每日口說挑戰【CNN10】專家學者擔憂疫情影響學生學習 (The Double Whammy)

☺For today's virtual field trip, we're taking you so far off the grid you can't get there by road.
今天的虛擬戶外教學，我們要帶你們到一個超級偏遠、公共水電系統連結不到、沒有路到得了的地方。
【心得】這種生活感覺很神奇，但不會嚮往:p
■whammy [ˋhwæmɪ] 晦氣、黴運、詛咒；致命打擊
■colossal [kəˋlɑs!] 巨大的、龐大的；{口語}驚人的、可觀的、絕妙的
■off the grid 自給自足的；沒有在用社群網站的人
■off-the-grid 不和(電、水等)公共服務系統接通，自備電力、水源、自給自足的

In fact, three years ago, I lost my job and broke up with my girlfriend, so I started learning English on Voicetube.
Although I'm still not good to make a conversation in English, I'll keep going.


[NOTE]
For today's virtual field trip, we're taking you so far off the grid you can't get there by road.

今天的虛擬戶外教學，我們要帶你們到一個遙遠、沒有路到得到了的地方，

句子選自此影片：【CNN10】專家學者擔憂疫情影響學生學習 (The Double Whammy)


1. _
* whammy [ˋhwæmɪ] (n.) 晦氣，黴運
- a double whammy is like to bad or too good things happening at the same time or close to the same time that make the effect even stronger so even better or even worse
- I lost my job and my girlfriend broke up with me (talk about a double whammy).
+ Cool~

2. _
* colossal [kəˋlɑs!] (adj.) 巨大的，龐大的
- Wow! Tom Hardy has large muscles he must work out a lot.
- I have a colossal appetite I can always eat.
- The cat is gargantuan it looks like a wolf.
- This is an enormous task nobody could finish the experiment in less than a year.
- She has a gigantic ego she thinks she is the prettiest girl in Taipei.

3. _
* off the grid [ɔf ðə grɪd] (ph.) 不和主電網接通的

謝謝Steve＆大家～
＃慢速～中速～快速～
＃快速有點卡卡但是就這樣吧！歐一早就下雨 涼快啊！
＃媽媽在背景整理東西 空隆空隆～
～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～
For today's virtual field trip, we're taking you so far off the grid you can't get there by road.
今天的虛擬戶外教學，我們要帶你們到一個遙遠、沒有路到得到了的地方，

【talk some sense into sb】幫助（某人）理智考慮
to help someone to think about a situation in a reasonable way
－ She won't listen to me - can you try to talk some sense into her?
她不聽我的，你能想辦法讓她理智地考慮一下嗎？

For today's virtual field trip, we're taking you so far off the grid you can't get there by road.

早安大家!

時間
00:00-01:20 - intro
Double Whammy 01:20 - 03:56
Five Ways to Say Big 03:56 - 06:46
Trivia 06:56 - 08:26
Off the Grid Interview 08:26 - 10:52
Assignment 10:52 - 11:56

今天的問題是: I want you guys to tell me about a time in your life when a double whammy affected you. You can use a positive or negative example.

謝謝你們. 今天愉快!

*Double whammy means a situation that includes two disadvantages or difficulties(禍不單行） or a situation when two pleasant things happen at almost the same time（雙喜臨門）.

*Pandora is the first woman created by Zeus in Greek mythology.

I just got the job I wanted and I won money from the lottery. That is a double whammy. My experience got even better.

I lost my job and my girlfriend broke up with me. Talk about a double whammy（真是雙重打擊）.

*I am in a time of facing the double whammy of the mortgage debt and the maintenance cost of the house.

A different way of saying something is big:

Large: WOW, Tom Hardy has large muscles. He must work out a lot.

Colossal: I have a colossal appetite(我胃口很大）. I can always eat.

Gargantuan: the cat is gargantuan (巨大的）and looks like a wolf.

Enormous: this is an enormous (龐大的)task. Nobody can finish the experiment for less than a year.

Gigantic: she has a gigantic ego(強大的自尊心;很自負）. She thinks she’s the prettiest girl in Taipei.

A couple lives off the grid (不靠任何主機、科技;公共/私人的電器設施連線生活）meaning they don’t live anyone else.

最近準備搬家中，要搬到老公說穿內褲在戶外晃都沒問題的偏遠鄉下，哈！

Thanks, Steve.
Pandora was the first human woman created in Greek mythology.

說到Pandora 以前很愛買潘朵拉的飾品，因為可以隨心情換一堆吊飾，大概年紀愈大愈對叮叮噹噹的東西沒興趣，開始欣賞樸素簡單的美╮(╯▽╰)╭

My school's field trips planned earlier have been cancelled since the Covid outbreak. Let's pray life will be back on track sooner.

I was very impressed by the incident of double whammy many years ago. I got into my dream university and the campus was near my house.

Trivia question ~
Who was the first human woman created by the gods in greek mythology?
Answer: 2 ( Pandora)