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This is as healthy as coffee gets. 到了最……的程度
as… as gets是指「到了最……的程度」。阿花先說It's time to start living healthy.「是時候開始過健康的生活了」，後面緊接著又說 This is as healthy as coffee gets.「而喝咖啡是不健康（的飲食）中還算健康的」，因為喝咖啡其實不是那麼有益健康，不過她喝的是有機咖啡，而且和其他垃圾食品比起來，咖啡算好多了。
We're Getting Old！-1 青年更年期
7 AM, Monday morning
Billy: Do I smell coffee?
Jennifer: Yes, freshly 1)brewed, low acid, organic coffee from Trader Joe's!
Billy: Geez, Jen. Could you get more 2)Zen? You love that store.
Jennifer: We're not getting any older. It's time to start living healthy. This is as healthy as coffee gets.
Billy: Um, NOT. Take out the caffeine and that's the healthiest coffee there is.
Jennifer: Take out the 3)caffeine, and coffee is worthless to me.
Billy: True, true. Caffeine 4)addiction is a fact of modern life.
Jennifer: When I was young, I couldn't even drink coffee.
星期一早上七點
比利：我聞到咖啡的味道。
珍妮花：是啊，喬伊有機超市現煮的低酸、有機咖啡。
比利：哇咧哩，阿珍，妳可以再去那家禪餐廳嗎？妳真的很愛那家店耶。
珍妮花：歲月不饒人。我們該開始過健康生活了。要喝咖啡就只能這麼健康。
比利：嗯，那可不，把咖啡因去掉才是最健康的咖啡。
珍妮花：拿掉咖啡因，咖啡對我就毫無價值可言了。
比利：沒錯，沒錯。咖啡因癮是現代生活的嚴酷事實。
珍妮花：我年輕的時候根本不能喝咖啡。
1)brew (v.) 泡（茶、咖啡）。brew (n.) 所泡的茶或咖啡
2)zen (n.) 禪。Zen是美國一家標榜使用自然食材的日本餐廳，因為Trader Joe's也是一家標榜生機飲食的超市。
3)caffeine (n.) 咖啡因
4)addiction (n.) 上癮
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Don't Read This! (part 6 of 6)
別讀這篇文章 (六段中的第六段)
One more tip: Read at your own level. If you're a Let's Talk In English reader, don't expect to understand articles in Advanced.
Of course, to give yourself a challenge, you might occasionally try to read something just beyond your current language level. By the way, I'm glad you ignored the title and read this anyway.
另一個建議：閱讀適合你程度的文章。若你是「大家說英語」的讀者，別期望去了解「彭蒙惠英語」中進修級的文章。當然，給自己一個挑戰，你也可以偶爾試著讀一些超過你現有程度的文章。
再者，我很高興你忽略此文章之標題，仍舊讀完它。
⊙Word Bank
ignore
(v) 忽視；不加理睬
Instead of talking about our problems, we just skirt around them.
我們沒有談到我們的問題，只是顧左右而言他。
常春藤解析英語
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Situation Critical 十萬火急
by Kevin Lustig
In some jobs, danger can appear at any moment. In the blink of an eye, the routine can become perilous. This month, the National Geographic Channel shows us what happens when a normal situation becomes Situation Critical.
The police try to keep citizens safe, but what happens when the police are in danger? On February 28, 1997, two men with armor and powerful rifles robbed a bank in Hollywood, California. The police's weapons were useless against the criminals', but they knew they had to end the Hollywood Shootout. In Colombia, police tried to arrest Pablo Escobar, the world's most notorious drug dealer. When he fought back with assassinations that killed hundreds, government officials decided their only option was Killing Pablo Escobar.
For soldiers and pilots, too, danger is a way of life. This became a painful truth for American pilot Scott O'Grady in June 1995 when his jet was shot down over Bosnia. O'Grady was able to eject, but he had to avoid the enemy for days as a Downed Pilot. British SAS troops also found themselves in harm's way in Sierra Leone in 2000. There, they planned to recover 11 British soldiers who were being held hostage in a daring SAS Jungle Rescue.
Of course, combat isn't the only way to experience danger. The astronauts of Apollo 13 learned this when an explosion struck their spacecraft. Low on resources, the astronauts and engineers on the ground had to act quickly to save Apollo 13. Back on Earth, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race turned deadly in 1998, with dozens of boats forced to quit and six men lost at sea. That year, the challenging competition turned into Hell on High Water.
There are situations where our decisions can make the difference between life and death, the outcome is never certain, and we are left with our hearts pounding. National Geographic Channel brings us face to face with these dangerous conditions on Situation Critical.
1. Which is the best description of the kind of situations shown on Situation Critical?
(A) Dangerous circumstances that are quickly resolved.
(B) A location that involves war or fighting.
(C) Situations that become dangerous all of a sudden.
(D) Movies that look dangerous.
2. Which situation is NOT described in the article?
(A) A risky airplane landing.
(B) Rescuing hostages.
(C) A tragic boat race.
(D) A bank robbery.
3. The purpose of the article is to ______.
(A) describe a few interesting, dangerous situations
(B) list all of the excitement one might experience
(C) explain which kind of situation is most critical
(D) show how to get out of life-threatening situations
4. Which of the following would be another good title for Situation Critical?
(A) War Stories
(B) Risky Circumstances
(C) Secret Missions
(D) Avoiding Danger
1. in the blink of an eye 剎那之間
= in a flash
blink n. & vt. 眨（眼）
例: I opened the front door and in the blink of an eye, my dog ran outside.
（打開前門時，一眨眼我的狗就衝了出去。）
2. routine n. 例行公事 & a. 日常的；平淡的
例: In my morning routine, I wake up, take a shower, and then head to school.
（我早晨的例行公事是起床、淋浴，然後去上學。）
例: Jeff had been racing cars for so long that it started to feel routine.
（傑夫已經賽車很長一段時間，因此開始覺得平淡。）
3. in danger 處於危險之中
= in jeopardy
jeopardy n. 危險
例: The mayor was in great danger because there was a time bomb in his car.
（市長的處境非常危險，因為他的車上有枚定時炸彈。）
4. rob vt. 搶奪
注意:
rob 須與介詞 of 並用，此時的 of 即等於 from，表『從中』之意。因此『他搶了我的錢。』不可說 "He robbed my money." (X)。rob 的受詞須為對象，被搶奪之物則與介詞 of 並用，形成下列固定片語：
rob sb of sth 搶奪某人的某物
例: He robbed me of all my money.
（他搶了我所有的錢。）
5. assassination n. 暗殺
assassinate vt. 行刺，暗殺
例: Luckily, the police stopped the plan to assassinate the president.
（幸運的是，警方阻止了那項刺殺總統的計劃。）
6. option n. 選擇
have no option but to V 除了……別無選擇
= have no choice/alternative but to V
例: Since these accidents were my fault, I have no alternative but to quit.
（既然這些意外都是我的錯，除了辭職外我別無選擇。）
7. in harm's way 處於危險之中
= in danger
例: The firemen put themselves in harm's way to save people from the fire.
（為了從火場拯救人命，消防員使自己身陷險境。）
8. recover vt. 重新獲得 & vi. 恢復
recover from... 從……中恢復
= get over...
例: I'm going back to the beach to recover the towel that I left there yesterday.
（我要回去海邊拿我昨天忘在那裡的毛巾。）
例: I'll never recover from the death of my pet dog, Snuffy.
（我永遠無法克服失去愛犬 Snuffy 的傷痛。）
9. be held hostage 被扣為人質
hostage n. 人質
hold sb hostage 將某人扣為人質（此時 hostage 不加 -s）
hold + 數字 + hostage(s) 狹持……（人數）為人質（此時 hostage 可加 -s）
例: They planned to hold the singer hostage until they were paid ten million dollars.
（他們計劃扣留那名歌手作為人質，直到一千萬贖金到手才肯放人。）
例: The news said the robbers inside the bank were holding 10 hostages.
（新聞說銀行裡的搶匪抓了十個人當人質。）
10. explosion n. 爆炸
explode vt. 使爆炸（= blow up...）& vi. 爆炸（= go off）
例: The policemen exploded the bomb in a safe location.
（警察在安全的地方引爆了那枚炸彈。）
例: Everyone left the building before the bomb exploded.
（每個人都在炸彈爆炸前離開了大樓。）
11. competition n. 競爭
in competition with... 與……競爭
compete vi. 競爭（與介詞 with 並用）
例: During the science contest, we'll be in competition with 200 other students.
（科展時，我們將和兩百名學生一決高下。）
12. face to face (with...) （與……）面對面
例: Why don't you come into my office tomorrow so we can talk face to face?
（你明天何不到我公司和我當面談談呢？）
1. critical a. 危急的；批評的
be critical of... 對……吹毛求疵
2. perilous a. 危險的（= dangerous）
3. shootout n. 槍戰
4. notorious a. 惡名昭彰的
5. drug dealer n. 販毒者
drug trafficking n. 毒品交易
6. eject vi.（從飛機、太空船中）彈射出來
7. downed a. 被擊落的
注意:
down 作形容詞時，表『消沉的』，作動詞時表『擊落』，本文用法為過去分詞作形容詞用，表『被擊落的』。
8. combat n. & vt. 戰鬥
9. astronaut n. 太空人
10. strike vt. 襲擊
三態為：strike, struck, struck。
11. high water 漲潮時
low water 退潮時
come hell or high water 無論遭遇什麼困難
注意:
hell 是『地獄』，high water 是『大洪水』，come hell or high water 字面意思是指『無論經歷地獄或大洪水』，暗示某人完成某事的堅定決心。
12. outcome n. 結果（= result）
13. pound vi.（心臟）砰砰地跳
注意:
表『心跳』時動詞可用 beat 或 pound，而不可用 jump 來表示。beat 為表心臟『跳動』的一般說法，而 pound 則表心臟如小鹿亂撞般『砰砰地跳』。
14. circumstance n. 情況（常用複數）
15. resolve vt. 解決（問題等）
16. involve vt. 與……有關
17. risky a. 危險的
18. life-threatening a. 危及生命的
1. shoot down... 將……擊落
2. dozens of... 許多的……
3. be forced to V 被迫做……
4. turn into... 轉變為……
5. make the difference between A and B 在 A 與 B 之間造成很大的不同
be different from... 與……不同
6. all of a sudden
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EQ ( 情緒智商 ) |
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"He's smart, but has no EQ at all!" |
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"他很聰明,但毫無情緒智商可言!" |
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mental ( 心理的;精神的 ) |
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Mental health is as important as physical health. |
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心理健康和身體健康一樣重要。 |
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holistic ( 聖潔的;神聖的 ) |
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"Chinese medicine is holistic, so the mind, body and spirit are seen as one." |
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"中醫是聖潔的,因此把心理,身體及精神視為一體。" |
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| 每日 EZ Word |
as… as gets是指「到了最……的程度」。阿花先說It's time to start living healthy.「是時候開始過健康的生活了」，後面緊接著又說 This is as healthy as coffee gets.「而喝咖啡是不健康（的飲食）中還算健康的」，因為喝咖啡其實不是那麼有益健康，不過她喝的是有機咖啡，而且和其他垃圾食品比起來，咖啡算好多了。
| 今日會話 EZ Talk |
7 AM, Monday morning
Billy: Do I smell coffee?
Jennifer: Yes, freshly 1)brewed, low acid, organic coffee from Trader Joe's!
Billy: Geez, Jen. Could you get more 2)Zen? You love that store.
Jennifer: We're not getting any older. It's time to start living healthy. This is as healthy as coffee gets.
Billy: Um, NOT. Take out the caffeine and that's the healthiest coffee there is.
Jennifer: Take out the 3)caffeine, and coffee is worthless to me.
Billy: True, true. Caffeine 4)addiction is a fact of modern life.
Jennifer: When I was young, I couldn't even drink coffee.
星期一早上七點
比利：我聞到咖啡的味道。
珍妮花：是啊，喬伊有機超市現煮的低酸、有機咖啡。
比利：哇咧哩，阿珍，妳可以再去那家禪餐廳嗎？妳真的很愛那家店耶。
珍妮花：歲月不饒人。我們該開始過健康生活了。要喝咖啡就只能這麼健康。
比利：嗯，那可不，把咖啡因去掉才是最健康的咖啡。
珍妮花：拿掉咖啡因，咖啡對我就毫無價值可言了。
比利：沒錯，沒錯。咖啡因癮是現代生活的嚴酷事實。
珍妮花：我年輕的時候根本不能喝咖啡。
| 今日EZ單字 |
1)brew (v.) 泡（茶、咖啡）。brew (n.) 所泡的茶或咖啡
2)zen (n.) 禪。Zen是美國一家標榜使用自然食材的日本餐廳，因為Trader Joe's也是一家標榜生機飲食的超市。
3)caffeine (n.) 咖啡因
4)addiction (n.) 上癮
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別讀這篇文章 (六段中的第六段)
One more tip: Read at your own level. If you're a Let's Talk In English reader, don't expect to understand articles in Advanced.
Of course, to give yourself a challenge, you might occasionally try to read something just beyond your current language level. By the way, I'm glad you ignored the title and read this anyway.
另一個建議：閱讀適合你程度的文章。若你是「大家說英語」的讀者，別期望去了解「彭蒙惠英語」中進修級的文章。當然，給自己一個挑戰，你也可以偶爾試著讀一些超過你現有程度的文章。
再者，我很高興你忽略此文章之標題，仍舊讀完它。
⊙Word Bank
ignore
(v) 忽視；不加理睬| The Day's Phrase |
Instead of talking about our problems, we just skirt around them.
我們沒有談到我們的問題，只是顧左右而言他。
常春藤解析英語
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| 閱讀測驗 |
Situation Critical 十萬火急
by Kevin Lustig
In some jobs, danger can appear at any moment. In the blink of an eye, the routine can become perilous. This month, the National Geographic Channel shows us what happens when a normal situation becomes Situation Critical.
The police try to keep citizens safe, but what happens when the police are in danger? On February 28, 1997, two men with armor and powerful rifles robbed a bank in Hollywood, California. The police's weapons were useless against the criminals', but they knew they had to end the Hollywood Shootout. In Colombia, police tried to arrest Pablo Escobar, the world's most notorious drug dealer. When he fought back with assassinations that killed hundreds, government officials decided their only option was Killing Pablo Escobar.
For soldiers and pilots, too, danger is a way of life. This became a painful truth for American pilot Scott O'Grady in June 1995 when his jet was shot down over Bosnia. O'Grady was able to eject, but he had to avoid the enemy for days as a Downed Pilot. British SAS troops also found themselves in harm's way in Sierra Leone in 2000. There, they planned to recover 11 British soldiers who were being held hostage in a daring SAS Jungle Rescue.
Of course, combat isn't the only way to experience danger. The astronauts of Apollo 13 learned this when an explosion struck their spacecraft. Low on resources, the astronauts and engineers on the ground had to act quickly to save Apollo 13. Back on Earth, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race turned deadly in 1998, with dozens of boats forced to quit and six men lost at sea. That year, the challenging competition turned into Hell on High Water.
There are situations where our decisions can make the difference between life and death, the outcome is never certain, and we are left with our hearts pounding. National Geographic Channel brings us face to face with these dangerous conditions on Situation Critical.
1. Which is the best description of the kind of situations shown on Situation Critical?
(A) Dangerous circumstances that are quickly resolved.
(B) A location that involves war or fighting.
(C) Situations that become dangerous all of a sudden.
(D) Movies that look dangerous.
2. Which situation is NOT described in the article?
(A) A risky airplane landing.
(B) Rescuing hostages.
(C) A tragic boat race.
(D) A bank robbery.
3. The purpose of the article is to ______.
(A) describe a few interesting, dangerous situations
(B) list all of the excitement one might experience
(C) explain which kind of situation is most critical
(D) show how to get out of life-threatening situations
4. Which of the following would be another good title for Situation Critical?
(A) War Stories
(B) Risky Circumstances
(C) Secret Missions
(D) Avoiding Danger
| 精解字詞片語 |
= in a flash
blink n. & vt. 眨（眼）
例: I opened the front door and in the blink of an eye, my dog ran outside.
（打開前門時，一眨眼我的狗就衝了出去。）
2. routine n. 例行公事 & a. 日常的；平淡的
例: In my morning routine, I wake up, take a shower, and then head to school.
（我早晨的例行公事是起床、淋浴，然後去上學。）
例: Jeff had been racing cars for so long that it started to feel routine.
（傑夫已經賽車很長一段時間，因此開始覺得平淡。）
3. in danger 處於危險之中
= in jeopardy
jeopardy n. 危險
例: The mayor was in great danger because there was a time bomb in his car.
（市長的處境非常危險，因為他的車上有枚定時炸彈。）
4. rob vt. 搶奪
注意:
rob 須與介詞 of 並用，此時的 of 即等於 from，表『從中』之意。因此『他搶了我的錢。』不可說 "He robbed my money." (X)。rob 的受詞須為對象，被搶奪之物則與介詞 of 並用，形成下列固定片語：
rob sb of sth 搶奪某人的某物
例: He robbed me of all my money.
（他搶了我所有的錢。）
5. assassination n. 暗殺
assassinate vt. 行刺，暗殺
例: Luckily, the police stopped the plan to assassinate the president.
（幸運的是，警方阻止了那項刺殺總統的計劃。）
6. option n. 選擇
have no option but to V 除了……別無選擇
= have no choice/alternative but to V
例: Since these accidents were my fault, I have no alternative but to quit.
（既然這些意外都是我的錯，除了辭職外我別無選擇。）
7. in harm's way 處於危險之中
= in danger
例: The firemen put themselves in harm's way to save people from the fire.
（為了從火場拯救人命，消防員使自己身陷險境。）
8. recover vt. 重新獲得 & vi. 恢復
recover from... 從……中恢復
= get over...
例: I'm going back to the beach to recover the towel that I left there yesterday.
（我要回去海邊拿我昨天忘在那裡的毛巾。）
例: I'll never recover from the death of my pet dog, Snuffy.
（我永遠無法克服失去愛犬 Snuffy 的傷痛。）
9. be held hostage 被扣為人質
hostage n. 人質
hold sb hostage 將某人扣為人質（此時 hostage 不加 -s）
hold + 數字 + hostage(s) 狹持……（人數）為人質（此時 hostage 可加 -s）
例: They planned to hold the singer hostage until they were paid ten million dollars.
（他們計劃扣留那名歌手作為人質，直到一千萬贖金到手才肯放人。）
例: The news said the robbers inside the bank were holding 10 hostages.
（新聞說銀行裡的搶匪抓了十個人當人質。）
10. explosion n. 爆炸
explode vt. 使爆炸（= blow up...）& vi. 爆炸（= go off）
例: The policemen exploded the bomb in a safe location.
（警察在安全的地方引爆了那枚炸彈。）
例: Everyone left the building before the bomb exploded.
（每個人都在炸彈爆炸前離開了大樓。）
11. competition n. 競爭
in competition with... 與……競爭
compete vi. 競爭（與介詞 with 並用）
例: During the science contest, we'll be in competition with 200 other students.
（科展時，我們將和兩百名學生一決高下。）
12. face to face (with...) （與……）面對面
例: Why don't you come into my office tomorrow so we can talk face to face?
（你明天何不到我公司和我當面談談呢？）
| 單字小舖 |
1. critical a. 危急的；批評的
be critical of... 對……吹毛求疵
2. perilous a. 危險的（= dangerous）
3. shootout n. 槍戰
4. notorious a. 惡名昭彰的
5. drug dealer n. 販毒者
drug trafficking n. 毒品交易
6. eject vi.（從飛機、太空船中）彈射出來
7. downed a. 被擊落的
注意:
down 作形容詞時，表『消沉的』，作動詞時表『擊落』，本文用法為過去分詞作形容詞用，表『被擊落的』。
8. combat n. & vt. 戰鬥
9. astronaut n. 太空人
10. strike vt. 襲擊
三態為：strike, struck, struck。
11. high water 漲潮時
low water 退潮時
come hell or high water 無論遭遇什麼困難
注意:
hell 是『地獄』，high water 是『大洪水』，come hell or high water 字面意思是指『無論經歷地獄或大洪水』，暗示某人完成某事的堅定決心。
12. outcome n. 結果（= result）
13. pound vi.（心臟）砰砰地跳
注意:
表『心跳』時動詞可用 beat 或 pound，而不可用 jump 來表示。beat 為表心臟『跳動』的一般說法，而 pound 則表心臟如小鹿亂撞般『砰砰地跳』。
14. circumstance n. 情況（常用複數）
15. resolve vt. 解決（問題等）
16. involve vt. 與……有關
17. risky a. 危險的
18. life-threatening a. 危及生命的
| 片語小舖 |
1. shoot down... 將……擊落
2. dozens of... 許多的……
3. be forced to V 被迫做……
4. turn into... 轉變為……
5. make the difference between A and B 在 A 與 B 之間造成很大的不同
be different from... 與……不同
6. all of a sudden
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