Studio Classroom- July 14- [Animal Tales] Bucket of Berries

【Grammar on the Go】

• 本日討論例句：
  “Now, now,”interrupted the activity chairbear, trying to take control of the situation.
• “now, now,”並不是 "at this moment" 或 "right now" 之意
• “now, now,”is a gentle or polite way for a speaker to show that he or she does not accept what someone else saying or doing and would like to encourage a different kind of behavior or response.
• “now, now,”is usually used in a spoken situation.
• ex:
  1.“Now, now,”said the teacher, there is no need for any name-calling(罵人) in this classroom.
  2.“Now, now, children, let's be quiet and find our seats for dinner quickly”, said the babysitter.

【Chat Room】

• 本日討論例句：
  “Now, now,”interrupted the activity chairbear...
• “now, now,”是一種口語用法，帶著一種譴責，責備的語氣，如小朋友作錯事了，大人就可以說“Now, now,”特別注意它的發音方式！
  - Adults often say this to kids as a way correcting them.
• Now pay attention. 不等於 Pay attention now.
  - “Now pay attention. ”can also be used to introduced a command.
  - "now"是美國人的口頭禪，可將它放在命令句的句首，變成提示語，用來引起他人注意
  - “Pay attention now”means pay attention at this very moment.
• “My, my,”= Oh my goodness! = Oh! my. 非常驚訝之意

【Language Tips】

1. squabble n.(例句2)/v.(例句1) 為小事爭吵，發生口角
   /a/
   - squabble over/about ~~
   ex:
   1. The two sisters squabbled about who should take a shower first.
   2. The silly family's squabble became a joke in the neighborhood.
2. shove n.(例句1)/v.(例句2) 推，撞
   - give someone a shove 推或撞某人一下
   ex:
   1. Wesley gave his sister a big shove and she fell on the ground.
   2. Everyone was pushing and shoving their way out of the auditerium after the concert.
3. take advantage of something v.phr. 好好利用某事物(例句1)；利用某對象以利己(例句2)
   ex:
   1. We took advantage of the nice weather and went hiking.
   2. Hank took advantage of Mary's kindness and broke her heart.