說真的確診到現在三個禮拜了,
還是有人問我到底怎麼感染的?
我還是不知道啊!
不過其中一個說法是會不會我收包裹的時候不夠小心?🤔 也不是不可能 🤷🏻♀️
一位被我確診消息嚇到的朋友寄來這台給我:
PHILIPS UV-C 桌上型紫外線殺菌燈。
說真的我根本不知道有這種東西!
也太實用了啊!
收到時我想說好好研究一下怎麼用…..
沒什麼好研究的,用法超簡單。而且很輕巧。
現在我們把一進門的儲藏室變成消毒室:
外出回來時外衣、護目鏡、包包跟買回來的東西先放進去;如果收到包裹也是先放進去!
常摸來摸去的手機錢包鑰匙最好也照一下!
然後打開這台飛利浦殺菌燈,離開房間,把門關起來!就這樣登登登登!
15分鐘就消毒完畢!
(‼️PS. 紫外線會傷害眼睛跟皮膚!消毒過程中人跟動物都不能在旁邊喔!飛利浦會自動偵測如果有人靠近會自動停止。)
是說,病毒看不見摸不到聞不到,卻又無孔不入。多一層防護,總是安心一些。不過這台號稱殺菌,沒有特別強調新冠病毒。所以照過紫外線的包裹,我還是會用酒精再噴一下或擦一下。One can never be too careful.
非業配,有興趣的朋友自己搜尋飛利浦殺菌燈呦!
be careful用法 在 Claudia Mo/毛孟靜 Facebook 的最讚貼文
#講反話
“Cherry 🍒 on top” = 「錦上添花」
“We can’t be too careful” - 點解
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講反話
明報 | 英文 | 毛孟靜
看過一部荷李活電影,男主角給人喝罵:You killed him! 你殺了他! 他一臉不屑答:Yeah right. 哦,對的。之後控方就真的提出,說證人已認罪。
這個證明當然不能成立,因為不論中、英文或其他許多語文都一樣,日常生活中的對答,一定包括說反話。
就像有人憑空指你考試出貓,你只覺沒好氣,答:對呀!我還買試卷呢!按常理,就知道這回答只是句反話。
英文中一些用詞,聽上去好像十分正面,但意思恰恰相反,這就是不折不扣的反話。譬如說,He has a thin chance of winning,他勝出的機會很微。Thin chance 解作機會小,那麼fat chance 就等於機會大了?
不,不管 fat 或 thin,說的都是機會小;fat chance 的語氣更重一些,可以指完全沒有機會,更包含一點嘲諷味道。
• Do you think he's going to win this? 你認為他會贏嗎?Fat chance. 完全不。
一些英文習語,就像我們的成語,本身一般用作表達正面信息,但視乎上文下理,一樣可以用作反話。像要批評政府抗疫措施,中文措詞可用上「雷厲風行」一語,來增添尖酸刻薄之意。英文也一樣。Cherry on top 是指雪糕上的一粒車厘子,跟中文的「錦上添花」有異曲同工之妙,但實際運用起來,意思卻正反皆可。
• He was acquitted of the fraud charge. And for the cherry on top, the company is giving him his old job back. 他脫了欺詐罪。錦上添花的是,公司讓他復職。
· I kept re-running my cringeworthy meeting with him, and thecherry on top was that I was weak and headachy, a little bitqueasy. 我不斷回想跟他那個尷尬突兀的會面,而「錦上添花」的是,事發時我虛弱、頭痛及有一點暈眩。
類似的用法另有 to a fault,通常解作一個人的某些特質過了頭:He is generous to a fault. 他太慷慨了。
但用作反話,可以說 He's zealous to a fault,他熱心得過了頭,亦即等於說這個人 overzealous,瞎熱心。而 overzealous staff 往往是服務行業道歉聲明中的一個常用語:都是我們過分熱心的(因而幫了倒忙)職員不對。
另外有一句話,不正也不反,卻有許多人會誤會了意思:
• We can't be too careful. 根據字面,說的彷彿是「我們不可以太小心」?錯了,意思其實是「我們不可能太小心」,也即是說,沒有太小心這回事,我們必須絕對小心就是了。還有以下用語,它們又是不是反話呢?
1. I can't sing to save my life.
2. I can't do small talk to save my life.
這兩句話同樣不正也不反。自稱 can't do something to save one’s own life,是自謙甚至自貶的說法,是說自己完全做不到正在說的事,故答案是:
1. 我(五音不全)唱不了歌。
2. 我完全不擅長寒暄。
be careful用法 在 EZ Talk Facebook 的最讚貼文
#你不知道的美國大小事 #haveeggononesface
Food Idioms 🐔 美國生活用語之其他食物:Egg
1⃣ good eggs and bad eggs
2⃣ have egg on one’s face
3⃣ put all one’s eggs in one basket
4⃣ walk on eggshells
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Nuts are nutritious and all, but now it’s time for some animal protein. Eggs are cheap, tasty and an excellent source of protein—which may explain why there are so many egg-related idioms.
堅果很營養沒錯,不過也要攝取一些動物蛋白質才行。雞蛋便宜、好吃,又是優質蛋白質來源,或許是因為這樣,所以也有很多和蛋有關的用法。
Just as there are bad apples, 1⃣there are also bad eggs—and good ones as well. Ex: There are good eggs and bad eggs in every group.
跟壞蘋果一樣,雞蛋也是有好有壞。如:There are good eggs and bad eggs in every group.(每個團隊都會有好人跟壞人。)
In the past, audiences used to pelt performers with raw eggs if they didn’t like the performance. As a result, 2⃣to “have egg on one’s face” came to mean to “suffer a public embarrassment.” Ex: The CEO really had egg on his face when the new product didn’t work during the demonstration.
以前的人如果看了不喜歡的表演,就會拿生雞蛋朝表演者砸。因此have egg on one’s face後來就有「出醜,在大庭廣眾下丟臉,沒面子」的意思。如:The CEO really had egg on his face when the new product didn’t work during the demonstration.(新產品在示範時無法運作,讓執行長一臉尷尬。)
If you put all your eggs in one basket, they’ll all break if you drop it, and you’ll be left with nothing. 3⃣So to “put all one’s eggs in one basket” means to put all ones effort or resources into one thing, which, if it fails, will leave one with no alternatives. Ex: When it comes to investing, it’s a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket.
如果你把所有雞蛋都放在同一個籃子裡,萬一籃子掉了,全部雞蛋就會破掉,你就啥也沒了。所以put all one’s eggs in one basket意思就是「將全部心力或資源投注在一件事情上」,萬一失敗就無路可退。如:When it comes to investing, it’s a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket.(投資方面,將全部雞蛋放在同個籃子裡是很傻的。)
If you were to walk on eggshells, you’d have to be very careful if you wanted to avoid breaking them. For this reason, 4⃣to “walk on eggshells” means to be very careful not to anger or offend someone (because they are easily angered or offended). Ex: Fred has a bad temper, so I always have to walk on eggshells around him.
想像一下自己走在蛋殼上,你得小心翼翼,不然會踩破。因為這個原因,walk on eggshells指「(因為對方非常敏感脆弱而)小心應對,如履薄冰」。如:Fred has a bad temper, so I always have to walk on eggshells around him.(Fred脾氣火爆,所以我在他身邊總是如履薄冰。)
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