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越南是個經濟崛起的新興國家，基期低，仍擁有投資新興紅利。台股已是成熟型投資市場，GDP成長乃處於「蛇行區間」，不再像新興市場一樣具有「爆發力」。台股與越南投資市場雖仍具「國際性連動」關係，但彼此間的相關係數低於50%，因此二者間仍具有「蹺蹺板」效應。換言之，在台灣投資富邦越南ETF-00885，使得投資人在時序上多了一項「可逆」的「替代」選擇。

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【Big time】"很多", "很大", "很嚴重", "很重要".

Big time

When you see "Big time", some people may translate it as "大時間" or "大時代", in fact, the Chinese meaning of "Big time" has nothing to do with "time".

"Big time" is a very common term that can be used as an adverb, an adjective, or even a noun.

When used as an adverb, the Chinese meaning of "Big time" is "很多", "很大", "很嚴重", "很重要".

【screw up】搞砸了

As a noun, the original meaning of screw is "螺絲釘".

As a verb, it means "壓榨、用螺絲擰緊、扭曲".

But "screw up", colloquially means "搞砸了".

【screw you】去你的

"Screw" is almost synonymous with "fuck", so "screw you." is translated as "fuck you".

"screw" 跟 "fuck" 幾近同義，因此，"Screw you." 被翻成「去你的」。

【Example Sentences】

Hey, how'd you do on this exam?

I totally screwed up the chemistry exam.

嗨，你這次考試考得怎麼樣？

我化學考試完全搞砸了。

So they isolated me.

Couldn't even touch anyone.

That screwed me up big-time.

所以他們把我隔離了。

甚至不能接觸任何人。

這把我害慘了。

Gina.

Gina, I screwed up, big time.

Charles, given your daily life experiences, you're gonna have to be more specific.

吉娜，我搞砸了，大錯特錯。

查爾斯，根據你的日常生活經驗 你得說得更具體些。

【Situational video】

Oversight is coming, but not for us.

What the hell is going on?

Well, you were right, Patti.

We screwed up. Big-time.

Disobeying orders, harboring a fugitive.

監督即將到來，但不是針對我們的。

這到底是怎麼回事？

好吧，你是對的，帕蒂。

我們搞砸了。 很嚴重。

違抗命令，窩藏逃犯。

There is no good slice! You screwed it up!

You're a screw-up! - Yeah?

Well, if I'm a screw up, it's 'cause you screwed me up.

You screw-up. - Screw you.

沒有好的切片！ 你搞砸了！

你真是個混蛋！ - 是的？

好吧，如果我搞砸了，那是因為你搞砸了我。

你搞砸了。 - 去你的。

What's wrong?

I screwed up.

I screwed up big-time!

怎麼了？

我搞砸了。

我完全搞砸了！

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【How come】為什麼？怎麼會？, 怎麼會？為什麼？

How come he missed the flight?（他怎麼會錯過班機啊？）

How come you are late again?（你怎麼又遲到了呢？）

Why did he miss the flight?（他為什麼錯過班機啊？）

Why are you late again?（你為什麼又遲到了呢？）

Richard, can you tell me, my legs, are they broken?

I...I can't see your legs.

How come?

- How come? - How come what?

How come you're not dancing?

Well, because nobody's asked me.

How come?

How come what?

How come he don't die? I shot him lots of times.

how come he don't die?

She's just a little girl,a baby.

She wasn't really trying to kill him. She was...she doesn't even understand what that means.

She was just trying to stop him. She was only trying to stop him.

Let's take the night off.

How come?

-I mean shouldn't we try to cut down the-- -Do what I tell you to do.

Oh.

Sure.

Hey.

Cut that out. We all need to rest tonight.

The word "text" is a type of mobile phone service. When used as a noun it means "text message" or "short message". When used as a verb it means "to send a message".

"Text" 一詞是行動電話服務的一種。當名詞使用時係指 "文字訊息" 簡稱 "簡訊"。當動詞使用時意指 "傳訊息"。

【Leave it to me】交給我吧

The guards wear security bands to control their ins and outs. I need one.

Leave it to me.

And the house is fortified.

How would you even get close?

Leave it to me.

I'll let you know.

【fort and fortify】堡壘和強化

Forts have played a crucial role in defending territories throughout history.

Some forts were built near water bodies for additional protection.

In a world where challenges arise, we must fortify ourselves to overcome them.

Education is a key element in fortifying our minds.

Physical fitness is crucial for fortifying our bodies.

Meditation helps fortify our inner peace and resilience.

Kindness and compassion fortify our relationships with others.

In the face of adversity, resilience fortifies our spirit.

古往今來，堡壘在保衛領土方面發揮著至關重要的作用。

有些堡壘建在水體附近，以提供額外的保護。

在這個充滿挑戰的世界上，我們必須加強自身的力量，才能戰勝挑戰。

教育是強化我們思想的關鍵因素。

強身健體對強化我們的身體至關重要。

冥想有助於強化我們內心的平靜和韌性。

善意和同情能鞏固我們與他人的關係。

面對逆境，堅韌能強化我們的精神。

Thank you, Anna. It means a lot.

No. Don't thank me.

Just say yes, and help me fix this.

Leave it to me.

謝謝你，安娜。 那意義重大。

不，不用謝我。

只要說是，然後幫我解決這個問題。

交給我。

I don't think there's a path here.

Leave it to me.

You have allergies?

Just bring it on.

Leave it to me.

Another?

Sure.

【bring it on.】放馬過來

Ricky... big day.
Bring it on.

What you doin' out here, boy?

Pickin' up some food for my master,

Benjamin Turner.

In the middle of the night? Turn around.

Where your pass at?

Bring it on. C'mon! Bring it!

I'm still standing.

Come on, bring it. Bring it!

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【You got this!】你行的！

Push.

Through. 

Hold.

One more time. Come on. 

You got this. You got this. You got this.

♪ I'm in the building and I'm feeling good ♪

Link: What do you say, Ellie? What do you say?

Come on, keep going. Keep it going! Keep it going!

Show those moves. Come on!

Oh, yeah. Whoo!

♪ She off the Richter scale, she had me shook ♪

Alright, Ellie. What you got?

♪ Now, I don't wanna come in between ♪

You got this! You got this!

[ Laughter ]

Alright, Bailey, you're up! What you got, huh?

Keep moving!

Alright. What do you say, Scout, huh?

Gonna break it down.

♪ Do you want to dance to the music? ♪

♪ Do you wanna rock to the beat of the drums? ♪

♪ Singin' sweet melodies just for you and me ♪

♪ Baby, we should cut a rug Ahh.

Alright, come on, guys. What you got?

Old school? Old school? You should be teaching me!

[ Cheers and applause ]

♪ 我在大樓裡，感覺很好 ♪

鏈接：艾莉，你說什麼？ 你怎麼說？

來吧，繼續。 保持下去！ 保持下去！

展示那些動作。 快點！

哦耶。 呼！

♪ 她超出了里氏震級，她讓我震驚 ♪

好吧，艾莉。 你有什麼？

♪ 現在，我不想介入 ♪

你得到了這個！ 你得到了這個！

[笑聲]

好吧，貝利，你起來了！ 你得到了什麼，嗯？

繼續移動！

好吧。 你說什麼，斯庫特，是吧？

要把它打破。

♪ 你想隨著音樂跳舞嗎？ ♪

♪ 你想隨著鼓點搖滾嗎？ ♪

♪ 為你和我唱出甜美的旋律 ♪

♪ 寶貝，我們應該剪一塊地毯啊。

好吧，來吧，伙計們。 你有什麼？

老套？ 老套？ 你應該教我！

[歡呼和掌聲]

【What you got?】你有什麼？

I'm not in the mood, Marty. Fuck off.

Well, I, um...

I wanted to say, uh, sorry if... if I was too harsh last night.

Um...

You okay?

What did you think of me when you first met me?

I, uh... I-- I thought that, um...

I thought that-- that you were clever.

You thought I was trash.

I gave you a job, didn't I?

I made you give me that job.

Uh, yeah, because you were clever.

God's a motherfucker.

Isn't he?

Built me smart enough to know how fucked up my life is.

But not quite smart enough to haul my ass out of it.

Uh...

I can help with that.

I, uh...

I can-- I can get you a payday that'll take you wherever you want to go, if you're interested.

Another Marty Byrde scheme.

That would make me a dumb fucking fuck, wouldn't it?

I don't know.

Well...

Go on.

What you got?

I want to buy your product.

Uncut, all of it.

You're fucking kidding me, right?

No. And I need it yesterday.

You a drug dealer now, or--?

It's not for me...

Can we do a deal?

I don't know.

I'll have to think about it.

I got business partners now.

Okay.

Why the fuck did she lie about Ben?

I wish I knew.

【show me what you got】讓我看看你有什麼

I heard a lot about you, so show me what you got.

我聽說過很多你的事，讓我們看看你多厲害。

Let me show you what I got.

讓你看看我的能耐。 (帶有拽的意味)

Hey... aren't you that chick who's having sex with that college guy?

No!

Wanna be?

She's not interested, okay?

So why don't you just back off?

Hey... aren't you that chick who's having sex with that college guy?

No!

Wanna be?

She's not interested, okay?

So why don't you just back off?

Okay, Grandpa.

What are you, their pimp, and these are your skank hoes?

You and me, right now... let's go.

Where we going?

- Aah! - No!

Jess!

- Come on, Jess. Come on! - You can do it.

What do you got, geezer? Come on!

You can do it! Come on!

Come on, Dad. Let's do it. Come on. Show me what you got.

What you got?

You killin' me! You won!

Congratulations.

I'm proud of you, boo.

Now, it's not cool that you beat your teacher at Texas hold 'em, but I like the way you nailed down the calculations on the pot odds.

So I'mma let this slide.

Now, remember what I said.

There are no shortcuts.

You gotta work your butt off.

Okay? Give me some love.

I'm so proud of you.

Go on and have a good day now.

Maybe one day I'll take you to Vegas.

That was cool.

You know...

This used to be the Special Ed classroom when I went here.

It still is.

You teach Special Ed?

Special Ed is one of my sections.

It's one of my favorites, actually.

You know, that kid reminds me a lot of myself.

I couldn't do math for shit when I was in school.

Difference is I didn't have a teacher like you that was willing to stay behind to help me.

I know what you're doin', Teddy.

And I admit, it was very cool of you to take the fall for your classmates.

But you're a hustler.

Tryin' to skate by without doing the work.

You should know you can't hustle me.

I do.

Okay? I do know that.

And I promise you, I'm done.

I'm not hustling no more.

Night school is about second chances.

And if I don't get this second chance, then it's over for me.

Night school is all that I have.

Please.

I'll consider it on one condition.

Whatever it is.

We get you tested.

For learning disabilities.

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【start a family】組建家庭

In English, only children can be called "family". So to "start a family" is to prepare to have children and become a real family.

在英文裡，有孩子才可以叫做 "family"。因此 "start a family"，是準備生孩子，成為真正的家庭。

Good morning.
Good morning.
You're making it very difficult for me to leave this morning.
That was the plan.
Just hear me out.
You being here, in my dream, means something is different. Something has shifted.
So, if you can choose to be here…
[chuckles]
maybe you can choose to stay.
Think about it. We can have the life we always wanted.
Have a baby.
Start a family.
Lyta.
This is a dream.
Anything is possible.
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早上好。
早上好。
你讓我今天早上很難離開。
這就是我的計劃。
聽我說完。
你在這裡，在我的夢裡，意味著有些不同。 有些東西已經發生了變化。
所以，如果你可以選擇在這裡……
[笑聲]
也許你可以選擇留下來。
想一想。 我們可以擁有我們一直想要的生活。
生個孩子。
組織家庭。
莉塔。
這是一個夢。
一切皆有可能。
[莉塔驚呼]

And what with the financial security that will be afforded me by the end of the week...

I am finally ready to start a family.

Now, I don't know if you've heard, William, but there's a tenured position opening up at our school.

- And I'm a shoe-in. - Wait, wait, wait, wait.

What makes you so sure you're the one who's gonna get tenure?

Seniority, William.

I'm first in line, and also, I'm a proven champion.

到本週末我將獲得財務保障……

我終於準備好組建家庭了。

現在，我不知道你是否聽說過，威廉，我們學校有一個終身職位空缺。

- 而我是穩操勝券的。 - 等等，等等，等等，等等。

是什麼讓你如此確信你會獲得終身教職？

資歷，威廉。

我是第一名，而且，我是一位公認的冠軍。

I'm gonna get in trouble.

I wanna start a fight.

Na-na-na-na, na-na, na

I wanna start a fight.

Na-na-na-na, na-na, na

I wanna start a fight!

So, so what?

我會惹上麻煩的

我想打架

Na -na -na, na -na, na

我想打架

Na -na -na, na -na, na

我想打架

那又怎樣？

Do you guys remember when we first decided to start a company together?

We all had a common goal, and we weren't gonna let anything stop us from getting to the bro down.

Hey! Start the car! Start the car!

Dopinder, start the fucking car!

Ahh!

How is your cold?

你感冒怎麼樣了？

It's not bad. I'm starting to feel better.

還好，開始康復了。

- When can you start? - Soon.

- 你什麼時候能夠開始？ - 很快。

Look, I've had a Iong and weird day, so off to bed.

Come on.

We start work tomorrow.

聽著，我度過了漫長而怪異的一天，去睡覺吧。

快點。

我們明天開始工作。

We start work tomorrow.

But you must give your whole self to my vision.

- Of course. Yeah, absolutely.

- See you tomorrow.

- See you!

我們明天開始工作。

但你必須把你的全部奉獻給我的願景。

- 當然。 是的，絕對是。

- 明天見。

- 再見！

And now you have to do what every dysfunctional couple has to do:break up.

現在你必須做每對功能失調的夫妻都必須做的事情：分手。

I think it means that we need to...you know...break up.

No.

-No? -Mm-mm.

Lucifer, I know what you're doing.

-Do you? -Yes.

You're scared.  Because you've been hurt before.

You don't have to worry, okay?

I promise you that I will never,  ever, ever...give up on you.

You know why?

Surprise me.

Because I love you too.

Ah...

Boop!

[laughs, squeals]

[footsteps departing]

[sighs]

Shit.

我認為這意味著我們需要……你知道……分手。

不。

-不？ -嗯嗯。

路西法，我知道你在做什麼。

-你？ -是的。

你害怕了。 因為你以前受過傷。

你不用擔心，好嗎？

我向你保證，我永遠，永遠，永遠... 不會放棄你。

你知道為什麼？

讓我驚訝。

因為我也愛你。

啊...

噗！

[笑聲，尖叫聲]

[腳步聲離去]

[嘆氣]

媽的。

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【window rolls up】

He rolled up the window and drove on.

他把車窗搖上來，繼續開車。

Roll up my window.

I don't want my car to get stolen.

搖起我的車窗。(關上車窗)

我不想我的車被偷。

【window rolls down】

He rolled down the window and talked to his friend.

他搖下車窗跟朋友說話。

She was driving on the highway.

她在高速公路上驅車趕路。

She rolled up the window and drove away.

她搖上車窗揚長而去。

【lower the window】搖下車窗

- I really need some air.

我得透透氣。

- Okay, Alex, lower your window.

好吧，艾麗克斯，把車窗搖下來。

You must lower your voice in public.

在公共場合你必須降低聲量。

Wow, it's raining heavily, quickly lower your head and run.

哇，雨下的好大喲，趕緊低下頭，快跑。

It's a real pain.

這真的很討厭(痛苦)。

You're a real pain in the neck!

你真是個討厭鬼！

"Do this. Do that."

They're a real pain.

Yeah. They're too bossy.

“做這個。做那個。”

他們真的很討厭。

是的。 他們太霸道了。

It's a real pain to do housework.

做家務真的很痛苦。

【it's not my thing】

這事我不太擅長（可能是不會或不喜歡） 

I don't want to lay with you. Or any other man.

It's not my thing.

我不想和你或任何其他男人上床。

這事我不擅長(我討厭這事)。

I don't know why I just told you that.

It's my thing.

Don't worry.

If you're the right candidate, the truth can only work in your favour.

我不知道我為什麼要告訴你這些。

這是我擅長的(這是我的本能)。

不用擔心。

如果您是合適的候選人，事實只會對您有利。

Do you want to play video games?

Well, it's not my thing.

Do you wanna try the dish?

I'll pass.

The telesales people are a real pain, they keep ringing me!

你想玩電子遊戲嗎？

我不喜歡。

你想嚐嚐這道菜嗎？

還是算了吧。

電話銷售人員真討厭(真讓人頭疼)，老是給我打電話！