Its a glorious Friday afternoon here in London. I am sitting in my garden surrounded by trees, flowers and birdsong. It is blissful and I can say that I am truly happy at this moment. 這是倫敦周五下午。我坐在樹木花草環繞的花園里，鳥兒鳴唱...
Chinese civilization stretches back at least to the 3rd millennium BC. It is the source of many of the worlds great inventions, including paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing, not to mention china (porcelain) itself. But maybe the g...
1. Irony 你認為單詞的含義是：滑稽的事。 單詞的真正含義是：事與愿違的。 這是一個典型的單詞，因為經常有人用錯。解釋起來可能有點困難，所以我們還是舉例說明吧。泰坦尼克號號稱100%不會沉沒，但1912年它還是意外沉沒了，這就叫宇宙反諷。要是某個餓得不...
1) Two out of three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the time they are 70 (1)在70歲的時候會有三分之二的澳大利亞人會得皮膚癌 The Cancer Council of Australia says that, over past decades, the incidence of skin cancer has ris...
It's time to go.該走了。 It's different.那是不同的。 It's funny.很滑稽。 It's impossible.那是不可能的。 It's not bad.還行。 It's not difficult.不難。 It's not worthit.不值得。 It's obvious.很明顯。 It's the same thing.還是一樣的。 It's you...
曾經遇到過新鄰居對你說你得過來吃個晚飯，可幾個禮拜后邀請遲遲不來? 或者是激動地聽到上司說他會記住你非常有趣的想法，卻驚訝他再也沒提過這件事? 那你就是擁有獨特特征的英式英語的受害者了，英式英語對于表達真實所想來說太過拘謹、禮貌了。其實對于英...
