霸氣英文之 我要賺錢啊！！

剛開學不久，大家是不是已經想要賺錢養活自己呢？在英文，除了earn money跟earn a living之外，還有一個短句可以表達這個意思：make ends meet.

看看這個例句：Jane has to work really hard in order to make ends meet. 意思就是：Jane一定要非常努力工作才能夠賺錢養活自己。如果一個人捉襟見肘，要努力賺錢才能生活用這句形容就最貼切不過了。

For your reference, check out the definition in the dictionary: earn enough money to live without getting into debt.

霸氣英文之 開學了！！

踏入九月，學生們已經重返校園繼續學習。如果想形容一個人對剛開始的事情充滿熱情地做，而且開始得蠻好，英文應該怎麼講？今天介紹一個phrase給大家： hit the ground running.

看看例句：Hey, it seems as if you have hit the ground running, which is great.

這句的意思是：你好，看來你好像已經準備就緒，充滿熱情的工作去，那很好。一般指的是一個人工作的很有效率，而且只是剛開始的時候。

希望大家都可以在新學年 hit the ground running!

忙到爆 英文怎麼說？

朋友見面，第一句都會問候對方，如果你想告訴你朋友，你最近忙到爆（即忙得不可開交），究竟英文怎麼說呢？

例
朋: It's great seeing you. How have you been?
你: I had a really hectic week... my scheduled is completely packed. 

意思是你忙到一頭煙，整個日程表排得滿滿的，上面的表達方法比用"I have been very busy"來得生動，自然，口語化。Hectic是一個經常用的字，大家認識這個字對日後交際應酬無往而不利。

大家記住，對話之中你一定要懂得反問，關心對方。不要因為是用英文對話就變得沈默木訥！人家問候你 How are you doing? 你除了回答"Great, thanks." 之外，也可以加一句簡單的"And you?"。


朋: It's great seeing you. How have you been?
你: I had a really hectic week... my scheduled is completely packed. How was your week?

朋: Oh... it's been crazy. I've been running errands for my kids.

Running an errand/ running errands for somebody 的意思是為某人奔走。It's been crazy就好像廣東話講“忙到人都顛”（忙到人都發瘋了！）。知道來龍去脈，以後聽到It's been crazy，千祈別以為是你的朋友在罵你呢！