You’ve never seen Hualien this way before!
by Nathanael Dunn
I'd always wanted to visit Hualien. The city is one of Taiwan's most pleasant, known for spectacular Taroko Gorge. But on this trip, my friends and I had another mission. We traveled there to participate in the county's first hot air balloon event.
In a flat, open field, two colorful balloons lay in a bundle under white cloth. All visitors watched a platform where a red flag was standing. A barrier between us and the sky, red meant the weather would not allow flight.
Still, the balloons were laid out next to their baskets. Fans were first used to fill the balloons until they looked like huge sofas. After that, burners on the baskets breathed fire to fill up the balloons with hot air. As they took shape, the balloons rose gradually to a standing position. Feeling no wind, we hoped that the red flag would soon be changed to a green one. Instead, a yellow flag was raised - proceed with care.
Info Cloud
lay/lie
Hello Friends. If you are feeling tired, and we hope you are not, maybe you should go lay down, or is it lie down?
Good question, Ken. A lot of people get lie and lay confused.
We need to remember the verb lay is an action. It describes the action of putting something somewhere.
The verb lie, spelled l-i-e, describes being in a flat horizontal position of rest.
Okay. Here is an example. If you have a book in your hand, you can lay it down. And then you can say it's lying on the table.
Another way to remember the difference, is that lay always needs a direct object. You lay something down, but you lie down.
Also remember that the present tenses- lay, for the past tense is laid, l-a-i-d.
So, I might say, last night after I finish reading, I laid the book on the table. Laid, l-a-i-d.
So Ken, you didn't put the book down. You just left it lying around.
Yes, I left it lying around. If something is lying around, it's just sitting there, and not put away.
A messy room would have many things lying around.
And, a person can be lying around, too.
If I'm staying at home and doing nothing important, I'm just lying around.
I think that just might be my plan this weekend.
Not a bad idea.
Language Lab
mission n. 使命, 重要的任務
something that you feel you must do because it is your duty
- The ambassador has to accomplish a difficult mission in secret.
這位大使必需秘密的完成一項困難的任務
- Howard's team was sent on a rescue mission last night.
Howard 的團隊昨晚被指派一項救援的任務
mission n. 使命, 天職
an important job that someone has been given to do, especially when they are sent to another place
- Rick considers teaching to be his mission in life.
Rick 視教書是他一生的使命
participate v. [parti字根-一部份] 參與, 參加
to take part in an activity or event
participate in
! Participate is never followed directly by a noun. Say that you participate in something: Everyone can participate in an election (NOT Everyone can participate an election).
不及物動詞, 後面要加介系詞 in / 再加上所參與的事物
- Half of the factory's workers participated in the strike.
這間工廠一半的員工都參加了霸工
participation n.
- We would like to see more participation from the fathers in these kinds of activities.
我們希望看到這類的活動有更多父親的參與
breathe v. 呼吸; 呼氣; 吸氣
/ˈbri:ð/
to move air into and out of your lungs : to inhale and exhale
- We drove to the country to breathe some fresh air.
我們開車到鄉下呼吸新鮮空氣
breath n. 呼吸, 氣息
/ˈbrɛθ/ [注意ea發音 ɛ ]
the air that you take into your lungs and send out from your lungs when you breathe : air that is inhaled and exhaled in breathing
- She took a deep breath before diving into the pool.
她在跳到游泳池之前深吸了一口氣
proceed v.[pro往前] 繼續進行; 繼續做(或講)下去
to continue to do something that has already been planned or started;
to continue
- All of the campaign's activities proceeded smoothly.
所有宣傳的每項活動都進行的很順利
- The passengers of flight 018 should proceed to gate 12 for boarding.
018班機的乘客應該到登機12號門登機
And now let's get back to our teachers.
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