台灣的立法院於7月22日表決通過建議將台灣最大的國際航空公司之一：「中華航空公司」 (China Airlines) 的英文名稱更名。這樣的提議，立即引發了各種疑問：這樣做的成本是否過高？中華航空公司是否會因此喪失航權？ Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan voted on Wednesday to work towards renaming China Airlines, one of the national air carriers. Such a proposal immediately prompted various questions: Would doing so be prohibitively expensive? Would the airline lose aviation rights as a result of the act? 品牌重塑的成本 The Cost of Rebranding 首先，如果中華航空公司想重塑品牌形象，彰顯其隸屬於台灣國籍航空的品牌辨識度，一定會產生相對的成本。 Firstly, if China Airlines were to rebrand itself to reflect a more Taiwanese identity, it is undeniable that the airline would incur costs. 這是因為航空公司的標誌無所不在：從登機櫃檯到貴賓室，甚至是乘客在機上所使用的餐巾紙上都能看見。因此，對於中華航空公司來說，重新彩繪噴漆飛機機身並全面重塑品牌，勢必需要投入相當的資金支出。 This is because airlines logos appear everywhere: from check-in counters, lounges, to even the napkins passengers use onboard. So yes, it would be a significant investment for China Airlines to repaint their planes to rebrand across their network. #你希望華航更名嗎

最近在EEC/英模班上談到世界各國為防止 #covid_19 的傳染，倡導了social distancing的概念(也有很多人認為用physical distancing比較合適)。 而 @cnn 也製作影片，告訴大家social distancing如何讓疫情趨緩，而也請大家明白： social distancing 不等於social isolation❤️ . 打電話關心你身邊的人， 給予醫護人員更多支持， 對於在居家隔離/檢疫的人，表達同理支持、為他們加油！ 當然，我們也要做好自身的衛生清潔，不成為Covidiot! —————————————————— 🔬 俐媽新聞英文—新冠肺炎保持社交距離篇： 👥 infected (a.) 被感染的 👥 overwhelm (v.) 淹沒 👥 stretch resources thin 使資源不足 👥 practice (v.) 進行 👥 flatten (v.) 拉平 👥 curve (n.) 曲線 👥 severe (a.) 嚴重的 👥 ventilator (n.) 呼吸器 👥 stock up (v.) 儲存 👥 treat (v.) 治療 👥 isolation (n.) 隔離；疏離 👥 virtual (a.) 虛擬的 🔗 影片連結： https://www.instagram.com/p/B-QoF9klmTb/?igshid=g9zwhuhc9z72 —————————————————— 而新加坡🇸🇬更對違反social distancing的民眾，祭出近新加坡幣1萬(約台幣21萬)的重罰、還有高達6個月的牢獄之災： 👥 offender (n.) 犯法者 👥 imprisonment (n.) 監禁 👥 strategy (n.) 策略 👥 measure (n.) 措施 👥 penalty (n.) 處罰 👥 come into effect (v.) 生效 👥 accommodation (n.) 居所 👥 inbound (a.) 歸國的 👥 respiratory (a.) 呼吸道的 👥 border (n.) 國界 👥 facilitate (v.) 使方便 👥 telecommute (v.) 利用電腦遠端工作 🔗 新聞連結： https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/asia/singapore-coronavirus-laws-scli-intl/index.html —————————————————— 而世界各大品牌的logo，也開始實行social distancing了，麥當勞的招牌golden arches，也分開了～ 👥 corporate (a.) 法人組織的 👥 conglomerate (n.) 企業集團 👥 contract (v.) 染(病) 👥 pros and cons (n.) 利與弊 👥 diminish (v.) 減少 👥 hand sanitizer (n.) 消毒液 👥 solidarity (n.) 團結 👥 launch (v.) 發起 👥 campaign (n.) 活動 🔗 新聞連結： https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/26/business/social-distancing-brand-logos-coronavirus/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-03-29T11%3A02%3A06&utm_source=fbbusiness&utm_medium=social ————————————————— #俐媽新聞英文 #俐媽新聞英文新冠肺炎篇 #俐媽新聞英文新冠肺炎篇 #俐媽英文教室疾病篇 #俐媽英文教室口罩篇 #俐媽新聞英文社交距離篇 #socialdistancing #socialdistancing2020 #physicaldistancing #covid_19 #coronavirus

/ December 31, 2019 Microscopic Gingerbread House One-tenth of Hair Diameter . Summary: Under the microscope is a tiny three-tiered snowman, completed with a scarf, a smiley face and a winking eye.  On the head of the jolly snowman sits a minuscule gingerbread house, which comes with a door, windows, intricately decorated walls and a roof bearing the logos of the maker’s affiliation.  Only one-tenth of the width of a human hair, the house, made of silicon, is intended to arouse people’s interest in the science and technology behind it. . Language Enhancement: Minuscule (adj.)(極細小的) 形容細小絕不只有 small 和 tiny 兩字，minuscule 所指的細小程度上達 extremely 而且帶有令人驚訝的成分，形容大小和數量均可，文法上它置於名詞前或句尾都可以。 e.g. How can property developers expect citizens to raise a family in such minuscule flats? e.g. Indeed, the chances of dying from flu are minuscule, but if I were you I would go to the doctor. ————————————————— 想每日睇新聞🗞，學英文📚🔠？ 快啲 follow @k.e.n.joy 及 bookmark ————————————————— #english #news #englishinnews #newsoftheday #language #enhancement #dse #kennethlau #kenjoy #英文 #時事英文熱點 #2022dse #2020dse #2021dse #dsefighter #dseenglish #dse2020 #dsefighter #2021dsefighter #2020dsefighter #dseeng #hkdse #hkdseenglish #20191231