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The passenger load on buses and trains around Taiwan fell to less than 20 percent Saturday, the first day of the three-day long #DragonBoatFestival weekend, after the government urged people to avoid long distance travel in the wake of an outbreak of indigenous #COVID19 cases.
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202106120013
The relatively lower #COVID19 case numbers do not mean that people can let down their guard, however, as the downtrend has been for only two days, said the health minister, who repeated President Tsai Ing-wen's call for people not to travel long distances during the upcoming three-day Dragon Boat Festival weekend that will start on Friday.
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202106080017
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「混乱させる」や「狂わせる」の口語的な英語表現
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売り上げを計算していたのに同僚の一言で気が散ってしまいどこまでやったかわからなくなったり、採用面接で予想もしていなかった質問をされ頭がパニクってしまうなど、外的要因によって混乱や動揺を招くことを表す際、アメリカ人がよく使う言い回しをご紹介します。
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Throw someone off
→ 「狂わせる / 気が散る」
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この表現は、予定していたことや予測していたことと現実が一致しないことによって、人を狂わせたり混乱させたりする意味としてよく使われます。Confuseをより口語的にした言い方です。状況によっては「気が散る」の意味合いにもなります。
＜例文＞
The interviewer’s question completely threw me off. I didn’t know how to answer it.
（その面接官の質問に動揺してしまいました。どう答えていいか分かりませんでした。）
The delayed flight is throwing off my entire schedule.
（飛行機が遅れたせいで、私の1日の予定が狂っています。）
That fire alarm threw me off. Can I redo my speech?
（火災報知器のせいで気が散りました。スピーチをやり直してもいいですか？）
〜会話例〜
A: You look exhausted. You have bags under your eyes.
（顔がすごい疲れているよ。目の下にくまができてるよ。）
B: I went on a three-day business trip to LA over the weekend. The time difference is throwing off my sleep cycle.
（週末の3日間、ロスに出張に行ってて。時差で睡眠サイクルが乱れちゃってるんだ。）
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無料メルマガ『1日1フレーズ！生英語』配信中！
通勤・通学などのちょとした合間を利用して英語が学べるメルマガ『1日1フレーズ！生英語』を平日の毎朝6時に配信中！ただ単にフレーズを紹介しているだけではなく、音声を使った学習プロセスが組み込まれているので、メルマガを読むこと自体が学習方法！
https://hapaeikaiwa.com/mailmagazine/
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「端午連假」的英文怎麼說？「粽子」英文怎麼說？
和老外聊起台灣三大重要節日怎麼介紹？
老外對於東方的傳統習俗其實是很有興趣的喔！
練習全文：
Food always comes first for Taiwanese people. The must-eat food during the festival is sticky rice buns or some people might call them sticky rice dumplings.
People put sticky rice, pork belly, salted egg yolk, boiled peanuts and all kinds of other delicious ingredients inside bamboo leaves, and wrap up with a string.
You can be creative with different sauces when you eat them, but my favorite is always ketchup!
If you happen to have some friends visiting Taiwan during the festival, you will have to take them to the dragon boat race, since it’s what this annual celebration is mostly known for.
The dragon boat is simply a big boat designed to look like a dragon. The first boat that gets the flag wins the race.
Competitors from all over the world come here just for the race and take part in the celebration.
But in fact, none of the two things above matter to me. What I look forward to most is the extra day off. This year, the festival falls on Monday, which means we will have a three-day long weekend!
At the end of the day, a real vacation is what really counts, right?
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https://goo.gl/PCCMRx
如何用英文在國外點餐 https://goo.gl/v4pLGm
如何順利過海關？ https://goo.gl/S1ppYZ
聽懂機場廣播 https://goo.gl/DJZ8Kw
我在台灣的自學方法 https://goo.gl/wyUjVc
旅行英文#9 【住飯店】各種需求英文//如何無形中增加單字量？
https://goo.gl/nQnAuF
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Come with us on a three-day trip to Akita (秋田), a beautiful prefecture located in northern Honshu, where you can ski, relax in hot springs, and immerse yourself in the well-preserved samurai town-Kakunodate (角館)!
*Click CC for English or Chinese subtitles!
Find more details on our trip here:
Akita Prefecture Blog - https://goo.gl/H7p9mD
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秋田位於本州北部，不僅是個能滑雪又能享受溫泉的觀光勝地，更是有保存完好的角館武士村，讓你能欣賞昔日風情喔!
*請點CC看中文或英文字幕
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Traveling with me is Chris Okano from Okano TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr07AO154oDH8q5leeViSsg
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Music:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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