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2024年10月15日星期二

《與成功有約》詞彙15.10.2024

coalesce: to unite into a whole

subtle: delicate

discrepancy: difference

trait: a distinguishing quality

reap: harvest

sow: to plant seed for growth

duplicity: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action

manipulative: serving or intended to control or influence others in an artful and often unfair or selfish way

rhetoric: skill in the effective use of speech

cram: to pack tight

eloquent: marked by forceful and fluent expression

marvelous: causing wonder

Online Dictionary Used: https://www.merriam-webster.com

《與成功有約》詞彙14.10.2024

congruency: the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent

tremendous: notable by reason of extreme size, power, greatness, or excellence

psych up: to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally

fizzle: to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start

gab: to talk in a rapid or thoughtless manner

hassle: an annoying or troublesome concern

rekindle: to begin to burn again

pitch: to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point

reprimand: to reprove sharply or censure formally usually from a position of authority

censure: a judgment involving condemnation

perception: quick, acute, and intuitive cognition

intuitive: possessing or given to intuition or insight

prophecy: a prediction of something to come

The Pygmalion effect refers to situations where high expectations lead to improved performance and low expectations lead to worsened performance.

startle: to frighten or surprise suddenly and usually not seriously

emerge: become known

fester: to undergo or exist in a state of progressive deterioration

stark: strong

humility: freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble

fidelity: the quality or state of being faithful

temperance: moderation in action, thought, or feeling

moderate: avoiding extremes of behavior or expression

modesty: the quality of not being too proud or confident about yourself or your abilities

maxim: a proverbial saying

conceive: to take into one's mind

deceptive: tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid

intimidate: frighten

compartmentalize: to separate into isolated compartments or categories

lip service: an avowal of advocacy, adherence, or allegiance expressed in words but not backed by deeds

avowal: an open declaration or acknowledgment

advocacy: the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal

deed: action

mileage: usefulness

affirm: validate

ridicule: to make fun of

guileless: honest

serendipitous: coincidental

conviction: a strong persuasion or belief

diligence: steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking

Online Dictionary Used: www.merriam-webster.com

2024年10月14日星期一

2024年10月11日星期五

the Catcher in the Rye Ch.24

swanky: fashionably elegant

witty: marked by or full of clever humor or wit

highball: an iced drink containing liquor (such as whiskey) and water or a carbonated beverage (such as ginger ale) and served in a tall glass

dandy: very good

snowflake: a flake or crystal of snow

flunk: to fail especially in an examination or course

digress: to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument

polio: an infectious disease especially of young children that is caused by the poliovirus

stuffy: lacking in vitality or interest

pedagogical: of, relating to, or befitting a teacher or education

provocative: serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate

unify: to make into a unit or a coherent whole

peek: to look furtively

furtive: done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed

gorgeous: splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent

brilliant: very bright

dive in: to start doing something with enthusiasm

couch: an article of furniture for sitting or reclining

harrowing: acutely distressing or painful

fiend: devil

stenographer: a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation

hunk: a large lump, piece, or portion

booze: intoxicating drink

humble: not proud or haughty

haughty: blatantly and disdainfully proud

appeal: to arouse a sympathetic response

reciprocal: inversely related

humility: freedom from pride or arrogance

tuck: to cover by tucking in bedclothes

holler: to cry out

heck: hell

scoot: to move swiftly

unlatch: to become loosed or opened


Online Dictionary Used: https://www.merriam-webster.com

2024年10月5日星期六

重現夢境

Filling all the skies of night it soon creates a flower

City voices are all wrapped in by the shining light and sounds remove

World of all silence, all that was left is two alone, then echoing out, the words are

"I'm in love with you"


You met up with me inside a dream, our future was shown

Night of summer, you and me form silhouettes, mine right there next to you

Final of all fireworks to rise into the sky, when it fades away

That will be the sign for this


It's you, an ordinary morning

It's an ordinary looking image you got on

All reasons for me breaking every eye contact with you was, ah

For I have been consumed by words let out in what you've shown, even now

Still it resumes to keep ringing on inside


Ah, onto where night will end, awaiting past dreaming

To want it to arrive and find it

Foretold in a dream, and waiting until now, but is true?

Worries deep in my head seem loud but I'll keep on

Ah, and out through our present, and soon know what begins

You and me will be on our own and

More, almost

Don't alter what I am waiting for

Almost

So please go on to talk about it

I'll be waiting right there to hear you


No one knows of this night

Nobody is here but me and you

The scenery I've waited for now overlapping with our view

The present and beyond, upon the summer sky

Attaching all within the firework I see

We're in the focal place where I had known to trace my dream with you


We're looking up into the skies above lit up and shining bright

Shed light upon your profile and ah

So, as told, led us to the scene known and made it

So, it's two of our futures, to to go here right now

And overlapping real soon


Ah, you're in our night with me, just me and you, that's it

Foretold and now we've come, arriving

Fine, go through, your mind will be told fine, go through, be understood

And the scenes beyond what's dreamt to be reaching

Ah, and out through our present, and soon know what begins

And our days are intact for we've met

More, almost

Don't alter what I am waiting for

Almost

Look up, final of the fireworks is now

Here wrapping over two

World of no sound in the silence, you speak

"I'm in love with you"


silhouette: a dark shape seen against a light surface 逆光黑影

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第三條

香港特別行政區的行政機關和立法機關由香港永久性居民依照本法有關規定組成。

第六十七條

香港特別行政區立法會由在外國無居留權的香港特別行政區永久性居民中的中國公民組成。但非中國籍的香港特別行政區永久性居民和在外國有居留權的香港特別行政區永久性居民也可以當選為香港特別行政區立法會議員,其所佔比例不得超過立法會全體議員的百分之二十。

第九十二條

香港特別行政區的法官和其他司法人員,應根據其本人的司法和專業才能選用,並可從其他普通法適用地區聘用。

2024年10月1日星期二

不學禮,無以立

今天,我和家人先入𨋢。一位戴著耳機的年輕人又欲進,我按開門掣,他入𨋢唔該都冇聲。同一天,事情一模一樣,只是主角轉換了,是一位老婦,𨋢得我倆。真是懷疑人生,一日二小善,結果都是冷漠收場,我之後仍要幫助人?孔夫子說,不學禮,便沒有立足社會的依據。公司有兩位同事,我同佢講早晨,永遠像聽不到冇反應,日子久了,除公事外便沒有溝通。

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse (指責) you of ulterior motives (不可告人的動機). Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” Mother Teresa

其中一位同事幫我拆中文書,吩咐我將這些特價書上檯,她/他問我為什麼仍在包英文特價書。我同佢講這裡都有一板英文書未包,她/他的怨氣由此而來。英文兒童特價書一定要包,我是英文部主管,雖然自己仲要管中文書幾個分類,人不為己我又做不到。人,就是不講理及自我中心,德蘭修女說,我們要原諒她/他。可能因為gossip,另一位她/他又怨氣沖天。