overhyped

每日一詞---over-hyped

好，今天來看的是over-hyped。hype這個字本身就是「炒作」、「宣傳」的意思，所以加上over，就是「大肆宣傳」、「誇張炒作」。來看些例句吧！

I think the movie is over-hyped. I don't see the appeal. 我覺得這部電影被亂捧，不曉得哪裡吸引人了。

The technology is not necessarily over-hyped; it is what it is. 科技不是誇大，一如往昔。

每日看圖---Scenes from Pakistan’s Historic Election 巴基斯坦歷史性大選

今天決定把網誌的蜘蛛網撢掉，讓灰塵隨雨洗去。最近國際發生許多大事，有些台灣媒體積極聚焦，有些則默默忽視了。今天來看幾張關於巴基斯坦選舉的照片，稍微了解這物質生活不優的國度，如何進行選務作業。

Scenes from Pakistan’s Historic Election

May 11, 2013

A Pakistani voter makes his way on a hilltop as he arrives to cast his ballot during parliamentary elections in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on May 11, 2013. 

2013/5/11，位於巴基斯坦開伯爾省，一名男子翻越山丘、前往阿伯塔巴德，準備為國會選舉投票。

People gather near a polling station in a village near Lahore May 11, 2013.

2013/5/11，近拉合爾市一座村莊，人們聚集於該處的投票所。

Pakistani women line up to enter a polling station and cast their ballots, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, May 11, 2013.

2013/5/11，巴基斯坦首都伊斯蘭堡的郊區，許多巴國婦女在該區投票所排隊。

Pakistanis cast their ballots at a polling station on May 11, 2013 on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan.

此為巴基斯坦民眾投票情形，於拉合爾市邊境。2013/5/11

Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) party celebrate election results with fireworks on May 11, 2013, in Lahore, Pakistan

2013/5/11，於拉合爾市，支持巴基斯坦穆斯林聯盟(Nawaz)的民眾放煙火、歡慶勝選。

miss out

每日一詞---miss out

今天來看miss out吧！miss本身有想念、錯失的意思，而 這個片語正是指「遺漏」、「錯過(機會)」。來看幾個例句吧！


He just missed out on the promotion. 他錯失了升遷的機會。

Julia missed out on all the fun because of her broken leg. 茱莉亞因為腳傷，沒能享樂。

I'm sorry I missed out on the ice cream. 真難過我沒吃到那個冰淇淋。

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

每日佳句---

今天來看兩個對我來說頗有感觸的句子吧。這禮拜說放鬆其實也累壞了，明天重新開始；謝謝一直陪在我身邊的朋友與親人。

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. 無須懷疑，真理是美麗的；謊言亦是。
這句名言出自美國名作家兼詩人，艾默生 (Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and essayist, 1803-1882)。

In love one has need of being believed in, in friendship of being understood. 愛情需要的是信任，友情需要的是理解。


然後呢，亂入一首老歌....

每日一句

每日一句---

今天來看一句簡單的英文吧！這也是我想對自己說的；雖然未來危機四伏，卻值得勇往直前。即便知道會受到傷害，但踏出第一步總比留在原地好，是吧。

The future is scary, but you can' t just run to the past because it is familiar.
雖然未來讓人心生畏懼，但不能因為習慣過去而逃避。