丹尼講英文

Adaptation of “Targeting Homework Year 1” “How Billabong is Australia's Original and Oldest Pool | The Pool” from ABC TV & iview https://youtu.be/CJcTe7xUUx4 “The original pool, the billabong, was where First Australians gathered and continue to meet.” “The billabong is the keeper of Australian’s ancestral stories. Its freshwater has helped sustain indigenous culture to this day.” 【文類】 *im...

Adaptation of “Targeting Homework Year 1” 【重點】 *sentence 句子 *capital letter 大寫字母 *full stop 句點（= period） E.g. I’m not going, period! (Longman Dictionary) 【補充】 *small letter 小寫字母 E.g. The poet e. e. cummings wrote his name with small letters, not capital letters. (Cambridge Dictionary) *alphabet (n.) 字母 E.g. The ninth letter of the alphabet is I. *lower case/upper case 小寫...

【新聞標題】 'Modern day Goldilocks' on the run after bizarre Melbourne home invasion (Source: 9News) Rare ‘Goldilocks moments’ on a marvellous mountain (Source: The Sydney Morning Herald) https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/rare-goldilocks-moments-on-a-marvellous-mountain-20230327-p5cvir.html In our solar system, only Earth lies in the Goldilocks zone. (Source: Longman Dictionary) Wollongong has bee...

1. Although you make many good points, the line of argument is not always clear. 2. The line of argument is not always clear, although you make many good points. 3. Although the line of argument is not always clear, you make many good points. 4. You make many good points, although the line of argument is not always clear. 5. You make many good points, but the line of argument is not always clear....

跟別人約你先到了 對方到了的時候 問你「等很久了嗎」 怎麼回應？ A: Been waiting long? B: Only an hour. 要離開大家 在送別會中 如何幽默地向大家表示感謝呢？ A: Well, looks like a great party. B: Yeah. A: You must really wanna get rid of me. (Source: Hearbreak High)

*statue (n.) 雕像 *sculpture (n.) 雕刻 *statute of limitations 追訴期 (Seinfeld S3E7_09:30) Definition: the maximum length of time that can be allowed to pass before action is taken in a particular legal matter (Source: Cambridge Dictionary)

【Vocabulary】 *imperative (a.) 重要的／迫切的 1. It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week. 2. It is imperative to continue the treatment for at least two months. 3. We consider it absolutely imperative to start work immediately. (Source: Oxford Learner’s Dictionary)

本集 STUVAC 的例子取自以下連結 https://youtu.be/odZNZgJf9QU 大學行事曆的例子 https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/key-dates.html 【Aussie English】 *STUVAC 溫書假 (study vacation) There are no lectures or tutorials during STUVAC so students have more time to prepare for exams. (Source: Macmillan Dictionary) *tute 助教課 【Vocabulary】 *carpe diem 把握當下 (seize the day) *lecture 講課 *tutorial 助教...

「考得如何」怎麼問？ 聽到別人考得很好可以怎回應？ 表達謙虛這個字很好用！ Charlie: We had a science test today. Melanie’s father: Oh, good, how’d you go? Melanie: Charlie got 98%. Melanie’s father: That’s terrific, Charlie. Well done! Charlie: Thank you, it was nothing, it was a fluke. Melanie’s father: Well, 98% is no fluke. (Source: Heartbreak High S5EP36)

這些字你怎麼念 content object progress He seems fairly content with (his) life. It's a very stylish and beautiful film, but it lacks content. Several people reported seeing a strange object in the sky. A couple of people objected to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it. Technological progress has been so rapid over the last few years. Work on the new road is progressing slowly. (sour...

News: https://taiwanenglishnews.com/roid-rage-champion-bodybuilder-smashes-up-convenience-store-injures-two-police-officers/ 【Aussie Culture】 Cross country running a sport in which teams and individuals run races on outdoor courses over natural terrain. (source: https://www.usatf.org/disciplines/cross-country) 【Vocabulary】 disinfect (v.) 消毒 prosecutor (n.) 檢察官 circulate (v.) 流傳、散佈 ci...

**News: **https://taiwanenglishnews.com/roid-rage-champion-bodybuilder-smashes-up-convenience-store-injures-two-police-officers/ 【Vocabulary】 roid (n.) 類固醇 (= steroid) dub (v.) 稱～為；配音 rant (v.) 叫囂 agitated (a.) 發怒生氣 concussion (n.) 腦震盪 restrain (v.) 制服 【Idiom】片語 keep your shirt on 冷靜別生氣 Keep your shirt on! Your car isn't even scratched! (Source: Cambridge Dictionary)...

【Vocabulary】 pragmatic (a.) 實際的 practical (a.) 實用的 pragmatic approach 實際的辦法 pragmatic dreamer 【Linguistics】語言學 pragmatics (n.) 語用學 semantics (n.) 語義學 In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one. (Source: Cambridge Dictionary) He or she is a pragmatic dreamer, a person with an original but attainable vision. (Source: Longma...

我是 Danny 在這裡跟大家分享一些英文資訊 這集我們要來看一個跟 chat 意思一樣的字 It could almost be like sitting next to an old-school journo with decades of experience, an encyclopedic memory, and who enjoys a good yarn. But who only answers questions when asked to. (Source: Australian Financial Interview) 【Vocabulary】 Cross-cultural and Applied Linguistics 跨文化應用語言學 journalist (n.) 記者 e...