Search
【英文基礎文法-32】https://is.gd/rLBXhW
【寶寶更快樂雙語更出色】https://easyfun.biz/2eVBP
【家樂福線上購物】https://igamepark.biz/2W3em
【博客來】https://www1.oeya.com.tw/2hI4g
【兒童線上英文】https://tinyurl.com/yjcqotxu
學校教英文時，大多時候會告訴我們they是複數，指「他們」，這是對的！但是在不知道性別的情況下，they也可用作第三人稱單數使用。事實上從十四世紀開始，英語母語人士便將they當作性別中立的單數人稱代名詞了。在此提供例句：After a student completes their coursework, they take an exam. 還有：Who is on the phone? What do they want?
由於來電者性別不明，美國人便會很自然地用they當作單數人稱代名詞，在口語上特別常見。換作正式文件，可把整個句子改為複數：Students take exams after completing their coursework. 或更正式一點說：Who is on the phone? What does the caller want?
還想了解更多資訊嗎？請閱讀這篇文章：http://ow.ly/c9Zu50ymWAj
In school, most English learners that the pronoun "they" refers to more than one person (in the plural), and that's correct! But, "they" can also be used to refer to a third person in the singular if the gender of the person is unknown. In fact, English speakers have used "they" as a gender-neutral singular pronoun since the 14th century.
Here's an example: "After a student completes their coursework, they take an exam." Or, as another example, "Who is on the phone? What do they want?" The gender of this student or caller is unknown, so an American English speaker will naturally use the singular pronoun "they," especially when speaking. If writing a formal document, they might get around this by editing the sentence to the plural, as in "Students take exams after completing their coursework," or by changing to a more formal register, as in "Who is on the phone? What does the caller want?"
Need to know more? Read this article: http://ow.ly/c9Zu50ymWAj
#GenderAndLanguage #AmericanEnglish
Final tips for Paper 1 Reading
重㸃重温手抄notes 所有reading skills 及多份我上堂有詳細教授P Chan's mock papers。其中 artificial intelligence, British colonialism, cruise-ship terminal, is music the key to success, extreme weather, Bruce Lee respect for the elderly, Somali hunger, STEM education ,homeless in Japan exercise for life , Hong Kong Diary, Crazy English,over worked and underplayed , Asthma, nuisance calls 已溶入了2012-17各數題型。記住把錯的部份及常錯的题型重新檢視，看看錯在那裏。
Time management
Part A: 40 mins and B2: 50 mins
Part A :45 mins and B1: 45 mins
細閲堂上教過 的多項reading skills:
1) Inferencing/ deduction:
留意key words 位置及positive or negative meaning.（2017 B2 已詳教）
Undermined himself (-)=contradictory.( 2015 part B2). I have been healed(+) = I fully recovered from an obsession.( P Chan's mock).
2) True/False/ Not given
留意Synonyms/ Antonyms/words not given.(P Chan's mock)
3)Summary Cloze
留意各種traps: article, antonyms , parts of speech, words requiring gerund.
4) Questions about comments
留意mark allocation. 抄中key words 便可，不用rephrase.
5) Questions about summarizing one's opinions:
不可直抄。留意轉字眼Skills 及generalization skills.
6) Questions about proofreading
留意instructions. FAC改法
7) MC questions
留意那些是answers of low quality.
Watch out for exceptions(Tips Class)
😎 Matching speech Bubbles
留意pronoun 及synonyms
9) Pronoun reference
留意singular 定plural
Gerund Noun Phrase= singular（2015 B2)
10) Thematic MC Questions ( 2016 Part A)
留意title 及主旨句
Poem
務必細閲 7 種 rhetorical devices及11月份教授各項poem reading skills 。 要用20 mins 做P Chan 's mock poem: .When you have a home behind you) (Lesson 3 November) Behind the consumer society) (Lesson 4 November)
.
Hang in there! 💪
Seize the day, make your life extraordinary! 💪🎓
P Chan
Episode 1: Fake news
聽力和口說練習:
聽力口說挑戰A: Critical Thinking: https://bit.ly/2P0wWrt
聽力口說挑戰B: http://bit.ly/2IQB7EV
Use language to acquire, analyze, and evaluate information! Grammar and pronunciation are important, but we must move beyond and use language as a catalyst for change!
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Extended reading (Advanced):
Opinion 1: https://www.theguardian.com/business-to-business/2018/feb/12/nice-threads-the-waste-based-fibres-cleaning-up-fashion
Opinion 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/fashion/fashion-second-biggest-polluter-fake-news.html
Opinion 3: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/04/11/the-environmental-costs-of-creating-clothes
★★★★★★★★★★★★
「心智圖詞彙攻略」課程連結: https://bit.ly/2teELDq
「心智圖詞彙攻略」Q&As: http://bit.ly/2NzNkyO
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Video Q&As
1. an MIT ("an" was said but "n" was left out in the captions)
2. further ("further" was said, but "farther" was typed)
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/…/…/further-versus-farther
3. points of view ("points of views" was typed) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict…/english/point-of-view Discussion on usage: http://bit.ly/31LVnPq
4. social media can be both plural or uncountable:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/social-media
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/social-media
Media and data are often used as collective nouns, so you will see them them follow by both a singular or plural verb form. The term “social media” is both uncountable and plural in modern English usage. The word “media” is traditionally a plural because “medium” is the singular.
5. "disinformation" is used in our class video rather than "misinformation" to stress the next phrase (so-called FAKE news): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news
Thank you all for your feedback!
英文基礎文法 32 - 人稱代名詞的單複數變化(Basic English Grammar - Pronouns usage)
To know subject or object of pronouns for its singular and plural variations
... <看更多>
and plural or singular 在 "the number of" + plural or singular noun [closed] - English ... 的推薦與評價
"The number of" should always be used with a plural of a countable noun. The phrase "the number of Xs" then acts as a singular subject for ... ... <看更多>