2010年10月14日 星期四

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(XY有很多相似. 首先,)

1.      __________________________________________________________________

When we want to say two things are different(XY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. 


2010年10月9日 星期六

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

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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

2010年10月8日 星期五

gerunds n infinitives











S.5 English
Grammar: Gerund and to-infinitives


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 us at the restaurant at 8:30, but he never showed up.

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

3. Our art teacher encouraged  with different colors.

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

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

6. Constance plans  part in the marathon next spring.

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

8. The doctor advised  a specialist about the problem.

9.  helped me strengthen my injured leg.
10. After the tsunami, Bette chose  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  up in Tanzania. She has had such an interesting life!

2. I need him  me lift this heavy box.

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

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

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

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

7. His interest in  languages is very impressive.

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

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

10. Health professionals encourage people  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  the same mistake over and over again.

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

3. Nate goes  every afternoon.

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

5. I forgot  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  in the phone book. Just look the address up on the Internet.

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

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

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

10. After several months of studying Japanese, I am finally beginning  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!





2010年10月7日 星期四

Grammatical accuracy

A. errors with much and many

XPeople in Hong Kong

2010年10月6日 星期三

it is+ adj + for sb+ to v

Today i talked about the sentence structure.

HOng kong students write this sentence:

"The burglars are difficult to find the valuables."

It should be changed to :

"It is difficult for burglars to find the valuables."

The sentence structure they have to know is:

"It is + adj + for sb+ to + v."