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2010 年10 月 08 日 (No.479)
 
 
 
     
    說明:
    horizon 需用複數形。
     
    示範句:
  The reason Sabrina is traveling around the world is that she hopes to broaden
    her horizons.
    莎賓娜環遊世界的理由是希望拓展自己的視野。
     
    expand one's horizons「增廣(某人的)視野」
    You should read more and expand your horizons.
      你應該多閱讀,增廣你的視野。
       
    broaden one's mind 「開放(某人的)心胸」
    Traveling helped broaden Doug's mind, and he was like a new man when
      he returned.
      旅行幫助道格開放心胸,當他旅遊回來時看起來煥然一新。
     
    on the horizon 「有可能發生」
    New careers are on the horizon for those graduating.
      那些準畢業生要面對嶄新的生涯。
     
 
     
     
   
   
先小試一下身手,看看用哪個單字才對?
1. In this ____________ (example/instance), no one was hurt.
2. Here is a perfect ____________ (example/instance) of an elephant.
     
    關鍵說明 :
    example 和 instance 有什麼不一樣?一起來看看。
   
 
example
instance
使用情境
指「榜樣」
具代表性或說明性
指「情況;場合」
   
注意
「樹立榜樣」的英文說法為 set an example
     
    示範句:
   

example

  This is a bad example of what I'm talking about.
   

這個例子不能解釋我所說的情形。

     
 

That student sets a really good example.

   

那名學生樹立了很好的榜樣。

   
   

instance

 

I love seafood, but in this instance I'll pass.

    我很愛吃海鮮,不過在這種場合下,我就不吃了。
     
  In that instance, you should have left the house as quickly as possible.
   

在那種情況下,你早該盡快離開屋子。

     
 
   
Ans: 1. instance 2. example
 
     
  Yuck! There's a Cockroach on My Pizza! (1)  
  噁!小強入侵(1)  
     
  Nobody likes sharing a home with cockroaches, but there isn't much you can do about it. Cockroaches are tough, and they are here to stay.  
  The first cockroaches lived more than 250 million years ago. That makes them older than dinosaurs. They've been around so long because they can live almost anywhere, and they need very little food and water to survive.  
  A cockroach is so strong that it can live for a month without eating at all. It can even live for more than a week without its head.  
     
  沒有人喜歡和蟑螂同住在一個屋簷下,不過關於這個問題,你幾乎是無計可施。蟑螂很頑強,而且就這樣落地生根了。  
     
  蟑螂最早出現在兩億五千多萬年前,這表示牠們比恐龍還要古老。牠們可以存活這麼久的原因是因為牠們在任何環境都能生存,而且只需要極少的食物和水就可維生了。  
     
  蟑螂的生命力相當強韌,即使完全不吃東西還可以活一個月;就算沒有了頭,牠們還是能活一個禮拜呢!  
     
     
   
 
     
cockroach

n.

蟑螂
     
tough
adj.
強韌的
     
dinosaur
n.
恐龍
     
survive v. 生存
     
 
   
 
 
 

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