Studio Classroom- July 17- [Sports] The 2009 World Games

【Grammar on the Go】

• 本日討論例句：
  A relatively new activity, competitive climbing has grown quickly in popularity.
• a combination of two sentences :
  ┌competitive climbing is a relatively new activity
  └competitive climbing has grown quickly in popularity
  Since this two sentences has the same subject, we can combine this two sentences
• 原句=Competitive climbing is a relatively new activity and has grown quickly in popularity.
• sentence patten: description 1 + subject + description 2
• ex:
  1. James is a third-year Ph.D. condidate. He is studying in Paris.
  = A third-year Ph.D. condidate, James is studying in Paris.
  2. Karen is a serious ballet student. She is taking six classes per week.
  = A serious ballet student, Karen is taking six classes per week.

【Chat Room】

• land v. (飛機)降落；(任何東西)落地，著地
• to land on one's feet : 安然度過難關
  - land safely, meaning you've skep injuring, like a cat landing on it's feet.
• land (a job)：口語用法，意指得到、獲得
  - that is informal usage, means to get or to gain something
  - ex: He land a big prize. 他抽到大獎

【Language Tips】

1. adversary n. 敵人，對手，是可數n. [比]opposition 不可數n.
   ex:
   1. Victor sees Johnny as his main adversary in the company.
   2. Germany and Brazil, long-time soccer adversaries will compete against each other this year.
2. relatively adv. 相對上地(例句1)，比較上地(例句2)
   (relative adj. 相對的，相關的)
   ex:
   1. The cost of living here is relatively lower than Tokyo's.
   2. Relatively speaking, students who go to private school achieve better grades.
   2. (比較上來說)
3. essence n. 精髓，精華；精油(例句3)
   ex:
   1. The essence of Japanese cuisine is the freshness of the ingredients and the layout of the food.
   →Japanese cuisine 日本料理
   2. The essence of cheerleading is teamwork.
   →cheerleading 啦啦隊
   3. essence fo chamomiles 小甘菊的精油

【複習】

• 本文中曾使用到7/11-Grammar on the Go教學用語~yet (詳細教學請點連結)
• 本文例句：
  This year's Kaohsiung Games, with an estimated 4'500 athletes competing in 31 sports, promise to be the most successful and exciting yet.