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Hong Kong Global Geopark of China

 

中國香港世界地質公園，雖然面積全球最小，但論岩石款式和規模，毫不遜色！你去過沒有？今集魏綺珊 ( Jo ) 跟大家分享她假日最愛！

 

Situated in close proximity to Hong Kong’s world-famous financial and business centre, which is also a food and shopping paradise, Hong Kong Global Geopark of China is lauded as a unique “geopark in the city”.

 

 

proximity 接近

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：The world has been quick to intervene Iraq as it has rich oil reserves and proximity to Europe.
由於伊拉克有豐富石油資源及接近歐洲，因此世界各國迅速干預。

                  

► in close proximity 非常靠近，緊挨

= very near

例子：The nests of swallow have been placed in the closest proximity to man for centuries.
幾個世紀以來，燕子的巢都是與人類相當接近。

 

Swallow除了解作「燕子」，用作動詞時還有很多意思！

 

swallow

(verb 動詞)

                                

1. 吞下，嚥下〔食物或飲料〕

    例子：She swallowed the last of her tea and asked for the bill.  她喝下最後一口茶，要求結賬。

                                

                                                  

2. 〔尤指因為心情緊張〕做吞嚥動作；嚥口水

     例子：Peter swallowed hard and walked into the interview .  Peter 使勁嚥了一口口水，然後走進去面試。

 

3. 忍辱；抑制羞恥感

    例子：When Amy lost her job she had to swallow her pride and borrow money.  Amy失業的時候，她不得不拋開面子去借錢。

                          

香港被譽為food and shopping paradise美食及購物天堂，但我們的郊野，美景處處，千萬別錯過！

 

paradise 極樂（世界）; 至美

(noun 名詞)

      

例子：Hong Kong is a shopper's paradise.   香港是購物者的天堂。

      

例子：My room felt like paradise after two weeks of camping.  兩個星期的野營之後﹐我的房間讓人感覺像是天堂。

 

 

laud 讚美

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Many people lauded his efforts to help the needy.  他致力幫助有需要的人得到很多人的讚美。

 

IDIOM 慣用語時間

 

「夾硬生吞」定「哽唔落」？原來都跟swallow有關！

                               

swallow sth whole  對某事深信不疑；全盤相信某事

 

例子：His excuse was obviously a lie , but Mary swallowed it whole.  

他的辯解明顯是在撒謊﹐但瑪莉竟然全盤相信了。

 

hard to swallow 難以置信

 

例子：He find those old superstitions hard to swallow.  

他覺得那些古老的迷信思想難以置信。

   
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