美國的體育選拔機制集中與高中和大學,孩子從小就會參加棒球社區聯賽Baseball Little League,女生踢足球Soccer,高中之後很多表現出體育天賦的年輕人開始有目的的向職業聯盟努力. 這些聯盟包括, NFL(National Football League)國家橄欖球聯盟, MLB(Major League Baseball)美國職棒大聯盟, NHL(National Hockey League),以及我們很熟悉的NBA(National Basketball Association)。
2015新字 英國牛津英語字典加入2015新字,包括近年很流行的Twerking(跳扭臀舞),引發爭議。學者認為,Twerking不算新字,早在19世紀初已出現。據悉,早在1820年就有人把這個詞語拼寫“twirk”,到了1901年時改成“twerk”,並開始廣泛使用。這個字形容扭動身體的動作或是抽搐。新版牛津英語詞典解釋“Twerking”為“一種含有性挑逗意味的舞蹈、扭動臀部的動作。” 其他新收錄的生字和流行用語,包括 fo shizzle(for sure的變體,即肯定的意思)、twitterati( 推特愛用者)、slacktivism(懶人行動主義)這個字是 slacker(懶人)+ activism(行動主義)、FLOTUS(First Lady of the United States的英文縮寫,即美國第一夫人)、“Webisode”(網絡劇)、e-cigarette(電子煙)、photobomb(拍照時搶鏡頭)等。
① Thank you for contacting us。
分析:如果有人寫信來詢問公司的服務,就可以使用這句句子開頭。向他們對公司的興趣表示感謝。
② Thank you for your prompt reply。
分析:當一個客戶或是同事很快就回復了你的郵件,一定記得要感謝他們。如果回復並不及時,只要將“prompt”除去即可,你還可以說,“Thank you for getting back to me。”
③ Thank you for providing the requested information。
分析:如果你詢問某人一些資訊,他們花了點時間才發送給你,那就用這句句子表示你仍然對他們的付出表示感激。
④ Thank you for all your assistance。
分析:如果有人給了你特別的幫助,那一定要感謝他們!如果你想對他們表示特別的感激,就用這個句子,“I truly appreciate …your help in resolving the problem。”
⑤ Thank you raising your concerns。
分析:就算某個客戶或是經理寫郵件給你對你的工作提出了一定的質疑,你還是要感謝他們。這樣你能表現出你對他們的認真態度表示尊重及感激。同時,你也可以使用,“Thank you for your feedback。”
‽‽‽ 美國麥當勞250人“接力買單”傳溫暖 ‽‽‽ 250 Drive-Thru Customers Pay It Forward At McDonald's ✂In Florida, one McDonald's customer started a pay-it-forward chain that inspired other 249 customers to be generous and do the same. 在美國弗羅里達的一家麥當勞餐廳,一位顧客開啟了一場“買單接力”,引發另外249人也參與到這個慷慨行動中來。 ✂ABC News reports the spirit of giving is in the air as 250 drive-thru customers at a local McDonald's paid for the meals of the people next to them. Lakeland customer Torie Keene was paying for her food on Wednesday morning when she decided to pay for the meal of the car next to her. 據美國廣播公司新聞頻道報導,在當地一家麥當勞,共有250位顧客在得來速窗口點餐時,為下一位顧客買了單,這種慷慨給予的精神迅速傳播開來。事情是這樣的,週三早上,萊克蘭的托麗·基恩在結帳時一時興起,決定把下一位顧客的錢也付了。 ✂Keene then purposely told McDonald's cashier Marisabel Figueroa to greet the other customer "Merry Christmas" and not "Happy Holidays." The next customer was moved when Figueroa said her food was already paid by the previous car. That's when she thought that she would love to do the same and the domino effect followed. 基恩還特意囑咐收銀員瑪麗莎布林·費古洛,讓她跟下一位顧客說“聖誕快樂”,而不是“節日快樂”。下一位顧客得知好心人幫她付錢後大受感動,所以也效仿這一做法。多米諾效應就這樣開始了。 ✂"It kept going and going" Figueroa told ABC news. "After the 15th car I started tally marking the number of people that were participating on a piece of paper," she said. 費古洛告訴記者:“就這樣大家一直在為下一位顧客買單。在第15輛車後,我開始在紙上記錄參與者的人數。” ✂Figueroa, who worked from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, said that the chain reaction almost lasted for her entire shift. "I just kept giving everyone the same message, and they were all so stunned and so happy," she continued. "One lady even paid for the meals of the next three cars behind her." 費古洛的上班時間是當天上午9點到下午3點。她說這一買單接力幾乎持續了她整個值班時間。她說:“我跟每個人說同樣的話,他們都特別驚訝和開心。一位女士甚至為後面三位顧客都付了錢。” ✂While people were amazed by how generous they could get, Figueroa said she had "never experienced something like that before" in her 12 years of working for McDonald's. 大家都對這種慷慨行為感到驚訝。費古洛說,她在麥當勞工作了12年,“之前從沒遇到過這種事兒。” ✂"I feel very blessed to have been a part of all that," the cashier said. 這位收銀員說:“我覺得自己很幸運能經歷這一切。” ✂Keene contacted Figueroa on Facebook when the pay-it-forward chain came out in the local news. She revealed that she was the "mystery customer" that started the long chain of kindness. 這條新聞被報導後,基恩在臉書上聯繫了費古洛。基恩稱自己就是第一個為下一位顧客買單的“神秘顧客”。 ✂Keene added that she was surprised by the number of people who continued her good deed when she was "only trying to brighten someone's day." 基恩表示,她當時只是想讓某個人當天能有個好心情,沒想到竟然有這麼多人將她的善舉接力了下去。 【Vocabulary】 ◆ domino effect:多米諾骨牌效應 ◆ tally mark:計數 文章來源:http://goo.gl/RK62xB