Studio Classroom- July 18- [Tips For Living] Road Trip Safety

【Grammar on the Go】

• 本日討論例句：
  If so, why not review a few safety tips to help you travel safely?
• It is a short way of saying "If it is so", and "so" just means : in the way that was just mentioned.
  In the case of today's sentence, what was just mentioned was:
  「Do you have road trips planned for the summer?」
• 假若不使用"so"，則本句會是:
  If you do have road trip planned for the summer, why not review a few safety tips to help you travel safely?
  這樣的句子太過籠長！ "if so" make the whole sentence shorter and to the point
• ex:
  1. The weather has been clear and sunny and will remain so until tomorrow.
  2. Billy has always been afraid of germs, and after he had that flu last month he became more even so.
  3. Are you interested in the latest fashions and designs? If so, then come visit the fashion fair at the mall.

【Chat Room】

• Q：Can we call a "road trip" a "car trip"?
  A：You might hear someone say they are taking a car trip, but more often than that people use the explaination "road trip" to describe a journey which they travel by car.
  開車旅遊可稱"car trip"，但通常都使用"road trip"
• hit the road: to start a journey 是一種口語用法
  ex: Let's hit the road! 我們上路吧！
• more idioms with the word "road":
• [idiom] Let's get the show on the road! 開始工作，著手進行之意
  - means they want to get something started, and they want everyone around them to hurry up
• [idiom] the end of the road 無路可走，結束之意
  - means the conclution of something
• [idiom] down the road: refers to the future 未來
• [idiom] rocky road 顛簸的路，指的是不順利的，艱辛的人生道路

【Language Tips】

1. crash n./v.(例句3) 撞擊，毀損
   ex:
   1. Many passenger were injured in the car crash last night.
   2. The survivors of the train crash were rushed to the nearest hospital.
   3. A convertible crashed into a store and the driver was seriously injured.
2. rate n. 比率
   ex:
   1. The birth rate of many European countries is decreasing continually.
   →the birth rate 出生率
   2. The unemployment rate is increasing due to the recession.
   →the unemployment rate 失業率
   3. The treatment has a high success rate in treating ulcers(胃潰瘍)
   →the success rate 治癒率
3. deadly adj. 致命的
   ex:
   1. The deadly disease finally disappeared due to the development fo the vaccine(疫苗).
   2. A deadly virus was found in the water.
   3. It is illegal fo purchase these deadly weapons.