You're killing me. 什麼意思? 不是「你要殺了我」，別再被字面意思給騙!
MAR. 19,2024 / Jerry

     英文裡有許多俚語和慣用語，它們的字面上的意思與實際意思之間存在很大的落差，對學習者來說有時候可能會引起誤解或困惑，但這些用語卻很常在母語者的日常交流中使用，並且往往具有特定的文化和歷史背景。因此，對於非英語為母語的人來說，理解英文中的俚語會是一個挑戰。除了多與母語人士交流、觀看美劇，透過英語閱讀也可以幫助提高對這些俚語和慣用語的理解和應用能力。一起來學學這8句容易因字面意思而誤會的英文短語。 ...

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那些你不知道的醫護服裝二三事 Healthcare Uniforms: The Colors of Professionalism and Perception
MAR. 27,2024 / Analytical Editors

  White coats are commonly worn by doctors, but there is another type of clothing typically found in hospitals. This plain-looking clothing is known as scrubs. Scrubs are made up of a loose-fitting top and comfortable pants with an elastic waistband. They were originally designed to protect wearers from patients' body fluids or infectious substances in an operating room. The name “scrubs” comes from the fact that surgeons and nurses scrub their hands before surgery. Today, scrubs are worn by many hospital personnel.
     醫師通常穿白袍，但在醫院內還經常可以看到另一種服裝。這種看起來樸素的服裝被稱為刷手服。刷手服是由寬鬆的上衣和舒適、有鬆緊帶的長褲組成。起初，刷手服的設計是要保護穿著者在手術室內不會接觸到病患的體液或傳染性物質。scrubs 這個字的由來是外科醫師和護理師在手術前會刷洗（scrub）他們的雙手。如今，許多醫事人員都會穿刷手服。

• be made up of...       （整體）由...（部分）組成 / 構成
• loose    a.（衣服）寬鬆的
• protect A from B   保護 A 免於 B

五彩繽紛的印度侯麗節 Holi: The Hindu Festival of Spring
MAR. 23,2024 / Enjoy Editors

Celebrate life with a serious splash of color.
  In India, people celebrate the arrival of?spring with Holi, the Festival of Colors. This event brings people together to celebrate life, love, and the victory of good over evil. During the festival, people express their joy and happiness by throwing powdered dye?or splashing colored water over each other. These colors have various meanings. They can mean a new life and even symbolize sin. For some, washing off the dye after the festival is seen as a way to get a new start and rid themselves of evil. ....

用大量潑濺的色彩來慶祝生活。
  在印度，人們用色彩節慶侯麗節慶祝春天的到來。這項活動讓人們聚集在一起慶祝生活、愛以及正義戰勝邪惡。節慶期間，人們透過互相丟擲粉狀染料或潑灑五顏六色的水來表達他們的喜悅及幸福。這些顏色有各式各樣的意義。它們可以指新生活甚至是象徵罪惡。對某些人來說，在節慶後洗掉染料被視為一種重新開始和擺脫邪惡的方式。

• victory   n. 勝利
• evil    n. 邪惡 & a. 邪惡的
• rid oneself of...   使某人自己擺脫...
  

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