今日挑戰句子
影片不是英文?In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible?
今年的年度致信中,梅琳達和我挑出幾個最棘手的問題。我們得回答這些問題並提出自己的見解。這是存在已久的問題:當我們將這世界變得更穩定之後,人口的增長是否導致全球的糧食問題,且環境也將會更難以維持穩定?
學習重點
3. population人口
population
[͵pɑpjəˋleʃən](n.)人口
overpopulation
[͵ovɚ͵pɑpjəˋleʃən](n.)人口過剩
overcrowding
[͵ovɚˋkraʊdɪŋ](n.)過度擁擠
aging population
(phr.)高齡化人口

ShakesBeer8 年前
Thanks Kelsi. My country is indeed facing some population issues.
對了,今天是我生日,在這裡祝我自己生日快樂,感謝自己能夠繼續堅持每天錄音。
In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible?
Cakie (人´∀`).☆.。.:*・°8 年前
DAY431
恩... 因為很晚 決定要一次搞定
節錄到一半被哥哥呼喚去洗澡
爸爸還在旁邊清喉嚨
還讓不讓人好好錄了~~~
#史上最多NG的不負責任筆記
#最後還忘了跟大家說掰掰
大家掰掰明天見
-------不負責任筆記第44彈-------
1.
a. tough (adj.) 棘手的;艱苦的;堅韌的
-> I have a tough decision to make.
我得要做一個艱難的決定。
-> Mr. Holmes has had a tough life.
Holmes先生經歷了艱苦的人生。
-> The bag is made of a tough material, so that it won’t get damaged easily.
這個包包是用堅韌的材料製成的,所以它不會輕易被損壞。
-> The steak is too tough.
這個牛排太難咬了。
b. rough (adj.) 艱難的;粗糙的(=coarse)
-> The company has had a rough year.
這家公司經歷了艱難的一年。
-> Sandpaper is rough.
砂紙很粗糙。
-> His hands are rough.
他的手很粗糙。
c. trying (adj.) 難受的
= difficult to deal with
= hard to put up with
-> Facing trying times can make you a stronger person.
面對艱難的時刻能夠使你成為一個更強大的人。
2.
a. come up (phr.) 被提到;出現
-> The topic came up in conversation.
這個議題在對話中被提起。
-> If any problems come up during the event, feel free to call me.
如果活動中出現任何問題,儘管打電話給我。
b. bring up (phr.) 提出某事物
-> bring up sth. / bring sth. up
-> You can bring up your concerns during our weekly meeting.
你可以在我們的周會中提出你的顧慮。
c. crop up (phr.) 出現或發生
-> We had to delay the product to release because issues kept cropping up.
我們必須將產品延遲發行,因為一直出現問題。
3.
a. population (n.) 人口
-> The current population of the world is about 7.6 billion.
目前的世界人口大約是76億人。
b. overpopulation (n.) 人口過剩
-> Overpopulation can cause people quality of life to decrease.
人口過剩會降低人們的生活品質。
c. overcrowding (n.) 過度擁擠
-> When city suffers from overcrowding, it can cause pollution and health problems.
當城市過度壅擠,會造成污染及健康問題。
d. aging population (phr.) 高齡化人口
-> A lot of countries suffer from aging population. For example, japan is one country that is dealing with aging population.
很多國家有人口高齡化的問題。舉例來說,日本是一個正在面對高齡化人口問題的國家。
4.
a. maintain (v.) 維持
-> It’s important to maintain your car.
維護你的車子很重要。
-> Since moving to a different state, Cindy has found it difficult to maintain her relationships with her friends back home.
因為搬到不同的州,Cindy很難維持跟家鄉朋友間的感情。
b. preserve (v.) 維護
-> We need to preserve our environment.
我們需要維護我們的環境。
-> We need to preserve natural resources.
我們需要維護自然資源。
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In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible?
unickname8 年前
■(sth) come up (某事物)被提到;出現;發生
(sb.) come up (某人)走進;接近
(sb.) come up with sth (某人)想出、提出...
☺In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible?
在今年的年度信件中,梅琳達和我挑出幾個我們所被問到最棘手的問題,並提出我們的回答。其中有一個是已經存在很久的提問:在我們讓世界上的人們變得越來越健康的同時,人口是否將會因此增長到出現糧食短缺問題而無法餵飽所有的人,以及生態環境是否會變得難以維護?
【心得】如果像影片說的人越健康,生育率及生育意願越低的話,雖說這樣可能就不會有人口過剩的問題,但人口的組成應該也會出現不平衡的狀態吧!?
小柿子8 年前
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In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible?
卡卡8 年前
謝謝Kelsi&大家~~
慢速~中速~快速~
連假都在趕老師交代的項目....一眨眼就....
我的連假好廉價 嗚嗚嗚.... >_<
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In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible?
squallriver史嗑爾8 年前
Maybe our problem is population aging now....
劉益廷8 年前
今天面試 所以比較晚錄音。 Fingers crossed
Sy8 年前
[ Day 97 ]
In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible? -09.04.2018
Tino8 年前
<3.0-025> Thanks Kelsi and every friend~
In my country, some cities are overcrowding, and some are facing the aging population problem.
Geraldine8 年前
Day47最近四天我都有確實練習,但都太忙碌(出去玩,所以都在11.12點多才錄(◐∇◐*)、、我才沒偷懶勒!