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💐馬雲教會我們的7個人生經驗 💐
1. Look far and wide for opportunity.到處挖掘機會
Ma categorizes those who fail as often being myopic to opportunity. Look across the professional and financial landscape with a broad lens first, considering all possibilities. Then, bend down to dig under every rock and in every nook and cranny for potential opportunities.
馬雲認為那些失敗的人通常都是因為沒有看到機遇。要用廣闊的視角來看待行業和金融，考慮一切的可能性。彎下腰從每塊岩石上的每一個角落、每一條縫隙中尋找潛在的機會。

2. Treat every opportunity as an open door.把每一個機會都看成一扇敞開的大門
No chance is too small, too menial. When something lies before you, seize it. Grasp it with all of your strength, work this opportunity with all of your heart. Bring everything that you are to bear on this task. Do not treat anything as small if you want large results.
機會無所謂大小，無所謂卑微與否。有機會擺在你面前的時候就要抓住。用你所有的力量將其抓住，全心全意為此工作。承擔起一切。如果你想要有一個很不錯的結果就不要把一切都看得微不足道

3. Seek understanding.尋求瞭解
Work to understand both your current position and the position to which you aspire. What, exactly, are you working for? Why? What will it take to get you to where you want to go?
努力瞭解你目前的職務和你期望中的職務。準確說你現在的工作內容是什麼？為什麼幹這個？這會給你想要去的地方帶來些什麼？

4. See beyond your circumstances.看看你周圍以外的環境
No matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start.
不管先進情況如何，你在哪裡如何長大，或者你感覺自己缺乏哪種教育，你都可以選擇努力獲得成功。精神、毅力比你的起點更重要。

5. Channel your ambition.明確你的抱負

✨ 突破聽力音變，快速提升托福分數 ✨

聽力內容中的音變是阻礙我們快速理解的一個很大障礙。在托福聽力的內容中，又會有幾種音變的情況呢?

一、Linking of Sounds 連讀現象
托福聽力部分語速非常快，聽起來很模糊。而實際上，這不單單是語速快慢問題，更重要的是諸如連讀、失爆、重音、弱化、縮讀等美音中常見的音變問題。
之所以稱之為連續，主要就是在讀音的過程中詞與詞之間的讀音會經常連在一起，發音時好象連成了一個較長的單詞。連讀有助於完整意義的表達，並使整句話具有強烈的粘著感，體現句子的整體性，充分展現美語語言的自然流暢。

cry 表情符號 “寶寶不開心”英文怎說？

心情不好，情緒低落，感覺整個人都陷入了低谷。這滿滿的負能量你卻只會用一個unhappy來形容？快來看看“寶寶不開心”的各種習語和俚語表達吧。

1. Heart sinks
小心臟往下一沉，可想而知有多傷心了。
My heart sank when I saw the amount of work waiting for me.
看到有那麼多工作等著我做，我很不開心。
2. Face like a wet week-end 
大好的週末時光，外面卻下起了雨，所有嗨皮計畫都泡湯，寶寶的不開心全寫在臉上了。
What's wrong with Pete? He's got a face like a wet week-end!
皮特咋啦？看起來鬱鬱寡歡的！
3. Bumming
Bummed out或 bummed 是一個口語表達，包含有“失望”、“傷心”的意思。Bumming則用來形容“不快的”。
I was really bummed out by the news.
聽到這個消息，我真的很難過。

🌈 托福兩大變化使其更科學：考試形式和分數分配 🌈

第一，托福考試評分的科學和客觀性。
在托福整個的體系演化當中，從早期的PBT到過度時期的CBT，再由CBT演化為現在為大家所熟知的iBT，ETS 中心一直秉承著"change"的理念。這種所謂的"改變"改變的是考試的形式，意指高新技術的應用；改變的是考試形式和分數分配，這一切都使得托福考試更加完善，同時也為整個托福考試在人性化和科學化的道路上做足了準備。

📖應該多讀書的12個理由📖

The more books you read, the better your life will be. If you don’t believe me, please consider these twelve compelling reasons to read more books.
你讀的書越多，你的生活就會越好。如果你不相信我的話，請考慮這十二個令人信服的理由多讀書。
💣1. You will optimize your brain power
多讀書會優化你的腦力
This shouldn’t come as a shock, but studies suggest reading makes you smart. Unlike watching television, which requires no thought process, reading is an active learning experience that will keep your mind sharp (even in old age).
這條理由應該在大家意料之中：研究表明閱讀使人變聰明。讀書不像看電視，看電視不需要有思維活動過程，閱讀是一個積極的學習體驗，會讓你的思維保持敏捷（即使到了老年思維也能保持敏捷）。
💣2. You will increase your odds of success
多讀書會增加你的成功幾率
The more books you read, the more knowledge you will have, the more strategies and resources your brain will store, the more likely you will succeed.
你讀的書越多，你的知識就會越多，你的大腦中會存儲的策略和資源就越多，你就越有可能成功。

🎏 鎖定信號詞，一招搞定托福閱讀 🎏

托福閱讀的文章一般都很長，細節眾多，其中事實細節題可以說是難度較大的題目之一，需要對文章的細節內容有很好的掌握。但事實細節題又是托福閱讀中所占比例較大的題型，時間緊、任務重，要如何拿下呢？

【鎖定信號詞-找到輻射區】
事實細節題建議大家採用“鎖定信號詞-找到輻射區”的方法來解答事實題，我們一起來瞭解一下這種方法：
細節題題目一般都會就文章中的一個名詞或者一項事實來提問，該名詞或事實就是“signpost word(s)”，即所謂的信號詞；托福閱讀的題目一般都會針對某一段提問，建議大家在確認了信號詞之後，回到對應段落，通過“scanning”及掃讀的方式，迅速定位到原文中的信號詞處，將信號詞上下幾句劃為輻射區進行研究，提高做題效率。

【例題練習】
一起來看例題，將這個方法應用到實戰中來吧。

● 題目
1. The period discussed in the passage is referred to as an “explosion” because it
A occurred 0.6 billion years ago, late in Earth's history
B was characterized by the unusually fast evolution of many new life-forms
C was characterized by widespread animal extinction
D was characterized by violent volcanic eruptions

👄科學家告訴你：為什麼接吻時會閉眼👄
Scientists reveal the REAL reason we can't look when we kiss

😻The real reason people close their eyes when they kiss is because the brain can't deal with more than two things at once.
接吻時閉眼的真正原因是大腦無法同時處理兩件以上的事。
That is the finding of academics who have explored one of the great mysteries of the human psyche.
探索人類心靈奧秘的學者們給出了這一結論。
When people pucker up the brain finds it difficult to process the sensation if cognitive power is also being used to analyse what we see, said psychologists from Royal Holloway, University of London.
倫敦大學皇家霍洛威學院的心理學家們表示，當人們撅起嘴唇接吻的時候，他們的大腦在這個過程中很難同時用於分析另外一個感官——視覺——看到了什麼。
'Tactile awareness depends on the level of perceptual load in a concurrent visual task,' said Polly Dalton and Sandra Murphy, from the university, in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
😻波莉•道爾頓和桑德拉•墨菲在《實驗心理學雜誌》上發表了一篇名為《人類感知與表現》的文章。文中寫道：“人們的觸覺感知取決於他們在同時發生的視覺感知中的感知負荷。”
The cognitive psychologists reached their conclusion without studying people actually kissing.
認知心理學家的此項研究沒有以真正接吻的人為研究物件。

九成老闆用Facebook篩應聘者 💻 💻 💻
Nine in ten bosses vet applicants on Facebook
　　
✤ Nine out of ten employers admit they always check social media before hiring applicants, it has been revealed.
調查顯示，九成雇主承認他們在決定聘用之前會先看看應聘者在社交網站上發的內容。
✤ Ninety-three percent use Facebook and Twitter ‘to keep tabs’ on potential candidates and to vet them pre-interview.
93%的雇主會通過Facebook和Twitter來關注潛在的雇員，並在面試前審查他們。
✤ But over half (55 percent) of recruiters have reconsidered appointing someone based on their social profile – with 61 percent of these U-turns due to ‘negative’ reasons.
超過半數（55%）的招聘人員表示，在流覽完應聘者的社交資料後，他們會重新考慮是否該招聘他們，而這種反轉有61%是因為在社交網站上看見了“負面”的內容。
✤ This includes spotting use of profanities, spelling and grammar mistakes, illegal drug references, sexual posts and mention of alcohol use.
其中包括看見說髒話，出現拼寫和語法錯誤，談及非法藥物和喝酒，發佈色情內容。
　　
✤ The findings were revealed by recruiting software company, Jobvite, which surveyed 1,855 human resources managers in industries including engineering, IT, marketing and sales.
研究的結果來自招聘軟體公司Jobvite，它調查了1855名來自工程、資訊技術、行銷等各個領域的人事經理。
✤ It comes as a separate survey of 2,000 14 to 25-year-olds by Barclay’s LifeSkills found that one in five (22 percent) admit to posting pictures from nights out.
另外一項由巴克萊公司的生活技能網站開展的對2000名14歲到24歲年輕人的獨立調查發現，五分之一（22%）的人承認曾把夜生活的照片發到網上。
✤ One in ten – 11 percent – regularly share photographs of themselves drinking.
其中十分之一（11%）的人會經常上傳他們喝酒的照片。
✤ This is despite the fact that 77 percent of young people are aware that potential employers are checking social media profiles before hiring.
儘管77%的年輕人知道潛在雇主會在聘用前查看他們的社交資料，他們仍我行我素。
✤ A quarter (24 percent) still have no privacy settings in place and a further one in ten (11 percent) are unsure if they are protected or not.
四分之一（24%）的人沒有隱私設置。此外還有超過一成（11%）的人不清楚自己有沒有隱私設置。
✤ LifeSkills was created by Barclays to help young people get the skills they need to enter the world of work.
巴克萊創立的生活技能網站旨在幫助年輕人獲取他們步入職場所需的技巧。
　　
✤ Kirstie Mackey, head of LifeSkills, said: ‘Employers are increasingly using social media to find out more about prospective candidates prior to meeting and making their hiring decisions.
生活技能網站總裁克裡斯提•麥基表示：“越來越多的雇主在面試和決定雇用前通過社交媒體來挖出潛在雇員的更多資訊。
✤ ‘In a competitive job market, it’s important to present yourself in the best possible way – both on and offline.
“在這個競爭激烈的就業市場，將你自己最完美的一面展示出來非常重要，不管是線上還是線下。”
✤ ‘You need to be shouting about positive experiences to boost your employability such as pinning top tweets demonstrating your achievements of which you are proud.’
“你得把你自己正面的經歷展示出來，來提升你被聘用的可能性，比如將你引以為傲的成就在推特上置頂。”
✤ She added that young people need to ‘spring clean’ their social media profiles.
她還補充道，年輕人得給自己的社交網站資料做一個“大掃除”。
✤ ‘It’s important to remember that what you do and say online could be seen by anyone and will be there forever,’ she said.
她說：“你得記住，你在網上的所做所言，任何人都能看見，而且會一直在那兒。
✤ ‘Decide which social networking sites you want to keep away from work and use privacy setting to ensure your New Year’s Eve party pictures don’t spoil your chances with potential employers.
“決定好哪些社交網站是要和工作隔絕的，在這些社交網站上做隱私設置，確保你新年前夜的派對狂歡照不會毀掉你潛在的工作機會。
✤ ‘Make sure you also remove/delete any social media profiles no longer in use. Just because you’re not updating your old Bebo and Myspace accounts doesn’t mean they no longer exist.’
“另外，還要確保自己刪掉那些已不再使用的社交帳戶的資料。你不再更新自己Bebo和Myspace帳戶的內容不代表以前的內容會消失。”
　　
【Vocabulary】
keep tabs on: 監視，密切注意
vet: 審查
profanity: 褻瀆；不敬的言語
spring clean: 大掃除
文章來源： http://goo.gl/BKrGbH

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【TRAFFIC交通】：road 路
　　
1. superhighway[͵supɚˋhaɪ͵we] n. 超級高速公路(= express highway ; expressway)
Superhighways are highways for fast driving, making industrial parks feasible on the edge of a city rather than in congested downtown areas.
　
2. turnpike [ˋtɝn͵paɪk] n. 公路；收費高速公路
A turnpike is an expressway, which people have to pay to drive on.
　
3. ramp [ræmp] n. 坡道
A ramp is a sloping, curved roadway leading from one level to another.
　
4. roadbed [ˋrod͵bɛd] n.路基
The foundation and surface of a road is called roadbed.

 托福閱讀句子插入題的一個本質和一個原則 ♨

在托福閱讀備考的過程中，除了對單詞，長難句分析以及學術背景進行補充之外，10種托福閱讀的基本題型也是大家準備的重點。

PART1：一個本質---插入句是一句“可有可無”的話。
本題的出題位置一般處於倒數第二題的位置，並且用來出題的段落是大家應該在前面的題目中已經見到過，而之前的題目和文章既然大家理解起來沒有出現大的障礙，就說明插入進來的句子是----一句可有可無的話。這就要從兩個方面來理解了。

○何為“可有”？

既然插入句能放進原文中去，就說明它和原文是有一定關係的，所以叫“可有”，這也就意味著，插入句的部分含義是在原文中有所重複的。所以我們的重點是回到文中找那部分被重複的句意。例如：

Watt’s steam engine soon showed what it could do。 It liberated industry from dependence on running water。 The engine eliminated water in the mines by driving efficient pumps， which made possible deeper and deeper mining。 The ready availability of coal inspired William Murdoch during the 1790s to develop the first new form of nighttime illumination to be discovered in a millennium and a half。 Coal gas rivaled smoky oil lamps and flickering candles， and early in the new century， well-to-do Londoners grew accustomed to gaslight houses and even streets。 Iron manufacturers， which had starved for fuel while depending on charcoal， also benefited from ever-increasing supplies of coal： blast furnaces with steam-powered bellows turned out more iron and steel for the new machinery.Steam became the motive force of the Industrial Revolution as coal and iron ore were the raw materials。

（TPO6-Powering the Industrial Revolution）

Look at the four squares [] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage。

The factories did not have to go to the streams when power could come to the factories。

Where would the sentence best fit？

在上題 中，“liberated industry from dependence on running water”和 “The factories did not have to go to the streams”句意便發生了重合。所以我們可以確定，文中第二句話的前後應該是我們可以選擇的範圍。

○何為“可無”？

這個便是經常被大家忽略的 地方。既然這句話，可以省略，那麼這個插入句究竟要符合什麼特點呢？還是以上題為例，我們發現 “liberated industry from dependence on running water”和 “The factories did not have to go to the streams”句意發生了重合，那究竟應該把插入句放在第二個還是第三個呢？這時就需要分情況討論了：

 
🍰🍰🍰 好想吃”甜的”拉麵喔 🍰🍰🍰

Ice cream ramen - algae jelly 'noodles' sitting in a 'soup' made from condensed milk - is one of the wackiest Instagram food trends yet.
冰淇淋拉面是目前Instagram上流行的奇怪食物之一，它是用海藻膠做成“麵條”搭配煉乳制作的湯。

 
10個足球短語幫你暢行職場
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
1. To keep one's eye on (or to take one's eye off) the ball – to keep (or fail) to keep one's focus on a particular matter 盯著球(或者沒有盯著球)——把重點(或者沒有把重點)放在某件事上

Ex: “In this business if you want to be successful, you need to keep your eye on the ball”.

例句：如果你想在這單生意上成功，你需要集中註意力。

2. To know the score – to know the essential facts of the situation 知道比分——了解重要的事實和情況

EX: “I was going to bring Jane up to date with the situation but she already knows the score”.

例句：“我本來要告訴簡最新的情況，但是她已經知道了。”

3. A game changer – an event or procedure that could have a dramatic effect on the current policy or thinking 改變比賽形勢的人或行為——能對目前的政策或者是想法產生重大影響的事情或者步驟

Ex: This new contract with The States could be a real game changer for our business.

例句：和美國的新合同可能對我們的業務產生決定性改變。

4. To blow the whistle on someone – to expose an illegal activity and the person(s) responsible within an organization (A Whistle-Blower – Noun) (裁判)吹哨提醒有人犯規——揭露組織內某人的不法行為(名詞：A Whistle-Blower 檢舉者)

Ex: “She was fed up with the way things were going and decided to blow the whistle on the company's illegal activities”

例句：“她受夠了這裏的辦事方式，決定告發公司的不法行為。”

5. League – a class or category of excellence and quality (足球)聯賽——高質量和品質的代表