No Better Things to Do 食飽飯冇「嘢做」

廣東話好鬼抵死。pat pat ，屁股，籮友，籮 pat 都可愛過 -- 屎忽！好鬼死繪形繪聲。  No better things to do 中文核突版 「食飽飯冇屎痾」。

e.g.   "And they have no better things to do like sniffing cow dung or something than being a nosey parker."  /  "and now just attracts weird comment strings amongst loosers with no better things to do"

I'm telling you.  The planets are full of these people!   Usually , they think they are smart but they're no better than smartass-es.

no better than [xx] 唔好得過[xx] / 即系一樣咁......

smartass 懶醒嘅人。字面系醒目嘅屎忽。咁都可能好得過舊屎嘅。 asshole 就系屎忽窿。指「喪」黑人憎嘅人。老細嘅別名 (講笑) 。

A famous office joke about a-hole.

Corporate Life Cycle


An organization is like a tree full of monkey - all on different levels, some climbing up. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys at the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.

All the time, the monkeys on the top will get the FRUITS first, and most of the time, they will eventually produce SHIT for all the monkeys below. And all the time, that's what the monkeys below will get.

For those monkeys who are climbing up, they have to first KISS plenty of ass in order to move up. How high they climb, will have to depend on how good they kiss. And always if the one on top will not kiss any ass, his ass will get KICKED.

During times of great difficulties and hardships, the monkeys on the top may fall a few branches down and hit the monkeys below. The monkeys below will be fallen upon an eventually some will FALL OFF the tree, as in retrenched. As compensation these monkeys that fell off get to keep the fruits that were shaken off the tree during the commotion. The tree becomes lighter and life slowly returns to normal.

And that my friends is what we call a Corporate Life Cycle.

[http://web1.mtnl.net.in/~neetuk/mgtthought.htm]

So here I am, a smartass with no better things to do but talking about ass and shit which I'm no better than.  都系講笑，我無味咖！

Talk to the Hand

Sing, Exercise and be Rude

「費事采你！」-- 耳唔聽，同隻手講啦！-- 系呀，都幾無禮貌咖。不過呢個世界上真有唔少人，連手都唔想聽佢講。我嘅 in-laws 入面有一個經常發爛渣，手都頂唔順啊！咁同佢講咩？咁就要去「英文-Dirty」囉！

Jerry Springer 'N' 年前好正經嘅 talk show ，但系依家同 home-made wrestling show 無異。依家重攪埋 opera ？

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees

依家呢個世界重有女人一心等待著被金龜睇中。響公司，高級嘅男性「望到」佢，咁就系有啲嘢囉喎。 Chat* room 重有人問點先可以識有錢仔。有錢唔一定比你，識到又唔一定冧你咖啫。

[讀音： 'hat' > ch-act 無 'k'，唔系 'art' > 'chart' ]

我哋通常都會回應佢：發夢冇咁早。-->In your dreams! (發夢就得)  /  You wish! (你就想喇)

響 Sex and the City 入面一幕 Samantha 好興奮向窗外大叫，有人回應 "Fxxk you!"  Samantha, "You wish!"

咁 系唔系只有「遺傳」先能夠識有錢人呢？咁又唔系，只系無咁易啫。成日去埋啲荼餐廳，只有阿 X 見到你囉。你要去有錢人出入嘅地方，參與佢地 enjoy 嘅嘢，著到好似佢哋咁 ...... 無錯啦！即系要用「錢」装備好你自已，咁你就會識到啲有錢人啦！ -- 但系只系第一步咋喎。重要令佢鐘意你呢！咪以為現實會有好似「流星花園」咁，全國最有錢嘅人嗰仔就系乜人都唔要，就系唔知セ鬼原因只系鐘意嗰碌「杉」 菜！--咁煩？Of course, money doesn't grow on trees!

好多媽咪都好明白呢個道理。所以，佢哋為了令自已子女入到某啲心水學校，攪一大輪令自己入去學校做教師。等到仔女大就順利入學。不過可能到時學校由「心水」 (band 1) 變得好「水皮」 (band 3) 。

Look, who wants to go to school with their mums?

「好度有度」--用普通話讀英文

英文是：  How do you do?  哈哈哈哈...

...

嘩！呢本書好耐以前買。講一位婆婆同公公走到美國留學再結埋婚嘅仔到幫佢湊仔，即系湊孫。婆婆唔識英文，用 pinyin 嘅方法講。當初都望住本書好耐 -- 咩叫「好度有度」？呢本書好深。

就算新一代嘅英文人都未必知呢句陳年舊招呼。就等如 hi 就 hi 番對方就得嘞。

A:  How do you do?
B:  How do you do?
A:  How do you do?
B:  How do you do?
...

究竟重要講到幾時？...... (講笑，一人一句就可以單刀直入咖啦。)

各有所好 Preference

同朋友去食魚生。有人食蟹柳，我倆都唔明點解。無乜味咖啫，但都唔平咖喎。跟著又講吓食北極貝。我倆都不愛吃。然後又有人食枝豆。朋友話枝豆好平，响餐廳食唔底。
講真，各人有各人喜好。少油唔難，煮飯平好多，自已種菜種瓜夠新鮮......。但有心機，有時間，有工具先得咖！有啲嘢就系鐘意比錢人做服侍我。

同樣哋，有人覺得學英文要扮埋鬼佬，甚至執著到唔系英式英文都當系港式口音。

Arnold Schwarznegger (阿諾·施瓦辛格) 夠有口音啦，佢一樣做到州長。鄧小平 (四川人) 啲普通話都有口音咖。佢哋發號施令時無人聽唔明喎。不過如果佢哋想改正啲口音都無問題。各有所好。無乜啱唔啱，儍唔儍。
講開又講

大家要注意嘅系，鐘意嘅 blog 咁你咪睇囉；唔鐘意嘅咪米帮襯囉。你有你愛 Jolin ，我有我愛 Joey。又唔系比賽。
但系睇 blog 不能盡信。(尤其系我個) 你睇報紙有時有煽情字句 「死者家屬表現好傷痛」 咁你就信？睇吓幅相，又真系幾傷痛喎。但好正常咖，點解要報導啲咁嘅嘢呢？學習要帶著疑問，認真求証啊。

"It is because ..." 好無聊！

都唔知邊鬼個開始，又唔知邊啲老師延續呢句 "It is because ..." 嘅廢話。

She practises dancing an hour a day.  It is because she wants to win in the competition.

身為代名詞嘅 it 要代表咩呢？咪就系 She practises dancing an hour a day. 呢句囉。咁 because 又系咩？答：conjunction！咁點解唔直接連接 She practises dancing an hour a day 同 she wants to win in the competition 呢？

She practises dancing an hour a day because she wants to win in the competition.

有幾難？攪到啲學生好似儍仔咁，嗰頭講完個事實嗰頭又揾個代名詞再做一句去解釋。咁不如分開兩句清清楚楚嘞：

She practises dancing an hour a day.  She wants to win in the competition.

都無 "It is because ..." 嗰兩句咁肉酸。

英文字，中文句構

有人問這句說話有沒有錯：
She can make people become intoxicated in rock music's world with powerful!

"She can make people become intoxiated" 直接 She can intoxicate people 唔系更清脆利落咩？如果要人睇好多字先明，重未計睇睇吓都唔記得講緊乜，咁就失去溝通嘅意義。

即使你將 powerful 改番做 power (powerful rock music / rock music with power) 亦都系怪怪嘅。當你一隻隻英文字翻釋做中文字 Voilà! (There! / da-da!) -- 她可以令人變得陶醉於搖滾音樂世界[有強勁的]。-- 怎么會如此無瑕？因為根本就是中文句構。鬼佬係唔會明佢講乜。

"in rock music's world" 介系詞 in 同 "She can make people become intoxicated" 系有乜關系？倒一倒裝： In rock music's world, she can make people become intoxicated.  (只要响搖滾音樂世界裡，她便可令人醉/極其興奮。)  系咪好奇怪？以為睇緊 Harry Potter 。要知道系「她」令人陶醉，還是「她的音樂」令人陶醉？

"rock music's world" 點樣 "with power" ？好費解。

其實用 simple sentence 已經可以清楚表達：Her powerful rock music intoxicated a lot of* people.
劃線部份完全只修飾 music 這個主詞。全句得一個動詞 intoxicated 。所以
subject + predicate (verb + ...)  雖簡單，亦豐富。唔好睇少 simple sentences 。好多寫小朋友書嘅大師都必定盡用 simple sentences 。你唸吓系咪？* 注意她真能使所有人陶醉？唔肯定就請用 a lot of / almost ... 囉。

Give it a try!  找出主詞 (subject) 及謂語 (predicate)
Their fashional attire, up-dates, clothes, dyed hair and anything else that are sticking in the minds of youths and their fans.[引用了 Siu Sir 介紹垃圾文章中的一句。  http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/siu82english/article?mid=3902&prev=3949&next=3875]

Verbs are Troubling 動詞頭都大

動詞方面有兩種：連綴動詞及動作動詞。很明顯動作動詞就是表示主詞「在做甚麼」。如 hit (擊)，kiss (吻)。致於連綴動詞就是表示主詞「是甚麼」。be 就是最常用的連綴動詞，而 be 因為主詞的第幾身作出變化如 am，is，are：
I am a boy.  /  It is a dog.  /  They are students.然後又因為時間性再變身如 was，were：
I was a baby.
We were babies.
還有 been 同 being  (簡直十八變)

動詞的時式 (tense) 告訴我們事情何時發生。12種時式當中，我們一般常用的只有5種。感謝上天。
為了表示動作是過去的用過去式。一般加 -ed。(有幾種變化。)
為表示動作是進行一段時間的用進行式。前面一個 be 字再加 -ing 於主要動詞。(這裡 be 的角式並非連綴動詞，它只輔助形成進行式來。)
為表示動作將會被作出，在主要動詞前加 will。

輔助動詞： (沒有字意)
be 在主要動詞前，而主要動詞加 -ing ，那就是作進行式。
be 在主要動詞前，而主要動詞變作過去分詞時，那就是輔助形成被動語態
will 在主要動詞前作未來式(如上)。
have 在主要動詞前作完成式，而主要動詞變作過去分詞時，那就是作完成式。
do 可輔助主要動作動詞構成否定句或問句。
e.g. She dances. / She does not dance. / Does she dance?

還有一種叫情態動詞：  must, can, may ...

***  be, do, have  本身亦可作有字意的主要動詞，可要留意啊！
I was young.  /  I am talking to John.
I do the dishes.  /  I do not do the dishes.
I have a dog.  /  I have to go now.

過去完成式 [had + past participle 過去分詞] & 過去式

時式總共 12 式，好采最常用只有 5 式。現在談談作故事時最常用的 2 式。

First the diamond had disappeared, but now the security guard was missing.  ( 先是鑽石不見了，可是現在連護衛也失了蹤。 )

Past Perfect Tense loves to hang out* with Simple Past. 過去完成式愛與過去式 "浦" ；兩個子句以 when 、 by the time 、 because 等連接詞連成一句。次序是過去完成式先發生。

e.g.  Judy had lived in Japan, so I called her to find out more about the culture and lifestyle there.  ( Judy 在日本住過，所以我揾她講吓當地之化及生活。 )

若 A 事件才剛發生， B 事件緊接發生，亦以返句型來表示「一......，就......」：
     no sooner had 主詞 A + 過去分詞 + than 主詞 B + 過去式動詞No sooner had Jerry left the house than it started to rain.

若用了 after 或 before 這些連接詞表示動作的次序，先後分明，兩句都用過去式便可以。又或是一連串動作順序的也可全用過去式。

e.g.  She knelt down, listened and peeped into the house through keyhole.  ( 她蹲下，聽，再從栓孔中窺看。 )

到「英文-saying」一看。

I'm too SEXY for the catwalk!

再學行啦！

go, run, walk

跳  hop, gallop, skip, bound
衝啊  dash away, rush, hurry, speed, charge, race, shoot, dart, sprint, rush
用力踏響地面  stomp
滑  glide, slide, slither
漫步  stroll, wander, cruise,
邁過  stride
逃  flee, run away, escape, fly
用腳尖  tiptoe
靜靜哋  creep, lurk, sneak

無得頂

nice  /  good  /  neat*  /  wicked*  /  prime  /  fine  /  cool*

super  /  charming  /  superb  /  lovely  /  perfect  /  flawless  /  splendid  /  awesome  /  first-class  /  top-notch

brilliant  /  fabulous  /  fantastic  /  wonderful  /  amazing  /  terrific  /  excellent  /  outstanding  /  marvelous  /  beautiful  /  stupendous  /  breathtaking  /  delightful  /  blue-ribbon

extraordinary  /  remarkable  /  memorable  /  incredible  /  exceptional  /  magnificent  /  spectacular

點樣講嘢

咪成日都 say, tell, ask 咁，會悶死啲讀者、老師。考慮吓系點講嘅：

大叫嘅  yell, scream, shout, cry out, explode, bark, roar細細聲  mutter, mumble, whisper, murmur
哀求  plead, beg, whine (扭計)
審問  question, interrogate, inquire
不滿的  protest, snap at/back, moan
回應  respond, reply
正正經經  explain, state, declare, remark, order, command, announce, comment, demand, mention
口吃  stammer, stutter
笑  laugh, chuckle, giggle

其實好多熟口熟面，不過用時又唔醒起。可以用將咭紙分開講嘅、行嘅、感觀嘅、連接詞...... 咁到作文時就睇吓。用吓用吓就會記得啦！

浦 -- Hang out

Hang out  可以用以指與什么人閒聚 (同セ嘢人浦) 或在什么地方閒盪 (去邊到浦)
A:  I'm meeting my friends.  Do you want to hang out with us?
B:  Where are you guys meeting?
A:  Oh, we usually hang out in the cafeteria.

亦可說 hang around。

Beavis and Butthead 曾有一集講佢兩條 cheapskates ("cheap精") 成日 hang around 附近嘅 convenient store (便利店)。果到個老板當然好鬼憎佢哋啦：兩條友一支 pop (汽水) 企一日昅女仔 (checking out the gals*) 歎冷氣；重有時嚇鬼走啲女客人。一次，老板找換機唔夠 penny (一仙嘅硬幣)，入房抄。响房 surveillance camera (閉路電視) 見到 Beavis 同 Butthead 响找換機到，前面有兩個女仔。老板以為 2B 偷佢啲錢，其實係 2B 見無人招呼嗰兩個女仔想帮吓手，順便表現吓自已 (try to look nice)。老板報警 (call 911) 。

Cop 警察 :  Are they armed (武装的) ?
Boss  :  Heavily.  (重型)  [以為咁樣啲差人會 take him seriously (認真對待佢嘅事件) ]
Cop  :  Alright, stay cool (保持冷靜).  We'll send a team there.

當啲警察呢到，見到個人揸著支長槍 (其實系老板) 就捉著咗佢，重讚 (praise) 亞 2B。

Cop  :  Hey, you two are pretty cool (很冷靜).
2B  :  Yeah, we're pretty cool (好型).  Hah...

*girls

更加唔駛講 -- Let alone

Sex and the City 中，Samantha 是最老的 -- 獨立 (independent) 兼放盪 (promiscuous)。但一次感冒她無法照顧自已，找些床上情人幫幫忙買藥 (drug)，卻沒有人願意。其中一個還要求有性的回報 (He asked for a blow job* in return.)。Samantha 回答 "I can hardly (幾乎不) blow my nose (擤鼻), let alone yours." (我氣也透不過來，更不用說「吹」你那個。)

drug = medicine
drug 亦可以代表毒品。有人黐黐哋，可以問佢 Are you on/taking/doing drugs? (你吸毒了？)

blow job (bj)
因為 Sam 感冒，無力氣上床。而且感冒會傳染 (infectious)，所以要求口交 。剛巧，擤英文就是 blow (吹) 。blow job 就是 oral sex 的一種。順利成章，用手的就是 hand job 。

infectious = contagious
SARS is a higly contagious disease.
Patch Adams (a movie) 的海報有這句： Laughter is contagious

let alone 更加唔駛講It seemed unlikely that she would ever be able to speak again, let alone resume her radio talk show.  [bartleby dictionary]Their ancestors had been dirt poor and never saw royalty, let alone hung around* with them.  [thefreedictionary.com]

另外 not to mention 都未提到
He's one of the kindest and most intelligent, not to mention handsome, men I know.  [cambridge dictionary]

*與...泡在一起/來往；遲啲再多講

Bite Me

Bite me = kiss my ass = go to hell = leave me alone     吹咩！

But of course, in the picture, the server wants you to try their fruits!

Relative Clause 關係從句

Relative pronoun 關係代名詞: that, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, whose, of which

你可以視之為引導詞，將一句完整句子*附上主要句子上。由 relative pronoun 作主詞的句子是用以形容在前面的名詞 (non-defining) 或界定/確認主句裡所提及的物/事 (defining)。
注意：為了清楚無誤，必須將附句直接放到要形容或要界定的名詞後。
*要有動詞；動詞與 relative pronoun 協調。

non-defining (不介定): The door, which was bright red, was very conspicuous.
defining (介定): The woman who is standing near the window is a doctor.

有什么分別？看不見嗎？就是那孖逗號了。

Who 與主格代名詞一組 I, he, she, it, they, we, you
Whom 是受格代名詞那組 me, him, her, it, them, us, you

e.g. The boy whom we visited is her nephew.
--> The boy is her nephew.
--> We visited the boy (him).
响 第二句入面 the boy 是受詞，用代名詞時要用受格 him/whom。因為第一句是主句，第二句才是附上的；所以要將附句放到要界定的名詞後便變成 The boy whom we visited is her nephew. 即使 The boy (主句中) 是主詞。

Possessive 指稱人或動物的名詞表示所有關係

Today	was	Tom	birthday.
subject	verb	object	object ??

subject	verb	object
It	was	Tom's birthday.

Give it a try!  Correct the following sentences.

1. He friends all came to celebrated this day.

2. Tom's table have a lot of presents.

3. At About 30 munites, they party was over.

4. This party we were very happy.

5. He face has smile too. 
["too" 這裡可能表示還有其他面帶有微笑。該盡量用 'also' 而少用 "too"]

Have / Has / Had

There	had	toy car,	robort	and	the football cloths.
那邊擁有玩具車，					
	were		robot		the football clothes

• There 之後的動詞必須根據主要主詞作協淍。
  
  
• have, has, had 是「擁有」的意思，並沒有中文「有」的另一個「存在」的意思。要有「存在」意思，該用 'be'。
  
• cloth 是「布」，clothes 才是「衣服」啊。

Give it a try!

12.  The party had a lot of food.

13.  There had soft drink, fruit and chicken.

No Verb

When	the party	the end.	Tom	open	the	presents.
動詞在哪裡？
The party ended.			Then, Tom opened the presents.

Conjunction 連詞	subject	verb	subject	verb	object
When	the party	ends,	Tom	unwrapped	the presents.
當	派對	結束[時]，	阿湯	[便]拆開	禮物[紙]。

Give it a try!

10.  That a cake too.

11.  They had toys, cars and photo, he was very happy and playing his toys.

Too Many Verbs

It	is	look	like	a	hill.
	verb	verb ??	preposition
It	looked		like	a	hill.

在完整句子中，主要動詞只能得一個。除非引入了附句子或用連接詞加入了另一個完整句子。在主要動詞前的動詞叫輔助動詞。它們沒有字意，只是輔助性質，不要強加中文意思影響文法。也不要因為輔助動詞有時可作主要動詞 (有字意) 而被混淆。

1. 動詞有分 1 連接動詞 (表示主詞是什麼，最常見的有 'be'* )， 2 動作動詞 (表示主詞做什麼) 。要構成問句或否定句，主要動詞(只限動作動詞)前加輔助動詞 do。

       例句： Do you know how to do this? / I do not know.

2. can 是情態動詞 (輔助動詞的一種) 。注意：情態動詞後的主要動詞必須是原形 (跟簡單現在式一樣，而且不用加 s 協調主詞)。

       例句： I can help you do it.

3. 要構成某種時態：

       - 進行式 (現在/過去) ：(be) + verb-ing (present participle現在分詞)

          I am/was swimming.

       - 完成式 (現在/過去) ：(has/have/had) + verb (past participle過去分詞)

          I have/had swum.

4. 被動句式：(be)+ verb (past participle過去分詞)

       The work was done by someone else.

[* be 像孫悟空，多變： be, is, am, are, was, were, being, been]

Give it a try!  Correct the following sentences.

6. Tom's friend were go to his home.

7. At the Tom's party had four people were there.

       [除了五大洋及有'united'之國家，其他名字前無須有冠詞]

8. We can saw some foods, presents and drink on the table.

9. I think he will feel the birthday party is very funny, happy and exciting.

把句子裝飾起來吧！

慨要已有，就在寫之前必須選定兩件事：

1. 用什麼時式 tense ；
2. 以第一人稱 first person 或是第三人稱 third person 寫作;

然後必須貫徹始終！

The Five W's

Who	What	Where	When	why
I	bake cookies	in the oven	today	because I am hungry.

因為是 today 的關係，此句用現在式 (present tense)。

其實 I bake cookies 已是完成了完整的句構 subject + verb + object 。其他的資料，有的要膠水 (preposition 介詞)，有的就這樣附上句子上。

          in the oven .....> in 介詞

          today .....> 若是 Monday 便要用 on 作膠水

而 why 其實是以 because (conjunction 連接詞 ) 將另一句完整的句子加在一起。如 and ， or ， but 般。

          I am hungry .....> subject + verb + object

在英語中 prespositions 與 to-infinitives / gerunds 的用法都必須靠多用。因為規例多，例外亦不少。就是清楚所有規例，也不能每句說話都停下來想一想，算一算。

你也來試試：     今天我的狗在外有一條骨頭，因為她愛把它藏起來。

提示：找到 2 個主要動詞沒有？

資料 http://busyteacherscafe.com/worksheets/5%20ws.pdf

英文寫作 無從著落

一 般同學，不論 reading 、listening 、speaking 還是 writing ，只要是英文便「嚇窒」。因此，不要說句構段落，連內容都不敢想。要克服對英語的恐懼，首先要用中文來想好內容，然後分好段落(一般都 5 段)。每一段段落分成 5 至 8 句簡單的句子：

        subject (主詞) + verb (動詞) + object (受詞) / complement (片語)

e.g.  I do not like English.  English is not easy.  I am not good at English.  I like maths.  It is easy.  It is interesting.  I use maths everyday.  English is important.  Maths is also important.

雖然有點笨拙，但文法上沒有錯，也能表達到意思。初學中文的外國人的中文作文都一樣粗陋。這是基本。要能變得更有趣便要把一些裝飾品 (why, when, where, how ... 及 adjectives 形容詞 + adverbs 副詞 ) 用適當的膠水 (prespositions: of, for, on, at, in ...) 裝上。

I really hate English since primary school.  English is too difficult and I am not good at it.  I love maths.  Not only is maths easier and more interesting, we use maths every single day.  However, English and maths are just as important.
(48 words; 48 X 5=240 words)

沒有深奥的字 (no big words) 亦能將句子精彩起來。但必須要有一定詞匯作基礎。請參考以下測測自已曉多少：

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_English_ordered_wordlist

是否發現懂的不少，但要用時卻記不起來？那你便需多用，多接觸囉！可不要廢了它們啊！

學英文要扮埋鬼佬？

點解要學英文？想揾份好エ？想嫁鬼佬？想攪掂個會考？

無論邊到嘅語言都包含著嗰個語言濃厚嘅文代。如果你鐘意認識以英語為母語嘅地方文化，你就會愛上英文。正如好多妹妹仔鐘意日本嘢，唔多唔少都會學翻一兩句 ga 文。但系唔一定要著晒 cosplay 呀，八晒字腳呀咁架！

同樣地，只要唔妨礙理解，帶少少口音很有 特色呢！而且對方立即知道英文唔系你母語，你說錯佢唔緊，佢講時又會就著講。幾好呀。不少 Hollywood 影星都有口音。(因為他們可能來自其他國家。不同省的英語口音也不同啊！) 只聽 George Bush (Jr.) 與 Tony Blair 已大有不同。

但系如果讀 "learn" 讀成 "噒" 又離譜咗啲。當然口音相近，用詞相似，溝通自然順利得多。學英文啫，唔使扮埋鬼佬咁嘅。

我又講學英文

你想學打網球。球到時你又閃開。你想學游水，又唔肯落水。你要學菲律賓話，坐響皇后象廣場齋聽。比你聽足一年都學唔到啲乜。

你重記得你嘅母語系點學嘅？日文嘅多謝係咪學寫先再學講？

學乜都好，第一唔可以對佢有恐懼。第二要有目的，咁先可以再定目標。第三，學語言就一定系學講先。圖象可輔助記憶，但系不能不講。

雖 然英文系全球最普及，但系唔同地區依然有佢唔同嘅口音同用詞。英國、美國、澳洲、星加坡、加拿大，以及新西蘭，佢地都有佢哋獨特嘅口音。法國人(蘇菲瑪 素)、意大利人、奥地利人(阿諾舒華)、希臘人、印度人、日本人、泰國人、印第安人......通通講英語時都有很重嘅鄉音(即使系大學教授)。

如果明明可以改善嘅咁就緊系改好啦。但唔妨礙理解嘅又計較啲乜呢？好多香港人講普通話時咪一樣咁攪笑。好多國語人講廣東話時咪一樣得到我哋嘅寬容

Are We Ignorant or Too Many Things Going On?

I've been trying to find some clips on a Chinese mummy, miraculously preserved after 3,000 years. So I tried YouTube and come across a bunch of "stupid americans" clips. Let's see how stupid we are (there may be some English terms that EFL people may not be familiar with but that doesn't mean you don't know the answer. So don't be too upset if you don't have everything right.):

1. Name a country that begins with U.
2. Who is the coalition of the willing?
3. What's the religion of Israel?
4. What religion are Budhist monks?
5. Who won the Vietnam war?
6. Who is Fidel Castro?
7. How many sides does a triangle have?
8. What is the currency used in the United Kingdom?
9. Kofi Anan is a drink, true or false?
10. Who is Tony Blair?
11. Which countries are in the axis of evil?
12. Who was the first man on the moon?
13. What is a mosque?
14. How many kidneys does a person have?
15. What is a collateral damage?
16. How many World Wars have there been?
17. Which state does KFC come from?
18. Stars War is based on a true story. True or false?
19. What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki famous for?
20. How many Eiffel Towers are there in Paris?
21. What is Al Qaeda?
22. Where was the Berlin Wall?
23. The language they speak in Latin-America is Latin. True or false?

Allow me to add one question: 24. How many stomach does a cow have? (If you don't know this one, you should be upset.)
And then there's a test of countries in a world map (atlas). The American were pointing everywhere but the right place. Some can't even find their own country. Maybe they just can't read map. Trust me, even the grade 10 kid whom I'm teaching doesn't know some of them. Pathetic!
Then watch "20/20 Stupid America". (Reminds me of the knowledge contest between Al Gore and Bush.) The teacher union set up a system that even a pervert can't be fired. These people fiercely defend themselves with, of course, stupidity. I'm really curious where [school] these people send their kids to. Afterall, Hong Kong stupid education system isn't so bad. ...Mm...