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A beloved grandmother who spent all her life taking care of her family is proving to the world that you're never too old to make your dreams come true.

Dorothy Pollack, who turned 103-years-old in June, is spending her days going through her bucket list. Her first adventure? A frog tattoo in honor of the one thing she loves more than beer and burgers.

語言點

beloved adj. 深愛的，親愛的 n. 愛人，心上人

① adj. 深愛的，親愛的

beloved/dear friends and family: 親愛的親友們

Her beloved husband died last year.

她深愛的丈夫去年去世了。

She was forced to leave her beloved Paris and return to London.

她被迫離開熱愛的巴黎，回到倫敦。

② n. 愛人，心上人

He is sending some flowers to his beloved.

他要給自己的心上人送花。

You're never too old to do sth. 無論多大年紀做某事都不算晚

· You're never too old to learn.

活到老，學到老。

· You're never too old to begin new adventures.

多大年紀開始新的冒險都不算晚。

make one's dream come true: 讓某人夢想成真

· Let us work hard and make our own dreams come true.

讓我們努力工作，實現自己的夢想。

bucket list n. 遺愿清單

· kick the bucket: 委婉地表達去世 “翹辮子”

· go through one's bucket list: 挨個完成某人的遺愿清單

tattoo n. 紋身

· The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 《龍紋身的女孩》

in honor of: 為了慶祝/紀念某事

· The monument was built in honor of the soldiers.

紀念碑是為了紀念士兵們修建。

· In honor of the World Cup, the bus stops have been specially decorated.

為了慶祝足球世界杯，公交車站都被特別裝飾了。

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