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金馬50星光閃耀：新科導演陳藝哲榮獲最佳電影獎，振奮新加坡電影界
 
Debut director Anthony Chen was presented with the prize by two-time Oscar winner Ang Lee, who chaired the jury for the 50th edition of the film honors, considered the most prestigious in Chinese-language cinema.

May 26, 2013
2013年5月26日
 
Mr. John Howard

說到 "看" 這個英文字的誤用，應該可以榮登台灣學生最容易犯的錯誤前十名!
一樣都是看，為何英文又分成see/look/ watch/read呢? 你知道這些字的正確用法嗎? 今天一次把它弄懂吧!!

在做多益聽力考試時，同學常會有聽到後來注意力不集中的狀況，該如何克服這問題呢?
今天的多益Q&A專欄，要跟大家談談兩個同學常見的聽力問題:
 
by 英文諮詢師 Jasmine

多益閱讀題目太多做不完，一直是同學們在作答過程中非常苦惱的一塊。究竟有何方法可以答得又快又準呢? 其實是有訣竅的喔!!
 

許多準備考多益的同學常常會遇到一個問題: 單字很多背不完。想考高分到底需要多少單字量才夠呢? 今天來為大家解答吧!
 

多益考試：牛刀小試 商業書信填空
 
多益考試閱讀測驗中，商業書信的克漏字也是同學頭痛的地方。大部分的同學都會從頭讀到尾，好像閱讀一樣把文章唸完，殊不知已經浪費許多時間，而且對於找答案也沒有幫助。因此最好的方式，就是將有空格的那一句話讀清楚。因為大部分的克漏字都是測驗文法、詞性、或結構，並不是文意，同學只需將題目句讀懂，輔以良好的文法概念，刪除選項，選出最好的答案，就可以提高速度與得分。我們來看看下列的題目吧！
                                                                                                                 

《諾亞方舟》
 
本週Leon要介紹一片好萊塢大片《諾亞方舟》。相信讀過聖經，或對西方文化有些許了解的同學都知道這個典故：諾亞六百歲的時候，因為上帝有感於人類墮落，做諸惡行，因此要將世界重新洗牌；祂告訴諾亞要造方舟，並且保留各個物種，因為大洪水即將到來。

同學們本週商業用詞的解答出來囉！快來看看，您是否答對了呢？希望這些商業詞彙能對您的多益考試有所助益喔！
 

上週同學們學習了一些常用，但是卻不好理解的商業用詞；本週將延續上週的主題，再介紹5個常用的商業詞彙給同學。請同學讀完例句和答案選項後，將字彙與答案配合。同學們是不是已經具有基本的英文商業常識呢？
 

Questions

Answers

1. approval

定義：(     )

例句：The head of human resource department has to gain the approval of the chief executive officer so as to promote the new entrant who has been in this company for less than a year to manager.

 

  

A. a formal act of consent in a written form to agree to or accept some proposal

  

B. compensation paid for expenses, losses, the damage, or the money already spent; usually used for insurance and expense reports

  

C. salary which has been deducted of taxes required and has become disposable

  

D. a measure used by an acquirer to gain control over a target takeover. Acquirer tries to persuade other shareholders that the management of the takeover company should be replaced.

  

E. an investigation into the current market price of a service or commodity

2. inquiry

定義：(     )

例句：Our distributors are asking for a quotation for our latest products scheduled to release next month because they have received much attention,and plentiful inquiries have been made.

 

3. reimbursement

定義：(     )

例句：A typical medical insurance requires you to pay the expense first, and you will be reimbursed later. However, in most cases,you have to apply for reimbursements; otherwise, claims will be delayed.

 

4. take-home pay

定義：(      )

例句：Take-home pay pertains to the income you can dispose of after taxes.

 

5. proxy fight

定義：(     )

例句：The acquirer has begun a last-minute proxy fight to urge the shareholders to change the management staff with a promise of renewing work conditions and salary standards.