來賓 láibīn guest (who is invited to a show) 雲林縣 Yúnlín xiàn Yunlin County, a county at central-south area of western Taiwan 接觸 jiēchù get to know; to come across 嘉義 Jiāyì Chiayi (a city in southern Taiwan) 媒介 méijiè medium
外文系 wài wénxì Department of Foreign Languages (mainly studying English literature) 財經系 cáijīng xì Finance Department 雲嘉地區 Yún Jiā dìqū Yunlin-Chiayi area 有活力 yǒu huólì lively 外流 wàiliú leaving (from a city; country) 生活步調 shēnghuó bùdiào pace of life 悠閒 yōuxián leisurely 衝刺 chōngcì to make a push for one’s career 脫離 tuōlí to break away; to gain independence (from home, original life…) 講座 jiǎngzuò lectures 居住 jūzhù to live; to reside
主修 zhǔ xiū (of university) major 探索 tànsuǒ to explore 排斥 páichì to reject (doing a thing) 文學 wénxué literature 選項 xuǎnxiàng option 寬廣 kuānguǎng vast and expansive 靠…來吃飯 kào… lái chīfàn make a living through… 專長 zhuāncháng expertise; special skill 金融業 jīnróng yè financial industry (金融 jīnróng: finance)
階段 jiēduàn stage (sequence in which an event develops) 啟發 qǐfā inspiration 偏好 piānhào prefer; preferences 選擇題 xuǎnzé tí multiple choice 申論題 shēn lùntí essay question 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn (an idiom) follow a prescribed pattern to the letter; scrupulous attention to detail 應用題 yìngyòng tí (of math) word problem
基礎 jīchǔ (of knowledge) basic 外師 wài shī foreign teacher (not a Taiwanese teacher) 體會 tǐhuì (of feeling) relate to 學員 xuéyuán (of a cram school/learning institutions) students 有說服力 yǒu shuìfú lì persuasive 比手畫腳 bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to express with hands and feet 天份 tiān fèn talent 語系 yǔxì language family or linguistic group
懶惰 lǎnduò lazy 路癡 lù chī someone who is poor at navigating or finding their way around 分辨 fēnbiàn to distinguish 敏銳 mǐnruì be sharpened 互動 hùdòng interaction 途中 túzhōng on the way