ALE Actual Living English 實用生活美語
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Clean Your Closet 搶救衣櫃大作戰-3
Lena: Honey, we're going to that wedding. You need a new 1)wardrobe!
Lester: My clothes are fine.
Lena: They're 2)drab. We need to spice them up. Let's go in this store!
[They enter the store.]
Lester: Whoa! These clothes are all too 3)wild for me.
Lena: No, they're 4)fashionable. Here.
Lester: This is a Medium. Don't they have it in a Large?
Lena: You wear your clothes too 5)baggy. This one will fit. You'll see. And
take these.
Lester: *Plaid pants! No way!
Lena: They'll look great with this *knit polo. And you need this jacket to 6)layer.
Lester: You'd think I was Sherlock Holmes now…
蕾娜：親愛的，我們不久之後要去參加婚禮，你需要添購新的行頭！
李斯特：我的衣服明明就很好。
蕾娜：你的衣服都很沈悶。需要多一點樂趣。我們進這家店逛逛吧！
（在店裡）
李斯特：喔，這些衣服都太放肆了啦。
蕾娜：不會啊，很時髦啊。你穿穿看這件。
李斯特：這是M號的。他們沒有L號的嗎？
蕾娜：你老是愛穿鬆垮的衣服。這件會很合身。穿穿看就知道了。這件也要。
李斯特：彩格斜紋褲！不要啦！
蕾娜：這件褲子搭這件針織運動衫會很好看。你還需要穿這件外套搭配出層次感。
李斯特：這會兒你把我當成福爾摩斯了……
1) wardrobe (n.) 衣服，衣物
2) drab (a.) 無趣的，沈悶的
3) wild (a.) 狂野的
4) fashionable(a.) 時髦的，流行的
5) baggy (a.) 衣服鬆垮的
6) layer (v.) 多層次穿法
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How to Develop Your Writing Skills (part 2 of 6)
英文寫作技巧 (六段中的第二段)
And although it might surprise you, opportunities to practice writing are not very far away. For starters, here are a few ways to practice writing:
•Find a pen pal. Link up with other English learners from around the world. For more details, write to the International Pen Pal Club, P.O. Box 46-564, Taipei.
也許你會覺得驚訝，練習寫作的機會其實俯拾皆是。
對於初學者，這裡有幾個練習寫作的方法：
•找個筆友。跟全球其他學英文的人連結起來。詳情可以寫信到國際筆友俱樂部台北郵政46-564號信箱。
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pen pal (n phr) 筆友
Let's use a better rope just to be on the safe side.
為了安全起見，我們用一條好一點的繩子吧。
常春藤生活英語
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Pedaling to Health 『踏』向健康
One of the most famous bike makers in the world is Taiwan's own Giant. When Giant started in 1972 in Taichung, it only produced bikes for bigger companies like Schwinn. In 1986, Giant decided to compete in the high-end bikes business because the market was expanding quickly. Now, Giant has over 10,000 stores around the world and sells more than three million bikes every year.
People in Taiwan are finally living up to the name "Bicycle Kingdom." Lately, more and more cyclists have been seen on the streets. Friends or families often ride together in mountains or along rivers during the weekends.
Riding a bike is great exercise for everyone. The amount of calories that you burn depends on how hard you pedal and how much you weigh. For example, if a woman that weighs 50 kilograms rides for one hour at a relaxing pace, she would burn 500 calories. If she decided to race with her friends the whole time, she could double that number. The same thing applies to men. If an average man that weighs 70 kilograms rides casually for an hour, he would burn 450 calories. But if that same man decided to really push himself, he could lose up to 1,100 calories. To burn the same amount of calories through hiking, he would have to walk for three full hours without stopping.
世上最有名的自行車製造商之一便是台灣自產的捷安特。1972年捷安特於台中成立之初，僅為Schwinn等較大的公司製作腳踏車（編按：Schwinn為美國的自行車製造商，1895年於芝加哥成立）。1986年，因為市場正急速擴大，捷安特便決定投入高級自行車業的競爭行列。如今捷安特在全球有超過一萬家店面，每年更賣出超過三百萬輛自行車。
台灣的人民總算不負『單車王國』的盛名。最近在街上看到了越來越多的自行車騎士。週末常有好友或家人結伴騎乘在山中或河邊。
騎乘自行車對每個人來說都是很棒的運動。您燃燒的熱量有多少，端看您騎得有多賣力及您本身的體重有多重。舉例來說，如果一名體重五十公斤的女士以輕鬆的步調騎上一小時，她會消耗掉五百卡路里。若她決定這整段時間內都跟她的朋友比賽，她就能使燃燒的熱量加倍。同樣的結果也適用於男性。假如一名體重七十公斤的一般男性悠閒地騎上一小時，他會燃燒掉四百五十卡路里。但假使這名男子決定很賣力騎車，他能消耗多達一千一百卡路里。要以健行來燃燒等量的熱量，他就必須一口氣走上三個小時。
1.double vt. 使加倍
The bakery doubled the price of its donuts.
那家麵包坊把店裡甜甜圈的售價提高了一倍。
2.casually adv. 不認真地，隨便地
Patty casually flipped through the magazine.
派蒂漫不經心地翻了翻雜誌。
3.push vt. 使努力
David sometimes pushes his kids too hard.
大衛有時太過嚴格督促他的小孩。
1.live up to... 不負……（盛名）；符合……（標準）
Your job performance has been living up to the boss' standards.
你的工作表現一直都符合老闆的標準。
2.depend on... 視……而定，取決於……
Whether we play baseball or not depends on the weather.
我們打不打棒球全視天氣而定。
3.apply to... 適用於……
This rule applies to everyone in the school.
這項規定適用於學校裡的每一個人。
1.high-end a. 高檔的，高級的
2.cyclist n. 騎自行車的人
3.calorie n. 卡路里（食物的熱量單位）
4.pedal vi. 踩動踏板 & n. 腳踏車踏板
5.pace n. 速度；步調
To burn the same amount of calories through hiking...
（要以健行來燃燒等量的熱量……）
same 作形容詞時，其前一定要有定冠詞 the。可用來修飾"the same"的副詞通常有 always, nearly, exactly, much 及 about 等，但不可用 very 修飾。
almost/nearly the same 幾乎相同
exactly the same 完全相同
much the same 頗為相同
about the same 大致相同
I am about the same height as Kate.
（我和凱特的身高大致相仿。）
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work visa ( 工作簽證 ) |
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I hope to get a work visa and stay there for a couple years while I work. abroad. |
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我希望可以拿到工作簽證並讓我停留在那裡工作幾年。 |
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resident visa ( 居留簽證 ) |
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She got a resident visa through her new family. |
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她透過她的新家庭拿到了居留簽證。 |
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immigrant ( 移民者 ) |
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"He was born here, but his parents are immigrants." |
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"他在當地出生,但他的父母則是移民過去。" |
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| EZ Basic |
Lena: Honey, we're going to that wedding. You need a new 1)wardrobe!
Lester: My clothes are fine.
Lena: They're 2)drab. We need to spice them up. Let's go in this store!
[They enter the store.]
Lester: Whoa! These clothes are all too 3)wild for me.
Lena: No, they're 4)fashionable. Here.
Lester: This is a Medium. Don't they have it in a Large?
Lena: You wear your clothes too 5)baggy. This one will fit. You'll see. And
take these.
Lester: *Plaid pants! No way!
Lena: They'll look great with this *knit polo. And you need this jacket to 6)layer.
Lester: You'd think I was Sherlock Holmes now…
蕾娜：親愛的，我們不久之後要去參加婚禮，你需要添購新的行頭！
李斯特：我的衣服明明就很好。
蕾娜：你的衣服都很沈悶。需要多一點樂趣。我們進這家店逛逛吧！
（在店裡）
李斯特：喔，這些衣服都太放肆了啦。
蕾娜：不會啊，很時髦啊。你穿穿看這件。
李斯特：這是M號的。他們沒有L號的嗎？
蕾娜：你老是愛穿鬆垮的衣服。這件會很合身。穿穿看就知道了。這件也要。
李斯特：彩格斜紋褲！不要啦！
蕾娜：這件褲子搭這件針織運動衫會很好看。你還需要穿這件外套搭配出層次感。
李斯特：這會兒你把我當成福爾摩斯了……
1) wardrobe (n.) 衣服，衣物
2) drab (a.) 無趣的，沈悶的
3) wild (a.) 狂野的
4) fashionable(a.) 時髦的，流行的
5) baggy (a.) 衣服鬆垮的
6) layer (v.) 多層次穿法
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| KEYS TO LEARNING ENGLISH: |
英文寫作技巧 (六段中的第二段)
And although it might surprise you, opportunities to practice writing are not very far away. For starters, here are a few ways to practice writing:
•Find a pen pal. Link up with other English learners from around the world. For more details, write to the International Pen Pal Club, P.O. Box 46-564, Taipei.
也許你會覺得驚訝，練習寫作的機會其實俯拾皆是。
對於初學者，這裡有幾個練習寫作的方法：
•找個筆友。跟全球其他學英文的人連結起來。詳情可以寫信到國際筆友俱樂部台北郵政46-564號信箱。
⊙Word Bank
pen pal (n phr) 筆友
| The Day's Phrase |
為了安全起見，我們用一條好一點的繩子吧。
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| 健康百科 |
Pedaling to Health 『踏』向健康
One of the most famous bike makers in the world is Taiwan's own Giant. When Giant started in 1972 in Taichung, it only produced bikes for bigger companies like Schwinn. In 1986, Giant decided to compete in the high-end bikes business because the market was expanding quickly. Now, Giant has over 10,000 stores around the world and sells more than three million bikes every year.People in Taiwan are finally living up to the name "Bicycle Kingdom." Lately, more and more cyclists have been seen on the streets. Friends or families often ride together in mountains or along rivers during the weekends.
Riding a bike is great exercise for everyone. The amount of calories that you burn depends on how hard you pedal and how much you weigh. For example, if a woman that weighs 50 kilograms rides for one hour at a relaxing pace, she would burn 500 calories. If she decided to race with her friends the whole time, she could double that number. The same thing applies to men. If an average man that weighs 70 kilograms rides casually for an hour, he would burn 450 calories. But if that same man decided to really push himself, he could lose up to 1,100 calories. To burn the same amount of calories through hiking, he would have to walk for three full hours without stopping.
世上最有名的自行車製造商之一便是台灣自產的捷安特。1972年捷安特於台中成立之初，僅為Schwinn等較大的公司製作腳踏車（編按：Schwinn為美國的自行車製造商，1895年於芝加哥成立）。1986年，因為市場正急速擴大，捷安特便決定投入高級自行車業的競爭行列。如今捷安特在全球有超過一萬家店面，每年更賣出超過三百萬輛自行車。
台灣的人民總算不負『單車王國』的盛名。最近在街上看到了越來越多的自行車騎士。週末常有好友或家人結伴騎乘在山中或河邊。
騎乘自行車對每個人來說都是很棒的運動。您燃燒的熱量有多少，端看您騎得有多賣力及您本身的體重有多重。舉例來說，如果一名體重五十公斤的女士以輕鬆的步調騎上一小時，她會消耗掉五百卡路里。若她決定這整段時間內都跟她的朋友比賽，她就能使燃燒的熱量加倍。同樣的結果也適用於男性。假如一名體重七十公斤的一般男性悠閒地騎上一小時，他會燃燒掉四百五十卡路里。但假使這名男子決定很賣力騎車，他能消耗多達一千一百卡路里。要以健行來燃燒等量的熱量，他就必須一口氣走上三個小時。
| Building Your Vocabulary |
1.double vt. 使加倍
The bakery doubled the price of its donuts.
那家麵包坊把店裡甜甜圈的售價提高了一倍。
2.casually adv. 不認真地，隨便地
Patty casually flipped through the magazine.
派蒂漫不經心地翻了翻雜誌。
3.push vt. 使努力
David sometimes pushes his kids too hard.
大衛有時太過嚴格督促他的小孩。
| Phrases for Learning |
1.live up to... 不負……（盛名）；符合……（標準）
Your job performance has been living up to the boss' standards.
你的工作表現一直都符合老闆的標準。
2.depend on... 視……而定，取決於……
Whether we play baseball or not depends on the weather.
我們打不打棒球全視天氣而定。
3.apply to... 適用於……
This rule applies to everyone in the school.
這項規定適用於學校裡的每一個人。
| 參考字詞 |
1.high-end a. 高檔的，高級的
2.cyclist n. 騎自行車的人
3.calorie n. 卡路里（食物的熱量單位）
4.pedal vi. 踩動踏板 & n. 腳踏車踏板
5.pace n. 速度；步調
| Tips In Use |
To burn the same amount of calories through hiking...
（要以健行來燃燒等量的熱量……）
same 作形容詞時，其前一定要有定冠詞 the。可用來修飾"the same"的副詞通常有 always, nearly, exactly, much 及 about 等，但不可用 very 修飾。
almost/nearly the same 幾乎相同
exactly the same 完全相同
much the same 頗為相同
about the same 大致相同
I am about the same height as Kate.
（我和凱特的身高大致相仿。）
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