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在疫情全球肆虐的環境下,大家都在等待有效疫苗的出現,你知道「疫苗、抗原、免疫的」英文怎麼說嗎?感冒、領藥的英文又是什麼呢?

【關鍵字彙】

flu/influenza (n.) 流感

vaccination (n.) 疫苗;預防針

antigen (n.) 抗原

prescription (n.) 處方簽

pharmacy (n.) 藥局

pharmacist (n.) 藥劑師

referral (n.) 轉診

immune (adj.) 免疫的

 

【活用句型】

→ You can get another prescription.

您可以再拿一張處方簽 ...

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Happy Mother’s Day! 今年的母親節快要到囉,想好今年要如何幫媽媽慶祝母親節了嗎?今天就先來練習和送母親節禮物相關的英語會話吧!

 

BUYING A MOTHER'S DAY GIFT

Jessie: Mike, we need to talk about what to get Mom for Mother's Day.

Mike: Well, a card obviously. And I was thinking maybe we could get her a bunch of carnations.

Jessie: Yeah, but we get her that every year. How about we get her a di ...

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大家印象中英文有一些動詞後面加上-er就等於做這個動作的人,例如:

• writev. 寫作)→ writern. 作家)

• drivev. 駕駛)→ drivern. 駕駛員)

• teachv. 教學)→ teachern. 教師)

那麼cook(v. 烹調)加上-er變成cooker是廚師的意思嗎?其實cooker代表的是炊具,而廚師的英文則和烹調一樣是cook。

 

錯誤:Ann Look is an excellent cooker. 炊具,烹調器具

正確:Ann Look is an e ...

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【美式英語】

go to the bathroom/restroom(需要上廁所)

美式英語的bathroom 指的是私人房子或公共大樓裡安裝有抽水馬桶(toilet)的房間。

美國人認為 toilet 使人想到抽水馬桶,那可不是令人愉快的情景。所以,提到廁所時美國人喜歡用bathroom(洗手間)或restroom(休息室),這樣可以給人愉快的感覺,因為它暗示「浴缸或淋浴設備」,儘管大部分公共洗手間裡並沒有「浴缸或淋浴設備」。

• 私人房子裡的洗手間:bathroom
• ...

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Easter is a Christian holiday celebrated by believers throughout the Western world. According to the Bible, Jesus Christ was crucified on Good Friday. He then rose from the dead two days later on Easter Sunday, also called Easter Day. In fact, Easter has become so rooted in Western culture that many people participate in Easter activities regardless of whether they're Christian or not.

Parents often give t ...