Wednesday, January 30

Chinese New Year

(Traditional Chinese Nursery Rhyme)

You'll find whenever the New Year comes
The Kitchen God will want some plums.
The girls will want some flowers new;
The boys will want firecrackers, too.
A new felt cap will please papa,
And a sugar cake for dear mama.

Friday, January 18

learn a new language 學新語言

When does a dog go "moo"?

When it's learning a new language.

Wednesday, January 16

Tongue Twister 繞口令

"The storm starts
when the drops start dropping.
When the drops stop dropping
then the storm starts stopping."
— Dr. Seuss

學外語的重要

鼠爸爸和鼠兒子外出,遇上一隻大貓。

鼠爸爸學了一聲狗叫,把大貓嚇跑了。

鼠爸爸告訴鼠兒子:「現在知道學外語的重要性了吧?」

Sunday, January 6

languages

The three largest languages in the world by native speakers: (1) Chinese (Mandarin) (2) Spanish (3) English

The country with the most official languages is the Republic of South Africa with 11.

● 世界上最多人講的語言(母語),依次為:
(1)中文 (國語/普通話)
(2)西班牙文
(3)英文

● 官方語言最多的國家:南非 (有11種官方語言)。

languages 語言

Thursday, January 3

Long Vowel Words: With Final Silent [e] — CVC[e]

e elephant 大象麻辣字母拼讀卡 (小卡及大卡) 第22張 單字 vase。

"Long" Vowels with Final [e]
第22張 字母組合發音前五個:a_e,e_e,i_e,o_e,u_e。

a_e (crane) e_e (Pete) i_e (dive) ☺ o_e (hose) u_e (tube)

Wednesday, December 19

傷風感冒 cold(s) 及 流行性感冒 flu

cold 傷風感冒 flue 流行性感冒

● 抗生素對傷風感冒及流行性感冒無效;抗生素是用來殺細菌的,對病毒無效。
There's still no cure for the common cold, which can be caused by any of more than 200 viruses. Antibiotics won't help a flu or cold: They treat bacterial infections, not viruses.

● 如果傷風感冒了:溫鹽水漱口;瑜伽鼻壺加蒸餾鹽水清鼻;洗熱水澡。紫錐花錠/維他命C/鋅錠可縮短傷風感冒期,但無法避免感冒。
For a cold. Rest, drink liquids, gargle with warm salt water, and use a neti pot to flush the nose with distilled saltwater; suck on nonmedicated lozenges or swallow a bit of honey (don't give lozenges to young kids or honey to babies under 1 year old); and take a bath or shower to let warm, moist air loosen phlegm. Echinacea, vitamin C, or zinc lozenges might shorten the duration of a cold, but they won't keep you from getting sick.

● 如果感染了流行性感冒:休息及喝水。
For the flu. Rest and drink fluids.

√ 多洗手,少用手揉眼、鼻,可減少感染感冒的機會。
Wash your hands to stop spread of cold germs. When people sneeze or cough, the germs that are making them sick are expelled into the air in tiny droplets. These droplets can get onto your hands. If you touch your mouth, eyes or nose, you may be infected.

(參考文章來源: 讀 Consumer Reports 全文)

相關連結: 病毒

Tuesday, December 18

Internet? 還是 internet?

internetInternet? 還是 internet? 這字的第一個字母要大寫或小寫? 要把它當專有名詞? 或是普通名詞?

美國及加拿大的出版品大多用 Internet;其它國家或出版品認為 internet 已成為一般的名詞,大多用 internet。

Publishers have different conventions regarding the capitalization of "Internet" or "internet" ....