LadyLee的學習筆記小行星

I hope that today you will keep on discovering keep on learning and keep on inquiring.
希望今天你繼續發現，保持學習，不斷追問.

N*Gen, it sounds like a really revolutionary program.
這聽起來像是一個非常具有創新的節目。

◎It is N*Gen's creativity that has made the popular science show so successful.

◎Two additional aspects of the show have been praised as well.

◎N*Gen is filmed entirely in Africain a Kampala studio and on location.

◎They've traveled to places such as Lake Victoria to learn about the wetlands and a chocolate factory to make chocolate.

◎Nearly every 35-minute lesson deals with Africa-related topics.

◎The second distinction區別 is that it prominently features African women in science.

●aspect (n) 層面,方面
ㆍWhat aspect of technology do you most enjoy？
   你最喜歡哪方面的科技呢？
ㆍDrug addiction affects all aspects of a person's relationships.
   毒癮會影響一個人的人際關係的各個層面

ㆍTwo aspects of the restaurant that make it so popular are its good food and cheap prices.
   這家餐廳之所以如此受歡迎有兩方面，就是其美味的食物和低廉的價格。
●aspect (n) 方位,朝向
ㆍBecause our living room has a southern aspect plants grow well in that room. 我們家的客廳朝南所以室內的植物長得很好

●prominently (ad)  顯著地,重要地
ㆍFrancine's article was featured被推薦顯示 prominently on the front page of the local paper.
   Francine的文章很顯眼地刊登在地方報紙的頭版頁面上。
ㆍMr. Lin's new store was prominently featured in the newspaper last week.
    林先生的新店上週登上了報紙的顯著位置。

●prominent(a)

  ①重要的,著名的
ㆍVictor Hugo was one of the most prominent French writers of the late 1800.
   雨果是19世紀末最重要的法國作家之一

●prominent  (a)②  突出的
ㆍFrank is easy to recognize because of his prominent chin.
   Frank很容易被認出,因為他的下巴很突出。

>>If you want to make a good show or something that a lot of people can feel interested in. You need to have a lot of creativity in the process. Useing creativity as a way to engage viewers.<<
如果你想做一個好節目或者很多人感興趣的東西，你需要在這個過程中有很多創造力。使用創造力作為吸引觀眾的一種方式。

●creativity (n)創造力 是抽象概念一般都是不可數名詞。
 

●to praise vs. to criticize 讚美與批評

●constructive criticism (n) 建設性的批評

>>What do you prefer receiving praise or receiving criticism or when somebody criticizes you? Of course we want to hear praise we want to hear people say the nice things about us the good things that we're doing. However there's a type of criticism that I do appreciate. I really appreciate constructive criticism.
當有人批評你時，你更喜歡接受表揚還是接受批評？當然，我們希望聽到讚美，我們希望聽到人們說我們的好話和我們正在做的好事。 然而，有一種批評是我很欣賞的。我非常感謝建設性的批評。

>>They're saying it in a way where they hope that you can improve and it's not just saying that that thinks about what you're doing. 他們以一種希望你能改進的方式說它，而不僅僅是說這考慮你正在做的事情。

>>Having an attitude or the right attitude to receive that constructive criticism to use it and learn from it. Attitude is very important.

擁有一種態度或正確的態度來接受建設性的批評，以使用它並從中學習。態度非常重要。
 

●on set in the studio 在攝影棚內拍攝的
●on location 拍攝外景的＝not on the

>>This program is filmed in two main types of places. One is in a studio we could stay on set in a studio and on location.

這節目在兩種主要類型的地方拍攝。 一個是在工作室裡，我們可以留在工作室和和外景地現場。

>>Filming on location is that a lot of movies when they go somewhere to film. They're not necessarily going to the place that's mentioned in the story. They might find somewhere that looks similar to a place that looks like the place they need to film when they're filming on location.
外景拍攝,是很多電影去某個地方拍攝的時候。 他們不一定要去故事中提到的地方。當他們在外景拍攝時，他們可能會找到一個看起來與他們需要拍攝的地方相似的地方。

● distinction＝part, distinction很接近=aspect

● wetlands （n）濕地 【常用複數】濕地的定義 各個國家、地區對濕地的認定多少有所差異，依據國際拉姆薩濕地公約Ramsar Convention對濕地的定義：「濕地是指沼澤（marsh）、泥沼地（fen）、泥煤地（peatland）或水域所構成之地區，無論是天然或人為、永久或暫時、靜止或流動的、淡水、鹹水或兩者混和，其水深在低潮位時不超過6公尺者。」(拉姆薩公約於1971年2月2日在伊朗的拉姆薩簽署)

>>Do you know a lot about the British Monarchy?  I do know that Queen Elizabeth is the reigning Queen right now. Queen Victoria reigned when the British Empire had a lot of power around the world . They had many colonies during her Reign. The colony is a country or area that they had control over. And at the time of Queen Victoria's reign every colony named a lake River City Island or something else after the queen. It was a way to respect for Honor Queen Victoria. Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada.
Queen Victoria with the longest reigning monarch.
您對英國君主制了解很多嗎？ 我確實知道伊麗莎白女王現在是在位的女王。 維多利亞女王在大英帝國在世界範圍內擁有大量權力時統治。 在她統治期間，他們有許多殖民地。 殖民地是他們控制的國家或地區。 在維多利亞女王統治時期，每個殖民地都以女王的名字命名了一個湖河城島或其他名字。 這是尊重維多利亞女王的一種方式。 維多利亞是加拿大英屬哥倫比亞省的首府。
維多利亞女王是在位時間最長的君主。

● Queen Victoria ●colony 殖民地
● British Monarchy 英國君主制 ● monarch  (n)君主
● reigning Queen  (a)在位的 ● reign  (v)統治主宰
● Queen wave

◎Almost all of the teachers and scientists who appear on出現 the show are female.

◎According to根據 co-presenter Irene Mugadu, "Society expects little from girls and women."

◎She believes, "Girls need to be empowered to explore disciplines that are mainly pursued by boys."

●discipline (n)

①很有紀律 

ㆍMarjorie has a lot of discipline and worth steadily until she completes a job.瑪喬麗很有紀律，她按部就班地把工作完成.

②大學或專業領域設立的學科
ㆍwhich discipline do you plan to major in at University. 你將來在大學要主修哪個學科呢？
ㆍShelly encouraged her children to explore academic disciplines that would benefit them in life.
   Shelly鼓勵她的孩子探索對他們生活有益的學科。

●discipline (v) 訓練管教

ㆍIt is difficult for young parents to know how to discipline their children.年輕的父母很難懂得如何管教孩子。

ㆍSusan and I discipline our children by making them take a timeout when they get into a fight.
   當孩子們吵架時,蘇珊和我的管教方式是讓他們暫停.

●inquire (v) 詢問:查問
ㆍI am here to inquire about the job position I saw listed in the paper. 我來此是要詢問報上所刊登的職位廣告.
ㆍMay I inquire about the prices of these computers.請問這些電腦的價格是多少？

ㆍIf you stop inquiring, you will never find out whether or not the company has any job openings.
   如果您停止詢問，您將永遠不會知道該公司是否有任何職位空缺。

●inquiry (n) 調查

There will be a medical inquiry regarding the cause of the woman's death.
關於這名婦女的死因將有醫學的調查.
 

●little vs. a little

>>when you just use the word little it's talking about there's being not very much and it's kind of a negative connotation however if you say there is a little something you're just communicating that you have something in another.<<
●little 傾向負面,極少僅有一點點 vs. a little 表示有一些

●reminder (n)  提醒

I set a reminder on my phone about tomorrow's meeting.