總結考研的英語翻譯句子

要移居國外？來這裏最好！

Singapore may hold the dubious title of “most expensive city in the world,” but it remains the most popular place for expats to live and work, according to an annual survey of expats released by HSBC.

新加坡可能在很多人心中是“世界上消費最高的城市”，這樣的名聲固然不太好，但它還是最受僑民歡迎的工作和生活的去處——一份匯豐銀行發佈的關於僑民的年度報告顯示。

Expats praised the city-state for its appealing salaries, career development opportunities and quality of life. And despite the eye-watering cost of living day-to-day in Singapore (including transport costs three-times that of New York), more than a quarter of its expats who responded to the 2015 Expat Explorer survey said they earned more than $200,000 per annum (compared to just 13% of expats globally).

僑民認為這個國家的薪水、職業發展機會和生活質量有頗具吸引力，儘管在新加坡的日常消費讓人難以接受（交通費用是紐約的三倍），參與2015年度《移居者探索調查》的僑民中，仍有超過25%的人表示，他們在這裏每年能賺超過二十萬美元（全球只有大約13%的僑民能達到這個水平）。

A salary increase or chance to get ahead in a career are often the big incentives to move abroad, but an increasing number of expats are travelling to new countries for personal rather than financial reasons, the HSBC study found. Three in five of the people surveyed said they had not experienced an immediate increase in their pay, but more than half, 53%, said their quality of life had improved after moving.

升職加薪通常是移居國外的最大動力，但匯豐銀行調查發現，越來越多人出於個人原因，而不再出於經濟原因，移居另一個國家。五分之三的受訪者表示，他們移居後薪水並沒有立刻增加，但超過半數（53%）的人表示，他們的生活質量的確大有改善。

Destinations where expats were most likely to have relocated in order to improve wellbeing were New Zealand, Spain and Portugal, while Sweden was the most appealing for expats with families, thanks to ample childcare options and the relative ease of organising schools.

大部分人為了提升生活的幸福感，多將定居地選在新西蘭，西班牙和葡萄牙。而瑞典則更受攜家眷一起移居的人們歡迎，這裏有許多照看兒童的機構，給孩子找學校也相對更容易。

A total of 21,950 people from 39 countries responded to HSBC’s 2015 survey. The bank asked them to share their views on everything from career and financial wellbeing to quality of life. New Zealand, Sweden, Bahrain and Germany rounded out the top five overall expat destinations, while Egypt, Italy and Brazil were at the bottom of the pack.

來自39個國家的21,950位受訪者參與了匯豐銀行2015年度的調查。調查內容包括他們對職業發展、經濟福利和生活質量等方面的看法。其中，新西蘭、瑞典、巴林和德國位列最受人們喜愛的移居國家前五，埃及、意大利和巴西則排名倒數。

The best benefit packages still come from a placement in the Middle East. Some 80% of expats surveyed in Oman received airfare allowances for trips home, and in Qatar 75% received an accommodation allowance. The global average for both measures was 33%.

最好的福利待遇來自於中東國家。在調查中，80%移居阿曼的人會獲得回家的飛機票補貼，75%移居卡塔爾的人會獲得住房補貼。在全球範圍內，獲得以上兩種津貼的人約佔33%。

Contractual benefits in locations outside the Middle East were less common. Just over half of global expats (52%) received health and medical allowances and over a fifth (21%) were given a relocation allowance.

在中東之外的國家，依照合同發放福利就不那麼常見。全球大約只有一半（52%）的僑民獲得健康和醫藥補貼，大約五分之一（21%）的人獲得移居補貼。

外媒看中國：10款最好吃的月餅

Mooncakes are traditional snacks/desserts of Mid-Autumn Festival, the second most important festival in China. It is said that there is a moon goddess who makes these cakes, so people call them mooncakes.

中秋節是中國第二大傳統節日，月餅是人們在中秋節常吃的一種零食/甜點，傳説月餅是月神嫦娥做的，因而稱之為月餅。

People often give mooncakes as gifts when visiting friends and family around Mid-Autumn. There are many flavors of mooncakes on the market. So how do you choose?

在中秋節前後，人們在走親訪友時將月餅作為饋贈親友的禮物。市面上的月餅有各種不同的口味。如何選擇月餅的口味呢？

Here we introduce the top 10 flavors of mooncakes that you should consider trying to help you choose.

我們在下文中介紹了排名前十的口味，你在選擇月餅的時候可以嘗試一下。

Kernel and Roast Pork

五仁叉燒餡

Five kernel and roast pork mooncakes are the most traditional classic flavor. Compared to other common flavors, five kernel and roast pork mooncakes are much more expensive. They are filled with mixed nuts and seeds (almonds, walnuts, and dried winter melon, sesame, and pumpkin seeds) and roast pork. You will get a different taste with each bite. Most Chinese, especially seniors, love this flavor.

五仁叉燒口味是經典的傳統口味。相較於其他更為大眾的口味，五仁叉燒月餅價格更高。五仁叉燒餡由各種堅果仁（杏仁，核桃，冬瓜幹、葵花籽以及南瓜子）和叉燒肉混合而成。每一口都有不同的滋味。大多數的中國人，尤其是老年人，都很喜歡這個口味。

Bean Paste

紅豆沙餡

Red bean paste (紅豆沙 hongdousha /hong-doh-shaa/) mooncakes are filled with a rich, thick, red bean paste, and taste sweet and smooth. The red bean paste gives a lingering flavor, and the scent fills your mouth after each bite.

紅豆沙口味的月餅裏填滿了滋味豐厚，口感黏稠的紅豆沙，吃起來香甜順口。紅豆餡回味悠長，每吃一口都會感到口舌生香。

s Seed Paste

蓮蓉餡

Lotus seed paste mooncakes are a famous Mid-Autumn Festival dessert of Cantonese origin, which have become popular all over China and even overseas.

蓮蓉餡月餅是一款有名的粵系中秋點心，在中國乃至世界範圍內都很受歡迎。

Due to the high price of lotus paste, white kidney bean paste is sometimes used as filler, sometimes with duck eggs, so make sure you don't go too cheap and get a real lotus paste mooncake.

由於蓮子蓉的價格非常昂貴，人們往往在其中加入芸豆蓉，有時也加上鴨蛋。所以要注意不要買便宜的蓮蓉月餅，要購買真正蓮蓉餡的月餅哦。

4. Snow Skin

雪皮月餅

Snow skin mooncakes are non-baked mooncakes, which originated in Hong Kong, and have become fashionable in China. The crust is made of frozen glutinous rice, and looks snow white. Now some people add juice to the crust to make it look more colorful. The fillings can be sweet or savory, or both, such as fruit and duck egg yolks.

雪皮月餅是一種未經過烘烤的月餅，誕生於香港，而後享譽全國。餅皮是用冰凍後的糯米制成，看起來白亮如雪。現在人們也在餅皮中加入果汁，讓它看起來更富色彩感。餡料可以是甜味的也可以是鹹味的，比如水果餡或鴨蛋黃餡。

5. Vegetable and Fruit

果蔬餡

Fruit and vegetable mooncakes are filled with fresh vegetables and fruits, and taste soft and smooth. Fillings including honeydew, litchi.

果蔬餡月餅裏有滿滿的新鮮蔬菜和水果，嚐起來柔軟順滑。餡料包括白蘭瓜，荔枝。

6. Chocolate

巧克力餡

Chocolate mooncakes make Mid-Autumn Festival more romantic. The attractive mooncake appearance and the thick scent of chocolate mix traditional Chinese culture and Western romantic culture together. The crust is made from chocolate and the filling can be oats, berries, Oreo flavor, etc.

巧克力味的月餅能讓你的中秋節更加浪漫。這種誘人的月餅以好看的外觀和濃香的餡料實現了中國傳統文化與西方浪漫的文化的融合。餡料是由巧克力，漿果，奧利奧餅乾等混合而成。

7. Green Tea

綠茶餡

Both tea and mooncakes are among the most traditional of Chinese foods, and together they create a new mooncake variety: green tea mooncakes. They are mainly filled with tea leaves and other ingredients, like lotus paste. With the taste of fresh tea leaves, the usually greasy taste of mooncake is well balanced.

綠茶和月餅都是最傳統的中國食品，兩者融合就成為了一種新式的月餅：綠茶月餅。這種月餅裏主要的餡料是茶葉和蓮蓉等。茶葉的清爽口感能夠很好的中和月餅常有的甜膩味道。

8. Ice Cream

冰淇淋餡

Ice cream mooncake is a new look for traditional Chinese mooncakes. Cooling instead of warming, the refreshing taste makes it popular among young people.

冰淇淋月餅是傳統中國月餅的新新式。它採用冷凍而非熱加工的方法制成，在年輕人中頗為流行。

9. Cream Cheese

奶油芝士餡

The main feature of cream cheese mooncakes is the golden and crispy crust with a thick milky flavor. It is not as sweet as other mooncakes.

奶油芝士月餅的特色是其中金黃乾脆的芝士脆屑，加上濃郁的奶香。它不像其他的月餅那樣甜膩。

10. Seafood

海味月餅

Seafood mooncakes are more expensive than other types of traditional mooncakes. As their name suggests, they are filled with seafood like abalone and seaweed. They taste fresh and salty. If you don’t like sweet mooncakes, and like seafood, seafood mooncake is a good idea.

海味月餅比其他各種口味的月餅都要昂貴。顧名思義，海味月餅中的餡料是鮑魚，海帶等海鮮。它們嚐起來鹹鮮可口。如果你不喜歡甜味的月餅，又喜歡海鮮，海味月餅將是一個不錯的選擇。

國外情侶被閃電擊中 因牽手而倖免於難

A teen couple in Claremont, California recently survived a lightning strike, thanks to their public display of affection.

美國加州一對來自克萊爾蒙特的情侶被閃電擊中後毫髮無損，這還多虧了他們牽手秀恩愛。

Couple Dylan and Lexie were holding hands and walking down a tree-lined street recently when a thunderstorm hit, and the two were hit by a lightning bolt.

近日，一對名叫狄倫和萊克茜的情侶正手牽手走在林蔭大街上，突然閃電來襲擊中二人。

'It felt like I was getting hit over the head with metal or something,' said Dylan.

狄倫説：“當時的感覺就好像頭部被金屬之類的東西擊中了一樣。”

'Next thing you know, we're on the ground and we gave each other the most terrified looks,' Lexie added. 'I kind of thought there was an earthquake.'

“另外一點、你懂的，我們兩個都站在地面上彼此露出恐怖的神情，”萊克茜補充道，“有一秒鐘我的想法是來地震了。”

A passerby then came over to help them up and said that they had been hit directly.

接着一個路人過來幫助他們，並告訴他們是被閃電直接擊中了。

Amazingly, the couple came away unscathed, though a little shaken.

令人驚訝的是，這對情侶雖然頗為震驚、但卻毫髮無損。

The couple asked a friend's mom, who is a nurse, if they needed to go the hospital, and were told it was unnecessary.

他們有一位朋友的媽媽是護士，於是他們就請教她是否需要去醫院。朋友的媽媽告訴他們——沒有必要。

However, they did go see a doctor just to get an explanation for what happened.

不過他們還是去看了醫生，只是想聽一聽醫生對發生在他們身上事情的解釋。

Dr Stefan Reynoso says that their hand-holding helped 'diffuse the electrical current' which entered through Dylan's head and then exited through Lexie's foot.

斯蒂芬·雷諾索醫生説，二人彼此牽手幫助“疏散了進入狄倫頭部的電流，然後通過萊克茜的腳部疏導出去了。”

The chances of getting struct by lightning are about 1 in 700,000 in the United States.

在美國被閃電擊中的概率是70萬分之一。

那些名字野雞實際很牛的國外大學

雖然這年來有很多野雞大學的名字被鬧得沸沸揚揚，直接讓很多小夥伴出國留學選校時都有一種提心吊膽的趕腳·········但是，各位不知道其實有一些國外大學名字聽上去很“野雞”卻是一所好學校！

紐約州立大學石溪分校SBU（Stony Brook University）

滿學校貼的都是大寫的SB，有一種每天被打臉的感覺。嗯，雖然我們學校不算好，也出過個楊振寧老先生。

卧龍崗大學（Wollongong University）

當時聽到這個名字一頭黑線，教唱戲的麼。後來翻譯成了沃倫貢大學，覺得像魔戒裏的大學。其實這個學校在澳洲排名不錯。

札幌農學校（Sapporo agricultural school）

它不僅僅是餅乾！真不是！它還有個正常的名字叫北海道大學……

賓州州立大學（The Pennsylvania State University）

全稱賓夕法尼亞州立大學。一半人覺得我們是賓大，一半人覺得我們在山東。by the way，學校還是很好噠！

國際基督教大學（International Christian University）

在東京的一個貴族級私立學校，大概排在私立第四的位置，在日本國內也常被誤認為是不入流的學校，還有什麼比在自己國家"被野雞"更心塞的呢……

前陣子有皇族公主轉學過來，多少提高了一下知名度。

德州農工大學（Texas A&M University）

山東德州人都沒聽説過他們那裏還有這麼一個學校。

美國羅德島設計學院（Rhode Island School of Design）

聽名字像流放犯人的，真相是世界上最好的25所設計學院裏面排第一，力壓耶魯，麻省理工，SAIC等王牌學校，同時也是全美排名第一的藝術學。

普渡大學（Purdue University）

第一次聽説的時候以為是佛學院。後來有朋友去了才知道詳情，嚇尿了。據説全校WiFi覆蓋，就是大門比較小。

北卡大學教堂山分校（University of North Carolina Chapel Hill）

有很多教堂嗎？（其實確實有）在山上麼？（勉強算吧，起伏還蠻大）分校？（喂喂……）。教堂山是個小鎮的名字，謝謝。

UNC是穩定的全美top30綜合性大學，美國建國以來歷史最悠久的學校之一，公立校前5，在生物、化學、醫學相關領域享有極高學術聲譽，政治、哲學、社會學等人文學科教學質量也相當過硬，還有一個頂尖商學院。

拖累排名的主要是公立校匱乏的資金和分校的笑話，想必大家都聽過了。解釋一下‘分校’這個東西好了。

簡單地來説，加州，北卡還有一些其他州因為歷史原因形成了某種奇怪的大學系統，系統中所有的學校除了所在地名的部分名字一樣，但各自獨立性很強可以當做完全不同的學校來處理。

所以，‘分校’這個詞其實實際上是表達他們屬於同一個系統。

UCB，UCLA這些學校在國內積累的名聲已經使其不容易被誤會了，但是，因為收國際學生有嚴格限制在中國名聲不大的'UNC就不一樣了。類似的被地名坑的還有Washington University at Saint Louis還有很多UIUC等分校。

聖母大學（University of Notre Dame）

提這個學校是因為，我到現在看到名字還是不自覺的產生偏見：還搞起了宗教……明明是全美top20的牛校。

西安大略大學（University of Western Ontario）

我們高中班上第一的同學去了這裏，我爸一直費解第二名都去了廈門大學為什麼第一名還要去西安讀書？而且去西安還是去西安大略大學而不是西安交通大學。其實這是一所來自楓葉國加拿大的高校。

伊利諾伊大學香檳分校（University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign）

名字又臭又長，實在是不能更野雞了。又伊利又香檳的，這都掩蓋了這是一所玉米種植大學的本質。

正確的叫法，應該是玉米地大學。為什麼？因為學校方圓n裏，都是玉米地。你説n是多少？大概80到100吧。

學校裏頭有塊禁區，進去會被開除喲，你猜怎麼着？是塊玉米地！那還是自盤古開天闢地以來，美洲大陸上第一塊玉米試驗田。有個圖書館建在地下，你知道為什麼麼？因為怕擋住了玉米的陽光。

學校最大的節日，除了戴綠帽喝酒節，就是和農民一起收玉米的豐收慶典。豐收慶典上，白人黑人中國人一起載歌載舞，啃着玉米棒子，吃着爆米花，好一副社會主義團結繁榮的景象。

哦，我忘了説，前一陣子好像還創了個吉尼斯紀錄，你知道幹嘛麼？同時最多人一起掰玉米啊！你們明白了麼？著名詩人艾青曾經説過：為什麼我嘴裏常叼着玉米？因為我對母校愛得深沉……

印度拉夫里科技大學（Lovely Professional University）

上次看到有個印度小哥的resume，來自lovely professional大學。聽起來又可愛又專業是怎麼回事？一查，居然是真的……

會9國外語的超級學霸 看他怎麼學？

Matthew Youlden speaks nine languages fluently and understands more than a dozen more. In fact, for the longest time I didn’t even know he was British. When I told Matthew how I’ve been struggling to merely pick up a second language, he had the following advice for me. If you believe that you can never become bilingual, take note!

馬修·約登能流利説9門語言，還能聽懂另外十幾門！其實很長時間我都不知道他是英國人。我連學一門外語都覺得超吃力，後來他給我以下的要點。如果有和我一樣覺得自己沒天賦學得累的人，開始筆記吧！

1. KNOW WHY YOU’RE DOING IT

1.弄清學外語的目的

This might sound obvious, but if you don’t have a good reason to learn a language, you are less likely to stay motivated over the long-run. Wanting to impress English-speakers with your French is not a very good reason; wanting to get to know a French person in his or her own language is another matter entirely.

這聽起來好像沒什麼，但如果沒有好的理由，你就非常可能在這場長跑中掉隊。為了炫技而想要學法語，這可不是啥好理由；而想學會法語去了解法國人，這就另當別論了。

2. DIVE IN2.潛心修行

“I tend to want to absorb as much as possible right from the start. So if I learn something I really, really go for it and try to use it throughout the day. For me it’s about actually putting what you’re learning into practice – be that writing an email, speaking to yourself, listening to music, listening to the radio. Surrounding yourself, submerging yourself in the new language culture is extremely important.”

“從下決心學的那一刻，我就開始用全身心吸收。所以我一開始學習語言，就會一整天都使用它，比如寫郵件、自言自語、聽音樂等，把自己完全丟進那個語言文化環繞起來的環境裏。這個非常重要的。”

“I always have at the back of my mind that it’s adapting your way of thinking to the way of thinking in that language.”

“我總是感覺，腦海裏的思考都要轉變成這種語言文化。”

3. FIND A PARTNER

3.找到你的小夥伴

Matthew learned several languages together with his twin brother Michael (they tackled their first foreign language, Greek, when they were only eight years old!). Matthew and Michael, or the Super Polyglot Bros. as I’d like to now refer to them, gained their superpowers from good-ol’, healthy sibling rivalry:“You have someone with whom you can speak, and that’s the idea behind learning a language.”

馬修有好幾種外語都是和他雙胞胎兄弟邁克爾一起學的（他們8歲就學了希臘語）！我為什麼要強調這對超級學霸兄弟，因為總覺得他們之間的良性競爭關係，對學習特別有幫助。

4. KEEP IT RELEVANT

4.學百遍不如用一遍

If you make conversation a goal from the beginning, you are less likely to get lost in textbooks.:“You’re learning a language to be able to use it. The creative side is really being able to put the language that you’re learning into a more useful, general, everyday setting – be that through writing songs, generally wanting to speak to people. You don’t necessarily have to go abroad; you can go to the Greek restaurant down the road and order in Greek.”建議你一開始就把交流放進目標，這樣就不會陷在教科書裏了。“學語言的目標是為了使用它，最好是創造性地把它融進日常生活中。可以是寫歌詞、挖掘和人説話的渴望。你甚至不必一定去國外，比如學希臘語就只要找到當地的希臘餐館，用希臘語點單。”

5. HAVE FUN WITH IT

5.遊戲學習

Using your new language in any way is a creative act. The Super Polyglot Bros. practiced their Greek by writing and recording songs. Think of some fun ways to practice your new language: make a radio play with a friend, draw a comic strip, write a poem, or simply talk to whomever you can. If you can’t find a way to have fun with the new language, chances are you aren’t following step four.

用各種方式學外語本身是個非常有創意的事，這對學霸兄弟學外語時會用它來寫歌和錄歌。想個適合你自己的有趣的方式：和朋友一起做個廣播劇、畫連環畫、寫詩歌，或者和任何一個你能溝通的人聊天！你要是覺得找不到適合你的，那也許你沒有按第4條做。

6. ACT LIKE A CHILD

6.像小孩一樣去學

The key to learning as quickly as a child may be to simply take on certain childlike attitudes: for instance, lack of self-consciousness, a desire to play in the language and willingness to make mistakes. New research cannot find a direct link between age and the ability to learn. As kids, we are expected to make mistakes, but as adults mistakes become taboo. When it comes to learning a language, admitting that you don’t know everything (and being okay with that) is the key to growth and freedom. Let go of your grown-up inhibitions!

快速學習語言的訣竅，是要有小孩一樣的態度：即時、無知、愛玩、犯錯。沒有研究能證明學習能力和年紀的直接關係，但小孩子願意犯錯，成年人卻包袱太重，怕犯錯怕笑話！當你要學好一門語言，就要承認和接受自己如孩子般無知，這是獲得成長和自由的關鍵點。所以，讓顧忌和做作去死吧！

7. LEAVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE

7.離開你的舒適區

Willingness to make mistakes means being ready to put yourself in potentially embarrassing situations: talk to strangers in the language, ask for directions, order food, try to tell a joke. The more often you do this, the bigger your comfort zone becomes and the more at ease you can be in new situations:

經過上一步，意味着你做好準備可以面對尷尬：和陌生人聊天、問路、點菜、開始講笑話。突破越多你的舒適區就越大，在各種情境裏就更加應對自如：

“At the beginning you’re going to encounter difficulties: maybe the pronunciation, maybe the grammar, the syntax, or you don’t really get the sayings. But I think the most important thing is to always develop this feel. Every native speaker has a feel for his or her own language, and that’s basically what makes a native-speaker – whether you can make the language your own.”

“一開始你會遇到一些難題：可能是發音，可能是語法，或是你還沒學到的表達方式，重要的是培養自己的感覺。所有人説自己的母語都會有語感，能不能把外語學成母語，關鍵就看有沒有這個語感了！

8. LISTEN

8.仔細聽

You must learn to look before you can draw:“We’re able to pronounce anything, it’s just we’re not used to doing it. For example the rolled r doesn’t exist in my form of English. When I was learning Spanish there were words with the hard r in them like perro and reunión. For me, the best way to go about mastering that is actually to hear it constantly, to listen to it and to kind of visualize or imagine how that is supposed to be pronounced, because for every sound there is a specific part of the mouth or throat that we use in order to achieve that sound.”

人在學會畫畫之前，一定先學會觀察：“要相信你有能力掌握所有發音方式，不過沒有習慣而已。舉個栗子，英語裏沒有R的大舌頭音，我學西班牙語時就遇到perro或reunión這種需要捲舌才能發出的單詞，我找到最好的學習方法就是不停地聽別人説。先聽，然後想象這個音是用口腔的那個部位發的，再模仿。

If you can’t watch and imitate a native-speaker in person, watching foreign-language films and TV is a good substitute.

要是身邊沒有老外供你觀察，看電影和電視劇也是不錯的選擇。

9. TALK TO YOURSELF

9.自言自語

“It might sound really weird, but actually speaking to yourself in a language is a great way to practice if you’re not able to use it all the time.” This can keep new words and phrases fresh in your mind and build up your confidence for the next time you speak with someone.“

聽起來可能有點怪，但在你沒法整天使用這門語言的時候，自言自語是練習的好辦法。”讓新的單詞、詞彙經常跳躍在你的腦海裏，下次開口聊天前你也會更有準備！

10. RELAX!

10.心態放輕鬆

You are not going to annoy people by speaking their language poorly. If you preface any interaction with, “I’m learning and I’d like to practice…” most people will be patient, encouraging and happy to oblige.

你不會因為講得不好就惹人厭煩的，如果聊天開始前你説：“我正在學，非常希望練習……”大多數人都會很耐心，樂意鼓勵和幫助你的。

BUT WHAT’S THE POINT?

但是有什麼意義呢？

We’ve gone into HOW to start learning a language, but are you still on the fence about WHY to learn? Matthew has one last point to make:

我們已經探討了怎麼開始學外語，可你是不是還停留在為什麼要學外語？馬修還有一個觀點：

“I think each language has a certain way of seeing the world. If you speak one language then you have a different way of analyzing and interpreting the world than the speaker of another language does. Even if they’re really closely-related languages such as Spanish and Portuguese, which are to a certain extent mutually intelligible, they are at the same time two different worlds – two different mindsets. “

我認為每種語言都有其特定的認識世界的方式。不同的語種，會讓你們有不同的對世界的分析和認知。即使是兩種相似度很高的語言，如西班牙語和葡萄牙語，在某種程度上確實互通，但同時他們又代表兩個不同的世界——不同的思維方式。”

“Therefore, having learned other languages and been surrounded by other languages, I couldn’t possibly choose only one language because it would mean really renouncing the possibility to be able to see the world in a different way. Not in one way, but in many different ways. So the monolingual lifestyle, for me, is the saddest, the loneliest, the most boring way of seeing the world. There are so many advantages of learning a language; I really can’t think of any reason not to.”

“因此，學會了不同語言，置身在不同的文化，我很難再選擇單語言的生活方式，因為這意味着你將放棄另一種看世界的方式，不僅一種，而是很多種。對我而言，單語種的生活是最悲哀、最孤獨、最無趣的了。學習外語的好處如此之多，我真的想不到不去學的理由。”

最好玩玩具評選 樂高第1大富翁亞軍

Lego has been voted the greatest toy of all time, with iconic favourites Monopoly, Action Man and Scalextric following just behind.

在最近的一項玩具評選中，樂高被評為有史以來最好的玩具，大富翁、機動人和四驅車等緊隨其後。

For the first time ever, the bosses of Britain's biggest toy companies have joined forces to cast their votes on the games which they think have shaped the industry and childhoods over the last 50 years.

這項評選是近五十多年來首次由英國各大玩具公司的老闆參與的，他們投票選出了他們認為的對玩具行業以及對孩子們影響最大的玩具品牌。

Toy experts from 100 companies up and down the country took part in the study, which is the first of its kind to ask the opinions of leading firms instead of consumers.

來自全英100多家公司的玩具專家參與了此次評選，成為史上第一次由業內人士而非消費者投票的玩具評選。

All of the executives were asked to reveal their top three toys of all time, with the only condition being that they weren't allowed to vote for their own toys.

所有參與者被要求選出自己認為的有史以來最好的三種玩具，唯一的要求是不能給自己公司的玩具投票。

Lego was crowned the greatest toy of all time, with all but a few voters putting it in the number one spot.

結果顯示，樂高排名第一，是當之無愧的有史以來最好的玩具，幾乎所有人都給它投了票。

Iconic board game Monopoly came second, with Action Man in third, racing car game Scalextric in fourth and football toy Subbuteo in fifth.

經典的桌面遊戲大富翁排在第二，機動人排第三，四驅車排第四，手指桌上足球排第五。

The rest of the top 10 was rounded off with Rubik's Cube, Star Wars toys, Barbie, Matchbox Cars and playing cards.

前十名中的另外五個分別是魔方、星球大戰玩具、芭比娃娃、火柴盒小汽車和撲克牌。

However, popular toys absent from the top 50 list included games such as Etcha A Sketch, Dungeons and Dragons, Pokémon cards and Cluedo.

不過，像蝕刻素描、龍與地下城、神奇寶貝、妙探尋兇等這些很流行的玩具卻並沒有擠進前50名。

The top 50 also included a few surprises such as Cards Against Humanity, a risqué party game involving playing cards which launched in 2011 after it was successfully funded on Kickstarter.

而2011年由美國慈善網站募資而推出的卡牌類遊戲反人類牌卻意外進入了前50名。

ToyNews, a leading toy industry website, said the survey serves as a celebration of the greatest toys the industry has produced over the last 50 years.

玩具行業的首席網站ToyNews稱這項調查是對近50多年來玩具行業中最好玩具的一種慶祝。

Billy Langsworthy, deputy editor of ToyNews, said: 'A lot of the top toy lists that are about come from surveys of consumers but very rarely does anyone ask the industry experts what they think.

ToyNews的副主編比利·朗斯沃斯説：“很多玩具評選都是來自消費者的選擇，很少有人考慮玩具行業業內人士的看法。”

'I'm not aware of any other survey like this one - we got executives from almost 100 of the leading toy companies to participate.

“我們這次的調查應該是第一次，參與調查的全部是100多家玩具公司的經理。”

'We wanted to know about personal favourites and also about toys they thought were the most commercially successful, and whether they matched with what consumers say.

“我們想知道他們的個人喜好，以及他們認為的商業化最成功的玩具品牌，看看結果是否與消費者的選擇一致。”

'Each executive was asked to pick their top three toys they felt were the greatest of all time then submit them to us.

“每位經理都被要求選出他們認為的有史以來最好的三種玩具然後提交給我們。”

'A lot of the entries in the top 50 were expected but there were a few surprises - playing cards, although not a brand, featured high up on the list as did roller skates.

“很多進入前50名的玩具品牌都在意料之中，但也有少數意料之外的入選，比如撲克牌，雖然不是一個玩具品牌，但它的排名卻很靠前，這個情況和溜冰鞋一樣。”

'And there were other big names that didn't make the cut – Etcha A Sketch, Beanie Babies and Pokémon for example.

“而像蝕刻素描、豆豆公仔、神奇寶貝等這些我們熟知的大品牌卻未能入選。”

'The top vote was Lego by a country mile - almost every single person had Lego as their number one toy.

“評選得票最高的是樂高，幾乎每個參與者都選了樂高並認為它是有史以來最好的玩具。”

'We wanted it to be a celebration of all the great toys that have been created by toy companies, and that's just what it is.'

“我們希望這次評選能夠作為對所有玩具公司出品的玩具的一種慶祝。”