傑夫的英文學習部落格: 8月 2018

2018年8月27日星期一

Oxford 字典選出20個新字(附可愛插圖)

20 new words from the Oxford Dictionary illustrated

Source: http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/media/216477-20-new-words-from-the-oxford-dictionary-illustrated

2018年8月20日星期一

American English VS British English

Source: English Language Teaching Facebook page

2018年8月17日星期五

英文作文轉折詞彙整 (2)

英文作文轉折詞彙整 (1) 請點連結

Transition words

1.Addition: also, again, as well as, besides, furthermore, in addition, likewise, moreover, in the same way, similarly

2. Reason: since, because, for, due to, in that

3. Recommendations: recommend, should, in order to, advise, suggest

4. Restatement: in other words, that’s to say

5. Condition: once, if, provided, unless, until

6. Contrast: in contrast, conversely, instead, on one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary, rather, yet, however, nevertheless

7. Conclusion: therefore, hence, thus, so, as a result, consequently, we can conclude that, clearly, obviously, accordingly

2018年8月16日星期四

How AI can save our humanity | Kai-Fu Lee 李開復

How AI can save our humanity by Kai-Fu Lee

00:12

I'm going to talk about how AI and mankind can coexist, but first, we have to rethink about our human values. So let me first make a confession about my errors in my values.

00:12

我將會談談人工智慧和人類如何能夠共存，但首先，我們需要重新思考人類價值觀。所以首先讓我坦白我價值觀中曾有的錯誤。

00:25

It was 11 o'clock, December 16, 1991. I was about to become a father for the first time. My wife, Shen-Ling, lay in the hospital bed going through a very difficult 12-hour labor. I sat by her bedside but looked anxiously at my watch, and I knew something that she didn't. I knew that if in one hour, our child didn't come, I was going to leave her there and go back to work and make a presentation about AI to my boss, Apple's CEO. Fortunately, my daughter was born at 11:30 --

00:25

那是1991年12月16日11點。我即將首次成為父親。我的妻子，先鈴，躺在病床上經歷著一段艱辛並為時12小時的分娩。我坐在床邊但卻焦慮地望著我的手錶，而我知道一些她不知道的事。我知道如果在一小時內，我們的孩子還未出生，我將要將她留在那裡趕去上班並向我的老闆，蘋果的首席執行官做一個有關人工智慧的報告。幸運的是，我的女兒在11:30出生了--