2017年7月28日 星期五
6 Jobs That Probably Won’t Be Around in 10 Years
6 Jobs That Probably Won’t Be Around in 10 Years
http://bleubloom.com/6-jobs-that-probably-wont-be-around-in-10-years/
Retail Cashier
Telemarketer
Travel Agent
Taxi driver
Publishers and Printers
Postal Workers
Do you agree or disagree with it?
2017年7月26日 星期三
英文文章閱讀
摘錄自網路文章局部
The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/uber-but-for-happiness/534711/
[Researchers asked participants in the United States, Denmark, Canada, and the Netherlands how much money they spent each month on having someone else do tasks they found unpleasant, as well as how satisfied they were with their lives. The services could include things like a grocery delivery service, a housecleaner, or taking cabs rather than buses. About 28 percent of the respondents spent money in this way, spending about $147.95 each. Across countries and income levels, those who spent money to save time reported greater levels of life satisfaction.
The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/uber-but-for-happiness/534711/
[Researchers asked participants in the United States, Denmark, Canada, and the Netherlands how much money they spent each month on having someone else do tasks they found unpleasant, as well as how satisfied they were with their lives. The services could include things like a grocery delivery service, a housecleaner, or taking cabs rather than buses. About 28 percent of the respondents spent money in this way, spending about $147.95 each. Across countries and income levels, those who spent money to save time reported greater levels of life satisfaction.
The explanation was simple: Using money to buy time made people feel less time-crunched, and thus, happier.
The study presents an interesting twist on a well-established theory in psychology: With some exceptions, experiences tend to make people happier than things do. In this case, it’s not a mind-blowing concert itself that brings joy, but the arrival of the babysitter, so that you can rock out to your favorite band—or maybe just get some work done—stress-free. In this study, people who made a $40 time-saving purchase felt better than those who spent it on a physical good.
The connection between time-saving and happiness was pretty reliable, but, it seemed, only to a point. At the highest levels of spending on time saving, life satisfaction dipped again.
The authors propose this is because outsourcing every part of your life could lead to a loss of control, “by leading people to infer that they are unable to handle any daily tasks.”] （OLGA KHAZAN，JUL 25. 2017）
請先讀完～
2015年1月8日 星期四
加油
“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
– Mark Victor Hansen, Motivational Writer
「不要等到所有事情都剛剛好，它們永遠不會完美。永遠都將有挑戰、阻礙及不盡完美的條件。所以呢，現在就開始。每當你走一步，你將變得愈來愈強，愈來愈熟練，愈來愈有自信，及愈來愈成功。」– 馬克‧維克多‧韓森
“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.”
– Elbert Hubbard, Publisher
「多一點堅持，多一點努力，看似沒希望好轉的失敗，可能轉為光榮的勝利。除非不願繼續嘗試，沒有所謂的失敗；除非內心先承認，沒有所謂的戰敗；除非達成目標的固有意志薄弱，沒有真正無法克服的困難。」– 阿爾伯特‧哈伯德
“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.”
– Henry Ford, Industrialist
「人生是一連串的經驗，每個經驗都讓我們進步，即使有時候這不容易理解。這個世界是為了陶冶性格而存在，我們必須了解，我們所忍受的挫折及悲痛，都幫助我們向前邁進。」
– 亨利‧福特
– 亨利‧福特
“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”
– Charles Swindoll, Pastor
「人生 10% 是發生在我身上的事，90% 是我怎麼面對它。」– 查爾斯‧史溫道爾
2014年10月5日 星期日
英文閱測怎麼考 Gutter Oil’ Scandal by Elizabeth Barber
Gutter Oil’ Scandal Raises Food-Safety Fears Once Again in Greater China From Time
Elizabeth Barber
http://time.com/3300093/taiwan-gutter-oil-hong-kong-chang-guann-maxims-cakes-
starbucks-7-eleven/
Sept. 8, 2014
only for education
A Taiwanese food-safety scare has spread to Hong Kong with the revelation that the city’s
biggest bakery chain, as well as branches of 7-Eleven and Starbucks, may have been selling pastries made with so-called gutter oil.
The news once again puts the issue of food safety under the spotlight in a part of the world(1.that has been bedeviled by everything2.(B)from adulterated baby milk formula to exploding watermelons and even fake eggs).The Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reports that the popular breakfast staple which is known as pineapple buns 2.,which is offered in branches of Maxim’s Cakes and 7-Eleven, as well two specialty Starbucks outlets, 3.could have been made with 1.gutter oil — a potentially harmful blend of oil extracted from food waste, offal and the byproducts of tanneries.
1.that...補充說明the issue of food safety
說明現今其他關於食安問題的焦點議題
2.pineapple buns, which is offered in branches of....
並非全部的菠羅麵包都由餿水油做成
所以用, which 專指從Maxim's Cakes和7-11等管道製作的麵包可能用了餿水油製作
3.could have been made with....
could have Vp.p(現在完成式) 當時 可能......
been made with...(被動態)
The popular breakfast staple could have been made with gutter oil.
大宗主要的早餐從當時至今可能是用餿水油來製作
現在完成式是為過去某一時間點一直延續至今
___#___________________@_
過去 現在
The Post said that since August 2011 Maxim’s Cakes had bought 34 tons of oil from a Hong Kong importer, who in turn purchased it from Chang Guann, a major lard supplier based in Taiwan. The oil was used to make the bakery chain’s iconic 2.(A)pineapple buns — so called not because they contain pineapple but because of the distinctive shape of the sugar and biscuit crust baked onto the buns’ surface. All the items have now been recalled.
Police in Taiwan last week said that2.(C)Chang Guann had purchased 243 tons of oil from a gutter oil ring in southern Taiwan since March.2.(D)The Taiwanese lard giant which says it was unaware that the oil was gutter oil in turn sold 51,981 cartons of oil to hundreds of food companies around Asia, according to Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration.
怎麼考?
第一段落最有能
1.就是考畫線gutter oil是啥意思
即便不知道也沒差 因為後面有補充說明
2.還有內容問題 何者正確?
(A)pineapple buns 會如此命名是因為裡頭有鳳梨餡
(B)現今世界上的食安問題 除了gutter oil 還有adulterated baby milk formula exploding watermelons fake eggs
(C)強冠公司採購了243噸在Northern Taiwan生產的餿水油
(D)根據台灣衛生福利部食品藥物管理署調查 台灣的餿水油流向thousands of food companies around Asia
Authorities in Taiwan say that over a thousand Taiwanese companies have used oil supplied by Chang Guann to make a total of 139 different products. 3.(D)Local groceries across China pulled several Taiwanese brands of dumplings, sauces and noodles from their shelves over the weekend.
3.(C)Many regional food suppliers and restaurants harbor reservations about the quality of food from China where a series of recent scandals including chicken feet marinated in hydrogen peroxide and the use of expired meat by one of the country’s top food suppliers continues to unsettle consumers. 3.(A)Still, Taiwan had boasted a better reputation.
3.(B)But in the wake of the Chang Guann scandal, revelers could be shunning Taiwanese moon cakes this year. Hong Kong health officials told Agence France-Presse that moon cakes sold around the city are undergoing checks.
http://time.com/3300093/taiwan-gutter-oil-hong-kong-chang-guann-maxims-cakes-starbucks-7-eleven/
3.根據paragraph 5~6所述可知
(A)因為餿水油事件台灣食品的名聲變得比中國更糟
(B)Due to Chang Guann gutter oil scandal, reveler might avoid purchase Taiwanese moon cake this year.
(C)Many regional food suppliers and restaurants hold positive attitude about the quality of food from China.
(D)Local groceries across China 已經將所有台灣品牌的食品下架
4.這文章可能從哪來
(A)journalism
(B)science magazine
(C)......
(D).....
作答時可以在題目中標出答題選項在題目何處
出題老師出閱讀測驗題就是這樣
從網路上看一篇文章 重新潤飾 再設計選項
做閱讀測驗不要緊張 仔細看每一個段落 因為答案都在內容中
閱測一題兩分要把握住 且不要放最後寫 因為時間很趕時看題目就會粗心
Elizabeth Barber
http://time.com/3300093/taiwan-gutter-oil-hong-kong-chang-guann-maxims-cakes-
starbucks-7-eleven/
Sept. 8, 2014
only for education
A Taiwanese food-safety scare has spread to Hong Kong with the revelation that the city’s
biggest bakery chain, as well as branches of 7-Eleven and Starbucks, may have been selling pastries made with so-called gutter oil.
The news once again puts the issue of food safety under the spotlight in a part of the world(1.that has been bedeviled by everything2.(B)from adulterated baby milk formula to exploding watermelons and even fake eggs).The Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reports that the popular breakfast staple which is known as pineapple buns 2.,which is offered in branches of Maxim’s Cakes and 7-Eleven, as well two specialty Starbucks outlets, 3.could have been made with 1.gutter oil — a potentially harmful blend of oil extracted from food waste, offal and the byproducts of tanneries.
1.that...補充說明the issue of food safety
說明現今其他關於食安問題的焦點議題
2.pineapple buns, which is offered in branches of....
並非全部的菠羅麵包都由餿水油做成
所以用, which 專指從Maxim's Cakes和7-11等管道製作的麵包可能用了餿水油製作
3.could have been made with....
could have Vp.p(現在完成式) 當時 可能......
been made with...(被動態)
The popular breakfast staple could have been made with gutter oil.
大宗主要的早餐從當時至今可能是用餿水油來製作
現在完成式是為過去某一時間點一直延續至今
___#___________________@_
過去 現在
The Post said that since August 2011 Maxim’s Cakes had bought 34 tons of oil from a Hong Kong importer, who in turn purchased it from Chang Guann, a major lard supplier based in Taiwan. The oil was used to make the bakery chain’s iconic 2.(A)pineapple buns — so called not because they contain pineapple but because of the distinctive shape of the sugar and biscuit crust baked onto the buns’ surface. All the items have now been recalled.
Police in Taiwan last week said that2.(C)Chang Guann had purchased 243 tons of oil from a gutter oil ring in southern Taiwan since March.2.(D)The Taiwanese lard giant which says it was unaware that the oil was gutter oil in turn sold 51,981 cartons of oil to hundreds of food companies around Asia, according to Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration.
怎麼考?
第一段落最有能
1.就是考畫線gutter oil是啥意思
即便不知道也沒差 因為後面有補充說明
2.還有內容問題 何者正確?
(A)pineapple buns 會如此命名是因為裡頭有鳳梨餡
(B)現今世界上的食安問題 除了gutter oil 還有adulterated baby milk formula exploding watermelons fake eggs
(C)強冠公司採購了243噸在Northern Taiwan生產的餿水油
(D)根據台灣衛生福利部食品藥物管理署調查 台灣的餿水油流向thousands of food companies around Asia
Authorities in Taiwan say that over a thousand Taiwanese companies have used oil supplied by Chang Guann to make a total of 139 different products. 3.(D)Local groceries across China pulled several Taiwanese brands of dumplings, sauces and noodles from their shelves over the weekend.
3.(C)Many regional food suppliers and restaurants harbor reservations about the quality of food from China where a series of recent scandals including chicken feet marinated in hydrogen peroxide and the use of expired meat by one of the country’s top food suppliers continues to unsettle consumers. 3.(A)Still, Taiwan had boasted a better reputation.
3.(B)But in the wake of the Chang Guann scandal, revelers could be shunning Taiwanese moon cakes this year. Hong Kong health officials told Agence France-Presse that moon cakes sold around the city are undergoing checks.
http://time.com/3300093/taiwan-gutter-oil-hong-kong-chang-guann-maxims-cakes-starbucks-7-eleven/
3.根據paragraph 5~6所述可知
(A)因為餿水油事件台灣食品的名聲變得比中國更糟
(B)Due to Chang Guann gutter oil scandal, reveler might avoid purchase Taiwanese moon cake this year.
(C)Many regional food suppliers and restaurants hold positive attitude about the quality of food from China.
(D)Local groceries across China 已經將所有台灣品牌的食品下架
4.這文章可能從哪來
(A)journalism
(B)science magazine
(C)......
(D).....
作答時可以在題目中標出答題選項在題目何處
出題老師出閱讀測驗題就是這樣
從網路上看一篇文章 重新潤飾 再設計選項
做閱讀測驗不要緊張 仔細看每一個段落 因為答案都在內容中
閱測一題兩分要把握住 且不要放最後寫 因為時間很趕時看題目就會粗心
2014年5月11日 星期日
ptt 唸英文的方法 及 他人高中英文作文的寫作建議
作者 wahasha (++) 看板 SENIORHIGH
標題 [心得] 唸英文的方法
時間 Sun Jul 6 12:47:43 2008
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雖然說，我也畢業兩年了
不過當時高三的充實生活想起來仍會感到振奮XD
秉著菜鳥英文家教的頭銜，加上自己家裡有個準高三的妹妹
所以想跟大家分享一下該怎麼準備這個科目：）
【學測or指考？】
或許有些人認為這兩個大考的準備方式有點不一樣
但是在我看來英文是個必須長期累積的科目
如果可以請先拋棄：「我只要考學測！」或「我想直接拼指考。」這種想法
只想考學測的同學，我想你人生的英文學習之路並不會就此停歇
所以能夠在這個時期累積你的英文能力一定會對未來有所幫助
只想拼指考的同學，學測的英文成績一樣非常重要
因為在分發的時候有很多校系規定英文一定要均標或是頂標以上才能夠分發
對於這麼重要的科目你怎麼能放手呢？
【心態】
在屏除了「學測or指考」的雜念後
最重要的就是你對這個科目的態度
如果你是小高一，那麼恭喜你，只要你從現在開始努力
能夠拿到好成績我相信你不會討厭英文，甚至會越來越喜歡它
如果你已經高三了，前面兩年對於這個科目實在是不上手
那麼我要告訴你，請你忘記過去，現在是一個new start
【準備方向─單字】
很多人都說單字的累積很重要，我想這是無庸置疑的
但是要如何累積？從何累積？
光是課本的版本就好幾種，更別遑論是參考書了（同家出版社不同老師出了一堆）
準高三生們請你們找回前面兩年的課本
認真的問自己以下幾個問題：
1.我是不是有把單字記熟？
2.關於單字的用法我是不是有很熟悉？
（包括詞性、或是某些動詞後面+不定詞orVing、還有這個單字的慣用法）
3.這些單字我是不是能拿來在我的作文裡面連用？
如果你的回答是NO，麻煩你把課本讀熟再接著繼續
如果你的回答是YES，那麼請你在高三這段期間
無論學校的大考小考，上面有不懂的單字就拿出來記吧
不過以北模為例，通常都會考一些誇張難的單字
ex sophisticated 這種很長的單字（但是也未必少見）
建議你可以拿一本筆記本把這些單字的詞性、意思寫下
這些單字並不需要背到全部熟，但是要到你看到英文能夠反應出中文意思
【準備方向──文法】
對我來說，文法這東西不單只是用來寫作而已
在第二大題甚至是後面的閱讀測驗都可以用文法的拆解來理解文章的意思
跟單字一樣，課本的東西需要很熟悉
當然，課本不一定每種文法都會提到（但是常考的一定會在）
所以我建議各位可以買一本專門的文法書
最好是分門別類，在目錄就可以明白的看出哪裡在講些什麼
這樣一旦忘記某個文法，就可以快速的查閱
另外，我覺得文法之所以讓人很難搞懂
是因為大家沒有弄懂最基本的東西
例如：在英文裡面，一個句子只會出現一個動詞
She talked to Mr.Wang. (動詞：talked)
如果出現兩個動詞呢？ 一定有連接詞，或是子句的存在。
She talked to Mr.Wang who comes from TW.
這些東西幾乎在每個文法工具書的開頭都有寫
請大家不要因為它看起來很簡單就忽略了它
【準備方向──作文】
作文這個東西，我想很多人都是從高三才開始吧
不過它畢竟也佔了20分，份量很大
曾經有個家教學生在第一堂課的作文裡面，只有寫了三行
我覺得不好的地方倒不是先從內容不足來看
而是單字、文法（可見這兩樣有多重要）
關於這兩樣還是有下面幾點要提醒：
1.請盡量寫你有把握全對的單字
2.不可以使用縮寫 want to→wanna
如果是cannot→can’t還OK，不過之前聽外籍老師說essay部分希望比較正式點
3.請愛用英文老師的喜愛單字 awesome這種單字就是英文老師和外師的最愛
4.同樣的單字在同一篇作文內請盡量不要超過2次 （所以關於同義字請記起來）
5.文法也拿自己有把握的寫 （還有一年還可以搶救文法）
6.英文喜歡開門見山的把主題講了 不喜歡像中文一樣講的很冗長再點出題旨
（我試過後面的方法結果外師給我很低分）
7.如果是看圖作文請對它下一個有意義的結論
除了以上幾點，關於作文的結構也是很重要的
通常敘述文和論說文的結構，我的建議會像下面這樣：
第一段：主題句─點出你要說的主題然後稍加闡述
第二段～第三段：
┌──論點1─說明
│
├──論點2─說明
│
└──論點3-n─說明
通常120字的作文寫到論點2就差不多了
每個論點之間的連結都可以用first of all, secondly, also,
或是有轉折的 however,…
末段：作結論─將上面的論點做個總結，最後再把主題句想表達的意思說一次
【推薦書籍】
你的課本（必備）
Grammer in Use （如果你的文法不是很好的話）
朗文全民英檢中級寫作（解說的部分我覺得寫的不錯）
另外像學校的模考題型，我覺得偏難
妙妙卷也是大家愛用的（想列在必備裡面XD）
歷屆考題當然也是要拿出來看
【結論】
當你把上面的東西都做到以後
應戰的那天會發現考題遠比妙妙卷簡單很多
（我個人是這樣覺得啦，無論指考或是學測）
當然就會建立起信心，寫起來也會比較順手囉！
另外在考試的時間分配上，我會建議作文要在30分鐘內寫完
頂多在+10min當作brainstorming的時間
大概就是這樣子了~
希望我的小小心得對大家有所幫助
祝福準高三生們一切準備都很順利歐！
2014年4月20日 星期日
文意選填 篇章結構也太好拿分了吧？轉發自Your English Lab
篇章結構部分 就讓自己專注於題目中空格的前後，有時只看前後句便可以看出答案 有時前後句有重複部分
文意選填部分真的一點都不難，首先看選項 寫出選項單字可能的詞性，更強的人會想到它的片語用法，再回去看題目空格，
考量空格可用的詞性，如果空格是形容詞，那就從形容詞的選項中找答案 空格是動詞，那就從動詞的選項中找答案
文意選填也太好拿分了吧？轉發自Your English Lab
很多人看到學測的「文意選填」就直接放棄，畢竟這種字數超多的填充題，讓人一看就軟腳，裡面又一大堆生字，應考的人哪有時間去思考要怎麼解題啊。
其實，重點在於「詞性」！只要能夠搞懂名詞、動詞、形容詞、副詞、介系詞、連接詞等基本詞性，就能至少拿下一半的分數。
以下為解題步驟：
1. 先看題目下方的單字，去分析他們的詞性，請注意以下的字。
→ -ing結尾的字可以當形容詞（現在分詞當形容詞用，放在be動詞後面）也可以當名詞（動名詞當名詞用）。
→ -ed結尾的字則可以當一般規則動詞的過去式，也可以當形容詞（過去分詞當形容詞用，放在be動詞後面，多為被動式）。
→ -s結尾的字，除了當複數名詞之外，也有可能是第三人稱單數的動詞型態。
2. 接下來就
分析文章裡面的空格，以句子為單位，去看句子裡面少了什麼詞，就填什麼詞進去。
兩個最常用到的句子結構是：
→主／名詞＋動詞＋受／名詞
→主／名詞＋be動詞＋形容詞
3. 如果還不確定，我們分得更細一點，以格子前後來判定，以下為參考的方向。
→名詞前面有空格，就填入形容詞（adj, -ing，偶爾會有-ed）或是動詞（這時候名詞是句子裡面的受詞）。
→be動詞後面有空格，就填入形容詞（adj, -ed, -ing等）。
→名詞是主詞時，後面若有空格，就填入動詞（原型v, -s, -ed等）。
→介系詞後面放名詞。
→當然也會有例外，這就要看本身的程度了。
4. 如果有些空格很難選答案，就找對比（快／慢、過去／現在、男／女、貧／富、好／壞或其他二元對立）和資訊（人名／地名／時間等）。不要理會不懂的字。
「文意選填」也不過就這樣子，真的很簡單。作答過程不要想太多，遇到不會的字也不要太緊張，只要努力推理，找出每個句子缺少的詞性就好！
接下來，我們就直接單挑98年學測的「文意選填」吧，我已經把提示部份寫在旁邊了，就跟著練習、推理看看吧。
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