關於 noting意思 ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

＃期待新課上架 ＃NOV26
【condition、situation、circumstances 都背「狀況」，是要怎麼用勒？】

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大概不會有人反對，「背單字」是在學任何語言當中，極為重要的一環。但有越來越多人發現，「背了英文單字，講得出中文意思、在選擇題中也選得出來」不等於「在口說、寫作當中能正確用出來」。

在學習時，我們應該要將單字分 2 大類。

第 1️⃣ 類：「大概講得出來高頻定義」就好的單字
這樣的單字，延伸相關的「用法」其實也不多。例子像是：ambiguous (模稜兩可的)、complacent (自滿的)。可能發音也知道怎麼發、有一點英文基礎，就能講出：

The rule is ambiguous.（這個規則很不清楚）
Don’t be complacent.（不要自滿）

背這類單字，不會讓你感覺口說、寫作有很大的突破。

第 2️⃣ 類：沒記好用法的「高頻」單字，也是母語人士每天都在用的單字。你可能早知道意思，但不見得會正確使用。

根據牛津大學應用語言學研究以及眾多的 Podcasts 語料分析，母語人士在口說、寫作時，有近 7 成的內容，都可被分類成 8 種模組化的表達。

如果真是這樣，應該怎麼重新看待英文學習呢？給你兩個簡單的例子！

【Example 1】

學 face 的定義是「臉」完全不夠。因為你還要知道：
in the face of setbacks 在面對挫敗時（句中慣用）

如此一來要表達「在面對挫敗時不要放棄」，你才能輕鬆拼湊：
Don’t quit in the face of setbacks.

【Example 2】

在口說當中常出現的一種公式叫「慣用句頭」。這些句頭，能讓我們輕鬆開口，不用每次開口前都要先「中翻英」、「卡東卡西」。

與其學「worth (a.) 值得的」，你倒不如記憶
It is worth mentioning / noting / pointing out that…（值得提及的是）

與其學「downside (n.) 缺點」，你倒不如學習
What’s the downside to N…（～的缺點是什麼？）

與其學「circumstances (n.) 情況」，你倒不如學習
There are some circumstances where S + V（會有些時候～）

與其學「odds (n.) 機率」，你倒不如學習
The odds are that S + V（很有可能～）

在這兩個例子中，你是否也窺見了模組化表達的力量呢？

在我這次與好學校 (Hahow) 合作的線上課程，我會教你如何整理出 #3D英文筆記，用 #模組化 的方式分析各式各樣的 #語料、也帶你實際用語料在各式場景（conference call、 email、日常生活聊天）中，用 8 種模組快速組裝出連老外都覺得道地的英文喔！

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📘【Ken的高頻單字筆記 I】
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📰 今天我們來讀讀【華爾街日報】
🖐🏽 五分鐘來關心國際時事 — 墨西哥治安 🇲🇽

📰 Mexico Reports Slight Decline in 2019 Homicides
Nation’s murder rate remained at highest level in decades despite fall in number of killings

MEXICO CITY—Mexico registered 209 fewer homicides in 2019 than a year earlier, the first decline in five years, though the murder rate remained at its highest level in decades, the National Statistics Institute said Wednesday.

📌 這篇文章討論墨西哥 (Mexico) 的殺人罪 (homicide) 數字的微小下降(slight decline)。nation是國家的意思，在這裡是指墨西哥，這是常用修辭方法之一。作者也用同義詞提高文章的可讀性： homicide vs murder vs killing。

The country registered 36,476 homicides last year, down from 36,685 in 2018, according to preliminary data based on death certificates. The homicide rate was unchanged from 2018 at 29 per 100,000 inhabitants, the highest level on records stretching back 30 years.

📌 這段交代有關數據，register (登記)、down from (從...下降)、according to preliminary data (根據初步資料) 和 unchanged (不變的)是常見用語。

“The important thing is that the government doesn’t rest on its laurels by saying we’ve slowed the rise in homicides,” said Cassius Wilkinson, a security analyst at political-risk consultancy Empra. “A plateau at historic highs still isn’t good for Mexico’s public security.”

📌 這段引述一位保安分析員 (security analyst) 的意見。rest on one’s laurels (不求進步) 是道地用語。plateau的原意是高原，在這裡引申指有關數字維持於高位不降。

Monthly police reports for 2020 show that homicides were up 1.5% in the first eight months of this year from a year earlier, although the numbers have been overshadowed by more than 74,000 deaths of people infected with the coronavirus.

The drop in the preliminary number of homicides for 2019 will likely become a small increase when final data are released at the end of October, said security analyst Alejandro Hope. “The good news is that it’s not growing, the bad news is that it’s not falling,” he added.

📌 這兩段繼續分析有關數字的走勢。overshadowed by (因為...失色的) 是生動的用語。preliminary 跟 final 是異義詞，the good news is that…the bad news is that… 是平行結構，也是很好的修辭方式。

Lowering the level of violence, much of it by organized-crime groups, is among the main concerns of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador whose strategy has been to reduce direct confrontation between security forces and heavily armed criminal gangs.

Since taking office at the end of 2018, Mr. López Obrador has disbanded the Federal Police and replaced it with a National Guard drawn mostly from the ranks of army and naval police. The National Guard has close to 100,000 members, and is expected to increase to 140,000.

📌 這兩段介紹墨西哥總統其中一項主要關注 (main concern) 就是降低暴力的水平 (lower the level of violence)。他的策略 (strategy) 是減少保安部隊 (security forces) 和犯罪集團 (criminal gang) 之間的直接對抗 (direct confrontation)。

Homicide rates last year fell in 15 of the country’s 32 states, including Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo—home to tourism hubs Los Cabos and Cancún—and Mexico City.

Among the most violent states was Guanajuato in central Mexico, which has been the site of fighting between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a gang of fuel thieves called the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel. Authorities arrested José Antonio Yépez, the alleged head of the fuel theft gang, in early August.

While violence increased in Guanajuato, the homicide rate fell last year in neighboring Jalisco state. The number of murders could be masked by an increase in forced disappearances in the state as the Jalisco cartel consolidates its control of the area, said Mr. Wilkinson.

“A lot of the states that lead the rankings are leading for different reasons,” he added, noting increased killings in northern states such as Sonora and Chihuahua. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the 2020 numbers are much higher.”

📌 這四段詳細分析墨西哥不同州的殺人罪率 (homicide rate)去年的情況。the rankings的意思就是排名。在旅游樞紐 (tourism hub)的州殺人罪率下降，個別州份因爲幫派的打鬥變得最暴力的。

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看到紐約時報這標題，精神都來了
#作息破壞者 浩爾 解析大仁哥專文

Taiwan’s Weapon Against Coronavirus: An Epidemiologist as Vice President
台灣對抗武漢肺炎的武器：流行病學家副總統

這句話，帥：

 “Evidence is more important than playing politics,” he said in a recent interview in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei.
「實證比玩政治來得重要。」他近期在台灣的首都台北受訪表示。

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人物側寫這樣寫

Mr. Chen, 68, with his frizzy gray hair and a toothy smile, is known affectionately in Taiwan as “elder brother,” and many people credit him with helping the island avoid the large-scale infections and deaths from the coronavirus that have overwhelmed many countries.

好可惜竟然沒有寫他是聖墓騎士
大家都認識大仁哥，這段我就不翻譯
選幾個有意思的表達方式：

frizzy gray hair 捲捲灰髮
toothy smile 露多齒的微笑
credit him with 歸功他

He has embraced his rare dual role, using his political authority to criticize China for initially trying to conceal the virus even as the scientist in him hunkers down to analyze trends in transmission.
他擁抱自己罕見的雙重角色，一面是運用政治權威（官員身份）抨擊中國初期試圖隱匿病毒，一面則是科學家身份投身分析病毒傳播趨勢

dual 雙重的
conceal 隱藏
hunker down 蹲下，在此我引伸翻譯為投身

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大仁哥の期許

Now Mr. Chen hopes Taiwan can play a leading role in helping the world recover from the virus and restart economic growth. He is overseeing efforts to develop a vaccine and produce tools like rapid coronavirus testing kits.
他期望台灣能扮演全球領導角色，幫助世界抗疫、康復，重振經濟成長。他監督著疫苗的研發，製造快篩組等工具。

recover from 康復
develop a vaccine 研發疫苗
rapid testing 快篩

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面對猛烈批評，他的風度如何？

“He wears the clothing of professionalism but deviates from the rigorous precision of science and blatantly speaks nonsense and fabricates rumors,” said a recent commentary by Xinhua, China’s official news agency. “The nature of it is particularly vicious.”
中國官媒新華社近期評論：「披著專業外衣，背離科學嚴謹，公然胡說造謠，性質尤為惡劣。」

Mr. Chen laughs at the criticism.
他笑了。

“China has to be focused more on Covid-19 control rather than politics,” he said.
回應：「中國務必專注控制疫情，勝於關注政治。」

讀到這，我笑了。

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很喜歡結尾

On May 20, Mr. Chen will step down as vice president. He plans to return to academia and says the coronavirus will be a focus of his research.
520，他即將卸任副總統。規劃將重返學界，且表示武漢肺炎將成他研究焦點。

academia 學術界
📝 補充：中研院的英文 Academia Sinica 是拉丁文，字面意思是中華學術院。拉丁文是後位修飾（形容詞放在名詞後面的意思，法文就有沿襲這項特色）

這段話很有智慧

“I pray to have the courage to change what we can change,” he said, noting the effort to produce better tests, drugs and vaccines. “We have to accept what we cannot change.”
「我祈禱能擁有勇氣改變我們能改變的事情」他說，意指努力產出更好的檢測、藥物以及疫苗。「我們必須接受我們無法改變的事情。」

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