CCTVB的陳總說:「真的假不了,假的真不了。」

When I feel blue in the night
And I need you to hold me tight
夜裡悽然
Blue的解釋很廣泛,既可指depressed(情況低落),又可指 racy (不雅);blue movie (三、四級片) 和the blues (美國黑人的音樂)是兩回事;還有do until you are blue in the face指「做得面都轉成藍色(或說「做得青筋暴現/做得面都青」)仍然徒勞」。談談這些:
以下轉載社民連主席陶君行向「很想中間人找他的」湯家驊發出的公開信。轉載之前,還得鄭重說句:很感謝大學生參加既陷入重重危機又面對敵人和「朋友」打壓的五一六變相公投選舉,有您們的勇敢和承擔,香港的新民主運動仍有希望,謝謝您們!
賣友求辱可以休矣!
──致湯家驊議員的公開信
公民黨立法會議員湯家驊,於本(三)月十四日,在港台英文節目《給香港的信》中,再次促請中共政府,與他有份參與的「終極普選大聯盟」對話,否則香港的「溫和」民主派將失去支持,使更多年輕一輩加入激進的政治組織如社民連(radical political parties like the League of Social Democrats),令社會出現更多示威和抗爭,將不利香港長遠的繁榮穩定,更不符合北京的利益。
雖然考你的方式永遠推陳出新,但能知道一些的話,對考試不是有好處嗎?同時,要有心理準備,形式一定有些重覆,但也一定有些新的(每次都是舊形式重抄,出題方式豈非越來越窄?)。
l 調格(2008考過併格)(見下文)
l 改字(見下文)
l 指明(或稍稍改頭換面地指出)item/title,叫你到Data File找資料(見下文)
l 極隱暪地說出item/title,叫你到Data File找資料(見下文)
l 說着圖的一個部分,突然轉到另一部分,填完另一部分,(有時沒有明顯提示地)又回到本來的部分,這種形式2008年也用過(見下文)
l 叫你到Data File的某item/title找資料,那一篇又叫你到另一篇找資料(轉折兩次)(見下文)
l 將兩個字的key expression拆開來說,不說library stock,卻說library notices,然後又說new stock(見下文)
l 前面幾條資料讓你照抄,偏偏最尾一條資料是無關的,要你判斷,你不抄進去(即你甚麽都不寫)就有一分!(見下文)
為方便表示,(1)本文的圖是簡化圖;(2)對話者以A和B表示,A是學生,B是老師,2008 Movie Magazine homepage是題目,2009 Movie Magazine homepage是答案:
You have 4 minutes to read Tasks 4 to 6 and study the Data File. 如何善用?
l Question-Answer Book叫你看的pages可能和recording叫你看的不同,你都要看!(詳見下文)
l 要將T4、T5、T6等mark到Data File有關頁數的右上角(詳見下文)
l 要留意Data File各篇的heading (recording往往改頭換頁地提及heading) (詳見下文)
l Recording提資料的時候,有些會repeated和清楚的說,有些只提一次和隱晦的說(詳見下文)
l Data File的資料,有些大段,有些細段,我們找資料時,往往只在大段的不斷找,要留意,細段的資料可以不成比例地有數個答案(詳見下文)。
l Narrative writing (including imaginative writing) is actually a short story. Candidates are asked to imagine/describe a significant/fantastic situation and should make a serious or light-hearted response, depending on the prompt.
l Narrative writing(包括imaginative writng)其實是小故事。考生要想像/說明一個具有重大意義/奇異的情況,所以,寫得嚴肅或者輕鬆,要看題旨。
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這題播放戲院觀眾的訪問錄音,要你聽錄音,然後寫下
l 戲種 (the type of the film)
l 優點(+)(what is good about the film)
l 缺點(-)(what is bad about the film)
l 是否適合(whether it is suitable)(You need to circle ‘Yes’, ‘No’ or ‘?’)
這題最大的考驗是串字實力,例如串不出unbelievable、old-fashioned、beautiful costumes或romance。不過,recording有些地方網開一面,例如不懂串較深的字,recording仍有not believable, not modern enough, beautiful clothes和love story,分數相同。
其次是聽不準,聽了cute,錯寫作kill;聽了black and white,錯寫作black and write;聽了funny scenes,錯寫作funny since。
另有兩小鬼。小鬼一是亂序鬼,試題的例子(圈上Yes)給在第四齣戲Silent Hill,然後你要答第四齣戲(Silent Hill)、第五齣(King Kong)、第三齣(Gone with the Wind)、第三齣(Jailhouse Rock)、第一齣(Lassie Come Home)、第六齣(Welcome Danger)。
小鬼二是隱身鬼,隱去了題目的question number,讓你識別的方式是:
Type:
+:
-:
Suitable:
Yes | No | ? |
為省版面,下文用A表示訪問者,B表示受訪者。紅色表示要注意的,藍色表示答案。
按考評局標準,下文的「/」表示一個答案內閱券員可以接納的另一個字;「//」表示可以接納的另一個答案;「()」表示不重要的字 (閱讀全文)I have some canned sentences/expressions in this post. They are meant to help you in Paper 1B so that you need not write out each sentence (or you can then write them with relative ease). There are certain phrases that are often used and which can easily be added to your composition. I recommend that you use them as I am aware of the difficulty of thinking out every word afresh under the time constraint of your examination.
眾所周知,考評局告戒考生不要背寫文章,也不要寫burn midnight oil等不合時宜的表達(今天開夜車點的是電燈而不是油!)。我要介紹的不是這些,我想談點作文時多數用得上的表達。
Advice: When you read anything, always try to find out those canned sentences/expressions which suit you! 有讀個這句嗎?It is an experience that I never forget.(那是一次我永遠忘不了的經歷),既可用在開頭,又可用在結尾。稍加變化可以寫作:It is an invaluable/unrivalled (很有價值的/無與倫比的)experience that has caused me to see the ugly side of me(看到自己醜陋的一面).
The Government increased the tobacco duty by 50% and imposed a total smoking ban in indoor public places in 2009.
The following sentences in their present order can indeed form the skeleton(骨幹)of the letter.(以下句子順序即可組成致編輯函。)
Recording的有關部分:
Ms Green: And how many students…
Mr Carter: Twenty-six altogether
Ms Green: …all rows F and G from 1 to 13. That’s two rows of 13, which equals 20…
Mr Carter: That’s 4A sorted.
以下用紅色代替打叉(put crosses):
| 1 | 2 | F | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | F | 12 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | G | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | G | 12 | 13 |
Ensure that “materials are produced without errors”. Even tiny errors in a document can damage the trust that our clients/employers place in us. If we can’t produce documents that are accurate in ways our clients can see, how can they have faith in our ability to take due care in other aspects of their transactions/work?
What 可以用作
1. Pronoun (表示the thing which和其他)
2. Question word (提問詞),又稱interrogative pronoun (疑問代名詞)
3. Determiner(限定詞)(including exclamations with what/包括用what表示感嘆)
4. Asking for repetition, etc, in spoken English
其中以the thing which 的用法最複雜多變,先談。
l Task 2 是online booking form。
l 考生按兩位老師的話為每一班打交叉劃位(put crosses on the correct seat number for each class)。
l 4C一班的已做了給考生作例子(恐防你不清楚劃的方式)。
l 第四條最難。(Item 4 (4E)proved to be the most challenging item.)
答對率58%。(Only 58% could get it right.)
因為這題要考生掌握數條資料。(The item required you to grasp several pieces of information.)(分身鬼,即資料分散在數處。)
不如先談最難的這題。
有關對話如下:
Mr Carter: | …4E…King Kong …at 1:00 pm…(這是告訴你應在哪個booking plan上put crosses劃位。)Now five of the 4E students have said they don’t want to be too near the screen. |
Ms Green: | …Why don’t you click on E3, 4 and 5…and move along the row, and click on 10 and 11 (即五個學生不願坐近screen,你要給他們E3, 4, 5, 10, 11)… How many other students are there? |
Mr Carter: | Only nine.(告訴你還餘下九個學生要book位。) |
Ms Green: | …Maybe…F3 to 11. |
Mr Carter: | That’s not possible. (回頭鬼,即說了資料又否定,搞搞你。) |
Ms Green: | You have to follow the order in which the seats are available going from left to right. So, if you book E3 to E5, then E10 and 11(重覆先前的答案資料,對你好!), the next seats you can book are F1 and 2. |
Ms Green: | …and finish off with F3 to 9. (即F1-9,九個位,先前已告訴你九個學生,你應該知道對了。) |
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首先,要了解電影對白,須知點上文下理。其次,對白但求精采和味道,不求清楚,很考觀眾的聯繫和推論能力。兩者和閱讀理解其中一些原理相同。
以《魔間行者》(Constantine)為例,以下說點背景,將對白部分譯出。電影對白不是textbook English,但和Reading Comprehension「較深」的題目相似,都講一半唔講一半。
人物:
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