Live互動英語學習報 --七月二十三日



						每月新書限時優惠

2010 年 7 月 23 日 (No. 468)


		示範句：
		Susan's family is well-off.
		蘇珊家裡生活富裕。

			be well-off「生活富裕」
			My boss is very well-off and plans to retire when he's forty-five.
			我老闆很富有，他計畫四十五歲退休。

			be well-to-do「富裕；有錢」
			The boy's family is well-to-do, so he can afford to go to an expensive school.
			那個男孩家境富有，所以他可負擔去上昂貴的學校。

			be badly off「貧困」
			She was badly off after the sudden death of her husband.
			丈夫突然去世後，她陷入經濟困境。

			be better off 可指「情況好轉」，而 be better off + V-ing 則常用來勸告別人「最
			好……」。
			You're better off quitting your job if you hate it.
			如果你痛恨那份工作，你最好辭職。

先小試一下身手，看看用哪個單字才對？
1.	It's okay. He didn't ____________ (beat/hit) me very hard.
2.	The man was accused of ____________ (beating/hitting) up a policeman.

關鍵說明：

beat 和 hit 有什麼不一樣？一起來看看。

beat

hit

使用情境

⊙	指用力且連續不斷敲打某人或某物
⊙	語氣較強烈

⊙	指兩個人或物體互相撞上；打中、擊中
⊙	語氣較輕

注意

常見的口語 beats me 是指「考倒我了」喔!

示範句：

beat

The horse kicked the man who was beating it with a stick.

那匹馬踢那個用棍子打牠的男人。

He beat the drum for over an hour.

他打鼓打了一個多小時。

hit

The car went out of control and hit the tree.

那輛車失控撞上了樹。

She hit him in the face and ran away.

她打了他臉，然後就跑走了。

Ans: 1. hit 2. beating

The Ig Nobel Prizes: Laughing and Thinking (2)

搞笑諾貝爾獎：歡笑與思考 (2)

Some people don't want to win Ig Nobel Prizes because they're very serious about their work. Others enjoy winning. In 2006, one winner wore a woodpecker costume to receive his prize. He won because he had studied why woodpeckers don't get headaches.

Ig Nobel Prizes have been given out every October since 1991. They may be silly, but many people look forward to them every year. For these fans, being serious isn't necessary. Being silly is OK as long as you make people think, too.

有些人並不想得到搞笑諾貝爾獎，因為他們相當認真看待自己的工作；其他人則以此為樂。二○○六年，一名得獎者穿著一身的啄木鳥裝來領獎，他得獎是因為他研究為什麼啄木鳥不會頭痛。

從一九九一年開始，搞笑諾貝爾獎都會於每年的十月份頒獎。也許這些獎很蠢，但是每年有許多人期待這些獎項。對於這些粉絲來說，不需要太嚴肅。只要能讓人動動腦，愚蠢也沒關係。


serious	adj.	認真的

woodpecker	n.	啄木鳥

headache	n.	頭痛

look forward to	phr.	期待