Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Thursday, 4 April 2013
A/an; the
A/an refers to something general.
A/an 是指一般的東西。
E.g. I bought a coat yesterday.
我昨天買了一件外套。 [但沒指哪一件]
E.g. He works in an insurance company.
他在一間保險公司工作。 [但沒指哪一間]
*An is only used before words that sound like they begin with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).
The refers to something specific.
The 是指具體的東西。
E.g. The man is selling his car.
這個男人在賣他的車。
Exercise: a / an / the / x (for nothing)
1. ---- Tower of London is ---- popular tourist attraction.
2. Newcastle is ---- town in ---- north of ---- England.
3. ---- Princess lives in ---- palace in ---- London.
4. ---- Buckingham Palace is where ---- Queen of England officially lives.
5. She bought ---- expensive necklace at ---- Harrods.
6. They went for ---- stroll around ---- St James' Park.
7. The supermarket is in ---- Kendell Street opposite ---- Lloyds Bank.
8. ---- hotel where they held their wedding reception was called ---- Grand Hotel.
9. Anna was born in ---- Italy but she lives in ---- U.S.A. now.
10. The convict is in ---- prison on ---- outskirts of town.
11. His favourite newspaper is ---- Guardian.
12. ---- Gatwick Airport is in ---- southern England.
13. ---- Duchess of York opened ---- new hospital in ---- center of London.
14. He went on ---- expensive holiday to ---- Bahamas.
15 ---- Statue of Liberty is in ---- New York.
16 ---- National Park was opened ---- last week by ---- mayor.
17 ---- expedition to ---- South Pole needs a lot of careful planning.
18. ---- Odeon cinema is in ---- Appleton Street just past ---- library.
19. Last month I saw ---- film and then went to ---- concert. ---- film was brilliant but ---- concert was boring.
20. There are three cars parked outside: ---- Mercedes, ---- Jaguar and ---- Fiat. Mine is ---- Fiat.
21. ---- Harrods is a huge department store near ---- Kensington Gardens.
22. ---- Hilton Hotel is situated near ---- River Thames.
23. I applied for ---- job last week. ---- job involved driving ---- van around the country.
24. ---- Tate Gallery is quite far from ---- Science Museum, so you'd better take a bus.
25. ---- Sales Manager has ---- cold, so he can't come to ---- meeting this afternoon.
26. I have ---- appointment at ---- dentist's this afternoon because I've got ---- toothache.
27. We spent ---- last summer on ---- island of Crete.
28. On ---- thirty-first of December, thousands of people gather in ---- Times Square, New York, to celebrate ---- coming of ----- New Year.
29. Of all ---- countries on ---- continent of ---- North America, Phil has only visited ---- Canada.
30. ---- universities of Oxford and Cambridge are two of ---- most famous universities in ---- Europe.
31. If you want to work abroad, why don't you contact ---- agency I went to in ---- Lamb Street?
32. ---- capital city of Spain, Madrid, is to ---- north of Seville.
33. ---- holiday I took in Rome was ---- best I've ever had.
34. ---- Detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, ---- Doctor Watson, solved ---- lot of mysteries.
35. I would love to spend ---- summer cruising in ---- Caribbean.
36. Mrs. Hamilton holds ---- flower arranging class in ---- Cathedral on Wednesday evenings.
37. The highest mountain in ---- world, ---- Mount Everest, is in ---- Himalayas.
38. There is ---- wonderful 1920's style restaurant-cafe in ---- Glasgow which has some of ---- most charming and helpful waiters I've ever seen.
39. ---- Balearic Islands lie to ---- south of Spain.
40. Julia is ---- extremely patient girl-she will have no problem in her career as ---- nanny.
41. Stephen has ---- seminar on Saturday morning, so we are not able to go to ---- ski-slopes until Sunday.
42. On Sunday we decided to go to ---- beach by ---- train, but by the time we got to ---- station ---- weather looked so threatening that we went to ---- cinema instead.
43. Sam lives in ---- little flat in ---- middle of the city. There is ---- pub nearby and ---- noise keeps him awake at night.
A/an 是指一般的東西。
E.g. I bought a coat yesterday.
我昨天買了一件外套。 [但沒指哪一件]
E.g. He works in an insurance company.
他在一間保險公司工作。 [但沒指哪一間]
*An is only used before words that sound like they begin with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).
The refers to something specific.
The 是指具體的東西。
E.g. The man is selling his car.
這個男人在賣他的車。
Exercise: a / an / the / x (for nothing)
1. ---- Tower of London is ---- popular tourist attraction.
2. Newcastle is ---- town in ---- north of ---- England.
3. ---- Princess lives in ---- palace in ---- London.
4. ---- Buckingham Palace is where ---- Queen of England officially lives.
5. She bought ---- expensive necklace at ---- Harrods.
6. They went for ---- stroll around ---- St James' Park.
7. The supermarket is in ---- Kendell Street opposite ---- Lloyds Bank.
8. ---- hotel where they held their wedding reception was called ---- Grand Hotel.
9. Anna was born in ---- Italy but she lives in ---- U.S.A. now.
10. The convict is in ---- prison on ---- outskirts of town.
11. His favourite newspaper is ---- Guardian.
12. ---- Gatwick Airport is in ---- southern England.
13. ---- Duchess of York opened ---- new hospital in ---- center of London.
14. He went on ---- expensive holiday to ---- Bahamas.
15 ---- Statue of Liberty is in ---- New York.
16 ---- National Park was opened ---- last week by ---- mayor.
17 ---- expedition to ---- South Pole needs a lot of careful planning.
18. ---- Odeon cinema is in ---- Appleton Street just past ---- library.
19. Last month I saw ---- film and then went to ---- concert. ---- film was brilliant but ---- concert was boring.
20. There are three cars parked outside: ---- Mercedes, ---- Jaguar and ---- Fiat. Mine is ---- Fiat.
21. ---- Harrods is a huge department store near ---- Kensington Gardens.
22. ---- Hilton Hotel is situated near ---- River Thames.
23. I applied for ---- job last week. ---- job involved driving ---- van around the country.
24. ---- Tate Gallery is quite far from ---- Science Museum, so you'd better take a bus.
25. ---- Sales Manager has ---- cold, so he can't come to ---- meeting this afternoon.
26. I have ---- appointment at ---- dentist's this afternoon because I've got ---- toothache.
27. We spent ---- last summer on ---- island of Crete.
28. On ---- thirty-first of December, thousands of people gather in ---- Times Square, New York, to celebrate ---- coming of ----- New Year.
29. Of all ---- countries on ---- continent of ---- North America, Phil has only visited ---- Canada.
30. ---- universities of Oxford and Cambridge are two of ---- most famous universities in ---- Europe.
31. If you want to work abroad, why don't you contact ---- agency I went to in ---- Lamb Street?
32. ---- capital city of Spain, Madrid, is to ---- north of Seville.
33. ---- holiday I took in Rome was ---- best I've ever had.
34. ---- Detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, ---- Doctor Watson, solved ---- lot of mysteries.
35. I would love to spend ---- summer cruising in ---- Caribbean.
36. Mrs. Hamilton holds ---- flower arranging class in ---- Cathedral on Wednesday evenings.
37. The highest mountain in ---- world, ---- Mount Everest, is in ---- Himalayas.
38. There is ---- wonderful 1920's style restaurant-cafe in ---- Glasgow which has some of ---- most charming and helpful waiters I've ever seen.
39. ---- Balearic Islands lie to ---- south of Spain.
40. Julia is ---- extremely patient girl-she will have no problem in her career as ---- nanny.
41. Stephen has ---- seminar on Saturday morning, so we are not able to go to ---- ski-slopes until Sunday.
42. On Sunday we decided to go to ---- beach by ---- train, but by the time we got to ---- station ---- weather looked so threatening that we went to ---- cinema instead.
43. Sam lives in ---- little flat in ---- middle of the city. There is ---- pub nearby and ---- noise keeps him awake at night.
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General English
Oral Presentation
Oral Presentation
- Getting Started: The first two to three minutes of your talk are important. During this time, you'll make contact with the audience; introduce yourself and say a few words about your company; tell the audience the purpose of your talk; and give them a map of your presentation.
Greeting, and introducing yourself and your company (問候，介紹你自己和你的公司)
Greeting the audience - Calling for attention (問候觀眾，引他們注意你)
➤ Show the audience that you're ready to start.
➤ Use the greeting to adapt your voice to the size of the room.
* Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
* Good afternoon everyone. Shall we begin?
* Ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be here with you today.
* Good afternoon. If everybody's ready, I think we can begin now.
Introducing yourself and your company (介紹你自己和你的公司)
➤ If the chairperson of the session hasn't done so, introduce yourself and your company.
➤ Mention the key elements of your company: its main activities, its size, its location, etc.
* Let me introduce myself first. I'm Robert Vincent.
* I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Pierre Dupont from Dazzi Engineering.
* Before I begin, let me tell you a little about myself. I'm ...
* I'm with the CNRS—the French National Center for Scientific Research—in the Department of Solid State Physics.
* I work for Schneider Electric in the xxx department. Schneider is a world leader in the development and manufacture of ...
* Dazzi Engineering is a small but fast-growing company in Grenoble, in the heart of the French Alps. Our main activities are in the field of waste management. You may be familiar with some of the techniques we've developed for plastics recycling.
* I'm a research engineer with Electricité de France or EDF. EDF is the leading company for the production and distribution of electricity in France and throughout Europe.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Present Simple: to be
Affirmative (肯定語)
I am
you/we/they are
he/she/it is
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with am, is, or are.
a) I ____________ a student.
b) My parents ___________ great people.
c) My sister ____________ very pretty.
d) Her cousins ___________ musicians.
e) His uncle ____________ at the movies.
f) My sister and I ___________ best friends.
g) Kara ___________ Kelly's sister-in-law.
h) My cat ___________ lazy.
i) Our aunt ____________ a French teacher.
j) You ___________ really tall!
Negative (否定語) ... + not
I am not
you/we/they are not
he/she/it is not
Interrogative (疑問)
am I?
are you/we/they?
is he/she/it?
Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences using the interrogative and negative forms.
a) I am a student.
I-
N-
b) She is a good friend.
I-
N-
c) They are soccer players.
I-
N-
d) We are brothers.
I-
N-
e) You are here.
I am
you/we/they are
he/she/it is
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with am, is, or are.
a) I ____________ a student.
b) My parents ___________ great people.
c) My sister ____________ very pretty.
d) Her cousins ___________ musicians.
e) His uncle ____________ at the movies.
f) My sister and I ___________ best friends.
g) Kara ___________ Kelly's sister-in-law.
h) My cat ___________ lazy.
i) Our aunt ____________ a French teacher.
j) You ___________ really tall!
Negative (否定語) ... + not
I am not
you/we/they are not
he/she/it is not
Interrogative (疑問)
am I?
are you/we/they?
is he/she/it?
Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences using the interrogative and negative forms.
a) I am a student.
I-
N-
b) She is a good friend.
I-
N-
c) They are soccer players.
I-
N-
d) We are brothers.
I-
N-
e) You are here.
Anna and Erin
Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
Anna and Erin are sisters.
Anna is 12 years old. She is an artist. She draws clouds, stars and the moon.
Erin is 7 years old. Today she goes to a restaurant with her mum and dad. They eat cake, cookies and ice-cream.
________________________________________
1) Anna is
A. an artist
B. a doctor
C. an actor
2) Anna draws things that are in the
A. ground
B. ocean
C. sky
3) Anna draws
A. shells
B. stars
C. flowers
4) Anna does not draw
A. the moon
B. clouds
C. trees
5) Anna probably also draws
A. airplanes
B. trees
C. fish
6) Where is Erin and her parents today?
A. They are at her house.
B. They are at a restaurant.
C. They are at school.
7) In this passage, Erin eats
A. breakfast
B. dinner
C. dessert
8) What food does Erin eat?
A. cake
B. cheese
C. bananas
9) Erin does not eat
A. pie
B. cake
C. cookies
10) Erin probably also eats
A. noodles
B. chocolates
C. sandwiches
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