2009年12月9日 星期三

Studio Classroom- December 9 (Wed.)- [Organizations] Shoes With Soul


【Grammar on the Go】

  • 本日討論例句:Soul of Africa makes this all possible.
  • "to make something possible" means "to cause something to become possible"
  • Use this phrase when you want to explain how someone or something enables something else to happen.
  • ex:
    1. The new law makes it possible for children from low-income families to receive free education.
    2. The alarm system was broken, making it possible for the thief to break into the house.

【Chat Room】

  • Teaching Topic: Different Teams - Team 的不同涵義 ←Click it!!
  • team(v.) up with someone 與某人協力合作
    - to join someone or a group of people to help them do something
  • (players) on a team 隊員(屬於)某隊、某團隊
    - players play on a team
    - When you play on a team or work with others in a group, there must be lots of teamwork.
  • teamwork 團隊精神
    - work together as a team in order to achieve a goal, and in order to do so you need to be a teamplayer
  • teamplayer 有團隊精神的隊員
    - If I am a teamplayer that means I work well with the other players.
    - [比] player 隊員 - anyone on a team is a player
    - You don't have to on a sports team in order to be a teamplayer, this term can be use for those working in any kind of group.

【Language Tips】

  1. stitch v. 用針縫合;繡
    ex:
    1. Mom stitched my little brother's name on his schoolbag.
    2. I stitched a new button on my trousers after the original one fell off.
    - trouser n. 褲子
    3. It only took the doctor 5 minutes to stitch up my wound.
    - stitch up 縫合
    - wound n. 傷口
  2. unemployed adj.失業的,沒有工作的(例1);n. 失業者(例2)
    (un-否定字首;employed adj. 受雇用的)
    ex:
    1. Larry has been unemployed for over 6 months now.
    2. The unemployed of the country have become a social problem.
  3. sole n. 腳底,鞋底,襪子的底部
    (與"soul"是同音字)
    ex:
    1. The sole of this shoe needs to be repaired.
    2. There are several holes in the soles of his socks. 襪底有好幾個破洞
    3. The soles of these boots are starting to get worn out
    - get worn out 開始磨損
    - wear, wore, worn, wear.ing, wears v. 磨損,磨破,穿壞,耗損

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