【看新聞學英語】2010地球小姐帶美麗王冠回印度

【新唐人2010年12月27日訊】【看新聞學英語】

Miss Earth 2010 Brings Back Beauty Crown to India

2010地球小姐帶美麗王冠回印度

By Jessie Chen, David Lee

【新聞關鍵字】

1. crown: n. 后冠

2. defeat: v. 擊敗

3. contestant: n. 參賽者

4. pageant: n. 慶典

5. express: v. 表達

6. delight: n. 欣喜

7. mix with: ph. 混合

8. quality time: ph. 珍貴時間

9. hail from: ph. 來自

10. sign up: ph. 簽約

11. reduce: v. 減少

12. extent: n. 程度

Nicole Faria of India defeated 83 contestants to win the Miss Earth 2010 pageant. During a visit to Mumbai on Monday, Faria expressed her delight at winning the crown for India.

印度的妮可法利亞,擊敗83位角逐者,贏得2010年地球小姐選美比賽后座。週一法利亞訪問孟買時,表達了她為印度贏得后冠的喜悅。

[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010]:

"It was a beautiful learning experience. I got to meet 83 different girls from 83 different countries. Learned about their countries, their cultures, you got to mix with them and spend some quality time with them in this past one month when I was in Vietnam. I travelled a lot and learned a lot in Vietnam."

[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010] [2010年地球小姐,妮可法利亞說]:

“這是一段美麗的學習經驗。我與來自83個國家、83位不同的小姐認識,學習他們的國家和文化。在過去一個月中,我在越南與她們融合在一起,度過一段很有品質的時光。我在越南到訪很多地方,學習到很多東西。

The 20-year-old beauty queen hails from Bangalore City in southern India.

現年 20歲的選美皇后,來自印度南部的班加羅爾市。

[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010]:

"With the crown comes lots of responsibilities and well for me, well the journey has just begun. I can't wait to start doing lots of projects and lot of activities regarding saving mother earth. Well I have signed up with new companies that help reduce global warming to large extent and I am really happy and I hope that I do a lot within this year."

[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010] [2010年地球小姐,妮可法利亞說]:

“后冠為我帶來很多責任及好處,而旅程才剛開始。我等不及要開始為拯救母親─地球,做很多計劃和活動。我已與很大成度上協助降低全球暖化的新公司簽約,我真的很高興,我非常開心,並希望今年內可以做很多事情。

The other winners of the Miss Earth beauty pageant were Miss Puerto Rico who won the Miss Earth Fire, Miss Ecuador who won Miss Earth Air, and Miss Thailand who won the Miss Earth Water crown.

其他地球小姐選美賽的獲獎者,波多黎各小姐贏得地球火小姐、厄瓜多爾小姐贏得地球空氣小姐,以及泰國小姐贏得地球水小姐。

本則影音新聞出處:新唐人電視台英語新聞

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_arts/2010-12-14/925113746695.html

本專欄由前衛英語李德良老師主編 www.davidlee.url.tw

【每日一句】

It was a beautiful learning experience.

這是一段美麗的學習經驗

【佳句精選】

I can't wait to start doing lots of activities regarding saving mother earth.

我等不及要開始為拯救母親─地球,做很多計劃和活動。

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