核心畫面

Picture one marked-off stretch of learning: the bell rings, someone teaches, the bell rings again. A lesson is that single unit — one class of maths, one hour with a piano teacher, one chapter set aside for today. When life teaches you instead of a person, English keeps the same word for the one thing you came away with.

可以想成:一段被框起來的學習時間——鐘響、有人教、鐘再響。lesson 就是這樣一個「一份」的單位:一堂數學課、一小更多收起可以想成:一段被框起來的學習時間——鐘響、有人教、鐘再響。lesson 就是這樣一個「一份」的單位:一堂數學課、一小時的鋼琴課、課本裡今天要上的那一課。有趣的是,當老師換成人生本身,英文還是用同一個字:那次經驗讓你帶走的那「一份」領悟,也叫 lesson。

From the picture

經驗教會你的一件事

老師換成了事情本身:發生過的事就是那堂課,你帶走的那一份體悟就是 lesson。所以英文常說某段經歷 taught me a lesson,把經驗擬人成老師。

learned from experience · noun · A1

Something you learn from an experience, especially one that helps you do better next time.

教訓/領悟

禮拜中誦讀的經文

教堂裡也是把經文切成一段一段,當天讀哪一段就是那天的 lesson——同樣是「今天要唸的這一份」,只是場景在禮拜堂。

bible reading passage · noun · A1

A short part of the Bible that is read aloud during a religious ceremony.

經課(讀經)

Also in this word

school class period · noun · A1

A period of time in a school when students are taught one subject.

課/課堂

private skill lesson · noun · A1

A period of time in which someone teaches you a skill, such as playing music or driving.

unit in a course · noun · A1

One numbered part of a book or course that teaches a single topic.

課/單元

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lessonverb/ˈlɛs.ən/

  • 1

    archaicTo instruct to teach.

    • And you, my sister—you, who lesson me on endurance, your cheek is pale, and your step languid; even with you, how much has life lost its interest!

lessonnoun/ˈlɛs.ən/

  • 1

    A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

    • In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.
  • 2

    A learning task assigned to a student; homework.

  • 3

    Something learned or to be learned.

    • Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
  • 4

    Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

    • I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
    • The accident was a good lesson to me.
  • 5

    A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

    • Here endeth the first lesson.
  • 6

    A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.

    • She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
    • The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
  • 7

    entertainmentlifestylemusicAn exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

lessonverb/ˈlɛs.ən/

  • 1

    To give a lesson to; to teach.

    • her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee Made her companion, and her lessoned In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.
    • To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。