Harlem & Jill

I’ve only received one parking ticket once. I was in Xi-Meng-Ting, having a dinner date with my new graduate school classmates for the fist time. I remember that I couldn’t find a parking space because everywhere was so packed. Then, I saw an array of scooters parking in front of the restaurant, so I joined them, just naturally. Of course it’s an illegal parking space. So I got my first parking ticket. Today, I learned an expression: Fix a parking ticket, which means to cancel the ticket so that you don’t need to pay it or get any violation record.  I should have fought against my parking ticket, for I wasn’t the only one parking there, and…and no more excuse, I just broke the law 😂😂😂. However, I found that there’s even an app for this! “Fixed”, the easiest way to fight a parking ticket! Well, guess it doesn’t work here in Taiwan, though. But the point is, I learned a new expression: fix a parking ticket! Wish I’ll never get another one, so that I won’t have to worry about how t...

要講透天厝，可以有這兩個選擇： single attached house, 是指單邊連棟屋（其中一面牆與隔壁相連） single detached house 則是完全獨立，座落在基地中間的房子（如圖說明）   可以看房子的型態選擇適合的字眼～ 還有很多其他的單字可以描述房屋，台灣常見的公寓大廈（還要繳管理費那種），外國人常說是 condo (condominium)。 Apartment 是指無產權的出租公寓。 英式英文會稱作 flat。 Bungalow 是只有一層樓的平房。 Cottage 是小木屋，通常在山上、湖邊、雪地，有斜屋頂那種。 Pre-fab 工廠做好直接運到基地放的房屋、組合屋，很多pre-fab非常豪華舒適，不是那種臨時搭建的組合屋。 這些是我最常看到的房屋英文，因為我很愛看裝潢節目🤣🤣 還有很多其他種類的房屋名稱，可以參考 維基百科 other references: 1. 投資apartment還是condo-先搞清楚兩者有什麼不同 2. Single Attached vs Single Detached #Jill Yang 大家講房子最簡單的只會想到 house

 

  很久沒有更新blog，因為最近都沒時間翻譯，有些是翻譯的來源文不適合發表(怕版權爭議)。 不過最近常常早上都會看民視英語新聞多學點單字片語用法，卻常常有「奇怪」的發現！ 尤其是在記者報導有關料理的時候，常常令人錯愕！ 今天一則新聞訪問吃火鍋的民眾，稱讚雞肉肉質軟嫩、皮薄、「沒有雞肉的那層油」... 沒有雞肉的那層油到底是沒有雞肉還是沒有油？！ 記者翻譯：「The layer of oil with no meat is delicious.」 疑欸？依照常理判斷，應該是在讚美雞肉不油，不是覺得那層油很好吃吧 ＼(´◓Д◔`)／！ 還有一次

From [ VOA Learning English ] Britain has approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. 英國批准輝瑞藥廠新冠肺炎疫苗緊急許可申請 看看我多久沒練習啦~~~ 我發現要通順，要用口譯的腦去想才可以，不然都會被文字綁住 :(

 "Vanity" is a very interesting vocabulary. The first time I noticed this word was in a house renovation TV show (probably the Property Brothers). People in America love this kind of double vanities so much that they keep mentioning this word. But when I looked up "洗手台" ( the Chinese word of vanity) on the internet, the results were "washbasin, sink, hand basin…" None of them were what I had heard on the TV program. And they are also not vanities! Then I looked up the English word "vanity", and the Google Translator says it is "pride, arrogant and extravagant". None of them relate to the bathrooms! Finally I found a suitable explanation in the fifth description on the dictionary : a dressing table. It can refer to a dressing table without basins (but with a mirror) or one that settled in a bathroom like the picture. The interesting thing is, the origin of the word is "vain", which means something with empty inside, can not be ...

【 DW news 】 因為巧合剛好在 YouTube 看到這個討論台海情勢的影片， 影片本身有英文字幕（不是自動字幕是真的字幕） 雖然沒有作翻譯，但是有寫些單字片語筆記。 因為影片太長了又沒有transcript，打出英文再翻完已經明年了so。