Ladies and Gentlemen, [各位來賓]
We are pleased to explain the design of our board to you.
First, one country, two languages. [首先，一個國家，兩種語言。] We use our mother tongue (n. ph. 母語) and our national flag (n. ph. 國旗) in our board to show our love for China. China is the homeland (n. 祖國) of 1.3 billion people including us. Chinese sportsmen tried their best to do well in Beijing Olympics and we are proud of our country. But when we have to welcome guests (n. 客人) from other countries and guests like you, we would use English because it is an international (n. 國際的) language.
Second, a 7-coloured rainbow to success. [第二，一道通往成功的七色彩虹。] We have learned from Olympics that we can succeed with flying colours with the following: knowledge [n. 知識], understanding [n. 認識], courage [n. 膽色], characteristics[n. 特色], appreciation [n. 賞識], consensus [n. 共識] and perseverance [n.永不止息 (毅力)].
Last, everyone is number one. [最後，每個人都是第一名。] The number 2 and the dog on the rainbow mean us, 2D students. All of us are running closer and closer to success. Although there are a lot of difficulties during our preparation of the board, we have tried our best to finish it. Other people may not think our board is the best, but in our mind, EVERYONE IS NUMBER ONE!
9.18.2007
Appreciation
It's been a long time since I wrote about English language only in August.
"Appreciation" is a noun. "Appreciate" is its verb. Get the meaning of the two words from your dictionary if you don't know their meanings.
Boys and girls, I appreciate you, if you now understand the meanings of the two words.
I highly appreciate you, if you do something to try to get higher marks and improve your English, though you may hate English.
I appreciate you happily, if you can try to read all the messages and replies from my friends or students.
I appreciate you more, if you can tell me the good things and the bad things of our English lessons by replying to this message.
I apprecite you even more, if you can talk about your feelings to my friend's birthday party, when my message is about the party.
Lastly, I show great appreciation to you, if you read up to this sentence, understand (or try to understand) and FOLLOW what I have said in this message.
"Appreciation" is a noun. "Appreciate" is its verb. Get the meaning of the two words from your dictionary if you don't know their meanings.
Boys and girls, I appreciate you, if you now understand the meanings of the two words.
I highly appreciate you, if you do something to try to get higher marks and improve your English, though you may hate English.
I appreciate you happily, if you can try to read all the messages and replies from my friends or students.
I appreciate you more, if you can tell me the good things and the bad things of our English lessons by replying to this message.
I apprecite you even more, if you can talk about your feelings to my friend's birthday party, when my message is about the party.
Lastly, I show great appreciation to you, if you read up to this sentence, understand (or try to understand) and FOLLOW what I have said in this message.
8.04.2007
a MA student vs an MA student: answers
First, thank your for your reading and comments. I would like to make two points here.
a. I will be very happy if you can give me more replies and tell me who you are.
b. I think it is a good habit to read some English every day. If we keep reading, our English will be better and better.
Answer to Q3:
Actually, as simple rules, the following are true:
- use “an” in front of a word that starts with “a”, “e”, “i”, “o” and “u”
- use “a” in other cases
But the exact rules are a bit advanced:
- use “an” in front of a word that starts with a vowel sound, e.g. /e/, /ei/, /^/ …
- use “a” in front of a word that starts with a consonant sound, e.g. /b/, /c/, /d/…
We say “MA” as /emei/ but “Master” as /ma:s…/. So only the following sentences are correct:
- I am an MA student.
- I am a Master of Arts student.
Is it interesting?
a. I will be very happy if you can give me more replies and tell me who you are.
b. I think it is a good habit to read some English every day. If we keep reading, our English will be better and better.
Answer to Q3:
Actually, as simple rules, the following are true:
- use “an” in front of a word that starts with “a”, “e”, “i”, “o” and “u”
- use “a” in other cases
But the exact rules are a bit advanced:
- use “an” in front of a word that starts with a vowel sound, e.g. /e/, /ei/, /^/ …
- use “a” in front of a word that starts with a consonant sound, e.g. /b/, /c/, /d/…
We say “MA” as /emei/ but “Master” as /ma:s…/. So only the following sentences are correct:
- I am an MA student.
- I am a Master of Arts student.
Is it interesting?
8.02.2007
a MA student vs an MA student
Answers to yesterday's questions:
“To swim” means the activity, swimming, in general. “To have a swim” means to experience a single action of swimming, from start to finish. So we should say:
- I like to swim. / I like swimming. (i.e. Swimming is one of my hobbies.)
- I would like to have a swim today. (i.e. I prefer to enjoy “the process of swimming” today.)
Thus, the answer to Q2 is:
- When you have time, I would like to have a chat.
But we say, “I am a person who likes to chat/ who likes chatting”.
Thus, Crystal, you are right. Keep it up!
From the above, you can see some simple words can be not simple! There is a Chinese saying “學海無涯，唯勤是岸”. It’s true! Even though I am an English teacher, I know that I still have many things that I do not know, so I also have to keep learning. As some of you may already know, I am now a part-time MA student in CUHK. What is MA? MA stands for “Master of Arts”/ 文學碩士. In Hong Kong, more and more teachers possess or are going to possess that kind of qualifications. It's common!
It’s time for a question. As we all know, we often use “an” in front of a word that starts with “a”, “e”, “i”, “o” and “u” and use “a” in other cases, but there are exceptions, like “I have been hungry for an hour”. Then, we may have troubles about the following:
Q3: Which of the following is/ are correct?
- I am a MA student.
- I am an MA student.
- I am a Master of Arts student.
- I am an Master of Arts student.
Tell me what you think. You may be correct!
“To swim” means the activity, swimming, in general. “To have a swim” means to experience a single action of swimming, from start to finish. So we should say:
- I like to swim. / I like swimming. (i.e. Swimming is one of my hobbies.)
- I would like to have a swim today. (i.e. I prefer to enjoy “the process of swimming” today.)
Thus, the answer to Q2 is:
- When you have time, I would like to have a chat.
But we say, “I am a person who likes to chat/ who likes chatting”.
Thus, Crystal, you are right. Keep it up!
From the above, you can see some simple words can be not simple! There is a Chinese saying “學海無涯，唯勤是岸”. It’s true! Even though I am an English teacher, I know that I still have many things that I do not know, so I also have to keep learning. As some of you may already know, I am now a part-time MA student in CUHK. What is MA? MA stands for “Master of Arts”/ 文學碩士. In Hong Kong, more and more teachers possess or are going to possess that kind of qualifications. It's common!
It’s time for a question. As we all know, we often use “an” in front of a word that starts with “a”, “e”, “i”, “o” and “u” and use “a” in other cases, but there are exceptions, like “I have been hungry for an hour”. Then, we may have troubles about the following:
Q3: Which of the following is/ are correct?
- I am a MA student.
- I am an MA student.
- I am a Master of Arts student.
- I am an Master of Arts student.
Tell me what you think. You may be correct!
8.01.2007
I had a swim!
Everyday English – I had a swim!
In these days, I have more spare time and so I often go to swim. Today, I had a swim too!
By the way, even if “a” seems to be such a simple word, it can make things very different.
Q1. Do you know the difference between the following two?
- to swim
- to have a swim
Q2. And which one should be used in the following sentence, "chat" or "have a chat"?
- When you have time, I would like to ________.
Tell you the answers tomorrow.
In these days, I have more spare time and so I often go to swim. Today, I had a swim too!
By the way, even if “a” seems to be such a simple word, it can make things very different.
Q1. Do you know the difference between the following two?
- to swim
- to have a swim
Q2. And which one should be used in the following sentence, "chat" or "have a chat"?
- When you have time, I would like to ________.
Tell you the answers tomorrow.
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