give the cold shoulder

每日一詞---give the cold shoulder

好的，今天要看的是「給人冷肩膀」(大誤)。哈，這個片語的意思是「不理某人」、「冷落某人」，或是「對某事漠不關心」的意思。有時候別人並不知道原因，所以會產生莫名奇妙的感覺。來看一下例子吧！

What I have done to her? She gave me the cold shoulder the whole day at school. 我到底做錯什麼了？在學校她都不屑看我一眼。

Our town council has given the cold shoulder to a proposal to build a public swimming pool. 市議會對建造公共泳池的提案不理不睬//沒有興趣。

每日一看---Massive 16th Century Sculpture of a Guardian Colossus

以下文章及圖摘自My Modern Metropolis...慢慢欣賞吧~

Massive 16th Century Sculpture of a Guardian Colossus

• Posted by Pinar on March 26, 2013 at 10:00am
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Shrouded within the park of Villa Demidoff (just north of Florence, Italy), there sits a gigantic 16th century sculpture known as Colosso dell'Appennino, or the Appennine Colossus. The brooding structure was first erected in 1580 by Italian sculptor Giambologna. Like a guardian of the pond in front of him, the giant is in an endless watchful pose, perched atop his earthy seat.

就在義大利北部的佛羅倫斯，Villa Demidoff公園裡藏著一座巨大的石雕。這尊石像完成於十六世紀，名為Colosso dell'Appennino. 這座沉思的雕像於1580年完成，由雕塑家Giambologna豎立。一如眼前池子的守護者，這座石像棲居於佈滿青苔的泥土上，凝視著一切。

stick around

每日一詞---stick around

好糟糕啊啊啊，今天下午睡得一塌糊塗，加上不小心喝太多大紅袍，所以現在整個人輕飄飄的，也有點瘋瘋癲癲的，一點睡意都沒有....好，廢話不多說，直接來看今天要介紹的片語吧！stick around就是指「逗留一陣子」的意思，也能說「多待一會兒」。來看幾個句子吧！

The kids stuck around for a time after the class was over. 那些小孩下課後，逗留了一會。

Oh, Alice,. Please stick around for a while. I want to talk to you later. 噢，愛莉絲，請多待一會。我晚點想跟你談談。

fishy

每日一詞---fishy

好，今天來看的詞兒是fishy. 沒錯，這個字跟魚有很大的關係，可以表示「有魚腥味的」、「像魚的」，或是只眼神呆滯如死魚，我想最貼切的應該是大家常說的死魚眼吧哈哈。不過，今天要講的是另一種用法，也就是比較口語的，指「可疑的」、「靠不住的」。來看些句子吧！

The excuse sounds fishy. 那個理由聽起來怪怪的。

There is something fishy about that woman. I don't believe what she says. 那個女人怪可疑的，我不太相信她的話。

Their leaving at the same time looked fishy. 他們同時離開，讓人感覺有蹊蹺。

space out

每日一詞---space out

(還是忍不住把我最愛的羅賓放上來了xD)  好的，今天要看的是space out. 這是今天和外師聊天意外學到的，哈哈。這個片語就是「發呆」、「發楞」的意思，也就是一時腦袋空空不知道在想什麼。直接來看例句吧！

Alice spaced out during the meeting and I didn't understand a word she said. 愛莉絲開會都不知道在想什麼，我連一個字也聽不懂。

I have a tendency to space out at the end of a hard day. 疲累的一天結束時，我習慣放空。

Beautiful and Aching Photos About Finding Yourself

每日一看---Beautiful and Aching Photos About Finding Yourself


話說今天是春分耶！今天白天跟夜晚的時間剛剛好一樣，像我腦裡攪來攪去的思緒一樣等長等短xD今天也來欣賞一下不同的美吧！總覺得能用鏡頭傳達不同意念，是一件很棒的事。如果一張照片勝過千言萬語，那會是個偉大的傑作。以下文章及圖摘自My Modern Metropolis，請各位慢慢欣賞吧。

Beautiful and Aching Photos About Finding Yourself

自我探索的美與痛

· Posted by alice on March 13, 2013 at 3:30pm

Alexandra Benetel has many fond memories of traveling with her family at a very young age. She remembers picking up a disposable camera at a local store and shooting all the scenes around her. Her real passion for photography, however, didn't fully develop until she enrolled in a visual design course in high school. As she tells us, "During that time, I learned about pinhole photography, was introduced to the site Flickr and, ultimately, absolutely fell in love with photography."

Alexandra Benetel小時候和家人四處旅行，有很多愉快的回憶。她記得自己到在地的商店，挑了一台拋棄式相機，捕捉週遭的風景。然而，直到Alexandra Benetel中學時接觸了視覺設計的課程，她對攝影的熱忱才完全燃起。她告訴我們：「那個時候，我學會了針孔攝影、知道了Flicker這個網站，最後，也就愛上了攝影。」

To us, both are highly talented at drawing out an emotion, of making us feel a sense of vulnerability right along with her subjects. "I aim to create beautiful photographs that capture mysterious yet dream-like worlds, filled with oddities that encompass aspects of reality," she says. "I want people to be transported to a different world, escape their life for just a little while and experience something fantastical. At the same time, I want people to relate to and feel something when viewing my work."

對我們而言，Alexandra Benetel與她弟弟(同是攝影師)都熟悉如何捕捉主體表情，傳達一種脆弱不實的感覺。她說：「我就是要創造一個充滿神秘、如夢般的世界，卻又怪誕四溢的現實，然後用相片來呈現」，「我想讓人們到另一個不同的世界、脫離現實生活，體驗迷人的絢麗；哪怕只是一下子。在欣賞我作品的同時，我希望大家能在其中找到共鳴。」

Surreal Floral Portraits by Sayaka Maruyama

每日一看---Surreal Floral Portraits by Sayaka Maruyama


切入正題之前，先來段小碎碎念吧xD終於沒有再發燒了，也比較能清楚思考了！更重要的是，我要謝謝這些關心我、愛我的家人和朋友們，有你們真好=] 也謝謝哥哥今天中午特地煮十穀粥+枸杞+小魚給我吃，我應該要趕快把這種好男人推銷出去才是啊哈哈

好，碎碎念完了。今天來看一些和美有關的事物吧！個人還滿喜歡這種風格的呢(以下文章與圖摘自My Modern Metropolis)

Surreal Floral Portraits by Sayaka Maruyama

Sayaka Maruyama的超現實與花美人

· Posted by Katie Hosmer on March 17, 2013 at 11:30am

Japanese photographer Sayaka Maruyama creates art that explores, recreates, and redefines the classic definitions of beauty. She challenges her viewers to look with a fresh perspective and to see beauty in every element of our surroundings. In Sakura, the London-based artist draws on classical Japanese references and Surrealist motifs to explore what she describes as "contradictory contemporary understandings of Japanese notions of beauty, from both Western and Eastern perspectives."

日本攝影師Sayaka Maruyama用另一種方式重新探索、詮釋及定義了何為經典的「美」。她試圖讓觀眾用不同的角度，來欣賞身邊的美。在她以倫敦風格為主的Sakura作品集中，強調了傳統日本及超現實的美感，Maruyama形容：「從東西方觀點來看，他們解讀日本眼中的美是相互對立的。」

free rein

每日一詞---free rein

今天要看的是free rein，而rein就是指勒馬的韁繩。所以這個片語就是指「讓人隨心所欲」、「為所欲為」。我們來看看English Baby的介紹吧，順便瞥瞥本人的翻譯 =]

Have you ever gone horseback riding? Most people use equipment to help keep themselves, and their horse, safe. There’s the saddle to give you a comfortable place to sit, and the bridle to give you a place to attach the reins. The reins are straps that you can pull on to get your horse to stop. When you let the reins go loose, the horse continues forward until you pull on the reins again. 
你騎過馬嗎？大部分的人都會用馬具來保持自己和馬兒的安全。馬鞍能讓人坐得舒服，轡頭能接上韁繩，好讓人駕馭；如果要馬兒停步，可以拉拉韁繩。但如果放鬆韁繩，馬兒就會直直前進，到你再次拉住韁繩才停止。

To give free rein, then, is to allow someone or something to continue without your trying to stop it. You might not even be able to stop it if you tried. For example, a mother might tell her son that he has to keep his toys neat in most of the rooms of the house, but he can have free rein over his bedroom. Or you might say that the swim team uses the pool until six o’clock, but the public has free rein after that.
所以囉，free rein的意思就是把某人或某事放水流(對不起我暫時想不到恰當的詞xD)，不予以干涉；且就算你想阻止，可能也起不了作用。比如，一位媽媽可以要她的小孩不在其他房間亂丟玩具，卻管不了他在自己房間亂搞。另一個例子，假設某個游泳隊要在泳池練到六點，但其他人可以在六點之後使用。



那，來看些句子吧：

When my husband’s away, I have free rein over the house and can leave my stuff wherever I want.我先生不在時，我想怎樣就怎樣，可以把東西丟在想丟的地方。

I’ll let you make dinner, if you give me free rein over dessert.我會讓你做晚餐，但前提是你不能管我弄怎樣的甜點。

每日一看---Beautifully Elegant Dancers Pose Along City Streets

今天來看一些賞心悅目的照片吧！然後.....翻譯明天再補上=3=////以下文章摘自My Modern Metropolis，有興趣的人可以在臉書上找到專頁。總覺得三月的微風就是適合這種輕淡的美麗，喜歡這種細膩的勾勒。

Beautifully Elegant Dancers Pose Along City Streets

• Posted by Katie Hosmer on March 11, 2013 at 8:00am
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Australian photographer Lisa Tomasetti has worked as a visual artist and film stills photographer for the past 23 years. Her eye for cinematic drama comes through in her dance photography, a collection of images in which she is able to capture the beautiful elegance of ballet dancers set against the more rough, gritty urban city streets of Paris, Tokyo, and New York.
澳大利亞攝影師Lisa Tomasetti，過去23年都在視覺藝術與電影劇照界穿梭。成功捕捉美麗優雅的芭蕾舞者駐足於略為遜色的都市街頭(比如巴黎、東京和紐約)，讓她擁有抓住經典的獨到眼光。

Dressed in leotards, tutus, and satin point shoes, her subjects gracefully pose in a variety of classic ballet positions including the grand jeté and the arabesque penchée. Tomasetti places the dancers in the most unexpected environments, and, as they achieve splits in mid air and delicately balance on one toe, viewers experience a visual juxtaposition of classic elegance and refinement, set in front of the roughness of street corners, subway stations, and bustling shopping districts.
身穿緊身舞衣、tutu短裙，以及緞面硬鞋，這些舞者優雅地擺出各種古典舞姿，像是grand jeté和 arabesque penchée(對不起啊啊啊在下才疏學淺，雖然有學芭蕾，但這些術語真的不知道該怎麼翻才恰當Q_Q)。Tomasetti讓這些舞者立於意想不到的背景---凌亂的街道、地鐵、繁忙的購物區，但卻能捕捉她們劈腿和保持完美平衡的畫面，給觀眾一種截然不同的美感。

If you enjoy this kind of dance photography, you may enjoy this similar project, entitled Ballerina Project by Dane Shitagi, as well as this hilarious and heartfelt series, The Tutu Project, by Bob Carey.

Global warming is epic, long-term study says

每日一看(2)---Global warming is epic, long-term study says

哈，這張照片是我私心放上來的，難得捕捉到弟弟上籃的光采。回歸正題，今天還是一樣，來看看昨天沒看完的部份，想想這些專家是怎麼看待全球暖化這個議題的吧。

Far from natural warming

根本不是自然增溫

Variations in how the Earth is tilted and its orbit around the sun make for a pattern of planetary warming phases followed by cooling phases across the millennia.

The team's research shows the Earth's overall temperature curve dipping down over about the past 4,000 years, but the downward plod comes to an abrupt halt in modern times.

"If you were to predict -- based on where we are relative to the position of the sun and how we are tilted -- you would predict that we would be still cooling, but we're not," Marcott said.

Instead, the planet is warming up. It hasn't been quite this warm in thousands of years. And it's getting hotter.

By 2100, the Earth will be warmer than ever before, Marcott said. If emissions continue as currently predicted until then, global temperatures will rise "well above anything we've ever seen in the last 11,000 years."

That could be a rise of 2 to 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NSF.

幾千年來，地球的傾斜角度與繞日軌道造成本身的增溫變化，而每次皆有寒冷期伴隨。研究團隊指出，地球溫度在過去四千年來，平均溫度明顯下降；但這樣的走勢維持不久，時間進入現代，溫度曲線突然驟升。

Marcott說：「如果你要預測---根據地球與太陽的距離和本身的傾斜角度---你會認為地球現在仍然處於寒冷期，但其實不然。」

是的，地球正在暖化。數千年來，這種快速升溫的情況還是頭一遭。

Marcott表示，在2100年前，地球溫度會創下史上新高。如果各種暖化因素一直持續不變，到時全球溫度將會升到「過去一萬一千年來從未見過的高」。

美國國家科學基金會指出，上句話表示溫度會升高華氏2到11.5度。