穿上我的蜜蜂🐝衣， 搭配蜜蜂🐝口罩， 走蜜蜂🐝主題！ 想起上個月Angelina Jolie與National Geographic及UNESCO-Guerlain Progeam的合作，為World Bee Day發聲，宣傳保護蜜蜂的重要性。Angelina面對著60000隻蜜蜂，面無懼色，蜜蜂在她身邊嗡嗡叫、爬進它的衣裙中、佈在她身上。拍攝前三天Angelina沒有洗澡，去除任何人工的味道，而18分鐘的拍攝中完全沒有蜂螫，她自在的與蜂共存。 （影片我分享在限動中） 有一部和蜜蜂相關的動畫叫Bee Movie「蜂電影」，裡面有提到蜜蜂的生活、生態⋯，還有很多和蜜蜂相關的雙關語(pun)，有興趣可以看看！ 今天俐媽帶大家來學「蜜蜂篇」🐝🐝 ——————————————————————- ❤️ 俐媽英文教室—蜜蜂篇： 🐝 swarm (v.) 蜂擁而至；(n.) ㄧ大群 🐝 portrait (n.) 肖像 🐝 inspiration (n.) 靈感 🐝 pesticide (n.) 殺蟲劑 🐝 parasite (n.) 寄生蟲 🐝 habitat (n.) 棲息地 🐝 entomologist (n.) 昆蟲學家 🐝 pheromone (n.) 信息素；費洛蒙 🐝 congregate (v.) 聚集 🐝 awareness (n.) 意識 🐝 colony (n.) 蜂群 🐝 nectar (n.) 花蜜 🐝 pollen (n.) 花粉 🐝 pollinate (v.) 授粉 🐝 hive (n.) 蜂巢 🐝 larva (n.) 幼蟲 🐝 beeswax (n.) 蜂蠟 🐝 propolis (n.) 蜂膠 🐝 swarm (n.) 蜂群；(v.) 蜂湧 🐝 compound eye (n.) 複眼 🐝 antenna (n.) 觸角 🐝 proboscis (n.) (吸食之)口器 🐝 complete metamorphosis (n.) 完全變態 🐝 sting (n.)(v.) 叮/螫 🐝 allergy (n.) 過敏 🐝 beekeeping (n.) 養蜂 🐝 biodiversity (n.) 生物多樣性 🐝 ecosystem (n.) 生態系統 —————————————————————— Do you know how important bees are? Let’s protect them! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 #俐媽英文教室 #俐媽英文教室蜜蜂篇 #俐媽新聞英文 #俐媽新聞英文蜜蜂篇 #WorldBeeDay #AngelinaJolie #WomenForBees #NationalGeographic #台大明明的老師每天嗡嗡嗡忙來忙去 #WeAreAsBusyAsBees #protectbees

【English Time】 「很划算」的英文怎麼說？ bang for the buck... A: How are you guys going to celebrate the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year)? （你們要怎麼慶祝農曆春節？） B: We're planning a shopping trip to France. They've got an extensive array of fashion products.（我們打算去法國，來趟血拼之旅。那裡有各式各樣時髦的商品。） A: I thought they only sell big-ticket items. Maybe Japan is a better option. Things are way more affordable there.（我以為他們只賣昂貴的商品。日本或許是更好的選擇。那裡的東西省多了。）注意：用affordable, 而不是cheap 或是cheaper 這字喔。 B: The thing is I've been there many times. Besides, the plunging euro will definitely give me plenty bang for the buck in France.（問題是日本我去過很多次了。此外，暴跌的歐元在法國一定讓我覺得很划算。） A: No wonder more and more travelers are flocking to Europe.（難怪有越來越多遊客蜂湧至歐洲。） ✪ 解析 ✔ the Chinese New Year (the Lunar New Year) 農曆春節 upcoming (a.) 即將來臨的 例: Many blockbusters will be released in the upcoming holiday season (the upcoming Chinese New Year).許多超級大片會在接下來的假期(春節期間)上映。blockbusters指的是賣座電影。 ✔ an extensive array of… 各式各樣的 = a wide array of… 例：The brand features an extensive array of handbags.（這個品牌有各式各樣的手提包。） ✔ big ticket 昂貴的 例：Prices of big ticket items such as handbags and high heels have dropped dramatically （手提包或高跟鞋等昂貴的商品價格大跌。） ✔ the thing is… 問題是…… 例：I do like her, but the thing is she's way out of my league. （我很喜歡她沒錯，但問題是我完全配不上他。） * out of one's league 高攀不上 ✔ plunge (v.) 暴跌；驟降 ✔ bang for the buck 划算 例：You'll get more bang for the buck with this handbag.（這個手提包會讓你覺得更划算。） ✔ flock to… 蜂擁至……= swarm to… 例：A lot of tourists flock to the town to join the annual music festival.（有許多遊客蜂擁到鎮上，參加這一年一度的音樂節。）

水谷吉法《TOKYO PARROTS》 從水谷吉法(1987-)東京住處的窗外看去，每天都有一大群身披檸檬綠鮮亮羽翼的鸚鵡，集結佔領天空。數以百計的鸚鵡飛過水谷眼前，像是希區考克的驚悚電影《鳥》，使他感到不可思議地恐懼，卻也決定探訪這個屬於東京的都市傳奇。 這些來自熱帶地區的鸚鵡，一開始在1960至70年代被人從印度和斯里蘭卡運來東京賣作寵物，至今已有成千上萬的野生鸚鵡滯留東京繁衍生存，穿梭在繁華的水泥森林。水谷吉法以一年時間追蹤這些鸚鵡的飛行痕跡，終於來到牠們的大本營——一棵位在東京目黑區一所工業大學的銀杏樹。在群鳥歸巢棲息的時刻，水谷決定以鏡頭一探入夜後鸚鵡群的最大祕密集會地。這群若有所思的美麗異鄉客，是否將東京街頭的電纜當作南國原鄉的枝椏？只見牠們鮮紅的鳥喙和明亮的羽衣，魔幻地在暗夜裡熒熒發光……。 "When I saw hundreds of parakeets swarming the sky, I was struck by fear. I felt as if I’d walked into the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds. Every morning, flocks of several parakeets each would fly to the elm tree near my home in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward. I watched these flocks arrive daily. Eventually, more and more flocks showed until finally, this strange scene of hundreds of parakeets appeared. The parakeets had overly bright, lime green wings. These tropical birds were incongruous with the Tokyo environment and I found their appearance disturbing. I did some research and found out that these parakeets were brought to Japan in the 1960s and 1970s from tropical regions in India and Sri Lanka to be sold as pets. They had since gone wild and made Tokyo their home. Today, they’ve multiplied to thousands. Shocked by my encounter of the parakeets, I chased them for about a year afterwards. They broke up into groups and flew back to their respective nests. I discovered that the biggest nest was in a ginkgo tree on the Tokyo institute of Technology campus in Ookayama, Meguro. I used strobes to photograph the parakeets in the evenings, when they went home. These parakeets aren’t supposed to exist in Tokyo, but they do. And it’s the intensely uncanny feeling I felt when I first saw the swarm, which I’ve captured in these photographs." - Yoshinori MIZUTANI