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#一分鐘英語聽力訓練We are What We Choose(4), Jeff Bezos

* 按照順序聽六遍，聽力從0到100

* 第七挑戰 – From Listening to Talking

亞馬遜總裁Jeff Bezos在這一分鐘講他的創立亞馬遜的動機以及為何辭掉華爾街高薪的工作，是為了Follow his passion，當然，她是負責任的男人，首先要徵求老婆的同意

今天的Talking很簡單，就三句：

「請問你結婚了嗎？」

「我結婚兩年了」

「我結過婚十年，現在單身」

【聽力挑戰1】

【聽力挑戰2 英文原文】

I got the idea to star Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that Web usage was growing at 2,3000 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles – something that simply couldn’t exist in the physical world – was very exciting to me. I’d just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenizi that I wanted to quit my job and go do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most startups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what would happen after that. MacKenzie (also a Princeton grad and sitting here in the second row) told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d invented an automatic gate closer out of cement-filled tires, a solar cooker that didn’t work very well out of an umbrella and aluminum foil, baking-pan alarms to entrap my siblings. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted to follow my passion.

【聽力挑戰3 英文加中文提示】

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact (發現某事實) that Web usage was growing at 2,3000 percent per year.

I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles(書) – something that simply couldn’t exist in the physical world(現實世界) – was very exciting to me.

I’d just turned 30 years old(剛滿30歲), and I’d been married for a year.

I told my wife MacKenizi that I wanted to quit my job and go do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work(成功) since most startups(剛創業公司) don’t, and I wasn’t sure what would happen after that.

MacKenzie, also a Princeton grad(畢業生) and sitting here in the second row(在第二排), told me I should go for it(放手去做).

As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor(土發明家).

* Garage Inventor土發明家, 有創意, 能突破科技籓籬, 但是沒有實驗室也沒有政府或企業資金資助，不是真的在車庫發明東西

I’d invented an automatic gate closer(自動關門器) out of cement-filled tires(水泥實心輪胎), a solar cooker(太陽能鍋) that didn’t work very well out of an umbrella and aluminum foil(鋁箔紙), baking-pan alarms(烤盤警報器) to entrap(欺騙、陷害) my siblings(兄弟姊妹).

I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted to follow my passion(熱情).

【聽力挑戰4 中譯加英文提示】

十六年前我萌生創辦亞馬遜這個想法，我發現(came across the fact that)網頁以(at)一年百分之兩百三十的速度成長

我從來沒有見過或聽過什麼東西能成長這麼快，創立一家藏書(titles)數百萬的網路書店，在現實世界(physical world)根本不可能存在的書店，令我非常的興奮

我當時剛滿三十(turn 30)，結婚一年了

我告訴我太太MacKenizi我想辭職去做(go do)一件可能不會成功(wouldn’t work)的事情，因為新創公司(startups)多半失敗，而且我不知道失敗之後會怎樣

MacKenzie也是普林斯頓畢業生(gra)，就坐在現場第二排(row)，她告訴我，要我放手去做(go to it)

我小時候，曾經是個土發明家(garage inventor)

我用水泥實心(cement-filled)輪胎發明自動關門器(gate closer)，用鋁箔紙包雨傘(out of an umbrella and aluminum foil)做了一個不太靠譜的(not work very well)太陽能鍋子(solar cooker)，用烤盤(baking-pan)警報器去唬弄(entrap)我的弟弟妹妹(siblings)

我一直相當發明家，我太太支持我追隨我的熱情

【聽力挑戰5 中英對照】

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that Web usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year.

十六年前我萌生創辦亞馬遜這個想法，我發現(came across the fact that)網頁以(at)一年百分之兩百三十的速度成長

I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles – something that simply couldn’t exist in the physical world – was very exciting to me.

我從來沒有見過或聽過什麼東西能成長這麼快，創立一家藏書(titles)數百萬的網路書店，在現實世界(physical world)根本不可能存在的書店，令我非常的興奮

I’d just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year.

我當時剛滿三十(turn 30)，結婚一年了

I told my wife MacKenizi that I wanted to quit my job and go do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most startups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what would happen after that.

我告訴我太太MacKenizi我想辭職去做(go do)一件可能不會成功(wouldn’t work)的事情，因為新創公司(startups)多半失敗，而且我不知道失敗之後會怎樣

MacKenzie, also a Princeton grad and sitting here in the second row, told me I should go for it.

MacKenzie也是普林斯頓畢業生，就坐在現場第二排，她告訴我，要我放手去做(go to it)

As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor.

我小時候，曾經是個土發明家(garage inventor)

I’d invented an automatic gate closer out of cement-filled tires, a solar cooker that didn’t work very well out of an umbrella and aluminum foil, baking-pan alarms to entrap my siblings.

我用水泥實心(cement-filled)輪胎發明自動關門器(gate closer)，用鋁箔紙包雨傘(out of an umbrella and aluminum foil)做了一個不太靠譜的(not work very well)太陽能鍋子(solar cooker)，用烤盤(baking-pan)警報器去唬弄(entrap)我的弟弟妹妹(siblings)

I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted to follow my passion.

我一直想當發明家，我太太支持我追隨我的熱情

【聽力挑戰6 無字天書】

【聽力挑戰7 From Listening to Talking】

今天的Talking練習時態的感覺

1) 現在式或過去式，描述一件事實，不帶感情

2) 現在完成式，描述一種感覺

3) 過去完成式，描述一種感覺，但是已經過去

過去完成式一定要搭配過去式？我們不要被文法書唬了

「請問你結婚了嗎？」

Are you married?

「我結婚兩年了」

Yes, I'm married and I have been married for two years.

「我結過婚十年，現在單身」

No, I’m single but I had been married for 10 years.

其實美國人一般不會這麼講，他們會說：No, I'm single but I had a 10 years marriage. 用過去式描述事實，不帶感情