Erin's Learning Space

Americans do not understand people who seem to be friendly and say "yes" a lot just because it is expected in a business situation.

有人看似友善, 說一堆"是", 只因為生意需要. 美國人不能體會這點.

To pelople from other countries, Americans may seem loud and embarrassing to be with, and too willing to share their entire life stories with strangers.

來自其它國家的外地人覺得美國人好像講話大聲,跟他們相處不自在, 而且他們又太喜歡跟陌生人分享自己的生活點滴了

Decide whether the reading is an analysis or a narrative and find the main idea and

http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/artshum/materials/spch/Buxton/Spring2004/WrtASmmry-LALeeds.htmpport points.

How to Write a Summary

What is a summary? It is a fairly brief restatement--IN YOUR OWN WORDS--of the contents of a passage.

Strictly speaking, you simply report back what the other writer has said. It is not your job to make value judgments about the "rightness" or "wrongness" of what (s)he says. That would be a different kind of paper--a summary-response, a critique, or a position paper.

While it is hard to give concrete guidelines for length, many good summaries are about 1/4 to 1/3 the length of the original.

http://www.greenville.edu/faculty/dosthart/summarysample.html

 

常見的英語省略短語-用於E-mail, cell phone message, chatroom, etc

全球風行學習華文，華文教育帶動的產業發展將是另一波商機所在，台灣有優於他國的資源，必需掌握這一波趨勢。資策會數位教育研究所主任林立傑表示，預估華文全球市場在未來五年將有新台幣二兆元商機；專家也指出，華語文市場目前正在起飛，預估未來30年市場還不會飽和。

莊淇銘

全球正在興起一股華語熱潮。日本有200萬人在學華文，韓國有100萬人在學華文。韓國首爾街頭最熱門的行業是華語補習班。有英國語言學者預測，華語將成為全球使用人數最多的語言。

教育部修訂的「國語一字多音審訂表」，許多破音字讀音和早期不同，如「法」國由四聲改為三聲「ㄈㄚˇ」，歌「仔」戲改讀「ㄗˇ」。學者指出，語音不斷在變，一字多音常無定論，少考為妙。

http://www.ettoday.com/2006/02/28/327-1910676.htm
終止譯為cease 　英文老師：有機會主義的感覺 

記者舒夢蘭、王瑞璋／台北報導

陳水扁總統的廢統說改成「終止運作」，英文該怎麼翻，可是傷透腦筋！
駐美代表李大維還拿出百科全書，找到cease這個英文字，才讓美國點頭，
英文專家說，cease這個字，涵義是，一旦反應不佳還可以恢復，語意比較和緩。

1 投手 Pitcher / P
2 捕手 Catcher / C
3 一壘手 First-Base Man / 1B
4 二壘手 Second-Base Man / 2B
5 三壘手 Third-Base Man / 3B
6 游擊手 Shortstop/ SS
7 左外野 Left-Fielder / LF
8 中外野 Center-Fielder / CF
9 右外野 Right-Fielder / RF

The Constitution of the United States,1789.3.4.美國憲法

【早點】
  a.. 燒餅　　　Clay oven rolls
  b.. 油條　　　Fried bread stick
  c.. 韭菜盒　　Fried leek dumplings
  d.. 水餃　　　Boiled dumplings
  e.. 蒸餃　　　Steamed dumplings
  f.. 饅頭　　　Steamed buns
  g.. 割包　 　Steamed sandwich
  h.. 飯糰　　　Rice and vegetable roll
  i.. 蛋餅　　　Egg cakes
  j.. 皮蛋　　　100-year egg
  k.. 鹹鴨蛋　　Salted duck egg
  l.. 豆漿　　　Soybean milk
  m.. 米漿　　Rice & peanut milk

China condemned President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday for scrapping a council on eventual unification, calling it a provocation creating further tension in one of Asia's most dangerous flashpoints. But the statement from the Communist Party's Central Office for Taiwan Affairs and the cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office stopped short of threatening war against the island, which Beijing has vowed to attack if it formally declares statehood.

 

16 years ago, former President Lee Teng-Hui formed the National Unification Council. The group was to help stabilize cross-strait relations, as Lee took the time to clarify the conditions which led to the formation of the council. After the establishment of the NUC, the unofficial slogan was unification though it had to wait until the Executive Yuan passed the National Unification Guidelines.

NSC SECT'Y GENERAL
CHOU I-JEN
(ceasing operation is a legal term that was taught to us, whereas abolishing is a term taht legal experts say is not the correct term. This is the different. We have took the time to clarify this position, and I think that we are in agreement with the US side in our consensus that there will be no change in our position regarding the status quo in the Taiwan Straits )
國安會祕書長
邱義仁
(終止運作，這是一個請教過一些法律專家之後的法律名詞，廢除這些法律專家說，這不是一個法律名詞，就是這樣子。我們是來處理這個一沒有的部分，那我想我們跟美方到目前為止，都有一個共同的基礎，那就是維持台海的現狀不變)

"The National Unification Council will cease to function. No budget will be ear-marked for it and its personnel must return to their original posts. The National Unification Guidelines will cease to apply. In accordance with procedures, this decision will be transmitted to the Executive Yuan for notice."

：『國家統一委員會』終止運作，不再編列預算，原負責業務人員歸建；《國家統一綱領》終止適用，並依程序送交行政院查照。」

全球颳起中文熱，主要是因中國經濟勢力的崛起，因此，這股中文熱潮也以中國大陸使用的簡體字為主，參加漢語水平考試(HSK)使用的也是簡體字。但台大中文系教授李偉泰表示，他仍鼓勵外國學生學中文先從繁體學起，或至少做到「認繁學簡」，不一定要會寫繁體字，但至少要能認字。

以下三則，說難不難，說容易也不太容易的國文題目，你能填出正確的答案嗎？

*選出下列沒有錯字的語詞。（A）渺視一切（B）魚目渾珠　（C）兩袖輕風（D）病入膏肓。(答案:D )

「中國大陸辦理的「漢語水平考試」，是為測試母語非漢語者（包括外國人、華僑和中國少數民族人員）的漢語水平，所設立的國家級標準化考試。1991年向海外推廣，目前已在37個國家設立考點。而截至2005年底，已有120多個國家、地區50多萬人參加考試。

台灣觀眾看到韓劇「大長今」裡的女主角，竟能熟讀孟子，可能頗為吃驚；但如果你看到成千的南韓父母把才讀小學的孩子送到中國去，只為了讓他們從小熟悉中文環境，可能更要驚訝不已。

20年前，南韓的大學也跟台灣一樣，外文系中以英文系最吃香，其次是日文系，但如今情況大逆轉，只有最聰明、最優秀的學生，才能進入外文系之首--中文系就讀。「台獨、內在美」，指的是許多台灣爸爸在台努力賺錢，供太太帶孩子赴美就學；南韓的父親也一樣忍著孤獨，讓太太帶著孩子遠渡重洋，只是他們去的不是美國，而是中國！