2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：疑似错英文即使是潜心要学好英文的人，有时候看到一些疑似错用字，或都会一心一意肯定就是错的。真要小心呢，像以下这一句：
they drank and sang with abandon.他们饮酒唱歌&hel

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：这正好显示it just goes to show
这正好显示imogen: i had a real scare when i was on holiday last week.
伊莫金﹕上星期我放假，遇上一件惊险的事。chloe: you went to the s

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：用希腊文字根记拼字古希腊是西方文化的源头，很多概念和字词都可追溯至古希腊。

许多和政体有关的英文字都源于希腊语，例如：democracy（民主）：源自希腊语demokratia。demokr

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：mahatma gandhimahatma gandhi (甘地) discovered that india was full of lawyers and there was no need for him. he spent many desperate (绝望的) days looking for work. whi

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：satisfied和satisfying有读者问：怎样分辨satisfied和satisfying？以-ed或-ing结尾的形容词叫做participial adjectives（分词形容词）。常见例子有：excited - exciting
bored - b

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：「蚕虫」师爷

政治化妆师一词，源自英文的spin doctor，直译是「编织医生」，职责似我们口中的「师爷」，再加点贬意，就是「蚕虫师爷」。今亦有叫spin master，晋升至「大师」级

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：从美式政治宣传学惯用语在美国，占众议院大多数的共和党力图阻挠奥巴马医保（obamacare），与控制参议院的民主党僵持，令预算案无法通过，导致联邦政府「关门」（注：上周四已重开）

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：大败输亏 to come a cropper
大败输亏josé: isn't that pablo gonzalez over there going into the pawn shop?
何塞︰看，走进当铺的那个人，不是巴勒罗．冈萨雷斯吗？sa

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：fung ping shanfung ping shan: the man, his life and his library (《庋藏远见 —— 冯平山》) is a riveting (饶有兴味的) and meticulously researched biographical

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：老羊扮羔羊mutton dressed as lamb
老羊扮羔羊athene: look at davina over there.
阿西妮﹕看看那边的达维娜。jayani: gosh. her skirt's a bit short, don't you think?
贾亚

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：going places... 去边 ?he really wants to go places in life.这句话看上去很浅，直译似乎是「他真希望生命中去许多地方」？错了。这句话的陷阱，是 to go places、going places 是

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：挑剔

to pick on 挑剔annar: you look annoyed. what's the problem?
安纳﹕你看来很不高兴，是什么一回事？ella: i'm really fed up with my supervisor.
埃拉﹕我那个主管

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：arrested 圣雄被捕gandhi bought eighty acres of fertile soil in south africa. he founded (创办) a community called phoenix. it became the headquarters for indian politic

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：源自莎剧的用语引经据典，并非中国人的专利。在英语世界，用典亦是常见的写作手法。除了古希腊、罗马文学，莎士比亚的著作也是西方典故的宝藏。早前，我在英文报章专栏讨论香港政治

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：At concentration camps 集中营的日子
The eight from the secret annex and their helpers were questioned. Finally, Victor Kugler and Johannes Kleiman were arrested with t

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：「非常」不简单写作时如果通篇老是用同一个字表达一个意思，会予人词汇贫乏的感觉。多用同义和近义词能够令文字富于变化，但一些近义词的意思有些微差异，不一定在所有情况都可以交

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：life in hiding 匿藏生涯the hiding place of the franks was above the old warehouse, in a house connected to the front house. it could not be seen from the street. a smal

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：戏弄某人to wind someone up
戏弄某人dilip: jim came into work with me this morning and told me i had to change my tie.
迪利普﹕吉姆今早和我一起工作，说我得更换领带。fr

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：逗我开心you're only saying that
你这样说，无非逗我开心rumina: how do you like my new dress? i bought it for when we go to my sister's wedding next week.
鲁明娜﹕我这

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：the boer war 波耳战争after three years in south africa, gandhi had become a successful lawyer with a good income. he was also a respected leader in the indian community

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：钱都输掉了to lose your shirt
钱都输掉了carsten: i feel so sorry for luke smith and his family.
卡斯滕﹕我真为卢克．史密斯和他家人难过。tiffany: he's your classmate,

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：「掂o架啦 !」因为历史因由，香港人日常用语时时中英夹杂，包括一句「xx系最top」。这个 top 字，既短且浅，解「顶尖」，亦即最好、最叻、最巴闭。she is the top student in the c

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：愤怒至「肿」起 ?用英文讲非常生气、「嬲到爆」，除了i am/was bursting with anger，亦可以来一句：i am swollen with anger. i was swollen with rage.

直译是「我全身因愤怒而

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：英文应征信句式无论是应征信还是报读课程的个人自述（personal statement），当中常见的问题是句式过于单调。虽然应征信和个人自述旨在介绍自己，但是如果通篇都是 "i..."，就十分乏

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：话说「猪猪」 piggy叫人做猪，中英文一样，不一定带恶意。许多人且会用「猪猪」、piggy作昵称。本篇主打讲piggyback，指孭着、背着。上世纪bb车还未普遍，许多妇女带婴儿出街，就用