字神帝國英語天地

一提到road，你可能會想到“All roads lead to Rome（條條大路通羅馬）”。
再貢獻一個：The road to Hell is paved with good intentions（光有良好願望而不行動，無法成事）。還有哪些呢？一起來看。
　　

 
GMAT寫作時間只有30分鐘，考生要想在規定時間內完成一篇高品質的作文，一定要有明確的時間觀念。合理規劃GMAT寫作時間很重要，GMAT寫作時間應如何合理安排？以下文章希望對大家準備GMAT有所幫助。
　

平時就要抓時間進行寫作練習

◤ English number words are pretty logical after a point. From twenty-one to ninety-nine, the same principle applies: the tens place followed by the units place. But the teens are different.
英文數位從某個數開始就相當符合邏輯。從21到29，運用的都是相同的理論:幾十在前，後面跟著個位數字。但十幾卻並非如此。✽
◤ Eleven and twelve come from the Old English words endleofan and twelf, which can be traced back further to a time when they were ain+lif and twa+lif.
11和12來自古英語endleofan和twelf，可以追溯到倆數位還寫作ain+lif和 twa+lif的時候。✽
　　
◤ So then the question is, why don't we have threelif, fourlif, fiflif, sixlif and so on? The answer has to do with the development of number systems over history.
於是，問題來了，我們為何沒沒有threelif, fourlif, fiflif和sixlif 呢?答案和歷史上數字體系的發展有關。✽
◤ A long, long time ago, when the number words were first being formed, most people didn't have muchreason to distinguish numbers above ten. In fact, some languages of primitive cultures only have number words for one, two, and many. So the basic number words up to ten formed first, then they were extended a bit with the –lif ending.
很久很久以前數字剛剛形成的時候，多數人並沒有太多能耐去辨識十以上的數字。事實上，有些原始文化的語言裡表示數位的詞只有一、二和許多。於是乎，先有了到十的基本數字，然後稍稍拓展，以–lif 結尾。✽
　　
◤ Many number systems are based on 12 because it's divisible by the most numbers, and because you can count to 12 on one hand by using your thumb to count three knuckles on each of the other fingers. If 11 and 12 are being used more frequently, the forms for them will stick, even when another system starts to develop.
許多數位體系都是基於12的，因為12可以被多數數位約分，還因為你可以一隻手僅靠大拇指，數每個指頭的指節，就能數到12。要是11和12如今運用更廣泛的話，其形式便會固定下來，即便有其它體系慢慢發展起來。✽
　　
◤ You can extend that idea to other number words. We have more irregularities of pronunciation in the tens (twenty, thirty, fifty instead of twoty, threety, fivety) because we've been making everyday use of those numbers for longer than we have for two hundred, three hundred, and five hundred). 。Thousand is an old word, but its original sense was "a great multitude," a non-numerically-specific, but very useful idea. The words we needed earliest, and used the most frequently are usually the most irregular.
這樣思想可以類推到其它數位。幾十的數字發音不規律(twenty, thirty, fifty 而不是twoty, threety, fivety)。一千是個古老的詞，最初的意思是“量很大”，具體數值不詳，但這一概念很有用。有些詞彙我們很早就有需要、 使用頻率最高，也恰是最不規則的。✽
　　
◤ So the short answer is, we created words for 11 and 12 a long time ago by calling them "one left after ten" and "two left after ten." They were more useful to us than the higher numbers, so we said them more and they became a habit that we couldn't shake.
所以，簡單說來，人們很久以前創造出“十餘一”和“十餘二”這樣的用語來表示11和12。比起更大的數字，11和12更為有用，所以我們說的也多，因為這已成為習慣難以改變。✽

閱讀是GRE考試中非常重要的一部分，它主要是衡量考生的理解力、洞察力和辨別能力，其題目難度大、時間緊迫、單詞生僻，然而閱讀能力直接影響GRE考試成績高低。怎樣搞定GRE閱讀呢？考生可以先從真題入手，從真題的來源入手。
　
GRE閱讀真題來源於哪？

穿著專業的運動服裝在公園裡走一圈，拍幾張自拍發朋友圈，然後就回家打遊戲。大家都以為你在揮汗如雨地鍛鍊，其實，你在家裡躺著看片。你身邊有這樣的“假裝鍛鍊族”嗎？

This simple 10-3-2-1-0 formula could make your days more productive
　　
➤Finding peace and quiet in today’s 24-hour society can be tricky but a simple technique could help boost your productivity, it is claimed.
外媒稱，在如今每日分秒必爭的社會，尋找一份平靜和安寧並不容易，但下面這份簡單的科學配方卻能幫你提高工作效率。
The 10-3-2-1-0 formula can help you sleep better, feel great in the morning and increase productivity at work, according to author and fitness coach Craig Ballantyne.
克雷格·巴倫坦是位作家兼健身教練。他表示，“10-3-2-1-0公式”有助於大家獲得更佳的睡眠品質，在清晨起床時精神抖擻，並且大大提高工作效率。
　　
He calls it the ‘Perfect Day’ formula and it’s all to do with giving yourself the best possible chance to start your day feeling well-rested and energetic.
巴倫坦稱之為“完美日”公式，認為它能切實有效地讓你在清晨感到睡眠充沛、元氣滿滿，並以最好的狀態迎接新的一天。
Switching off at the right time before you go to sleep is essential, with the formula encapsulating much of the advice given by a number of health expertsfor better sleep.
這個公式結合了多位健康專家的建議，致力於幫助人們提高睡眠品質。其核心思想便是：安排好睡前的時間分配。

   
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托福閱讀修辭目的題的格式是這個樣子的：“why does author mention ”注意這裡的why不是定位文中的because來找答案，而是應採取這樣一種思維即：題幹作為一個細節，其存在的價值是為了支撐前面出現的觀點，所以答 案在題幹細節出現的位置前面去找，也就是找到觀點 (注意避開其他同樣支撐觀點的細節)