◎　視聽館新進館藏公告

視聽館四月新進館藏清單出燱囉！這回又有不少好影片和好書入庫，歡迎大家參考一下新鮮貨清單，多多到館利用唷！......有什麼新鮮貨？

◎　寫作中心公告——短期寫作班開課招生

寫作中心95學年度第二學期的英文應用寫作短期課程在自即日起受理報名，包括『留學申請書信寫作』、『英文求職履歷與求職書信』，讓您掌握應用文的寫作方法。歡迎大三以上各科系學生或教職員工參加。本課程採現場報名，名額有限，額滿為止。課程內容及報名方式請參考寫作中心網站......我想了解課程

◎　電子報編輯公告——問卷持續進行中

經小編努力懇求，問卷填答率終於從1/165上升到1/65，平均每65位訂戶就有一人填答，真是令小編太感謝讀者們的愛心！收到很多很棒的意見和鼓勵，小編暗爽之餘也努力想著如何讓學習報更能呼應讀者們的需求，更有效的幫助大家學習，之後會陸續再加入新元素，請大家繼續支持與期待。還沒填答的讀者，若有任何想法，也歡迎填寫問卷，或直接寫信給小編唷！......現在也還可以填

◎　英文小老師諮詢服務（長期公告）

英文小老師服務線上預約系統已經啟用，時間地點和諮詢的內容在網頁上也都可以看到喔，觀迎大家多多利用。...... 我要預約

Hong Kong Education City

"什麼!要我寫文章!還得用英文寫!!!! 拜託幫幫忙好嗎？用中文有時候都還會搞不清楚要從何下手了，更何況是用英文……”你碰過這樣的情境嗎？別怕！這一次跟大家介紹一個與寫作相關的網站，雖然是英文網站（哪次介紹的不是英文網站...)，但是各位放心，內容不會很難，而且有些資料還可以下載成word檔，讓你列印出來慢慢看個夠本喔。......我要看夠本！

Antarctic Trip

每年都有許多的澳洲科學家搭船到南極洲，而行程大多在兩個禮拜左右。這些科學家為什麼要到冷得要命的地方去做研究呢？這裡有一個澳洲的網站，介紹了南極對於澳洲的重要性。進入網站後只需點選左側瀏覽器的選項，影片就會自動播放，網站影片對話的完整內容及解說都可以在網頁中讀到，是個可以學到很多東西的地方喔。...... 會不會很冷？...

BBC Video—Days That Shook the World, Part I

這次介紹的，是視聽館剛進來的新鮮貨，由BBC製作的「驚世一刻」系列影片。收錄了二十世紀歷史上很多值得紀念的事件，以模擬劇情配上記錄影片的敘事手法，呈現事件發生的那一天的經過。收錄的題材十分廣泛，一套共有四片DVD，本次介紹的第一片，內容包括英女王伊莉莎白二世登基大典、希特勒的最終時刻、及馬丁路德遇刺事件等等，無一不在歷史舞台上有其重要角色，小編剛好趁著英女王訪美，布希鬧笑話的新聞熱潮，帶大家看看當年女王登基時的盛大場面！...... 驚世一刻，嚇得我屁滾尿流失了魂

"What's the problem with this guy," said Mr. Cupid.

一段戀情走到貌合神離，曲終人散之時，如何分手又是一大問題。誰都不想當壞人，或者早早鐵了心意要將孽緣斬斷，見了面卻心軟說不出口，弄得分分又合合，若是當中不巧又有第三者，正好湊成三國，合久必分分久必合...（好，是有點難笑啦）現在，你可以有更好的選擇！請看，戀情終結者幫你搞定分手難題！

Angelina: Hey, Jennifer. What happened? You don't look well today.

Jennifer: It's Brad. He broke up with me. But don't worry. I am not as bad as I may look.

Angelina: Really? Why? What did he say? Didn't he give you any reasons?

Jennifer: No, he didn't say anything. He gave no reasons, either.

Angelina: But how could you two break up without any words from his part? I mean, if he said nothing, how did you even know he wanted to leave you?

Jennifer: He hired a "separation specialist" to speak for him.

Angelina: A what? Separation specialist?

Jennifer: Yes, Brad paid him to break the bad news.

Angelina: That's very, very irresponsible. He should at least have the courtesy to end your relationship in person.

Jennifer: Better than just sending me a text message. A separation specialist cost him much more. That mister said some people nicknamed him "the Terminator." He charged from $25 to $65 for his service. I got the 25-dollar package called "Let's just be friends."

Angelina: What was that?

Jennifer: The Terminator called me and caught me off-guard, telling me that Brad no longer wished to continue our relationship but we could still be friends. Whatever he said, I had been dumped.

Angelina: Oh my god, this is so heartrending.

Jennifer: Better than the harsher "Leave me alone" approach. Or the 65-dollar full package, which includes having the Terminator pay a visit to the dumpee’s place and take back all the jilter's belongings.

Angelina: How can you say these things so calmly? I thought you loved him very much, didn't you?

Jennifer: Yes, I did. I almost got crazy upon knowing that Brad jilted me, and in such a callous manner. But soon I came to accept the fact. It's like pulling off a Band-Aid: painful as it rips off, but over in a jiffy and with no permanent scar in the long term.

Angelina: Don't you think it better that Brad did it himself?

Jennifer: No, if he had called or came to tell me in person, I guess things would have been worse. At least I won't argue with the Terminator. He is just a neutral messenger.

Angelina: Did you cry?

Jennifer: Of course. But it's over now. I have asked the Terminator about his services. Next time I may seek for his help myself.

Angelina: Yeah, I am thinking about this, too. Recently, I feel like ending my quick fling with Brad…

Jennifer: You what? You and Brad?

Angelina: No, don't be mistaken. It's not your Brad. It's B-r-e-a-d, Bread. He doesn't seem to like my enthusiasm for charity. And I think it's time to get rid of him….

 

Wordbank：

separation (n) 分手，分居，分離	dumpee (n) 被拋棄的人（但不指垃圾）
sepcialist (n) 專家	jilt (v) 拋棄情人（但不用於丟垃圾）
courtesy (n) 禮貌	callous (adj) 冷酷無情的
relationship (n) 戀愛關係	Band-Aid (n) OK繃，亦為品牌名
terminator (n) 終結者	rip off (v) 扯掉
off-guard (adv) 無預警地，未提防的	jiffy (n) 瞬間
dump (v) 拋棄 （垃圾與舊情人）	neutral (adj) 中立的
heartrending (adj) 令人心碎的	fling (n) 隨意的嘗試 ，一時的放縱

 

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