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🇺🇸美國生活諺語:dish篇🍽
1⃣ a dish (though it's a bit old-fashioned)
2⃣ Revenge is a dish best served cold
3⃣ dish it out; sb. can dish it out, but not take it
4⃣ dish the dirt (on); dish on
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When we say “wash the dishes,” we mean all the tableware, and even the silverware. But in English, whereas plates are usually used to eat from, dishes, which are flatter than bowls, and not as flat as plates (and sometimes have lids), are used to serve or cook food. And a dish can also refer to the food that is served in the dish. Now let’s learn some other dish-related idioms!
我們知道 wash the dishes「洗碗」是泛指洗所有的餐具,即使是銀製餐具也算在內。但是在英國,plate跟dish則是兩種不同的東西,plate 是進餐時用的淺盤,而 dish 則是比碗淺但比 plate 深的深盤(有時還附蓋子),通常是裝盛菜餚出餐或烹煮食物用。dish 也可以指該道菜。說完了,接下來就來介紹跟 dish 一字有關的諺語吧。
You know that a serving of food can be called a dish, but what if you 1⃣call a person a dish? It means they’re sexy and attractive. This expression, which sounds a little old-fashioned these days, likely has it’s origins in comparing a person to a delicious dish of food. Ex: Wow, she’s gorgeous—what a dish!
你知道一道菜可以用 a dish 稱之,但你叫一個人a dish又是怎麼回事?其實是說那個人性感吸引力十足,「是你的菜」。儘管這個表達放在現在已經有點過時,就跟拿一道菜來比喻一個人一樣過氣。如:Wow, she’s gorgeous—what a dish!(哇,那個妹有夠正的──是天菜。)
Besides food, what else can be served on dishes? Revenge! Have you ever heard the proverb, 2⃣“Revenge is a dish best served cold”? It means that revenge is most satisfying when one takes the time to plan it carefully and carry it out when your enemy least suspects it, rather than immediately after one is wronged. This expression has existed for hundreds of years, but it was made popular when it appeared in the 1982 movie, Star Trek II, the Wrath of Khan. Ex: A: How can you let him get away with treating you like that? B: I won’t, but revenge is a dish best served cold.
除了食物,還有什麼可以裝在盤子上?仇恨!你有聽過俗語「君子報仇三年不晚」(Revenge is a dish best served cold)嗎?指與其立即復仇,花時間慢慢計畫再實行,讓敵人放下戒心之後再復仇,這樣會更令人滿足。1982年電影《星艦迷航記2: 星戰大怒吼》讓這個存在已經好幾百年的老俗語再次流行起來。如:A: How can you let him get away with treating you like that? 你怎麼能忍受他這樣對待你? B: I won’t, but revenge is a dish best served cold. 我不會繼續忍下去的,但是君子報仇三年不晚。
As a verb, dish means “to serve,” and is the basis of a number of expressions. To 3⃣“dish it out” means to criticize or insult, and is often used in the idiom, “sb. can dish it out, but not take it,” which is used to describe people who are quick to criticize others, but can’t take criticism themselves. Ex: A: I didn’t realize that Karen was so thin-skinned. B: Yeah. She can dish it out, but she can’t take it.
dish當動詞指「上菜」,也延伸出好幾種諺語用法。dish it out指「批評,侮辱」,常出現在sb. can dish it out, but not take it.這個諺語中,指「愛批評他人卻批評不得的人」。如:A: I didn’t realize that Karen was so thin-skinned. 我不明白為什麼凱倫會這麼膚淺。B: Yeah. She can dish it out, but she can’t take it.是啊,她愛批評別人,但見不得別人批評她。
Another idiom with dish as a verb is 4⃣“dish the dirt (on),” which means to gossip about someone or something. Ex: Let’s sit down, have a drink and dish the dirt. The expression “dish on” also has the same meaning. Ex: Why are you always dishing on Patricia?
另一個dish當動詞的諺語是dish the dirt on,指「八卦某事或某人」。如Let’s sit down, have a drink and dish the dirt.(咱們坐下來喝杯茶聊八卦吧。)也可以用dish on表示:Why are you always dishing on Patricia?(為什麼你總是在八卦派翠西亞?)
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[時事英文]金價創新高!
嗯……黃金聖鬥士的盔甲現在應該值蠻多💰💰💰
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《華爾街日報》:
💰 Gold has piqued the interest of Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B -0.60% has bought shares in Canadian mining company Barrick Gold Corp. The move brings the spotlight back on the precious metal, which notched new records this month, soaring above $2,000 a troy ounce for the first time in New York trading. The price of gold has jumped 30% in 2020—outstripping the rally in the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index—in a bull run that began in late 2018 and has gathered momentum during the coronavirus pandemic.
1. piqued the interest of 激起;刺激…的興趣
2. share (n.) 股票;股份
3. a mining company 礦業公司
4. precious metal 貴金屬
5. notch (v.) 贏得 ; notch something ↔ up phrasal verb
to achieve something, especially a victory or a particular total or score: https://bit.ly/2YmZbpX
6. soar (v.) above 猛增;暴漲高於
7. troy ounce 金衡盎司(31.1048公克);金衡啢
8. outstrip (在數量、程度或成就上)超過,勝過
9. Nasdaq Composite Index 納斯達克綜合指數
10. a bull market 牛市
11. the coronavirus pandemic 新冠病毒全球大流行疫情
黃金已經激起巴菲特的興趣,他的波克夏公司買進了加拿大礦業公司巴里克黃金公司的股票。此舉讓人重新聚焦黃金。金價本月創下紀錄新高,在紐約市場交易中首次飆升至每金衡盎司2千美元以上。黃金這波牛市始自2018年末,並在新冠疫情期間積聚了動能,金價2020年迄今已上漲30%,超過以科技股為主的納斯達克綜合指數的同期漲幅。
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💰Why are gold prices soaring?
The main reason is this year’s precipitous drop in yields on U.S. Treasurys to levels below the expected pace of inflation. Unlike bonds or bank deposits, gold doesn’t pay any income. As a result, owning gold means missing out on yields from other assets when interest rates are high. When real yields are negative, gold’s lack of yield becomes a strength.
12. a precipitous drop (n) 大幅下跌
13. yield (n.) 收益 ; (v.) 產生;出產;得出
14. inflation 通貨膨脹
15. bonds 債券;公債
16. deposit(尤指銀行帳戶的)存款
💰金價為何飆漲
主要原因是今年以來美國國債收益率大幅下跌,跌至低於預期通膨率的水平。與債券或銀行存款不同,黃金並非孳息資產。因此,當利率居於高位之際,持有黃金就意味著錯失其他資產的收益。當實際收益率為負時,黃金不支付利息就成為一種優勢。
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💰Will gold prices keep rising?
Gold prices tend to overshoot, according to Fergal O’Connor, an economist at University College Cork who has studied the market’s history. Still, he expects them to fall back to a higher level than they were before the pandemic because institutional investors are adding to their gold holdings, removing a chunk of available supply. The return of jewelry demand in China and India could also boost prices.
17. tend to 傾向;易於;往往會
18. overshoot (v.) 超過;超越
19. economist 經濟學家
20. fall back to 後退;撤退到
21. institutional investor 機構的投資者
22. a chunk of ……的很大一部分
23. boost 推動;促進
💰 金價還會繼續上漲嗎?
科克大學研究黃金市場歷史的經濟學家康納表示,金價往往會過度上漲。不過,他預計,即便金價出現回落,也將高於新冠疫情暴發前的水平,因為機構投資者正在增持黃金,從而吸收了市面上很大一部分可用供應。此外,中國和印度對黃金飾品的需求回暖,可能也會提振價格。
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💰Is gold a commodity or a currency?
Both. Gold is a commodity in that it derives its value, in part, from its use in products like jewelry. Gold is also a currency. For millennia, the metal has functioned as a store of value, unit of account and medium of exchange. Bullion played a foundational role in the monetary system from 1717, when Isaac Newton, master of England’s Mint, established a price ratio between gold and silver, to 1971, when President Nixon ended the convertibility of dollars into the precious metal. Though gold stopped underpinning exchange rates after the “Nixon Shock,” the metal still plays a part in currency markets.
24. commodity 商品;日用品
25. currency 貨幣
26. millennia 一千年;千周年
27. a medium of exchange 交易的媒介
28. bullion 金銀條;金銀塊
29. play an important role/part in 在……中起重要的作用 ; 在……扮演重要的角色
30. monetary system 貨幣體系;貨幣制度
31. mint (n.) 鑄幣廠 ; (v.) 鑄造(硬幣)
32. a price ratio 價格比
33. convertibility 可兌性
34. underpin (v.) 支撐;加強;鞏固;構成(基礎)
💰黃金是商品還是貨幣?
兩者皆是。黃金是一種商品,因其價值部分來自在珠寶等產品中的使用。
黃金也是一種通貨。在數千年的時間裡,黃金一直起著價值儲存、記帳單位和交換媒介的作用。1717年英國鑄幣局局長牛頓確定了金銀的價格比後,黃金一直在貨幣系統中起到基礎作用,直到1971年美國總統尼克森讓美元與黃金脫鉤。雖然經歷尼克森震撼後,黃金不再支撐匯率,但仍在貨幣市場中扮演重要角色。
《華爾街日報》完整內容:https://on.wsj.com/3gdTvol
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📰 華爾街日報訂閱方案: https://bit.ly/39ULVh1
🎓 華爾街日報獎助學金計畫 (A20): https://bit.ly/2C2tUAI
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時事英文講義:https://bit.ly/2XmRYXc
了 after verb 在 葉朗程 Facebook 的最佳解答
有人說才子陶傑前輩用英文寫了一個 post,批評他英文不夠好。看完之後,覺得實在是吹毛求疵,如此水平已經好過很多人了。再者,才子每天寫字多過你呼吸,怎能每篇都寫到完美呢?幸好他這篇沒有用上十成功力,才讓晚輩有機會切磋切磋。紅都面晒,獻醜了。
陶傑:After my previous post to you, a friend of mine in the British education advisory career has received this request from a Hong Kong Chinese reporter. Pay attention to what the Chinese reporter said.
葉某:After my previous post, a friend of mine in the British education advisory sector received this message from a Hong Kong Chinese reporter, which I want to draw your attention to.
(好像 draw your attention to 沒有 Pay attention to 那麼霸氣,順耳一點吧。)
陶傑:She called my statements that ‘Boarding schools are there to train leadership rather than refugees’ and ‘Boarding school education is designed for staying calm and team spirit‘ as ‘being sarcastic’.
葉某:She referred to my statements, that ‘Boarding schools are there to train leaders rather than refugees…Boarding school education is designed for staying calm and team spirit’, as being “sarcastic”.
(盡量避免 called 或 said 等字,因為詞彙越精準,效果更好,所以用 referred。)
陶傑:I invite you all to have some reflection on the following questions:
葉某:I kindly invite you all to reflect on the following questions:
(可以的話,盡量避免用 noun 代替 verb,不用太造作。)
陶傑:While stating some basic and simple facts that most British boarding schools also do in their prospectuses do you agree that going to a British boarding school is an act of sarcasm or self-mockery?
葉某:Ignoring the fact that I was stating some basic and simple facts, that most British boarding schools also do in their prospectuses, do you agree that going to a British boarding school is in itself an ironic act of self-mockery? An act of “sarcasm”, perhaps?
(其實我不太掌握到才子的意思,所以沒有什麼改動,純是 style 問題。)
陶傑:Do you agree that average Chinese hardly understand the philosophy of a British or Swiss boarding school apart from being an expensive learning place for high fees?
葉某:Do you agree that the average Chinese person barely understands the philosophy of a British or Swiss boarding school, besides it being an expensive “learning place” with high fees?
(這段的問題比較大,上文說 “hardly understands the philosophy” 然後下文說 “apart from being”,邏輯上有點難以理解。除了我的 besides it being,當然用才子的 apart from 也可以;但就算用 apart from 都一定要加 comma 和 “it”,否則是錯。)
陶傑:Or is it only a matter of multiculturalism that such people tend to attribute all questions based on facts and common sense that they are unable to answer logically to ‘being sarcastic‘?
葉某:Or perhaps it is merely down to multiculturalism, that when people are unable to understand an argument and respond with common sense and logic, such people tend to disregard facts and dismiss all questions and other opinions as ‘being sarcastic’?
(同樣也只是 style 問題,但明顯地我的 style 在這個情況下更能清晰表達當中意思。Dismiss 一個字簡單,但語氣強烈,是好字。)
陶傑:If so, is it exactly the reason why you go to a Western boarding school to avoid asking questions of this kind when you grow up (No, I wouldn’t say ‘avoid being so Chinese’ as it sounds, hm, a bit sensitive as the debate of how a global virus should be accurately name is going on) ?
葉某:If so, isn’t it exactly the reason why you go to a Western boarding school to avoid responding in this way when you grow up? (I’ve refrained from saying ‘avoid being so Chinese’ as it sounds a bit sensitive whilst the debate of how a global virus should be accurately named is going on)
(應該是 isn’t it exactly 而不是 is it exactly 吧,我猜是他的 typo 而已。)
陶傑:Interesting, hey?
葉某:Food for thought, hey?
(更寸自然更型,no?)
陶傑:So, the last thing I’d love to see is you guys staging a street protest demanding my apology and withdrawal of my earlier Facebook message, as Dr Yuen Kwok-yung (or Dr Yuan Guo-Yong) just did. Chinese tend to get boiled up and fuming rather easily nowadays.
葉某:So, lastly, what I’d love to see is you guys staging a street protest demanding an apology and withdrawal of my earlier Facebook message, as Dr Yuen Kwok-yung (or Dr Yuan Guo-Yong) just did. The Chinese tend to get riled up and fuming rather easily nowadays.
(在下不才,真的沒有聽過 boiled up 可以用 passive voice,所以我改了 get boiled up,用了 get riled up。)
又懶了一個早上,夠鐘放飯。