◎張沛元
For the first time in 43 years, the Japan Mint did not produce any 1-yen coins for circulation, the Finance Ministry said.
日本財務省表示，日本造幣局43年來首度完全沒有製造任何1枚1日圓硬幣供流通。
- Apr 15 Sun 2012 18:25
Zero 1-yen coins produced for circulation in 2011 2011年完全沒製造1日圓硬幣供流通
- Apr 15 Sun 2012 18:23
Severe headaches tied to suicide attempts：study 研究：嚴重頭痛較易自殺
◎國際新聞中心
People with severe headaches, whether migraines or not, may be more likely to attempt suicide, according to a U.S. study of more than a thousand people.
美國一項針對逾1000人的研究發現，患有嚴重頭痛者，不管是否為偏頭痛，可能較易企圖自殺。
- Apr 06 Fri 2012 10:12
What’s the weather today? 和 What’s the weather like today? 那一句正確呢?
A：這是個有關天氣的問句，意為「今天天氣如何?」或「今天天氣怎麼樣?」，而中文的「如何?」或「怎麼樣?」，相對的英文為 "How …?" 或 "What … like?"，只有 what 一個字並無此意，僅意為「什麼」。所以，問題中正確的句子是 "What’s the weather like today? "。
不過，這句也可改為 "How is the weather today?"，意思不變。同樣地，如果詢問台北明天的天氣怎麼樣，則要說成或寫成 "How will the weather be in Taipei tomorrow?" 或 "What will the weather be like in Taipei tomorrow?"。
事實上，What + be + 主詞 + like? 這種句型在英文中頗為常見。首先來看主詞為事物 (如上述的 the weather) 的情況，這是用來詢問人家的經驗。同樣地， What + be + 主詞 (事物) + like? 亦可用 How + be + 主詞 (事物)? 來代替，意思並無差別。此外，這兩種問句也可用來詢問做好的食物或吃了的食物好不好，但一般大多使用 "How …?" 的形式。例如：
- Apr 04 Wed 2012 12:02
Scientists find gene that can make flu a killer 科學家發現使流感致命的基因
◎ 魏國金
A genetic discovery could help explain why flu makes some people seriously ill or kills them, while others seem able to bat it away with little more than a few aches, coughs and sneezes.
- Apr 04 Wed 2012 12:00
Vuvuzelas mar German president’s farewell 呼呼塞拉破壞德國總統的卸任儀式
Vuvuzela-wielding protestors kept up a constant barrage of noise at a torchlit military ceremony for Germany’s former president Christian Wulff who left office under a cloud.
揮舞著呼呼塞拉的抗議民眾，在替德國前總統沃爾夫所舉行的火把軍樂告別儀式中，持續發出強烈噪音，沃爾夫是在疑雲纏身的情況中下台。
Some 250 demonstrators blowing the plastic horns that became famous during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa made their feelings loudly known as a military band battled to compete.
- Apr 04 Wed 2012 11:58
Syria tightens travel restrictions on military age men 敘利亞加強對役齡男子的旅行限制
◎陳成良
Syrian authorities battling a year-long uprising against President Bashar al-Assad have tightened restrictions on men of military age leaving the country, Syrian and Lebanese officials said on Monday.
與一年來反阿塞德總統動亂作戰的敘利亞當局，已加強對役齡男子的出國限制，敘利亞與黎巴嫩官員週一說。
- Apr 03 Tue 2012 13:02
英文繞口令
- Apr 03 Tue 2012 13:01
搞定商業談判的黃金七招
與老外溝通，「誠懇」最重要。但問題就出在──我們口裡說的英文，無法表達出我們內心的誠懇。
看這問題多嚴重。如果你把以下這七句非常簡單的英文都記熟了，我們的誠意、工作才幹，很輕易就被人一眼發現！
第一招：適時承認自己的過失
