My brother’s @adamdidam version of Tomyum Fried Rice or Nasi Goreng Tomyam 😍
Several years ago, on a beautiful evening in Istanbul, I shared the most delicious Nasi Goreng Tomyam with my brother. I had an invitation to speak at a university there, so I flew to Istanbul straight from England. Adam was on his annual leave from Petronas and wanted to join me. He flew all the way from Malaysia along with Mummy, and the three of us met in Istanbul.
Mummy cooked Nasi Goreng Tomyam at home and brought it along with her. And on that first evening in Istanbul, the three of us shared the super special fried rice together! Mummy had it in a bowl, while Adam and I ate from the same container! As we were eating, I saw a big juicy prawn. I knew it’s Adam’s favourite! I tried to avoid eye contact with him, but oh well, I just couldn’t help it. When I turned to him, he gave me that adorable look like Puss in Boots in Shrek! Okayyy...I gave the prawn to him. He quickly took it and cut the prawn in two. He took half, and (not to my surprise) he put the other half on my spoon. My irreplaceable brother...
That evening, Adam and I had the best Nasi Goreng Tomyam in the world! And today, many many evenings later, I still can feel the moment. The juiciness of the prawn. The spicy and sour flavour of the fried rice. The aromatic smell of lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal. SubhanAllah! My brother and I have shared so many beautiful memories together, and this one is my favourites ♥️
With love,
Adam’s Eldest Sister @drauntie.uk
#SundayWithAdam
p/s: Watch @adamdidam’s Tom Yum Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng Tomyam) video recipe compilation on our YouTube channel ‘THE FAMILY UK’ (link ⤵️ below)
https://youtu.be/1QjQ8QQCiLE
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【#只談語言不論政治】英國Brexit專員David Davis向BBC解釋辭職原因
英國政壇大地震,現有Brexit secretary(脫歐事務大臣)David Davis昨天辭職,今日到Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson。
好多花生,也好多學英文的機會。
蕭叔叔
閱讀材料一《David Davis辭職公開信》
Dear Prime Minister
As you know there have been a significant number of occasions in the last year or so on which I have disagreed with the Number 10 policy line, ranging from accepting the Commission's sequencing of negotiations through to the language on Northern Ireland in the December Joint Report. At each stage I have accepted collective responsibility because it is part of my task to find workable compromises, and because I considered it was still possible to deliver on the mandate of the referendum, and on our manifesto commitment to leave the Customs Union and the Single Market.
I am afraid that I think the current trend of policy and tactics is making that look less and less likely. Whether it is the progressive dilution of what I thought was a firm Chequers agreement in February on right to diverge, or the unnecessary delays of the start of the White Paper, or the presentation of a backstop proposal that omitted the strict conditions that I requested and believed that we had agreed, the general direction of policy will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one.
The Cabinet decision on Friday crystallised this problem. In my view the inevitable consequence of the proposed policies will be to make the supposed control by Parliament illusory rather than real. As I said at Cabinet, the "common rule book" policy hands control of large swathes of our economy to the EU and is certainly not returning control of our laws in any real sense.
I am also unpersuaded that our negotiating approach will not just lead to further demands for concessions.
Of course this is a complex area of judgement and it is possible that you are right and I am wrong. However, even in that event it seems to me that the national interest requires a Secretary of State in my Department that is an enthusiastic believer in your approach, and not merely a reluctant conscript. While I have been grateful to you for the opportunity to serve, it is with great regret that I tender my resignation from the Cabinet with immediate effect.
Yours ever
David Davis
閱讀材料二:《首相Theresa May公開回信》
Dear David
Thank you for your letter explaining your decision to resign as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
I am sorry that you have chosen to leave the Government when we have already made so much progress towards delivering a smooth and successful Brexit, and when we are only eight months from the date set in law when the United Kingdom will leave the European Union.
At Chequers on Friday, we as the Cabinet agreed a comprehensive and detailed proposal which provides a precise, responsible, and credible basis for progressing our negotiations towards a new relationship between the UK and the EU after we leave in March. We set out how we will deliver on the result of the referendum and the commitments we made in our manifesto for the 2017 general election:
1. Leaving the EU on 29 March 2019.
2. Ending free movement and taking back control of our borders.
3. No more sending vast sums of money each year to the EU.
4. A new business-friendly customs model with freedom to strike new trade deals around the world.
5. A UK-EU free trade area with a common rulebook for industrial goods and agricultural products which will be good for jobs.
6. A commitment to maintain high standards on consumer and employment rights and the environment.
7. A Parliamentary lock on all new rules and regulations.
8. Leaving the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy.
9. Restoring the supremacy of British courts by ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK.
10. No hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, or between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
11. Continued, close co-operation on security to keep our people safe.
12. An independent foreign and defence policy, working closely with the EU and other allies.
This is consistent with the mandate of the referendum and with the commitments we laid out in our general election manifesto: leaving the single market and the customs union but seeking a deep and special partnership including a comprehensive free trade and customs agreement; ending the vast annual contributions to the EU; and pursuing fair, orderly negotiations, minimising disruption and giving as much certainty as possible so both sides benefit.
As we said in our manifesto, we believe it is necessary to agree the terms of our future partnership alongside our withdrawal, reaching agreement on both within the two years allowed by Article 50.
I have always agreed with you that these two must go alongside one another, but if we are to get sufficient detail about our future partnership, we need to act now. We have made a significant move: it is for the EU now to respond in the same spirit.
I do not agree with your characterisation of the policy we agreed at Cabinet on Friday.
Parliament will decide whether or not to back the deal the Government negotiates, but that deal will undoubtedly mean the returning of powers from Brussels to the United Kingdom.
The direct effect of EU law will end when we leave the EU. Where the UK chooses to apply a common rulebook, each rule will have to be agreed by Parliament.
Choosing not to sign up to certain rules would lead to consequences for market access, security co-operation or the frictionless border, but that decision will rest with our sovereign Parliament, which will have a lock on whether to incorporate those rules into the UK legal order.
I am sorry that the Government will not have the benefit of your continued expertise and counsel as we secure this deal and complete the process of leaving the EU, but I would like to thank you warmly for everything you have done over the past two years as Secretary of State to shape our departure from the EU, and the new role the UK will forge on the world stage as an independent, self-governing nation once again.
You returned to Government after nineteen years to lead an entirely new Department responsible for a vital, complex, and unprecedented task.
You have helped to steer through Parliament some of the most important legislation for generations, including the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which received Royal Assent last week.
These landmark Acts, and what they will do, stand as testament to your work and our commitment to honouring the result of the referendum.
Yours sincerely,
Theresa May
#迷上英式英文
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[時事英文] 同學!準備好要學習新的詞彙跟國際要聞了嗎? 來看看這週老師幫同學編寫的時事英文。以下所有頭條新聞的詞彙摘要跟完整文章的連結老師都幫同學整理好了。希望同學多多利用這些資源學習英文,更加了解世界,掌握國內外時事脈動!
3.16.2017 World News: https://goo.gl/L6SYK9
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1. Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysia and North Korea in tit-for-tat exit bans
ban from… 禁止進入…
growing (diplomatic) row 擴大的(外交)紛爭
tit-for-tat 以牙還牙
ongoing investigation 正在進行的調查
“North Korea and Malaysia have banned each other's citizens from leaving their countries, in a growing row over the killing of Kim Jong-nam. The extraordinary tit-for-tat actions come amid North Korean fury at Malaysia's ongoing investigation into his death at a Kuala Lumpur airport.”
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39189381
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2. THAAD: US begins deploying missile defence system in South Korea
Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) 終端高空防御飛彈
defense system* 防禦系統
deploy a missile defence systematically 部署導彈防禦系統
bolster its ability 加強其能力
ballistic missiles 彈道飛彈; 通常沒有翼,在燒完燃料後只能保持預定的航向,不可改變,其後的航向由彈道學法則支配。
provocative behavior 挑釁行為
stand with its allies 與盟友站在同一線
“The United States is deploying an advanced anti-missile defense system to South Korea as part of steps to bolster its ability to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles, the White House said on Monday. North Korea's launching of four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan's northwest earlier on Monday is consistent with its history of "provocative behavior" and the United States stands with its allies against the threat, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-white-house-idUSKBN16D2EQ?il=0
*http://grammarist.com/spelling/defence-defense/
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3. China's Annual National People's Congress meeting begins
in the spotlight 成為關注焦點
maneuver a difficult transition 操縱艱難的轉型
manufacturing and exports 製造和出口業
service sector 服務業
China, the world's second-largest economy, is in the spotlight as the government works to maneuver a difficult transition, moving away from growth led by manufacturing and exports, and toward the services sectors.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/05/chinas-national-peoples-congress-kicks-of-with-weakened-politically-minded-growth-target.html
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4. Donald Trump to sign new travel ban executive order 'excluding Iraq'
executive order 行政命令
ban travel 禁令旅行
be blocked by…被…阻止
blacklisted countries 列入黑名單的國家
block entry 阻止入境
Donald Trump is poised to sign a new executive order banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries, according to a senior White House source.
The new order, replacing an earlier version that was blocked by federal judges, will exclude Iraq from the blacklisted countries, but continues to block entry to the US for citizens of Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya and Yemen.
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-travel-ban-muslim-executive-order-sign-iraq-refugees-immigration-restriction-a7613486.html
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5. Syrian children in state of 'toxic stress', Save the Children says
state of “toxic stress”「有毒壓力」的狀態
prolonged exposure 長時間暴露
horror of war 戰爭的恐怖
become irreversible 成為不可逆轉的
immediate help 即時的幫助
Millions of Syrian children could be living in a state of "toxic stress" due to prolonged exposure to the horrors of war, aid group Save the Children says. The damage to an entire generation of children could soon become irreversible without immediate help, it adds.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39188402
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6. Four drug suspects killed as Philippine police resume drugs war operations
resume 再繼續,重新開始
drug war operation 毒品戰爭行動
relaunch 重新發動
Philippine police killed four suspected drug dealers in three separate incidents on Tuesday, a provincial police commander said, just hours after a relaunch of anti-drugs operations that the national police chief said he hoped would be "less bloody".
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-philippines-drugs-idUKKBN16E0HY
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7. Brexit: UK public overwhelmingly oppose Theresa May's plan to leave EU with no deal in place, new poll reveals
overwhelmingly oppose 壓倒性的反對
no deal in place 沒有達成協議
poll reveals 民意調查顯示
dare to… 敢於…
reject the terms 拒絕條件、條款
Britons overwhelmingly oppose Theresa May’s plan to quit the EU with no deal in place if Parliament dares to reject the terms she agrees with Brussels, an exclusive poll has revealed.
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-news-theresa-may-plan-leave-eu-no-plan-uk-public-oppose-prime-minister-a7614526.html
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時事英文新聞 (Breaking News): http://goo.gl/3EnOO6
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My brother’s @adamdidam version of Tomyum Fried Rice or Nasi Goreng Tomyam ?
Several years ago, on a beautiful evening in Istanbul, I shared the most delicious Nasi Goreng Tomyam with my brother. I had an invitation to speak at a university there, so I flew to Istanbul straight from England. Adam was on his annual leave from Petronas and wanted to join me. He flew all the way from Malaysia along with Mummy, and the three of us met in Istanbul.
Mummy cooked Nasi Goreng Tomyam at home and brought it along with her. And on that first evening in Istanbul, the three of us shared the super special fried rice together! Mummy had it in a bowl, while Adam and I ate from the same container! As we were eating, I saw a big juicy prawn. I knew it’s Adam’s favourite! I tried to avoid eye contact with him, but oh well, I just couldn’t help it. When I turned to him, he gave me that adorable look like Puss in Boots in Shrek! Okayyy...I gave the prawn to him. He quickly took it and cut the prawn in two. He took half, and (not to my surprise) he put the other half on my spoon. My irreplaceable brother...
That evening, Adam and I had the best Nasi Goreng Tomyam in the world! And today, many many evenings later, I still can feel the moment. The juiciness of the prawn. The spicy and sour flavour of the fried rice. The aromatic smell of lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal. SubhanAllah! My brother and I have shared so many beautiful memories together, and this one is my favourites ♥️
With love,
Adam’s Eldest Sister @drauntie.uk
#SundayWithAdam
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