活化英文：每週一句

「瞭若指掌」或「倒背如流」可以這樣用英文表達：To know/learn something like the back of my hand.讓我帶著你一起打好英文基礎：Abby 英文教練的 Square One 英文基礎課程九九乘法表The multiplication tableIf you are also preparing for an exam, I recommend learning the essential concepts like the back of your hand!這裡的 my 也要依照

Hang in there!我對貓咪 Chippy 的深情喊話：Hang in there, Chippy! I'll be done in a bit!紐約時報的文章Hang in There, Help Is on the WayTimes are tough now, but the end is in sight. 和我一起重學英文：發音、 單字、 文法通通從頭學起，打好基礎。Square One 英文基礎課程歡迎訂閱我的免費電子報！看我的資歷：關於英文教

除了 I'm so tired/exhausted.大家也可以試試較口語化的：I'm (absolute/dead) beat.接下來呢，想去睡覺，也可以說：I'm going to/gonna hit the sack/hay.Sack/hay = 床A sack 布袋Hay 稻草有趣的緣由可在節目中聽到喔！歡迎訂閱我的免費電子報！看我的資歷：關於英文教練 AbbyFB https://www.facebook.com/English2lifeIG @englishco

The third time is the charm.雖然有些人把這句話翻譯成 「國父革命十次失敗，但第十次就成功了。」但是我覺得這個翻譯有失原文的魔幻/奇蹟感。請各位特別注意，charm 並不是魅力，而是魔力。確切來說，它是一種魔咒（同義字是 spell），請參考這個字典定義："[countable] an act or words believed to have

All that glitters is not gold.並非所有閃閃發亮的皆黃金。glitter (v) 發亮作為名詞也是亮片的意思Everything is not as it seems.Everything is not as good as it seems.Don't judge a book by its cover. 人不可貌相。--緣由：莎士比亞之威尼斯商人 Shakespeare's Merchant of VeniceAll that glitters is not gold;Often have you heard that told: ...J.R.R.

片語: To be (as) thick as thievesThick (adj) 平時的意思包含： 厚: a thick book愚蠢: He's not as thick as you think. (他沒有你想像的那麼笨） --我的燈被貓咪弄壞以後，換成這一個！--Cats like to perform/conduct gravity experiments:很可愛的一篇英文文章--例句：Chippy and Nikki are as thick as thieves.ORChippy and Nikki are thick as th

Haste Makes Waste.More haste, less speed.Haste 本身是名詞常見組合 in haste 則要當副詞片語來使用。Don't do the work in haste. Take your time.歡迎訂閱我的免費電子報！看我的資歷：關於英文教練 AbbyFB https://www.facebook.com/English2lifeIG @englishcoach跟我一起重新打好英文基礎！Square One 英文基礎課程我還有一個與健�

Every day counts.這句話等於 Every day matters.Count to ten. 數到十我有個 YT 影片解釋什麼時後要在 everyday 中間加上空格：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpChcE8vk1U--追蹤我的「留學準備筆記」IG: @preplevelhttps://instagram.com/preplevel--UPenn 常春藤賓大的學生創辦新聞媒體： Daily Pennsylvanian---Opinion piece 觀點社論專欄"I

Let's cut ourselves some slack.結構：to cut/to give +受詞 + some slackPlease cut me some slack.Oh, I wish the people would cut her some slack.Oh, I wish they would cut her some slack.另一個詞性的用法：The rope is slack (adj).順便複習一下 #3 走在鋼索上（遊走於險境中）Remember to leave some slack in your schedule.給大家的問題：How will we cut o

Shift your perspective to see the full scope.這句話的靈感來自 Netflix 影集 1899 的台詞："People are oblivious to reality. They only see what they want to see, when all they have to do is shift their perspective to see the full scope of things."Genre 類別（請看我的發音教學影片）Historical drama 歷史劇情Horror 恐怖Sci-fi (science fiction) 科幻新�