瘦肉精的英文

最近有一百噸的美國牛肉因驗出含禁藥瘦肉精而遭禁進口

禁藥 banned drug

瘦肉精: ractopamine

瘦肉精會造成人體心悸 (heart palpitations), 作嘔 (nausea), 血壓增高 (high blood pressure) 及影響神經系統 (affect the nervous system)

 

這是在士林官邸的一角所拍的小花及遠山(後山)，士林官邸是個好地方，不管天氣如何總是讓你覺得很舒服，但最近小黑蚊進攻了士林官邸，真的是要做好防蚊措施才能好好享受大自然及園藝之美！

expect trouble as an inevitable part of life

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

                 Ann Landers

視麻煩為生命中無法避免的一部份，並且一再地告訴自己這世界上最安慰人的話語：這一切也終會過去。
                安   蘭德斯 (美國知名報紙解難專欄作家  本名Ruth Crowley, 1955年去世)




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the beauty of the bark 樹皮的美

the straw that breaks the camel's back 壓倒駱駝的最後一根稻草

『壓倒駱駝的最後一根稻草』英文為the straw that breaks the camel's back

也常用過去式來表示，例如   That incident was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Camels can carry heavy loads over long distances, but they have their limits, too.

士林官邸的玫瑰花-Heritage

士林官邸的玫瑰園裡有許多品種的玫瑰花，花型乍看下差別不大，但仍然各有不同，最大的差別是它們的香味，有的花沒什麼香味，但有的花香極為清雅，有的濃郁迷人，令人心曠神怡，不禁想起了電影"香水"裡令男主角魂牽夢縈的香。

family time

  From the left is my older brother, me, my mom, and my dad.
  And in my arms is my precious baby, Little Little Ming. 

Little Little Ming played with his grandpa.

塑化劑的英文;起雲劑的英文

plasticizer 塑化劑


DEHP 是 plasticizer Di(2-ethylhexy) phthalate 的縮寫


emulsifier 乳化劑    合法的乳化劑是使用棕櫚油 palm oil


carcinogen 致癌物質


DEHP is a carcinogen and can also disrupt the endocrine system and change hormone levels.  (摘錄自The China Post 2011/5/25,page 1)

塑化劑是一種致癌物質並且會干擾內分泌系統及改變荷爾蒙的水平。

Aside from causing cancer, long-time accumulation of DEHP in the human body could lead to feminization....women pregnant with male babies and boys in puberty. (摘錄自The China Post 2011/5/25, page 1)

除了導致癌症，身體長期累積塑化劑也會導致女性化...(影響)懷男嬰的婦女及青春期的男孩

food additive

食物添加物

substitute

替代品

beverages and foodstuffs

飲料及食品

fruit juices, jellies, yogurt drinks and yogurt tablets
水果汁, 果凍, 優格飲品及優格錠

return the products
回收

unconditional refunds
無條件退款

炮竹的英文firecrackers and fireworks

fireworks 煙火

firecrackers 鞭炮

gunpowder 火藥

illegal hoard 違法貯藏

incense and paper money store 金紙店　

set off 點燃

fatal blaze 重大爆炸

a factory that was  gutted by an explosion 被爆炸所毀的工廠

Wugu 五股　

droughts 乾旱

droughts 乾旱

water shortage 缺水

water rationing  限水

reservoir 水庫

   小小咪在北海岸石門洞的海邊，這是小小咪第一次到海邊，被包得緊緊的，連肚兜都被拿來當圍巾了。

Fukushima incident, Nuclear disaster 福島事件 核能災害

Fukushima Nuclear Plant
福島核能發電廠

double disasters of earthquake and tsunami
地震與海嘯雙重災難

station blackout
電機電源喪失，導致電廠全黑狀況，引發核能危機

radiation leakage
幅射外洩

pumping sea water into reactors to cool down fuel rods
注入海水來冷卻燃料棒

disable the reactor permanently
永久毀壞反應爐

這是過年從卓蘭帶上來養的孔雀魚，名為Hello,

剛開始小小一隻，現在已經長大很多了