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西洋情人節即將到來，許多情侶不可免俗地送上巧克力，以表達愛慕之意，但愛情人，可別害他（她）發胖！國民健康署提醒，若把浪漫巧克力花束的10顆巧克力全吃下肚，等於喝下16.5茶匙食用油，甜蜜在嘴裡，也可能胖在身體裡。

今天來和各位分享一個很實用的英文回答句~~
不過課本好像很少教

一名五十歲的盧姓男子自認為感冒引起頭痛不以為意，經檢查才發現是前交通動脈瘤破裂，手術後目前已恢復健康。

童綜合醫院指出，盧男日前罹患感冒，同時出現劇烈持續性頭痛。但他不以為意，只到鄰近診所就醫吃藥，症狀卻一直無法改善，因症狀持續一周，在子女要求下到醫院就醫，醫師發覺有異，建議住院進行詳細檢查。

（優活健康網記者陳承璋／綜合報導）突然臉歪嘴斜，講話不清楚，除了可能是突發中風，還有另一個可能則是顏面神經麻痺，苗栗一名八十一歲的老奶奶，日前發現自己的臉部緊繃腫脹，更無法順利做閉眼的動作，家人一度以為是腦中風所引起，幸好送醫診斷後，確診為貝爾氏顏面身經麻痺，經過藥物、復健治療，同時輔以高壓氧治療，目前老奶奶恢復情況良好，已無大礙。

顏面神經麻痺　多發生在中壯年族群

1. 先生，早！ Good Morning, Sir.
2. 歡迎光臨本館。 Welcome to our store.

Out of the entire world’s population, only about 13% are left-handers. Even now, we still don’t understand the reason why a person is this way. Many people believe it may be genetic. This means if a child is a left hander, one of their parents probably is too. One thing is definitely true, though. Lefties use a different part of their brain. They think with the right side while most think with the left. And since the right area deals with creativity, lefties are likely to have big imaginations.
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In 2000, Disney began grouping several of its female movie characters together as the “Disney Princesses” — from “Sleeping Beauty” to the more recent “Mulan.” Since then, executives there say that part the entertainment mogul’s business has grown from $300 million that first year to an anticipated $4 billion internationally this year. And at the end of the year, they will debut an African-American princess, Tiana, and the movie “The Princess and the Frog.”
The marketing driven “princess” consumer fad has begun in America for almost ten years. The fad has grown into “princess fever” much faster than everybody estimated before world-widely. In other words, “princess fever has already reigned for generation of girls.”

印度，一個在許多台灣人眼中仍充滿神祕(mysterious)的國度，因為一部好萊塢大片「貧窮百萬富翁(Slumdog Millionaire)」，再次成為眾人關注的焦點。「貧窮百萬富翁」片中描寫一位出生於印度孟買(Mumbai)貧民窟(slum)的小孩，從小顛沛流離，但這些特殊的人生經驗，卻使他贏得益智問答節目(quiz show)的千萬獎金！片中的釵h場景，拍攝出印度那特別又迷人的一面，泰姬瑪哈陵(Taj Mahal)、恆河(the Ganges)、孟買貧民窟、行進中的火車等等，到底印度是怎樣的國家？今天就跟著我來認識這個恆河孕育出的古文化大國吧！

•英譯：
1)Tortilla means “little cake” in Spanish. In English, “tortilla” refers to a flatbread made from 2)corn or 3)wheat. In Spain, South America, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, “tortilla” refers to an 4)omelet, with 5)variations that can include vegetables such as onions and potatoes. Tortillas have been used for many centuries in Mexico. More recently, other countries have begun producing them to serve the 6)expatriate Mexican market and the growing demand for Mexican food.

來源　http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_emdin_teach_teachers_how_to_create_magic

•前言：
Breakfast isn’t breakfast without coffee. 沒有咖啡早餐就稱不上是早餐了, 是不是很多人也這麼覺得阿? 睡眼惺忪的早晨, 來杯咖啡是許多人的習慣, 到了下午 afternoon tea time 時間, 再來杯咖啡配上蛋糕及甜點, 真是人生一大享受阿~~~!!!

The meat is very tender.
這肉很嫩

來源　http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_emdin_teach_teachers_how_to_create_magic

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