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John | 12th May 2012, 20:10 PM | 閱讀分享 | (163 Reads)

鄭家富議員所說的泛民拉布,其實只有黃毓民、陳偉業和梁國雄三人在苦苦支撐。民主黨、公民黨、工黨各議員,請盡快加入拉布,請你們緊記,你們是人民選出來的代表。

513日最新消息:鄭家富議員已決定加入拉布。 

 

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John | 11th May 2012, 06:49 AM | 閱讀分享 | (108 Reads)

Lawmakers Raymond Wong, Albert Chan and “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung are staging a filibuster for and on behalf of Hongkongers to block the egregious (極壞的)and unconstitutional (不合憲的)by-election bill, which is designed to deprive Hongkongers of the right to elect whom they want to speak for them.

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John | 12th Apr 2012, 05:49 AM | 法律英語 | (241 Reads)
《陽光姊妹淘》的娜美二十五年後重遇她當日的夢中情人。二十五年前某天,她拿着她暗地裡將他畫下的畫像,想向他表白,卻就在那一刻發現他和她的好友相戀。重遇的今天,對方已認不出她,對方的樣子(在以下第四個YouTube clip 1.44)也和她二十五年來緬懷的樣子不一樣了。她將二十五年前偷畫他的畫像親手交給他,然後離開。

 

第一部分 

A firm((合伙)商號;商行;專業服務機構)means a company or a partnership(合伙). 

A business(工商企業)means a company or a partnership. 

Therefore, a firm or a business is not simply a company, as it can be taken to mean a partnership.(所以,不應簡單地說firmbusiness一定是公司,因為它也可能是合伙。) 

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John | 12th Apr 2012, 05:04 AM | 英語詞彙 (2) | (224 Reads)

「多」,可以用

1.      permeate(彌漫);

2.      be peppered with(遍佈;這裡一些那裡一點);和

3.      a plethora of數目龐大的;過多的)。 

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John | 12th Apr 2012, 04:25 AM | 英語詞彙 (2) | (177 Reads)

 

Marva Collins ran the school for more than 30 years until it closed in 2008 due to lack of sufficient enrollment and funding. 

The school released a statement: “We are closing our school . . . because the community we wanted to serve has not supported, or could not support the school, to the extent financial considerations demand.” 

Subscribe to something是「認同某事」,那個「某事」的感覺比較遠。例:

I have personally never subscribed tothe view that eithersexissuperior to the other.
I will never takegendercould be
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John | 5th Apr 2012, 21:26 PM | 閱讀分享 | (153 Reads)
We need to stop asking whether or not a student is smart.  What we need to ask is what the student is smart at.
Marva Collins once wrote, "I have discovered few learning disabled students in my three decades of teaching. I have, however, discovered many, many victims of teaching inabilities."
 

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John | 5th Apr 2012, 06:55 AM | 用耳朶學英語 | (209 Reads)

Ronald Reagan回答記者提問時,將他的機智撐到最大極限

1.          記者提出A論題,Reagan完全不落圈套,開口提出「負A」論題。(從相反的觀點看問題!)
2.          最超炫的是,Reagan用一張冷面將他的論題說得很幽默。
3.          連消帶打,用一種「弱點應歸於我對手」的方式作結。

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John | 30th Mar 2012, 16:37 PM | 用耳朶學英語 | (240 Reads)

2012224日,《招職》介紹了敝網誌。我昨天在網上看見才知道。謹此向《招職》編輯部的朋友和作者Peter致謝 

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「英語求知屋」網誌靈活運用經典電影及時事片段,作為英語教學的例子。

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John | 19th Feb 2012, 11:45 AM | 翻譯雜談(Translation Tidbits) | (361 Reads)
No shares shall be issued to bearer 的意思不是「不應向持有人發行股份」。  (閱讀全文)

John | 15th Feb 2012, 04:59 AM | 英語名言、典故、名著 | (334 Reads)

四句話,說在情人節的日與夜、前與後。 

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John | 12th Feb 2012, 05:00 AM | HKDSE英文科Paper 1 | (747 Reads)

短改寫題(Short Rewriting question)是必考題種。方式很多,一部分已在我對2012 Practice Paper 1A的前四個分析說了,這次談餘下的三題。 

我將最蠱惑的一題先寫,這種陰濕叫「太多資料題」/「太多資料要你先分類才寫題」/「太多資料你全抄就白化時間但分數沒有增加題」。 

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John | 11th Feb 2012, 20:25 PM | HKDSE英文科Paper 2 | (914 Reads)

想起,關於Paper 2Part A,我只寫個一篇博談(http://englishwizard.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=2468886)。這次多寫一篇。

以下是考評局2012Practice Paper 2 Part A 的題目、參考範文和思路講解。

For question 1, write about 200 words.

1.      Your school is holding a walkathon to raise money for charity.  Complete the following sections of the information poster below to promote the walkathon and encourage students and their families to take part.

Annual Walkathon for Walk to Build

Sunday 18 March 2012

Help to raise money to build schools in China

Why take part?  ______________________________________

The route of the walk _________________________________

The work of Walk to Build ______________________________

題外話

考評局的題目是有漏洞的。有留意嗎?考評局的poster framework沒有起程時間(只有日期),亦沒有叫你加寫,而起程時間對是否決定參與有決定影響!不過,我在The route of the walk的部分加進了。

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John | 11th Feb 2012, 17:51 PM | HKDSE英文科Paper 1 | (416 Reads)
在考評局2012年派發的Practice Paper 1 (Part A),有23題,Meaning題佔四題,即Questions 3141516,四條都不難,有同學仔靠這類題目合格。  (閱讀全文)

John | 11th Feb 2012, 15:00 PM | HKDSE英文科Paper 1 | (371 Reads)

「指涉題」的英文叫reference question。在考評局的Sample PapersPractice paper都出現過。 

Reference questionsPractice Paper 1 (Part A)出現的比率很高,23條裡有五題,即Questions 25101219 但是,有些題目加入了「不單要你選也要你寫」的新元素。 

至於舊的元素「古古惑惑」,當然永遠在你身邊跟你不離不棄。這類題種永遠不會直接問你,In ‘Mary is my classmate.  She always do well in exams.’ what does she refer to? 

2012年的HKDSE也一定有幾條Reference questions。(除非考評局擺明耍無賴。)

我在2011117日寫過這類題目:http://englishwizard.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=2838100。這次用practice paper 補充資料。 

考評局的DSE ReadingWriting出題,都有雙拼式的趨勢。 

Writing 的雙拼式可以是「要你寫一封告訴你朋友一個夢」,同時考你writing storywriting letter的能力。 

Reference questions的雙拼式,可以是:
1.          遠端答案題(「就手」不一定是好的),拼「選」或「寫」(下文Question 2);
2.          傳統reference 後題,拼「選」或「寫」(下文Questions 519);
3.          後向指涉題後題,拼「選」或「寫」(下文Question 10);
4.          隱喻指涉題後題,拼「選」或「寫」(下文Question 12)。 

 

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John | 11th Feb 2012, 12:12 PM | HKDSE英文科Paper 1 | (351 Reads)

段對段選填題指「從passage某數段找字填入question的另一段」。英文叫Fill in the blanks with words searched from the passage

這題種在考評局的Sample Paper 1Practice Paper 1都出現過,所以,在2012年的HKDSE一定有(除非考評局擺明無賴!)

 
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John | 8th Feb 2012, 08:17 AM | 英語名言、典故、名著 | (233 Reads)

一起讀這段,很快: 

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John | 7th Feb 2012, 03:47 AM | 用耳朶學英語 | (398 Reads)

Supply Air經典名曲Making Love Out Of Nothing At All 

開頭的部分:
1.           I know帶出很多名詞片語 (noun phrases),即下文的pink部分,其中howwhenwhere等是疑問副詞 (interrogative adverb)
2.         I know還帶出三個noun clauses,即下文light green的部分。 

歌裡很多留白,空間廣闊,由聽者想像。 

唯一可以肯定的,是歌者深愛歌裡的被愛者(love her/him deeply or madly),「它」可以是女生或男生,我愛將「它」假設成女生。 

歌者唱:

But I'm never gonna make it without you. (但沒有你,我就不能自已。或:但沒有你,我就不能做到那件事。)
Do you really wanna see me crawl? (
難道你真要看我葡蔔在地?)
又唱:
The beating of my heart is a drum and it's lost
and it's looking for a rhythm like you. (我心如鼓撞
,它迷失了,在尋找你那樣的樂韻。)

最主要的歌詞making love out of nothing at all,最少有四種解釋:
1.           (一個女生)沒有真正的情感卻在給自己營造愛的錯覺;
2.         (一個女生)不需要任何回報、表示或性愛卻能(對另一人)產生濃濃愛意;
3.          (一個女生)沒有愛地和別人做愛(或者,沒有愛地和歌者做愛,歌者察覺,但深深愛着她,情網困擾);
4.         歌者愛着那個女生,但卻有些處無法認同她或者覺得她不對頭,因為她making love out of nothing at all。(And I'm never gonna make it like you do, (我無法做到像你那樣,) making love out of nothing at all. 

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John | 1st Feb 2012, 13:36 PM | HKDSE英文科Paper 2 | (755 Reads)

考評局Paper 2Practice Paper有這條作文題:

Learning English through Short Stories
You are a reporter for the school magazine.  You recently attended some events at the Hong Kong Book Fair.  Your favourite one was a talk by three different authors on what makes a good short story.  You are now writing an article about the event, explaining why you found it interesting and what you learnt.

以下是一篇參考文。

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John | 1st Feb 2012, 08:05 AM | HKDSE英文科Paper 2 | (907 Reads)
在考評局的practice paperEnglish Language Paper 2有這條作文題: 

Learning English Through Debating

You are a member of the school debating club.  Your club is entering a debating contest and the motion is Nuclear power is the best source of energy for the future.  Decide whether you are for or against the motion and write your debate speech.  The members with the best speeches will be chosen to represent the school at the completion.

以下是一篇debate speech的範文,但不用nuclear power為題了。Nuclear power剛在practice paper出現,相信在exam不會再出吧(雖然並非不可能)。 

這篇debate speech提供:
1.          debate speech的常用句,highlighted in pink
2.          一些解釋,highlighted in blue,一些其他寫法放在square bracket [ ]
3.          debate speech的結構。留意:在第一段先説motion(論題),再說你是supportforopposeagainst,然後說明理由。引入理由的一段和結束的一段比較「百搭」或「罐頭」,請看下文。
4.          可在文中用Todayyou以及my/our first/second speaker will look at 等,這是debate speech的元素,令你寫得更似一篇debate speech 

 

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John | 30th Jan 2012, 16:12 PM | HKDSE英文科Paper 1 | (537 Reads)

考評局20121月發出English Language practice paperPart A23題,其中有三題半是過去罕見的題種,即Q8Q11bQ22Q23

這些題目發揮passage的內容你在passage找不到答案!同學仔要將textidea稍作發揮/延伸或者用常識來想一想然後寫出來,同學仔不可不妨。

這幾條的用詞包括:
1.      Do you agreeQ8)或者explainQ11),沒有CAPITALIZED亦沒有bold,非常陰濕。
2.      相反,Q23寫明叫你discuss,你以為要自己發揮,但其實只要你在textlocate information然後大致照抄或rewrite一點
3.      Q22的答案有一半包含text沒有的idea,另一半則text有。不過,如考生只寫textidea,應該也有分。(但這種出題和參考答案不太好)

抄出來和你研究。

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