Whatsapp groupchat​
八掛同事1: Kevin got laid ​
八掛同事2: What??? ​
八掛同事3: What?????
八掛同事4: #TMI ​
八掛同事5: You mean he got laid off? ​
八掛同事1: Yes, his stuff was sent home and we won't be seeing him around in the office.
Kevin: ......
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Phrasal verbs ​
- got laid - had sex with / slept with 跟xxx睡了 / 上床了 / 滾床單 ​
- got laid off - forced to leave a job/got fired 被炒 / 被解僱 ​
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Example sentences ​
(v.) Some dudes on dating app just wanna get laid. ​ They aren't interested in a serious relationship. ​
(v.) Selina had a crazy night out. I think she got laid. ​
(v.) Many people were laid off due to the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic. ​ ​
(n.) Mass layoffs were triggered by the unprecedented Cornavirus outbreak. ​
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考試課本上的題目和內容 ​
跟日常生活脫節 ​
反映出 填鴨式教育制度的失敗​
公開考試學到的深字​
究竟又有幾多個在日常生活溝通應用得到呢​
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我會在這平台 多分享實際情境會運用到的英語例句 ​
破解令人大惑不解的詞組意思 ​

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我們提到Hernán Cortés將可可帶往歐洲，也包括所有他在美洲看到的新奇玩意。他的士兵感染天花，讓沒有免疫力的阿茲特克人死亡90%、而阿茲特克人也將梅毒投桃報李。
無意之間，他促成了人類歷史上的重要事件：哥倫布大交換，又稱為物種大交換。人類歷史從此天翻地覆，像是中國明朝以後的歷史，多少都可以從物種大交換這個歷史事件中尋求解釋。

關於這個事件，有兩本大書是一定要讀的：
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, by Charles C. Mann

Dr. Shu基本上順著這兩本鉅著來細說這段大故事。

改變世界命運的生物除了可可與天花之外，還有就是我們熟知的番茄。
阿茲特克人將番茄混合辣椒、鹽，成為一種沾料。這有沒有很像墨西哥的Salsa？
的確，墨西哥的Salsa就是從傳統的阿茲特克料理而來。

Cortés將番茄帶往歐洲不久，南歐人就把它作為食材。不過一直到十九世紀，義大利人才將番茄作為主要食材。也就是說，我們現在所認識的義大利料理，其實是近代的產物。

到了1880年，番茄的地位有了重大變化，這是因為Pizza的發明與改良。沒有番茄醬，就沒有Pizza，就像是熊大之於兔兔。
1889年，拿坡里的著名廚師Raffaele Esposito改良Pizza，並且將pizza上的番茄、羅勒（Green Basil）、乳酪象徵義大利國旗上的紅綠白三色。他並且將他所改良的拿坡里比薩命名為Pizza Margherita，以慶祝Margherita皇后來訪。她是繼拿破崙之後的第一位能夠統領義大利全境的君主。

不過當番茄傳播到了歐洲北部，這種植物是作為觀賞用的，因為歐洲人認為番茄與另外一種有毒茄科植物Wolf’s Bane 狼禍，是同一品種。
也因此十七世紀末年法國的植物學家給予番茄學名lycopersicon，意思是Wolf’s Peach – 狼桃。
上流社會怕死，但是窮人往往沒有選擇。他們不得已嘗試番茄，發現沒事，之後才在歐洲普及。也因此番茄有個綽號叫做“窮人的蘋果”

番茄這個字的英文，Tomato來自於阿茲特克語：tomatl。它剛剛傳入西班牙之後，大家不知道該怎麼稱呼，就叫做“摩爾人的蘋果”（pome dei Moro）。一方面因為它像小蘋果，另外一方面則是它在西班牙南部、也就是過去摩爾人的領土生長較好。
到了法國，它被稱為pommes d’amour – 愛情蘋果。多麼浪漫的名字，不過有可能是法國人聽到「摩爾」，誤以為是「愛情」，兩者在法文發音相近。
到了義大利，它叫做金蘋果（pomi d’oro）。大家可以從西班牙、法國、義大利對於番茄稱呼的轉變 – 從摩爾人的蘋果、到愛情蘋果、到金蘋果，看到文化差異與語言誤傳的關係。

我們今天繼續參加阿茲特克人的新年慶典。慶典上少不了以煙熏達到迷幻的效果。這不就是菸草嗎？是的。菸草也是從美洲傳到歐洲的。

古巴版勇者鬥惡龍
Cuban Dragon Quest

請原諒我用詼諧的語調來講述一個英雄的傳奇。 如不是這樣，這文章會顯得太批判且爭議。這個故事是有關於古巴英雄Che Guevara。Che Guevara 古巴式西文發音接近「謝•給巴喇」。謝一輩子多數的時間都在扮演鬥惡龍的勇者。那麼我們就姑且稱呼他為「勇者謝」吧！
Forgive me for describing a hero’s legend in a comic style. If it is done otherwise, this article would appear too critical as well as controversial. The story begins with a dragon slayer whose name was Che Guevara. Most of his life was spent on trying to slay an evil dragon. So, let’s tentatively call him Che the Dragon Slayer.

勇者謝本名叫Ernesto Guevara。結過兩次婚。第一任妻子生了一個女兒，第二任生了4個孩子。他曾有個美夢想要生一個棒球隊的孩子。後來甚至希望要一個足球隊。
Che the Dragon Slayer’s actual name is Ernesto Guevara, who was married twice with one daughter from the first marriage and four children from the second. He once had a dream of wanting to have a baseball team of kids and a football team for later.

謝出生於阿根廷的一個富裕的家庭。還未成為勇者的謝在醫學院畢業後與友人花了九個月騎摩托車遊歷在各個拉丁美洲國家之中（可參考電影摩托車日記）。這個時期拉丁美洲許多國家活在惡龍的威脅陰影之下。就像最後成為佛祖的那位看遍了人世苦難的印度王子一樣，謝的革命思維在遊歷期間因為見到了許許多多不公不不義而逐漸成熟。
Che was born into a well-to-do Argentinian family. After graduating from medical school and before taking on his dragon slayer title, Che spent nine months touring countries in Latin America with his friend (please refer to the excellent movie The Motorcycle Diaries). Latin America during that time was under the looming shadow from an evil dragon. Like the Indian prince who became Buddha after witnessing all the worldly suffering, Che’s idea to start a revolution to free Latin America became fully developed while he saw many injustices during his trip.

旅程結束後的隔年，謝就加入了革命的行列成為一位真正的勇者，發誓讓中南美洲免於惡龍的威脅。坊間相傳他在墨西哥時三訪卡斯楚，想要加入古巴革命軍。但前前兩次都被拒絕了，第三次他透過卡斯楚的一位阿根廷好朋友跟卡斯楚推薦。第三次卡斯楚終於說：好吧，謝（Che ）你來吧。從此他在秘密行動中開始使用謝這個化名。甚至在給本國人使用的3 CUP上放上了自己勇者謝（Che）的簽名和肖像。
In the year following the end of his journey, Che joined the ranks of the revolution and became a genuine dragon slayer, swearing to free Latin America from the threats of the evil dragon. According to one of Che the Dragon Slayer’s stories among Cubans, he visited Fidel Castro in Mexico three times, each time intending to join the Cuban revolution force. He was turned down the first two times. The third time, Che the Dragon Slayer had a good Argentinian friend of Fidel Castro recommend that Che be allowed to join the force. Finally, Fidel Castro nodded his approval, and said “Che, come and join us!”. Ever since that moment, this dragon slayer adopted the name Che for all his covert operations. He even allowed the name Che and his portrait to be used on the three-dollar CUP bill used by the locals.

前往Santa Clara路上，座落著勇者謝的衣冠塚紀念館。紀念館建築上方豎立了一尊著軍裝的勇者謝雕像。其中值得注意的是他的左手打著石膏。石膏的由來是他在這附近打游擊戰時，為了翻過一道高牆而摔斷了左手臂。因此立在這裡的雕像如實表現勇者鬥惡龍的狀況。在給外國人用的3 CUC的鈔票上的雕像就是這個Che的雕像。
On the way to Santa Clara sits the Che Guevara Mausoleum. A bronze statue of Che the Dragon Slayer in his military uniform was erected on top of the building. When looking carefully, you will notice that the left arm of the statue is in a cast. The story goes that Che the Dragon Slayer was in a battle in this area and broke his left arm when he tried to flip over a wall. Therefore, the statue with the cast reflects truthfully how he fought against the dragon. You can also find an image of this statue printed on the 3-CUC bill that foreigners use.

勇者謝在打贏了古巴革命戰爭之後，以為已經戰勝Boss級的惡龍，接受了古巴央行總裁的職位。他一家人移民到古巴，準備要生出一整個棒球隊的孩子。然而勇者謝不經意轉身一看，卻發現那惡龍卻在其他國家荼毒肆虐。然後，他再次穿上盔甲去非洲剛果幫助當地人打游擊戰。他說必須離開他的家人，但古巴革命會替他照顧他的家人。後來1967年勇者謝在玻利維亞打游擊戰被俘虜然後殺害。而古巴和卡斯楚確實替他照顧他的家人。
After Che the Dragon Slayer won the Revolutionary War, he thought the evil dragon had been slayed. He then accepted the position as the president of the National Central Bank. His family immigrated to Cuba, and he was set to pursue his dream of having a baseball team of kids. However, Che looked around the world and realized that the dragon was making people in other countries suffer. He decided to put on his armor once again to help the people in the Congo fight the dragon. He told the Cuban people that he had to leave and asked that Cuba look after his family for him. And, Fidel Castro and Cuba looked after his family indeed.

在玻利維亞，一些勇者謝招募的人員被惡龍的情報局給收買而一直洩漏他的行蹤，加上惡龍情報局收買當地的其他游擊隊來追殺他，他終於和其他游擊隊員共39人被惡龍的爪牙捕獲。下令殺他的人事後後悔說到他並沒有因為殺了勇者而變成英雄，反而臭了自己的名聲。一位在場的玻利維亞人在臨終之前透露了勇者謝被殺害埋屍的地點。一位比利時研究人員和古巴研究人員合力找到了當時已經變成機場的地址，花了約一個月時間終於挖到了39具遺骸。遺骸以英雄規格被迎接回古巴，由卡斯楚親自迎接。其場面令全國動容。

Che the Dragon Slayer was murdered while leading a guerrilla war in Bolivia.
In Bolivia, some comrades recruited by Che the Dragon Slayer were bought out by the evil dragon’s intelligence service and leaked his whereabouts. Plus, some guerrilla groups were also hired by the evil dragon to hunt him down. He and 38 other guerrilla members were captured. The officer who gave the order to execute Che the Dragon Slayer regretted his actions and mentioned later that he became notorious for executing the dragon slayer. One person present when Che and 38 members were executed revealed on his death bed the location of Che the Dragon Slayer’s burial ground. A Belgian researcher worked together with Cuban researchers and found the burial site at what had become an airport. They spent approximately one month unearthing the remains of the 39 bodies. The remains were then shipped back to Cuba and received with the nation’s highest honors by Fidel Castro. It was a heartfelt scene for the entire nation.

總而言之，這一路過關斬將的勇者謝，有著無比堅定的信念及行動力。如果勇者謝的思想可以被視為一種信仰，那麼他就是信仰中的救世主了。可惜與小說裡的結局不同的是，勇者在半途中倒下，也沒有電玩中的三條命可以回魂。然而在他倒下時所發出的巨響，卻震撼了全世界。 勇者謝身前的一張照片(在3 CUP紙鈔上）被義大利來的記者從古巴的資料庫中給取走，在歐洲媒體刊出並在世界各地造成一股旋風。各地許多嬉皮響應並認同勇者謝想要讓美洲和非洲免於惡龍控制的的革命志向。勇者謝著名的照片於是在世界各地成為了正義與勇氣的象徵。～完結~
All in all, Che the Dragon Slayer, who crossed many hurdles, had an extremely strong faith and success in carrying out his ideals. If his ideology were a religion, he would then be considered its Savior. Unfortunately, unlike happy endings in some novels, the dragon slayer bit the dust along the way. And, he didn’t have three lives either like some of the dragon-slaying video games. However, the enormous sound made by his body falling on the ground shocked the world. The photo portrait of Che Guevara on the three-CUP bill was copied by an Italian journalist and then published in some European media, which created a whirlwind across the world. Over the years following Che the Dragon Slayer’s death, many people have answered Che’s call to free Africa and Latin America from the evil dragon. Che the Dragon Slayer’s famous photo has become a symbolic icon of courage and justice.

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Little Bunny Foo Foo【歌詞中文翻譯】

(副歌)
Little Bunny Foo Foo went hopping through the forest
小兔子阿福在森林裡跳來跳去
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
抓起地裡的小老鼠，敲他們的頭
Down came the good fairy, and she said,
天上來了一個好心的仙女，仙女這樣說：
"Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you.
「小兔子阿福，我不要再看到你這樣做了。
Scopping up the field mice, and bopping them on the head!"
不要再抓起地裡的小老鼠，敲他們的頭！」

(口白)
"I will give you three chances.
「你有三次改進的機會，
If you don't behave, I will turn you into a goon!"
要是你不好好表現，我就要把你變成一隻GOON！」

And the next day...
(副歌)
(口白)
"I will give you two more chances.
「你還有兩次機會，
If you don't behave, I will turn you into a goon!"
要是你不好好表現，我就要把你變成一隻GOON！」

And the next day...
(副歌)
(口白)
"I will give you one last chances.
「你還有最後一次的機會，
If you don't behave, I will turn you into a goon!"
要是你不好好表現，我就要把你變成一隻GOON！」

And the next day...
(副歌)
(口白)
"I have given you three chances, but you didn't behave.
「我已經給了你三次的機會，但是你都沒有改進。
Now I am going to turn you into a GOON!
現在我要把你變成一隻GOON！」

And the moral of the story is,
Hare today, Goon tomorrow!
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