August 27, 2011

寫於出發之前

這幾個月,我經歷「學習」(看英文書,查生字,聽英文歌)和「嘗試」(跟外國人skype & 吃飯 & 飲o野),接下來就是「實踐」,我要出發到多倫多,參加一個全英語的營會,吃的玩的de-briefing都要說英語,以及自己一個人到處遊覽(!),少不免要說英語和接觸陌生人(二者都是我的死位),希望我的英語和膽量有一點點進步吧(才練習了幾個月,就奢望學有所成?)

無論如何,我覺得已經對自己有交代了,因為敢跳出自己的舒適區,嘗試克服恐懼,即使未必可以十分流利地用英語表達自己的想法,不過我已經不再害怕,心底的怯懦再不能拉我後腿了。

終於,雙腳著地。

August 19, 2011

The test.

Here is what I need to do in the test on next Monday:

- write sentences
- describe words and explain them in English
- fill in the blanks
- decide which descriptions or sentences are correctly describing a certain word
- use the number series (see below)
- write a text of maximum of 200 words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The number series:
1. First (1st)
2. Secound (2nd)
3. Third (3d)
4. Fourth (4th)
5. Fifth (5th)
6. Sixth (6th)
7. Seventh (7th)
8. Eights (8th)
9. Nineth (9th)
10. Tenth (10th)

11. Eleventh (11th)
12. Twelveth (12th)
13. Thirteenth (13th)
14. Fourteenth (14th)
15. Fifteenth (15th)
16. Sixteenth (16th)
17. Seventeenth (17th)
18. Eighteenth (18th)
19. nineteenth (19th)
20. twentieth (20th)

30. thirtieth (30th)
40. fortieth (40th)
50. fiftieth (50th)
60. sixtieth (60th)
70. seventieth (70th)
80. eightieth (80th)
90. ninetieth (90th)
100.hundredth (100th)

OMG..............................................

August 10, 2011

Thesaurus

我一直只知道,不懂英文生字便去查字典,但原來還有辭典(?)叫Thesaurus,即一個英文生字有很多個類似意思的字眼,例:pretty = beautiful = charming = nice = good looking = fair......能用不同的字眼表達同一個意思,如此一來,說話時便更動聽,令聽的人不會感到沉悶。

試想像:一個人來來去去只能用同一個字表達意思,都很悶吧?

於是,我的功課就是學習如何用一個字去解釋另一個英文生字的意思(!),我不但要記著一個字的意思,還要記著另一個字的意思!所以我學了不少生字,希望可以互相運用吧!(我年紀大,腦的RAM急速下降,很難串得到生字入腦!)

我就靠找出不同生字的意思~

August 7, 2011

日期的正確說法

我一直以為用英文講日期,是照講數字便可以,例如:8月14日 = fourteen of August,但其實應該是fourteenth of August,如此類推:

1 = first
2 = second
3 = third
4 = forth
5 = firth
6 = sixth
7 = seventh
8 = eighth
9 = ninth
10 = tenth


原來我一直都講錯了,幸好我的language exchangers都見怪不怪,還很有耐性跟我約見面日期,真好人!

August 3, 2011

The secret weapon of learning language.

雖然她說的是學日文,但學英文也是同一道理吧!

轉載:來唱一首日文歌~