short staffed 笑話

[張凱閔解釋笑梗]

其實這算是一題文法題吧

上面那張紙想表達的應該是因為「人手不夠」所以關店

但「人手不夠」的英文應該是：short staffed

而他卻寫成了 " short staff "（少了ed）

於是整句話就變成：因為店員太矮，所以關店XD

所以下面那張紙才會吐槽說：你可以雇一個身高高一點的員工



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後記

也有人認為 " due to short staff " 是對的

笑點是在於回這張紙條的人理解錯了（不管是真的不懂還是故意調侃）

把原本「人手不夠」的意思理解成了「員工太矮」

sign up/ sign in 意思

我知道 " sign up " 和 " sign in " 意思不一樣

但我總是搞不清楚哪個是什麼意思
（一個是註冊；一個是登入）

英文就是這樣，有些字詞就是會跟自己比較無緣，無論多想記，就是記不起來、分不清楚

這種時候，我認為最好的方法就是「看開一點」

分不清楚就算了唄！

其實真的不需要去硬記跟自己無緣的字詞，只要記得這些無緣字詞大概可能是什麼意思，再配合當下的情境，通常就可以正確理解了

比方圖中的例子，最下面的 " sign in " 顯然是配合 " Already have an account? " （已經擁有帳號）的情況使用的，既然已經有帳號，那意思就肯定不是「註冊」，而是「登入」囉！

所以從推理就可以知道 " sign in " 是「登入」

無名指看性格

A. The Ring finger is longer than the Index finger
It can be said that people with longer ring finger are mostly good-looking. Most of them has the charm of a heartthrob. They're also thought to be more aggressive, and more likely to take risk. They make better soldiers, engineers, speculators and chess players, and are better at solving problems such as crosswords. Researchers also found that longer ring fingers made more money than their short ring-fingered colleagues.

A. 無名指比食指長
無名指長的人，外型通常比較好看，大部分都有萬人迷般的魅力。這類人思想上也比較進取，比較願意承擔風險。他們較擅長擔任士兵、工程師、投機交易者、棋手，較擅長解決問題（如擅長玩填字遊戲）。研究人員也發現，無名指長的人通常會賺比較多錢。

圖：填字遊戲

B. The Ring finger is shorter than the Index finger
People with shorter ring finger has high self-esteem and kind of narcissistic. They enjoy solitude and dislike to be interrupted when they are having some alone time. They are not the type to take the initiative in love, instead, they tend to receive the affection that's given to them.

B. 無名指比食指短
無名指短的人，通常自尊心較強，並有某種程度上的自戀。他們喜歡獨處，獨處時不喜歡被人打擾。他們在感情上也是屬於比較被動的類型，不是那種會去主動求愛的人。

C. The Ring finger and the Index finger are the same length
Those whose ring fingers and index fingers are the same length are peace loving and conflict makes them uncomfortable. They are very coordinative and always try to get along well with people. They are more likely to be faithful lovers. They are caring and gentle towards their partner.

C. 無名指與食指等長
無名指與食指等長的人，通常都很愛好和平，衝突、摩擦會讓他們覺得很不舒服。他們非常重視和諧，永遠設法想與人為善。在感情上，他們會是非常忠誠的伴侶，對待另一半更是溫柔又貼心。



希望大家在看自己手指時也能讀下原文，訓練閱讀能力唷 O_<

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Test your English - Page 1

• 1. When can we meet again?
  • When are you free?
  • It was two days ago.
  • Can you help me?
• 2. My aunt is going to stay with me.
  • How do you do?
  • How long for?
  • How was it?
• 3. When do you study?
  • at school
  • in the evenings
  • in the library
• 4. Would you prefer lemonade or orange juice?
  • Have you got anything else?
  • If you like.
  • Are you sure about that?
• 5. Let's have dinner now.
  • You aren't eating.
  • There aren't any.
  • Tom isn't here yet

Test your English - Page 2

• 6. The snow was ...... heavily when I left the house.
  • dropping
  • landing
  • falling
  • descending
• 7. I can't find my keys anywhere - I ...... have left them at work.
  • can
  • must
  • ought
  • would
• 8. When a car pulled out in front of her, Jane did well not to ...... control of her bicycle.
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  • lose
  • fail
  • drop
• 9. According to Richard's ...... the train leaves at 7 o'clock.
  • opinion
  • advice
  • knowledge
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• 10. When you stay in a country for some time you get used to the people's ...... of life.
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Test your English - Page 3

• 11. The builders are ...... good progress with the new house.
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• 16. ...... you get your father's permission, I'll take you skiing next weekend.
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