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Joke of the Day - No 2

One day, Billy and Tommy went to a restaurant for dinner. As soon as the waiter took out two steaks, Billy quickly picked out the bigger steak for himself.

Tommy wasn't happy about that: "When are you going to learn to be polite?"

Billy: "If you had the chance to pick first, which one would you pick?"

Tommy: "The smaller piece, of course."

Billy: "What are you whining about then? You already got what you wanted, right?"

有一天，比利与汤米到一间餐馆去吃晚餐。服务生一端出两份牛排，比利就马上选了一份大的给自己。

汤米（看见了）不怎高兴，说道：“你什么时候才要学会有礼貌呢？”

比利：假设你有机会再选，你会选择哪一份呢？“

汤米：“当然是小的那一份啦！”

比利：“既然如此，你还发什么牢骚？你已经得到你想要的，对吗？”

词汇学习:

1. as soon as 一。。。就。。。
2. whine 发牢骚；哀诉；（狗等）哀呜声

Common English Mistake

1. 如何说: 我很怕

应说 I scare 或 I scared 或 I am scared 或 I am scare 呢?

正确解答: I am scared.

那 scared 这字是否是 ‘过去词’ Past Tense 呢?
其实，scared 这字并非 Past Tense, 它只是英文里所谓的形容词!

• 想彻底了解为舍么 I am scared 才是正确解答吗? 进入学习  →  

Writing sent in by Student - Michael Lim

You mentioned that you couldn't copied the files and all the files in the

original folder is disappear. In that case, you can login to our billing

system to check on it. Appreciate for your kind understanding.

www.michaellim.com (example URL)

Answer – after Grammar check

You mentioned that you couldn't copied (copy) the files and all the files

in the original folder is disappear. (has disappeared) In that case, you

could login (log in) to our billing system to check on it. Appreciate for

('for' is not needed here) your kind understanding.

Explanations:

1) 在 couldn't/could/can 之后的动词，必须是 base form → 不可有 ing, ed 或 s

2) 'has disappeared' 是 ‘已消失’ 的意思。'has disappeared' 的句型，是英文里的 Present Perfect Tense。 'is disappear' 这句型，在英文里并不存在。

3) log in 是动词，login 是名词。想学习如何分辨动词与名词吗？立刻成为会员

4) 当我们使用英文里的 appreciate 时，后面是不须要 for 的！例如：

I appreciate your help. 而并不是 'I appreciate for your help.'

Common English Mistake 2

I interest in cars / I am interesting in cars / I interested in cars / I am interested in cars

以上哪一句才是正确的说出: : 我对汽车感兴趣

正确解答: I am interested in cars.

Interest 的意思 – (1) 利息（名词）

                              (2) 兴趣（名词）

His interest is to collect stamps. 他的兴趣是集邮。