Nature-inspired costumes are popular with children in a parade for the Caracol festival in Makati city in the Philippines. Photo: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
今日小常識
The Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries and named after a 16th Century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the early 20th Century. Spanish and American influences remain strong, especially in terms of language, religion and government.
菲律賓具有三百多年的西班牙殖民史，它是以十六世紀西班牙的一位國王而命名的。曾于二十世紀初被美國占領。至今西班牙和美國對菲律賓的影響依然強勁，尤其體現在語言、宗教和政府方面。
今日短語
如果說一個人在假裝地高興或故作鎮定，好像什么事情都沒有，就可以說 put on a brave face 即裝作若無其事的樣子。
例句
Mary didn't get the promotion she was expecting. But she put on a brave face and went to the office party.
The athletes put on a brave face when they left the stadium, where the team had suffered its worst defeat in ten years.
請注意
另一個短語 two-faced 的意思是兩面派，人前人后言辭不一。
Frederick is two-faced. He keeps telling me he loves my work, while he says to my colleagues that he thinks I should be sacked.
