China Busts 35 Restaurants Using Opium Oppies

中國警方逮到35家餐廳使用罌粟花

The eateries¹ attempted to hook² customers on their noodles with poppy power, which can be purchased easily in markets in western China³.

這些餐館試著用罌粟粉粉招攬客人上門。罌粟粉在中國西部可以在市場上買的到。

¨1. Eatery 當名詞，【口】（小）飯館

¨2. Hook 當名詞時，是鉤子/掛勾。 當動詞是用鉤鉤住（或掛起）；扣（衣服）的扣子;釣（魚）; . 引（人）上鉤；欺騙。 Hook +somebody+on  為讓某人迷上，上癮 

其他用法為:  get hooked on sth. 【俚】迷上(某事物); 完全陷於(某事物)之中

get hooked on heroin/ gambling/television 吸海洛因/賭博/看電視上了癮

                          get hooked on sth. 【俚】愛上(某人)

                          Henry got hooked on his neighbor 亨利愛上他的鄰居。

¨3. Wertern 1. 西的；西方的；西部的 2. 朝西的；向西的3.（風）從西吹來

               2. 可數名詞（常大寫）美國西部片（或小說、廣播等）

       I like movies, but I don't like Westerns. 我喜歡電影，但不喜歡西部牛仔片。

               3. （常大寫）歐美國家的人，西方人

Thirty-five restaurants across⁴ China, including a popular Beijing hot pot chain, having been found⁵ illegally using opium poppies as⁶ seasoning, one of the more unusual practices bedeviling⁷ the country’s food regulators.

整個大陸有35家餐館包括一間有名的火鍋連鎖店，被發現非法使用罌粟花當調味劑。這一種非常異常作法讓中國的官方非常頭痛。

¨4. across 介係詞     遍及……各處 ;橫越;穿過 

 The TV series became popular across the country. 這部電視連續劇在全國各地廣受歡迎。

We walked across the street. 我們穿過馬路。

副詞1. 橫過 We got into the boat and rowed across. 我們上了船，將船划到對岸。

2.寬 The river is two miles across. 河寬二英里。

3. 在對面；向對面Can you jump across? 你能跳過去嗎？

¨5. Thirty-five restaurants across……………having been found illegally using

    Find 及物動詞，後可接名詞/受詞+形容詞/ Ving/ that….

例句: You will find it a difficult book. 你會覺得這是本難以讀懂的書。

I found the job boring. 我發現這工作令人厭煩。

He found the door closed. 他發現門關著。

We found him waiting for us at the station. 我們看到他在車站等我們。

The day I got back, I found a note on my desk. 我回家那天發現書桌上有張字條。

¨6.此處的as當介系詞 後可接名詞，用法如下:

(1)作為/以..的身分    she works as an interpreter in that company.她在該公司裡擔任翻譯員。

(2)當作           She didn't think much of him as a painter. 她對他作為一位畫家評價不高。

(3)像；如同  The old woman was dressed as a young lady. 這位老婦人打扮得像一位年輕人。

¨7. bedevil  vt.及物動詞  使痛苦/虐待/使迷惑
例句: Never in my life have I heard such sheer legal cynicism, such a cold-blooded and calculated attempt to bedevil and evade the law in my life.
我這一輩子還從未聽到過像這樣在法律上玩世不恭，這樣冷酷地，處心積慮地妄圖破壞和逃避法律的行為。

 

Ethnicity Not an Important Factor

In both¹ the 2012 and this year's presidential and legislative elections, the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) tried to gain more votes from Hakka communities, which² are often considered Chinese Nationalist Party(KMT) strongholds. However³, taking a closer look into election outcomes in the communities shows that ethnicity might not be such⁴ an important factor.

2012年跟今年的總統和立委選舉，民進黨都試著要從客家社區中取得多一點選票。

而通常客家人是被認定為國民黨的鐵票區。然而，在進一步看一看選舉的結果顯示出種族因素並不重要。

1.      both 為連接詞表「兩者都…..」與and連用。

例: The prospects both excited and worried me.這前景既使我激動又令我憂慮。

  此外還可當代名詞，例:Why not buy both? 為什麼不把兩件都買下？

  還可當副詞，We like Amy and Phil both. 艾咪和菲爾兩個我們都喜歡。

2.      which 為關係代名詞，先行詞為事務，修飾的是「前面客家選區」。

3.  However 在語意上，表示一種語氣的轉折，代表與前面的預期有相反的結果。在此處當副詞。但若要連接兩個句子時，however前面必須使用分號「；」，後面用逗號和另一個句子作分隔。例如: 紐約市努力想要掃除貧民窟，但是貧民窟還是持續成長。New York is trying hard to wipe out slum areas; However, the slums keep growing faster.

4.      Such 在此處是形容詞，表「這樣的，此類的」。會跟that 連用。

such/what +a/an +adj. +n 例如: 今天天氣很好，我們應該出外走走。

It is such a good day that we should go out for a walk.

Former Hsinchu county commissioners Fan Chen-tsun g(范振宗), who served two terms from 1989 to 1997, and Lin Kuang-hus(林光華), who served from 1997 to 2001, were both⁵ DPP members.

前新竹縣長范振宗，從1989到1997做了兩任縣長。林光華從1997到2001做了一任縣長。兩者都是民進黨黨員。

5. 此句的both 是副詞，修飾were。例句: We like Amy and Phil both. 艾咪和菲爾兩個我們都喜歡。

Fan and Lin were elected not because⁶ voters in Hsinchu wanted a rotation of power, not because the Fan family is one of the larger ones in control of local politics in Hsinchu. Thus the two were elected with the help of the clans.

范振宗跟林光華之所知以會當選，並不是因為新竹人想要翻轉情勢，而是因為

范家是新竹當地控制政權的大咖之一。因此，這兩個人之所以會當選是因為有家族勢力的幫忙。

6. Because是連接詞，連接兩個子句， 表明理由。否定用法則是在前面加not。

「not because……….but because」不是因為………而是因為……..

例句: Mike沒有去上學不是因為懶惰，而是因為生病了。

Mike was absent from school not because he was lazy, but because he was sick.

An Act of Kindness

An Act of kindness(出自好心)

Jane is a mum of a five-year-old. She went to the McDonald’s to buy a meal for her son, and saw an unshaven man eating from the ketchup dispenser. She thought he is a homeless guy, so she bought him a meal from an act of kindness. But later a clerk put a meal at the table to the paying customer.

 

Jane: I was mortified today.
 

Co-worker: What happened?

Jane: I thought I was doing a good deed for a homeless man in McDonald’s. And It soon turned to a feeling of total embarrassment when a staff member also brought over a tray of food - that the man had just paid for.

Co-worker: Hahahahaha, really!!

Jane: I didn’t stick around to see if he ate the food I bought him too, I just ran out of the shop as quickly as I could.

 

 

珍妮是有一個5歲的孩子的媽，今天去了麥當勞要買快樂兒童餐給兒子，恰巧在店裡看到一位滿臉鬍渣的男子在吃番茄醬，出自好心又買了一份餐給那位先生。結果店員拿了一份餐點放在那位先生的桌上，珍妮真是超尷尬。

 

珍妮: 我今天真是羞死了。

同事: 怎麼了?
珍妮: 我以為我在麥當勞做好事，幫一個無家可歸的人。 結果店員也送了一份他付錢的餐給他，我實在尷尬死了。
同事: 哈哈哈，真的假的!!
珍妮:我沒有留在那兒看他是否有吃我買的那份餐。我發瘋了趕快溜。

 

 

 

 

 

10 years in Hong Kong

I often tell overseas friends that Hong Kong is like a diva who¹ gets a makeover every few years. In the past decade alone², the city has gone through several rounds of transformation that rendered³ postcards and guidebooks instantly obsolete each time.   (取自As I see it 部落格文章)

我常常告訴海外友人，香港就像是女明星，每隔幾年就換新面孔。光是過去十年，香港就已歷經了好幾次的改變。而這些改變讓明信片和旅遊導覽書籍每次都很快被淘汰。

文法解析:

¼a diva who¹ gets a makeover every few years.

關係代名詞的功能是將先行詞作後位修飾，敘述先行詞之狀況。先行詞為【人】(diva) 關代用who，先行詞為【事務】關代用which。而that 可修飾兩者。

 In the past decade alone², the city has gone through¼

alone 副詞意思為[單獨/僅/只有]，修飾前面的片語過去十年(In the past decade)

¼transformation that rendered³ postcards and guidebooks instantly obsolete each time.

render =make=cause 使得/造成

render用法也如同使役動詞: make+受詞+形容詞 (使 .../ 變得 ... )

例: Rainy days always make me sad. (雨天讓我覺得不快樂)

Don’t make the problem worse than it is. (別把問題弄得比現在更糟)

Render ¼ instantly obsolete each time.

           Ca. v.                             adj. 

makeover  n. 指的是透過整容或美容使自己變得更漂亮或英俊

make over  phr. 翻新, 修改 轉讓

Henry has made over the whole business to his son. 亨利已經把全部生意轉交給她的兒子。

You can't make over a personality in one day. 一個人的個性不是一朝一夕所能改變的。

go through 通過; 經歷

I.           (指法律、法案等)被正式通過或接受 As soon as my divorce goes through, we'll get married.

 一旦我的離婚申請獲准, 我們就結婚。

II.        討論   Let's go through the argument again. 讓我們再來討論一下這一論點。

III.     舉行   They went through the marriage service. 他們舉行了婚禮。