2009年3月23日 星期一

poor (adjective) poverty (noun) poorly (adverb) 窮人(形容詞)貧困(名詞)很差(副詞)

I am poorer than you.我比你窮。
I write more poorly than you.我寫比你更差。
Driven by poverty, he robbed a bank.由於貧困,他搶劫銀行。

act (verb) action (noun) active (adjective)
The active actress acts so well in the action film.

decide (verb) decision (noun) decisive (adjective)
The decisive director decided to make smart decisions.

courage (noun) encourage (verb) courageously (adverb)
The director has the courage to encourage his staff to work courageously.

Parts of Speech

wise (adjective) wisdom (noun) wisely (adverb)

  1. I have the wisdom about science.
  2. I am wise in science.
  3. I speak wisely.

poor (adjective) poverty (noun) poorly (adverb)
  1. Most Indians are poor.
  2. Their poverty is due to their poor lands.
  3. They can do their farming poorly.

Vocabulary Learning

1. The recyclable activities help conserve the environment despite the global warming 雖然全球變暖, 回收活動可以保護環境.
2. We have the responsibility to reduce greenhouse effect and save the endangered animals.我們有責任減少溫室效應及保護瀕危動物.
3. Hong Kong citizens can reduce the negative effect on the environment by introducing biodegradable campaign 香港公民可透過引入生物降解的運動影響環境.
4. We consume the natural resources in the planet and earth /我們消耗星球和地球自然資源.
5. The government concerns關注 the need to reduce energy能源 waste by the heavy use of the electrical appliances 電器

2009年3月16日 星期一

Participles

1. Present Participle - boring lesson ( 1. describe an object) (2. describe something that happens now)
2. Past Participle - I am bored by the lesson (describe a person)

Conditional Tenses

General Conditional
1. If you heat the water to 100 degree, it boils.
2. If you cut your finger, it bleeds.
3. If the temperature drops to zero degree, you feel cool.

Type 1 Conditional
If I practise hard, I will win the competition.
If my mobile rings, she will answer it.
The schools will close tomorrow if there is a black rainstorm.

Type 2 Conditional
1. If I were a football star, I would be rich and famous.
2. If a horse had six legs, wold really fast.
3. If Miss leung taught my class, she would give us lesson homework; but I heard that she is not going to teach us.

Type 3 Conditional
1. If I had studied hard, I would have passed my exam.
2. If I had had enough time yesterday, I would have gone to the park.
3. If she had come to my party, She would have met lots of people.
4. If Joan had changed the light bulb, she would have been able to see clearly in the dark.
  1. be was been
  2. become became become
  3. begin began begun
  4. bite bit bitten
  5. blow blew blown
  6. break broke broken
  7. bring brought brought
  8. build built built
  9. burn burnt burnt
  10. buy bought bought
  11. catch caught caught
  12. choose chose chosen
  13. come came come
  14. cost cost cost
  15. cut cut cut
  16. dig dug dug
  17. do did done
  18. draw drew drawn
  19. drink drank drunk
  20. eat ate eaten
  21. fall fell fallen
  22. feed fed fed
  23. feel felt felt
  24. fight fought fought
  25. find found found
  26. fly flew flown
  27. forget forgot forgotten
  28. get got got
  29. give gave given
  30. go went gone
  31. grow grew grown
  32. have had had
  33. hear heard heard
  34. hide hid hidden
  35. hit hit hit
  36. hold held held
  37. hurt hurt hurt
  38. keep kept kept
  39. know knew known
  40. lead led led
  41. learn learnt learnt
  42. leave left left
  43. let let let
  44. lose lost lost
  45. make made made

2009年3月2日 星期一

News Vocabulary

  • electrical appliances
  • We must switch off all the electrical appliances when they are not in use.
  • suffer the consequences 承受後果
  • If we break the school rules, we'll suffer the consequences.
  • on suspicion of 嫌疑
  • Three students were required to see the head master on suspicion of cheating in the exam.
  • stringent rules 嚴格的規則
  • The principal is considering more stringent rules to prevent cheating.
  • take a tough stance/stand 採取強硬立場
  • We must take a tough stance against downloading illegally.
  • raise/express concerns 引起/表示關注/擔心
  • Eight students of 3A class cheated in the exam have raised concerns the behavior of students in our school.
  • appear to be / it appears that 看來,好像
  • The new class-teacher of our class appears to be friendly.
  • show sb mercy 對某人憐憫
  • The parents of Jermain show their son mercy over he smoked at school.
  • terminate her contract 終止合約
  • My father selpt at office and his boss said he will terminate his contract if he sleep in the office again.
  • be regulated by law 受法律約朿
  • Your talks will not regulated by law in Hong Kong.
  • a heated debate 激烈討論
  • About 20 students of our school fought the teacher at school yesterday, the students of our school prompting a heated debate of their situation.
  • undue delay 過度延誤
  • An investigation had shown that the presence of the fungus was caused by an undue delay in turning the drug powder into tablets