rat czar
Boston city councilor looks to once again create position to combat rat problem
The ordinance that City Councilor Ed Flynn plans to bring forth Wednesday will be his second attempt at creating a "rat czar" position. A legitimate position within the city to tackle the rodent crisis that appears to have gotten worse during the pandemic, when many restaurants shut down and people created more waste at home.
A Boston city councilor has a plan to address a rise in rodent complaints in Boston as he calls for a new pest control department and a so-called “Rat Czar” in the city.
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New York City recently named its first-ever rat czar who is tasked with detecting and exterminating rat populations. Flynn said Boston is trying to do something similar.
Next vs 下一個
這情況我剛來美國時有遇過。後來我哥來美國時也有遇到。什麼情況呢？
開車的時候經常會遇到「下一個路口右轉」或是「下一個出口（離開交流道）」。用英文表達的話直覺上也是 “Next right (turn)”，“next exit”，但是問題沒這麼簡單。
回到我前頭說的我哥遇到的情況。有次我們和朋友出遊，我哥是駕駛，朋友是當地人，朋友知道路線，所以他一路指示開哪條路，哪邊轉之類的。開著開著，朋友說“next exit” ，我哥就很順其自然的以為是「下一個出口」於是就待在原本的車道繼續開。快到出口時我哥車子還沒往外側車道開，於是朋友和我兩人趕緊說“Take this exit!” 我哥聽到後也是一臉慌張，然後趕緊換車道往出口開。之後我也稍微跟他解釋一下英文的 “next” 和我們的「下一個」意思上的差別，畢竟我也遇過這情況。
前幾天我出門時注意到路邊的告示牌有“NEXT RIGHT” 字樣，所以我從 Google Maps 截了這兩張圖，算是很好的示範例子。
In three years/five times etc running
https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Eng-Class/M.1705579308.A.A93.html
出自新制多益閱讀題庫解析
Tourism numbers in Taipei have been increasing for three years running as people
are beginning to discover this often underrated city.
請問，這邊的running 是什麼意思
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/three-years-five-times-etc-running
for three years etc without a change or interruption SYN in a row
- She won the prize for the fourth year running.
Could, may, might 的可能性程度
"No. They all express roughly the same level of uncertainty (less than 100%). Learners often try to attach levels of possibility to these words. Don’t waste your time on it."
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/is-could-more-sure-than-may-or-might.300288/
#3
"The difference in modality between these words is not best explained with a spectrum of certainty, in my opinion. I prefer to explain this difference as qualitative—about different kinds of possibility—rather than as quantitative by degree. In some sense, the kind of possibility we get from could is more 'remote' from might, but not really less 'sure'."
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/could-may-and-might
"We use could, may and might to express degrees of possibility. Many native speakers disagree on which one expresses more or less certainty."
a car in a tree
影片檔約 [0:18] : "There was some reports of it being in a tree ... it's difficult to try to comprehend ... Is it into a tree or actually in a tree. Well, it was in fact in a tree about 8 to 10 feet up.... in a set of trees ... in a group of trees ..."
新聞文章第一段："... after a crash left their car lodged in a group of trees roughly 10 feet in the air, officials said."
Discouraging Update From Game Of Thrones Author
已經十二年了…… 感覺上我才在幾年前讀了 George R.R. Martin 的 A Song of Ice and Fire 系列的最近一本小說 A Dance with Dragons。
下一本小說 The Winds of Winter 他還剩數百頁寫完。他已經寫了一千多頁。約一年前他也是這樣說，換句話說過去一年這本小說幾乎沒有進展 …… 話說回來，一千五百六百頁，到時讀起來會很爽😁
我最開始是從影集開始看。其實我一開始對這影集沒什麼興趣。 HBO 在開始播放 Game of Thrones 時我有「瞄」到，只是當時我不想看有關中古歐洲的劇集，所以看個幾分鐘後就換看別的節目。後來是第一季播完後在一次 HBO 馬拉松式的重複撥放第一季所有影集時我突然轉到，剛好看到最後一集的神怪場面，這才吸引到我的注意力。接著，我就從第一集開始看起，然後 …… 然後就上癮了。影集看不夠我就去圖書館借了小說來看，只能說真的是讀得很爽。
另一個類似的例子是 Brandon Sanderson 的 The Stormlight Archive 系列。當初在網路上看到有人推薦第一部小說 The Way of Kings，說是多好看，好奇之下我找了 sample 來看。讀了開頭的第一章吧，什麼國王城堡武士啥的，頓時興趣缺缺。是有那個奇幻的像是我們武俠小說的飛簷走壁情節，但是除了覺得讀起來奇怪之外也沒啥特別，於是我斷了想讀這本小說的念頭。後來是在讀完 Mistborn 系列小說之後上癮了，才再次去找了 The Way of Kings 來看。這次則是讀了之後成了主顧😂
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