生命之花

2016聖誕

聖誕夜前夕的早上，
Thanks for the whatsapp,
收到不少朋友的賀誕videos,
互通問候，
What 's a beautiful  holiday.
懶洋洋的早上，
中午往機場去，
展開閨蜜之旅，
泰國清邁。
機程順利，
约四時起飛，
當地六時左右到達国際機場。
但找的士亦擾攘了一段時間。
目的地為市中心
Imperial Mae Ping hotel.
Check in 後往外尋食，
聖誕前夕夜晚餐。

20 Most Popular Internet Slang Words and How to Use them in Paper Writing-by Leslie Anglesey

http://www.enhancemyvocabulary.com/internet-slang-words.html

Check out 20 popular Internet and texting expressions and see how you can replace them with formal equivalents and improve your vocabulary, writing. Academic writing favors grammatically correct vocabulary.

See how the following slang words can help you get inspired.

1. YOLO - You Only Live Once
2. Swag - Be confident

Since you only have one shot at life, give your paper, your best effort. Do your research, get high-quality sources, and present your work in a confident manner.

3. TBH - To Be Honest

Honesty is absolutely the best policy when writing your paper. No plagiarizing other people's work is allowed. Your college or university has strict policies about cheating, and you will face severe consequences if you are caught.

4. IONO - I Don't Know

Admitting you don't have all the answers is a wonderful place to start researching your paper. Let your curiosity help you discover an angle to explore or questions to ask that you can incorporate into your work.

5. GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

When you're working on your paper, you want to make it stand out. Your instructor wants to see how you interpret the concept you are discussing. Don't be hesitant to explore an idea to see if it has merit. Everything you present in your paper should be backed up with supporting material, but that doesn't mean you need to limit yourself to bland topics only. Let your instructor see how well you present your argument for what you are writing.

6. SNM - Say No More
7.OWTTE - Or Words To That Effect
8 Spot On - Spot On

These expressions remind you to be precise with the language you choose for your paper. Depending on the course you are doing the work for, you may need to use certain technical terms in your work. You'll want to make sure that you are using the correct wording in your paper.

It may be helpful to start by making an outline before you start to write. This will help you to organize your research and keep you on track as you make your key points in your paper.

Each paragraph should contain a complete idea. When you edit your work, go through each one carefully to see whether it could stand on its own. Are you happy with what you have written? Is the language clear and precise? If not, go back and make some changes. Keep polishing your work until you are pleased with the result.

9. FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
10. Already Been Posted

Thinking about frequently asked questions should be a springboard for further research on your topic, but not the place where you stop looking for information. If you want to do well on your paper, your instructor is going to expect you to dig deeper than simply scratching the surface in your discussion of the topic.

11. DHMU - Don't Hit Me Up

If the first person you ask for help with your paper can't help, keep digging. There are many sources of information available to you.

12. CAVE - Give Up

You are not going to give up looking for good sources of information for your paper. You can go to the library, use search engines, look at news sources, check out government sources (local, state and federal levels) and approach experts for information. You can also go on Twitter to reach out to various experts to get information and insights about your topic.

13. TTY - Talk To You

Go directly to sources, where appropriate. You'll be able to discuss your topic with greater authority and covey it with more confidence in your work.

14. H2H - Heart To Heart

Some people you talk to when conducting research for your paper will be very forthcoming with information. All you need to do is ask.

15. NM - Never Mind
16. MIFF - Annoy

Don't worry when you are gathering information for your paper that you will be thought of as stupid for asking something. There are no stupid questions. Go ahead and ask anything you want to find out about your topic.

17. JOOC - Just Out of Curiosity

The best questions and topics for a paper can come from brainstorming an idea that comes from something you are wondering about. It can be a good exercise to turn off your internal editor and just let the ideas come. Write them down and see how many you can come up with.

18. MY FOOT - Expression of Disbelief
19. IJK - I'm Just Kidding

When you're conducting research for your paper, you need to make sure that you check all of your sources to make sure that they are accurate and up to date. The results of one study may have been accurate at the time, but further research may put a different take on the subject. Always check dates to ensure that you are dealing with the most recent information available before quoting the results of a study in your paper.

20. GL - Good Luck

Take your time researching and writing your paper. Find good quality sources and present supporting material for each point you present. Remember to proofread your work before submitting it, and you are more likely to get a good grade.

See also this article on our sister site, MyCollegeSuccessStory.com: 10 Ways to Build and Use Your Vocabulary.

美國鄉民最流行潮語

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1. snatched (adj.)  很到位-稱讚人妝畫得很完美或穿搭很好看都可以用這個字來形容。

2. GOAT (adj.) 永遠最棒的-“greatest of all time” 的縮寫，

3. stan (n.) 狂粉；超級粉絲 - 由 stalker (跟蹤狂) 及 fan (粉絲) 組合而成

4. boots 超級無敵

That dress is sexy boots!那件洋裝真是辣翻了！

5. cancel (v.) 不再與某人互動

意思近似於廣義的 ghost (v. 像鬼魅般消失) 。而 cancel 這個字多半用於過去時態。

6. RT 不能同意更多

RT 是 retweet (轉推) 的縮寫。在 Twitter 上中肯、引人共鳴的貼文會讓人轉推，因此這個字現在用來表示同意，或者可以解釋成鄉民常說的「推推」、「淚推」。

超實用冬季英文口頭禪

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1.外面冷死了，我只想耍廢。

It’s freezing outside, I just want to veg out at home.

2.這天氣使人難以起床，所以明天上班可別睡過頭。

The cold night makes it a tough task to get out of bed in the mornings, so don’t oversleep tomorrow!

3.我每天都想睡到自然醒。

I want to sleep in everyday.

4.因為明天寒流要來了，誰都別阻止我窩在舒適的家裡。

Since the arrival of the cold current tomorrow, nobody could stop me from staying in my cozyhome.

5.天氣這麼冷，好想吃火鍋！

It’s so cold, I really want to have hot pot!

6.我完全不想冒著寒風去健身房，結果就是爆肥！

I have absolutely no intention of going to the gym in the cold, which led to a huge 

amount of weight gain.

7.我聖誕節不想出門以免看情侶們放閃。

I don’t want to go outside on Christmas in case of seeing couples engaging in PDA.

8.孤單、寂寞、覺得冷，我的真命天女/子尚未出現。

I am lonely, isolated, and cold. Yet I’m still waiting for my dream girl /Mr. right.

9.今年過年你要出國旅行還是回老家團圓？

Would you go abroad for vacation or go back home in Chinese New Year?

10.我受夠冬天了，夏天怎麼還不來。

I’m sick of winter, and summer is still so far away.

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撼動人心的能量！傳奇人物的 25 句經典名言，幫你重拾熱情與勇氣

Socrates 蘇格拉底

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
唯一真正的智慧是知道自己一無所知。
I can not teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
我無法教任何人任何事情，我只能驅使他們思考。

Plato 柏拉圖

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
善待你遇到的每個人，因為他們都在為人生奮鬥。

Aristotle 亞里斯多德

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
「認識自己」是所有智慧的源頭。
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
我們每天做什麼，就會成為什麼樣的人。因此，卓越不是一種行為，而是一個習慣。

Alexander the Great 亞歷山大大帝

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
勇於嘗試的人沒有做不到的事。

Archimedes 阿基米徳

Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
給我一個支點，我就能舉起地球。

Julius Caesar 凱薩大帝

I see, I come, I conquer.

我見，我來，我征服。

Genghis Khan 成吉思汗

An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.

出於憤怒的行動，注定會失敗。

Cristoforo Colombo 哥倫布

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

除非你有勇氣抵達看不到岸的彼端，否則你永遠無法跨越海洋。

Galileo Galilei 伽利略

Passion is the genesis of genius.

熱情是天才的起源。

René Descartes 笛卡兒

I think, therefore I am.
我思故我在。
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
懷疑是智慧的源頭。

Louis XIV 路易十四

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

人若能征服自己，便能征服一切。

Isaac Newton 牛頓

If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
如果我看得更遠，那是因為我站在巨人的肩膀上。
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
我可以計算天體的運行軌跡，卻難以估量人們的瘋狂。

Benjamin Franklin 富蘭克林

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
別害怕犯錯。你將會明白失敗為何物。繼續努力去爭取吧。
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
沒做好準備，那就準備失敗。

Napoléon Bonaparte 拿破崙

The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible".
有著必勝信念的人，從不說「不可能」。
Circumstances – what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
英雄造時勢。
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

死亡不算什麼，但被生活擊倒又不光采地活著，就如同每天死亡。

Ludwig van Beethoven 貝多芬

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

音樂，是比一切智慧和哲學更崇高的啟示。

Ralph Waldo Emerson 愛默生

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
你每生氣一分鐘，就失去六十秒的快樂。

Abraham Lincoln 林肯

The surest way to reveal one’s character is not through adversity but by giving them power.
要彰顯一個人真正的人格，不是讓他處於逆境，而是賦予他權力。
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

雖然我走得很慢，但我從不後退。

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會做事，更要懂做人！7個做法累積好人緣、贏得貴人相助

1. 看到八卦就快避開

2. 別當天兵，承諾的事就要記牢

3. 絕不允許自己延宕進度

4. 控制脾氣，別口出惡言

5. 不會的事情，不要假裝很會

6. 別老掛在Facebook，而忽略該做的事

7. 別堅持己見，試著融入團隊思維

https://www.managertoday.com.tw/topic/view/29?sid=52162&ty=1

魅力是可以練習的！5個行為，讓你更討人喜歡、值得交心

1. 在談話時，收起手機

2. 別堅持己見

3. 不追求鎂光燈

4. 稱呼對方的名字，再打招呼

5. 適當的肢體接觸和肢體語言

https://www.managertoday.com.tw/topic/view/29?sid=53323&ty=1

The Soul selects her own Society

The Soul selects her own Society (303)

Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886

The Soul selects her own Society —
Then — shuts the Door —
To her divine Majority —
Present no more —

Unmoved — she notes the Chariots — pausing —
At her low Gate —
Unmoved — an Emperor be kneeling
Upon her Mat —

I’ve known her — from an ample nation —
Choose One —
Then — close the Valves of her attention —
Like Stone —

Preludes

Preludes

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BY T. S. ELIOT

I 

The winter evening settles down 

With smell of steaks in passageways. 

Six o’clock. 

The burnt-out ends of smoky days. 

And now a gusty shower wraps 

The grimy scraps 

Of withered leaves about your feet 

And newspapers from vacant lots; 

The showers beat 

On broken blinds and chimney-pots, 

And at the corner of the street 

A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. 

And then the lighting of the lamps. 

II 

The morning comes to consciousness 

Of faint stale smells of beer 

From the sawdust-trampled street 

With all its muddy feet that press 

To early coffee-stands. 

With the other masquerades 

That time resumes, 

One thinks of all the hands 

That are raising dingy shades 

In a thousand furnished rooms. 

III 

You tossed a blanket from the bed, 

You lay upon your back, and waited; 

You dozed, and watched the night revealing 

The thousand sordid images 

Of which your soul was constituted; 

They flickered against the ceiling. 

And when all the world came back 

And the light crept up between the shutters 

And you heard the sparrows in the gutters, 

You had such a vision of the street 

As the street hardly understands; 

Sitting along the bed’s edge, where 

You curled the papers from your hair, 

Or clasped the yellow soles of feet 

In the palms of both soiled hands. 

IV 

His soul stretched tight across the skies 

That fade behind a city block, 

Or trampled by insistent feet 

At four and five and six o’clock; 

And short square fingers stuffing pipes, 

And evening newspapers, and eyes 

Assured of certain certainties, 

The conscience of a blackened street 

Impatient to assume the world. 

I am moved by fancies that are curled 

Around these images, and cling: 

The notion of some infinitely gentle 

Infinitely suffering thing. 

Wipe your hand across your mouth, and laugh; 

The worlds revolve like ancient women 

Gathering fuel in vacant lots.

Dust of Snow

Dust of Snow

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

by Robert Frost


雪塵
（尤克強譯）

有一隻烏鴉
朝我身上抖下
幾粒雪塵
自鐵杉枝椏

於是我的心情
驀然歡欣
而終不至於
整天鬱鬱悶悶

The Human Seasons

FOUR Seasons fill the measure of the year;

  There are four seasons in the mind of man:

He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear

  Takes in all beauty with an easy span:

He has his Summer, when luxuriously

  Spring’s honey’d cud of youthful thought he loves

To ruminate, and by such dreaming high

  Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves

His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings

  He furleth close; contented so to look

On mists in idleness—to let fair things

 Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.

He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,

Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

John Keats (1795–1821).