谢怡芬,出生于美国德州,是著名的旅游节目主持人。MIT麻省理工学院生物与西班牙文系毕业,通晓英语、西班牙语、法语。目前主持Discovery TLC旅游生活频道《疯亚洲》等节目。以其开朗的性格、小麦色健康肤色、活泼主持风格受到瞩目。去过超过40个国家,出版过《Janet带一百只牙刷去旅行》《爱上旅行的理由Backpack to the Future》。
Part 2 谢怡芬的英语微世界(网络篇)
返抵国门 Janet Hsieh Mar. 14th
Goodbye Cambodia! I Hope I can bring some of this sun back home with me :
再见柬埔寨!希望我可以带一些这里的太阳回家 :
返抵国门,你还可以这样写!
I''m finally hooooooome! Stinky tofu, here I come!
终于到家了!臭豆腐,我来了!
@tweetfromgeorge The bittersweet feeling of coming home to find a rotting pizza in the fridge. Tasted more bitter than sweet #justkiddingdidnoteatit
@tweetfromgeorge 回到家以后,发现冰箱里有一块坏掉的比萨,感觉真是苦乐参半啊!吃起来好像比较苦,不甜啊!(#开玩笑的,我没吃啦)
bittersweet: 苦乐参半的 rot: 腐烂
Home for Easter with the parents. First things first: give mom all my laundry.
回家和爸妈一起过复活节。重要的事要先做:把我的脏衣服通通给妈妈。
Easter: 复活节 first things first: 最重要的事情要先做 laundry: 待洗的衣服
办公室甘苦谈 Janet Hsieh Feb. 25th
Loving the work atmosphere in my new job. Boss said we can wear anything we want! #bikinisatwork
喜欢我的新工作环境。老板说我们想穿什么就穿什么,都没关系!
(#来穿个比基尼上班吧)
办公室甘苦谈,你还可以这样写!
TGIF!!!
谢天谢地,星期五啦!!!
TGIF: Thank goodness it''s Friday的缩写,也就是“感谢老天,终于到星期五了!”的意思,也有人解释为Thank God it''s Friday。
Had a bad day at the office and my son said it''s bc I didn''t give the boss any of my Nutella pancakes. #Kidsgivethebestadvice
我今天在办公室很郁闷,我儿子告诉我说是因为我没有把我的巧克力榛子酱煎饼给老板吃。(#小孩的意见总是最棒)
bc: 因为(because的缩写) nutella: 巧克力榛子酱
Office romance: good idea or bad idea?
办公室恋情,好还是不好呢?
romance: 爱情故事,浪漫故事
Part 4 谢怡芬的英语微世界(Email 篇)
These are actual emails written by a young Janet Hsieh me who was curious, experiencing Asia and work for the first time, excited about
life, and unfiltered in sharing her thoughts and experiences.
这些都是年轻的Janet(也就是我)写的email,当时她很好奇,第一次感受亚洲、第一次工作,对生活充满激情,毫无保留地分享她的想法和经验。
10. 五个月内就干了好多大事!
Date: Tuesday, August 27th 21:12 2002
Subject: Been a while... miss me much?
6 months later, I finally find the energy i.e. I finally got off of my lazy butt 1 to update my travel journal. Here''s an update on the past 5 months of my life in list form.
6个月后,我终于有力气(也就是说我终于没有偷懒)更新我的旅行日记了!这是我前5个月的生活近况,分条呈现。
10 Things to do in the life of Janet Hsieh in 5 months or less
1. Painfully go through the medical school application process blah, GET INTO medical school whoo hoo!, DECLINE medical school what?, and then study your ass off 2
to retake the MCATs so that you can get into medical school again don''t ask 3.
2. Eat a meat pie, go to the footie, play with a kangaroo, throw a boomerang, and oh yeah, visit some friends in Australia for a week. It only took me 4 days 4 to fly there... but every minute of it was worth it... including the part where I nearly got stranded
in Taipei, Hong Kong, AND Singapore because I accidentally forgot to, um, get a tourist visa.
3. Become a professional sushi chef the first woman chef at this bar restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara, work for a month, get paid in sushi.
4. Get a speeding ticket, get my car impounded, fail my driving test, and go to court to fight and hopefully win my court case.
5. Live in a house with 7 guys, 1 tarantula, and a life-size cardboard stand of Michael Jordan.
6. Meet Michael Jordan.
7. Break your tailbone. Okay. Fracture your tailbone... from playing basketball... by yourself... shut up.
8. Get a boyfriend.
9. Go back to college and retake all your Physics and Chemistry courses over a period of 16 weeks. Do surprisingly well.
10. Become a future Kung Fu movie star maybe... More details to come.
Love, Janet
谢怡芬的人生中要做的10件事(5个月内达成)
1. 艰难地度过医学院申请过程(随便啦)、申请上医学院(万岁!)、婉拒医学院(什么?)、然后疯狂念书,重新考医学院入学考试以再次进入医学院(别问)。
2. 吃肉馅饼、去看足球比赛、和袋鼠一起玩、丢回力镖,对了,还有在澳洲拜访朋友一个星期。(飞过去只花了我4天半,但每一分钟都很值得,连我差点被困在台北、香港和新加坡的部分都很值得!都是因为我不小心忘了,嗯,办一张旅游签证。)
3. 成为一名职业的寿司师傅(成为圣塔芭芭拉市区一个酒吧或餐厅中的第一个位女师傅),工作一个月,薪水是寿司。
4. 被开超速罚单、车子被拖走、没考上驾照、到法庭去打官司、(希望)打赢官司。
5. 与7个男人、1只狼蛛、1个有着迈克尔乔丹等比例身形的硬低板人像一起住在同一个房子里。
6. 见到迈克尔乔丹。
7. 弄断自己的尾椎。好吧,应该说是骨折。而且是在打篮球的时候……自己打篮球的时候……闭嘴,不准笑。
8. 交男朋友。
9. 回到大学,重新上所有的物理和化学课程,只花16周。学得惊人地顺利。
10. 成为未来的功夫电影明星(只是可能)。更多细节以后再说。
爱你们的 Janet