【每日國際選讀】
你知道嗎?2020全球最先開打的職棒球賽在台灣
而且還只有「假球迷」?
開啟「接收通知」和「搶先看」每天吸收雙語時事新知
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🔥 Baseball Is Back in Taiwan—With Cardboard Cutouts Instead of Fans
台灣職棒球季開打:只見人型立牌不見球迷
- cardboard cutouts 人型立牌
✍️ cardboard是厚紙板,cutout是剪下的圖樣(尤指可豎立起來的)
,合起來就是生活常見的「人型立牌」
⚾️ The Chinese Professional Baseball League is one of the only pro sports leagues in the world currently operating. They even have bench-clearing brawls.
新冠疫情下,中華職棒是全球少數可正常開季的職業體育聯盟,甚至還發生清空板凳的大亂鬥。
- Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) 中華職業棒球大聯盟,簡稱中華職棒、中職
- brawl鬥毆、大打出手
✍️ bench-clearing brawl(清空板凳的大亂鬥)可說是職棒文化的一塊,激烈的比賽中難免有衝突發生,「清空板凳」指的是衝突發生時,雙方球員都衝出休息區,在球場上對峙的狀況。
😝 There are no spectators, save for cheerleaders and the fake fans in the seats. But it’s baseball nonetheless. And for the players adjusting to their strange new reality, it’s proof that sports behind closed doors is better than no sports at all.
除了啦啦隊和「假」球迷之外,觀眾席上沒有任何球迷,但球賽仍正常進行。對球員來說,雖然要適應「奇特」的球賽氛圍,但能閉門比賽還是比完全休季沒球打來得好。
- spectator(體育賽事的)觀眾
✍️audience比較常指「觀賞音樂性表演或演說」的聽眾,而「電視的收視觀眾」則較常用viewer。
- behind closed doors 直覺會讓人想到中文的「閉門造車」,但其實就是「秘密地,不公開地」的意思
✍️常見的還有close-door meeting 閉門會議(不對外公開的保密會議)
✨ People are seeing it, not just in Taiwan, but in the U.S. Eleven Sports Taiwan has been live-streaming an English-language version of some games. A broadcast of the Monkeys taking on the Fubon Guardians on Twitter earlier this month that began early in the morning in the U.S., drew more than a million views.
不僅台灣球迷可以欣賞到球賽,台灣壹拾壹體育網(Eleven Sports Taiwan)透過線上直播,用英語轉播部分球賽,讓美國的觀眾也能共襄盛舉。本月初在推特上轉播的樂天桃猿對上富邦悍將的球賽,吸引了超過一百萬次的觀看數。
- live-streaming 線上直播
- Monkeys 指的是 Rakuten Monkeys 樂天桃猿(球隊名)
- Fubon Guardians 富邦悍將(球隊名)
- draw 吸引,引起(興趣、注意)
✍️ 這裡的drew可不是畫畫的意思喔,而是「吸引」,常見的表達如draw someone’s attention(吸引某人的注意力)
未完待續...
雖然沒有球迷進場,但你可能會問:那球員呢?
球團又是如何防疫的?
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p.s. 本文的圖片是樂天桃猿隊的投手Ryan Carpenter在觀眾席上擺著未婚妻臉孔的立牌。
Ryan Carpenter, a pitcher for the Rakuten Monkeys, poses with cutouts of his fiancée’s face in the stands.
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原文連結請看留言
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❓Quiz: The baseball players from both teams went into a ____ because of a hit-by-pitch. The ___ were also fired up.
因為觸身球,雙方球員都衝出休息區,上演一場清空板凳的大亂鬥,而觀眾們的情緒也跟著被帶到了最高點。
🙋🏻♀️🙋🏼♀️
A. bros/Super Mario
B. bench-clearing fight/spectacular
C. bench-clearing brawl/spectators
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spectator中文 在 跟T大一起尋找物超所值的葡萄酒 Facebook 的最讚貼文
【初戀的迴音】
Couly Dutheil酒莊的Chinon "Clos De L'Echo" 這款紅酒,來自法國羅亞爾河谷,名叫"迴音園",她,是我的初戀。
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20多年前,當時是T小小的我在美國工作,有一天被朋友帶去一個薄酒萊新酒趴,從此開始進入葡萄酒的不歸路;1995年初我回到台灣進入金仁寶集團上班迄今,一晃已20多年了,早年我剛回台灣時,每天都努力上班工作,下班回家會一邊看葡萄酒書籍、一邊喝葡萄酒練功。
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當時沒有部落格與網際網路,我的知識全靠讀書而來,那時也不像現在上網就可以查分數,我訂閱的Wine Advocate與Wine Spectator都是一本一本的從美國寄到台灣;每一期WA與WS裡記載數千則的酒評與分數,我都當作是極短篇的散文小說來讀,邊喝酒邊讀書,眾樂樂不如獨樂樂。
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有一天我在天母亞舍葡萄酒專賣店買了一瓶羅亞爾河谷的紅酒:Couly Dutheil 酒廠的 Chinon "Clos De L'Echo",是1989年份,當時一瓶NT$800元 (我真是她NeNe的記性好),我邊喝邊查手邊那本WS雜誌的分數,88分還OK,但酒評的第一句寫著:"This is about as big as a Loire red gets…….",翻譯成中文,意思就是「此酒的品質大概已到達羅亞爾河紅酒的極致程度」!
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可是各位有沒有發現其中的矛盾? 既然是羅亞爾河紅酒的「極致」,是所有羅亞爾河紅酒中品質最「極致」的一款,直接的解讀當然應該就是「以羅亞爾河產區標準而言的100分葡萄酒」,那麼何以只能得到WS給88分? 這豈不也是一種對於非主流的歧視?
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我想找出這個謎底,一邊啜飲著這支1989羅亞爾河紅酒,一邊想像著羅亞爾河酒農努力釀出了「極致」的酒、卻只能把100分讓給波爾多、勃根地、甚至加州酒;我讀著羅亞爾河產區的風土介紹,讀著羅亞爾河相關的法國歷史,想到聖女貞德在勃根地被俘時、法王查理七式正在羅亞爾河谷喝著羅亞爾河Cabernet Franc紅酒,是跟我喝的這款「極致」酒同樣來自Chinon產區嗎?
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我喝完一瓶,又再去多買了二瓶Couly Dutheil 1989 Chinon "Clos De L'Echo",直到幾天之後我把手邊的羅亞爾河相關書籍全部讀完,這款酒也喝完了;我完全理解了這一款酒,也從此愛上了羅亞爾河的Chinon紅酒,而這款"Clos De L'Echo"迴音園紅酒,不僅是我對羅亞爾河的初戀,也讓我徹底認識了羅亞爾河產區。
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20多年來,這款酒雖已結束代理不再引進,但它仍然是我最喜愛的羅亞爾河紅酒之一,只是20年後升斗貧民T小小已進階為喇滴賽天王T大大,故酒神遊,多情應笑我不生華髮,看著眼前的這一瓶Couly Dutheil 2013 Chinon "Clos De L'Echo",迴音園回來了,但也永遠地消失了......
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spectator中文 在 我的ivf试管婴儿の日记 Facebook 的最佳貼文
从老公的角度看试管婴儿疗程
当一对夫妻要做 #IVF试管疗程时,做丈夫的应该用什么态度来面对?常常有网友告诉我说,我的老公精子不好,可是他还是不能戒烟戒酒,好不配合。要知道,不孕症不只是女人的责任,男人也是有责任。这篇文章,是以男人的角度出发,里面分享身为丈夫应该如何帮助太太一起度过疗程,文章是英文内容,是奥莉爸爸写的,奥莉爸不会中文。分享给大家😊
IVF Journey, A Husband’s Perspective
Hi all, before reading further I would like to say this is NOT an instruction or tips for IVF and hopefully readers will understand my poorly written English. This is my journey as a father of the IVF baby girl. Why am I sharing all this? It is because my wife had a Facebook page of her IVF journey at https://facebook.com/ivfjourney2015/ and she told me that majorities (not all but most) feedback indicate husband not supportive enough to commit into a journey of IVF. I’m not a true supportive husband either, least I made up my mind to make it happen.
Let’s start with “Why IVF?”
We went for a fertilization test and results with;
Husband: Teratospermia (Human language, sperm is weak for fertilization process)
Wife: Unexplained infertility (I think this is easy to understand, there is for the confirming reason for this result and we don’t go for further test after it because it will consumes too much time and money)
We married and planned to have children late 2011, both our ages were 37 in 2015 because of late marriage. My wife introduced IVF because she does not want to give up and feels regretful in future and so do I. Maybe because I did too many regretful things in the past, now I do not want this happened to my wife. At least I do it better then ignoring it.
Preparation for IVF
Financially, I know it will involve amount of 20k – 30k “Ringgit Malaysia” in the whole process depending on the situation and this is only one chance for me. I don’t have the money for a second attempt because I need to allocate funds for delivery if success.
Mentally, I do some studies/research on IVF. The whole journey took 50 days and in one of the process my wife needs to do a self-injection daily. I quickly asked my wife “Daily injection?! Do I need to fetch you to clinic daily to do this?” She answered “No, we need to do this ourselves”. A final question from me going to be “How?!” After we sat down and discuss, we comes into conclusion and I will do the injection for her. This was the most painful and nervous moment I ever experience by poking a needle to my wife’s belly EVERYDAY!
Lifestyle, 6 months earlier. My wife told me the NO’s, NO alcohol NO smoking NO midnight wandering NO stress. I said, I will fly up to the skies like butterfly if I able to do all the NO’s. It’s like a mission impossible. How can a man like me not go out to social with friends without alcohol and smoke? The joke was sleeping early! You want me to social with my friends in breakfast or lunch time? At this time, she softly said “I really wants to have a cute baby in future, it looks more like a family. Furthermore, I don’t want to have regretful moments in future”. All these words came out of my love (wife), her words melted in my heart deeply. I told her “Ok, we will go for it BUT you will need to promise me ONE IMPORTANT thing. No matter the process success or not we only have one attempt we need to accept the truth and live happily without regret in future.” she agreed.
Commitment, this is not some empty promise. I made a huge commitment to change my lifestyle into zero alcohol, tobacco and lesser stress. If comparing the pain and suffers my wife will take in this journey e.g., injection, medication effects, hormone changes and all the effects from pregnancies to delivery, mine looks more alike small potatoes (looks much more simple). Trust me guys, don't compare it, if you do and more likely you're going loose badly. For the sake of making a better future, I had fulfilled this commitment.
IVF Journey Phase 1 “Unskilled Husband Injection”
Day 1, doctor consults us for Buserelin injection. I need to inject this medication into my wife's belly each day sharp at 8AM. The nurse had guided me side by side to do the first injection.
Day 2, I started my first injection to my wife's belly without anyone guiding beside. Feels a bit nervous because this time I'm doing it all by myself. I try to hum some music to distract my wife's from looking at the needle while injecting but still she is looking at it.
Day 3 - Day 15, sometime the injection hurting and causes bleeding/bruise to her. I need to find a new spot to inject every time and sees her bruise makes my pain in the heart too. My injection skills improved dramatically. She even told me that she doesn't feel pain like the beginning stages.
Day 16, follow up 2nd checkup. Doctor said, everything goes smoothly and added another medication to inject called Gonal-F to take home and start injecting on day 23. This message never surprises me because I've been told earlier, but just that the price to pay for this medication is quite costly.
Day 17 - Day 22, nothing much on these days and we just stick on the plan as usual.
IVF Journey Phase 2 “Stressful Night”
Day 23, Gonal F injections start today. This needle doesn't look same as those earlier, it comes with medication in it and look like a pen.
Day 24 - Day 26, side effects of the Gonal F medications started. My wife is feeling irritation at the injection site, fullness, bloating and tenderness in the lower abdomen due to the increasing size of the ovaries. Her mood changes dramatically as I can tell, but she endures it and tell me she can handle it.
Day 27, follow up 3rd checkup. Doctor said wife has eggs total of 12 and is ready for Transvaginal oocyte retrieval "Human language, Egg retrieval" at day 31.
Day 28 - Day 29, final injection of Gonal F. At day 29 night, I inject Ovidrel to wife belly to that causes the growth and release of a mature egg (ovulation) for day 31.
Day 30, resting whole day. Finally, we had a day without injection and worrying about holding any needles. Today we wondering about the egg growth, not knowing will the eggs grow more or still the same amount of 12.
Day 31, egg retrieval. 8 egg success retrieves and I give out my sperm for oocytes selection on the same day. Wife given cyclogest for oval protection after the egg retrieval.
IVF Journey Phase 3 “Hopeful Embryo Culture & Embryo Transfer”
Day 32 - Day 35, rest at home. We had pillow talk every night concerning about the growth of an embryo. We also look at sample growth stages of an embryo from the web to see what the current growth stage is.
Day 36, another hopeful and nervous morning. Doctor tells us the result of embryo culture as below;
Total Embryo Retrieve: 8
Embryo Qualified for ICSI: 6
Embryo Success until Cleavage Stage (Day 2 – Day 4): 3
Embryo Success until Blastocyst Stage (Day 5): 2
Embryo Qualified / Recommended for Transfer: 1
Both our eyes looked at each other, knowing only 1 Blastocyst Embryo available to transfer and doctor tell the same after it. I really do not know how to express both our feelings into words here, as we expected to have at least 2 Blastocyst out of 8 embryos and only left 1. We both agreed to proceed this only 1 Blastocyst transfer as this is the only choice we had. It's more likely walking on a 100ft tall string with no supports mission, a single error will fail the mission.
After the transfer process, wife given a room to rest for few hours. A nurse came and give us adjunctive medications, injections and advice while resting at room.
IVF Journey Phase 4 “The Final Moment of IVF”
Day 37 - Day 49, after the transfer. This period is known as 2WW (2 Weeks Wait) with adjunctive medications, injections and be very careful. I just let her sleep/rest more on the bed, I served her every meal in the room. We're also nervous and curious about pregnancy results on day 44, we tested with cheap pregnancy tester and get got a double line on it and we do have a little hope and joy with this result. On day 47, again we test, but this time with expensive pregnancy tester and the results double line again! We're so hopeful and happy at this moment. We really hope this result is true until the next checkup.
Day 50, final checkup. My wife goes for the hCG test by giving a sample of blood, we waited 2 hours for the results. While waiting, nurse guide us to a room to rest. Wife slept and I sat beside concerned on the hCG test results. 2 hours later, the doctor invited us to look for him. Before doctor speaks, while we are sitting down, my wife's eyes were starring in the hCG results number and she spotted the hCG number is 452. She smiles happily while doctor tells her "You are pregnant and congratulations! Come back after 2 weeks to scan for baby heartbeats. And please go out to the counter and ring the bell!”
Just Sharing My Thoughts
By all means, I’m not bragging about my success. I would like to say if anyone is planning on IVF, teamwork is very important and husband play a very important role to increase the success rate. Sometimes, I do feel like a spectator than a participant myself because I never experience any of the medical exams but this is not true. Every injection I put on her belly, I feel the pain in my heart as bad as she has on the belly. Ok, nothing much to share in this IVF journey and next time I might be sharing another journey as a Father! Here is my little baby girl Facebook page奥莉 Olivia Baby - 梁童心心 https://fb.me/oliviababylove if you wish to see her growth updates.
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