would 的中譯法

would 的譯法

1. 表示意向: 願意、要

I would recommend this book to you.

我願意推介這書給你。

2. 表示習慣：總會

She would go out alone, without say why.
她總會獨自出去，不說什麼。

3. 表示預測:大概

It would rain tomorrow.
明天大概會下雨.

4. 表示假設:會

I would help you if I were free.
若我有空我會幫你.

5. 表示請求:請

Would you want more coffee?
請問你要多點咖啡嗎?

that 要不要??

連詞3: that

Cambridge 字典：used to introduce a clause that reports something or gives further information, although it can often be left out:

She said (that) she'd collect it for me after work.

Is it true (that) she's gone back to teaching?

We'll be there at about 7.30, provided/providing (that) there's a suitable train.

It was so dark (that) I couldn't see anything.

進一步補充看：　http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm

The word that is used as a conjunction to connect a subordinate clause to a preceding verb. In this construction that is sometimes called the "expletive that." Indeed, the word is often omitted to good effect, but the very fact of easy omission causes some editors to take out the red pen and strike out the conjunction that wherever it appears. In the following sentences, we can happily omit the that (or keep it, depending on how the sentence sounds to us):

Isabel knew [that] she was about to be fired.

She definitely felt [that] her fellow employees hadn't supported her.

I hope [that] she doesn't blame me.

Sometimes omitting the that creates a break in the flow of a sentence, a break that can be adequately bridged with the use of a comma:

The problem is, that production in her department has dropped.

Remember, that we didn't have these problems before she started working here.

As a general rule, if the sentence feels just as good without the that, if no ambiguity results from its omission, if the sentence is more efficient or elegant without it, then we can safely omit the that. Theodore Bernstein lists three conditions in which we should maintain the conjunction that:

When a time element intervenes between the verb and the clause: "The boss said yesterday that production in this department was down fifty percent." (Notice the position of "yesterday.")

When the verb of the clause is long delayed: "Our annual report revealed that some losses sustained by this department in the third quarter of last year were worse than previously thought." (Notice the distance between the subject "losses" and its verb, "were.")

When a second that can clear up who said or did what: "The CEO said that Isabel's department was slacking off and that production dropped precipitously in the fourth quarter." (Did the CEO say that production dropped or was the drop a result of what he said about Isabel's department? The second that makes the sentence clear.)

Authority for this section: Dos, Don'ts & Maybes of English Usage by Theodore Bernstein. Gramercy Books: New York. 1999. p. 217. Examples our own.

標點2-眾數的's

Possessives of Plurals & Irregular Plurals

Most plural nouns already end in s. To create their possessive, simply add an apostrophe after the s:

• The Pepins' house is the big blue one on the corner.
• The lions' usual source of water has dried up.
• The gases' odors mixed and became nauseating.
• The witches' brooms were hidden in the corner.
• The babies' beds were all in a row.

With nouns whose plurals are irregular (see Plurals), however, you will need to add an apostrophe followed by an s to create the possessive form.

• She plans on opening a women's clothing boutique.
• Children's programming is not a high priority.
• The geese's food supply was endangered.

(But with words that do not change their form when pluralized, you will have to add an -s or -es.)

• The seaweed was destroyed by the fishes' overfeeding.

For more, see: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm

標點3-am和pm要有period嗎?

我認為要有，像以下所說：
http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2009/06/what-is-the-correct-time-am-pm-am-pm-am-pm-.html

有些人認為不用：
http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/the_period04.html

但無論如何，am和pm與之前的時間要留有space:
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/daylight-saving-time-0

雖然也有style guide接受沒有space:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/22784/am-pm-vs-a-m-p-m-vs-am-pm

Scholarship 單數定眾數?

[U] serious, detailed study:a work of great scholarship解學術, 是不可數的
C1 [C] an amount of money given by a school, college, university, or otherorganization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money:He got/won a scholarship to Eton.Paula went to the Royal College of Music on a scholarship.解獎學金, 可數. 

articles 1

學與教英文多年，我認為英文的articles是最難學好的一部份。有數條rules要重新溫習：

6. Titles of People
When a title is given with a name, use nothing
President Mitchael Queen Mary Professor Scott

When a title is used without a name, use "the"
The president the queen the professor

7.Schools
When a school has "of" in its title, use "the"
The University of Arizona The University of London Chapter 2

When a school does not have "of" in its title, use nothing
Lincoln High School Arizona State University Liverpool John Moores University

8. Location versus Activity
When referring to an activity, use nothing
I am going to school now.(activity-study)
We went to cinema. (activity-see a movie)
He is always on time for class. (activity-learn)

When referring to the location, use "the"
The meeting is at the school. (location-campus)
They are remodeling the cinema. (location-building)
The new student had trouble finding the class. (location-classroom) 

連結:http://www.grammarbank.com/articles.html

另外，專有名詞前article的用法也很棘手。可參考這份文件：

http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/writing/forms/The%20Use%20of%20Articles%20with%20Proper%20Nouns.pdf

以下兩篇也是類似內容：
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-proper_2.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-proper_3.htm

the past forms

昨日向一位來自廣州的小學生解釋過去式。家長要求我用英文說話。我突然想不起過去式動詞的英文是什麼。（直譯是past verb，但記憶中應該不是。）

今日在網上搜尋，終於想起了。是the past form。過去式是一種時態(tense)，而每個動詞在不同時態也有其方式(form)。過去式動詞是past form，過去分詞是past participle，或past participle form.

我參考這裡：　http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/verb_forms_and_tenses07.html

另外這篇也很詳細：　http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/past_form.htm

present tense

班form one剛測完驗, 但成績很差. 

part of speech: exercise