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　根據大學甄選入學委員會每年公布的「大學甄選入學招生簡章」，參採「全民英檢」的校系有逐年增加的趨勢。今年度共計49所大學、258系（組）之申請入學書面參採該測驗做為英語能力證明，創歷年新高。
　「全民英檢」主辦單位財團法人語言訓練測驗中心(LTTC)表示，根據民國100年的考生人數統計，總報考人次較99年成長10%，其中國中、高中職考生顯著增加。

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國泰空中少爺羅國方（右三）跟學生分享學習英語的經驗。 記者何烱榮／攝影

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   開朗外向的Teacher Rea(瑞)


 
Hi! My name is Teacher Rea. I graduated with a degree in Nursing from Perpetual Help University. I have been teaching on-line and man to man English tutorial lessons for Korean and Chinese students for 6 years. I was also a Customer Service Representative at Etelecare (Call Center Agent), an American company.
Hello，我的名字是瑞。我畢業於護理系。我擔任E-Telecare美商的電話客服。我教授韓國和中國學生線上和一對一英語家教課程至今已六年了。我也當任過ㄧ家美國公司 Etelecare 的客服代表(電話中心服務人員)。

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  學員：Doris
  學員編號：1891
  上班族

  加入Hi家教時間：2011/02

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Who you calling bird brain? Pigeons can count as well as monkeys, claims study
 你說誰沒腦袋？研究宣稱鴿子數數能力和猴子一樣好



We already knew that they are rather good at finding their way home. But it seems that pigeons have another remarkable talent – they can count.
我們已經知道牠們相當擅長找到回家的路。但鴿子似乎有另一項了不起的才能：他們能數數。
Until now, only humans and other primates were thought to be able to use abstract numerical rules in this way.
在此之前，只有人類和其他靈長類被認為能夠以這種方式使用抽象數字規則。
The researchers initially trained the pigeons by presenting them with 35 sets of three images, each with one, two, or three objects of different size, colour and shape. They were rewarded with wheat when they pecked the images in the correct ascending sequence.
研究人員先給鴿子看35組影像，每組有3張影像，呈現1個、2個或3個不同尺寸、顏色和形狀的物體，訓練牠們。當牠們以正確的從小到大的順序啄這些影像，就會獲得麥子當獎賞。
Next, they were presented with pairs of images with between one and nine objects and tested on their ability to respond to them in ascending order.
接下來，在牠們面前出示1到9種物體的兩兩一組影像，以從小到大的順序排列測試牠們的反應能力。
’Somewhat surprisingly, their performance is on a par with that of monkeys,’ said Dr Damian Scarf, of the University of Otago in New Zealand.
「牠們的表現有點令人意外地與猴子不相上下」，紐西蘭奧塔哥大學的戴米安．史卡夫博士說。
’Our findings add to a growing body of evidence that pigeons are among a number of avian species exhibiting impressive mental abilities that really do give the lie to the old "bird brain" insult.’
「我們的發現為越來越多的證據再加一筆，鴿子是展現出令人佩服心智能力的幾種鳥之一，這些能力的確反駁了『像鳥一樣沒什麼腦袋』這句羞辱人的老話。」
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新聞辭典
bird brain：俚語，意指一個人沒什麼腦袋，笨蛋。形容詞：birdbrained。例句：She is really a bird brain.（她真是笨蛋。）
somewhat：副詞，稍微、有點；或當代名詞，某事／物、幾分，後接of。例句：I’m somewhat upset about your attitude.（你的態度令我有點不爽。）
give the lie to：片語，揭穿謊言、不正確或不真實之事，反駁。例句：The government’s statistics gave the lie to it’s own claims of economic boom.（政府的統計數據反駁了政府自己宣稱經濟繁榮的說法。）
   

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 因材施教的吉兒老師 (Teacher Jill)

 
      
Hi! I'm Teacher Jill. I've been teaching English for more than 3 years now. Most of my friends think of me as a quiet and shy person but they actually don't know that I can be crazy and talkative as well. I like trying new things just like everybody else because the novelty of every experience never fails to amuse me.
嗨!我是吉兒老師，從事教學工作至今已三年多，我大部分的朋友覺得我個性是文靜又內向，但事實上，我也有未被發掘的瘋狂和健談。我就和大家一樣，喜歡嘗試新事物，也會因為一個新奇的經驗就樂不可支。
I wish to try bungee jumping, parasailing & snorkeling someday. I am also very passionate about blogging, updating social networking sites & meeting new friends. I treat every person I meet as someone whom I can learn from.
未來，我希望能去嘗試高空彈跳、滑翔傘以及浮潛。此外，我也非常熱衷寫部落格、更新社交網站和認識新朋友。我把每個遇見的朋友，當作是我學習的對象，因為我相信每個人都有值得別人學習的地方。
Through my years of experiencing teaching English, I've learned how to adapt to students' mood & personalities. No matter how serious a topic can be, I can make it fun for you. I've also learned that students are usually knowledgeable about grammar. They only need to be confident enough about their skills to be able to show it. That's when establishing rapport plays an important role. And that's what I focus on in the first meeting. So expect yourself to feel more at ease in speaking the English language with me.
經過多年來的英語教學工作，我很了解每個學生的學習情緒和特質，即使今天上課主題有多嚴肅，我都會讓你津津樂道。曾經我碰到學生對於文法的技巧都相當準確，只是較缺乏自信心，但一旦有了足夠的信心，展現出來的英文力更是讓我為他開心，而這就是你我之間的連結所碰撞出來的小火花，也就表示建立彼此融洽的關係會起相當重要的作用！因此，我相當重視我們初次上課的狀況。所以期待你也可以和我自在的說英語囉!
Whatever your purpose is for studying English, you can always be assured that the strategies I will apply in our conversations will be according to your personality and needs. If you are ready to explore your full potential, then there’s no other place to be but at HiTutor. I'm looking forward to having fun sessions with you!
不論你學英文的目的為何，你能夠確信的是，在我的課堂中，我所採用的教學方式，會依據你的個性和需求來調整。假使你準備好來探索你完整的潛能的話，那麼就趕快來HiTutor線上外語專家吧! 我非常期待你一起來加入這充滿趣味的英文課喔!

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覺得身邊的人欠揍，會說：「你皮在癢喔？」
英文是(Do) you want me to smack you?（你要我揍你啊？）(點我聽發音)
或者：You want me to pound you?（你要我摜你幾拳啊？）(點我聽發音)
當然也可以說：「Are you looking for a beating?」都能表達想揍人的心情。(點我聽發音)
A：Honey, can I have friends over while you’re away?(點我聽發音)
    We’re gonna have some beer, play cards, and hire some strippers. (點我聽發音)
B：Are you looking for a beating?(點我聽發音)
A：親愛的，妳不在的這幾天我可不可以找朋友來家裡？我們會喝喝小酒、打打小牌、找幾個脫衣舞孃來玩玩。
B：你皮在癢了喔？
來源：台科大應用外語系助理教授黃玟君
   

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  教學別具一格的的霍莉老師 (Teacher Holly)
Hello, my name is Holly and I'm a ESL teacher. I come from the UK and I have been teaching in Taiwan for one year. That year has been thoroughly enjoyable for me and as well as teaching experience I have an 80 hour online TEFL certificate and a 20 hour practical certificate which I got before I went to Taiwan.
哈囉，我是霍莉(Holly)，同時，也是一個 ESL教師。我來自英國，在台灣從事英文教學已屆滿一年，這一年對我來說，過得相當愉快，此外，在來到台灣前，我獲取80小時線上的TEFL證書和20小時的實習證書，有著豐富的教學經驗。
So I started my teaching career in Kindergarten which was great fun and incredibly rewarding. It gave me a good first step into teaching and a great understanding of just how different age groups and levels learn. I then went on to teach between the ages of 7 and 17. This enabled me to understand a wide spectrum of student's levels. So through a variety of sentence making games, songs, spelling activities and various other activities, the children had great fun in the classroom and were unaware of how much English they were actually learning. I believe I am always dedicated to teach individual students and ensure they fully understand the lesson and grasped the different language points we have talked about.
於是我開始在幼兒園展開我的教學生涯，這是非常有趣和令人難以置信的報償。它給了我一個良好的第一步，讓我在不同年齡和各級學習間的教學得到許多的啟發。
接著，我持續指導過7~17歲之間的學生，這使我明白在廣泛學生的學習程度。因此，透過遊戲、唱歌、拼寫等其他各種活動，都能讓孩子們在課堂上帶來學習樂趣，即使英文懂得不多，但實際上，他們已在活動中學習英文。
我相信，我一直致力於個別教學，我們會進一步作討論，以確保每位是否學生充分了解教學內容及掌握不同的語言觀點。
I have graduated from university and did so with honors in visual culture. My artistic background has helped influence my teaching style as I always use colors in the classroom and also visual aids to help students learn. I also think I am creative within my thinking and if there is ever a problem, I can solve it effectively and as quickly as possible. I believe that variety is the key to any success and my personality will bring professionalism, patience and playfulness to any type of teaching.
我從大學畢業，並在視覺文化獲得優異成績。我的藝術背景讓我在教學上別具一格，因為我會在課堂上運用色彩來加深印象，幫助學生學習。
我也覺得在我想法創造性或許不夠完整，但我盡可能且有效地解決這個問題。我相信多樣化是任何成功的關鍵，我是有職業精神、富耐心且充滿趣味性的人，因此我樂衷於任何不同類型的教學。
As I have said, I am from the UK and after a year of teaching I understand the slight differences between American English and British English. Because of that, I am fully able to teach American English or British English. That would depend on specific preference which I am more than willing to fulfill. So I hope you can see that my passion for teaching and for helping others will reflect in my work and my previous experience has meant that I can make learning an enjoyable experience for any level of English.
Thanks very much for listening and goodbye.
正如我說，我來自英國且有一年教學經驗，這讓我了解美式和英式英語間的細微差異。因為，我能教美式英語或英式英語，完全是取決於我想要達成此目的特定喜好。
所以，我希望你可以看到我的教學和熱情，這將反映在我的教學上，在我以前的經驗也意味著，我可以讓任何英語程度的學生得到一個愉快的學習。
感謝你的聆聽，也期待能夠再相見喔！！

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   教學值得信賴的的吉爾老師 (Teacher Gilles)
        
Hello, my name is Gilles. I come from the UK. I have an 80 hour online TEFL certificate and have completed a 20 hour practical teaching course. I have been teaching English for one year in Changhua City, Taiwan to various age groups. These age groups range from 7 to 16 years old. My main objective with the younger children was to help them with their pronunciation as it was a new language to them and to help build their confidence to speak the language freely. With the other children, especially those who studied GEPT, I helped them with their comprehension, their sentence making, their idioms and obviously their pronunciation also. In my teaching job, I taught a variety of subjects all in English such as science, social studies and geography. We also put on dramatisations and plays which I helped choreograph and write scripts for. There were also CDs which I recorded for my company to help the children learn and pronounce when I was not in the classroom. I think this showed a good deal of trust from my employer and good ability in teaching.
哈囉！我是吉爾(Gilles)。我來自英國，我已取得80小時線上的英語教學證書，並已完成了20小時的實習教學課程。
我從事英語教學已經一年囉！主要在台灣彰化市教學，針對各年齡組的學生，範圍從 7歲到16歲皆有。
針對小朋友，我主要的教學目標是幫助他們的發音，因為對於孩子來說，英文是一門新的語言，這將幫助他們建立信心，並能夠自在的發言。此外，我也研究全民英 檢(GEPT)，幫助他們加強對該考試的理解力，還有英文造句、成語以及發音。
在我的教學工作中，我教了許多科目(全英文)，像是科學、社會和地理。此外，我也會協助編舞、寫腳本來和學生一起演出一段戲劇。這也會透過CD來作記錄，而當我不在課堂上時，學生就能藉此來幫助學習，這是與雇主建立在信任和良好的教學能力上一個很好的協議。
My teaching qualities: I would say I am a very patient teacher and I am able to come up with a variety of techniques to enable the students to comprehend what I am teaching or how to pronounce the words I am teaching. Usually giving a variety of examples or simplifying what is being taught is the best way to get them to understand. With pronunciation, I have found that repetition and disecting the word is usually the best way. I also created and conducted many oral tests which I then graded and commented on. I also graded many compositions and sentence making exercises.
I am a very outgoing person and I feel this is reflected in my teaching style. I have lots of fun in the classroom with my students but I always make sure they understand the lesson and get the most out of it.
若你問我的教學特色：我會說我是個很有耐心的老師，我能夠提供不同的方法來幫助學生理解我的教學內容以及如何發音。通常我會給予各種範例或者簡單化我所教的，讓他們能夠更清楚的理解。
針對發音，我發現持續重覆和仔細分析這個詞通常是最好的辦法。此外，我會對學生進行口語測試，透過分級和評論來了解學生的學習狀況。
我是個相當的外向、隨和的人，這會反映在我的教學風格上，因此在我的課堂上定會帶給學生很多的樂趣，但我總會時時確認學生們是否能夠吸收課堂所教。
Although I am from the UK, both schools I have taught in use American English so I have a full understanding in both the spelling and of course the pronunciation. I would completely leave it up to my employer, or in the case of one to one teaching, the student, as to whether they would prefer to learn British (UK) English or American English.
I feel I am trustworthy and reliable and I hope that together we can make earning English both fun and enjoyable. Thank you very much for listening.
雖然我來自英國，但若要用美式英語教課的話，對我來說也不是問題喔！！因為對於這個方面，我有著豐富的教學經驗，在拼寫和發音等都有充分的準備和認識。
不管是一對一教學或是大班教學，都會根據學生的喜好，教授英式或是美式英文。請相信我是值得信賴且可靠的，希望我們能夠共同享受學習英語的樂趣。非常感謝您的聆聽喔~

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