A Little Girl's Diary

1 Living abroad

1.1 About business Working abroad (Track 1:02)

1. software [ˋsɔft͵wɛr](n)【電腦】軟體

2. analyst [ˋæn!ɪst](n) 分析者

3. more than 超過

4. half [hæf](n)[countable] 一半，二分之一

•  more than half of each year 超過每一年的二分之一 = 超過半年

5. away from home 遠離家鄉

6. around the world = all over the world 全世界

7. install [ɪnˋstɔl](v) 安裝

8. there [ðɛr](adv) 在那裡

9. employee [͵ɛmplɔɪˋi](n) 員工(=someone who is paid to work for someone else [= worker])

10. wh-word + to V

11. help somebody (to) do something 幫助某人做某事

•  The £10, 000 loan from the bank helped her (to) start her own business.

            (10 000 英鎊的銀行貸款幫助她創辦了自己的公司。)

12. help somebody with something 幫助某人做某事

•  My dad said he would help with the costs of (= give part of the cost of) buying a house.

            (我爸爸說他會資助我們買一棟房子。)

13. from beginning to end 從開始到結束

14. last year 去年

15. Venezuela 委內瑞拉(位於南美洲的國家)

16. for (prep)持續

17. Thailand 泰國

18. see-saw-seen (v)看見(感官能力，非刻意)

19. nice (adj)好的，令人愉快的(= pleasant)

20. in the centre (of something) 在…中心、中央(= the middle of a space, area, or object, especially the exact middle)

•  in the centre of Bangkok 在泰國曼谷的市中心

21. Bangkok 曼谷(泰國首都)

22. get–got –got [British English](v)接受、得到(= to receive something that someone gives you or sends you)

23. enjoy (v)享受、喜歡

•  enjoy doing something 喜歡做某事

24. do business 做生意

•  We do business with a number of Italian companies.