且 #加重控罪 And they’re #UPPING the charges 🔥
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#明報英文 毛孟靜
To up? 得！
//10年前，台灣有一場新年煙花，打出「 #TaiwanUP」，一度惹來一點訕笑：「這是什麼英文？外國人看不懂呀。」
Taiwan up，意思原也是明顯的，不外就是 Taiwan rises、Forward Taiwan 台灣奮起、前進台灣之類；同時也會理解因為是煙花設計，須盡量精簡，就用了 up。不算錯。事實是，英文有正規 to up 的用法。

//想起這一幕，是因為最近在網上看到一句有趣的廣告口號，用來推廣不同的早晨蛋餐：
•EGGcellent ways to up your breakfast!
EGGcellent，自然是指 excellent ，而 up your breakfast，令你的早餐「向上、提升」，也就是更精彩之意。

//亦有外國網頁主題宣揚舊日美國西部牛仔的精神與文化，當中 cowboy up 的解釋包括：get back on your horse 重新跨上馬背、don't backdown 不退縮、don't give up 不放棄、and do the best you can with the hand you are dealt 以手上已得的牌，做到最好。

//To up 的比較傳統用法，除了 up the stake 增加成本風險、up the price 加價，up the salary 加薪等等，還有：
•The dog upped its volume. 狗吠得更大聲。

•Not only it's an arbitrary arrest, they're upping the charge. 那不單是一宗濫捕，他們還加重罪名。

//To up 另解作「站起來」：
•She upped and left without a word. 她一言不發站起來就走了。

•My friend tells me he can't just up and leave work the minute his shift ends. 朋友跟我說，他不可以在下班時間一到就站起離開。

•After she had left for London, he upped and followed her. 她出發到倫敦後，他也起行跟隨她去。

有 to up，自然也有 to down，常用的有：
•I saw him DOWN his beer in one gulp. 我看着他一口氣喝掉啤酒。

•The storm has DOWNED trees and powerlines all over the neighbourhood. 風暴吹塌了社區許多樹木及電線。//

【《天能TENET》片名的秘密？
無爆雷！超燒腦的英文回文大解析】

有人跟我一樣衝首日去看《天能》嗎？😆

今天跟老哥Wesley去看IMAX版天能
雖然很可惜我錯過了電影開場
但不影響整體的娛樂感
而且諾蘭這次的動作戲很強！
拍攝執行也很厲害⋯⋯

但因為多數人應該還沒看過
所以這次便先不聊電影
來聊聊電影片名的語言趣味

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《天能》的英文片名「TENET」
正讀反讀都一樣
也就是所謂的「回文」Palindrome
（亦作迴文）

英文還有很多回文單字：
前夕 eve
層次 level
中午 noon
雷達 radar
女士 madam
賽車 racecar
謀殺 murdrum

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其實不只單字，句子也能呈現回文：
“Was it a rat I saw?”
“Never odd or even.”
“Do geese see God?”
“A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!”

倒著唸還真的發音都一樣！
是不是超有趣的呢？

“Is it crazy how saying sentences
backwards creates backwards
sentences saying how crazy it is?”

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甚至還有人創作一長串的回文詩：

"Dammit I'm Mad" by Demetri Martin

Dammit I'm mad.
Evil is a deed as I live.
God, am I reviled? I rise, my bed on a sun, I melt.
To be not one man emanating is sad. I piss.
Alas, it is so late. Who stops to help?
Man, it is hot. I'm in it. I tell.
I am not a devil. I level "Mad Dog".
Ah, say burning is, as a deified gulp,
In my halo of a mired rum tin.
I erase many men. Oh, to be man, a sin.
Is evil in a clam? In a trap?
No. It is open. On it I was stuck.
Rats peed on hope. Elsewhere dips a web.
Be still if I fill its ebb.
Ew, a spider… eh?
We sleep. Oh no!
Deep, stark cuts saw it in one position.
Part animal, can I live? Sin is a name.
Both, one… my names are in it.
Murder? I'm a fool.
A hymn I plug, deified as a sign in ruby ash,
A Goddam level I lived at.
On mail let it in. I'm it.
Oh, sit in ample hot spots. Oh wet!
A loss it is alas (sip). I'd assign it a name.
Name not one bottle minus an ode by me:
"Sir, I deliver. I'm a dog"
Evil is a deed as I live.
Dammit I'm mad.

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看完後覺得超級燒腦，只能說：

WOW
（⬆️最適合回文的回文反應😂）

大家還看過什麼有趣的回文嗎？
再跟我「回文」分享～

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#其實中文也有很多趣味回文
#花開開花 #熊貓貓熊
#人人為我我為人人
#上海的自來水來自海上
#該去二刷天能啦

#Hi家教英語活用系列
過年期間，大吃大喝在所難免，在英文裡形容這種吃法的方式很多，今天Hi小編來分享5個給大家參考參考。
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➡Polish off (掃光)
Ted polished off the snacks on the table.
(Ted 把桌上的點心全部掃光了。)

➡Gobble up (狼吞虎嚥)
He gobbled up the hamburger in one minute, that’s insane!
(他在一分鐘內吞掉那個漢堡，太狂了吧！)

➡Stuff your face (大吃大喝)
Stop stuffing your face with candies.
(別再瘋狂吃糖果了。)

➡Pig out (大吃)
I stopped pigging out on chips.
(我停止大嗑洋芋片了。)

➡Gulp down(一飲而盡)
She gulped the ice tea down and left.
(她喝完冰水就走了。)

※ Gobble up 也可以用在形容積蓄花光，而Gulp down多半是拿來形容飲料類
#大吃大喝 #過年 #英文片語
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贈衛八處士 To My Retired Friend Wei 五言古詩

中文原文﹕
人生不相見，動如參與商，
今夕復何夕？共此燈燭光。
少壯能幾時？鬢髮各已蒼。
訪舊半為鬼，驚呼熱中腸。
焉知二十載，重上君子堂。
昔別君未婚，兒女忽成行；
怡然敬父執，問我來何方。
問答乃未已，兒女羅酒漿。
夜雨剪春韭，新炊間黃粱。
主稱會面難，一舉累十觴；
十觴亦不醉，感子故意長。
明日隔山岳，世事兩茫茫。

英文翻譯 _ English Translation﹕ By Betty Tseng
We have been unable to reunite for so long,
We have been like morning and evening stars that never meet in the sky.
What a night this has been?
For us to share this candlelight.
For how long does youth last?
Your hair has greyed and so has mine.
Of the old acquaintances I called upon, half of them have ghosts become,
Aghast and gut-wrenched I cried.
All of a sudden twenty years have gone by
Before I could again call on where you reside.
You were not engaged when we went our separate ways,
You are now married with children after all this time.
They courteously greet their father's friend,
And my journey enquire.
Before I could their curiosity satisfy,
You have you son bringing out the wine.
We nibble on spring chives just gathered in the evening rain,
In a fresh meal that rough grains contain, abundant is pure joy as old friends reunite.
You marvel at how unexpected such a reunion is,
In one go you gulp down more than a pint.
Pints after, high in spirit you are yet sober still,
And I am grateful for your friendship so genuine.
Tomorrow shall find us separated by mountains again,
What the future holds is vague and undefined.

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奧運破紀錄奪八金，最近被揭吸大麻的泳手「菲比斯」，或「費爾普斯」，原名是 Michael Phelps。其實 Phelps 怎樣讀?

本篇學習重點

1. 複習響音後的 /l/ 音讀法（well，fell，ill，cool）

2. /lp/ 連著怎樣讀（help，gulp，pulp，Alps，wallpaper）

3. /ps/ 連著怎樣讀（keeps，helps，hopes，peeps）

小弟畫圖拍片多年，畫功沒有絲毫進步，又害大家眼精受罪了；唯望大家多用想象力，用心感受畫中意景，或能別有體會。

蕭愷一

修正：剛才重看短片，發現插圖有一處畫錯了，請注意。由 /p/ 音轉 /s/ 音（3:05），只須動嘴唇，不必張開上下顎（不必故意分開上下排牙齒）。我的旁白沒錯，不用擔心。