A : This job will require you to travel to Vietnam for an extended period of time. Is that OK with you?
B : I’ll need to talk it over with my family first and get back to you.
A : If you accept it, your salary will be three times what you’d make staying in Taiwan.
B : That sounds very lucrative. I’ll give it some serious thought.
A : 這份工作需要長期出差到越南，你能接受嗎？
B : 我需要和家人商量過後，才能給您答覆。
A : 如果你能答應，薪水至少是你留在台灣的三倍。
B : 那很誘人，我會認真考慮的。
A: Apart from Pokemon, ancient Egyptian relics have attracted much attention lately. B: Are you talking about the “King of Egypt: Pharaoh” exhibition at Tainan’s Chimei Museum? Apparently, it’s the largest exhibit of its kind ever in Taiwan. A: Yup, Chimei is displaying 280 relics from The British Museum in London, causing a sensation since its opening last Thursday. B: And after nearly 20 years of planning and construction, Cairo’s massive Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has also been a global hit since its opening late last year. The GEM covers 500,000 square meters and boasts over 100,000 Egyptian artifacts A:
People praise the wisdom of owls and the loyalty of dogs, yet pigs are rarely commended for anything. Branded as lazy and dirty, they’ve long had a bad rap. But if you scratch beneath the surface, you’ll find that pigs are among the most underestimated animals of all. If you’ve watched the animated television series Peppa Pig, you’ll know how much pigs love muddy puddles. In truth, wallowing in mud is not a sign of poor hygiene but a matter of biological necessity. Because pigs have few functional sweat glands, they cannot regulate their body temperature like humans do.
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日） https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang By now, it’s clear that pigs are not what we imagine them to be. But the surprises don’t end here. These creatures also carry traits that further defy common stereotypes. Take their noses, for example. A pig’s sense of smell is so keen that it can detect truffles, rare and expensive fungi buried deep underground. Farmers in Europe once relied on pigs to sniff out these culinary treasures, though dogs are now preferred because pigs are often tempted to eat what they find. Pigs also see the world in a unique way. With their eyes positioned
1. 喬治氣得發抖。 ˇ George trembled with anger. χ George trembled with angry. 註：介詞 with 後面應用名詞作介詞的受詞；angry 是形容詞，anger 是名詞。 2. 他過分客氣，沒表示意見。 ˇ He is over modest and withholds his opinion. χ He is over modesty and withholds his opinion. 註：modesty 是名詞，modest 是形容詞，描寫或修飾主詞，應以形容詞作補語。 3. 我對你的作品印象非常深刻。 ˇ I am very impressed with your work. χ I am much impressed with your work. 註：much 修飾動詞，very 修飾副詞或形容詞， 所以這句應用 very。試比較： I am very fond of dancing. I like dancing very much. 4. 她看起來很高興。 ˇ She looks very happy. χ She looks very happily. 註：be, look, smell, taste 等詞用作連繫動詞時，後面只能接形容詞、代名詞作補語。試比較： He looks greedy. He looked greedily at the money.（此句中 looked 為一般動詞，意為「看著」，不作連繫動詞用。） 下列句子中的錯誤屬同類性質： ˇ The table feels smooth. χ The table feels smoothly. ˇ All the data has been
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