techniques of persuading others to accept your ideas when discussing the pros and cons

Unit 3  Topic: techniques of persuading others to accept your ideas when discussing the pros and cons

Listening practice: listen to the recording, fill in the blanks and point out the techniques the speaker used

1.      What are the advantages of studying overseas?

“There are many advantages of studying overseas. Firstly, you _______ ________ _________ another culture directly. The _______-_________ ______________is far better and more effective than learning the culture from TV programmes or travel magazines. Secondly, it is an ______________ ______________ to improve your English. As you will use the language in almost ___________ ___________ ____

______________ ______ __________ __________ ____________, your English will naturally improve. In addition, when you ______ ________ _______ your family, you will learn to be __________ ___________ on your parents and family members. You will learn to __________ ______________ ________ _________ ___________ and become more resourceful and ________________.

Technique: __________________________________________________________

2.      What is the cons of having extra lessons during weekends and holidays?

I ______________ ________________the idea of having extra lessons during weekends and long school holidays. It is also _________________ among most students. ___________ ______ ______ _________ _________ by the Hong Kong Schools Association, 90% of students do not like having extra lessons during weekends and school holidays. ______ _________ _________ by a local university, education _____________ have warned that too much learning, such as _____________ students to have extra lessons during holidays, _______ _________________. It will __________ _____________ and _________ __________ ____________ in learning and going to school.

Technique: __________________________________________________________

3.      What is the disadvantage of sending very young children to study overseas?

I think it is very _____________ to send very young children to study overseas. Young children need __________, _________ and ____________ _____________ from their parents and family members. They also need opportunities to _________ and _________ _______ _________ ___________ every day so that the __________ and _____________  ____________ can be firmly ______________. When children are away from home and are thousands of miles away from their hometown, they won’t get the ___________ ______________ they need as children. When they have problems, they will ______ _________ ______ ______________. Over time, they may even ____________ ___________ _________ __________ to their family So, sending your young children overseas is not a good idea. You will _______ ___________ your son or daughter.

Technique: __________________________________________________________

4.      What is the pro of getting a job during the summer holiday?

Well, I think _____ ______ _________ ________ to get a summer job. You see, when all your classmates and friends are having one, it will be really __________ to _______ the _________ ______ ________. When you ___________ _______ _________ ___________, you won’t be able to ________ _______ ________ ________________ about their jobs and _______ _________________! Also, _______ ______ ________ _________ to work in the same jobs with your friends. It helps ___________ _________ ______________ with your friends and your classmates more.

Technique: __________________________________________________________

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Unit 3  Topic: techniques of persuading others to accept your ideas when discussing the pros and cons

Listening practice: listen to the recording, fill in the blanks and point out the techniques the speaker used

1.      What are the advantages of studying overseas?

“There are many advantages of studying overseas. Firstly, you _get ______ ___to __ ___learn______ another culture directly. The _first______-__hand_______ __experience____________is far better and more effective than learning the culture from TV programmes or travel magazines. Secondly, it is an ___excellent___________ __opportunity____________ to improve your English. As you will use the language in almost _every_________ __aspect_________ _of___

___life___________ __on ____ ____a______ ___daily_______ basis, your English will naturally improve. In addition, when you _live_____ _away_______ _from______ your family, you will learn to be __less ________ __dependent_________ on your parents and family members. You will learn to solve_________ ____problems__________ __on___ _your________ ____own_______ and become more resourceful and ___independent_____________.

Technique: _list the benefits one by one___________________

2.      What is the cons of having extra lessons during weekends and holidays?

I ___strongly___________ __oppose______________the idea of having extra lessons during weekends and long school holidays. It is also __unpopular_______________ among most students. __According _________ _to_____ _a_____ __recent_______ __survey_______ by the Hong Kong Schools Association, 90% of students do not like having extra lessons during weekends and school holidays. __In ____ _another ________ _study________ by a local university, education ____experts_________ have warned that too much learning, such as ___forcing__________ students to have extra lessons during holidays, __is _____ ___detrimental______________. It will __exhaust________ ____students_________ and __reduce_______ ___their_______ _interest___________ in learning and going to school.

Technique: ___resort to authority________________________

3.      What is the disadvantage of sending very young children to study overseas?

I think it is very __unwise___________ to send very young children to study overseas. Young children need __love________, __care_______ and ___immediate_________ __support___________ from their parents and family members. They also need opportunities to _talk________ and __interact_______ _with______ __their_______ __parents_________ every day so that the __trust________ and __care___________  __relationship__________ can be firmly ___established___________. When children are away from home and are thousands of miles away from their hometown, they won’t get the ___family________ __warmth____________ they need as children. When they have problems, they will __feel____ _lonely________ __and ____ ___depressed___________. Over time, they may even __feel__________ __lonely_________ _and________ _depressed_________ to their family So, sending your young children overseas is not a good idea. You will __risk_____ __losing_________ your son or daughter.

Technique: __list the cons________________________

4.      What is the pro of getting a job during the summer holiday?

Well, I think _it's____ __a____ __good_______ __idea______ to get a summer job. You see, when all your classmates and friends are having one, it will be really __strange________ to __be_____ the __odd _______ _one_____ ___out_____. When you ___catch________ ___up____ __with_______ ___them________, you won’t be able to __join______  in_______ _the_______ __conservation______________ about their jobs and __work_____ _____experience____________! Also, __it _____ _is _____ _great_______ _fun________ to work in the same jobs with your friends. It helps __build_________ _the ________ __friendship____________ with your friends and your classmates more.

Technique: ____peer pressure_______

pros and cons of working in big companies

5D Speaking lessons

Unit 3 Activity 1

Topic: read the question paper on p.31.

Listening practice: listen to the recording and fill in the blanks.

B: I think there are a lot of advantages of working in big companies. For example, you get better pay and more fringe benefits. In short, you are better looked after in big companies.

A: That’s right. On top of that, another advantage is job security in big companies. Even during bad time, it’s less likely for big companies to lay off staff because of their higher financial power and ability to deal with business fluctuations.

C: Yes, I agree with you. There are many advantages to work in big companies. __________ _________ what you have just mentioned, big companies often have a good ____________ of putting best practices in place. For example, good practices and their ________________ areas, such as _______________ and _________________.

D: In addition, another good thing about working in big companies is their resources, Big companies often have bigger budgets, better equipment, more up-to-date information and more support for work. This is definitely an advantage over small companies.

B: Well, _________ _________ so many advantages of working in big companies, I do think there are ____________ disadvantages. First, it is difficult to get noticed unless you are exceptionally ___________________. Even you are a very smart and ______________ person, you still need to wait for the ____________ ____________ to show your ___________ _______________. It is not easy.

A: Hmm…you’ve got a point. Also, there are other problems working in big companies, such as office politics and keen competition. It is particularly difficult for new young staff like those who have just entered the working world to handle the office politics and the complicated social networks within the company.

B: Besides that, many big companies are very ____________________, especially in _____________ societies. They don’t easily accept ________________ ideas or ___________concepts from _____________ staff members. That is definitely a ____________ for young people like us. Our__________________ may be suppressed or even ________________.

D: Oh yes, I have just thought of another downside of working in big companies. Although you get more resources, there is more bureaucracy.

A: Sorry to interrupt but what is bureaucracy?

D: Oh..how can I explain? Hmm….let me think…hmm

B: I think what it means is that there are lots of ____________, regulations and ________________ you have to follow.

D: Yes, that’s it. Thanks. OK, let me continue. There are many rules and regulations to follow. That means it will take a long time to make consultations and get approvals from different departments before you get anything done. And that could be annoying.

B: That is true. I have not ____________ about that before. Big companies have more _____________ and __________________ to follow. Also people working in big companies are ______________ by the bureaucracy and red tape.

C: That’s true. There are obviously many advantages of working in big companies. However, we must not overlook the drawbacks. It really depends on your personality and what you are looking for in a career.

Expressions:

更好的人工 __________ ____________

福利 __________ _____________

解僱 ___________ __________                    壓抑 _______________

資金 _________________     

缺點 ___________/______________/________________

激烈競爭 ___________ _____________________

保守的 __________________                     尤其地 _____________

創新大膽的 _________________                  一定地 ________________

Bureaucracy means _____________________________________________________

_______________________________

5D Speaking lessons answers

Unit 3 Activity 1

Topic: read the question paper on p.31.

Listening practice: listen to the recording and fill in the blanks.

B: I think there are a lot of advantages of working in big companies. For example, you get better pay and more fringe benefits. In short, you are better looked after in big companies.

A: That’s right. On top of that, another advantage is job security in big companies. Even during bad time, it’s less likely for big companies to lay off staff because of their higher financial power and ability to deal with business fluctuations.

C: Yes, I agree with you. There are many advantages to work in big companies. __Apart ________ _from________ what you have just mentioned, big companies often have a good ___practices _________ of putting best practices in place. For example, good practices and their ____successful____________ areas, such as ____marketing___________ and ___management______________.

D: In addition, another good thing about working in big companies is their resources, Big companies often have bigger budgets, better equipment, more up-to-date information and more support for work. This is definitely an advantage over small companies.

B: Well, __having_______ __mentioned_______ so many advantages of working in big companies, I do think there are _several___________ disadvantages. First, it is difficult to get noticed unless you are exceptionally ___outstanding________________. Even you are a very smart and __outstanding____________ person, you still need to wait for the __right__________ ____chance________ to show your __top _________ __performance_____________. It is not easy.

A: Hmm…you’ve got a point. Also, there are other problems working in big companies, such as office politics and keen competition. It is particularly difficult for new young staff like those who have just entered the working world to handle the office politics and the complicated social networks within the company.

B: Besides that, many big companies are very ___conservative____, especially in ___Asian__________ societies. They don’t easily accept ____progressive____________ ideas or ___new________concepts from ____younger_________ staff members. That is definitely a ___drawback_________ for young people like us. Our_____creativity_____________ may be suppressed or even __blocked______________.

D: Oh yes, I have just thought of another downside of working in big companies. Although you get more resources, there is more bureaucracy.

A: Sorry to interrupt but what is bureaucracy?

D: Oh..how can I explain? Hmm….let me think…hmm

B: I think what it means is that there are lots of __rules__________, regulations and ___procedures_____________ you have to follow.

D: Yes, that’s it. Thanks. OK, let me continue. There are many rules and regulations to follow. That means it will take a long time to make consultations and get approvals from different departments before you get anything done. And that could be annoying.

B: That is true. I have not __thought__________ about that before. Big companies have more ___rules__________ and __regulations________________ to follow. Also people working in big companies are __restricted____________ by the bureaucracy and red tape.

C: That’s true. There are obviously many advantages of working in big companies. However, we must not overlook the drawbacks. It really depends on your personality and what you are looking for in a career.

Expressions:

更好的人工 __better________ ____pay________

福利 __fringe________ __benefits___________

解僱 __lay _________ ___off_______                    壓抑 __suppress_____________

資金 __budget_______________     

缺點 __drawback_________/___con__________/__disadvantage______________

激烈競爭 ___keen________ ___competition__________________

保守的 ___conservative_______________                     尤其地 __particularly___________

創新大膽的 ___progressive______________                  一定地 _definitely_______________

Bureaucracy means __ there are lots of __rules__________, regulations and ___procedures_____________ you have to follow.________

passive voice

2010-1011 S.5 English

Grammar: passive voice

References: Developing skills: Grammar and Usage Set B, unit 3; Set A: unit 5

Example: Thousands of people use the MTR every day.

  Passive: The MTR ____ ________ by thousands of people every day.

Why do we use the passive voice?

1.   We don’t know the ____________.

e.g  My book is stolen.

2. The doer is not _____________.

e.g. The door is locked.

3.       The doer is _______________.

e.g. The homework has been marked.

Tenses:

1. Present tense

   

    Every morning my alarm clock wakes me up.

  

    Passive: I _______________________________________________________________

2. Past tense

I ate a string of fishballs yesterday.

Passive: _________________________________________________________________

3. Simple future tense

I will take the first HKDSE exam in 2012.

Passive: The first HKDSE exam __________________________________________________

4. Present continuous tense

   Some construction workers are building a swimming pool in our school.

 Passive: ___________________________________________________________________

       ___________________________________________________________________

5. Past continuous tense

Some construction workers were building a swimming pool near our school.

 Passive: ___________________________________________________________________

       ___________________________________________________________________

6. Present prefect tense

I have downloaded a movie.

Passive: ____________________________________________________________________

He has completed his homework.

Passive: ___________________________________________________________________

Notes:   Not all verbs have a passive voice

e.g I have an I-phone.

(passive=?)

Why so many people in Hong Kong are committed to their work

5C1 speaking

Performance Plus for the HKDSE Paper 4 Speaking, Pilot, p.12

Listening practice: Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks.

A: Let’s begin. Today we are discussing what to include in the presentation on work _______________. Let’s discuss why so many people in Hong Kong are ______________ to their work. Shall we?

Others: OK/Sure!

B: I suppose it is our culture to work hard. Our society are very ________________, I mean, with the population of about 7 million people, ____________ are scarce. If you don’t work hard, you cannot _________ ____ _________ ___________ in Hong Kong.

A: I agree. I think it is the ________ ______ losing their job that __________ people to work more than 10 hours a day.

D: Besides that, being addicted to work is a ______________ addiction. People praise you for being ________________. Nobody will __________ you for working overtime in your office.

A: That’s true. We __________ ___________ ______candidate C. Candidate C, why do you think that so many people in Hong Kong are addicted to work?

C: I think…they …are ….they want to ..make many money.

B: Do you mean people work hard because they ______ _____ make ___ ______ ______ money?

C: Yes.

B: I believe that most people work hard ___________ they want to make a lot of money for _________________ or for ___________ ______________.

D: Some people work hard because they want to own properties in Hong Kong.

A: Hang on, I think ________ ________ ____________ between working work and being addicted to work.

B: Sorry, I don’t _____________ you. What do you mean?

A: Being addicted to work is not the same as working hard. I think everyone in Hong Kong works hard but some people can think of nothing else ________ work. Work addicts usually have a less balanced life than those who work hard. Do you see the difference?

D: Yes, I do. People who are addicted to work would ___________ their _________ _____________, ___________ lives and even ___________ for work. It is like an addiction. They can’t stop thinking about work even when they are on holiday.

B: I see. According to a survey, many __________ ________ Hong Kong would happily spend their evenings and weekends in their ____________. I think one of the reasons _______ that people in Hong Kong are ______________, and they ___________ _____ ______ the best. Besides, people take their jobs more _______________ in Hong Kong.

Expressions:

資源是缺乏的 ___________ ______ ______________-

維持生計 ______ _____ __________

驅動　＿＿＿＿＿＿

值得人尊敬的　＿＿＿＿＿＿

讚美＿＿＿＿＿＿       責備　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

擁有物業　＿＿＿＿　＿＿＿＿＿

明白　_____________

除了　＿＿＿＿＿

除此以外　＿＿＿＿　＿＿＿＿＿ 為X犠牲 Y   ____________ Y ________X

競爭很大的 _______________

figurative languages

listening ws

Notes:

exercise

1. Product : Summer school
     TV
    Selling point: Learning is fun.
   Figurative language used: ________________

2.


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Why do people in Hong Kong celebrate Christmas

5C1 speaking

Performance Plus for the HKDSE Paper 4 Speaking, Pilot, p.6

A: Why do people in Hong Kong celebrate Christmas?

B: I think it’s because people live the _____________ spirit.

C: I agree. Nowadays, not only Christians celebrate Christmas. It’s a holiday that is ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ________________by people all over the world.

D: _______________, Christmas has been _________ __________ __________our Hong Kong culture. Many family set up Christmas trees in their ______________. They like the fact that Christmas is a time for ________________ and it gives them an ____________________ for a family _______________. That’s why Hong Kong people celebrate it. Candidate A, do you celebrate Christmas at home?

A: Yes, I do. We usually have Christmas ____________ at home. My _____________ come over to my house for a big Christmas dinner.

D: ____________ ____________ _______ Hong Kong people celebrate Christmas is that they are _________________ by the ___________________ on TV and the marketing ___________________ in newspaper and magazines.

A: I think you’re right. In December, there are __________ of Christmas everywhere in Hong Kong. I think many people are ____________ by the Christmas __________________. So they want to be _________ of the festival and ________________their Christmas trees. Although they may not celebrate Christmas for the same reasons as the Christians do, they use the ________________ to _________ time with their family and ____________.

C: Yes, I agree with you. ________________ the reasons are, Hong Kong people ________celebrate Christmas and they love it. Do you agree with me, Candidate C?

Words and phrases from the dialogue:

When we want to say “另一個….的原因是…”:

_____________________________________________________________________

When we agree with someone, we can say:

1.      _____________________________________

2.      _____________________________________

When we want to say “無論原因是什麼”:

_____________________________________________________________________

Besides “What do you think”, when we want to invite another to speak we can say:

___________________________, candidate X?

Two examples of passive voice:

1.      ___________________________

2.      ___________________________

節日氣氛 _____________________

屋企 ______________________

聖誕大餐 _______________________________

聖誕燈飾(裝飾) _______________________________

基督徒 __________________

answers:

festive

celebrated

Actually

a part of 

apartments

giving

opportunity

reunion

parties

relatives

Another reason why ... is that...

influenced 

advertisement 

promotion

signs 

influenced

display

part 

decorate

opportunity

spend 

friends

Whatever

do

Another reason why .... is that...

eg. Another reason why children are getting fat is that they eat fast food a lot.

1. I think you are right. 

2. Yes, I agree with you.

Whatever the reasons are,....

is celebrated by

are influenced by 

festive spirit

apartment

big Christmas dinner

Christmas display

Christians

the similarities and differences between living in South Korea and Japan

5D  Additional worksheet to Speaking Book

Read the topic on p.8 and p.9 and complete the dialogues below:

C: I think ___________ _____________ some similarities __________ living in Japan and South Korea. Firstly, both places are ____________. The ____________ __________ in both these two places are ____________ low.

A: Yes. ____________in other big cities in Western countries, violent crimes are very ___________ in Japan and South Korea. I have read news articles and heard from friends that if you leave your wallet in a shop or in a park, you will surely get it back even after a few days.

D: Wow! That’s really good. ________, it is safe to live in these two places.

B: _________________. However, for foreigners living in these two cities, they will face a _______________ language problem. I mean few Japanese and even _____________ Koreans can speak fluent English. Also, most ___________ of information in those two countries are only ________________ in local language.

C: That’s ______________! In my experience, both languages are difficult to learn.

A: Having talked about their similarities, we should now _________ __________ to their _______________. These two countries also ____________ in many ways. For example, the __________ _______ ________________ in Japan is _________

_____________than in Korea.

D: Do you mean that things are more expensive in Japan?

A: Yes, ___________, food, _______________and grocery items are __________ _______________ in South Korea. That’s why many foreigners working in South Korea say that they can have a good lifestyle and can still quite easily save money.

B: ________ __________ ____________ living in South Korea is quite an attractive ___________, especially for young people like Chris, who don’t have a lot of money but want to experience a different culture.

C: In the letter, we should really remind Chris about the different __________ of ________ in these two countries.

Words and phrases:

When we agree with someone(認同別人的時候可說):

1.      ____________________

2.      _____________________________-

When we want to talk about next topic(帶出下個討論事項), we can say:

1.      Having talked about ….., we ____________________________________.....

When we want to say two things are similar, we can say(X和Y有很多相似. 首先,)

1.      __________________________________________________________________

When we want to say two things are different(X和Y有很多不同, 例如)

1.      X and Y ______________ in many ways. For example, ….

When we want to say “似乎聽起來”:

1.      ___________________________....

The capital of Japan is _________________.

The capital of South Korea is ________________.

生活指數____________________________

可獲得的,可找到的 ___________________

e.g ____________________________________________________________

answers:

there are 

between

safe

crime rates

equally

unlike

rare

So

Absolutely

similar

fewer

signs

available

true

move on

differences

differ

cost of living

much higher

rent

transport

much cheaper

It sounds that

option

cost of living

1. Absolutely

 2. That's true

1. ..we now move one...

1. There are many similarities between X and Y. Firstly,...

1. differ 

1. it sounds like...

Tokyo

Seoul

cost of living

available

e.g There are no space in the school available for us to build a swimming pool. 

present tense

班form one剛測完驗, 但成績很差. 

news

vocab related to crime

看新聞，學英語（58）

作者﹕David Lee

今天我們來看一則犯罪新聞，有趣的是，在這則新聞中抓犯罪的人，本身也可能是違法犯罪者，而且是把維護法律的律師抓了起來。“律師”一般有兩種用法，一個是大家所熟知的lawyer，另一個就是本篇標題所用的attorney。其實還有一個字，叫做bar，但不用在人，如北京律師協會，就叫做Beijing Bar Association。在專制威權的國家裡，掌握國家機器的政權（regime），常使用“顛覆國家政權”的罪名，來拘禁、控訴政治異議份子（political dissident），“顛覆”這個詞的英文就是“subversion”，煽動則是“incite”，因此煽動顛覆罪就是“inciting subversion”。“拘禁”則有兩個用法，一個就是動詞detain，另一個是動詞片語take into custody。
“控訴”若以動詞的形式用，英語新聞記者常用的字眼包括：accuse, allege, charge, indict, sue, prosecute等；如果是以名詞的形式用，最常用的就是on charge of +罪名；如果是以形容詞的形式用，最常見的就是alleged +罪名，我們譯成“涉嫌”某項罪名，如alleged corruption（渉嫌貪污）, alleged embezzlement（涉嫌挪用公款）。
在以下的新聞中，我們可以學到的詞彙還有：rights defense（維權）, house arrest（軟禁）, publicity campaigns（宣傳活動），rolling hunger-strike（接力絕食），police harassment（警察騷擾）、trump up（捏造）等。好了，趕快來觀看這則新聞吧！
Attorney Gao Zhisheng Detained by the CCP
高智晟律師遭中共拘捕
在線觀看 下載觀看CHAN: Prominent Chinese human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng has been illegally detained by Beijing police.
主播：
著名中國人權律師高智晟，已被北京警方非法拘禁。
Gao has put himself on the line, defending Chinese citizens ill treated by the Chinese Communist regime.
高律師自己跳上火線，悍衛中國公民被中共政權的非法對待。
STORY: Gao was arrested and taken into custody on September 21. Gao's defense lawyer Mo Shaoping, only recently found out about the charges of subversion against his client. Lawyer Mo says that up to now, police have refused to let him visit Gao.
新聞內容：
高智晟在9月21日被捕，並且受到拘禁。高的辯護律師莫少平，僅在最近才發現他的當事人被控顛覆罪。莫律師說，警方一直拒絕讓他見高智晟到現在。
[Mo Shaoping, Gao's lawyer]: "The public security bureau did not inform me (the lawyer) and the family about Gao’s crimes and the punishment associated. This is against the law. This is not right. We believe this way of doing things are against the law."
“公安成並沒有通知我與家屬，關於高智晟的罪名與相連的刑罰。這是違反法律的，這是不對的。我們相信這樣做事的方式是違反法律的。”莫律師說。
Gao has become one of the CCP's top enemies after he defended Falun Gong practitioners, labor activists and human right activists.
在高智晟悍衛法輪功學員、勞工與人權活動份子之後，高成為中共的頭號敵人之一。
Gao is part of a larger "rights defense" network, which seeks to expand citizens' rights through courts and publicity campaigns.
高律師是一個較大的“維權”網路的一部份，這個維權網路尋求透過法庭與宣傳活動以擴張公民權利。
Gao was detained by Beijing police in August. The Chinese regime often uses subversionlaws to illegally arrest those who publish criticisms of the regime in print or on the internet. Gao had issued a public letter criticizing the Chinese government's crackdown on Falun Gong.
高智晟在八月份，遭到北京警方拘禁。中國政權經常使用顛覆罪名，來非法逮捕以出版或互聯網來批評中共政權的那些人士。高智晟曾經發表一封公開信，譴責中國政府鎮壓法輪功。
Earlier this year, Gao organized a rolling hunger-strike to protest police harassment of political activists. He also helped campaign to seek the release of Chen Guangcheng, a blind activist sentenced to over four years jail in August on charges that critics said were trumped up by angry local officials.
今年初，高智晟組織了一項“接力絕食”，抗議警察騷擾政治活動份子。他也協助尋求釋放陳廣琛的活動，陳是一位盲胞活動份子，在八月份被判超過四年的徒刑，評論者說其實是憤怒的官員所捏造的罪名。
Mo said that up to now police had refused to let him visit his client.
[Mo Shaoping, Gao's Lawyer]: "The public security bureau said that because it involved state secrets, we couldn't visit him. But inciting subversion is a public matter; you can't do it in secret, so we'll apply again to see him."
“公安局說，因為這個案子牽涉國家機密，我們不能見他。但是煽動顛覆罪是一項公開的事務，你不能秘密地幹，所以我們將再度申請見他。”
Gao's family is also under house arrest in Beijing.
高智晟的家屬，也在北京受到軟禁。 @
(http://www.dajiyuan.com)

11/1/2006 11:27:05 PM

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UE oral standard statements for examiners

gerunds n infinitives

S.5 English

Grammar: Gerund and to-infinitives

Grammar Notes (

http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/index.htm

)

1.       Verbs followed by gerunds only

2.       Verbs followed by to-infinitives only

3.       Verbs followed by gerunds or to-infinitive, without meanings changed

4.       Verbs followed by gerunds or to-infinitive, with meanings changed

5.       Verbs followed by bare infinitive

“Senses” verbs

Common verbs

Modal verbs

Some phrases

References: [Developing Skills: Grammar & Usage Set B: unit 4-7]/ [Developing Skills: Grammar & Usage Set A : unit 6-9]

Exercises A: Choose the word from the box below and fill in the blanks with either to-infinitive or gerunds.

Dance    meet    save    wonder    swim Experiment  pronounce  stay   take     see

1. Bill agreed  meeting to meet us at the restaurant at 8:30, but he never showed up.

2. Jennifer practiced  to pronounce pronouncing  the word until she sounded just like a native speaker.

3. Our art teacher encouraged  experimenting to experiment  with different colors.

4. Dana hopes  to save saving  enough money to travel around Europe for three months. It's her dream.

5.  Dancing To dance  is her life. That is why Susan moved to New York to study dancing professionally.

6. Constance plans  taking to take  part in the marathon next spring.

7. I can't help  to wonder wondering  how my grandmother's life would have been different if she had been able to go to college.

8. The doctor advised  seeing to see  a specialist about the problem.

9.  Swimming To swim  helped me strengthen my injured leg.
10. After the tsunami, Bette chose  to stay staying  in Indonesia and work with a relief organization.

Exercises B: Choose the word from the box below and fill in the blanks with either to-infinitive or gerunds.

Do   come   jog     eat   help    translate     grow    visit      learn  come

1. Simone was talking about  growing to grow  up in Tanzania. She has had such an interesting life!

2. I need him  helping to help  me lift this heavy box.

3. Thank you for  to come coming  to the meeting on such short notice.

4. I suggest  visiting to visit  Japan when the cherry trees are in bloom.

5. We hired professional translators  to translate translating  the documents into Arabic and Chinese.

6. After work, I always go  jogging to jog . I'm a fitness freak!

7. His interest in  to learn learning  languages is very impressive.

8. I don't mind your friend Sally’s  Sally to come Sally's coming  along with us. Why don't you invite her and her husband?

9. Roberta is getting tired of  doing to do  the same old job day in and day out. I think she is going to quit!

10. Health professionals encourage people  to eat eating  less red meat.

Exercises C: Choose the word from the box below and fill in the blanks with either to-infinitive or gerunds.

Make  look  meet   understand   ask    unplug    buy    learn    contact run

1. She just keeps  making to make  the same mistake over and over again.

2. I have been trying  to contact contacting  Steve, but I still haven't been able to get in touch with him.

3. Nate goes  running to run  every afternoon.

4. On the way home from work, he stopped  to buy buying  some groceries.

5. I forgot  learning to learn  that word in class. Now I remember! The teacher wrote it on the board and gave us several example sentences.

6. Don't waste your time  looking to look  in the phone book. Just look the address up on the Internet.

7. Did you remember  unplugging to unplug  the iron before we left the house?

8. He despises her constantly  asking to ask  him questions while he is working.

9. I know I've met her before. I remember  to meet meeting  her at John's party last summer.

10. After several months of studying Japanese, I am finally beginning  to understand understanding  native speakers when they talk to me.

英語世界：不定式動詞（infinitive）和動名詞（gerund） http://paper.wenweipo.com   [2008-01-22]

Lina Chu 香港浸會大學語文中心 　一些動詞後面可以跟帶to不定式動詞（to infinitive）或動名詞（gerund），一些時候意思一樣，但一些時候則意思不同。 　跟在一個動詞後面的帶to不定式動詞(to infinitive)，通常是用於表達意向、動向、目標等等，就是想要、準備、開始或正在做某些事情。舉例說明： 　He started to talk but no one was listening. 　他開始發表言論，但沒有人在聽。 　She continued to dance even when the music had stopped. 　雖然音樂已經停下，她繼續起舞。 to infinitives涉將要或在進行的行動 　總而言之，to infinitives涉及一個將要或正在進行的行動。 　動詞 “start” 和 “continue”後面有時可改用另一個形式表達，就是以動名詞 （gerund, -ing form）代替to + infinitive。例如： 　He started talking but no one was listening. 　She continued dancing even when the music had stopped. 　在以上兩組例子中，以to + infinitives構成的句子，與以-ing forms構成的句子在意義上並無大分別。兩者都表示當事人將要或正在進行的行動。 　然而並非所有動詞都一樣。例如： 　He stopped to smoke. 　He stopped smoking. 　前一句的意思是：他停下來吸煙。 　後一句的意思是：他停止吸煙。 stop + infinitive與stop + ing form 意思相反 　使用stop + infinitive與stop + ing form的意思完全相反！ 　當我們用stop + to infinitive，意思是停下某一個行動，而進行另一個行動。例如： 　She was practising yoga when the telephone rang. She stopped to answer the phone. 　她正在練習瑜伽時，電話響起。她停下來，去接聽電話。 停止行動 用stop + ing form 　很明顯是兩個行動，停了前一個，進行後一個。如果想說某人停止一個行動，只能用stop + ing form。例如： 　The little girl stopped crying when her mother gave her a lollipop. 　媽媽給她一支棒棒糖後，那個小女孩便不再哭了。 　不要說她stopped to cry，除非你想說她停下來，哭起來。 　to infinitive與 gerund/- ing form的意思完全相反！

(source: http://paper.wenweipo.com/2008/01/22/ED0801220012.htm)