字神帝國英語天地

希臘神話對西方文化、藝術、文學和語言有著明顯而深遠的影響。

❦ 有些人遇見了，你就知道不只是遇見了。

奧斯卡·王爾德（Oscar Wilde，1854-1900），最偉大的作家與藝術家之一，以其劇作、詩歌、童話和小說聞名。此外，廣為流傳的還有他的毒舌。不如來幾句王爾德金句？
　　
✪ It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

一提到“窮”，好多人首先想到的必定是poor。其實呢，就像老外形容“老人”時不用old、用senior一樣，poor這個詞他們也是不太常用的。那應該怎麼用英語形容“窮”呢？一起來看。

【怎樣假裝讀過某本英文名著？】

李開復教你怎樣背單詞，強背可以更快地記住更多的單詞，但是用實踐結合的方法可以讓你記得更久、更理解如何使用 。

◈✟◈ 10句聖誕名言 ◈✟◈
　　
1. "Bah, humbug!'
‘啊，你個騙子！’
Scrooge's catchphrase, 'Bah, humbug', is often used to express disgust with Christmas charity. Alastair Sim played Scrooge in the classic 1951 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
✄這句話是吝嗇鬼斯克魯奇的口頭禪。在耶誕節，它常常用來表達對慈善團體的厭惡。在1951年查理斯·狄更斯的改編電影《聖誕頌歌》中，阿拉斯塔爾·西姆扮演的吝嗇鬼角色就曾經說過這句話。
　　
2. 'Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.'
‘聖誕老人一年只拜訪人們一次，這真是個明智的決定。’
Victor Borge (1909-2000), who was born Børge Rosenbaum, was a Danish and American comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately known as The Clown Prince of Denmark.
✄這句話是來自維克托·博奇（Victor Borge），他是丹麥美國混血，是喜劇演員、指揮家和鋼琴家。他因那部戲劇《丹麥的小丑王子》而廣為人知。
　　
3. 'The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.'
✄‘耶誕節早晨，女人最不想在她們的長筒襪裡發現的，就是她們的老公。’
--The late American comic Joan Rivers
——已故美國喜劇演員瓊·裡弗斯
　　
4. 'I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.'
✄‘我六歲的時候就不相信聖誕老人的存在了。因為在那一年，媽媽帶我去一家百貨商店看聖誕老人，結果聖誕老人向我要簽名。’
--Child star actress Shirley Temple
——童星秀蘭·鄧波兒
　　
5. 'Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it white.'
✄‘除非我們在耶誕節共同分享祝福與愛，否則阿拉斯加所有的雪也不能帶來真正的白色耶誕節。’
--Bing Crosby (1904-1977), American actor and singer who had a million-selling hit withI'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas.
——賓·克勞斯貝（1904－1977），美國演員、歌手，其歌曲《白色聖誕》創下了百萬美元的不朽業績。
　　
6. 'I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.'
✄‘耶誕節過後的第二天，我總會覺得撐得難受，既無趣又失望。’
--Sylvia Plath, poet
——詩人西爾維婭·普拉特
　　
7. 'Always winter but never Christmas.'
✄‘總是冬天但從不是聖誕。’
--CS Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
——C．S．路易斯的《獅子，女巫和魔衣櫥》
　　
8. 'My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?'
✄‘不管你覺得這太守舊亦或是太時髦，耶誕節對我來說很簡單，就是關愛他人。試著想想吧，難道我們非要等到耶誕節才這麼做嗎？’
--American comedian Bob Hope
——美國喜劇演員鮑勃·霍普
　　
9. 'It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.'
✄‘去年也下雪了：我做了個雪人，然後我弟弟把雪人弄塌了，於是我把弟弟打翻在地，之後我們相安無事，一起喝了杯茶。’
--Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales
——狄蘭·湯瑪斯《威爾士孩子的聖誕》
　　
10. 'God bless us, every one!' Come on everybody . . . . 'Ahhhhh'.
✄‘願上帝保佑我們每一個人！每一個人！啊！’
A sentimental ending to Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is provided by Tiny Tim (2009 Disney version) who offers the statement, 'God bless us, every one!' at Christmas dinner, with the nice new Scrooge in mind.
這是2009年迪士尼改編的狄更斯的《聖誕頌歌》中，小蒂姆給予這部電影的一個充滿情感的結尾。在吃聖誕大餐時，想著不再吝嗇、善良的斯克魯奇，他說：“願上帝保佑我們每一個人！”

A few months ago, the thought of finding time to leisure read seemed laughable. Sure, I've finished books that were mandatory for college courses, but reading for pleasure was an alien concept. Between my to-do list, my deadlines, and my complete lack of "me time" — picking up a book and reading for fun felt impossible.

再複習一次介係詞

出國留學難免遇到身體不適的時候，那生病疼痛的症狀，該怎麼用英語表達呢？

✿ ask for 還是 ask to

【好玩~十二星座如何回應 "I love you" 】