關於 one look dictionary ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

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「ちょっと調べてくれる？」の自然な英語
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調べることを意味する英語表現は沢山ありますが、ネットや辞書を使ってサクッと何かを調べて欲しいと言いたい時、英語ではどのように表現するが自然でしょうか？
　
　
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Can you look it up?
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カジュアルな感じで「ちょっと調べてもらえる？」と言いたい場合によく使われる言い回しです。ResearchやSearchでも意味は通じますが、両者は研究者などが本格的に何かを調べたり、徹底的に何かを調べ上げるニュアンスがあるため、気軽に「調べる」を表現したいのであれば「Look up」を用いるといいでしょう。
　
✔「〜を調べる」→「Look ___ up / Look up ___」
　
✔日本語の「ググる」と同様、インターネットの検索エンジンで何か調べることを「Google it」と表現することもできる。ここではGoogleが動詞（調べる）の役割を果たす。
　
＜例文＞
　　
Can you look it up online?
（ネットで調べてくれますか？）
　
You should look that word up in the dictionary.
（その単語、辞書で調べたらどうですか。）
　
Let me look him up on Facebook.
（彼のことをフェイスブックで調べてみます。）
　
You should Google it. I'm sure you'll find it right away.
（ググったらすぐに見つかると思いますよ。）
　
〜会話例１〜

A: Can you look up the directions on your phone?
（携帯で行き方を調べてくれる？）

B: Sure. Give me one second.
（うん。ちょっと待ってね。）
　
〜会話例２〜

A: Do you think that restaurant is still open?
（あのレストラン、まだ開いてるかな？）

B: Hmm, let me Google it. What's the name of the place again?
（う〜ん。ちょっとググってみるわ。なんちゅう名前やったっけ？）
　
　
　
　
　
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[翻轉視界 1] Humans of Taipei

同學們，如同之前在 Developing Empathy (https://bit.ly/34qSKnC) 一文所提到的，我決定在我們的粉專上發起一個全新的系列：翻轉視界(Changing Perspectives)。為了協助學生發展同理這一重要能力，我會分享來自世界各地的人們的故事，在文章中提供關鍵詞、翻譯並提出相關的批判性問題，以期能幫助各位從不同的角度解讀世界！

希望你可以通過閱讀來發展同理，通過理解以及與他人合作，將同理應用到生活中來取得成功。本日，來自Humans of Taipei 與台灣社區實踐協會的生命故事，為翻轉視界系列揭開帷幕。

原文及圖片授權來自於Humans of Taipei。

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不要看我這樣，我年輕的時候也是一枝花，不但很多人追，做證券交易還賺了不少錢。我們那個年代，錢很好賺，一、兩百萬都不看在眼底，所以一直以來，我都覺得想抄捷徑。

Don’t look down on me. I was beautiful once. Not only was I pursued by many, I made quite a bit trading securities. At the time, money came easily. One, two million was nothing, so I always wanted to take shortcuts.

1. look down on sb 看不起，小看，蔑視
2. trade securities 證券交易
3. take shortcuts 抄捷徑

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我年輕的時候，台灣經濟正起飛，我去證券公司上班，因為長得漂亮，主管很喜歡帶我去跟大老闆們吃飯。那時候每個月應該都有賺到十萬吧？有時候老闆的肉屑分下來，隨便也是幾百萬。那時候覺得錢很好賺，沒存什麼錢，而且我媽迷上賭博，一直跟我要錢，所以我身上都沒什麼錢。

When I was young, Taiwan’s economy was just taking off. I worked at a securities firm, and because of my looks, my boss often took me to dine with big bosses. I made at least a hundred grand each month, and when my boss split the profits, it was an easy few extra mils for me. I felt money came without effort, so I hardly bothered to save. Also, my mother was addicted to gambling and constantly asked for money. So, I never had much on me.

4. take off 起飛；突然獲得成功
5. a securities firm 證券公司*
6. grand 一千
7. splits profits 分紅
8. few mils = few millions 幾百萬
9. addict to 沉迷於

*firm: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/firm

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我媽和原生家庭感情不好，所以早婚，但婚姻只維持了幾年。不知道是不是複製媽媽的路，我在22歲那年第一次結婚，婚姻維持不到三年。那時候我要照顧兩個孩子跟我媽，我媽還會用照顧小孩來勒索我，不斷跟我要錢去賭博，沒多久我就彈盡糧絕，孩子的爸把孩子接走；我也辭掉證券工作，去百貨公司當櫃姊。

My mother had a poor relationship with her parents, so she got married just to leave the household as soon as possible. Unfortunately, her marriage lasted only a few years. I’m not sure whether I followed her path. I also got married young, at the age of 22, and the marriage did not last past three years.

I took care of my two children and mother at the time. My mother would even use my kids to blackmail me for gambling money. I soon ran out of funds, so the father of my children came and took them away. I left my job at the securities firm and became a salesclerk at a department store.

10. lead sb on 誤導某人
11. blackmail (v.) 勒索
12. salesclerk 店員

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我說少年得志大不幸，過去賺錢太容易，所以我沒什麼金錢觀念，有多少就花多少。沒工作之後越來越宅，我會在網路上寫故事，老是想著有天東山再起，跟社會卻越來越脫節。存款用完後，開始付不出房租，還曾經被斷電。後來，我就跟社區的年輕社工借錢。

I always say it’s a great misfortune to be successful at such a young age. It was so easy for me to make money in the past that I had a no sense of financial management. I spent every penny I made.

After losing my job, I stayed home and began writing stories online. I always thought that I would make a great comeback someday, but I only ended up becoming more isolated from society. After going through my savings, I was unable to pay rent and even my electric bills. The electricity was shut off a few times, so I had to borrow money from the young social workers at my community center.

13. had a poor sense of financial management 沒什麼財務規劃的觀念
14. make a comeback 東山再起
15. be isolated from society 與社會脫節
16. go through savings 花光存款
17. be shut off 被斷電
18. social worker 社工

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我們這個社區有年輕的社工開一個據點，讓一些小朋友放學後有地方去可以去，我有時候會去跟他們聊天，他們都會定期關心我的狀況。付不出房租，我就跟他們借錢，借到第三次的時候，甚至是社工自掏腰包。他們知道這樣不是辦法，就開始幫我媒合一些打工機會，所以我先前有去醫院做清潔工作，之後體檢通過，我就會去超市打工。

The young social workers have this place they keep open for children after school. I would chat with them and they would periodically check on me. When I could not pay rent, I would borrow from them. When they lent me money the third time, they took it out of their own pockets, but realized that this was not the way to go. They started finding me work. I first worked as a janitor in a hospital, and after I passed my physical, I worked part-time at a supermarket.

19. periodically check on sb 定期關注某人
20. the way to go 應該的方式，最好的解決方式
21. janitor 清潔人員
22. borrow (跟別人)借
23. lend 借(給別人)

the way to go
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/the-way-to-go

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我小時候媽媽就情緒不穩、長期吃藥，想不到我也因為恐慌症，變成要長期服藥。不過我每次來到他們的據點，就覺得很心安、很放鬆，我都說他們這邊是「心安宮」。我沒有能力捐錢，只能偶爾捐發票給他們。現在不去想鹹魚翻身，也不抄捷徑了，只希望好好工作賺錢養小孩，不要再跟社工借錢了啦。

When I was young, my mother was emotionally unstable and relied on medication. I never thought I would one day suffer from panic disorder and also become dependent on medication.

But now, when I come to the community center, I feel relaxed and at peace. I tell them that this is my “Tranquil Heart Temple.” I don’t have the ability to donate, so I would occasionally give them my invoices (for lottery). Now, I no longer want to strike it rich and take shortcuts. I just want to have a stable job, raise my kids, and not have to borrow money from social workers.

24. panic disorder 恐慌症
25. strike it rich 一夕致富
26. go from rags to riches 麻雀變鳳凰，鹹魚翻身
27. a stable job 一份穩定的工作

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透過閱讀以上的故事，我邀請各位思考，在一個追求成功的社會，我們要如何去定義所謂的「成功」？如何去看待別人生命故事中的起伏？去同理別人的難處和幫助其他人成功？社工們在相對需要協助的社區中發展合作經濟、創造社區互助與就業的機會，我們可以做什麼來幫助其他人，支持他們有更好的生存及發展條件？

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資訊出處:

Humans of Taipei:
https://reurl.cc/L3NKX3

台灣社區實踐協會
https://reurl.cc/3DOq3jF

快去他們的粉專，看更多感人的故事！

[時事英文] 死亡率（mortality rate）*、壓平曲線（flattening the curve）、活動限制 （lockdown）：如何理解這些術語？
　
Language goes beyond a sealed system governed by a rigid set of rules. To fully understand the meaning of a word, one must look further than connotation and denotation, and also take context into consideration. In this case, one needs to examine the social, political, economic, and even statistical contexts of the terms.
　
語言並非只是受嚴密規則所約束的封閉系統。為了充分理解一個單詞的意涵，我們不僅要瞭解其本義與引申義，同時還要考慮整個語境。在此一情況下，應要考察社會、政治、經濟甚至統計上的語境。
　
Does “confirmed cases,” for example, mean the same thing in every country before and during the coronavirus outbreak? What about “lockdowns”? Does it mean that the government is advising people to stay home or is someone nailing your door shut? Some food for thought when reading about the coronavirus outbreak.
　
例如，在冠狀病毒爆發前以及爆發期間，「確診病例」在各國是否具有相同的含義？那麼，封鎖呢？這是否意味著政府正建議人們留在家中，抑或有人正把你家大門釘上？以上是在閱讀疫情的相關資訊時所引人深思的一些事情。
　
*同學好心的補充說明：「mortality rate」通常指的是死亡率，而「fatality rate」則是（因罹患某疾病）致死率。兩者都是重要的死亡指標，但計算公式不相同。
　
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《紐約時報》報導：
　
Making sense of the coronavirus pandemic requires getting up to speed on semantics as much as epidemiology. Government officials and health care professionals toss off mentions of mortality rates, flattening the curve and lockdowns, assuming that we know what they mean. But the terms mean different things from country to country, state to state, even city to city and person to person. Officials use the same phrases about mass testing, caseloads and deaths to describe very different situations. That makes it hard to give clear answers to vital questions: How bad are things? Where are they headed?
　
1. make sense of… 理解……
2. get up to speed on 了解最新情況；跟上進度
3. toss off 輕而易舉地處理*
　
弄懂新型冠狀病毒大流行，既需要了解流行病學的最新情況，也需要在語義學上跟上形勢。「死亡率」、「壓平曲線」和「活動限制」等說法從政府官員和公共衛生專業人士的嘴裡脫口而出，他們假設大家都知道這些詞的意思。但對不同的國家、不同的州，甚至不同的城市和個人來說，這些術語有著不同的含義。 官員們使用「大規模檢測」、「病例數」和「死亡病例數」等相同的措辭，來描繪非常不同的情況。這令一些重要的問題難以得到明確的回答：情況有多糟糕？正在向什麼方向發展？
　
toss off: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toss%20off
　
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People search for insight by comparing their countries to those that are further along in the epidemic. But if the terms are misleading or used in differing ways, the comparisons are flawed. Also, the statistics and vocabulary offer a false sense of precision while in reality, the information we have shows only a fraction of what’s going on. “The new cases or deaths each day are given as exact numbers, and we’re trained to take that at face value,” said Mark N. Lurie, an epidemiologist at Brown University’s School of Public Health. “But those are far from exact, they’re deeply flawed, and their meaning varies from place to place and from time period to time period.”
　
4. be further along in 在……上走得更深遠
5. at face value 根據外表；從表面上看
　
人們將自己的國家與那些經歷了疫情更多階段的國家進行比較，以求了解情況。但是，如果這些詞語使人產生誤解，或在使用方式上存在差異的話，這種比較就是錯誤的。此外，這些統計數據和詞彙給人以精準的假象，而現實是，我們所掌握的信息僅代表冰山一角。「每天的新增病例數或死亡人數都是以精準數字的形式通報的，我們被訓練成只看這些表面數字。」布朗大學公共衛生學院流行病學家馬克・盧裡說。「但這些數字遠非精準，而且有嚴重缺陷，它們的含義因不同的時間和地點而不同。」
　
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I. Confirmed Cases 確診病例
　
Countries vary wildly in testing for the virus and how they report the numbers, and experts say most infections are going undetected. So the publicized national tallies are rough, incomplete pictures that may not be all that comparable. And that’s if countries are forthcoming about their data.
　
6. vary wildly in 在……上有極大的差異*
7. publicize 公布；宣傳
8. national tallies 國家的統計數據
9. incomplete pictures 不完整的狀況
10. forthcoming 樂於幫助的
　
各國在病毒檢測以及通報數字的方式上有很大差異，而且專家們說，大多數感染都沒有被發現。因此，各國公布的只是粗略的數據，這些並不完整的描繪也許沒有多少可比性。這還是在假設各國願意提供數據的情況下。

wildly: https://bit.ly/2wkgPjo
　
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Officials in the United States say that China, which has reported more than 82,000 infections, has understated its epidemic. Until this week, the Chinese government excluded those patients who tested positive for the virus but had no symptoms. China also doesn’t say how many tests it has conducted, and doubts have been raised about whether it has tested extensively in Xinjiang, the province where it holds hundreds of thousands of Muslims in indoctrination camps. The Covid Tracking Project, run by The Atlantic, has tried to compile all the numbers in the United States and reports more than 1.2 million tests so far, over 3,600 per million people.
　
11. understate 未如實陳述；避重就輕地說
12. exclude 把……排除在外
13. indoctrination camps 再教育營
14. run by 由……經營
　
中國通報的累計確診病例超過８萬２千例，美國官員說，中國淡化了國內的疫情。直到本週前，中國政府一直把病毒檢測呈陽性但沒有癥狀的感染者不納入確診病例。中國也未公開接受檢測的人數，而且外界已對中國是否在新疆進行了大規模檢測表示懷疑，中國在那裡把數十萬穆斯林關進了拘禁營。《大西洋月刊》的新冠肺炎追蹤計劃試圖匯總美國的所有數據，它統計到的數字是，美國迄今為止進行了逾１２０萬例檢測，平均每百萬人超過３６００例。
　
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II. Widespread Testing 大規模檢測

It matters not only how many people are tested, but also when, and who they are. Once again, countries differ, shaping what the numbers mean. A few countries, like South Korea, Australia and Singapore, got serious about mass testing early on. They used the information to do ambitious contact-tracing — finding and testing those who had recently been near infected people, even if they had no symptoms.
　
15. it matters 重要的是
16. not only……, but also…… 不僅……，而且……
17. get serious about 認真對待某事
18. early on 在早期
　
重要的不只是多少人做了檢測，檢測時間和檢測對象也很重要。各國在檢測時間和對象上也有不同，這讓數字的含義也有所不同。韓國、澳洲和新加坡等少數國家很早就開始認真地進行大規模檢測。他們利用這些信息嚴格追蹤接觸者，也就是找到並檢測那些親密接觸者，即使他們沒有癥狀。
　
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But most nations with large numbers of cases have done less testing, waited longer to do it in bulk, and made little attempt at contact tracing. They find themselves playing catch-up with the virus, ramping up testing after their outbreaks had already mushroomed. They detect more cases, but by then it’s hard to tell how much of that growth is the expanding epidemic and how much is expanding surveillance. Unable to meet the demand, they often limit testing to the sickest patients and health workers.
　
19. in bulk 大量
20. make little attempt 幾乎未做嘗試
21. ramp up 增加*
22. mushroom (v.) 迅速增長；迅速發展*
23. meet the demand 滿足需求
24. limit……to 將……限制在……
　
但大多數存在大量確診病例的國家進行的檢測數量都比較少，都是等了更長時間後才開始進行大規模檢測，而且對追蹤接觸者的工作幾乎未做嘗試。這些國家發現自己在拚命追趕病毒的傳播，在疫情迅速蔓延後才加大了檢測力度。這些國家都檢測到了更多的病例，但此時已很難判斷新增病例中有多少是疫情不斷擴大的結果，有多少是擴大疫情監測的結果。由於無法滿足檢測需求，這些國家通常只能對病情最嚴重的患者以及衛生工作者做檢測。
　
ramp up: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ramp-up
mushroom: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/mushroom
　
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III. Fatality Rates 致死率
　
It has been stated time and again: Italy and Spain have high mortality rates among coronavirus patients, Germany’s is low, and China’s is somewhere between. It may not be that simple. Counting the dead is as flawed and inconsistent as counting the infected. Recent reports say that mortuaries in Wuhan, China, where the disease was first discovered, have ordered thousands more urns than usual, suggesting a much higher death toll than the city’s official count, 2,535. The outbreaks in Wuhan, and parts of Italy and Spain, overwhelmed hospitals, forcing many sick people to ride it out at home. No one knows how many people have recovered or died without ever being tested. And if only the sickest patients are tested, then the number of infections will appear smaller and the percentage who die will seem higher.
　
25. time and again 屢次；一再
26. as flawed and inconsistent as 像……一樣存在缺陷與不一致
27. mortuary 停屍間（太平間）
28. urn 骨灰罈
29. suggest 暗示*
30. death toll 死亡人數
31. to ride it out 安然渡過（難關）*
　
一個反覆提及的說法是：義大利和西班牙的新冠病毒肺炎患者死亡率高，德國的低，中國的居中。情況也許並不那麼簡單。統計死亡人數和統計感染人數一樣存在缺陷和不一致的地方。最近有報導稱，武漢的殯儀館訂購的骨灰盒數比該市官方統計的２５３５例死亡高出好幾千，表明死亡人數遠高於官方公布的數字。新冠病毒最早就是在這座城市發現的。武漢以及義大利和西班牙部分地區的疫情使醫院不堪重負，許多患者被迫在家中渡過難關。沒人知道究竟有多少人在從未做檢測的情況下康復或死亡。如果只對病情最嚴重的患者做檢測的話，感染人數看上去會更低，而死亡率看起來將更高。
　
suggest: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/suggest
ride sth out: https://bit.ly/2Rd6Tj6
　
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IV. The Peak 疫情高峰
　
Officials often talk about when the epidemic peaks or plateaus — when a country “flattens the curve.” But they rarely specify, the peak of what? And how can we be sure we’re past it? When an outbreak is growing unchecked, more people become infected and more die each day than the day before. On a graph, the curve showing the daily count of new cases has gone from rising sharply to moving sideways — the curve has flattened — and even begun to move downward. That is one corner being turned: The rate of the spread of the virus has slowed down. It takes longer to turn another: the rate of people dying.
　
32. from rising sharply to moving sideways 從急劇上升到橫向移動
33. turn the corner 好轉；度過難關*
　
官員們經常提疫情何時達到高峰或進入平台期，也就是一個國家「壓平曲線」的時候。但他們很少具體說明是什麼達到了高峰，以及我們怎麼能確定高峰已過？當疫情不受控制地發展時，每天的感染和死亡人數都比前一天多。曲線圖上顯示的每天新增病例數從急劇上升變得趨於平緩——曲線已被壓平——甚至開始下降。這是一個轉折點：病毒的傳播速度已經放緩。度過死亡人數的轉折點則需要更長的時間。
　
turn the corner: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20the%20corner
　
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But even when those curves flatten, the epidemic still has not “peaked” by another crucial measure: the number of active cases. That figure continues to rise until the number of patients who either die or recover each day is larger than the number of new infections. To ease the staggering load on health care systems, the active cases curve must also flatten and then fall.
　
34. peak (v.) 使……達到頂峰
35. either……or…… 不是……就是……
36. staggering 沉重的；巨大的
　
但是，即使這些曲線已趨於平緩，疫情的另一個重要衡量指標——現存確診病例數——仍未達到「峰值」。在每天的死亡或康復患者人數超過新增感染人數之前，這個數字還將繼續上升。為緩解衛生系統的沉重負擔，現存確診病例數的曲線也必須先趨平，然後下降。
　
peak: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/peak_2
　
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V. Lockdowns 封鎖（活動限制）
　
More than two billion people, including most Americans, are living under something usually called a lockdown. But there is no set definition of that word — or related terms like stay-at-home mandates and social distancing — so the details differ from place to place. The biggest differences may be in enforcement. Some places, like those in the United States with lockdowns, mostly rely on people to follow the rules without coercion. But Italy and others have deployed soldiers to ensure compliance, and French police have fined hundreds of thousands of people for violating restrictions. China, in addition to using security forces, mobilized an army of volunteers, ratcheting up social pressure to obey.
　
37. set definition 固定的定義
38. enforcement 實施；執行
39. rely on 仰賴；依靠
40. deploy 部署
41. compliance 服從
42. fine 處……以罰款（或罰金）
43. in addition to 除了……之外
44. mobilize 動員
45. ratchet sth up/down 逐步增加／減少
　
全球有２０多億人，包括大多數美國人正生活在一般被稱為「活動限制」的狀態下。但這個詞沒有固定的定義，其他的相關說法，比如政府的「待在家裡」和「保持社交距離」令也沒有明確的定義，所以各地的具體做法也不一樣。最大的不同可能在執行方面。有些地方，比如美國有限制令的地方，主要依靠人們自覺遵守，而非強制。但義大利等國為確保限制令的落實而動用了軍隊，法國警方還對數已十萬計的違反禁令者處以罰款。中國除了使用安全部隊外，還動員了一支志願者大軍來加大服從封鎖隔離措施的社會壓力。
　
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Italy’s experience shows the looseness of the term. It has gone through several phases of restrictions, applying them to more people, making them stricter and increasing enforcement. A few weeks ago, a person could travel around Italy for a valid work or family reason. Now, people are fined for nonessential walking too far from their homes. But each stage was widely called by the same name: lockdown.
　
46. looseness 鬆散
47. valid 確鑿的；合理的；有根據的；讓人信服的
　
義大利的經歷表明了這個詞語解釋上的自由。義大利的封鎖令經歷了幾個階段，適用範圍擴大到越來越多的人，封鎖及其執行也變得越來越嚴格。幾週前，人們還可以因為正當的工作或家庭原因在義大利旅行。現在，人們會因不必要的離家太遠的走動而被罰款。但禁令的每個階段用的都是同一個泛泛的名稱：活動限制。
　
《紐約時報》完整報導：https://nyti.ms/2XcCUeT

圖片出處：https://fxn.ws/34gwSeH
　
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時事英文大全：http://bit.ly/2WtAqop
　
如何使用「時事英文」：https://bit.ly/3a9rr38
　
＃疫情英文

今日は、皆さんからたくさんのリクエストをいただいた「スパークル」を英語で歌いました♪

この曲は、ピアノが活躍している曲なので、普段はしないのですが、打ち込みでピアノを入れてみました。とてもいい感じになったと思います！

気に入っていただけると嬉しいです!(^_-)-☆

I got a lot of requests for more songs from the movie "Your Name," so today I present

the English version of "Sparkle"! This song didn't feel right without the beautiful piano melody in the background, so rather than just playing guitar like usual, I decided to add the piano electronically (since I can't actually play piano...).

I hope you enjoy the English cover :)

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曲情報 / SONG INFO
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RADWIMPS / スパークル (2016)
アルバム：『君の名は。』サウンドトラック
作詞曲：野田洋次郎
英語詞：渡辺レベッカ

RADWIMPS / Sparkle (2016)
Album: "Your Name" Soundtrack
Music/Lyrics: Yojiro Noda
English Lyrics: Rebecca Butler Watanabe

※サムネイル/Thumbnail:
© kuzma / 123RF Stock Photo

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リンク / LINKS
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■HP⇒ http://BlueEyedUtaUtai.jimdo.com
■Facebook⇒ http://facebook.com/blueeyedutautai
■Twitter⇒ @BlueEyedUtaUtai

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歌詞 / LYRICS
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Caught in a never-ending game
Seems like the world is still trying to tame me
But I go on my chosen way
Beautifully struggling everyday

With both of our hourglasses low
I want to kiss you ‘til the sand’s finishing flowing
Come on, let’s make a plan to meet somewhere that’s
As far from “goodbye” as we can go

Oh, how I hated that lifeless world
Made up of entirely of dictionary words that
I saw through my kaleidoscope
On a monotonous August morn

When you appeared in front of me
You acted shy at times, and others you’d be cool
Smiling a textbook smile at me
To mask your pain so perfectly

Finally now the time has tolled
Everything up ‘til yesterday was a prologue
You can just skim through the days of old
It’s my turn to bear the load

With my experience and skill
And all the courage I had let start to mildew
At an unprecedented speed I will
Dive after you into waters unstill

And when I dozed off into a lukewarm can of soda I
Dreamed of a world so far from here, a different time
Waiting outside of the classroom window
One summer morning aboard a train that swayed me to and fro

Oh, in the way that you loved
I swear I could smell that scent of yours
And in the way that you walked
I could hear that bright laughter of yours

And I know that one day you’ll disappear
So I’ll keep each part of you
Burned into the back of my eyes so you’re always here
It’s not a right that I’m due
No, darling, it’s my duty to you

We’ll fall in love in a timeless land
Where no matter how far we extend our hands
Words like “tomorrow” or “future” or “fate”
Lie far out of reach for as long as we stay

As we look sideways at the hands of the clock
They’ll look right back at us as they tick and tock
How I hope to have forever to spend
This life, no – all future lives
Right here in this world with you

TRANSLATION:
Hello. My name is Lin Mei Han. That's my Chinese name. English is Lindie. I am South African and I am a university student, I study Graphic design, but my hobby is foreign languages. So I also study Chinese ..for..one year? I don't now. But Chinese its very difficult,my pronunciation is really bad. But I have a lot of Chinese friends, so if they can't speak English (meaning those who can't), I want to (be able to) speak Chinese to them. I also am an English teacher, and my students are all Chinese. When I teach them English, they can also teach me Chinese. If I have money, I want to go to China to study Mandarin and Cantonese. Cantonese is really difficult! But it's my hobby, I really like studying. In South Africa there are lots of Chinese people. I have a dream and that is to (be able to) speak Chinese and make chinese friends..ah, I don't know.. I want to.. I don't know. For this video I didn't prepare (anything), I am just speaking (as I go along). Friends, please help me! Thanks, bye-bye!
^What I wanted to say up there but didn't have time to look in a dictionary or something, was that I want to be able to tell Chinese people more about my country and build better relationships with the nation. I also want to share the Good News with them and be a light for the world through using my languages to honor the Lord. But I don't know how to say that yet, haha!

你好！谢谢看了～Thanks for watching and I appreciate all help! 请帮助我学中文啊～～I didn't even look up a single word before making this video and have been out of practice for a while, but then this is an honest representation of my level of Mandarin at the moment. 不好得。。哈哈哈

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