與蘋果 Pippin 相反的是老舊的 Colecovision 遊戲機，也就是托馬森的祖父母送給他第一個電玩遊戲一年之後，在他聖誕樹下出現的那個遊戲機。托馬森的祖父母誤以為他的爸媽已經買到了當年是搶手貨的遊戲機。那到現在仍然是他父母送過他最好的禮物。
托馬森表示：「那是我的初戀，所以我對它很有感情。」但他也表示 Colecovision 的遊戲也算好玩，很少有許多遊戲機都會出現的倉卒設計且平庸的爛遊戲。他指出：「它們看起來很好玩，玩起來也很順手。以當時來講，音效算還不錯，也就是以八○年代的嗶嗶聲和光點效果來說的話。」
At the other end of the spectrum is the old Colecovision unit like the one that appeared under the Christmas tree one year after his grandparents gave him his first game for it. They had mistakenly believed his parents had gotten their hands on the video game system, which was a hot item that year. It stands to this day as the best present his parents ever gave him.
"It's my first love, so it's sentimental," Thomasson said. But the games also were quality, with very little of the "shovelware" — mediocre, rushed releases — typical of many systems, he said. "They looked good, they played good. For the time they sounded good," he said, "for the bleeps and blips of the '80s."
紐約男子因擁有一萬零六百零七款電玩遊戲，保有金氏世界紀錄
也許是因為他在十二歲那年的聖誕節，才第一次得到電玩遊戲《宇宙復仇者》，然後又足足等了一年才拿到搶手的 Colecovision 遊戲機來玩，麥可托馬森才會如此堅決想要將每款他能找到的電玩遊戲和遊戲機弄到手。
當複合名詞是以「字 of 字」(如 bottle of wine) 的型態出現時，第一個字永遠是該複合名詞的主要字。例如：
當複合名詞是以「[容器]ful」(如 bucketful, cupful, handful) 的型態出現時，該複合名詞是在 -ful 的後面加 s 來構成複數。例如：
當複合名詞 (compound nouns) 中的字是由連字號結合在一起 (如 daughter-in-law, forget-me-not) 或者當複合名詞是由兩個或以上的字 (如 dry dock, lieutenant colonel) 所構成時，該複合名詞通常是以在其主要字後面加 s 的方式來構成複數。若複合名詞中沒有主要字或者複合名詞為單一個字 (如 banknote, paperclip)，那麼一般的規則是在該複合名詞的後面加 s 來構成複數。例如：
Clean 和 cleanse 這兩個動詞都是在表示去除灰塵、污垢，使清潔的意思。但 clean 通常表示字面的意思，即「把…弄乾淨，使清潔；打掃，清理」，如 Robert’s cleaning his car. (羅伯特正在洗車)；Paul’s shoes need cleaning. (保羅的鞋該刷一刷了)。The students have cleaned the classroom from top to bottom. (學生把教室徹底打掃了一遍)。至於 cleanse，則大多用來表示「使…免除罪惡，淨化」等比喻的意思，如 you might cleanse your soul by confessing your sins. (你可以藉由懺悔你的罪來淨化心靈)。
Cleanse 還有兩個意思是 clean 所沒有的，其中一個意思是「清洗 (傷口)；使 (皮膚) 清潔」，如 The nurse used a piece of gauze to cleanse the cut. (護士用一塊棉紗清洗傷口)；Amy cleanses, tones, and moisturizes her face every day. (艾美每天都做臉部的潔膚、緊膚和潤膚)。另一意思是「(種族) 淨化」，其對應的名詞為 ethnic cleansing；有人將種族淨化視為屠殺的委婉說法。
(頭字語) 根據我的經驗。這個頭字語 (acronym) 為 in my experience 的簡寫。
不要哭喪著臉；不要眉頭深鎖。
walk * through
(耐心地、詳細地) (向某人) 說明 (某事)；(耐心地、詳細地) 教 (某人) (某事)
Cache 是個可數名詞，意為「(武器、糧食、貴重物品等的) 窩藏處；隱藏處；貯藏所」或「窩藏品；隱藏物；窩藏的武器；隱藏的貴重物品等」，如 The police found a cache of handguns and shotguns in a garage in Kaohsiung. (警方在高雄發現一個藏有許多手槍和散彈槍的車庫)。此外，cache 在電腦和網路應用中是個相當常用的名詞，佔有舉足輕重的地位，意為「快取」，即快速取得之意，指的是將網頁、圖片及其他資料暫存起來以便快速取得。
Cache 亦可當動詞用，意為「窩藏；隱藏；貯藏」，如 My mother used to cache her jewels in the basement. (我母親過去經常把她的珠寶首飾藏在地下室)。
A female Przewalski's horse and her mother walk together in Taipei Zoo, yesterday. The Przewalski's horse, named Yung Chun (勇春), was born in Oct. 19 this year and was placed in an outdoor activity area for the first time yesterday while her mother followed her in order to protect her baby from any potential harm. According to the zoo, the Przewalski's horse is listed as a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, so the birth of Yung Chun means great progress to the restoration to the species. (CNA)
Helicopters carrying the South African flag fly over a 9-meter bronze statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela which was unveiled on the lawn of the Union Buildings, the seat of government in Pretoria, South Africa on Monday, Dec. 16. Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president in Pretoria in 1994. On a public holiday dedicated to reconciliation, South Africans on Monday started coming to terms with the loss of Nelson Mandela, a day after he was buried at the end of a life-long struggle for freedom and equality. (AFP)
Madison Stewart, left, of Austin, Texas, with her mother Darla Pate, of Mason, Texas, stand covered in snow as they visit Times Square in New York on Saturday, Dec. 14. Manhattan is experiencing heavy snow with reports saying the weather will continue to cover the city with snow throughout the night. (AP)
Thousands of pilgrims arrive at the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City on Wednesday, Dec. 11, before the birthday of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Mexicans celebrate the anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego in 1531. (AFP)
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, followed by Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel, bids farewell to South African former President Nelson Mandela lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Nelson Mandela's flag-draped casket made a solemn journey through the streets of Pretoria Wednesday, arriving at the seat of South Africa's government, where he will lie in state for three days. (AFP)
