I tend to ask students if they 'are finished'. But they laugh as if I'm asking if they're dead.
Alternatives:
Are you done?
Are you through?
2010年5月10日星期一
To or not to. That's the questions.
Student's
sentence: "We should help our parents to clean the house." Her teacher
crossed her 'to'. "To or not to. That's the question."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv226.shtml
2010年4月26日星期一
Here Comes the Tenses! - 6 Present Perfect
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about a period of time which is continuing; for unfinished actions and events; time stated is not finished (with since, for, still, yet)
I've practised my piano since 4 o'clock. (it's 4:15)
I've lived there for 4 years. (still living there)
I still haven't finished my homework.
Mum hasn't prepared dinner yet.
The builder have started working on the kitchen this week.
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express recent event (often with just); to focus on the results of an activity or event which is complete
Jack has just been to the bank.
I've mentioned the car. (= I've just finished so we can go out in it now)
- unspecified past even or time is irrelevant; talk about how many times something has happened (with adverbs like already, before, ever and never; after a superlative)
I've lost my new camera. (it's irrelevant when)
Pete has been to New York 3 times.
I've met her before somewhere.
It's the biggest dog I've seen.
2010年4月21日星期三
2010年4月19日星期一
Here Comes the Tenses! - 3 Present Continuous
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present moment; temporary action with now, at the moment, at present, or just
I'm wearing a pair of old jeans.They're eating lunch at the moment.
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current projectWe're working on our geography project this month.
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changing or developing situations with always or continually
You're always buying new video games! (you buy too many) -
unexpected things happens several times
I'm always meeting my neighbour John near the station. -
arranged plansJanice is meeting Frank tomorrow at 2 in the coffee shop.
Here Comes the Tenses! - 2 Simple Present
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happen regularly & habits
Jason takes the bus to work every day. -
general truth
The moon goes round the earth. -
permanent situations
I work in Central. -
to describe the plots of books and films
The story begins and ends in Spain. The year is 1937. -
for scheduled events with a future meaning
timetables - My plane arrives Hong Kong on Saturday at 14:30.
programmes - The meeting starts on Wednesday at 9:30.
plans - The speaker arrives on Tuesday afternoon.
Here Comes the Tenses! - 5 Past Continuous
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for interrupted action
They were eating dinner when he arrived home
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2 things happening at the same time
He was buying a burger and all the crowds were walking past.
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for exact time in the past
I was reading last night at 9:30 p.m.
Here Comes the Tenses! - 4 Simple Past
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for completed actions and events in the past
We caught the bus.
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time stated is finished (time stated is not finished, use present perfect)
I spent this morning studying maths. (it's now afternoon)
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past period of time with for or ago
I lived there for four years.
I finished it half an hour ago.
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at a particular time in the past
Flight 206 landed at one o'clock.
2010年4月17日星期六
HPV – LLETZ
一切從檢出「非典型鱗狀細胞」開始。再用 DNA 檢出 HPV33，屬高危。
Wednesday 入養和。普通病房 (只得 3 張床) 窗口位。望住馬場。比我屋企重好 view。可惜呢晚無馬跑。有個包包，內裡有梳，牙擦，牙膏，膠杯，棉花棒，2 個 Seba 番梘，毛巾仔一條。有獨立電視 (其實系laptop) 睇。我自備睡衣。因有花粉敏感，所以手帶系紅色。抽咗血，12 點後禁食。雖然瞓得著，但床墊唔夠 support，被又有啲焗。
Thursday 早上 6 點，姑娘比衫我叫我 7 點換。跟住麻醉師見我，醫生見我。姑娘推張輪椅入嚟，用布張我包到得翻個頭。然後一值有人不停問我個名，邊個醫生，有冇敏感，有冇傷風感冒，知唔知自己做咩手術。手術其實叫 Colposcopy and Large Loop Excision Biopsy of Transformation Zone of Cervix。簡稱 LLETZ (美國叫 LEEP)。
推到手術嘅地方，嘟吓手帶確認就入去轉上床。又包到坎。推嚟推去推咗去 8 號手術房。都等咗一陣先有房。入到去見到兩盞大小雞蛋仔咁嘅手術燈。房好大，又凍。一個 15 分 鐘嘅手術居然有咁多人响入面準備。重聽到啲工具『傾傾』聲。轉到手術床，腳掌伸咗出嚟。用安全帶梆住左手同腰。除晒啲褲，但係依然包到坎。先吸氧氣，好大 陣膠味。然後打麻醉針。麻醉師話會感到有啲麻麻哋，不過我感覺唔到喎。因為同時又唔知比啲咩我吸，好似霉咗嘅木，好臭，臭到咳。醫生話係有啲味，係會咳。再比我吸，咳多吓就瞓咗嘞。
「起身喇！起身喇！」咁就醒嘞。已經離開咗手術房。開眼望住天花：太好喇！終於做完喇！姑娘叫深呼吸。幾分鐘後，醫生同我講一大堆嘢：會「乸乸」哋；之後要覆診，覆診時又要比佢填埋張保檢；記得比錢時 make sure 醫院响張保檢 form 到級印；4-6 個禮拜唔好做運動，游水，或者做瑜珈；比我睇嗰兩個切咗出嚟嘅粉紅色物體，話眼睇好正常，但都要拎去化檢，大慨星期一知道 O 唔 OK；會比 3 種藥我，止痛，消炎同胃葯 ......
Wednesday 入養和。普通病房 (只得 3 張床) 窗口位。望住馬場。比我屋企重好 view。可惜呢晚無馬跑。有個包包，內裡有梳，牙擦，牙膏，膠杯，棉花棒，2 個 Seba 番梘，毛巾仔一條。有獨立電視 (其實系laptop) 睇。我自備睡衣。因有花粉敏感，所以手帶系紅色。抽咗血，12 點後禁食。雖然瞓得著，但床墊唔夠 support，被又有啲焗。
Thursday 早上 6 點，姑娘比衫我叫我 7 點換。跟住麻醉師見我，醫生見我。姑娘推張輪椅入嚟，用布張我包到得翻個頭。然後一值有人不停問我個名，邊個醫生，有冇敏感，有冇傷風感冒，知唔知自己做咩手術。手術其實叫 Colposcopy and Large Loop Excision Biopsy of Transformation Zone of Cervix。簡稱 LLETZ (美國叫 LEEP)。
推到手術嘅地方，嘟吓手帶確認就入去轉上床。又包到坎。推嚟推去推咗去 8 號手術房。都等咗一陣先有房。入到去見到兩盞大小雞蛋仔咁嘅手術燈。房好大，又凍。一個 15 分 鐘嘅手術居然有咁多人响入面準備。重聽到啲工具『傾傾』聲。轉到手術床，腳掌伸咗出嚟。用安全帶梆住左手同腰。除晒啲褲，但係依然包到坎。先吸氧氣，好大 陣膠味。然後打麻醉針。麻醉師話會感到有啲麻麻哋，不過我感覺唔到喎。因為同時又唔知比啲咩我吸，好似霉咗嘅木，好臭，臭到咳。醫生話係有啲味，係會咳。再比我吸，咳多吓就瞓咗嘞。
「起身喇！起身喇！」咁就醒嘞。已經離開咗手術房。開眼望住天花：太好喇！終於做完喇！姑娘叫深呼吸。幾分鐘後，醫生同我講一大堆嘢：會「乸乸」哋；之後要覆診，覆診時又要比佢填埋張保檢；記得比錢時 make sure 醫院响張保檢 form 到級印；4-6 個禮拜唔好做運動，游水，或者做瑜珈；比我睇嗰兩個切咗出嚟嘅粉紅色物體，話眼睇好正常，但都要拎去化檢，大慨星期一知道 O 唔 OK；會比 3 種藥我，止痛，消炎同胃葯 ......
嘟吓手帶離開，但今次係成張床唔系輪椅。姑娘幫我轉床，又幫我叫定嘢食。一直到 1 點先准食野同飲水。每個鐘頭檢體温同血壓。想瞓，但系 1 我卧瞓系瞓唔到，2 我懷疑係止痛藥令我覺得心跳好強烈 (應該係血糖低)。不過姑娘幫我量又無事。但系就感覺到某啲位「噗噗•噗噗」咁。由手術到走得需要 6 個鐘。
埋單要$25,xxx.。最主要系 operation fee $10,000，手術室材料費 $5,xxx，麻醉師 $3,xxx，手術室費 $2,xxx。
*** 記得帶衛生巾！
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