2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：挑剔

to pick on 挑剔annar: you look annoyed. what's the problem?
安纳﹕你看来很不高兴，是什么一回事？ella: i'm really fed up with my supervisor.
埃拉﹕我那个主管

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：arrested 圣雄被捕gandhi bought eighty acres of fertile soil in south africa. he founded (创办) a community called phoenix. it became the headquarters for indian politic

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：源自莎剧的用语引经据典，并非中国人的专利。在英语世界，用典亦是常见的写作手法。除了古希腊、罗马文学，莎士比亚的著作也是西方典故的宝藏。早前，我在英文报章专栏讨论香港政治

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：At concentration camps 集中营的日子
The eight from the secret annex and their helpers were questioned. Finally, Victor Kugler and Johannes Kleiman were arrested with t

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：「非常」不简单写作时如果通篇老是用同一个字表达一个意思，会予人词汇贫乏的感觉。多用同义和近义词能够令文字富于变化，但一些近义词的意思有些微差异，不一定在所有情况都可以交

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：life in hiding 匿藏生涯the hiding place of the franks was above the old warehouse, in a house connected to the front house. it could not be seen from the street. a smal

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：戏弄某人to wind someone up
戏弄某人dilip: jim came into work with me this morning and told me i had to change my tie.
迪利普﹕吉姆今早和我一起工作，说我得更换领带。fr

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：逗我开心you're only saying that
你这样说，无非逗我开心rumina: how do you like my new dress? i bought it for when we go to my sister's wedding next week.
鲁明娜﹕我这

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：the boer war 波耳战争after three years in south africa, gandhi had become a successful lawyer with a good income. he was also a respected leader in the indian community

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：钱都输掉了to lose your shirt
钱都输掉了carsten: i feel so sorry for luke smith and his family.
卡斯滕﹕我真为卢克．史密斯和他家人难过。tiffany: he's your classmate,

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：「掂o架啦 !」因为历史因由，香港人日常用语时时中英夹杂，包括一句「xx系最top」。这个 top 字，既短且浅，解「顶尖」，亦即最好、最叻、最巴闭。she is the top student in the c

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：愤怒至「肿」起 ?用英文讲非常生气、「嬲到爆」，除了i am/was bursting with anger，亦可以来一句：i am swollen with anger. i was swollen with rage.

直译是「我全身因愤怒而

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：英文应征信句式无论是应征信还是报读课程的个人自述（personal statement），当中常见的问题是句式过于单调。虽然应征信和个人自述旨在介绍自己，但是如果通篇都是 "i..."，就十分乏

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：话说「猪猪」 piggy叫人做猪，中英文一样，不一定带恶意。许多人且会用「猪猪」、piggy作昵称。本篇主打讲piggyback，指孭着、背着。上世纪bb车还未普遍，许多妇女带婴儿出街，就用

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：可供角逐up for grabs
可供角逐meryl: are you going to vote for dave harwin?
梅里尔﹕你会不会投票给戴夫．哈文？annar: why do you ask? is there an election or something

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：「听讲话……」的英文与人谈话讨论，有时候会想把内容讲得轻巧一些，不要听起来像实牙实齿揽了上身，就是不想负责，我们口语会说 「听讲话……」。意思是「

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：the secret diary 安妮的日记the routine in the secret annex became fixed. during the day, the children studied writing and languages. at night when there were no people

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：anne frank 安妮?法兰克anne frank (安妮?法兰克) was a young german jewish girl who was caught up in the violent anti-semitism (反犹太主义) of germany in the 1930s and 40

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：cool 与 un-cool早年主持过儿童节目，今日就常常与旧时参加过节目的孩子喜相逢。老是挂在口边提醒年轻人的，是学好英文。因为在这个globalisation era（全球化时代），英文不但是全

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：选用前置词的两个「贴士」如何选用前置词是学习英语的一大难题，其中有两点值得注意。
一、有些名词和其形容词形式所配的前置词一样，但也有些要配不同的前置词。awareness of（形

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：few, the few, a fewfew看似简单，但不同情况下，意思可以相差很远。单字few解作「很少」。例如：mr lee kwan-yew, the former prime minister of singapore, is an outstanding po

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：安排直接扣帐to set up a direct debit
安排直接扣帐althea: i saw a really disturbing programme on tv yesterday evening.
阿尔泰娅﹕昨天晚上，我看了一个怵目惊心的电视节目

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：借助好彩之势to ride your luck
借助好彩之势joe: is this the first time you've been in a casino?
乔﹕这是你第一次到赌场吗？celia: yes, it's amazing. look at that woma

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：albert einstein — anti-atomic ideal 反原子武器albert einstein had received degrees from universities all over the world. he had so many medals and honours that he

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：比较单位价钱compare the unit price
比较单位价钱gustav: this is a really handy can of oil for my bike. i thought you could only buy it in large-size cans. and so cheap.