60 Second Docs- Boy Ballet Dancer

     When I tell people I'm a dancer, I get negative feedback. It's sad. 

     My name is Gabe. I'm eleven years old. And I'm a ballet dancer.

     It's not only a sport, it's an art. It's some way to put your emotions into movement. It takes a lot of brainpower and memory to remember all the routines, and perfect them.  

     When I walk into class, and I see that I'm the only boy there, it doesn't affect me. Of course, I would love for more boys to be encouraged to dance. But most boys just think in one direction. Dancing is for sissies. It's girly. But it takes as much effort to be a football player as it is for a dancer. It probably takes more effort to be a dancer than a football player.

     I want to say to the boys out there, who are too scared to express their passion for dance.  It doesn't matter what other people think. It matters what you want, what your inner passion is. And you should reach for that.  

British & American English

1. 公寓—美:apartment 英: flat

2. 計程車—美:cab 英: taxi

3. 罐子—美: can 英: tin

4. 糖果—美: candy 英: sweet

5. 洋芋片—美: chips 英: crisps

6. 衣櫃—美: closet 英: wardrobe

7. 餅乾—美: cookie 英: biscuit

8. 玉米—美: corn 英: maize

9. 尿布—美: diaper 英: nappy

10. 窗簾—美: drapes英: curtain

11. 背帶褲，工裝褲—美:overalls英: dungarees

12. 電梯—美: elevator 英: lift

13. 橡皮擦—美: eraser 英: rubber

14. 秋天—美: fall 英: autumn

15. 水龍頭—美: faucet 英: tap

16. 手電筒—美: flashlight 英: torch

17. 薯條—美:fries 英: chips

18. 垃圾—美: garbage 英: rubbish

19. 汽油—美: gasoline 英: petrol

20. 高速公路—美: highway 英: motorway

21. （汽車）引擎罩—美:hood 英:bonnet

22. 果凍—美: jello 英: jelly

23. 牌照—美: license plate英: number plate

24. 排隊—美: line 英: queue

25. 郵件—美: mail 英: post

26. 電影—美: movie 英: film

27. 睡衣—美: pajamas 英: pyjamas

28. 褲子—美: pants 英: trousers

29. 透明膠帶—美: Scotch tape 英: Sellotape

30. 人行道—美: sidewalk 英: pavement 

31. 球鞋—美:sneakers 英: trainers 

32. 足球—美: soccer 英: football

33. 爐子—美: stove 英: cooker

34. 地鐵—美: subway 英: underground

35. 輪胎—美:tire 英: tyre

36. 卡車—美: truck 英: lorry

37. 後車箱—美: trunk 英: boot

38. 假期—美:vacation 英: holiday

39. 背心—美:vest 英: waistcoat

40. 擋風玻璃—美:windshield 英: windscreen

41. 庭院—美:yard 英: garden

42. 拉鍊—美: zipper 英: zip

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     You know, Will Shakespeare was right. All the world's a stage and you are always judged by the way you perform. Especially in business you've got to be able to learn how to articulate your message.

     There are three points that are crucial to reducing your accent if you want to be presenting in English. And the first one kind of blows people out of the water.

     They've been told for years, "Could you please speak more slowly because I can't understand your accent" and then I come along and I say, "But guess what people, your accent isn't your problem."  Let's take Jackie Chan. As soon as that man opens his mouth, you hear his mother tongue and yet we understand him all the time. And he makes tons of money performing in American movies.

Which takes us to the second point, the whole thing in accent reduction is to hear the music in the language because it isn't your accent that's the problem. It's that you're trying to speak my language in the rhythm pattern of your language and I can't understand you.  English is a beat-driven language. Everything we say can be drummed out. You've got to train your ear to hear the different musical notes as well as how the beats the rhythms. Practice this way and in no time you'll be speaking in the same kind of melody as does Jackie Chan.

空中美語 2018/1月份 同義字/相關單字整理

空中美語January 2018
Unit 1
名詞digestion的常見衍生字及用法如下:
1. digest (v.)注意重音在後，表「消化(食物)；理解」
2. digest (n.)注意重音在前，表「摘要；文摘」
3. digestible & digestive均為形容詞，但語意不同:digestible (adj.)可消化的，digestive (adj.)消化的