Precocious(a.)/早熟的

Precocious(a.)/早熟的：

Information exposure on the Internet might be one of the cause for the increase of precocious children.

粉筆摩擦黑板的聲音/chalk squeaking

粉筆摩擦黑板的聲音/chalk squeaking：

Chalk makes a squeaking noise on a blackboard.

Schedule vs. itinerary vs. agenda vs. timetable

Schedule/行程(表) vs. itinerary/旅行計劃 vs. agenda/議程vs. timetable/時刻表：

1. schedule/行程/時程(表)，表示一連串活動/事件發生的時間(可能包含地點)，多用在工作或事件時間的排程或進度上；(美)可用在交通工具時間表或學校課程表上。

Could you help fit me into his tight schedule?
I expect this project to be finished on schedule.
What's Tim's class schedule this semester?
Here is the schedule of city bus(US).

2. itinerary(n.a.)/旅行計劃(的)，多用在旅程相關的活動計劃/時間安排上，包含遊玩與出差的行程：

The travel agent will have my itinerary ready tomorrow morning.
Your flight no. will be shown on your itinerary.

3. agenda/議程(表)/日常工作項目，多出現在會議裡面，指的是一連串需要被討論的事情(可能有或沒有表定的時間)。"agenda"與"schedule"用法的差異，通常在你的行程(schedule)裡會有很多會議(meeting)，但一個會議只有一個議程(agenda)；agenda另外也用在日常生活工作項目：

The agenda of this meeting will be emailed to you a week before the meeting time.
The boss would like us to list our agendas of today first.

4. Timetable/時間表/時刻表/課程表，一連串事件或計劃發生的時間表，(英)常用在交通工具時程與學校課程表上：

I wish I did not have a busy timetable next month.
Excuses me, where can I get the timetable for the train to London?
I have "Introduction to British Literature"on my timetable every Monday morning this semester.


On my mind:
I never think it will be this complicated. Originally, I am just curious about the different usage between "schedule" and "itinerary". It turns out that "agenda" and "timetable"appears in the usage discussion as well. Since I am going to deal with them, it is better to deal with them all at once.

Monitor(at school)/班長

Monitor(at school)/班長：

She was elected as our new monitor.

Tenure/終身教職/(官方的)任期

Tenure/終身教職/任期，Ms. Carson was offered tenure in a college；during his tenure as mayor, he started the bicycle sharing scheme.

Alma mater(us)/母校/校歌

Alma mater(us)/母校/校歌，沒有想過母校or校歌是這樣說的，不過英式英文沒有這個用法，大多用my old school or my university，如果有更好的說明，歡迎提供～

Sophomore/大學二年級學生

Sophomore/大學二年級學生，by etymology, a half wise and half foolish students (sopho-wise;moron-foolish). 

Source: Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis

班導師／homeroom teacher

關於學校的班導師，國外好像沒有相同的機制，但西方的高中小學有homeroom teacher幫助學生解決校園生活的疑難雜症，大學和研究所則有advisor，雖然不完全相同，但應該是接近的說法了，不過歡迎提供其他說法～

A gap year traveler vs a career breaker...

不管是taking a gap year or taking a career break，都在西方國家行之有年，a gap year 通常是指求學階段的學生（高中到大學或大學到研究所），在進入下一個求學階段前，花一年時間旅行或工作。

A career break則多是已經工作一段時間的上班族，決定中斷工作旅行，當志工或做短期進修。

模擬考試...mock exam

哈...沒有想過模擬考試的英文是mock exam，真是有趣。

Incubator...育成中心

今天意外知道最近很夯的育成中心是翻成incubator/(孵卵器)鼓勵創新事物的機構，來跟大家分享。

演講台的英文..rostrum

Rostrum/演講台又是一個從來沒有碰過的單字，我總覺得生活上的用語，大概就是native speaker跟non-native speaker的差別，哈...沒有在英語系國家住過的我，老是敗在日常生活用語上，學習語言果然是一輩子的事阿!