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📰 Covid-19 Poses More Risk to Patients With Chronic Illnesses - and That’s Bad for the U.S.
2019冠狀病毒對有慢性病患構成更多的風險，這個情況對美國來說是件壞事。

🖋 pose 跟 risk搭配，patient 和 chronic illness是常用詞匯。

Scientists now have a better idea of how much extra risk faced by people with other conditions such as diabetes.

📌 這一段說科學家現在對患有糖尿病等狀況的人所面對的風險有更好的理解。

🖋 have a better idea of 是個道地的説法，它源於 have a good idea of。

Scientists are developing a clearer picture of the extra risk of dying from Covid-19 borne by those with underlying health conditions, an aspect of the disease that researchers say might help explain why some countries suffer worse outbreaks than others.

📌 這段繼續介紹科學家的工作，並解釋他們的工作有助於解釋，為什麼一些國家比起其他國家面對病毒的爆發(outbreak)更加嚴重。

The bad news for the U.S.: Some of the conditions associated with the highest risk, such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes, are more prevalent in the U.S. than other comparable countries.

📌 這段聚焦美國的情況，the bad news 跟標題的bad呼應。除了diabetes，這段提述obesity和heart disease，這也是現代人的常見疾病。

“If we had better health outcomes, if we had less diabetes, less hypertension, less cardiovascular disease, then we would probably not see the morbidity and mortality that we see today from Covid-19,” said Monique J. Brown, an assistant professor of public health at the University of South Carolina.

📌 這段引述南卡羅萊納州大學助理教授的話，hypertension和cardiovascular disease也是常見的疾病。morbidity和mortality是相對專業的詞匯。

Some 15 million people world-wide have been infected with the new coronavirus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 624,000 deaths globally have been attributed to Covid-19, the disease it causes, with 143,000 of those in the U.S. Case numbers are rising in large parts of the U.S. after restrictions on daily life were eased.

📌 這段也引述約翰霍普金斯大學的數據。

🖋 attributed to (歸因於)，是表述因果關係的用語，ease 是動詞(跟easy有關聯的)，他常與restriction搭配。

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林作x全職獵人久保Cover Letter Carving範例

以下範例可以作為各位寫Cover Letter的參考。

Fillture Career Coaching的客戶裏面，有工作年資尚淺的，也有工作年資超過20年的。他們也是來自於各行各業。目前來說，沒有哪一行或哪一個輩份的最多。我們不認為有最好的格式 － 每個人都會根據年齡、資歷、行業以及個人特點而有所不同。共同點，就只是幾樣：最好的英文，最清晰的表達，最真摯的情感，以及最有自我和自信的一面。下面這個Cover Letter例子，屬於我們頗為正常的一份。裡面一切的個人資訊已經被編輯，但屬於一個真實案例，客戶是來自於金融業年資少於10年的年輕人，他希望能夠到一個更大的平台，從事他這幾年來專門負責的工作，於是找了我們幫忙：

Dear Sir/ Madam,

With nearing X years of successful experience in the wealth management industry, I am firmly in the belief that the time is ripe for me to move on to what is considered one of the largest XXX in Hong Kong. I am confident that I possess the qualities necessary to thrive at such an outstanding company and in particular, become a valuable prospect as investment analyst in the Investment Department.

My investment journey as an analyst at fund distribution platforms, hedged funds and wealth management companies have honed my Top-down and Bottom-up approach as well as having personal investment conviction. Indeed, I believe the latter strength is the key to my achievement thus far – I take pride in being independent-minded, which is becoming increasingly important in this ever-expanding complex financial market. The valuable experience at XXX helped me to develop my personal market belief through mutual funds training and provided me a hands-on training in Bloomberg Terminal ( BBG).

From there, notwithstanding a tempting offer from XXX, my intention to move on to bigger and better things in mutual funds and hedge funds led me to secure a precious experience at XXX as XXX, which has provided me a perspective in practical option-trading strategies and the operational side of running a hedged fund. Throughout my time at the company, various stocks were identified and individuals’ fair value via Discount Cashflow model ( DCF ) were calculated. I provided constant economic updates to the Portfolio manager. My particularly proud achievement was to have successfully predicted that XXX would plummet significantly, a full week before it actually happened when no one in Hong Kong saw the same. This is due to my wide-than-usual horizon in terms of the information platforms I would survey. I am uniquely adept at looking into mainstream and niche mainland financial websites and other channels for the most updated information as well as gossips. This is the source of my being able to often come up with contrarian views. On the operation side of XXX, I was also responsible for calculating daily NAV to the portfolio manager.

Lastly, in my current job, being part of the investment team, my duty is to oversee the company’s XXX and set up investment outlook to our XXX. Timely reports and Top-down analysis on various economies were produced to the investment team committee and sales. Last year, I was honoured to play a notable role in securing a XXX return for the portfolio, beating the Hang Seng Index by XXX, and was rewarded to speak as the company’s sole representative on behalf of the research team at XXX 2019, which I greatly enjoyed. Finally, I personally boosted the client base by XXX, a rate well above average in the space of X months.

I look forward to having further discussions with you in an interview. Please contact me at xxx@gmail.com or at +852xxxxxxxx if you have any further enquiries about my academic background and work experience. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours faithfully,
XXX

這份 Cover Letter 的厲害之處在於幾個地方：

1. 英語的掌握能力，明顯比一般只是文法沒錯（而我們收到的初稿絕大部份甚至不會能夠做到這點）要好很多，於是句子的組織、節奏感都更像是一個native speaker。而風格上並不是死板的官方英文，有在一些位置故意地更談話feel一點，務求不虛情假意，更真摯。
2. 一些動詞和形容詞的選擇，也是讓這份看起來更加讓人印象深刻。即使內容不是很特別，給人的感受都變得更主動、更自信。
3. 要分享工作經驗，但細節留給CV。這裏是炫耀自己有多少功績的地方，要故事性地展現一些獨有的成就，無論是多大多小，給人感覺你是有自己的位置的。
4. 最後，要做一個有Edge的人。這封信有著強烈的個人定位，明顯有血有肉，知道自己的想法是什麼、態度是什麼。

我們認為，一份好的Cover Letter可以令到HR更加快過濾你，讀完之後可以理解你是一個什麼樣的求職者。甚至在腦海入面已經勾劃出你的影像、你的故事、你的目的。一份好的Cover Letter能夠立體地勾劃你，可以令到HR更加容易去和Line Manager描述、推薦你。

歡迎PM查詢此項服務，我們提供預約見面（Bespoke)，面對面溝通了解，從而雕塑出最好的你。

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KittyTheLitty熱高城
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【CHILLBAKA & COREY (A4F9) - O3】
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【CHILLBAKA & COREY (A4F9) - O3】

O3
vi.不及物動詞
【名】臭氧

具有吸收太陽光中大部分的紫外線，以屏蔽地球表面生物，不受紫外線侵害之功能

有時候在感情裡人跟人之間也是扮演著臭氧與紫外線, 愛裡面拉扯跟摩合多少也造成那些不必要的傷害 不管是言語上還是種種 那些常常都是掩飾易被傷害的反射動作 畢竟人也想愛也期待被愛 一次又一次的失望讓我們的防衛心變更重

CHILLBAKA 製作熱高城不少作品, 「TYHH」, 「PENJI GANG」, 還有近期的 「YOUNG GIL」
同時也主理Deadpan 與擔任該團主唱, 音樂正是他擅長的語言, 饒舌也是他現在正在擴張的版圖, 同時邀約一樣是樂團主唱的Corey來自彼岸曙光 Stay Wide Awake 描述那些臭氧化的愛情

各位也期待CHILLBAKA接下來將陸續釋出的作品 ~~

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