第二份英文作業/2019.02.11-2019.06.30/吳文瀚

美國人為什麼有事沒事都要微笑？ (Why Do Americans Smile So Much?)

• 單字
  • accord (v.)一致
  • behind (ad.)在後面
  • build (vt.)建設
  • business 事務
  • correlate 有相互關系的東西
• 句子
  • Think "service with a smile."試著聯想「面帶微笑的服務」
  • Here's your receipt. Thank you very much!這是您的發票，非常感謝！
  • In other countries, though, smiling for no reason can make you seem kind of dumb.然而，在其他國家，如果你沒有理由微笑卻這麼做，會讓你看起來有點蠢。
  • The authors found that emotional expressiveness was correlated with diversity.筆者發現，情緒的表達能力和多元程度呈現正相關。
  • In these countries, smiling is a way to preserve the hierarchy.在這些國家，微笑是用來鞏固既有社會階層關係。

實驗室生產的肉就要來到你我的餐桌上了！(Lab-Grown Meat Is Coming to Your Supermarket. Ranchers Are Fighting Back.)

• 單字
  • accelerate (vt.)加速
  • alternative (a.)兩者挑一的
  • association 聯系
  • believe (vt.)相信;
  • board 委員會
• 句子
  • Joshua Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of JUST is betting that you will.JUST 的共同創辦人兼執行長 Joshua Tetrick 賭你願意吃。
  • The mung bean has been in the world's food system for 4400 years.綠豆在世界食物系統中已經存在了 4400 年。
  • I sure as hell didn't invent the mung bean.我絕對不是發明了綠豆。
  • Only a single sample from a single animal duplicated endlessly.只要有一個來自單一動物的一件樣本，就能夠永無止盡地複製。
  • You have to call it electric mobility transport unit.你必須叫它電子交通運輸部件。

今日星巴克買一送一！當你排隊時心裡會有的 OS (Thoughts You Have In Line At Starbucks)

• 單字
  • anyone 任何人
  • leave (vt.)離開
  • machine 機器
  • maybe (ad.)也許
  • brand 商標
• 句子
  • Is that lady just buying bottled water?那位女士剛買了瓶裝水嗎？
  • Who comes to Starbucks just to buy bottled water?誰會來星巴克買瓶裝水啊？
  • Who buys CDs from Starbucks? WHO even buy CDs anymore?誰會來星巴克買專輯啊？現在還有誰會買專輯啊。
  • Woo! Sounds of Brazil. I kind of want this.哇嗚！「巴西之音」耶！我還蠻喜歡的。
  • Maybe I should just buy one of these things and make coffee at home.或許我應該買一台這個機器，然後在家自己煮咖啡。