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UK charity hopes to 'decolonise' English vocabulary 

Three Words

1. decolonise

2. poverty

3. misunderstood

Definition And Sentances

1. decolonise

(1) v.  使非殖民化 to make a country that was previously a colony (= a country controlled by another country) politically independent

(2) France is decolonising the Ivory Coast, where some 450 French scientists, technicians, and their families are working. (法國正在象牙海岸實現非殖民化，約有450名法國科學家、技術人員及其家屬在那裡工作。)

2. poverty

(1) n. 貧困、貧窮 the condition of being extremely poor

(2) Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.(幫助緩解開發中國家的貧困也有助減少對環境的破壞。)

3. misunderstood

(1)  v. 誤解、誤會 to think you have understood someone or something when you have not

(2) If you think that these transport problems can be solved by building more roads, you completely misunderstand the nature of the problem. (如果你認為這些交通問題可以藉修築新路來解決的話，那你就完全誤解了問題的本質。)

English Song

 try

Lyrics

Put your make up on

Get your nails done

Curl your hair

Run the extra mile

Keep it slim 

So they like you

Do they like you?

Get your sexy on

Don't be shy, girl

Take it off

This is what you want

To belong

So they like you？

Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to give it all away

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try,
You don't have to try

Get your shopping on, 

at the mall, max your credit cards
You don't have to choose, buy it all
So they like you
Do they like you?
Wait a second
Why should you care, what they think of you
When you're all alone, by yourself
Do you like you?
Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to give it all away

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to bend until you break

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try 

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try

You don't have to try, try, try, try 

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try

You don't have to try

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to give it all away

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try 

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try

You don't have to try

Take your make up off

Let your hair down

Take a breath

Look into the mirror, at yourself

Don't you like you?

Cause I like you

Singer

Colbie Caillat (an American singer, songwriter, composer)

Three Words

• slim (adj.)苗條的 -She was slim, svelte and sophisticated.

• bend (v.)彎曲 -You don’t have to bend over backwards to please the congregation.

• single thing (n.) -They don’t know a single thing about how things were applied.

The Reason I Like This Song.

When I first listened to this song, I clearly heard a line in the song. It was "So they like you? Do you like you?" This line is repeated many times. Although I don't know all the lyrics of the song, I think it tells me they don't like you and you don't like youself. You don't have to do a lot of things you don't like. You only have to do one thing. Make you happy, make you content.

Bid Dream

 

Summarize

There was a boy who had no money. But he wanted to become rich. So he went to a big city, Cairo. On his way to Cairo, he met many friends and told them about his plan. In the end, he fail his plan by himself. 

Comment

I think his plan is good and achievable. However, he was so happy that it caused him to overlook the most important thing. This story told me that if I am going to achieve my goal, I have to pay attention to it. Don't get distracted by other things.

PODCAST: 6 MINUTE ENGLISH- Meet the flavourists

1.Creating new food flavours involves skill and can be a bit of a mystery.

創造新的食物風味需要技巧，可能有一點神秘。

2.Flavour involves much more than tasting with the tongue – it’s also influenced by how food looks, smells, and even how it’s described.

味道所涉及的不只是用舌頭去品嚐，它還受到食物的外觀、氣息，甚至是描述方式的影響。

3.Because it was so secretive and mysterious, people saw making flavours as a dark art.

由於它是這樣的隱秘和神秘，人們把製作味道看成是一種黑暗的藝術。

4.There's no academic path to it.

它沒有任何學術途徑。

5.The flavours that shape the way food is made to taste.

塑造食物口味的味道。

6.You can’t study flavours at university – the training happens on-the-job, at your place of work, while you are working.

你不能在大學裡學習調味品-培訓開發在工作中，在你工作的地方，在你工作的時候。

7.People doing skilled work with their hands, and she describes their creations as the marriage of science and art.

人們用他們的雙手做著熟練的工作，她把他們的創作描述為科學和藝術的結合。

8.Adding a pinch of this flavour, or a drop of that oil to create the perfect, magical taste!

加入一點這種味道，或者滴那種油，創造出完美的、神奇的味道！”。

9.Something described as a dark art refers to a method of achieving something in a clever but dishonest way.

被描述為黑色藝術的東西方指的是以一種巧妙但不誠實的方式現實現某種目標標準的方式。

10.It was so secretive and mysterious, people saw making flavours as a dark art - a method of achieving something in a clever but dishonest or wicked way.

正是這樣隱秘和神秘，人們把製作香料看成是一門黑暗的藝術——以一種聰明但不誠實或邪惡的方式實踐現某種目標的方式。

Introduction(2)

Hi, welcome to my blog. My name is Jenny, and I'm from Nantou. I am interested in reading science fiction and listening to music. My favorite singer is Daniel Powter. "Bad Day" is my favorite song of his. This song tells me that everyone can have a bad day one day. You have to "coming back, you really don't mind." From "Bad Day."

Introduction

Hi, welcome to my blog. My name is Jenny and I'm from Nantou. I am interested in reading science fiction and listening to music. My favorite singer is Daniel Powter. "Bad Day" is my favorite song of his. This song tells me that everyone can have a bad day one day. You just have to "come back, you really don't mind." From "Bad Day".