might be forced to “go it alone”.

Such a decision would represent a significant crack in the united front the world has so far presented to Iran. It would also be seen as evidence of the tensions within the Bush administration over how far the US will follow the diplomatic route rather take a military option - which hawks have determinedly kept “on the table”.

Although the US already employs a full range of economic sanctions against Iran, Washington has repeatedly pressed European banks and energy companies to cease investing in a state it lists as a state sponsor of terrorism. Firms that could be hard hit include the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, which is considering a multi-billion pound project in Iran to produce natural gas.

The new French government of Nicolas Sarkozy has been particularly receptive to calls for further sanctions in recent weeks. A spokesman for the French president said agreement on further UN sanctions “could take time for this reason we are thinking of additional measures”.

Britain and - to a lesser extent - Germany, are also sympathetic, but remain more marginally optimistic than the US about securing progress when ministers to the UN General Assembly next week.

Mr Bush insisted on Thursday that “the objective, of course, is to solve this peacefully,” adding: “It’s imperative that we continue to work in a multilateral fashion...and one place to do so is at the United Nations.” But Russia and China have made clear they are opposed to additional UN sanctions that Iran has promised to answer unresolved questions about its past nuclear programmes by the end of the year.

Vitaliy Churkin, Russia’s UN ambassador, said today: “One can impose sanctions almost every day but this won’t bring the resolution of the problem closer.” But US officials point out that by the end of this year Iran could have installed many more centrifuges at its Natanz plant used for uranium enrichment.

Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of state, said today: “A number of companies are not going to deal with Iran. And I think it is extremely important that governments signal .that it is not business as usual.” Speculation that the US could be planning airstrikes to destroy the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz has been heightened by Israel’s bombing on September 6 of a suspected nuclear site in Syria.

The Washington Post reported today that Israel’s decision to attack as based on intelligence shared with the US that North Korea may have been assisting Syria - a country linked with Iran - fulfil its nuclear ambitions.

Details of the operation remain shrouded in deep secrecy. Mr Bush’s refusal on it to comment this week has been attributed to his concern about undermining long-running negotiations designed to persuade North Korea to scrap its own nuclear programme.

But the mystery may also reflect acute sensitivity among Washington’s neo-conservatives about the wisdom of pursuing diplomatic solutions with states such as North Korea and Iran - both of which were once branded part of the “axis of evil” by Mr Bush.

British officials, however, insist that persistent reports about US military plans for an airstrike against Iran are being cooked up “by Sunday newspaper journalists who can get retired generals and think tank people to say whatever they want”.

Sir David Manning, Britain’s ambassador to Washington, told The Times that he has detected no sign from the US Administration “at the moment” that they are “near to abandoning the diplomatic route”.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president who is flying to New York tomorrow for the UN meeting, has already been stirring trouble by threatening to pay a visit to the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre.

Today he expressed amazement at a decision by New York police to refuse him access to the site. One official commented: “This is typical of the Iranians, they will do everything they can to grab the headlines and split us all up.”

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vocabulary

title

bypass: 旁路

sanctions: 制裁

1

instead: 代替; 抵作; 反而

allies: 盟邦; 盟國

defiant: 挑釁的; 目中無人的

stance: 準備擊球姿勢; 踏腳處; 位置; 姿態

2

frustrated: 坎坷

snail: 蝸牛; 腦筋遲鈍的人; 凸狀渦形輪; 螺; 螄; 蝓

Tehran: 德黑蘭

diplomats
[countable]
1 someone who officially represents their government in a foreign country.
French diplomats
2 someone who is good at dealing with people without upsetting them

admitted
past tense and past participle admitted, present participle admitting
1accept truth [intransitive and transitive] to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right:
'Okay, so maybe I was a little bit scared,' Jenny admitted.
admit (that)
You may not like her, but you have to admit that she's good at her job.
admit to somebody (that)
Paul admitted to me that he sometimes feels jealous of my friendship with Stanley.
I must admit, I didn't actually do anything to help her.
Admit it! I'm right, aren't I?
admit (to) doing something
Dana admitted feeling hurt by what I had said.
freely/openly/frankly etc admit (=admit without being ashamed)
Phillips openly admits to having an alcohol problem.
2accept blame [intransitive and transitive] to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal [= confess; ≠ deny]
admit doing something
Greene admitted causing death by reckless driving.
admit to (doing) something
A quarter of all workers admit to taking time off when they are not ill.
After questioning, he admitted to the murder.
No organization has admitted responsibility for the bombing.
3allow to enter [transitive] to allow someone to enter a public place to watch a game, performance etc [↪ admittance, admission]
admit somebody to/into something
Only ticket-holders will be admitted into the stadium.
4allow to join [transitive] to allow someone to join an organization, club etc
admit somebody to/into something
Drake was admitted into the club in 1997.
5hospital [transitive] if people at a hospital admit someone, that person is taken in to be given treatment, tests, or care:
What time was she admitted?
be admitted to hospital British English /be admitted to the hospital American English
6 admit defeat to stop trying to do something because you realize you cannot succeed:
For Haskill, selling the restaurant would be admitting defeat.
7 admit evidence to allow a particular piece of evidence to be used in a court of law:
Courts can refuse to admit evidence obtained illegally by police.
admit of something phrasal verb
if a situation admits of a particular explanation, that explanation can be accepted as possible:
The facts admit of no other explanation.

represent
1 speak for somebody [transitive] to officially speak or take action for another person or group of people:
2 in court [transitive] to speak officially for someone in a court of law
represent yourself
3 be something [linking verb] to form or be something [↪ amount to]:
government [transitive]PGP to have been elected to a parliament, council etc by the people in a particular area:
5 sign [transitive] to be a sign or mark that means something [= stand for]:

significant
1 having an important effect or influence, especially on what will happen in the future [≠ insignificant]:
2 large enough to be noticeable or have noticeable effects [≠ insignificant]:
3 a significant look, smile etc has a special meaning that is not known to everyone:

diplomatic
1 PGO relating to or involving the work of diplomats:
2PG diplomatic relations/ties the arrangement between two countries that each should keep representatives at an embassy in the other's country
3 dealing with people politely and skilfully without upsetting them

route
1 a way from one place to another
2 a way between two places that buses, planes, ships etc regularly travel
3 a way of doing something or achieving a particular result
4 (Route 66/54 ) used to show the number of a main road in the US

military
1 used by, involving, or relating to the army, navy, or airforce:
2 with military precision if you do something with military precision, you do it in a very organized and exact way:

cease
{verb}
1 (formal) to stop doing something or stop happening

• cease to do something
• cease doing something
• cease trading/production/operations etc
  

2 cease and desist (law) to stop doing something
{noun}
(formal) without stopping

• without cease
  

sponsor
{noun}
1
a) a person or company that pays for a show, broadcast, sports event etc especially in exchange for the right to advertise at that event
b) a person or company that supports someone by paying for their training, education, living costs etc

• sponsor of

2 someone who agrees to give someone else money for a charity if they walk, run etc a particular distance
3 someone who officially introduces or supports a proposal for a new law
4 someone who officially agrees to help someone else, or to be responsible for what they do:

{verb}
1
a) to give money to a sports event, theatre, institution etc, especially in exchange for the right to advertise:
b) to support someone by paying for their training, education, living costs etc:
2 to officially support a proposal for a new law
3 to agree to help someone or be responsible for what they do
4 to agree to give someone money for charity if they walk, run etc a particular distance
5 an event in which many people walk, swim etc a particular distance so that people will give them money for a charity

• sponsored walk/swim etc

6 supported and encouraged by the UN, the US etc:

• UN-sponsored/US-sponsored/government-sponsored etc

charity {noun}


terrorism
{noun}
the use of violence such as bombing, shooting, or kidnapping to obtain political demands such as making a government do something:

• combat terrorism
• act of terrorism
• international terrorism

giant
{noun} [C]

1 an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall, strong and usually very cruel, appearing especially in children's storiesSee also gigantic.

2 someone who is unusually tall or large

3 a very successful and powerful person or organization:

{adjective}

extremely large

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資料來源http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2485358.ece

論語，一本值得溫故知新的書

論語，是一部孔子及其弟子的言論集，編書至今已跨越了兩千五百年的光陰。這部書可說是中國人的思想經典，他的存在，在心理意義下淡淡的維持人與人的和平。

怎麼說呢？

孔子崇尚禮樂，倡六藝，鼓勵學詩，這些其實都有背後的深刻動機。從中國的禮記可以看出，禮經中的內容，包含了權力的範圍，制度運作與價值的提倡。並具多面向行為的規範，幾乎囊括周朝人之間的關係。除了內容上沒有刑罰，他的存在就像現在的法律。樂經內容不明，但是在那個時代裏，彈奏音樂可能被視為抒發心情的事情，而且我推測，樂經裡一定包含了所謂的「樂律」說明怎樣的調子與怎樣的心情相合。而詩經，詩經是人民心情的縮影，且記下了那個時代的生活環境。

孔子提倡的這些，無一不是使人能更開闊的看事情，並且了解為甚麼要有序，守序的價值在哪裡，這次讀論語後，我知道自己更貼近了，孔子是可忍孰不可忍的心情。

遺忘的躲藏

那天，由於宿舍大搬遷的緣故，在家裡東翻西找，將三年沒有認真整理過的房間大大的整理一遍，發現了好久沒有看到的小豬豬存錢桶，與以前的平安符，還有很久以前認真收藏的貼紙，奇怪的石頭，還有遊戲卡片。

好奇怪呢，是什麼緣故，會讓以前的自己會很認真的收藏這些東西呢？我數著手中近十張的快樂羽毛掃帚卡片，回憶著為跟同學凹這些卡片，南征北戰的無聊歲月。想著想著，只想到那時很快樂，不管是輸了不甘心還是贏了爽歪歪，都是有趣的。那是個任真的年代，大概就跟古人說的任性自得相近吧。

不過，再怎麼珍視的東西，都會淡淡的退出人生的舞台，不管是收藏還是人與人之間的情感。就連自己，在別人的心中也是一樣的，會漸漸的忘卻。「遺忘的躲藏」，這個名字開始在腦中發光，我知道，這裡會跟很多東西一樣，漸漸的被埋在新的激情裡，這是必然的歸地。

也許未來的哪天，再複習以前的溫柔時，你、我可以找到，這塊已經先預見未來的，這裡。

結語

會忘記珍惜的東西，不是因為不重要，
所以勿須自責，說不定它還在
某個安靜的角落，等待你開啟。

Leah Dizon

如果美麗可以比較，Leah Dizon最接近我的美麗滿分。

Leah Dizon是一名混血兒，有著中國、菲律賓、法國、美國四國的基因，剛出道時是賽車女郎，後來到日本發展，成為日本的歌星，神奇的是...她還在學日語。

比起美國人，日本人更喜歡Leah Dizon，在日本的發展空間比在美國大，所以目前他決定在日本發展，最近看到他的新聞照，好像有變胖了一點，但不影響我對於她的的評價。Leah Dizon是個千變萬化的模特兒，不管是東方還是西方的照型，不過我還是喜歡東方造型的她，比較接近自然，比起狂野的美國派，還是俏皮的她比較對胃。

她也有專屬的部落格及網站，您可以點文章中的連結知道她的最新動向。