計畫:

1. 每日找一部VoiceTube的影片(聽力練習)

• 第一次不開字幕
• 第二次開英文字幕
• 第三次開中英字幕確認理解內容
• 第四次紀錄不會單字或感興趣的句子

2. 每週挑選一部影集(60-120分鐘)只開英文字幕
3. 挑選一篇FORMOSA NEWS英語新聞(額外練習)

• 第一次只聽
• 第二次聽+看英文
• 第三次只看中文確認理解原文
• 只看中文，逐句英文口譯，錄下音檔對照原文

10/16

如何自信地用英語講電話 (How to Speak Confidently in English on the Phone)

panic, make appointment at 12 p.m, portray yourself, dot points,

1. 許多講英語的人在打電話時會連接詞，語速非常快，也可能座機或連線會中斷。

Many people speak english will use connects, speak fast or maybe disconnect.

Many English speakers when speaking on the phone, they connect words,
they speak very fast and maybe a landline or the connections simply cuts out.

2. 這些小撇步將幫助你在電話中更加自信地講話，使你在打電話時能夠更有效地進行溝通，並使你能夠在打電話時完成所需的工作。

These tips will help you speaking english more confidently,
help you communicating more efficently and let you done works while on phone.

These tips will help you speak more confidently on the phone,
they will enable you to communicate more effectively while you are on phone calls
and enable you to get what you need to get done while you're on the phone.

10/17

還沒上岸的必看！專家教你如何在求職面試中脫穎而出！ (Stand Out in a Job Interview | The Harvard Business Review Guide)

1. Do your homework (The organization structure, culture, industry, requirement of the position)
2. Craft your stories(Why you are the perfect persion for the job)
3. Pratice interview opening

事實上，研究表明，人們在面試的前 30 秒鐘內就會對你的個性和智力形成看法。
In fact, research tells that people will fix your personality and intellency in first 30s.

In fact, research shows that people form opinions about your personality and intelligence in the first 30 seconds of the interview.

好了，現在你可以講一些有感染力的個人故事，把這些故事與你自己在工作和個人生活中的經歷、價值觀和成就聯繫起來。
Well, Now you can tell impact personal story, bind these stories with your experiance of work and life, value, achivement.

Well, now you get to tell powerful personal stories that connect each of those to your own experiences,
values and achievements in both your work and personal life.

10/18

1. 上課: Everyday tech: Smartphones - Danny

• Hologram: a picture we can make on the air
• sci-fi: short for science fiction
• patten: The official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years.
• concern vs worry: (worry means you feels emotions, concern means you think about it)
• eliminated: to remove or take away someone or some thing
• facing recognition
• alternatives: an alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you don't want to use anthoer one.
• advancement: the development or improment of something

2. 怎麼讀書才有效？13 個科學家證實的小撇步！ (13 Study Tips)

1. 只要你完成了困難的事，這天剩下的時間你都會覺得神清氣爽，甚至更有動力完成其他事情。
Once you've done the most difficult things. you will feel good the rest of the day,
or even have more motivate to do other things.

Once you are done with the hard stuff, you will feel better for the rest of the day
and probably more motivated to get other things done.

2. 許多活動都被證實幫助腦袋生長，而運動、規律的冥想和良好的溝通更有顯著的作用。
Many activities to be shown to help growing your brain. Sporting,
regularly __ and great conversation are more effect.

There are a few activities proven to grow your brain,
however physical exercise, regular meditation and good conversations apparently do exactly that.

* [meditation]: The practice of emptying your mind of thoughs and feelings,
                in order to relax completely or for religious reasons.
* [apparently]: used to say you have read or been told something
                although you are not certain it is true.

10/19

葬送的芙莉蓮 1 - 2

• Himmel the Hero would have done so.
• They're all very unassuming tasks. (unassuming: easy)
• It's Hemmel's fault for wanting fame.
• To a moderate degree
• unfathomable: impossible to understand
• repay: to pay back or to reward someone or something
• herb: a type of plant whose leaves are used in cooking to give flavour to particular dishes or in making medicine

帶你深入了解因《黑白大廚》爆紅的李愛德華的靈魂美食！ (StoryBooked | Soul Food with Ed Lee)

• instinct
  • the way people or animals naturallay react or behave, without having to think or learn about it.
  • instinct telling you where to go
• you can't squander your life.
• heritage: The perfact balance of innovation and heritage is one hand reaching forward but the other hand reaching back.
• collard green: 芥藍
• culturally (adv.)

10/20

3 個常見英語錯誤 (3 Most Common English Mistakes)

• yesterday night -> last night
• care about countable items
• I have been living here for 3 years / since 2015.
  • for: duration of time

10/21

1. 上課Homes, towns and neighborhoods - Adrian (Lesson 1)

• groceries
• adopt

10/22

【TED】如何只花 20 小時學習任何東西？ (Josh Kaufman | 20 Hours to Learn Anything (Key Points Talk))

1. Deconstruct the skill
2. Learn enough to self-correct
3. Remove practice barriers
4. Practice at least 20 hours

grossly: extremely
incompetent: not having the ability to do something as it should be done.

1. 習得一個新的技能需要多久呢？
How long will you to learn a new skill?

* How long does it take to acquire a new skill?
* How long does it take to learn a new skill?
[acquire]: to get or obtain something

2. 然後在某個時間點你會進到停滯期，且隨後提升水準將變得更困難
At some point, you will go to a pitafu. and then it will be difficult to improve.

* And then at a certain point, you reach a plateau, and the subsequent gains become much harder to get.
* Then, at some point, you will enter a plateau, and improving further will become more difficult.
[plateau]: a large flat area of land that is high above sea level

3. 若是你刻意投入 20 個小時專心練習，就你可以從完全不懂，進步到讓自己驚訝的水準。
If you focusly practice 20 hours, you will improve to suprise level from grossly incompetent.

* You can go from knowing nothing, if you put 20 hours of focused deliberate practice into that thing,
you will be astounded at how good you are.
* If you deliberately invest 20 hours of focused practice,
you can progress from knowing nothing to a level that will surprise yourself.
[astounded]: very surpriseed or shocked
[deliberate]: intentional or planned

10/23

超有效！克服害羞的 12 個實用技巧 (How To Stop Being Shy And Quiet - 12 Tips To Overcome Shyness)

• self-esteem: belief and confidence in your own ability and value

1. 害羞是指你花太多時間胡思亂想，根據他人的標準和意見來評斷自己。
Shyness means you spent more time thinking, using other's opions to judge your self.

* Shyness is when you spend too much time in your head, judging yourself,
based on other people's standards and opinions.
* Shyness means you spend too much time overthinking and
judging yourself based on other people's standards and opinions.

10/24

上課: Negotiations(Lession2)

bargin / deal / offer / willing / meet (someone) halfway / fair
accepting / rejecting / compromising

compromise: an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demand or change their opinion in order to agree.

• We are willing to lower the price if you can commit for two years.

• willing to vs want to

  • willing to shows readiness, want to shows personal desire

10/25

為什麼活在當下這麼困難？ (Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present)

consequenial / Nostalgia / extraordinary / fixated

• One benefit of the past is that it is a dramatically foreshortend, edited version of the present.
• Hours of mediocrity can be reduced to five or six perfect images.

10/26

葬送的芙莉蓮 3

• practical use
• That was ordinary offensive magic
• continent (land / island)

葬送的芙莉蓮 4

• slobbish person
• skeptical about
• apprentice: someone who has agreed to work for a skilled person for a particular period of time and often for low payment, in order to learn that person's skills.
• obnoxious
• crafty: tricky
• losing enthusiasm
• gloomy topics

10/28

1. 一天要睡多少小時才足夠？ (How Much Sleep Do You REALLY Need?)

• Early bird and night owls
• Hard to stay awake in class
• great odds(the probability)
• negative consequence

2. 上課: Homes, towns and neighborhoods (Lesson 3)

• Can you tell me where __ is ?
• Can you tell me where the way to __ ?
• How to get to the __ ?
• How do I get to then __ ?
• Walk past the bank and keep going until you reach __ .
• Walk straight ahead.

10/29

如何在一年內改變你的生活？ (how to change your life in a year ?)

• Whether you spent the year improving a new skill or slipping back into old bad habits, it's really the direction of your change that matters most.
  • slip: to slide without intending to (She slipped on the ice)
• Be intentional about how you want to change. Your intentions are like a compass, guiding you to your desired destination.
• How would you know what route to take if you're not clear about where you're going?
• time capsule

10/31

1. 你的讀書習慣正確嗎？快透過影片確保自己不走錯路！(5 terrible study habits to quit)

• start off by
• gravitate toward
• how often you use them
• They looked at 10 different strategies and found that active recall and spaced repetition were the best.
• mnemonics
• you need to nail both step one and step two
• debunk the myth of ...

2. 上課: Negotiations (Lesson 3) - James

• however / although / despite + verb-ing / but
• additionally / moreover / furthermore / too / as well / also

11/01

BBC學英文10分鐘系列：28 個關於「用餐」的英語單字和片語！ (The Vocabulary Show: Dining out - Learn 28 English words and phrases in 10 minutes!)

• without any further
• make a reservation / reserve a table
• a walk-in : a vistor without an appointment
• starter / appetizer
• main / main course / entrée
• sparkling water / fizzy water
• Cutlery are the tools that we use to eat.
• Can I get the bill, please? / Can I get the check, please?

11/02

1. 上課: Life in Australia - Diana

• Try to plan a one-day itinerary in Australia.
  We can go to the Sydney Opera Housh in the morning to watch a show and then have a kangaroo burger for lunch. After lunch, we can go to the Sydney Zoo to see some animals.
  • itinerary: a detailed plan or route of a joureny.
• Australian marsupials:
  • marsupial: a group of mammals known for carrying and nursing their young in a pouch.
• A bottle-brush tree / eucalyptus trees
• Wylie's Baths / Opera House / Harbour Bridge / Blue Mountains / Three Sisters
• Most people live in Australia live in large cities on the coast.

2. 芙莉蓮4-10

• I have a favor to ask you
• It's just a hunch

11/03

事實上，領先 99% 的人是很容易的！ (It’s actually pretty easy to get ahead of 99% of people.)

• faint glow / addicting / sober / escalator
• stick to the end
• I often find myself the only one there.
• I see row after row people glued to thier TV, their computers and their phone.
• __ was unheard of
• morphed to fit __
• We are in the age of instantaneous gratification, with mind-numbing pleasure just a hand swipe away.
• In the US, almost 1 out of every 2 people use TikTok.
• invade your every sence

1. the power of small wins
2. Harnessing the power of discomfort
3. Harnessing the power of pain

11/04

常深受失眠所擾嗎？五招讓你一夜好眠！ (How to Sleep Better)

• Research shows that electronics interfere your sleep because it’s easy to get distracted by them
• Next time you start tossing and turning, try to develop a ritual.

11/05

1. 上課: Life in Turkey possession / tram / mosque / hot air ballons / strait

2. 跟著 Georgie 一起學會「旅遊」的實用片語！ (Phrasal verbs with Georgie: Travel ✈️)

• I'm really looking forward to the summer holidays
• take off / anticipate / get away
• I'd love to get away for a few days and spend time in the countryside.
• pick up the woman / pick the woman up
• Set off means to begin your journey

11/06

五個增進英文寫作技巧的方法！ (5 tips to improve your writing)

1. Do not use contractions
   don't → do not
   can't → can not
   shouldn't → should not
2. Avoid there is / there are
3. Don't use words "really, very, a lot, so"
4. Use active voice, don't use too much passive voice
5. Use strong verbs

11/07

1. 上課: Negotiations Lesson 4 - 2
   installments / slightly

Two type of conditional

1. First conditional (If you + present tense verb)
   • If you sign the contract now, we will ship the order by the end of the day
   • If you don't reduce the price, I will go to another supplier.
2. Secon conditional (If you + past tense verb)
   • If you accepted a price of $2 per unit, we would consider changing the delivery schedule.
   • If you tried to change the terms of our agreement after singning it, we would cancel the contract.

Present tense = real possibility.
Past tense = imagined or unlikely.

11/08

想成功嗎？也許你該聽聽傑米戴蒙給你的職業建議！ (Jamie Dimon's Career Advice)

• like a casino
• You're gonna spend your life learning
• respect for
• at peace / at ease
• Maybe you got to cut back on other things
• kill the bureaucracy
• charisma

11/09

1. 上課: Idioms-That use weather vocabulary

• calm before storm
• on cloud nine
• fair-weather friend
• head out of the clouds
• in a fog
• steal someone's thunder
• come rain or shine
• take a rain check
• save something for a rainy day
• under the weather
• every cloud has a silver lining / when it rains, it pours
• make sure to bundle up

2. 【跟著大明星睡覺去】王嘉爾 Jackson Wang 的睡前保養程序 | 哈珀的BAZAAR (Jackson Wang’s Nighttime Skincare Routine | Go To Bed With Me | Harper’s BAZAAR)

11/10

1. 芙莉蓮11 - 15
   testaments / tremendously strong / cabin / pervert / indebted you / relic / fierce / intact / burial / orally
   merciless / what a cheapskate
   drown in to regret / pathetic old man / give him a nudge / resemble me / to scold her very firmly / on behalf of / contemplate
   I'm talking about what you can do "now"
   you want to make up / furious / etiquette / dopey / distraught / commend / heir / cocky the work you put into it will always pay off

2. 如果你想贏，就不要專注於贏 (If You Want to Win, Don't Focus on Winning)

• opponent
• diffeentiates winners from losers
• you probably heard the saying, "The results will take care of itself".
• use strength to submit someone
• he is going to think back to _
• do it now and then
• As a consequence of that

11/11

1. 上課: Family, friends and famous people (Lesson 4)
   tame

2. 芙莉蓮 16 -17

• engrave in history / errand / giant canyon / grew a goatee / reminisce / senile / tactics
• mediate / aversion / relieve pain

11/13

2. 效率好差，要怎麼提高生產力？The Science of Productivity

• deliberate practice
• crack open
• exhaustible source
• depletion
• compel human to finish a task
• they hav periods of intense work followed by breaks

11/14

1. 這部影片絕對要看！2024 年你可以學習養成「這些嗜好」(hobbies to learn in 2024)

• I believe that every man needs three hobbies. You need a phsical one, a cerebral one and a creative one.
• build a great physique
• look aesthetic
• commit to a physical hobby
• you're learning a lot and absorbing that information like a sponge
• authentic style
• slowly try to make that a routine

11/15

1. 想要講出流利的英文，不能只「讀英文」！ (How to TRULY become and STAY Fluent in English|The biggest mistake people make when learning English)
   • You need to surround youself by English
   • It take a bit of an effort and discipline
   • vicious cycle

11/16

1. 芙莉蓮 18-26

• sulking / sly / slob / sturdy / faint / attentive and considerate
• I don't like to take charge
• advocate / that is how subtle it is
• bestow / fistfight
• you're paying, right?
• intuitively / has the same atmosphere
• malicious intent / it's really baffling / it's a mimic / grimoire
• conceal / clumsy

2. 上課: Idioms-Describing emotions

• Happiness:
  • elation, cheerfulness, joy, pleasure, satisfaction
  • over the moon / on top of the world / on cloud nine / in seventh heaven / grinning from ear to ear / jump for joy / time of his life / dream come true / make someone's day
  • paint the town red: to take part in a celebration
• Sadness:
  • grief / depression / down in the dumps
  • guilty pleasure: is something someone enjoys but is embarrassed to admit.
• Angry:
  • bent out of the shape
• Other:
  • worked up
    • means feeling very upset, worried, or excited, often in a negative way.
  • chin up

11/17

• 有效管理時間的技巧 (Tips for Effective Time Management)
• 時間永遠不夠用？從現在開始停止浪費時間！ (Here is How To Never Waste Your Time Again)

11/18

1. 上課: on the move

• The Tea Route, The Spice Route, The Salt Route
  • Route prounce like root
• thousands of miles vs hundred years ago
  • thousand of mile means exactly 1000 miles, thousands of means approxity number.

11/19

• 13個日常習慣讓你變得更聰明 (13 Everyday Habits That Make You Smarter)
  • think critically
  • recite facts
  • easy to get stuck in a rut.
  • what's the point?
  • Don't just learn for the sake of learning
  • take up a hobby
  • it's important to take time to reflect on your days.
• 上課: Life In Italy

11/20

• 上課: Life in Italy II

• 【看脫口秀學英文】關於槍支的正確立場 (The Right Stance On Guns - Jason Cheny)

  • away game

• 什麼時候都能睡！日本獨特的「睡眠文化」 (Japan's unique sleep cutlure: 'Inemuri', the art of taking power naps)

  • It's a common sight in Japan.
  • put in overtime
  • exhausted
  • capsule hotel

11/22

• 【MarieTV】如何堅持及始終如一：五個步驟搞定大小事！ (How To Be Consistent: 5 Steps To Get Things Done, All The Time)
  1. Keey your eye on your why
  2. pick your battle
  3. schedule it
  4. ignore your feelings
  5. catch that wagon
  • compelling vision
  • just stick with that
  • subtle distinction
  • I don't feel like going to work
  • "Bye Felicia"

11/23

1. 芙莉蓮27-28

• retort /mistreat the weak /pessimistic /sensibility /inadequate people /instinct /audacity /noble

2. Young SHELDON

• he is adopted / nourishment / tater tots / mitten / puberty / descen / very reassuring / malicious harass / gullible / bowtie / license plate / intimidated by you / that was revolting / grooming / faculty restroom / bad reputation / just do yourself favor

3. 上課: Idioms-Describing personal qualities

• have a heart of gold: have a very kind and generous natrue
• set in one's ways: to have habits that you follow and don't want to change
• down-to-earth: practical and realistic
• full of oneself: self-centered, having too much pride in oneself
• out of one's mind: behaving in a crazy way
• be cut out for something: means to have the right qualities, skills, or temperament to be well-suited for a particular task, job, or role.
• the odd one out: doesn't fit in with the rest of the group
• behind the times
  • bit aware of the latest ideas and trend
• be going places:
  • to be on the path towards a sucessful future
  • She is going places in her career with her talent
• to a fault
  • too much
• as adj as they come
  • as friendly as they come
• unprejudiced
• thick-skinned / thin-skinned
• quick-tempered / easy-going
• open-mineded / narrow-minded
• two-faced

11/24

• 如何在瞬息萬變的世界中找到人生的意義？ (How to find meaning (in an fast-changing world ?))
  • just came out of (剛經歷過) / ponder this question / emerge from / strive for / firsthand account / confined to / possess a power / overlook chance to / high stimulus world
  • see eye to eye: If two people see eye to eye, they agree with each other

11/25

• 小S女兒Lily全英文Vlog！曝自律の一天吸8千人朝聖

  • it's been working wonders
  • lukewarm water
  • 10 out of 10
  • peel the shrimp
  • out of the blue
  • humid

• 幽默感很重要！成為一位喜劇演員的條件是？（How to Be Funny | RMIT University）

  • you find the world a bleak and terrible place
  • you don't have to be outgoing and gregarious
  • there's only one rule in comedy - the punchline goes at the end

• 上課: On the move(Lesson 3)

• I'm running late

• injure

11/26

上課: Life in Brazil

• carnival

• 【Ted-Ed】沒自信？試試「自信加速三撇步」吧！(3 tips to boost your confidence)

  1. a quick fix
  2. believe in your ability to improve
  3. practice failure
  • If you have a fixed mindset, meaning that you think your talents are locked in place, you might give up, assuming you're discoverd something you're not very good at.
  • lurk at
  • persevere
  • give yourself a pep talk

• noun or gerund(verb-ing)

• passive voice / active voice

11/27

• 如何善於閒聊，甚至樂在其中 (How to Get Good at Small Talk, and Even Enjoy It)
  • reduce the intensity of spotlight
  • spontaneous
  • competence
  • paraphrasing
  • distillation
• 上課: Life in Brazil

11/28

• 為什麼在日本很少胖子？ (Why is it so Easy to be Thin in Japan?)
  • big glups
  • fermented foods like kimchi or natto
• the irony is, ...

11/29

• 別再死背了！了解這些小秘訣，讓你不用死背也可以記住更多單字！ (The Secret to English Vocabulary – How to remember more)
  • Split vocabulary into two groups, one is productive skills and the other one is receptive skills. Productive skills are what we use when we are speaking and writing because when we speak and write, we have to remember words. We use receptive skills when listening or reading. We do listening and reading, we just recognize the words
• In spite of that, ...

11/30

• 上課: Idioms-That use sports vocabulary
  • call the shots: make the decisions
  • on the ball: always pay attention, never slacking off(lazy)
  • take a shot: attempt to do something
  • a long short: something that is unlikely
  • give something a shot: try something that migth be difficult
  • drop the ball: make an error or mistake
  • step up to the plate: take action in response to an opportunity or crisis
  • game plan: strategy for achieving a goal
  • set the place: choose how fast or slow something goes
  • head start: start with an advantage
    • give a head start
  • neck and neck: be equal in a race or competition
  • make sentence pratice
    1. when take final exam they are on the ball
    2. when will have a basketball game, our coach make the game plan to win championship
  • senior high school / junior high school
  • throw in the towel: quit; admit defeat
  • above par or below par: better than is expected / worse than is expected
  • raise or lower the bar: make something more(or less) difficult
  • win some, you lose some...

12/01

• 只要 6 分鐘，你就能重獲 10 年的人生！ (If you can spare me 6 minutes, you'll get 10 years of your life back)
  • stop taking life for granted
  • was eye-opening for me
  • suddenly the things that felt overwhelming start to feel manageable
  • start that side hustle

12/02

• 碳交易的故事 (The Story of Cap & Trade) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語
  • carbon emissions trading
  • is at stake
  • atmosphere
  • permit
  • lax standards

12/03

• 致未來世代：對不起 (Dear Future Generations: Sorry) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語

  • we were too caught up in our own doings to do something
    1. catch up to/with something: 追趕
    • Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you soon.
    • I have to catch up on some working this weekend.
    2. 聚一下/約一下
    • Let's catch up soon.
    3. 捲入
    • I was caught up in their argument

• 上課: Trip to the hairdresser

  • comb / scissors
  • (hair)dryer
  • hair clip
  • curly hair / wavy hair / bald / balding
  • wear a hair in bun / pony talking
  • she has straight hair
  • Bangs are the hair above your eyes
  • salon / barbershop

12/04

• 上課: Trip to the hairdresser
  • hair spray
  • fringe: are the hair above your eyes
    • bangs ?
  • what is different of client and customer
    • client: have relationship
  • hop: move fast
• 美國人為何迷戀花生醬 (Why Americans Are Obsessed With Peanut Butter)
  • transcend time and space
    • surpass
  • that's very high penetration
  • pack lunches every single day
  • reporting on the nostalgia
  • begger's belief
  • had a falling out with someone
  • snatch the lead from
  • That doesn't come by happenstance
  • overseas markets
  • prevalence of allergy

12/05

• 交易心理學 - 戴維-保羅博士 (Trading Psychology - Dr David Paul) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語

12/07

上課: Idioms-Related to communication

• beat around the bush
  • talking in circle, not answering / 沒說重點 / to stall or waste time to avoid anwsering a question / no direct answer
• keep me posted on what happens
  • to provide someone with the most recent information
• heard it through the grapevine
  • heard some information / rumor / means to hear news from someone who heard the news from someone else
• get a hold
  • can't call / can't get something
• weight my words
• get to the point
  • 說重點
• get the point
• play phone tag
• get in touch: to contact
• to stay or keep in touch
• catch up: to learn the most recent news of someone or something
• read her husband's mind
• word for word: the original word / know every thing
• tongue-tied
• read between the lines
• read someone's mind: to know what someone is thinking or about
• read between the lines: to infer something from something else; to notice a hidden meaning
• action speak louder than word

12/09

• 你熱愛的生活究竟該如何規劃？2025 年一起改變你的人生吧！ (How to Design a Life You Love ? Transform Your Life in 2025) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語
  • I'm just joining in
  • honesty, integrity, compassion, passion, action, ambition
  • solo time
  • self-reflection
  • notions of success
  • I rate myself 3 out of 10
• 上課: Health and fitness

12/10

上課:

• carry on = hand luggage (行李箱托的)
• checked luggage = cabin luggage (手提)
• luggage = baggage
• departure hall
• security
  • 100ml liquid in clear container
• passport control / immigration
• step to the side
• put your keys bin/tray
• check/empty your pockets
• go through security
• customs = not allow to carry

12/11

• departure gate
• go to check-in
• tax free / tax refund / duty-free zone
• security check
• aisle sit / middle sit / window sit
• a boarding pass
• compartment / a overhead locker
• fasten seat belt
• if there is turbulence, please fasten your seat belt
• arrive hall / departure hall
• passport control

12/15

• 總是不知道如何與人交談？看看如何更好地有效溝通！（Secret To Getting Better At Talking To People） - VoiceTube 看影片學英語
  • social handicap
  • body language / facial expression / tonality / proimity / eye contact
  • here is a good analogy

12/16

• 上課: Are they shopping?
  • long sleeves / sweater / T-shirt / dress shirt(formal) / goose feather jacket / goose down / hoody (帽T) / sleeveless singlet / costume / pajamas / clothes (don't prononuce es)
  • humid
  • second-hand: describing something that was the possession of anthor person
• 這就是我每天要做的(This is what I do everyday...)

12/23

• 上課: Communicating
  • toddler / kindergarten
  • near-sighted / far-sighted

12/24

• 上課: Christmas
  • christmas carols / sleigh / snowman / mince pie / reindeer / tinsel / stocking / cracker / present / holly
  • Jesus / manger

12/25

• 【阿滴英文】八個聖誕節傳統介紹 (8 Christmas Traditions)
  • Santa Claus / eggong
  • The tree is the most iconic item about Christmas
• 上課: Christmas

12/26

• 18 種亞洲女孩 (18 TYPES OF ASIAN GIRLS) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語

12/27

• 上課: Idioms related to law and order
  • behind bars: in jail
  • black and white:
    • everying isn't always black and white.
  • caught red-handed
    • 被抓 to be caught in the act of doing something wrong
  • paper trail: 證據 documents that provide evidence one's actions
  • partner in crime
  • above the law
  • no string attached: 不求回報
  • cover his track
  • under the table: done secretively, usually because it's illegal
  • jump to conclusion
  • eye for eye
  • gullible
  • on the record / off the record
  • benefit of the doubt

2025/1/4

上課: Idioms related to shopping and possessions

• in mint condition: means pristine, undamaged since it was made.
• less is more
• collecting dust: hasn't been used for a long time
• come in handy: useful for a certain purpose
  • in bagpack
  • portable charger, umbrella, water bottle
• hard to come by: not common or easy to find
• odds and ends: small things usually of little value
  • like capsule vending machine
  • key chains
• I bought a lot books and they are collecting dust in the corner now.
• My girlfriend like to collect odds and ends.
• rip-off: something that is not worth the price
• compare apples to orange: bad comparison. to compare unlink things
• cut above: better than the rest
• stand the test of time: still useful after many years
• window shopping
  • shopping holics 逛街狂人
• to shop aound for something

2025/1/7

上課: New Year Celebrations

• New Year's resolution
• load trip
• theme park / amusement park
  • miniature
• indulged in food/drink
  • do something too much
• eating healthys many gains
• attainable / unattainable goal
• weakness
• lives aboard

VoiceTube:

• 如何成為一名副主廚｜餐廳生意 (How to Become a Sous Chef | Restaurant Business) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語
  • sous chef
• 【英語字彙】烹飪技巧：炒滷烤煮 (Cooking Vocabulary in English - chop, grill, saute, boil, slice...) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語
  • culinary school
  • what's cooking = what's happening
  • recipe
  • to saute 煎 / boil 滾 / simmer 燉 / broil;roast;grill 烤
  • flat pan / oven 烤箱
  • a little bit of oil
  • chop / dice / slice / fry / deep-fry / stri 攪

2025/1/8

上課: Iterview with Chef Drolet

• cuisine = food
• street food venders / family restaurants / fine dining / restaurant chain
• ingredients / grains(bread/rice/wheat)
• powdered 粉狀的
• medium / well done 9
• decor
• food court
• cozy

【聽Podcast學英文】如何在 2025 年養成良好習慣？(How to Build Good Habits in 2025) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語

• uncover the secret to
• why do we struggle to stick to them
• they often burn out quickly
• overtime, these small improvement add up to big result

2025/1/11

上課: Idioms that use home Vocabulary

• hit close to home:
• have a skeleton in the closet
• home away from home: a place where you feel as comfortable as you do in your own home
• hit close to home:
• home free: having successfully completed something
  • I'm home free
• bring home the bacon: make money
• make oneself at home:
• home stretch: the final/last part
  • in the home stretch / finish the home stretch
• nothing to write home about: not exciting
• on the house: free; at no cost
• homesick
• a homebody: like to stay at home
• wake up on the wrong side of the bed: in a bad mood
• show someone the door: ask someone to leave
• have a skeleton in the closet: have a secret that you don't want others to know
• empty nester: a parent whose children have grown up and left home
• feel comforatble in a new place

2025/1/13

想讓別人喜歡你嗎？其實擁有「魅力」一點都不難！

• charisma / charismatic
• resonate
• shadow answer
• told entertaining stories or cracked a few genuinely funny jokes
• because people inherently value those things
• everyday person
• elevate the other person's experience
• give nonverbal cues
• with a blank face
• vent their emotions

2025/1/14

上課: Iterview with Chef Drolet

• culinary school
• shepherd

2025/1/15

上課: Five things to do in Sydney

• iconic / landmarks
• hidden gem
• off-the-beaten track
• aborigines / aboriginal
• coat hanger
• Southern Hemisphere
• get stuck in traffic
• Manly Beach

澳洲東海岸介紹 (Introducing East Coast Australia) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語

• hip cities
• native critters
• indigenous people

2025/1/18

上課: Common Idiomatic expressions

• about to: planning to do something at the moment
  • The plane is about to take off.
• for good: forever
• better off: to be in a better situation
  • He was better off without her.
• about time: finally
  • it's about time [subject] [past tense]
• up in the air: to be undecided
• all of a sudden: suddenly
• from scratch: from the beginning
• for good: forever
• benefit of the doubt
  • I give a benefit of the doubt to stranger I met.
• close call: a situation that is almost dangerous
  • had a close call
• benifit of the doubt: you believe someone is telling the truth
• up in the air
• for the best:
  • was for the best

2025/1/20

上課: Plans

• book accommodations/hotel
• get some local currency
• apply for a visa
• buy a plain ticket online
• pack your bag
• tips for a cycling vacation

2025/1/21

• get around
• Sydney Opera house
• Harbour Bridge
• Manly Beach
  • Bondi Beach
• Watson's Bay
• cosmopolian / international city
• great climate / mild(not too hot, not too cold)

2025/1/22

上課: A day in the life of a surf instructor

• instructor / teacher
  • instructor: teach skill like drive car, surfing.
• sink / tap / faucet
• plumber / piping
• welder
• surfboard / fins / leash

2025/2/3

上課: Daily route

• cafeteria
• uniform

2025/2/4

上課: A day in the life of a surf instructor (2)

2025/2/5

上課: Five Healthy choices for breakfast avocado, cheese, donut, salami, honey, coffee, blackberries filling dairy(milk, cheese) process food

2025/2/8

上課: Weather and seasons slippery sweet bean soup windy / hot / cloudy / stormy / snowy / cold / rainly / sunny heat wave skate rink / ice skate / skiing / snowboard marine / marine creature / seals Drowning / salty Vancouver wear scarf / muscle and tissue

2025/2/10

上課: Pets and animals Make-up day reptiles hamster yard / tail / tiny / tank水族箱 / fur毛

2025/2/11

• oatmeal
• you need to eat food with carbohydates and protein
• scrambled eggs
• really kickstart your morning
• spinach
• whole-wheat bread
• keep you going until lunchtime
• smoothies / fruit smoothies
• nutrition

2025/2/12

上課: Places to see in Perth

• In the west
• mainland
• vacation(traveling) / holiday
• staycation
• 國家有s結尾的，前面要加the表示是很多組合成的

2025/2/15

上課: Multiword verbs with BACK

• back down: stop todo something (停止爭執)
  • arguement, stoping arguement
  • someside need to back down
• backed off: stop argument
• back off: move away from danger
  • situation is bad
  • move away from the scene of the accident
  • when I see the acciend, I back off
• back up
  • backed up so fast (car) 物理倒退
  • have to repeat something
  • provide proof or evidence
    • back it up
    • back [something/someone] up
  • called for backup(help)
    • The army called for backup
  • duplicate data / information
  • backed up to the cloud
  • the drains backed up and overflowed
  • backed up the traffice for more than five miles 塞車/堵塞
    • The drain was backed up by the flooding
    • The line was backed up
  • Deniz backed up the program every night before switching off her computer.
  • Deniz ensured that she made a backup of the data daily
  • my family backs me up
  • there was a three-week backup of mail to clear
  • we will need to take a backup because the phone battery will only last 48 hours

paramedics 醫護人員 temporary backup (second phone)

2025/2/17

上課: Holidays and celebrations

• gatherings
• Christmas / Halloween / Thanksgiving / birthday / New Year
• Mid-Autumn Festival

2025/2/18

上課: Places to see in Perth

• outback
• hut
• tour guide
• a full-day tour / a half-day tour
• used to be colony
• Kings park
• resident of
• spectacular view
• botanical garden
• voyage on a ship
• live entertainment: not recorded
• sunbathing -> tan (most use)
• cruises

2025/2/19

上課: Colombia: Getting There and Getting Around

• spanish / Bogotá
• Medellin (most famous city)
• bus stations / stops
• how do you get around
• light rail / tram / metro / cable car
• how will you move around the country

2025/2/24

上課: Plans

• basketball court
• grill burger

2025/2/25

上課: Colombia:getting there and getting around

• budget-friendly
• amenities
• Low-cost airline / economical
• Direct flight
• Taxi meter
• Shared Taxi
• Extensive bus service
• Fixed fare
• Peak travel time
• Licensed Taxi
• Alternative transport: substitute for another
• connecntion filght
• cheap domestic fights

2025/2/26

上課: Film review-La La Land

• la-la land: Hollywood
• spectators / crowd / audience
  • audience: watch show
  • spectacular: watch sport
    • sport match/game
• viewer
• performance / carnival
• streaming service/platform
• main characters / setting / short plot

2025/3/3

上課: Travel and vacations

• Orlando, Florida
  • Amusement/theme Park
  • rocket, roller coaster, surfing
  • shrimp, squid
  • I'm allergic to shrimp
  • dragon boat Festival
  • souvenir(from French) / gift

2025/3/4

上課: Film review-La La Land

• make ends meet
• audition (actors interview)
• genre
  • What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy?

2025/3/5

上課: Crime

• pickpocket
• robber
• fine
• break the law
• guilty
• jury
• you are a criminal
• going to prison / jail
• community service / fine
• house arrest
• stab to death

2025/3/8

上課: Multiword verbs with BREAK

• break down 東西壞了(可以修) v.

  • John's car broke down
  • broken-down (不能修)
  • The printer has has a breakdown
    • It rarely breaks down.

• break into 闖入(illegally)

  • break into the store

• breaks down (v.) lose self-control 情緒崩潰highly emotional

• breakdown extremely upset (n.)

  • Harry had a breakdown after losing his job

• break [something] down 分解

  • break down the problem

break a door down 撞破門

• the fireman broke down the door to save the children

Its a broken-down piece of junk she suffered a serious breakdown / burn out

break [something] in 新的東西要磨合

• you need to break the car in slowly. For the first few weeks, try not to drive more than 45 miles per hour

break off 一小塊壞了

• break [something] off
• break off his engagement 取消婚約
• I acciden

break out 逃跑

• when you escape from a place, you break out of it
• the prisoners broke out of jail
• a breakout is an escape from a prison

break out (suddenly appear) 突然發生 a fire broke out break out in the factory

break through 突破

• when you break a problem, you find a way to solve it breakthrough (n.)
  • made a promising breakthourgh in cancer research

break up 阻止

• break up a fight 阻止打架
• If you break a fligh up, you stop it
  • broke the brawl up

break up (end a relationship) 分手

2025/3/12

上課: WWI trench diary

• we're all given a ration of rum
• rifle inspection

2025/3/15

上課: Multiword verbs COME

• It come off the wall 掉落
• come across 跨越(1)
  • go from one side of a place to the other
  • find by accident / to see someone or something without expecting to 有驚喜(2)
  • 別人怎麼看你的/給別人的印象(3)
  • he came across as arrogant and unsympathetic
  • he comes across as aggressive and impatient.
• come about 發生/一連串的事件後發生什麼改變
  • if something came about, it happens after a series of events
• come apart 分解/壞了/東西品質不好或很舊
• come down/up (1)電梯往上往下/價錢往上往下
  • comedown : big life change
    • a huge comedown for him
  • The price of oil fell months ago but the cose of plane tickets has not yet come down
  • (2)生病
  • I've come down with the flu
  • He is coming down with the cold.
  • (3)起源 something originates from its source
  • the word 'coffee' come from kahve in Turkish
• come in/into
  • (1) 進入enter a room
    • come into the busstop
    • in(general) / into(specific distination)
  • (2) 到達 come in / get in
    • the ferry come in at 10pm
  • (3) 方便 comes in handy
    • The dictionary comes in handy because he is studying English.
  • (4) 送貨到達
• come off
  • (1) 脫落
  • the paint is coming off the wall
  • (2) 成功

2025/3/17

上課: Sports

• hot pot / cabbage
• four of them
• four out of five
• a group of
• soccer field
• guard
• goalkeeper / defender / midfielder / forward

2025/3/18

上課: WWI trench diary

• chores
• platoon commander
  • platoon: a group of solder
• duckboards
• No Man’s Land
• snipers

2025/3/19

• pacific garbage
• don mask
• smog
• exhaust from cars
• fumes from factories
• cause pollution
• burn coal and wood
• wildfire
• power plant / power station
  • nuclear power plant
• wind farm

2025/3/21

上課: Background to the American revolution

• territory (land)
• mayor
• parliament
• disguies
• assemblies / asseble
• unrest
• boycott

2025/3/24

上課: Body

• slow season
• from now on
• eyelashes / eyeballs
• cheeks / face / eye / shoulder
• mouth / hand / ear / nose / waist
• forehead / fingers / ankles
• knees / nose / skin / lips
• tongue / foot / feet / back / elbow
• head / neck /
• on her head / on my face
• in my brain
• around her neck
• He is carring a bag over his shoulder
• she has a sore back from carrying a heavy bag
• he has a sore chest
• she has one broken arm

2025/3/25

• Up in the air: when something is uncertain or undecided
• by air: traveling or sending something by plane
• walking on air
• needing some air
• on the air
• putting on airs
• airing out
• visiblilty is poor
• exhaust fumes
• 90-meter high mound

2025/3/26

上課: In my free time

• surf the net -> go online
• leisure actvitity / freetime activity / hobby activity

2025/4/7

上課: Food Fruit

• nectarine / peach
• fig
• apricot / pear
• cranberries
• stone fruits
• A group of fruits is called an orchard
• orchard 果園
• citrus fruits / citrus juice
• tropical fruits
• yellow peel / banana peel
• pomegranate
• dried fruit
  • banana chips
  • dates fruit
  • plums 李子

2025/4/8

上課: Family Values

• big family / extended family / nuclear family
• dink
• maternity leave
• martial status

2025/4/9

上課: A day in the city park

• national park / city park
• fountain
• bycicle land / bycicle path
• bench
• bushes / bush sculpture
• pond / lake
• escalator
• disabled / differently abled
• exhibition
• Its facilities includes ...
• It is located in ...

2025/4/10

上課: Food-Vegetables

• I'm between jobs
• I went to traveling to Hokaido
• green: brocoli / white: cauliflower
• artichoke / bok choy 小白菜 / cabbage 高麗菜
• bulb: 球莖
• kale: 羽衣甘藍
• brussel sprouts: 芽甘藍
• Broccoli comes from Italy
• Leeks
• chives
• vegetarian / vegen
• guilty pleasure

2025/4/11

上課: Food-Fish and Seafood

• stay at home = (stay in)
• stalk 跟蹤 / weirdo 怪人
• high tariffs(n.) 關稅
• That's the spirit 這樣做就對了
• we are chattering 喋喋不休
• sprint
• in the past hour
• TV television (telly)
• Prepositions of Time 時間介係詞
• at (smaller than a day, exact spot)
  • at 5 p.m.
  • at night
  • at breakfast / at lunchtime / at dinner
• on (= a day)
  • on Friday
• in (bigger than a day)
  • in a month / in Spring / in a year
  • (duration)
  • in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening
• scallop 扇貝
• shrimp草蝦 / prawn明蝦 / lobster龍蝦
• clams
• saltwater / freshwater / deep-sea
• specie (n.) 種類 / race 人種 / racist有種族歧視
• anchovy 鯷魚
• squid 小卷魷魚 / cuttlefish 墨魚(花枝)
• squid game / episods
• octopush

2025/4/15

上課: Day In The City Park

• kiosk / cafe 小攤販
• No littering
• amusement park / theme park
  • rides / marine animals / rollercoaster / Ferris wheel
• animatronic

2025/4/16

Day At The Office

• law firm / lawyer
• associate
• former company
• client(hire/contract) / customer
  • regular client
• meal allowance 餐費補助
• ergonomic chair
• treadmill desk / standing desk

2025/4/21

上課: Food Nuts and Legumes

• hazelnut 榛果 / peanut 花生
• chestnut 栗子
• walnut 胡桃 / pecan 堅果
• coconut 椰子 / almond 杏仁
• pistachio 開心果
• palm / praline candy
• Mediterranean
• roasted chestnut
• meat (4 legs) / poultry (2 legs)
• Brzail nut 巴西果
• cashew 腰果
• macadamia nut 澳洲堅果
• marzipan 杏仁膏
• nougat 牛軋糖
• filberts 榛果
• kola nuts 可樂果

2025/4/22

上課: Day At The Office

• downtime
• burnout
• camaraderie(friendship)

2025/4/23

上課: Life in the city

• accommodations 住宿 / apartment 公寓
• housing / residence 住宅
• terraced house
• cycle lane / bike lane
• parking lot
• pedestrain
• public apartment

2025/4/24

上課: Food Herbs and Spices Bay leaf月桂葉, star anise 八角, parsley歐芹, dill蒔蘿, rosemary迷迭香 garlic大蒜 chili pepper辣椒

• Grind into powder
• mustard芥末
  • japanese mustard, wasabi
• cumin小茴香
• nutmeg肉豆蔻
• ginger薑
• root and bark. Cinnamon is the bark of a tree.
• sumac醋栗
• Paprika紅椒粉
• Poppy seeds罌粟種子
• pastries 糕點
• turmeric薑黃
• cinnamon 肉桂
• herbs
• basil羅勒
• mint薄荷
• dill蒔蘿
• pickeles 醃漬
• coriander香菜
• parsley歐芹
• rosemary迷迭香
• condiments 調味料 / sources
• bring out the flavor
• soy sauce 醬油
• vinegar 醋
• chutney 酸辣醬

2025/4/25

上課: Food-Bread Cereal Pasta Noodles

• wheat 小麥 / barley 大麥
• flour 麵粉
• torilla 玉米餅
• cereals 穀物 and grains 穀類
• quanitities 數量
• savory 鹹的
• rice in grown in paddies
• wheat is grown in fields. it's a very important crop.
• oats 燕麥
• porridge 粥
• pastries 餡餅 / pastry 餅皮
• baguette 法國長棍麵包
• crusty 外皮酥脆的
• a load of bread / many loaves of bread
• sliced bread
• chapati 印度薄餅 / roti 印度烤餅 / naan 印度烤餅 / aratha 印度烤餅
• tortillas 玉米餅
• pita bread
• pastries 餡餅
• baklava 甜點
  • baklava is a sweet pastry made from filo dough
• tortilla chips 玉米片

2025/4/28

上課: Food-Meat and Delicatessen

• ribs
• beef / steak / veal / diced beef
  • cattle / cow / bull
• lamb / mutton 羊肉 / lamb roast
• chicken
• pork / bacon / sausage 香腸
• hamburger patty 漢堡肉餅
• flesh of animal
• a shop that sells meat is called a butcher
• ground 絞肉
• back ribs 背肋骨
• chop 排骨 / pork chop 豬排
• rib roast 肋排烤肉
• shank 腿肉
• stew 燉肉 / beef stew rice 牛肉燴飯

2025/4/29

上課: Life in the city

• tuktuk 嘟嘟車
• lorry 貨車 / truck / delivery truck
• highway
• canoe 獨木舟 / boat / ferry
• tracks 鐵軌 / train tracks / underground
• cricket 板球 / foot
• cinema / theater
• movive buff 電影迷
• shearing
• indoor/outdoor activities

2024/4/30

上課: When You Come To Montreal

• Quebec is a province in Canada
• Montreal is a city in Quebec
• States / Counties / Cities
• what is different between states and counties?
• Terrtories / Provinces
• Vancouver is in British Columbia
• autonomous
• Canada's captial city is Ottawa

2025/5/3

• city building
• family household
• connected house
• live near the ocean
• in the suburbs 郊區
• in the quiet neighborhood
• downtown 市中心
• basement
• B1, B2 parking garage
• high rise building 高層建築
• elevators / lifts
• histroric building
• tall and modern apartment building
• balcony
• study room
• kitchen
• laundry room
• a bedroom
• living room
• sofa in the living room
• dining room / dining table
• art on the wall , bookshelf
• rug
• sofa / couch / light fittings
• air conditioning
• painting
• large closet 衣櫃, walk in closet
• appliances 電器
• cabinet
• inteirior design 室內設計
• tub 浴缸
• hammock 吊床
• furniture 傢俱
• neigbourhood (place) / neighbors (people)
  • I don't really know my neighbors
• quiet / noisy

2025/5/5

上課: The Alphabet

• Alligator 鱷魚
• plural 複數
• stress 重音
• quiz / quizzes

2025/5/6

上課: Socializing

• meeting people for the first time
• Really ? / That's amazing! / That's incredible!
• Really ? / Oh no! / That's awful! / That's terrible!
• So am I / So do I / Neither do I / Neither have I
• Me neighter

2025/5/7

上課: Socializing

• student accommodation / residences
• nerve-wracking / nervious
• Showing interest and asking follow-up questions
  • That's incredible
  • You're kidding
  • No way!
  • Really?
• where are you headed?
• I 'm sorry, I have to take this call
• Ending converation
  • I'm sorry, I have to ...
• I'm sorry I overheard talking about.....

2025/5/12

上課: Where we live

• bento / lunch box

2025/5/13

上課: Socializing

• catching up :meet someone you haven't seen for a while
• How often do you catch up with friends?
• get in touch (on the weekend)
• stay in touch (all the time)
• stay in contact
• catch up with
• meet in person means meet face to face
• Do Not Disturb
• hashtag

2025/5/14

上課: Socializing

• ergency
• slacker
• exclamation marks (!)
• ellipsis (...)
• emojis
• full stops (.)
• question marks
• passive aggressive
• abbreviations
• atm(at the moment)
  • can't talk atm.
• btw (by the way)
• idc (I don't care)
• dw (don't worry)

2025/5/19

上課: Consonants

2025/5/20

上課: Travel adventure

• tick something off your my to-do list
• achieved their goal
  • wish / goal
• Venezuela
  • Angel Falls
• pretty v.s very
  • pretty is less than very
• accommodation

2025/5/21

上課: Travel adventure

• bucket list
• hammock
• kick the bucket = die = pass away

2025/5/26

上課: Let's go shopping

• I'm just browsing
• don't wear A or B (否定兩個用or)

2025/5/27

上課: Travel adventure

• insurance
• compass
• get lost in a new city
• paramedic

2025/5/28

上課:

• dehumidifier
• Lonely Planet
• seasick / carsick
• sunscreen / get tan
  • re-apply sunscreen
• suitcase / bagpack
• sweat
• outfit
• compression bag
• sneakers / walking shoes / boots

2025/6/2

上課: The Past

• rice dumpling
• pet's fair 寵物博覽會 / exhibition center
• 我以為 => I thought

2025/6/3

上課:

• cathedral 大教堂
• plaza 廣場
• aqueduct / aqua
• Toledo / Madrid

2025/6/4

上課:

• regional train
• high-speed train
• outbound / return
• class / elige confort

2025/6/11

• travel blog
• Mexican cartels
• flight attendant
• middle East
• first / business / economy class

2025/6/17

• present perfect 現在完成式
  • just, already, yet
• achievement
• drive license
• Have you picked up the cake yet
• affirmative 肯定 / negative 否定
• perform rescues
• first aid

2025/6/18

• analyze data / information
• colleague
• collaborate
• cooperate
• synonym 同義詞
  • improve / develop
  • work on / practice
• soft skills
  • interpersonal
• hard skills
  • technical skills
  • job-specific

2025/6/24

• comparative
  • adj + er
• superlative
  • adj + est
• 簡單式 vs 進行式
  • ing 描述即將會結束的事情 / 最近的事情 / 強調改變?

2025/6/25

• syllable
• two or more syllables using more and most
  • more beautiful
• irregular adverbs
• well / better
• open-minded
• broad
• cosmetic surgery

2025/6/26

• gadgets
  • technology gadgets
• write some notes down
• take down some notes
• refriderator / freezer / fridge freezer
• As an engineer, I usually use my laptop throughout the day
• I don't comment offen. I mostly just watch videos and scorll.
• waffle(v)
  • I was on the phone to my mum for 1 hour and she was just waffling the whole time.
  • get to the point
• search for something
• during meals
• on the fence
• Comparaives
• Both A and B are good for...
  • They're similar because they both...
• A is adj, whereas B is adj
• Unlike A, B is more...
• I don't use either
• I have never heard of this app before
• out of two
• faux pas = fo par 失禮行為
  • I just forgot that man's name. That was such a big faux pas. -phone addict
• glued to their phones
• Are you addicted to screens
• there is a time and a place to use my phone
• on the go
  • I use my phone when I'm on the go
• colleague同事 / college大學

2025/7/1

• beverages
• A drink is a liquid
• reservoir 水庫
• ripe
  • fruit is not ripe
  • turning ripe
  • macchiato
  • foam on top / steamed milk
• clean and rinse
  • use water to clean mouse
• plural
• tea bags / tea leaves
• lemon tart
• tart v.s. pie

2025/7/8

• customs are almost all from Europe
• Examples of trades
  • Plumber / Carpenter / Builder(Construction worker) / Mechanic
  • bricklayer
• Jobs
  • Courier / Lifeguard / Receptionist
• white-collar & blue-collar
• formal qualification
  • degree / diploma / certificate
• Save time on commuting
  • commute 通勤
• Unusal jobs
  • professional sleeper / car tester / panda sitter

2025/7/15

• Clothing
• collar
• stylish / style
• fashionable
• top / blouse / shirt
• trousers(UK) / pants(US)
• jumper(UK) / sweater(US)
• 5 sense(see / smell / hear / taste / touch)
• match clothes / dress well
• bright / dull (earch tones)
• tight / loose

2025/7/22

Cloudy with a chance of rain

• weather forecast
• drizzle
• overcast sky / clear sky
• humid / dry
• chilly / warm

2025/7/29

• immigrating to another country
• country / nationality / offical language
• Nationality and language
• The UK / British / English
• Cambodia
• household

2025/8/5

Nationalities

• The resident of Paris When in Rome, do as the Romans do
• follow their customs
• adapt Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States. People in France speak French. mutual problem = same problem

2025/8/11

Ving

• fixed plan
• at this moment What are you doing on the screen ?

2025/8/12

transport Vehicles : Bus / Coach / Plane / train about to = going to bus fare / train fare / airfare fare-evaing passenger getting on/off the bus (大型交通工具) get in/into/out of the car (小型交通工具) (train) platform train conductor entrance on my phone board = get on tap / scan your phone carpool = share a ride with others

2025/8/14

Cherry lovers delight as prices hit 20-year-low Sino-US trade war 中美貿易戰 Sino: 中國相關的 Sky-high tariffs fruit spoils fast

Interview with coffee hunter, Jose Yoshiaki Kawashima - Formosa News renowned coffee endangered coffee beans / endangered species revive the beans flagship store

This That These Those (pronouns)

2025/8/15

living expense fragrance netizens 網民 become an online sensation

2025/8/18

ceramics Past simple English collocation 搭配詞 half past three (3:30)

2025/8/19

The US' tariffs furloughed 500 employees manufacturing sector annual pilgrimage amateur

Containers and quantities measure word determiners a jar of jam a bar of cocolate a bag of orange a glass/jug/pitcher of juice carton of milk tube of toothpaste a bowl of pasta/cereal a packet of rice a can of cola packet of ketchup/salt a bunch of garlic furniture speedometer liter / mililiter a dozen eggs a bouquet of flowers photo / photography (pronunciation) sachet/bowl/packets/stick of sugar kilometer(pronunciation) ravioli

2025/8/20

Little did the traveler know (The traveler did little know的倒裝句) not having any of it (一點都不想接受)

most of the time Murphy's law very heavy / just shower typhoon / hurricane power outage / no power quarter/half to eight (7:45/7:30) quarter/half past eight (8:15/8:30) around six ish itinerary

2025/8/21

sparked outrage 引發眾怒 compensation 賠償 vigilant about 警惕

2025/8/22

go to the gangway But it’s inevitable that you’ll get a call sometimes

2025/8/25

government subsidies as it pleased 隨心所欲

2025/8/26

recall votes 罷免投票 domestic and international cabinet members

gardening aerobics 有氧運動

Sport table tennis hockey (ice hockey / field hockey) 曲棍球

• (ice) rink cricket equipment / kit golf ball / club racquet 球拍 / ball paddle tennis/basketball/badminton court 球場 baseball field track 跑道 PE class 400m relay 接力 high jump / long jump roll/throw dice
• 1 die / 2 dice wear special kit/gear He is a promising runner
• promising: something or somebody that may be very successful boxing ring compete / competition endurance treadmill relieve/release stress

2025/8/27

go on an outing 郊遊

• we went on an outing to the zoo.
• The students had an outing in the mountains.

meeting agenda conjugate 詞形變化

The infinitive

• listing in email
• list tasks

We are here today to think of some ideas we have a lot to cover today

project budget

at such short notice

• thank you all for comming at such short notice

2025/8/28

Production is slated to begin in 2027

• slated 預定

2025/8/31

Q-tip 棉花棒

2025/9/1

Labour day double pay cariouse tooth / cavity tooth 蛀牙

• I found out I had some cavities
• I spent another two weeks getting them filled.
• residue of the xxx 剩餘的

2025/9/2

Figurative language Poetry 詩 stanza 節 / line / rhyme 押韻

比喻法:

• Simile 明喻
  • comparing two things using like or as
  • His words were as sweet as honey.
• Metaphor 隱喻
  • comparing two things by saying one thing is the other.
  • She is a rock of stability
• Personification 擬人法
  • Representing non-human as humans.
• Hyperbole 誇張法
  • Using exaggeration
  • My backpack weighs a ton.

2025/9/3

died on the vine (idiom: 胎死腹中/無疾而終) complimentary breakfast Boba shops 手搖飲料店 excessive levels of E. coli

We're on the same page. Who is on board with this idea ?

• on board = agree

I agree with you up to a point, but... 部分同意

2025/9/5

hold held ... against ... ever since grudge 怨恨 hold off 延遲 hold on 等一下(電話) wait a while > wait a little while > hold on

hold out 1. 堅持 2. 握手 I will hold out for ... food doesn't hold out temptation 誘惑 I don't know how much longer I can hold out. 不知道我還能堅持多久 hold up 1. 耽誤 2. 擁護 3. 搶劫 held the meeting up for half an hour held up the line hold up the store 搶劫商店

2025/9/7

on the sly 偷偷的

2025/9/8

preliminary/vast topics clinch tariff deal 達成關稅協議 -clinch 成交 it's easy to get overwhelmed 容易不知所措

2025/9/9

online celebrity

2025/9/10

conduct a study 進行研究 put up with (phr.) 忍受 = tolerate, endure

• I can't put up with this noise relish (v.) 享受 cringe / embarrassing / awkward don't make rash, impulsive decisions Are you getting ample rest ?
• ample = enough

2025/9/11

feel intimidating 害怕

2025/9/13

• minor scrapes
• red-handed (adv. phrase)
  • was caught red-handed 被當場抓到
• it's pretty easy to squeeze in your schedule
  • squeeze in 安排時間
• find + O + adj.
  • I find the movie boring.
  • The joke got everyone laughing
    • 常用於find / consider / make / keep / leave / get
• she was way out of line

Roman numerals - noun (I, V, X, etc.) Familiar - adj (you know it) Essential - adj (important, necessary) Forefinger - noun (the finger you use to point) Arabic numerals - noun (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) 1600s - 16 hundreds Phobia - noun (a fear you have and it is always present, something you are afraid of) Fear - noun Tetraphobia - noun (the fear of the number 4) Cynophobia - noun (the fear of dogs) Superstition - noun (something you believe in but it cannot be proven by science) In Thailand 555 means = hahaha Hilarious - adj (very funny)

Multiword verbs with go

• go over
  1. visit a place. We're going over to Bob's tonight.
  2. review something I need to go over this contract carefully before I sign it.
  3. explain I'm going to go over this with you again in class tomorrowl, as it's not an easy topic.
  4. goes over well/badly The new drama didn't go over well with the critics.
• going-over (n.)
  • When you give something a going-over, you examine it for mistakes.
• go through with
  • When you go through with something, you do even thought it might be difficult.
• go up
  1. 往上走
  2. increase
  • The cost of gas went up quickly last year.
  3. schedule goes up
• go with
  1. includes
  2. match
  3. choose
  4. always or normally found with another thing

2025/9/14

backwards 反向 (adv.)

• He fell backwards.
• backward 反向的 (adj.)
• a backward ideas 落後的想法

表語(predicative / subject complement)

1. adj

• she is happy.

2. noun

• he is a teacher.

3. Prepositionsal phrases (介係詞片語)

• the keys are on the table.

4. adv

• The plan is off.
• Everything is backwards.

I would block out a few hours for studying.

• block out 劃出時間

the results were astonishing

• astonishing = amazing

2025/9/16

pharmacy

2025/9/17

• 5/12 twelfth
• I will pencil you in for next Tuesday.
• pencil in 預定
• touch base
• touch base
• attendee : person who attends an event.
• flight leave for Madrid.
  • leave for = go to

2025/9/23

• sports stadium
• sport center
• in the parking lot
• at the stadium
• high-rise building

2025/9/30

• procession 遊行

2025/10/1

• go for one block.
• suites

2025/10/7

• breeds = different kind
• golden retriever
  • retrieve 取回
• whiskers 鬍鬚
• aquarium / fish tank

2025/10/8

• work hub
• airfair
• Call the hotel to make a reservation
• Giving directions
  • bear right: 沿著右邊走(curve road)

2025/10/13

• under repair
• in a garage
• is/am/are going to
• was/were going to 原本打算
• was/were supposed to 原本應該
• was/were scheduled to 原本計畫
• appliance store 家電商店
• retailer 零售商
• Receptionist 接待員
• vaccum cleaner 吸塵器
• malfunctions 故障
• drop off this parcel
• when will the new shipment arrive ? 何時會到達新的貨物？
• I'll send it after making revisions.
• valid warranty
• rep = representative
  • sales rep

2025/10/15

• How are things going ?
• What have you been up to recently ?
  • invite you to have more conversation

2025/10/17

• cut back on sugar

2025/10/18

• veto a law 否決
• pass a law
• enforce a law 執行法律
• propose a law 提出法律
• legislative process 立法過程 / legislator 立法者
  1. idea
  2. drafting
  3. introduction
  4. committee review
  5. debate
  6. vote
  7. executive approval
  8. becomesing law
  9. implementation
• lobby for a law 遊說
• support / in favor of / lobby for 贊成
• oppose / against / lobby against 反對
• capitol 國會大廈 / capital 首都
• judicial branch 司法部門
• graffiti 塗鴉
• vandalism 破壞公物
• press charges 提告
• protest 抗議

2025/10/21

• wool 羊毛
• cow / calf(calves) / bull / cattle牛群
• milk / dairy(cheese/cream)
• plow 犁
• poultry 家禽
• hen 母雞 / chicks / rooster 公雞 / goose(geese) / Turkey
  • hey lay eggs
• goat / kid
• piglet / pork / bacon / ham
• hay 乾草
• graze 吃草 / field / meadow

2025/10/22

• serendipity

2025/10/27

• I'll be on duty this evening.
• the farewell party
• catering service 外燴服務
• state-of-the-art 最先進的 / the most advanced
• have the job done / have ... ready 準備好
• 詢問問題點
  • 常見用字: problem / concern / worry / issue / trouble / difficulty / challenge
  • 轉折語氣:however, but, unfortunately
• out of stock 缺貨
• invoice 請款單
• He was mistakenly charged. 被錯誤收費
• 故障相關用詞: malfunctioning / be not working proplerly / be out of order / be defective / be faulty
  • under warranty 在保固內
  • get it repaired free of charge 免費維修
• workforce 員工 / understaffed 人手不足
• be promoted to + 職位

2025/10/29

• Well, if you'll execuse me, ...
• It was nice to meet you
• it was great speaking with you
• follow up with an email

2025/11/3

• The water is boiling -> the boiling water 主動/正在發生

• The water has been boiled -> the boiled water 被動/已發生

• 現在分詞/過去分詞 當形容詞用

  • a promising candidate
  • outstanding payment

• the preferred means

• finished products

• qualified applicants

• a designated seat 指定座

• limited warranty

• then revised version

• then attached document

• then authorized retailers

• 有些是固定用法

• detailed maps

• proposed computer

1. a brief summary
2. some valuable information
3. an impressive performance
4. a well informed traveler 消息靈通的旅客

• well, recently, newly + Vpp + N

5. the recently recovered data 最近被恢復的資料
6. the newly introduced product 新推出的產品

• advance
  • an advance reservation 事先的預訂
  • advanced technology 先進的技術
• forget
  • retrieve your forgotten password 忘記的密碼
  • Mr.Johnson is quite forgetful 健忘
• impress
  • the client was impressed 令人印象深刻
  • the company's rapid growth is truly impressive 令人欽佩
• compare
  • the new product offers comparable features at a lower price 相似的
  • compared with last year, ... 比較的
• pleasant
  • The manager was pleased with ... 感到高興的
  • we hope you have a pleasant stay at our hotel 愉快的
• inform
  • informed decision 根據情報的決定
  • training session was informative 資訊豐富的

形容詞子句簡化為片語

1. 冠詞/所有格/動詞/限定詞/介係詞+ __ + 名詞
2. 名詞 + Ving + 名詞 名詞 + Vpp + 逗介句副
3. (連接詞) + Ving + 名詞
   (連接詞) + Vpp + 逗介句副

• the advertisement explaining the steps is missing
• entry-level workers are satisfied with the wage offered at the company

副詞子句簡化片語: 逗號前後兩句話主詞相同的話，可將副詞子句簡化為片語

• having done this before, he was still very cautious.
• Situated on the outskirts of Kaohsiung City, the airport serves travelers in the south of Taiwan
• before,after,until,since + being + Vpp
  • Before being delivered to the factory, each component is carefully checked.

2025/11/4 Insects / bugs

• praying mantis 螳螂
• dragonfly 蜻蜓
• crawl under the ground
• beetles have antennae
• caterpillar 毛毛蟲
• termites 白蟻
• locusts 蝗蟲
• weevils 象鼻蟲
• pests 害蟲 也可以用在animals,people
• silk / silkworm 蠶
• sting 刺
• cricket 蟋蟀
• entomophobia 昆蟲恐懼症

2025/11/5

• name tag

write email: Hi XXX, It was great to meet you at...
I looked forward to hearing from you.

direct speech / reported speech

2025/11/17

所有格 / 所有格代名詞

by oneself 獨自 = on one's own

• Mr.Lee himself is doing the dishes.

• one's own + N 自己的

• one's own 自己的東西

反身代名詞片語

1. 自行取用 help oneself to the food
2. 以...自豪 pride oneself on this achievement
3. 熟悉 familiarize oneself with the software program
4. 證明自己能 prove/show oneself capable of leading the team
5. 過得愉快 enjoy oneself at the party

oneself / one's own exercise

1. You will all have to be responsible for yourselves.
2. It's time I bought myself a new car.
3. The waiter dreamed of someday working at a restaurant of himself.
4. If we could only see ourselves as others see us. 假如我們能像別人看我們一樣看自己該有多好
5. Ken took the courses at his own expense. Ken自費上這些課程

• extend 延長;給予
  • My family and I would like to extend our sincere thanks for...

take on a task a job 承接工作

2025/11/18

• mammals 哺乳類
• rhino/rhinoceros 犀牛
• measurements
  • gallons of milk/gas
  • liters
• chew 咀嚼
• creepy 恐怖(not very)
• carnivore 肉食動物
• herbivore 草食動物 (h可以發音也可以不發音)
• marsupials 有袋類
• phonics 發音法

2025/11/19

• be used to 習慣
• be getting used to
• used to 過去做過

2025/11/21

• paycheck 薪資
• frugal 節儉
• avarice / ravenous

2025/11/25

• reptiles are cold blooded
• hatch: from eggs
• nocturnal animal 夜行性動物
• diurnal animal 日行性動物
• venomous 有毒的
• tortoise / terrapins
• How much does it weigh?
  • it weights
  • 不會使用heavy
• constriction 收縮
• 可以形容交通擁擠
• camouflage 偽裝

2025/11/26

transitions(change and keep moving)

• Let's move on to
• That brings me to my next point
• That leads me to anthor important point
• First let's start with
• Now, I would like to disucss
• Let's get started by talking about
• The next point I would like to make is

succeed (cc念k的音)

• individualistic nature

2025/12/1

• sour taste
• displine
• cyber monday

2025/12/2

• what is good to see ?
• indigenous / aborigines
• skyscraper
• iconic
• centerpice: the focus of attention
• get stuck on something (like traffic jam)
• pedestrian : 行人
• quay 英式 / pier 美式
• spectacular 壯觀
• bay: 海灣

2025/12/3

• etiquette 禮儀
• exchange gifts (不會說change gitfs)
• first name (given name) / last name (family name)
• some flowers are only for funeral service 喪禮

2025/12/5

關係代名詞

• 主格: who / which / that
• 受格: whom(who不正式) / which / that
• 所有格: whose

that

• that 前面不能有逗點或介係詞

what

• the things(s) that
• 前面不會有名詞

those who, anyone who

• whoever = anyone who

in an effort to +V 為了

• concerted 共同的

• spacious 寬敞的

2025/12/9

• surfing spot
• plumber 水電工
• electrician 電工
• businessman / businesswoman
• carpenter 木匠
• mechanic 技工
• accountant 會計師
• commute
  • how long is your commute to work ?
• get start work / get off work
• I drive scotter/car to work.
• the population is approximately 50 millions
• surf instructor

2025/12/10

• customer service representative
• collocations: 固定搭配詞
• How can we make it up to you?
  • make it up to sb 彌補某人

2025/12/15

• voucher = coupon
• complimentary 免費的
• on a/an + adj + basis 以...的方式進行
• nominal fee 些微費用
• state-of-the-art 最先進的
• courteous 禮貌的
• look no further
• filled to capacity 客滿
• auction 競標
• will be boosted by
• proceeds from all events 活動獲得的收益
• spokesperson 發言人
• consolidate 鞏固
• industry insider 業內人士
• concern, worry, problem, isssue, trouble, difficulty
• adjourn 休會
• in an attempt to = in order to

2025/12/16

• 家庭成員: uncle / aunt / cousin / sibling / sister / brother
• immediate family / extended family
• drop someone off 送某人到某地
  • drop the kids offs at school
• pick someone up 接某人
• we plan for the week ahead

2025/12/22 連接詞 / 介係詞

• 連接詞: 句子 + 連接詞 + 句子

• 介係詞: 片語 + 介係詞 + 片語

• While I was taking a shower, the phone rang.

as (it is) + Vpp 如同

• as planned, as indicated

whereas 然而

• The sales in Europe are rising, whereas/while sales in Asia are falling.

As soon as 一...就...

As long as

Once 一旦

• as soon as
• Once the order is confirmed, it cannot be changed.

provided (that) 如果

• you may extend your stay at the hotel, provided that you rooms are available.

in case 以防萬一

Unless 除非

• Unless you wear your ID badge, you cannot enter the building.

whether ... or not 不管

so that / in order that 如此一來 (can, may, will)

• Please speak clearly so that everyone can hear you.

so + adj/adv such + adj + N

雙篇閱讀

1. most likely, proably, might
2. impiled, suggested, assumed, inferred
3. 時間 金錢 數字等
4. 條件對照 indicated

2025/12/23

• Nationality
• quiet activites
• studious person : 喜歡讀書的人
• musical person: 喜歡音樂的人
• sporty person: 喜歡運動的人
• active person: 喜歡活動的人
• adventurous person: 喜歡冒險的人
• spare time

2025/12/29

• refrain from 避免
• venues 場地
• pamphlet 小冊子 / brochure
• keepsakes / souvenirs 紀念品
• make our way to +N 前往

2025/12/30

• glorious
• takeout food 外帶食物
• divivery food 外送食物
• dairy products 乳製品
• street food vendor
• appeal to adults and children
• family restaurant / diner 小餐館
• fine dining
• restaurant chain
• eat in / eat out
• Money is no object 錢不是問題

2026/01/06

• expire, lapse

連接副詞

• 因此: therefore, consequently, accordingly, thus, hence, as a result
• 然而: however, nevertheless, nonetheless
• 而且: in addition, additionally, moreover, furthermore, conversely, rather
• 相反地: on the contrary, instead, conversely, rather
• 同時: meanwhile, in the mean time
• 或: alternatively
• 為此: to this end / for this purpose
• 即便如此: even so
• 其實: actually, as a matter of fact, in fact
• 否則: otherwise

2026/01/06

• on your way to work
• I watch what I eat
• whole-wheat bread / white bread
• nutrition

2026/01/07

• draw up a new contract
• if a customer buy in bulk, we usually give them a discount

2026/01/13

• inhabitants (居民)
• see the sights

2026/01/14

• can you meet me halfway?
• let's agreee meet halfway
• it's a deal
• let's do it
• starting off on the wrong foot: make a bad start

2026/01/19

• intuition: 直覺 ; gut feeling
  • just felt right
• instincts: 本能
• although seemingly crazy; it seems crazy
• empathize, empathy
• psychologist 心理學家
• put yourself in someone else's shoes; put your self in their place
• subtle things 微妙的事物
  • subtle: b 不發音
• controversial
• compulsory = have to do it

noun phrases

compound nouns

• Noun + noun: coffee maker

• gerund + noun: washing machine

• adjective + noun: blueberry, software

• passerby 行人;過路人

• rental agreenment 租賃協議

  • landlady;

• cereal; grains

2026/01/20

• diet coke/soda
• pizza
  • toppings: 配料
• pizzeria: pizza restaurant
• prawn; shrimp

2026/01/27

Street

• Saint = St.
• At A road and B road

rush hour = peak hour

Sally is showing him around

2026/01/28

• discount (noun.) 重音在前面 (v.) 重音在後面

2026/2/2

work benefits

• annual bonus
• flexible hours
• unpaid time off
• company car
• paid vacation time
• gym membership
• pension plan
• mandatory break times

2026/2/3

serving: 一份(食物)

• serving for four people.

2026/2/4

• Bosses want you to account for your time
• opportunity for advancement
• cost of living
• I left work late
• I'd like to postpone our meeting.
  • put put off our meeting (not formal)

2026/2/9

• to lift weights / to weightlift
• subsidized childcare
• pensioner / pension plan
• collocations: 搭配詞
  • have: a problem, lunch, a look,
    • do: bussiness, favor, do, research
    • make: an appointment, progress, money, a point, a difference, a suggestion, a decision
    • take: take a look at, notes, a rest, a profit, a chance
    • get: promotion, a raise, opportunity
• staff turnover
• mandatory
• things are better now than they used to be.

2026/2/10 Columbia

• South America
• indigenous / original people
• Metro / Taxi / Taxicab(cab)
• travel abroad
• domestic
• connect flight

2026/2/11 Giving advice

• advice (noun) / advise (verb)
• Imperative sentence 祈使句

2026/3/14 travel agentcy

• unwind 有點類似relax
  • 反義詞: wound up 興奮過頭/壓力過大
• vaccine / get a shot / inoculation
• locate money
• resorts 渡假村
• visa 簽證
• tour group / package tour
• deposit money
• itinerary / schedule for trip
• sight-seeing
• go on a trip / go on vacation
• motion sickness / car sick / seasick
• bus / coach (long distance)

2026/3/16

• blazer
• plush toy
• right now / as we speak / at the moment

2026/3/21

• death penalty / capital punishment

• heious 令人髮指的

• horrendous 可怕的/糟糕的

  • horrendous day

• capable / incapable

• we are better off without them

  • deterrent: to stop

• enormity / enormous 巨大的

• inmates

• psychological torture

• solitary = by your self = one

  • solitary confinement

• condemn

• to sentence someone 判刑

• indefinitely

• frightened

2026/3/23

• Mardi Gras / New Orleans, USA
• Tomb Sweeping Festival
• parade

2026/3/25

• customer service collocations
• 搭配詞(collocations)
  • gather information
  • requset a refund
  • deal with a complaint
  • vent one's frustration
    • I just need to vent.
  • guarantee quality
  • offer compensation
  • demand an explonation
• How can I made it up to you ? / How can I made it right ?
• put towards: part of money
  • My parants gave me some money to put towards buying a car.

2026/3/31

• migraine =
• What seems to be the problem ?
  • How can I help you ?
    • What's the matter ?
• I will call your parent/guardian
• take a breather = calm down
• sore throat / tickly throat
• what are your symptoms
• musle cramp
• bring the pain down
• take plenty of fluids
• sick certificate
• I have a _______. (I've had a runny nose for _____.)
• My throat hurts/feels sore.
• If the symptoms don't get better, you can make a new appointment for next week.

2026/4/8

• get down to business
• meet half-way: compromise
• show of hands: raising hands to vote for or againist something
• stick to the point: stay focused on the main idea
• close a deal

prepositions: 介係詞

• insisted on
• is everyone here in favor of that ?
• can I have that offer in writing
• modal verb
  • seems rather / barely / hardly / fairly / rather / relatively
• We were thinking of a figure around $1000
• Actually, we were hoping for
• there seems to be a problem
• Let's take a break and reconvene after lunch
• tactics : strategy
• tactful : nice and careful way
• provisions
• contingency
• in our best interest
• consensus: reach a consensus
• unanimous
• binding contract

2026/4/10

• examine : check carefully
• a thing stress you out : gives you stress
• minor - adj(small, not that important)
• minor - noun(people under 18)
• health card: 健保卡
• cholesterol: the oil in your blood

2026/4/14

• dormitory (dorm)
• roommates / flatmates
• freshman / fresher = 1st year student
• tuition
• scholarship
• financial aid
• room and board: housing and food
• If I could go back, I would have done (instead of ...)

2026/4/20

• I'm very flexible
• eat light/heavy
• He is giving the impression of ...

2026/4/22

• What is your greatest strength
• What is your greatest weakness
• resourceful / punctual / cooperative / articulate (well-spoken) / meticulous
• I am very hands-on
• proactive: solving problem before somthing wrong happen
• initiative
• pragmatic
• fresh out of school
• job leads

2026/4/24

• armed conflicts
• World War II
• war commence
• invasion: entering or being entered by an attck
• decisive superiority
• futile: incapable of producing any result; useless
• treaty
• war-zone: where is the war taking place
• mediation: to reach agreement with help
• casualty: 傷亡
• death toll
• civilian
• totalitarianism
• conscription / mandatory military
  • do you get drafted ?

2026/4/27

• Each to their own = everyone has an opinion
• an electrian
• a care assiatant

2026/4/29 Resume

• CV = curriculum vitae
• personal statement
• Recent graduate students
• position in human resources
• versatile and creative
• to meet tight deadlines
• combine a background in journalisam and academeics with expertise in business
• analytical
  • With strong analytical skills and a broad range of computer expertise
• more than six years of software engineering experience
• lowest staff turnover rate: 員工流動率
• supervised a team
• overhauled the outdated employee database system
  • overhauled: big change
• streamlined company operations by removing layers of management
• chaired a committee to oversee the development of a new facility
• consulted
  • consulted on/about ...
• mediated: 調解衝突
• formulated
• addressed
• lectured : deliver an educational speech to a group of people
• negotiated : try to reach an agreement or compromise
• inspected + noun.
• critiqued 理性分析、評論（較中性/專業） / criticize 批評（可能帶負面）

2026/4/30

• lean into it

2026/5/2

• mitigate: 減輕、緩和
  • How to mitigate it ?

2026/5/4

• detrimental = harmful
• nephew 姪子 / niece 侄女
• black sheep
• run in the family 家族遺傳
  • Short stature runs in my family

2026/5/5

• consent 同意

2026/5/6

• impressed with + someone/something

• wish you the best in the future endavours

• gibberish: nonsense, meaningless talk

• vague

• hallucination

• factuality

• mitigation

• recollection

• Walk the dog / Take the dog for a walk

• lab coat / scrubs

• He examines children

• time fly

• pediatrician

• Once a week / every three months / in a while

• while (means long time)

  • It's been a little while

2025/5/7

• elucidative
  • He gave an elucidative explanation of the problem.
  • He clearly explained the problem.
• pervasive
  • This is a pervasive issue.
• vicinity
  • in the vicinity of my office

2026/5/8

• durable
  • This is a durable computer

2026/5/18

• Swings and roundabouts: pro and cons
• speak of the devil = talk about someone and they arrive
• traffic light colors: red, amber, green
• seatbelt
  • to buckle a seatbelt
  • to fasten a seatbelt (t不發音)
  • put on a seatbelt
• turn signal / blinker / indicator
• rearview mirror / sideview mirror
• brakes: 煞車
  • to push the brakes
  • to slam on the brakes 急煞
• gas pedal: 油門
  • to step on the gas / accelerator
  • "step on it"
• to run a red light = to go through a red light
• change lanes
  • weave through traffic
• pull over 路邊停車
  • police pull over a car
• cones 路障

Police Officer:

• Do you know why I pulled you over today?
• Do you know what the speed limit is here?
• You changed lanes, but you forgot to use your turn signal.
• Can I see your driver's license, please?

Driver:

• I am so sorry, Officer! I forgot to put my lights on!
• I'm not drunk! I'm just blushing because I ate soup recently.
• Oh no! Is my seatbeat not fastened in?
• Sorry I'm a new driver and I'm really nervous!

You are speeding! You're over the limit Can you let me off this time

2026/5/20

• go to my friend's place/house
• hypothetical situations
• I don't know what I will do if I lose my passport 未來有可能發生
• I don't know what I would do if I lost my passport 幾乎不會發生且沒發生過(won't be true about the future)
• If she calls me, I will answer the call
• If she called me, I would be very surprised

2026/5/21

• a rack of lamb
• to peel vegetable skin
• It is rarely eaten in Taiwan.
• you can eat tomatoes on their own
• grocery store
• salmon with veggies

2026/5/25

• skewer 烤串 / grill
• pepper
• baking tray
• I heat pre-made foods.
• appetizig(adj.) = tasty / looks nice
• frying pan / wok
• cured in salt
• pickled cabbage
  • pickle (v.)
• It depends on the occasion
• to like what comes out of it
• meal prep (preperation)
• experimenting with Japanese dishes
• when it tastes underwhelming / average
• 別說so-so
  • alright / fine / meh / average / mediocre

2026/5/28

• Rose's ("iz") / James's
• students' book
• cutlery (forks, knives, spoons...)
• pillow / cushion
• pots and pans

The Customer Service Drama! You just arrived at an AirBNB, but there are many things wrong with it. Things are broken, dirty or missing! You need to call Customer Service right away to complain and get help!

Vocab:

• Fridge: leaking
• Washing Machine / Stove: Broken / won't turn on
• Plant: Dead
• Armchair / Couch / Bookshelf / Cabinet / Closet / Double Bed: Broken / damaged / stained
• Lamp: Flickering / won't turn on
• Mirror: Cracked

I just checked into the Airbnb, and I noticed that the XXX is broken.

2026/6/1

• duh = obviously (not formal)
• plumber 水電工(唸法"plummer")

Nationality

• The United States -> American
• Mexico -> Mexican
• Canada -> Canadian
• Thailand -> Thai
• Iceland -> Icelandic
• Switzerland -> Swiss
• Turkey -> Turkish
• England -> English
• Algeria -> Algerian
• Sudan -> Sudanese
• Sweden - Swedish

2026/6/3

• indigenous / aboriginal / tribe
• in the wild
• orchid
• hut 小屋

animals

• mammals (pronunciation: /ˈmæməl/)
• wild animal is aggressive
• domesticated / wild animals / strays animals
• fur 毛/ feather 羽毛 / scales 鱗
• hamster 倉鼠 / guinea pig 天竺鼠
• I need to walk my dog
• whiskers 鬍鬚
• beak / bills
• exotic / Unusal
  • exotic pets
• amphibian 兩棲動物
• reptile 爬蟲類
• aviary 鳥舍
• lizard 蜥蜴

2026/6/8

• How do you get to work ?
  • I get to work by...
• What do you do on your journey to work ?
• What do you like about the journey ?
  • I love / I like
• What don't you like about the journey ?
  • I don't like / I dislike / I hate / I'm not a fan of

1. How do you get to work?

• I get to work by... / (on foot)

2. What do you do on your journey to work?

• I (usually)... / I (sometimes)... , (sometimes) ...

3. What do you like about the journey?

• I love the (n.)
• I like/enjoy (V-ing)...
• I don't mind...

4. What don't you like about the journey?

• I don't like / I dislike...
• I hate...
• I'm not a fan of...

MRT = metro (subway/underground) eavesdrop to sneak a peek

2026/6/10

adjective 形容詞有分為fact和opinion，如果要連接兩個形容詞 順序通常是 option adject + fact adject + noun.

• fun English lession (fun是主觀意見, English是事實)
• beautiful silver necklace
• She is a kind old woman

順序調換的話，母語人士聽起來會覺得很奇怪 she has long black hair.

如果形容詞都是fact的話 what size -> what shape -> How old -> What color -> where from -> made of + noun.

• a small red metal box

2026/6/11 Countalbe/Uncountable

• a item of jewerly
• a stick of butter
• a tablespoon/teaspoon of sugar
• a blob (of toothpaste)
• would you like a cuppa ? (cup of)
• a loaf/slice of break
• a bill/coin of money
• a bar of soap

Questions:

1. How much money do you usually spend when you go to the mall on the weekend?
2. Do you have much free time during the week, or are you always busy with school or work?
3. How many burgers or hotdogs do you think you can eat in one single meal?
4. Think about the last time you had a barbecue. How many friends or family members came to eat with you? BONUS: If you were to make a pizza, what toppings would you put on it?

虛擬語氣 (subjunctive mood): If you were to V.

2026/6/17

red velvet cake

sense verbs look / feel / smell / taste / sound

get/become + adj

I get dressed in the morning

• get describle change

He got old (X 太直接不太禮貌) He has gotten older He is getting old

2026/07

the movie trailer pop / chart music(n.) - like top 100 songs an oldie but a goodie horror movie thriller movie creepy upbeat = happy vibes

(actor) plays the part of (character) to have the world at (one's) feet disillusioned 幻滅 cop / pigs / police officer on the edge of my seat 緊張得坐立不安 they are stars of the movie is not a movie for faint-hearted 膽小鬼 worthwhile

The Hollywood Pitch Movies

• You are now a team of Hollywood Movie Directors.
• You must design a brand-new movie idea.

1. The Title:
2. Genre: (comedy, horror, romance...)
3. The Setting: Where and when? (e.g., A haunted school at midnight, a broken spaceship in the year 3000)
4. The Main Characters: Who are they and a small description
5. What Happens? ( short summary)

2026/07/10

腳踏車,旅行 pannier 腳踏車包 repair kit

• screwdriver pump
• inflate: to put air in
• deflate
• take the pump and inflate the tires
• repair puncturs(make it deflate) brakes pedal
• you have to pedal faster uphill tire handlebars hotel / hostel / accommodations steer the bike hi-vis clothing (high visibility)

2026/7/13

he should stay home from school

should

• to give a suggestion

• to say something about a duty or responsibility

• you should...

• why don't you...

  • you should join me
  • why don't you join me

• It would be the best to ...

• I think you should ...

• If I were you

• It would be best to...

You look tired (X) 有點沒禮貌 -> have you had a long day ? -> do you want to rest ?

Collocations

Agony Aunt 遊戲有一段描述，用should/shouldn't給他建議

achieving student socialising 社群

2026/7/15

demonstrate

picky 挑惕的

2026/7/20

Game: Job Interview

Interview Q's: • Do you have any experience in (v-ing)...? ...working with sick people? ...playing professional sports? • Do you like to...? ... help citizens? ... stay up late? • Why do you want this job? • What is your biggest strength? • How many hours a week do you want to work? • Do you have any questions for me? ANSWERS: • "I want this job because I love to ________ [help people / solve problems / fix things]." • "My biggest strength is that I am very ________ [hardworking / smart / patient]." • "When I am stressed, I usually ________ [take a deep breath / work harder]." • "I prefer to work in the ________ [morning / afternoon / evening]."

• mechanic
• construction worker
• pet groomer

2026/7/23

If I make a miskate so be it c'est la vie = that's life do you have any question before we wrap it up

2026/7/27

blender

2026/7/28

creepy frightened / scared / terrified / horrified creaking sound

• my bone are creaking it was damp and gloomy He got separated from his parents He is looking for his parents

2026/7/30

coin = metal money bill = paper money twenny 20 / a twenty-dollar bill / a twenty tenner = UK 10 fiver = 5 checking aacount / savings account deposit = give money = loan money withdraw money bank teller dollars / bulks I'm afraid your check has bounded

one dallar bill quartar - 25 cents dime - 10 cents nickel - 5 cents penny - 1 cents

2026/8/3

binmen trash collector heat it up homebody high caliber 高素質 greenery / green land / park county mail a letter / package bulk up bulky fallen leaves / cut grass / dead plant recycling compost food waste scrapes (left from main) left over dispose maintenance sewer (soo er) dirty tap water tell -> inform (I will inform them of you request and let you know asap) ask -> request

2026/8/4

carpool (v/n) I carpool with my friends when we go swimming We carpool to the poll We have a carpool

impersonal: His response was impersonal. The email felt impersonal.

sanitice

I get off work