ElephantCube 象盒子: August 2019

Thursday, August 29

apple 蘋果

亞當和夏娃是最先沒有閱讀蘋果條款和條件的倆人

Adam & Eve: the first people not to read the Apple terms and conditions.

• people 是複數名詞，表示“人們"
(People is not a collective noun like team or staff. It is a plural noun.)

• 會去閱讀軟件條款和條件的人不多，除了有些律師因為職業好奇心會瞄一眼。
• 亞當與夏娃在吃下蘋果 (分別善惡樹上的果子) 之後，便被趕出伊甸園。

There's nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so. —Shakespeare, Hamlet
世事並無好壞，想法使然。—莎士比亞《哈姆雷特》

le 發“長母音a”的音
a_e:「麻辣字母拼讀卡」（小卡及大卡）第20張第6個字母組合發音

Long a sound: a_e
ABC Fun Cards (small) (large) #20 (20-6: le)

Monday, August 26

sheep vs. people

New Zealand has more sheep than people. (紐西蘭羊比人多)
• sheep 羊/綿羊 (單複同型)
• people 是複數名詞，表示“人們"
* People is not a collective noun like team or staff. It is a plural noun.

Thursday, August 22

password 密碼

我: 你好，請問 wifi 密碼是什麼?
店員: 你要先買杯飲料。
我: 那我要來杯香蕉冰沙。
店員: 3美元。
我: 給你。那麼 wifi 密碼是什麼?
店員: 你要先買杯飲料。無空隔，全小寫。

Me: What's the wifi password?
Clerk: You need to buy a drink first.
Me: Okay, I'll have a banana smoothie.
Clerk: $3.
Me: There you go. So what's the wifi password?
Clerk: You need to buy a drink first. No spaces, all lowercase.

* smoothie: 冰沙/冰果露/思慕雪

Monday, August 19

wave

• wave 波/波浪；揮手/揮動
• surfer 乘衝浪板衝浪的人

a_e 發“長母音a”的音
a_e:「麻辣字母拼讀卡」（小卡及大卡）第22張第1個字母組合發音

Long a sound: a_e
ABC Fun Cards (small) (large) #22 (22-1: a_e)

Thursday, August 15

lighthouse 燈塔

• light: (n) 光/光線/光源/燈；(v) 點燃/照亮；(adj) 明亮的/淺色的/(重量)輕的
• light + house = lighthouse

igh:「麻辣拼盛 Spelling」編號#13第6個拼字字群
igh:「麻辣字母拼讀卡」（小卡及大卡）第11張第6個字母組合發音

• Jumble Spelling #13 (13-6: igh)
• ABC Fun Cards (small) (large) #11 (11-6: igh)

Monday, August 12

砂 (sand) & 城堡 (castle)

• sand 砂/沙

an:「麻辣拼盛 Spelling」編號#12第1個拼字字群
an:「麻辣字母拼讀卡」（小卡及大卡）第10張第1個字母組合發音

• Jumble Spelling #12 (12-1: an)
• ABC Fun Cards (small) (large) #10 (10-1: an)

Wednesday, August 7

hug 擁抱

hug the shore
* to stay close to the shore (貼近岸邊)
* In the case of a ship, to keep as close to the shore as is compatible with the vessel's safety, when at sea. ( 船靠岸航行)