本周英語短篇練習。治療打嗝的棒棒糖Hiccupops超炫!希望打嗝好了不會蛀牙。
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Sweet Cure for the Hiccups
打嗝的救星
Everyone has had the hiccups before. They can be caused by several
different things, including eating or drinking too quickly and swallowing too
much air. Science knows what hiccups are, but not how to stop them.
Charles Osborne, who endured 68 years of the longest case of the hiccups ever, would have loved to have met Mallory Kievman. Unfortunately for Osborne, only recently did this 13-year-old from the US create a remedy for the hiccups. She currently makes and tests her Hiccupops at home. However, Kievman hopes that her hiccup-stopping lollipops will one day be a common sight in family medicine cabinets around the world.
Charles Osborne, who endured 68 years of the longest case of the hiccups ever, would have loved to have met Mallory Kievman. Unfortunately for Osborne, only recently did this 13-year-old from the US create a remedy for the hiccups. She currently makes and tests her Hiccupops at home. However, Kievman hopes that her hiccup-stopping lollipops will one day be a common sight in family medicine cabinets around the world.
每個人都曾有打嗝打不停的經驗。這個問題會因許多不同因素所致,包括吃喝的速度太快或吞進太多空氣。科學家知道打嗝是什麼,但卻不曉得如何使它停止。
查爾斯.奧斯本忍受了史上最長的不停打嗝案例——竟持續了六十八年之久,他想必會很希望遇到梅若莉‧奇夫曼。不過對奧斯本來說很可惜的是,這位十三歲的美國小女孩一直到最近才發明了她治療打嗝的獨門偏方。她目前仍在家中製作並測試自己的「打嗝棒棒糖」。不過奇夫曼希望她專門用來治療打嗝的棒棒糖,有一天能成為全世界家用藥櫃裡的常見物品。
查爾斯.奧斯本忍受了史上最長的不停打嗝案例——竟持續了六十八年之久,他想必會很希望遇到梅若莉‧奇夫曼。不過對奧斯本來說很可惜的是,這位十三歲的美國小女孩一直到最近才發明了她治療打嗝的獨門偏方。她目前仍在家中製作並測試自己的「打嗝棒棒糖」。不過奇夫曼希望她專門用來治療打嗝的棒棒糖,有一天能成為全世界家用藥櫃裡的常見物品。
生活必備字詞
swallow vt. 吞下,嚥下
Tina couldn't swallow anything because of her sore throat.
endure vt. 忍受,容忍
I endured listening to my sister's complaints for more than an hour.
lollipop n. 棒棒糖
Tina couldn't swallow anything because of her sore throat.
endure vt. 忍受,容忍
I endured listening to my sister's complaints for more than an hour.
lollipop n. 棒棒糖
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回覆刪除Hi Teacher ,
回覆刪除Hiccuppops ? May be you need to change your keyboard or you just had hiccups just now ?
Tom
Hi Tom,
回覆刪除Thanks for the reminder.
I'm getting old and my vision is blurry....
老師, 不好意思又來打擾你了....
回覆刪除在練習時碰到人名時, 用聽的無法寫下正確人名. (常用的英文名是沒有問題,最怕遇到印度名字之類), 有沒有什麼改進的方法. 謝謝!
Amy
Hi Amy,
回覆刪除非英文的人名只能盡力寫。聽音拼出來就好。不可能完全準確,但只要確定能發出來類似的音就行了。但這只限於口說,如果要寫作,還是得查出來正確的名字拼法。人名這一塊因為特例多,所以目前都只能用上述的方式來解決
謝謝老師。希望老師身體趕快好起來。
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