Studio Classroom- September 9- [Psychology] Friends For Life!

【Grammar on the Go】

• 本日討論例句：
  Close, personal friends know your faults and like you anyway.
  - "anyway" means "nevertheless"
  - = Even though close personal friends know your faults, they still like you.
• We use "anyway" when we want to talk about how something is the way it is, or is being done the way it is, no matter what was just mentioned.
• ex:
  1. It's about to rain, but Jill still wants to go for a walk.
  - We can say: Jill knows it's going to rain soon, but she's going out for a walk anyway.
  2. Terence was willing to do a job even though he knew he would not get pay.
  - We can say: Terence knew that he wouldn't get paid, but he did the job anyway.
  3. Nathan decide to attend the formal dinner even though he wasn't wearing a suit.
  - We can say: Nathan wasn't wearing a suit, but he decided to attend the formal dinner anyway.

【Chat Room】

• 本集討論內容：acronym；abbreviation 頭字語
  與2009年5月29日 星期五 Studio Classroom- May 29- Joint Pain 之【Chat Room】單元內容雷同，請參考以上連結。
• 其它討論內容：
  The military uses lots of long technical words and phrases, so uses a acronym to short them.
  ex:
  AWOL：absent without leave
  - means absent from one's assigned military post or duties withour official permission.
  ex: The soldier was AWOL for a week.
  - 無故缺席，擅離職守，不告而別，藉故不出席某會議，翹課、翹班等

【Language Tips】

1. genuine adj. 真正的，真誠的(例1.2)；非偽造的(例3)
   ex:
   1. Sam is a genuine man. He's always very honest with us.
   2. She accepted our gifts with genuine gratitude.
   3. genuine manuscripts of Shakespeare 莎士比亞的手稿真跡
2. abandon vt. 拋棄，放棄
   ex:
   1. The captain had to order the crew to abandon the ship in order for them to survive.
   2. Hank was abandoned by his parents when he was only 5.
   3. During the war many were forced to abandon their homes.
3. available adj. 有空的(例1)；可取得的，買得到的(例2)
   ex:
   1. I'm afraid I'm not available to help you with your project.
   2. This movie is now available for downloading on the internet.