2009年9月30日 星期三

Studio Classroom- September 21- [Health] Students Have a Ball


【Grammar on the Go】
  • 本日討論例句:
    Former teacher Lisa Witt felt so strongly about the use of ball as chairs, she started WittFitt.
  • "feel so strongly about..." here doesn't mean "to feel strong"(ex: Jake always felt strong after exercising in the gym.)
  • "to feel strongly about..." means to believe in the importance or value of something.
    = Former teacher Lisa Witt firmly believed in the use of balls as chairs, so she started WittFitt.
  • ex:
    1. They feel strongly about protecting the environment.
    2. Miranda feels strongly about finishing school before getting married.
  • What if you have strong negative feeling about something, then we can use the pharse "to feel strongly against..."
    ex:
    1. Richard feels strongly against racial discrimination.
    2. Jack feels strongly against animal abuse.

【Chat Room】

  • states 州 : There are 50 us states.
  • provinces 省 : Canada has 10 provinces, they also have three other areas called "terriroties", are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon.
    - territory 地區 *Puerto Rico is a territory belong into the United States.
  • provincial adj. 相對於首都、大都市而言,地方的或鄉下的
    - can discribe anything having to do with province, like a provincial law, but it can also describe someone or something that is limited and prespected, or is narrow-minded.
    -- narrow-minded 氣量小的,小心眼的

【Language Tips】

  1. replace vt. 再放一次→取代,替換 - replace A with B :用B替換A(例2)
    (place 放置)
    ex:
    1. Herry got replaced when he became ill.
    2. The company will replace all PCs with notebooks.
  2. posture n. 體態,姿勢
    /a/
    ex:
    1. She needs to improve her posture if she wants to be a model.
    2. His bad posture made him uncomfortable.
  3. furthermore adv. 而且
    ex:
    1. The car is not big enough for four of us, and furthermore, it's too expensive.
    2. I don't know what Bobby said about me. Futhermore, I don't really care.

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