【NZ】Rotorua - 紐西蘭的月世界

旅程到了後半段，其實天氣都不是太好，

另一方面，可能是玩太久，或者是紐西蘭的南島太讓我驚艷，

開始出現了疲倦感  ......  玩到累，你看看  ~~

【NZ】Paihia - 掰咖的一個禮拜 ....

這是一個悲慘的故事  ......

就在我們從auckland往paihia的途中，中午停在某個地方吃東西，

回車上的時候下起雨來，我就在那邊白目玩起來追我啊的遊戲，

結果一個不小心就  .....  扭到腳了  =.=

【NZ】ChristChurch - 南島旅行的終章

紐西蘭南島旅行，在這兒要畫下句點了，
南島的遊記在這邊也要畫下句點了  (汗)

浮誇

夜晚星空　你只看見最亮的那顆
人海中你崇拜　話題最多最紅的那個
誰不覬覦著要站在舞臺中央 光環只為我閃爍

散場後　落幕後　誰關心你想甚麼 誰在乎你做甚麼
誇張不是罪過　能滿足空洞乏味的生活
那窺探的眼那議論的口　消遣了每一次茶餘飯後

難道非要浮誇嗎　無謂是非與真假
拼排場包裝比身價　誰說真心話　誰說真心話
只要畫面夠驚訝　只要內容夠爆炸
一張嘴開出了天花　嬉笑怒罵
只能在夜裡鏡子前　偷偷講實話

你喜歡我　不喜歡我　是你的自由
我只是希望在某些時候　抓到你耳朵
為音樂夢想唱出第一個音符　從此就沒放棄過
主觀的　客觀的　旁觀的攔阻太多
好壞要自己承受
所以我要歌頌　讓情緒釋放在歌聲之中
選擇雖然多　好歌有幾首　能夠去感動人給些什麼

難道非要浮誇嗎　無謂是非與真假
拼排場包裝比身價　誰是大贏家　誰是大贏家
只要畫面夠驚訝　只要內容夠爆炸
一張嘴開出了天花　嬉笑怒罵
只能在夜裡鏡子前　偷偷講實話

幸運兒不是我　因為我選擇的路很難走
如果夠出色卻不能出頭　至少也做到沒第二個我

難道非要浮誇嗎　內心也曾很掙扎
一個人努力的時候　有誰看見嗎　有誰知道嗎
唱到思緒都融化　唱到聲音也沙啞
說是我著了魔也好　瘋了也罷
若不能揮灑　算甚麼歌唱的玩家

看著我正在為你發光
合不合胃口　都請欣然接受吧
下一刻要為你擦出火花

...

我很喜歡狄更斯的一句話：「這是個最好的時代，也是個最壞的時代。」
不如這樣說吧，每個時代對每個人都有最好的一面，也有最壞的一面，
這個年代，流行浮誇，我不知道這是件好事嗎？

我不愛做個討人喜歡的人，那意味著我必須犧牲著部分的自我，
只是我很不屑，那些拿不出幾分證據，卻只會包裝跟奉承的人，
可是看著這個世界的瘋狂，除了無奈，我還是無奈。

究竟是無知，還是瘋狂？
面對這些人的無能，我實在是無能為力，
其實只要你肯花點心思，冷靜你的思緒，撇開你的刻板印象，
從最基本的東西看起，你自然就會發現，誰是在包裝跟畫大餅。

管理最失敗的莫過於不肯承認自己的失敗，
我不知道為什麼人到了某個年紀、某個地位之後，
就開始認為自己什麼都會，什麼都對，
未來，沒有人可以預測，也因此人都會做錯決定，
而能力的分界，就在自己知道犯錯的那一刻起。

矇住自己的眼睛，不看那些錯誤的決定，它們就會消失了嗎？
堅持著自己的謬誤，只是耗損更多的資源，造成未來更多的傷害。
你的一個念頭，決定著你的未來要往哪裡去。

看看現在台灣社會的混亂，還有人會被「都是年輕人沒有競爭力跟創造力」這種鬼話給欺騙嗎？
在食物裡頭做化學實驗，把汙染直接送給社會大眾，
軍隊、政治的醜陋，當權者可以濫權，可以無視法律，可以為所欲為。

張忠謀，你還有臉出來說「台灣的年輕人沒有創意」這種鬼話嗎？
如果你的一句話，就要我們這個世代揹起黑鍋，
那你們那一代人，又留給台灣什麼？汙染？官僚？掠奪？還是殖民？

就我認識的一部分台積，是極度官僚的地方，
有主管直接就栽贓我，我蓄意讓計畫死掉，而搞出事的人還榮升呢！
而更大的主管跟我說，良心不是最重要的，除了良心之外，事情還要能解決。

貴公司的教條是什麼？ICIC？
Fuck the I N T E G R I T Y ~~

創意要幹麼？能吃嗎？良心都可以遮著不看了，整天喊口號是有鳥用。
這個年頭，包裝紙漂亮就會有用，即使裡面裝的是屎都無所謂。

一場鬧劇  ...

【NZ】Kaikura - 鯨魚的家

有時候會很欽佩那些把網誌寫的很好的人，
到底是什麼樣的動力，讓他們可以把這件事做這麼好呢？

~~

南島兜兜轉轉，也接近旅途的尾聲了，
來到這裡，也是一個月的時間，如果你問我怎麼可以玩這麼久？
紐西蘭，很值得來走一趟，尤其是南島的風景。

回ChristChurch的這條路上，會經過一個滿是野生動物的小鎮，Kaikura。

【NZ】Nelson & Abel Tasman

回台灣也已經五個月了，沒想到連紐西蘭的遊記都還沒寫完(汗) ...
晃呀晃的，南島也將接近尾聲，
紐西蘭的湖是很厲害，但要說海的話，台灣的海邊可是一點也不遜色!!
要好好地珍惜我們的環境啊  ~~

工廠管理的思維

知識的價值在於更有效地利用資源，例如時間、硬體…等等，
來建立有創造性的流程或產品。

如果你認為我三個月做不了什麼事情，那就不要review我的年度進度，
而不是當人家報告三個月來完成的工作時，
直接問說你這個是plan吧？

是plan我寫在accomplishment幹麼？
你很訝異我做這麼多，我也很訝異你的管理知識竟然這麼少  ....

公司機密的........考試

你有時間勞師動眾叫員工去考試，檢查每個人的電腦裡的檔案歸類是否符合分級制，
你怎麼不想想辦法找認同這間公司價值的員工進來工作，
並且，讓他們認同如果外洩這些機密會是自己價值的損失？

大家都嘛知道，
考試這東西，考試前看看考古題，一考完馬上就忘光了  ....
會挺而走險的人，不會因為搞這種檢查，做這種測驗，他們就知道要警惕，
而知道尊重自己知識價值的人，只會覺得這種事是生事擾民。

【NZ】Tekapo - 錯過，會令人懊悔的地方

一個不算大的小鎮，人口寥寥無幾，商店稀稀落落，
但一提到紐西蘭，大家幾乎都會知道，牧羊人教堂，Lake Tekapo。

修行是心，不是宗教

【NZ】Mount Cook - 冰河的源頭

還是沒啥睡意，繼續來寫第二篇遊記 ~~

【NZ】Fox Glacier - 冰河之旅

半夜睡不著覺，起來寫寫荒廢已久的網誌，
回想起去年的這個時候，我們正過著早上四點起床採櫻桃的生活  ~~

錯覺II

學問本身是中性的，
好的闡述者要能夠將它的基本精神和每個人的生活經驗引起共鳴，
如果有某些學問讓人覺得只屬於特定的人，
那一定是有人在故弄玄虛。

錯覺

如果這個世界讓專長不在於讀書的人感到罪惡的話，
那錯的是懂讀書的人。

【NZ】Wanaka - 相逢自是有遇吧

上一篇居然是快一個月之前的事了，拖稿拖了這麼久  ....
做project做的烏煙瘴氣，常常都會想起在澳洲、紐西蘭流浪的日子啊  ~~

兒戲

你們從來不知道，這是一件多嚴重的事情，否則不會把它當兒戲一般看待。
恣意地栽贓、定罪、懲罰，是會把人逼上絕路的。
你們承擔的起這樣的後果嗎？
你們真的知道，自己是在犯罪嗎？

不懂承擔責任的人，永遠都不懂自己在犯什麼樣的錯，
因而濫用自己的權力，恣意妄為，
卻不知道，有些事一旦發生了，就永遠不可能再重來。

我相信，我不是第一個，也不是最後一個，
但很有可能，是倖存的唯一那一個  ...

權力是武器，使用它的人，如果不懂得責任，下場就是萬劫不復。

人不要臉，天下無敵

我在想，有些人怎麼可以無恥的這麼理直氣壯，
到底是什麼樣的信念，可以支持著這些人的無恥？

經理人的承諾

今天讓我體會到，一個經理人如果不知道要重視自己講出來的每一句話，
那對團隊的士氣傷害會有多大。

Life is not a struggle

給老朋友一些經驗分享吧，年輕一點的時候，會覺得Life is a struggle，
過了那個階段後，會覺得事情或許不是這樣子，
你的挑戰是伴隨著你的選擇，試煉你是否有勇氣堅持著你的選擇。

暗黑經理人

如果你想要謀殺一個人的理想、希望和人生的意義，
當一個垃圾經理人，或許是個挺直接的方式。

-- by bnman, 「你要如何衡量你的人生」讀後感之一

關於schedule

一個不合理的schedule = 沒有schedule
要這樣訂，那乾脆不要訂，訂了又執行不了，一句話就足以累死手底下的人。
亂訂schedule，代表的是做事沒在考慮通盤的策略，

沒有策略，打仗會贏嗎？

【NZ】Arrowtown - 一個為秋天而生的小鎮

在秋天的南島旅行，Arrowtown可以算是紐西蘭秋天的代表，金黃色的村莊。

一句話

學問不該淪為政治的工具 ~

【NZ】Queenstown - 極限運動的小鎮

講到極限運動，有誰不會想到Queenstown呢？

【NZ】Te Anau - 峽灣的前哨站

如果不是要去Milford Sound，我還會來這個地方嗎？

異鄉人

此情此景，我想到了這個人 --

Je me révolte, donc nous sommes.
荒謬是「理性的人」遭遇到「毫無道理的世界」之後產生出來的 ..
by Albert Camus

如果你們看到的我是憤世嫉俗的，那只因這個世界太過於荒謬 ~

【NZ】Milford Sound - 難得天晴的仙境

【NZ】Invercargill - 國境之南

比起台灣的國境之南，紐西蘭的這一個就輸了。

【NZ】Dunedin - 離開前的遊樂園

Baldwin Street，是Dunedin的溜滑梯吧，是個有趣的小景點。

【NZ】Dunedin - Otago半島之信天翁的家

Otago半島，是到Dunedin的人通常會建議人家花一天的時間去走走的地方。

【NZ】Dunedin - 優雅的南島城市

這是個少數我不算討厭的城市之一 ~

【NZ】Oamaru - Moeraki的企鵝們

【NZ】Oamaru - 自行車小鎮

Oamaru有個很特別的腳踏車店，但真的讓它吸引人的卻是 ....

【NZ】Christchurch - 乍到紐西蘭

終於，終於開始寫遊記跟整理照片了 ~

林杰樑醫生

2013.8.5，林杰樑醫生辭世了。

【2013亞錦賽】預賽 vs 菲律賓

贏了之後，我稱這場勝利為驕傲的一勝，其來有自。

【Diary】2013.07.21

I would like to go to university. That's my dream when I was six years old.

【Diary】2013.07.20

勇敢地衝撞制度，而這樣地勇敢可以喚醒多少人呢？

【Diary】2013.07.14

這一輩子要用我所有的能力，去幫助需要幫助的人、動物和環境。

【Diary】2013.07.13

參加國中同學的婚禮，恭喜恭喜啊！

【Diary】2013.07.12

人多的地方不要去，謹記這句話。

【Diary】2013.07.11

在這年頭，選擇做一個用腦思考的人，並不是太容易。

統一，爛公司？

統一是不是間爛公司！？那就要看你從什麼角度去看他了。

打房！？

如果你認真想想，房價高漲的既得利益者是誰，而打房後損失的是誰？
你就會放棄質疑跟批評政府打房的決心。

【Diary】2013.07.10

今天的國家大事，大概就是台灣政府得到經濟學人的認證，貪汙程度達36%，名列18名。

【Diary】2013.07.09

美感經驗這件事，反映出我們對於自己經驗的自信以及藝術的涵養。

酸，就比較高明嗎？

首先我必須要說，從我開始看中華隊的比賽以來，我給許晉哲這名國家隊教練的評價最高。

【Diary】2013.07.08

有些事情，像是有些化學反應一樣，不可逆的。

【Diary】2013.07.07

投進五十球中距離，花了我快兩個小時  ......

【Diary】2013.07.06

生命是一個難解的謎，它可能在你最痛苦的時候讓你活著，可能在你最開心的時候讓你離開。

租屋三兩事

考慮條件：

    -- 離港南國小10分鐘左右的車程

    -- 要附傢俱，除了床墊跟電視之外

    -- 最好有書櫃，書桌可有可無

    -- 要有廚房能開火

    -- 附車位

    -- 浴室有對外窗

    -- 通風足，採光良好

    -- 室內的裝潢跟房型不要奇怪到讓人很不舒服 (相當主觀)

    -- 可以的話，不跟仲介租 ~_~

    -- 兩房為主

    -- 要有陽台，除了曬衣服之外，可以種一些小植物  XD

    -- 周圍環境單純，我不想要住在八大旁邊啊  orz

    -- ........待續

【Diary】2013.07.05

回台的第一天，休息了一個晚上，沒睡飽肚子餓著就醒過來了  orz

先來打算上工前要完成些什麼，還有兩個月左右的時間。
這兩個月的時間 --

【youtube】Klappers Korner on Jeremy Lin

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/klappers-korner-on-jeremy-lin/

• meniscus : (C.) a thin fibrous cartilage between the surfaces of some joints
• trim : (Vt.) to make something look neater by cutting small pieces off it
  - Pete was trimming the lawn around the roses.
• femur : (C.) the thigh bone
• cartilage : (C. & U.) a strong substance that can bend, which is around the joints in your body and in your outer ear
• medial : (adj.) situated in the middle
• lateral : (adj.) relating to the sides of something, or movement to the side
  - The wall is weak and requires lateral support.
• fibro- : relating to or characterized by fibres
• tibio
• bracket : (C.) a piece of metal, wood, or plastic, often in the shape of the letter L, fixed to a wall to support something such as a shelf
• stitch : (C.) a short piece of thread that has been sewn into a piece of cloth, or the action of the thread going into and out of the cloth
• arthritis : (U.) a disease that causes the joints of your body to become swollen and very painful

【CNN】Thailand's economy races ahead

http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/18/news/economy/thailand-gdp/index.html?hpt=ibu_c2

• eye-popping
• pop : (Vi.) to go somewhere quickly, suddenly, or in a way that you did not expect
• crippling : (adj.) causing so much damage or harm that something no longer works or is no longer effective
  - the crippling effects of war on the economy
  - as Thailand experienced crippling floods in late 2011 that depressed production and consumption
• consensus : (U. singular) an opinion that everyone in a group agrees with or accepts
  - a lack of consensus about the aims of the project
  - a consensus that now appears conservative
• advocate : (Vt.) to publicly say that something should be done
  - Extremists were openly advocated violence.
  - a strategy that some government officials have advocated in a bid to boost the economy

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點評：不容小覷的泰國

【youtube】Inside Foxconn: Exclusive look at how an iPad is made

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/inside-foxconn-exclusive-look-at-how-an-ipad-is-m/

• box (up) : (Vt.) to put things in boxes
  - Help me to box up the Christmas tree lights.
• tedious : (adj.) something that is tedious continues for a long time and is not interesting = boring
  - The work was tiring and tedious.
• amenity : (C. and usually plural) something that makes a place comfortable or easy to live in
  - The hotel is in the city center, close to shops and local amenities.

【youtube】The Desktop Computer Gets an OLED, 3D, Kinect-powered Overhaul

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/the-desktop-computer-gets-an-oled-3d-kinect-powered-overhaul/

• overhaul : (C.) necessary changes or repairs made to a machine or system
  - The car needs a complete overhaul.

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點評：這科技能用來做什麼呢？

【youtube】Cute Fight Scene in PS I Love You

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/cute-fight-scene-in-ps-i-love-you/

• limo = limousine : (C.) a very large, expensive, and comfortable car, driven by someone who is paid to drive
  -  I've been driving limos for four years. 
• cranky : (adj. informal) bad tempered
  - I was feeling tired and cranky.
  - I mean the job makes you cranky at home every bloody day anyway. 
• windowsill = window ledge : (C.) a shelf fixed along the bottom of a window
• bollock : (Vt. spoken informal) to tell someone angrily that you do not like what they have done
  - I'll bollock him for sticking his rubbish in my cupboard.
• bilingual : (adj.) written or spoken in two languages
  - The report proposed bilingual education in school

【youtube】Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: Pink Slime – 70% of America’s Beef is Treated with Ammonia

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/jamie-olivers-food-revolution-pink-slime-70-of-americas-beef-is-treated-with-ammonia/

• choosy : (adj.) someone who is choosy will only accept things that they like a lot or they consider to be very good
  - someone who is choosy will only accept things that they like a lot or they consider to be very good.
• trimming : (plural) small pieces that are left after you have cut something larger
  - When you've broken down the whole beast, you are left with trimmings. 
• inedible : (adj.) if something is inedible, you cannot eat it because it tastes bad or is poisonous
  - The meat was so burnt that it was inedible.
  -  In this form, this is inedible.
• salmonella : (U.) a kind of bacteria in food that makes you ill
  - a case of salmonella poisoning
• ecoli
• render : (Vt.) to melt the fat of an animal as you cook it
  - Steam the goose to render some of the fat.
• centralfuge
• ingredient : (C.) one of the foods that you use to make a particular food or dish
  - The food is home-cooked using fresh ingredients.
  (C.) a quality you need to achieve something
  - John has all the ingredients of a great player.
  - The key ingredient in the process is ammonia.  
• pathogen : (U.) something that causes disease in your body
• drain : (Vt.) to make the water or liquid in something flow away
  - The swimming pool is drained and cleaned every winter.
• patty : (C.) small, flat pieces of cooked meat or other food
• grind : (Vt.) to break something such as corn or coffee beans into small pieces or powder, either in a machine or between two hard surfaces
  (Vt.) to cut food, especially raw meat, into very small pieces by putting it through a machine = mince
• stick up for sb : to defend someone who is being criticized, especially when no one else will defend them
  - You are supposed to be sticking up for me.

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點評：美國人好噁心  ...

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【youtube】B.S. Report – President Obama Talks Jeremy Lin and the Bulls title chances with Bill Simmons

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/b-s-report-president-obama-talks-jeremy-lin-and-the-bulls-title/

• sneak : (Vi.) to go somewhere secretly and quietly in order to avoid being seen or heard
  -  I'll sneak in a … sneak in a ball game, as I'm uh, reading my briefings.
  -  She snuck out of the house once her parents were asleep.
• catch up on : to spend time finding out what has been happening while you have been away or during the time you have not seen someone
  -  So you are catching up obviously on the fact that you’ve been surpassed as most famous person who is a Harvard graduate
  - I need to catch up on some sleep.
• surpass : (Vt.) to be even better or greater than someone or something else
  - He had surpassed all our expectations.
• climb/jump/get on the bandwagon : to start doing or saying something that a lot of people are already doing or saying
  - I don't want to look as if I'm jumping on the green bandwagon.
• steer : (Vt.) to guide someone's behaviour or the way a situation develops
  -  I'm surprised that you didn't steer him toward the Bulls.
  - Helen tried to steer the conversation away from herself.
• scrimmage : (C.) a practice game of football, basketball etc
• in good shape = in good condition
  - Boris had always kept his body in good shape.
• spasm : (C. & U.) an occasion when your muscles suddenly become tight, causing you pain
  - Maggie felt a muscle spasm in her back.
• get a shot
• envision : (Vt.) to imagine something that you think might happen in the future, especially something that you think will be good = envisage
  - I envision the future of educational excellence.
• well (up) : (Vi.) if a liquid wells or wells up, it comes to the surface of something and starts to flow out
  - I felt tears well up in my eyes.

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點評：Obama also got in Linsanity??

【youtube】Honestly Speaking – The Honest Company Advertising Video

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/honestly-speaking-the-honest-company-advertising-video/

• profound : (adj.) having a strong influence or effect
  - Tolstoy's experiences of war had a profound effect on his work.
  - The mother's behavior had a profound impact on the developing child.
  : (adj.) showing strong, serious feelings = deep
  -  Being a mom is the most profound experience I have ever had.
• autism : (U.) a mental disorder that makes people unable to communicate properly, or to form relationships
  -  Today's parents, they are facing a new reality: autism, allergies, childhood cancer. 
• allergy : (U. & C.) a medical condition in which you become ill or in which your skin becomes red and painful because you have eaten or touched a particular substance
  - I have a allergy to cats.
• chronic : (adj.) a chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured
  -  Yet, most parents don’t really understand how to protect their children from these chronic diseases.
• pop up : (Vi.) to appear, sometimes unexpectedly
  - Click here, and a list of files will pop up.
  -  It just pops up on your doorstep.

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點評：也是要來賺錢來著的啊

【youtube】9 min extreme HOME cardio for ripped beach body

在家做九分鐘激烈心肺

【CNN】How to Write a Resume

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/how-to-write-a-resume/

• chronological : (adj.) arranged according to when things happened or were mad
  - We arranged the documents in chronological order.
  -  And it should be in reverse chronological order, which means the most recent first, working backwards.

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點評：It's simple but useful.

【youtube】Jeremy Lin’s How to Get into Harvard

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/jeremy-lins-how-to-get-into-harvard/

• imperative : (adj.) extremely important and needing to be done or dealt with immediately
  - It's imperative to meet face to face with the client.
• hone : (Vt.) to improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already very good at it
  - He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman.

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點評：原來美國人也玩1/n*sinx這一招  ....

【youtube】New York’s Jeremy Lin’s Long Trip to The NBA

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/new-yorks-jeremy-lins-long-trip-to-the-nba/

• penetrate : (Vt. & Vi.) to enter something and pass or spread through it, especially when this is difficult = pierce
  - bullets that penetrate thick armour plating

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點評：Linsanity is old-fashion now because Laoda is the one!!!

【CNN】Buffett slakes deal appetite with Heinz

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/14/business/buffett-brazil-heinz-takeover/index.html?hpt=ibu_c2

• takeover : (C.) when one company takes control of another by buying more than half its shares
  - He prevented a hostile takeover (=when the takeover is not wanted by the company being bought) of the company.
  - Warren Buffett has teamed up with one of Brazil's richest men to serve up the biggest takeover of the year.
• beverage : (C. formal) a hot or cold drink
  - the Food and Beverage Manager
  - The deal, which is the fourth-largest food and beverage acquisition of all time, underscores the rising tide of dealmaking around the world and has raised the hopes of bankers that merger and acquisition activity will accelerate.
• acquisition : (U.) the act of getting land, power, money etc
  - the acquisition of new sites for development
• underscore : (Vt.) to emphasize the fact that something is important or true = underline
• conglomerate : (C.) a large business organization consisting of several different companies that have joined together
  - Berkshire, a conglomerate with more than 70 businesses amassed over four decades by Mr Buffett
• amass : (Vt.) if you amass money, knowledge, information etc, you gradually collect a large amount of it
  - For 25 years, Darwin amassed evidence to support his theories.
• transaction : (U. formal) a business deal or action, such as buying or selling something
  - The bank charges a fixed rate for each transaction.
  - Berkshire will buy another $8bn to $9bn of preferred stock paying a 9 per cent coupon, according to people familiar with the transaction.
• moat : (C.) a deep wide hole, usually filled with water, dug around a castle as a defence
  - Mr Buffett has historically left existing management in place, preferring good businesses with what he calls a "moat", a persistent competitive advantage, to prospects for a turnround.
• turnround = turnaround : (singular) a complete change from a bad situation to a good one
  - the remarkable turnaround in our economy
• prominence : (U.) the fact of being important and well-known
  - the prominence of pressure groups as political forces
  - In a sign of the rising prominence of 3G and Brazilian dealmakers, Mr Lemann suggested buying Heinz
  
• amid : (prep.) while noisy, busy, or confused events are happening - used in writing or news reports
  - The dollars fallen in value amid the rumors of weakness in the US economy
  - Shares of other food companies in the sector also rose amid speculation that the Heinz deal could trigger a wave of mergers.
• regulatory : (adj.) a regulatory authority has the official power to control an activity and to make sure that it is done in a satisfactory way
  - New drugs have been approved by the regulatory authority.
  - The bid values Heinz at $28bn, including $5.1bn of net debt, and is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.
• heir : (C.) the person who has the legal right to receive the property or title of another person when they die
  - He is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, heir to her late husband H. John Heinz III.
  - John was the sole heir to a vast estate.
• trump : (plural) chosen to have a higher value than the other suits in a particular card game
  - Hearts are trumps.
  - The proposed deal is the latest in a series of recent takeovers and trumps the $24bn leveraged buyout offer by Michael Dell.
• slump : (Vi.) to suddenly go down in price, value, or number <-> soar
  - Sales slumped by 20% last year.
  - The currency slumped to a record low.
  - Last year the value of global M&A deals fell, and investment banking fees slumped.
• synergy : (U.) the additional effectiveness when two or more companies or people combine and work together
  - Heinz's purchase price appeared relatively high and financial buyers would generally have more limited synergy opportunities.

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點評：Someday, I will be another xxx.

【CNN】G7 fails to defuse currency tensions

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/12/business/g7-failure-defuse-currency-war-fears/index.html?hpt=ibu_c2

• defuse : (Vt.) to improve a difficult or dangerous situation, for example by making people less angry or by dealing with the causes of a problem
  - G7 fails to defuse currency tensions.
  - The agreement was regarded as a means of defusing ethnic tensions.
• soothe : (Vt.) to make someone feel calmer and less anxious, upset, or angry
  - An attempt to soothe global currency tensions backfired on Tuesday as a joint statement by the world's richest nations roiled the markets.
  - Lucy soothed the baby by rocking it in her arms.
• backfire : (Vi.) if a plan or action backfires, it has the opposite effect to the one you intended
  - The company's new policy backfired when a number of employees threatened to quit.
• roil = rile : (Vt. informal) to make someone extremely angry
  - He is the calmest guy I ever knew. Nothing ever riled/roiled him. 
• reinvigorate : (Vt.) give new energy or strength to
  - The yen initially fell, as the statement appeared to support Japan's efforts to reinvigorate growth.
• broker : (Vt.) to arrange the details of a deal etc so that everyone can agree to it
  - a ceasefire agreement brokered by the UN
• monetary : (adj. only before noun) relating to money, especially all the money in a particular country
  - Japan's monetary policy has become the focus of the global currency tensions ahead of a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers later this week in Moscow.
  - the government's tight monetary policy
• reaffirm : (Vt.) to formally state an opinion, belief, or intention again, especially when someone has questioned you or expressed a doubt = reiterate- We reaffirm that our fiscal and monetary policies have been and will remain oriented towards meeting our respective domestic objectives using domestic instruments.
  - The government reaffirmed that education is a top priority.
• fiscal : (adj.) relating to money, taxes, debts etc that are owned and managed by the government
• volatile : (adj.) a volatile situation is likely to change suddenly and without warning
  - an increasingly volatile political situation
• volatility : (N.)
• adverse : (adj.) not good or favourable
  - We are agreed that excessive volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates can have adverse implications for economic and financial stability.
  - They fear it could have an adverse effect on global financial market.
• refrain : (Vt. formal) to not to do something that you want to do = abstain
  - In private, the US has been pressuring Japan's new government to refrain from mentioning the yen as it attempts to revive growth and end deflation.
  - Please refrain from smoking in this area.
• crumble : (Vt. & Vi.) to break apart into lots of little pieces, or make something do this
  - As G7 unity crumbled, the Bank of Canada's governor said the world's richest economies should not use monetary policy to target exchange rates.
  - The fall leaves crumbled in my fingers.
• outbreak : (C.) if there is an outbreak of fighting or disease in an area, it suddenly starts to happen
  - Leading emerging economies, such as Brazil, have complained about loose monetary policy in G7 countries, leading to warnings about an outbreak of low-level "currency wars"
  - the outbreak of World War II

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點評：貨幣戰爭蓄勢待發？

【youtube】Blogs in Plain English

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/blogs-in-plain-english/

• make someone's point
  -  W'll look at news in the 20th v.s. the 21st century to make our point. 
• fuss : (U.) anxious behaviour or activity that is usually about unimportant things
  - James said he'd better be getting back or there'd be a fuss.
  -  the fuss is not about how blogs work. It’s about what people like you do with them that matters.

【youtube】Cats 101 – American Shorthair

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/american-shorthair/

• pounce : (Vi.) to suddenly move forward and attack someone or something, after waiting to attack them
  - The cat was hiding in the bushes, ready to pounce.
  : (C.)
  -  One in three pounces results in a catch.
• bulk : (Vi.) treat (a product) so that its quantity appears greater than it is
  - It bulked up.
• sturdy : (adj.) an object that is sturdy is strong, well-made, and not easily broken
  - That chair doesn't look very sturdy.
  -  He bred them to be bigger sturdier cats.
• subtle : (adj.) not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention <-> obvious
  - The pictures are ssimilar, but there are subtle differences between them.
  - Today the breed is recognized by several subtle characteristics. 
• breed : (C.) a type of animal that is kept as a pet or on a farm
  - Spaniels are my favorite breed of dog.
• tabby : (C.) a cat with light and dark lines on its fur
• tortoise : (C.) a slow-moving land animal that can pull its head and legs into the hard round shell that covers its body
• calico cat : a cat that has black, white, and brown fur
• needy : (adj.) needing and wanting a lot of love and attention
• mat : (Vi.) tangle in a thick mass
  -  Their short coat doesn't mat. 

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點評：我覺得美短很漂亮, lovely

【youtube】Zombies in Plain English

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/zombies-in-plain-english/

• lurk : (Vi.) to wait somewhere quietly and secretly, usually because you are going to do something wrong
  - She didn't see the figure lurking behind the bushes.
  : (Vi.) if something such as danger, a feeling etc lurks somewhere, it exists, but you may not see it or know about it
  -  Danger may be lurking where you least expect it. 
• intact : (adj. not before noun) not broken, damaged, or spoiled
  - And we are gonna help you get through it, brain intact!
  - His reputation survived intact.
  

• off-kilter : (adj.) not completely straight or correctly balanced
  - The paintings were slightly off-kilter.
• reach
• limp : (Vi.) to walk slowly and with difficulty because one leg is hurt or injured
  - Moreno limped off the field with a foot injury.
• infection : (C.) a disease that affects a particular part of your body and is caused by bacteria or a virus
  -  Remember that zombies may move quickly in the early stages of infection. 
• brittle : (adj.) hard but easily broken
  - The branches were dry and brittle.
• rations : (plural) a fixed amount of food given to a soldier or member of a group
  - We were on short rations.
• trauma : (U. & C. technical) an injury
  -  This is generally done through head trauma or decapitation.
• decapitate : (Vt.) to cut off someone's head
  - a decapitated body
• decapitation
• caliber : (C.) the width of the inside of a gun or tube
  : the width of a bullet
  -  As starting points, we suggest large caliber bullets to the head, or decapitation via machete, ax or chainsaw.
• machete : (C.) a large knife with a broad heavy blade, used as a weapon or a tool
• ax = axe : (C.) a tool with a heavy metal blade on the end of a long handle, used to cut down trees or split pieces of wood
• napalm : (U.) a substance made from petrol that was used in bombs by US forces to burn fields and villages during the Vietnam war
• grenade : (C.) a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a gun
• antiseptic : (U. & C.) a medicine that you put onto a wound to stop it from becoming infected
  - He dabbed the cut with antiseptic.
  - Mint is a mild antiseptic.

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點評：惡靈古堡看太多了  ~~

【The Economist】Free exchange - Nomencracy

 http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21571399-surnames-offer-depressing-clues-extent-social-mobility-over

• inequality : (C. & U.) an unfair situation, in which some groups in society have more money, opportunities, power etc than others
  - THE 「Great Gatsby curve」 is the name Alan Krueger, an economic adviser to Barack Obama, gave to the relationship between income inequality and social mobility across the generations.
• reckon : (Vt.) to guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly
  - Mr Corak reckons that in some places, like America and Britain, around 50% of income differences in one generation are attributable to differences in the previous generation (in more egalitarian Scandinavia, the number is less than 30%).
• rosy : (adj.) seeming to offer hope of success or happines
  - Even that may paint too rosy a picture
• scarce : (adj.) if something is scarce, there is not very much of it available
  - Good data covering three or more generations are scarce.
• be bound to : to be very likely to do or feel a particular thing
  - Gregory Clark, an economist at the University of California, Davis, notes that across a single generation some children of rich parents are bound to suffer random episodes of bad luck.
• idiosyncrasy : (C.) an unusual or unexpected feature that something has
• idiosyncratic
  - Others will choose low-pay jobs for idiosyncratic reasons, like a wish to do charitable work.
• extrapolate : (Vt. & Vi.) to use facts about the present or about one thing or group to make a guess about the future or about other things or groups
  - Extrapolating the resulting mobility rates across many generations gives a misleadingly sunny view of long-term equality of opportunity.
• descendant : (C.) someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past <-> ancestor
  - Indeed, it may take as long as 300-500 years for high- and low-status families to produce descendants with equal chances of being in various parts of the income spectrum.
• glean : (Vt.) to find out information slowly and with difficulty
  - Mr Clark confronts the lack of good data by gleaning information from rare surnames.
• aristocrats : (C.)  someone who belongs to the highest social class
  -  The unusual surnames of 17th-century aristocrats and the Latinised surnames (such as Linnaeus) adopted by highly educated 18th-century Swedes are both rare in the Swedish population as a whole.
• elite : (C.) a group of people who have a lot of power and influence because they have money, knowledge, or special skills
  : (adj.) an elite group contains the best, most skilled or most experienced people or members of a larger group
  - By tracking the overrepresentation of those names in elite positions, he is able to work out long-run mobility rates.
• disproportionate : (adj.) too much or too little in relation to something else
  - If very few Britons are called Micklethwait, for example, and people with that name were disproportionately wealthy in 1800, then you can gauge long-run mobility by studying how long it takes the Micklethwait name to lose its wealth-predicting power.
• gauge : (Vt.) to measure or calculate something by using a particular instrument or method
• probate : (U.) the legal process of deciding that someone's    will    has been properly made
  - In a paper written by Mr Clark and Neil Cummins of Queens College, City University of New York, the authors use data from probate records of 19th-century estates to classify rare surnames into different wealth categories.
• underlying : (adj.) the cause, idea etc that is the most important, although it is not easily noticed
  - Mr Clark's conclusion is that the underlying rate of social mobility is both low and surprisingly constant across countries and eras
• competence : (U.) the ability to do something well
  - Such competence is potentially heritable and is reinforced by the human tendency to mate with partners of similar traits and ability.
• trait : (C.) a particular quality in someone's character
• fatalistic : (adj.) believing that there is nothing you can do to prevent events from happening
  - This is a distressingly fatalistic view of opportunity.
• Painstaking : (adj.) very careful and thorough
  - Painstaking work by Jason Long of Wheaton College and Joseph Ferrie of Northwestern University provides another perspective.
• pore over sth : to read or look at something very carefully for a long time
  - They have spent the past decade poring over census returns from America and Britain, identifying families with children in one count, tracking down the same children as adults in another, and thereby building up a multigenerational dataset.
• census : (C.) an official process of counting a country's population and finding out about the people
• have/keep a grip on : (singular) power and control over someone or something
  - The past has a tight grip on the present.

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點評：為什麼我爸不是李嘉誠？

【CNN】Asia mixes making money with ancient beliefs

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/11/business/china-business-fung-shui/index.html?hpt=ibu_c2

• embody : (Vt.) to be a very good example of an idea or quality = represent
  - She embodies everything I admire in a teacher.
• crop up : (Vi.) if a problem crops up, it happens or appears suddenly and in an unexpected way
• crop : (Vt.) to cut someone's hair short
  - Stella had her hire closely cropped.
  : (Vt.) to cut a part off a photograph or picture so that it is a particular size or shape
• bid : (C.) an offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auction
  bid for
  - They put in a bid for the house.
• bid : (C.) an attempt to achieve or obtain something
  bid to do something
  - a desperate bid to free herself from a loveless marriage
• entitle : (Vt. often passive) to give someone the official right to do or have something
  - Full-time employees are entitled to receive health insurance.
• behest -> at the behest of sb. : (formal) because someone has asked for something or ordered something to happen
  - The committee was set up at the behest of the president.
• run-up -> the run-up to sth. : the period of time just before an important event
  - in the run-up to the election
• audit : (C.) an official examination of a company's financial records in order to check that they are correct
  - an annual audit
• vet : (Vt.) to check a report, speech etc carefully to make sure it is acceptable
  - The author vets every script for the new TV series.
• down-to-earth : (adj.) practical and direct in a sensible honest way
  - Fran's a friendly, down-to-earth person.
• pepper : (Vt. usually passive) if something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it
  --> be peppered with sth
  - a speech peppered with amusing stories
• sideline : (C.) an activity that you do as well as your main job or business, in order to earn more money
  --> as a sideline
  - Zoe does a bit of photography as a sideline.
• auspicious : (adj. formal) showing that something is like to be successful
  --> auspicious start/beginning
  - Saccani's excellent recording is an auspicious start to what promises to be a distinguished musical career.
• adhere : (Vi.) to stick firmly to something
  --> adhere to
  - The eggs to these fish adhere to plant leaves.
• atrium : (C.) a large high open space in a tall building
• manifest : (Vt.) to show a feeling, attitude etc
  - A dog's protective instincts are manifested in increased alertness.
• skeptic : (C.) a person who disagrees with particular claims and statements, especially those are generally thought to be true
  - Skeptics argued that the rise in prices was temporary.
• cosmic : (adj.) relating to space or the universe
• unscrupulous : (adj.) behaving in an unfair or dishonest way
  - unscrupulous employers
• practitioner : (C.) someone who works as a doctor or a lawyer
  - a practitioner of alternative medicine
• pedal : ??
• put somebody off : to make you dislike something or not want to do something
  - Don't let the restaurant's decor put you off - the food is really good.

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點評：風水正夯，那台灣總統府的位置可以橋一下嗎？

Job Interview Tips

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/job-interview-tips/

• icebreaker : (C.) something that you say or do to make people less nervous when they first meet
  - This game is an effective icebreaker at the beginning of a semester.
• nerve-wracking : (adj.) a nerve-wracking situation makes you feel very nervous or worried
  - Speaking in public can be a nerve-wracking experience.
• in somebody's shoes : in someone else's situation, especially a bad one
  - Don't be cross with them. Try to put yourself in their shoes.
• downshift : (Vi.) if someone downshifts, they choose to do a less important or difficult job, so that they do not have to worry about their work and have more time to enjoy their life
• totem pole : (C.) a tall wooden pole with one or more totems cut or painted on it, made by the Native American of northwest North America
  --> Here is used to mean the key position
• internship : (C.) a job that lasts for a short time, that someone, especially a student, does in order to gain experience
• attest : (Vt. & Vi. formal) to show or prove something is true
  - Luxurious furnishing attested to the wealth of the owner.
• picture : (Vt.) to imagine something by making an image in your mind
  - Tom, picturing the scene, smiled.

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Useful tips can make you perform at ease in an interview.

Jamie Oliver Makes The Perfect Omelette

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/jamie-oliver-makes-the-perfect-omelette/

• whisk (up) : (Vt). to mix liquid, eggs etc very quickly so that air is mixed in, using a fork or a whisk
• whisk : (C.) a small kitchen tool made of curved pieces of wire, used for mixing air into eggs, cream etc
• knob : (C.) a round handle or thing that you turn to open a door, turn on a television etc
  - He thought the door was locked, but he turned the knob and the door opened.
• a knob of : a small piece of sth = lump
  - Melt a knob of butter in the pan.
• coat : (Vt.) to cover something with a thin layer of something else
  - A layer of snow coated the tree.
• squiggle : (C.) a line with irregular curve
  - Shorthand just looks like a series of funny squiggles to me.
• Shorthand : (U.) a fast method of writing using special signs or shorter forms to represent letters, words, phrases.
  - The reporter took notes in shorthand.
• grate : (Vt.) to rub cheese, vegetables etc against a rough or sharp surface in order to break them into small pieces
  - Peel and grate the potatoes.
• cast iron : (U.) a type of iron that is hard, breaks easily, and is shaped in a mould(mold)
• mo(u)ld :  a hollow container that you pour a liquid or soft substance into, so that when it becomes solid, it takes the shape of the container
• grief : (C.) something that makes you feel extremely sad
  - Every change in our lives brings with its griefs.
• come to grief : to fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident
  - candidates who come to grief in exam
• spatula : (C.) a kitchen tool with a wide flat blade, used for spreading, mixing, or lifting soft substances
• heavenly : (old-fashioned) extremely pleasant, enjoyable, or beautiful
  - That smells heavenly.

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• squiggle : (Vt., chiefly North American) wriggle, squirm
• wriggle : (Vi.) twist and turn with quick writhing movements

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點評：一直煮這種東西來吃，難怪會一直胖  ....

General Patton’s Speech to The Third Army

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/general-pattons-speech-to-the-third-army/

• dung : (U.) soild waste from animal, especially cow
• sting : (S.) a sharp pain in your eyes or skin, caused by a hit, by smoke etc
  - She felt a sting of tears in her eyes.
• don't give a hoot/ don't care two hoots about : (spoken) to not care at all about sb/sth
  - It was clear that Owen didn't care two hoots about her.
• hoot : a shout or laugh that shows you think sth is funny or stupid
• a bunch of : a group of people (informal)
  - a friendly bunch of people
• crap : (spoken not polite) (U.) things that are useless or unimportant
  - What is all this crap doing on my desk?
• fornicate : (Vi.) a word meaning to have sex with sb who you are not married to - used to show strong disapproval
• guts : (plural) all the organs in someone's body, especially when they come out of their body
  - There were blood and guts all over the place.
• gut : (C.) the tube through which food passes from your stomach = intestine
  - It can take 72 hours for food to pass the gut.
• grease : (U.) a fatty or oily substance that comes off meat when it is cooked, or off food made using butter or oil
• grease : (Vt.) to put butter, grease etc on a pan etc to prevent food from sticking to it
  - Grease the pan before you put the butter in
• tread : (U. & C.) the pattern of lines on the part of a tyre that touches the road
• chicken-out : to decide at the last moment not to do something you said you would do, because you are afraid
  - You aren't chickening out, are you?
• wade into/in : to move forward and attack someone
  - The police waded into the crowd swinging sticks.
• belly : your stomach
• goo : (U. informal) an unpleasant sticky substance
  - My washbag's covered in goo.
• shovel : (Vt.) to lift and move earth, stones etc with a shovel
• shovel : (C.) a tool with a rounded blade and a long handle used for moving earth, stones etc = spade

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評論：大美國主義實在很ooxx

2013/2/11 - Paul Krugman

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/still-says-law-after-all-these-years/

• proposition : (C.) a statement that consists of a carefully considered opinion or judgment
  - Most people accept the proposition that we have a duty to protect endangered animals.
• deficiency : (U.) a lack of something that is necessary
  - a deficiency of safe play areas for children
• historians : (C.) someone who studies history, or the history of a particular thing 
• at any rate  = anyway
  : used when you are stating one definite fact in a situation that is uncertain or unsatisfactor
  : used to introduce a statement that is more important than what was said before
• venture : (Vt.) to say or do something in an uncertain way because you are afraid it is wrong or will seem stupid
  - "You are on a holiday here?" he ventured.
• corporate : (adj. before noun) belonging or relating to a corporation
  - The company is moving its corporate headquarters (=main offices)    from New York to Houston.
• hoard : (Vt.) to collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so
  - families who hoarded food during the strike
• concedes : (Vt. & Vi.) to admit that something is true or correct, although you wish it were not true
  - I conceded that I had made a number of errors.
• pile up : to increase in quantity or amount, in a way that is difficult to manage
  - The word has a tendency to pile up if I am not careful.
• mattress : (C.) the soft part of a bed that you lie on
• aggregate : (adj.) being the total amount of something after all the figures or points have been added together
• straw man : (American English) a weak opponent or imaginary argument that can easily be defeated
• refute : (Vt. formal) to prove that a statement or idea is not correct = rebut
  - an attempt to refute Darwin's theory
  - (U.) refutation
  : to say that a statement is wrong or unfair = deny
  - She refutes any allegations of malpractice.
• cripple : (Vt.) to damage something badly so that it no longer works or is no longer effective

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Say's Law, the proposition that income must be spent and hence that there can never be an overall deficiency of demand.

A first look at mini mini

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/a-first-look-at-a-mini-mini/

• convertible : (C.) a car with a soft roof that you can fold back or remove
• grout : (U.) a mixture of sand and water that you spread between    tiles    when you fix them to a wall
• deploy : to use something for a particular purpose, especially ideas, arguments etc
  -  This rare spoiler automatically deploys at 50 miles per hour (MPH). 
• spoiler : a raised part on a racing car that prevents the car from lifting off the road at high speeds
• retreat : to move away from the enemy after being defeated in battle
• grunt work : the difficult and uninteresting part of a job (American Eng informal)
• grunt : (C.) someone who does hard physical work for low pay
• grunt : (Vi.) to make short sounds or say a few words in a rough voice, when you do not want to talk
  - He just grunted and carried on reading his book.

The crisis of credit visualized

http://blog.youtubelearn.com/the-crisis-of-credit-visualized/

• fiasco : (n.) an event that is completely unsuccessful, in a way that is very embarrassing or disappointing = disaster
  - The first lecture I ever gave was a complete fiasco.
• mortgage : (n.) a legal arrangement by which you borrow money from a bank or similar organization in order to buy a house, and pay back the money over a period of time
  - They have taken out a 30 year mortgage.
• collateral : (n.) property or other goods that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back the money they lend you
  - We put up our home as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.
• collateralize : (v.) provide something as collateral for (a loan)
• obligation : (n.) a moral or legal duty to do something
• pension : (n.) an amount of money paid regularly by the government or company to someone who does not work any more, for example because they have reached the age when people stop working or because they are ill
• sovereign : (n.) having the highest power in a country
• a pile of sth : [informal] a lot of sth
• in the wake of sth : if something, especially something bad, happens in the wake of an event, it happens afterwards and usually as a result of it
• flip side : (n.) the reverse aspect or unwelcome concomitant of something.
• concomitant : (adj.) naturally accompanying or associated.
• hedge : (C.) something that protects you against possible problems, especially financial loss
  - Buying a house will be a hedge against inflation.
• default : (C. & U.) failure to pay money that you owe at the right time
  - The company is in default on its loan agreement.
• foreclose : (Vi.) if a bank forecloses, it takes away someone's property because they have failed to pay back the money that they borrowed from the bank to buy it
  - Building societies may foreclose on a mortgage if payments are not kept up.
• plummet : (Vi.) to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount = plunge, plummet down
  - Profits plummeted from £49 million to £11 million.

勘誤：

• Now there are so many houses for sale in/on the market creating more supply from there is demand.
• on the market : available for people to buy
  - The manufacturers say the device will be on the market by May.
• be in the market for sth : to be interested in buying something
  - This is a bad time to be in the market for a new car.

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