分詞構句不只常出現在日常口說中,更是充滿了各種英語文章!讀者若要開始學習「寫作」,必熟練此文法,以盡量精練文句。注意到本文章內容較為進階,讀者可於閱讀理解時參照相關基礎文章: → 冠詞 Article 明確 vs 不明確 → 連接詞 Conjunction → 關代打包的「形容句」Adjective Relative Pronoun → 關代&關副打包「名句」Noun Clause ←
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關代打包的「形容句」Adjective Clause
關代最基礎與常用的概念,便是「形容句」。若想用「一句話」來修飾某個東西,那就必需使用關代將一句話打包成「形容句」,然後放在想修飾對象的「後面」。閱讀本文請參照其基礎文章 → 冠詞 Article 明確 vs 不明確 ←
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完成 + 進行 = 完成進行式 PR-P & PR-C & PR-PC
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We Challenge Conventional Education
After all the blood, sweat and tears, I find it too difficult to introduce innovation into Education. Even via renowned professors, like Prof. Krashen, little can be achieved. That's the very reason criticism on Education still gets tons of attention from the public.
And that explains why the window of opportunity is still open, as a challenge calling for the brave. The activist organization--weChallengeEducation--thus, is born today.
P.S. The name "weChallengeEducation" is formatted in camel style like iPhone and eBay--which lowercases the first character and combine all the other words as capital letters into one word.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case
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Be Finished or Done? 停止 vs 完成 vs 做完
We are finished. 從字面上來看似乎是「被動式」,描述「我們被做完了」。然而事實上,這句話的意思卻是描述人們「主動做完了某事」,意思很怪對吧?要知道,英語的奇怪用法表示它不然就是古老用法,不然就是重要的慣用法。而像本例句描述的「完成」的概念,英語特別講究,可算是考試重點中的重點慣用法。本文內容比較四個與完成相關的字「finish, done, complete, end」之間的意義與用法差異。
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Steve Jobs--從小就是個壞學生
改變世界的那個男人,Steve Jobs,描述自己小時候的故事,對身為人師的筆者有點太衝擊了,特此記錄。影片中談到 Jobs 小時覺得學校太無聊,所以常常受處罰,甚至 played pranks on others(罷凌!?)。後來小學四年級時,有個老師告訴他 "I'll give you 5 bucks if you finish it [workbook]." 對於這兩個小故事,以下為筆者心得。
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