Sophy's Notebook

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user-friendly 非指使用者友善，而是指對使用者友善的→方便使用的

environmentally friendly / echo-friendly 對環境友善的；利於環境的；環保的

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Animated films also look to be big this summer！

句中的 look 是 「看似」的意思，to look to be 就是 「看起來將會如何」的意思。

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crew 跟 staff 同樣是指工作人員，但有些微不同

crew 通常是一團體且作的事很類似，例如在飛機上的全機組人員

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Once popular only in the U.S., credit cards are now used extensively in many parts of the world....

You could say:

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選拔賽在美國有分兩種
1. 體育的校隊 → 參加一個 tryout
2. 藝文(音樂、戲劇、舞蹈)的角色徵選 → audition

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She was just born to sing!

Usually born means to come into the world by birth.

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Orthokine therapy is revolutionary in that it actually halts the progression of osteoarthritis...

in that

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RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation

此處的RICE是一個 acronym

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Daily stretching and strengthening exercises lead to stronger and more flexible joints that have more resistance to injury.

要表達這個句子的意思，大部分人可能會用：

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Aside from the toy's five fun colors, the middle bean in every toy has a face on it.

aside from

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speaker 可指人：演講者；但在本文中指喇叭
音響中的喇叭又稱 loudspeaker

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Not another pimple！
該不會又長了一顆面皰吧！

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I think the presence of some ugly graffiti is a small price to pay for the beauty that other graffiti adds.

a small price to pay = worth enduring

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rundown neighboorhoods are often found in the inner city

inner city 跟 downtown 皆指大都會的市中心，但兩者大不相同

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當被蚊子咬，會感覺 itch（癢）

itch 也可當動詞：to itch 發癢

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...once they appear, mosquitoes are a total pain.

total：It's another way to say complete or absulate.

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You're not baking a frozen pizza, are you？
No. I'm not baking a frozen pizza.

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The hands on the clock approach 6:00...

means： It's almost 6:00.

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head 當動詞用表示前往或去某個地方

head off 出發；上路

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小型交通工具如汽車、船，用 get in / out
如：get in the car / get out of the boat