Live互動英語學習報 --一月七日



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2011 年01 月 07 日 (No.492)

		說明：
		此片語字面意思是「吹入空氣，使活過來」，引申為「恢復精神；恢復生機」。如對溺水的人施行 CPR，吹入空氣使其活過來，這時就可說 breathe new life into (sb/sth)。此外，也可用來表達使某事物、組織等「重新運作、振作」。

		示範句：
		The newly appointed CEO breathed new life into the company.
		新指派的執行長為該公司注入一股生氣。


		說明：
		這裡的 bring it on 意思是「使出來」，常被引申為「有什麼看家本領儘管使出來；放馬過來」。

		示範句：
		Before the game began, Bill told his competitor to bring it on.
		比賽開始前，比爾叫他的競爭對手放馬過來。

先小試一下身手，看看用哪個單字才對？
1.	The crash was ____________ (caused/reasoned) by the storm.
2.	There is no ____________ (cause/reason) why you can't finish your homework.

關鍵說明：

cause 和 reason 有什麼不一樣？一起來看看。

cause

reason

使用情境

指造成某種結果的起因

⊙	指解釋某種行為的理由
⊙	理性；思考能力；判斷力

注意

cause of (something)

reason for (something)

示範句：

cause

What was the cause of the man's death?

這名男子的死因是什麼？

The typhoon is the cause of the blackout.

這個颱風是造成停電的起因。

reason

Give me one good reason why I should let you go out tonight.

給我一個好理由，為什麼我今晚該讓你出去。

To understand science, you have to use reason.

要了解科學就必須講求理性。

Ans: 1. caused 2. reason

The Eagle and the Farmer (2)

老鷹與農夫（2）

Later that summer, the farmer was building a wall. It was high and made of large stones. Suddenly, the wall started to fall, but the farmer did not notice.

The eagle, flying above, saw that the farmer was in danger. It flew down and grabbed the farmer's hat off his head. The farmer shouted, "Hey! Bring that back!"

The eagle flew a short distance and then dropped the hat. The angry farmer picked up his hat and walked back. He saw that the stone wall had fallen. The farmer smiled and thought, "The eagle repaid me when I most needed help."

不久後的夏天，農夫築了一面牆，這面高牆是用大石頭建造而成的。突然間，這面牆開始倒塌，但農夫卻沒有發覺。

在天空盤旋的老鷹發現了農夫有危險，就飛下來把農夫的帽子抓走，農夫大叫：「嘿！把帽子還給我！」

在飛了一小段距離後，老鷹把帽子丟下，生氣的農夫把帽子撿起來後便往回走。他看到了傾倒的石牆。農夫微笑著，心想：「這隻老鷹在我最需要的時候報答了我。」


stone	n.	石頭；岩石

grab	v.	抓住

distance	n.	距離

repay	v.	報答；回報