關於 score動詞 ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

「每日英文閱讀分享#007」​

【articulate】​
今天文章是由三篇小文中的第二篇，延續上一篇的文章，主題是：The Board’s Role in Sustainability主要介紹SCORE這個框架，score是由simplify, connect, own, reward, and exemplify五個字所簡稱的。詳細內容大家有興趣可以再點留言中的連結看唷～​
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回到單字本身，​
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今天要跟大家介紹的是這個單字：​
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『articulate』​
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第一眼看到的時候，會覺得很像article。所以我也順便來補充一下article的用法。（這邊我沒有去查他們的字首是否來自同源，歡迎大家補充分享～）​
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article是一個可數名詞，大家一般記得的中文為：n. 文章。​
但其實它還有很多其他意思喔，​
1. 物品或商品​
例句：Guests are advised not to leave any articles of value in their hotel rooms.（from Cambridge dictionary）​
2. 冠詞​
3. 條文 ​
例如：the article of the UN Charter 聯合國憲章的一個條款​
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說完大眾臉article，我們回來說articulate。​
『articulate』可以當作動詞或是形容詞，​
v. pronounce or say distinctly ​
a. able to speak clearly ​
轉變為n. 時，是指articulation n. 表達​
例句：He made a clear articulation of his aims. ​
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獻上本文例句：SCORE outlines five actions—simplify, connect, own, reward, and exemplify—that can help boards articulate and foster a firm’s durable value proposition and its drivers.​

今日小心得：
在一個明明是假日卻工作到晚上11點的日子，耗盡最後一分腦力寫出整理，覺得寫得很爛ＱＱ​，希望大家多多包涵～也歡迎一起響應每天閱讀的習慣唷！
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⛑Much of the harm from the coronavirus is unavoidable, but it would be nice if politicians didn’t compound the damage by ignoring the laws of economics. The worst blunder so far on that score is the $600 increase in federal jobless benefits that is already undermining the economic recovery.
因新冠病毒疫情而來的傷害多數是無可避免，但這些傷害卻因為政客忽視經濟法則而加重，至今最大的錯誤是政府增加了600美元的失業補助，該項補助正在破壞經濟復甦。

-compound：使加重
-blunder：（因粗心或思慮欠周而造成）大錯
-undermine：削弱、損害

⛑On Wednesday we ran an op-ed from Kurt Huffman, whose Portland, Ore., company helps chefs run and staff their restaurants. Because of the coronavirus, he had to lay off 700 people. But some restaurants have adapted with takeout and delivery, so he needs to hire some back.
週三，我們做了一輯Kurt Huffman的特別專欄，他的公司位於奧勒岡州的波特蘭市，專門協助主廚經營他們的餐廳與提供人力，近期由於疫情的關係，他已經解雇了七百名員工，但有些餐廳已經成功轉向外帶與外送的服務，所以他需要重新聘僱一些員工。

＊op-ed：opposite to the editorial的簡稱，此為歐美報紙出版業專有名詞，相對內部編輯撰寫的社論（不具名）版面，op-ed是外部人士具名撰寫之時事評析。
-staff：名詞員工，動詞為…提供人力
-lay off：解僱
-adapt with：適應

📰Some extra unemployment insurance is necessary, but the rich extra compensation from the $2.2 trillion Cares Act is encouraging those employees to stay home. Mr. Huffman did the math in his op-ed: A starting wage for a line cook is about $640 a week. Oregon’s unemployment offers about $416 per week. But thanks to the $600 federal bonus, that same worker now collects $1,016. Why would anyone take a pay cut to go back to work?
部分的失業津貼加碼是必須的，但那些2.2兆美元維生法案所帶來的豐厚津貼卻是在鼓勵員工待在家中，Huffman在他專欄中做了個計算：假設一個二廚原先的基本週薪為640美元，奧勒岡州的失業補助提供了每週416元的津貼，但感謝聯邦政府每週加碼的600美元，現在原先每週只領416美元失業補助的廚師變成每週可以領到1016美元，如此為什麼有人要回去上班領較少的薪水呢？

-Cares Act：多翻為維生法案
-compensation：補償金
-wage：（通常指勞力工作）工資
-line cook: 主廚底下的二廚

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Food Idioms 美國生活用語：更多蛋More Eggs 🥚

Everybody loves eggs, so how about some more egg idioms this week? 每個人都喜歡吃蛋，所以這週我們繼續來談更多的蛋。

1⃣ tough/hard egg to crack
2⃣ sb. can’t boil an egg
3⃣ kill the goose that laid the golden eggs
4⃣ goose egg
5⃣ lay an egg
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Remember the expression “tough/hard nut to crack”? Well, 1⃣ “tough/hard egg to crack” has exactly the same meaning. Ex: For many language learners, English is a tough egg to crack.
還記得之前介紹過的tough/hard nut to crack「難搞的人事物」嗎？呃，把nut換成egg也是一樣的意思：For many language learners, English is a tough egg to crack.（對許多英語學習者來說，英語還蠻難搞的。）

Eggs are probably one of the easiest things to cook—just plop them in a pot and boil for three minutes. 2⃣ So if someone “can’t boil an egg,” it means they’re a bad cook, or can’t cook at all. Ex: Lots of millennials can’t boil an egg.
蛋大概是最容易料理的食物──只要把蛋丟進鍋中煮個三分鐘就好。所以，萬一有人是can’t boil an egg「連水煮蛋都不會煮」，那他一定是位很糟糕的廚師，或者根本沒有下廚天份。如：Lots of millennials can’t boil an egg.（許多九年級生連水煮蛋都不會。）

If you’ve read Aesop’s Fables, you know the story The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs. A farmer owns a goose that lays a golden egg every day, and thinks there must be a big lump of gold inside it. So he kills it and cuts it open, only to find no gold. 3⃣ “Kill the goose that laid the golden eggs” therefore came to mean to destroy a source of wealth through stupidity or greed. Ex: Why would he quit his civil service job? That would be killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.
如果你有看過伊索寓言，你應該聽過「下金蛋的鵝」這個故事。有位農夫有隻每天會下一顆金蛋的鵝。他心想，這隻鵝身體裡頭一定有塊黃金，所以把鵝給宰了，切開身體，卻找不到任何黃金。所以kill the goose that laid the gold eggs可延伸為「（因貪心或愚笨而）自斷財路」，如：Why would he quit his civil service job? That would be killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.（為什麼他要辭掉那個公務員工作？這根本是自斷財路。）

Speaking of goose eggs, 4⃣ a goose egg can also mean a score of zero in a game/contest or on a test. Ex: I got a goose egg on the quiz this morning. And finally, 5⃣ “lay an egg” can mean to fail in a publicly embarrassing way. Ex: The teacher tried to tell a funny joke, but he laid an egg.
提到goose egg鵝蛋，在英文裡也可以指競賽中沒有獲得任何分數，也就是中文的「零分，拿鴨蛋」意思。如：I got a goose egg on the quiz this morning.（我今天早上小考考了零分。）最後，lay an egg原本指「下蛋」，也可以延伸為「在公共場合下出糗，搞砸事情」，如：The teacher tried to tell a funny joke, but he laid an egg.（那位老師本來想說個笑話，但他搞砸了。）

【✍重點單字】
1. plop「扔」：當動詞。
2. millennial「千禧年世代」：指西元2000年左右出生的一代，相當於台灣的九年級生。
3. lay「下蛋；放置」：其過去式變化為lay-laid-laid。lay也可以當lie「躺著」的過去式，請注意區分。

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