proclaim declare announce

2016-06-25 沒有留言:

They proclaimed that he was a traitor .

The new Congress declared a state of war with Germany .

They announced that she would give one extra song .

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不要急著先看答案

2016-06-24 沒有留言:

不要直接去查英文單字中文的意思,可以先去查英英字典。
看看單字的英文解釋、例句。去猜英文單字的意思。

這樣可訓練理解力,在找答案的過程中,也可對這個
單字更印象深刻,去推測可能的字義。
這個訓練很有用,因為你永遠都會遇到新單字。

以下出自成寒 blog 【英語迷思】詞彙岐義(lexical ambiguity)
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog

然而我的理解力,就在一遍又一遍的猜測,反覆閱讀

中越練越精準。這對我後來學英文,有很大的幫助。



在學英文的過程當中,我從沒看過中文翻譯,除了查

字典以外。可是我在查字典之前,早已約略推測出句子的

大意,這樣查字典才不會查錯。如果整句完全不懂,恐怕

很難靠字典一個個字查出意思。



  這樣的學法,讓我比較不會發生「中式英文」的情況,

雖然我真是太晚學英文了。終生之恨啊

在我與讀者的交流之間,常發生這個問題,如果我說

得很直白,有時會得罪讀者;如果客氣一點講,又會陷入

lexical ambiguity. 因為每個人都是從他的想法去理解,

往往我不得不用警告的口氣說:「如果你過去的想法讓你

學不好英文,也許你應該換個想法。」


 許多詞彙,有許多不同的解釋,各種排列組合都有可能

。唯有先抓大義,好像在林子裡先弄清東西南北的方向,再

依方向找路,大致上不會出錯。但如果你先找路,再想從

路中尋方向,誰知道這路會延伸到哪兒去。所以我教讀者

不要先看內文,一定要先聽個七遍到十遍,抓出大意,再去

追究細節。

latest last lately least

2016-06-19 沒有留言:

How long will the meeting last ?

He was late for school .

What have you been doing lately ?  

He was the latest person to come .

This case is the latest in a series of British spy scandals

He has least money of all of us .

This is the least useful of the four books .

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church couch coach

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church

Is there any church nearby ?

couch

The sick child was lying on the couch in the living room .

coach

I had to cross a number of coaches to reach the dining car .

Our football team has got a very experienced coach .

persuade convince win over

2016-06-10 沒有留言:

She  persuaded  me  into  buying  it .

The  salesman  persuaded  us  to  buy  his  product .

He  convinced  me  of  his  innocence .

I  was  convinced  that  he  knew  the  truth.

She's  against  the  idea,  but  I m  sure  I  can  win  her  over.


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moist damp wettish humid wet

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The  path  was  moist  with  dew.

Her   eyes  were  moist  with  tears .

It's  damp  and  cold.  I  think  it's  going  to  rain .

The  ground  is  still  rathe r wettish  after  last  night's  downpour.

The  air  was  so  humid  that  our  beach  towels  hanging  on  the  line  never  really  got  dry.

What  a  wet  day !

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