我最近看了兩套電視片集，都聽到 “Duh!” 這個字。在<<覓骨尋蹤>>(Bones) 其中一集中，兩個警探在盤問一名毒犯。警探問: “You were here all night last night selling drugs?”毒販表示很不快和輕蔑地說: “Duh!”
書面語”Duh”是[咄]的意思。[咄咄〕表示驚怪，如“咄咄怪事”或表示呵叱、感慨和令人感到不可理解。(Duh is used to express disdain for something deemed stupid or obvious, especially a self-evident remark.)。 用廣東話解析比較易明。毒犯的意思就是說 [你都白癡的!明知故問!]
這個”Duh” 字源於1963年。 <<The New York Times Magazine>> 解釋: [This is the standard retort (反駁) used when someone makes a conversational contribution bordering on the banal (平庸的，陳腐的)]。簡單點說就是你這句說話毫無意義 (a self-evident, unnecessary remark.)。Victor中午12時30分在中環碰見朋友Julian。Victor說: [Julian, 去吃午飯ㄚ?] Julian回答說: [Duh!]
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Currently Victor runs an English discussion group on Saturdays. Email him if you are interested to join.
Professor VICTOR FUNG (馮強教授) deanfungenglish.blogspot.com ; deanfungenglish@gmail.com MPhil (Cambridge) Teach academic English writing to associate-degree & high-dip students in Beacon College (遵理英专); Chair professor, Ta Kung Int'l Media Institute; Tel: 34117632 author of :錯在哪裏？常見英語病句>>(7.2013) 读香港时事学英语>>;你一定要懂的字彙570>> 這900個詞彙助我成為南華早報首位華人副總編輯>>(7.2014). freelance jobs: (1) write speeches for executives; (2) teach (in workshops) English writing, English editing, PR writing, crisis communication and media management; (3) polish essays for AD, undergraduate and graduate students.
SERVICES: Polish essays/theses for AD, undergrad and graduate students;
ENGLISH WRITING N EDITING, TRAINING,
SPEECH-WRITING FOR EXECUTIVES
3-hour training in Crisis Communication
Contact: deanfungenglish@gmail.com
馮強，中大新聞傳播和英文系一級榮譽畢業(全班考第一)，劍橋大學及港大碩士。曾任職《華爾街日報》及加拿大《金融郵報》記者、《南華早報》副總編輯、《讀者文摘》總編輯、香港兩所大學公關處處長，現任香港浸會大學傳理學院國際新聞和財經新聞碩士課程主任。2009年出版《瘋讀社論、強化英語》。2010年在《最後六任港督的聲音》一書內分析多位前港督發表的講詞。他在2011年5月出版<<生活英語小智慧>>一書。
他目前是3项新闻奖的评判。馮強繼續寫強化英語的書，幫助讀者在學習、職場和人生上更上層樓。(女兒奔奔考IELTS試獲9分滿分。)1. Author: <<瘋讀社論強化英語>> 2. Co-author: << 最後六任港督的聲音>> 3. Author: <<生活英語小智慧>>; 4. Author: <<學會演說、改變你的人生>> 7.2011; Blog: deanfungenglish.blogspot.com/<<巔峰[強化英語]日報>>;twitter.com/deanfung1; facebook.com/victorkfung; www.linkedin.com/pub/victor-fung/33/893/31b;Guitarist of the band "南山浪人"; Motto: "no envy & no fear" (bio: V graduated 1st in his JLM class, became China correspondent 4 the WSJ/Asia,deputy chief editor of the SCMP, chief ed of Reader's Digest and PR director at 2 varsities be4 becom' a teacher in '08.)
VICTOR ALSO DOES SPEECH-WRITING FOR CORPORATE SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND ENGLISH TRAINING
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