Studio Classroom- June 29- Watches Tell More Than Time

【Chat Room】

• 本日討論重點：
  ... , most people have at least one time-telling tool with them.
  Since these devices are so common, ....
• tools can help you to do physical works, but a tool can also be anything that helps you to do a particular activity, like make a phone call
• tools of the trade 指各種職業使用之專業的器具
  ：the things you need in order to do a particular job
• specific groups of tools that people use：
  ‧(cooking) utensils：廚房內的器皿，即鍋碗瓢盆等不用電的用品
  ‧appliance：家電(electrocal machine)
  ‧instrument：較小較精密的工具、儀器
  ‧：refer to a tool that usually pretty small, and used by a traded professional
  ‧：ex: scalpel 外科醫生使用之解剖刀(a small knife used by a surgeon)

【Language Tips】

1. device n. 裝置，儀器
   ex: The device the doctor put in her chest regulates her heartbeats.(調節她的心跳)
2. consumer n. 消費者，用戶
   (consume v. 消費，消耗)
   ex: Consumer spending (消費者支出) decreased dramatically last year.
3. popularity n. 受到大眾歡迎；流行
   (popular adj. 受歡迎的)
   ex:
   1. The movie's success, boosted the actor's popularity.(大大的提升演員的知名度)
   2. Many companies have started to notice the increasing popularity of organic food.
4. accuracy n. 精確，正確，準確；[化學]精密度；[物理]準確度
   ex:
   1. Some universites don't allow stuednts to use information from wikis because of problems with this sites' accuracy.
   2. It was impossible to state with accuracy our loss. 我們不可能精確地說出我們的損失到底有多少