很有哲理的話：
當孩子不麻煩你的時候，可能已長大成人遠離你了；
當父母不麻煩你的時候，可能已不在人世了；
當愛人不麻煩你的时候，可能已去麻煩别人了；
當朋友不麻煩你的時候，可能已經有隔閡了！
人其實就是生活在~相互麻煩之中，在麻煩之中解决事情，在事情之中化解麻煩，
在麻煩与被麻煩中加深感情，體現價值，這就是生活。
我珍惜身邊麻煩我的人！
也感謝我曾經麻煩過的你！
01/06/15
2015年1月6日 星期二
2015年1月5日 星期一
文法淺釋- (91)
文法淺釋-
(91)
文法(grammar)與句型(sentence patterns)
助動詞
16) You had better not repeat the same
mistake or you will be fired.
(你最好不再犯相同的過失，不然會被解雇。)
1. S.+ had
better + V, 乃說話者 (I 或we) 對主詞的 advice (忠告) 本句型
= It is advisable (最好) that + S. + (should) + V. (此動作表示”尚未”做的事”)
2. had better 之否定應為 had
better not
+ V (had better 視同助動詞，故接原形
動詞)
比較
They had not been informed by then.
到那時他們尚未被通知。
We have not
received the message yet.
Note 用在問句或詰問句時：
Had they
better leave it behind? (* 不可用 Did they
have better…..?)
他們最好遺忘它嗎
You had better move on your own, hadn’t you? 你最好獨自做，不是嗎?
(*不可用 didn’t you ..?)No, I’d better
not. 不，我最好不這樣。
17) The king ordered, “Those who defy my law shall be put to death.”
(國王下令說 “凡違抗我法律者會被處死刑。”)
1. shall
用在第一人稱；I (we) shall + V …比
will + V 語氣強
When retreating to Australia, General McArthur said to the press, “I shall return.”
= “I am determined
to return.”
當從菲律賓撤退到澳洲時，麥帥曾向新聞界宣稱，”我一定反攻回去。”
*〔不久麥帥采越島戰術反攻登陸，緊隨美軍陸戰隊之後，他步上海灘，
臉帶信心， 以其著名的「註冊標」- 一付大墨鏡和咬著大煙斗， 一位戰地
記者將其拍攝下來， 後來此照片竟獲當年 (1945) 最佳普立茲 (Pulitzer) 新聞
獎; 名叫 “I shall return.”)。〕
2. 用在詰問句及疑問句：
a. “Let’s go, shall we? “ 說話者和聽話皆參與動作
“Let us go, will
you? “ 僅說話者做動作
b. Shall I give you a hand? = Do
you want me to give you a hand? 須要我幫你嗎?
Yes, please do.
No, please don’t 是，請。不，請不必。
c. What shall we
do? =What are we to do? 我們該怎麼辦 ?
3. 第二, 三人稱主詞, you, he, she, it,
they + shall + V 表示說話者 (I, we)
之意思：
i.. 表承諾 You ~ have my response by
tomorrow 我允諾明天前給你回復。
=I promise
to give you my response by tomorrow.
ii.表威脅或命令：She ~ be severely punished if she disobeys me. 如違抗我，就
重懲她。
18) She ought to be a native Spaniard for she speaks Spanish so well.
(她肯定是道地西班牙人，要不然西班牙語怎會講得這麼好。)
1. ought to
+ V = should 應該
Students ~ to get to school by 7:30. 學生須在7:30 到校。
2. ought to
亦可作”推測”解，
如：
You ought to be (= should be / must be) wrong 你一定搞錯了。
3. Note:
~ to 作助動詞用，用在詰問句時，to可省略。
He ought to get to the office by 8, oughtn’t
he? 他應該在八點到辦
公室，不是嗎 ?
Justin Lai 編
01/05/2015
待解的全球13件神祕事件 (2)
Justin Lai 譯述文集
13 unsolved mysteries that still need
answers in 2015-
3) ADNAN'S STORY-阿南的故事
Is the man spending life in
prison the real killer of Hae Min Lee? 在監獄服刑中的人是殺死李海明的真凶嗎? 還是法庭誤判了嗎?
李海明
Adnan Syed, who is featured
in the popular Serial podcast, was convicted of killing Hae Min Lee in 1999.
阿南塞德 (譯註：外表看似乎是中東人)，一位在受歡迎的『系列』人物特刊專訪中的突出人物，在1999年因殺死李海明而被判刑。
A 1999 murder case was resurrected and put under the microscope this
year thanks to Serial, a nonfiction podcast that unravels a story
week by week.
Serial -一本非虛構的人物專訪刊物，它每周揭發一個故事。幸虧它的發掘報導，一件1999年發生的謀殺案，今年重新死灰復燃，並被加以仔細再調查。
Currently, Adnan Syed is
serving a life sentence for murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee when they
were in high school. When Serial host Sarah Koenig started
investigating the case a year ago, the strange story surrounding the murder of
the Baltimore high school student, a lot of things didn't add up. There were no eye-witnesses tying Syed, who has been
trying to prove his innocence for years, to the crime, and Syed's attorney,
Cristina Gutierrez, failed to interview a witness who said she was with him at
the time Lee was killed.
阿南因謀殺前女友李海明(兩人同上一個高中)，被判無期徒刑，目前正服刑中。一年前當Serial系列刊物負責人-莎拉柯尼開始調查本案時，圍繞本件謀殺巴爾地摩高中生一案的怪異故事，其中有許久事並未增加。案發現場沒有目擊證人咬定嫌犯阿南。多年來阿南一直試圖証明自己的清白。但是他的辯護律師卻未能，與一位命案發生時，自稱同阿南在一起的女友面談以取得她的有利証詞。
Ultimately, a Maryland
appeals court will decide the man's fate. A hearing scheduled for January
represents what Syed's lawyer, C. Justin Brown, said is the man's "last
best chance" at freedom.
終於一馬利蘭州的上訴法庭將決定此人之命運。預定2015年元月要召開的聽證會代表了，阿南辯護律師C. Justin Brown所說的，會是阿南獲釋的最後機會。
4)
SIBERIAN SINKHOLES-西伯利亞的大坑洞
What caused three deep holes in
Russia's north? 蘇俄北方的三大坑洞是什麼原因造成的?
A view of a sinkhole, which
stretches 20 meters by 30 meters, at the Solikamsk-2 mine in Russia’s Perm
region.
一個坑洞的照片，它的面積是20米寬30米長，位於蘇俄魄姆地區，索力卡馬士克2號礦區
A 115-foot hole was
discovered in Siberia's Yamal peninsula — a name that means "end of the
world" in the language of the area's indigenous inhabitants — after an
unexplained explosion in July. Two other mysterious sinkholes popped up in
Russia's north shortly after. Scientists believe gas explosions beneath the surface caused the sinkholes, but they haven't been able to
confirm that theory.
在西伯利亞的雅馬爾半島發現的一個115呎的坑洞，依當地聰明居民的話，它意謂世界末日，因為7月份有一次不明原因的爆炸。另外兩個其他神祕的坑洞隨後不久也在蘇俄北部爆開。科學家們相信是地表下面的天然氣爆引起了坑洞，但尚未能夠証實那個理論。
In November, a team of
scientists, a medic and a professional climber plunged into the sinkhole to
learn more about it, but the cause of the deep holes is still unknown.
11月有一隊科學家、一位醫生和一位專業爬山專家跳下坑洞以便對它瞭解更多，可惜深洞原因仍然不明。
01/05/2015
2015年1月4日 星期日
2015年1月3日 星期六
異族通婚案例增加的意義何在?
What Does the Rise in Interracial Relationships Really Mean?異族通婚案例增加的意義何在?
Photo: Everett Collection
The United States prides itself on being a melting pot of cultures. In light of current events, it’d be naive to say that the contents of the pot has seamlessly mixed together, but there’s one statistic suggesting a positive uptick in one part of life: personal relationships. A recent study revealed that fifteen percent of newlyweds are in an interracial relationship—or 8.4 percent marriages overall—a marked increase since 1960 when only 0.4 percent of marriages were multi racial.
美國以文化熔爐而自豪。以目前事件來看，要說熔爐內之物已完全熔合是天真的說法，但有一項統計，提到在生活上某一部具有肯定的激勵作用。最近一項研究透露，新婚夫妻有15%是異族通婚，或是整體的8.4%，而1960年代僅0.4%，顯然有顯著增加。
01/03/2015
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