2007年11月5日星期一
Monk 1.1.8
自己一個學 oral English 難。最好不過就是看喜歡嘅英語劇集。My favourite is Monk. All his psychological problems make him a buffoon as a private consultant (detective). 看看劇中人怎樣將複雜的情境簡單清楚的表達。
Season 1, Episode 1, Chapter 8
| Captain: |
... It's a single-car accident. single car accident 只一駕車嘅意外。即唔係 A 撞 B 呀，C 閃避 D 呀咁。 |
| Monk: |
No, no. No, this was no accident. There's no skid marks on the road. 經常聽到嘅句型：This/It (be) no XXX. 响 chapter 1 亦有一句 "This was no burglary." 如果查看 Cambridge dictionary (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=no) 可見此處可作 not any 解。即強調唔係咁簡單嘅意思。 |
| Captain: |
It's
wet! You're not the only detective here, Monk. I checked for skid
marks. It happens all the time on this hill. You hit this curve at 85,
90 miles an hour. Ftt! Boom!
|
| Monk: |
No. No, this was staged. He was killed somewhere else. - this was staged 即塔晒舞台做場戲你睇－假咖！- else 其他。去 MacDonald's 點餐時啲人都會問你what else 重有無其他，anything else 任何其他(事/物)。 |
| Captain: |
Maybe you could tell me where this murder took place, because that would be very helpful.
Maybe you could tell me ... be very helpful. 其實 Captain (Stottlemeyer) 發緊脾氣，覺得 Monk 無中生有。very helpful 可以用嚟笑人九唔答八，明明有講等如無講呀咁。响外地，有時啲售貨員當中國人透明咁我就會特別誇張咁話 Wow, thankyou VERY much. That's very helpful! |
| Monk: |
Cole Avenue and 17th Street.
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| Captain: |
How could you possibly know that?
每個 possibility 嘅 probability都唔一樣。possibility 可能出現的情形；probability 即可能性。 |
|
Monk:
|
We were meeting at my house. He probably took Cole. I'm thinking he was killed at that stop sign on 17th Street.
死者與 Monk 約好到 Monk 家見面。就在大家各自去緊 Monk 到時，死者就比人襲擊。所以用 past continuous -- were meeting。
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| Captain: | Why 17th? |
| Monk: |
There's
a homeless shelter there. They wash windshields for spare change. I'm
thinking somebody approached the car, started washing the window and
then attacked him. You can see the windsheld even better from here. The
driver's side's clean. The passenger side's filthy.
用 parallel 來特出動作的次序：approached , started (washing), attacked不要少看 simple short sentences。它有示範、急速節奏、對事情厭煩的效果。
-- He ran. I followed. He turned around the corner. I turned. Boom! I bumped into a garbage bin. -- I work. I cook. I clean. I do the grocery shopping. I pay the bills. And you wanna have sex! |
2007年10月29日星期一
The Hurdle in Learning English
我見過有人太愛日本文化，又儲錢又學日文，然後一口氣去成個幾月日本旅行。翻嚟個滿足樣 
。
。學セ都要有心 (passion) 。無心自然懶。啲細路打機打通頂，你話佢哋係幾咁鐘意打機？出嚟做事都係。無心都要扮到好有 heart 咁，又進修又 O.T. (overtime)。如果唔系，咁多亞豬亞狗，點解要請你？
有啲人話幾想幾想學好啲英文。其實唔系佢哋 想。係佢哋老世想。問多兩句攪清楚啲英文程度就比啲九唔塔八嘅答案比你。又話之前講過，又話系中幾嘅程度 ...... 咁不如答我識即是空，空即是識算嘞。如果我系老細，問多你兩句都兼煩，咁咪做嘞。如果有心，有人肯幫你， lur 飯應啦。答到你唔想聽添呀，方死你唔清楚添呀。 It's all about attitude. 有啲人乜鬼都想學。真系想日日去教佢呀。
香港好多學生本身好被動 (定系懶呢？) 。你講乜佢就做乜。你無講，佢又唔理。比啲免費練習嘅網頁佢*，好勤力咁抄。下次問有無人上去做過，無人啋你。咁上去睇吓呢？－冇－ 對於課堂外嘅嘢咁漠不關心，到高考時方恨無珍惜留意就遲嘞。作文時成日問「點寫」，因為缺乏資料意見－無料到！
介紹【不中不英 Double Talk】(HKD72)－雖然講的嘢舊咗啲，但吸收吓人哋嘅經驗，學吓人家點樣批評唔攻擊嘅技考。無人叫你文縐縐，簡單嘅字都可以表達得好清楚。書中除了中英對照，重有陶傑殕釋作者嘅文筆。
另外中文書有蔡子強嘅【新君王論】。有幾輯。揀輯啱自已嘅。增多資料，人哋嘅見解；慢慢就會有自己嘅一套咖喇。
2007年10月28日星期日
拜山
起身。忽然話拜山，咁咪拜囉。
大概行咗兩三條 staircases，C 就大嗌「我要唞。我要唞。」
B 「吓？你唔系成日做運動咖咩？」
C 「我唔做行樓梯。」合埋雙眼唞。
裝吓佢個旅行袋咁大嘅 LV 袋有啲乜：金銀衣紙？燒豬切雞？錯。系煙仔火機。又食煙又運動 (只為減肥) ，咁樣捐耗肺功能，真系唞得就好唞吓喇。
唔駛燒衣，好快攪掂，去飲茶。 C 電話響。
「... 咁咪嚟我到住囉。... 點會啫。唔會。得咖啦，嚟我到住喇。」
C 媽，A 「邊個嚟咖？」
「我老闆。以前加拿大嗰老闆。」
「男人嚟咖？」
「系呀。唔好呀？」
「吓？男人唔方便喎。」
「@#$%*& ... 你唔鐘意講聲唔好就得咖嘞 ... *&%$#@ ... 都話自已出去住咖啦，你又唔比。」去廁所。
A 「你睇佢，幾野蠻。邊個唔比佢自已出去住啫？有錢咪自已出去住囉。」
系你唔比 【錢】 佢自已出去住呀。聽唔明呀？
我 「第一，間屋系你嘅，好應該問吓屋主。就算唔系，大家一齊住，好應該尊重吓人，問吓人哋。佢唔識尊重人哋。」
講真。系 A 竉壞佢。怕咗佢就由佢刁蠻。咁就咪麻怨。唔想受氣就做啲嘢啦。又或者佢唔系怨，系晒命，好 enjoy ！
過關。C 走嚟話啲海關亞嬸就睇都唔睇，佢就睇完又睇。嘩，佢唔系想我話系因為佢靚吖嘛？「啲師奶亞嬸個樣唔多變吖嘛。靚妹頭髮又長又短，又攣又直。一陣間又化裝，又唔化裝吖嘛。」
「系喎。」好滿意咁。
敝！前面塞車！
C 「... 都話唔去咖啦。系都要今日去。... %$#*@」
－ 生骨大頭菜*！－
大概行咗兩三條 staircases，C 就大嗌「我要唞。我要唞。」
B 「吓？你唔系成日做運動咖咩？」
C 「我唔做行樓梯。」合埋雙眼唞。
裝吓佢個旅行袋咁大嘅 LV 袋有啲乜：金銀衣紙？燒豬切雞？錯。系煙仔火機。又食煙又運動 (只為減肥) ，咁樣捐耗肺功能，真系唞得就好唞吓喇。
唔駛燒衣，好快攪掂，去飲茶。 C 電話響。
「... 咁咪嚟我到住囉。... 點會啫。唔會。得咖啦，嚟我到住喇。」
C 媽，A 「邊個嚟咖？」
「我老闆。以前加拿大嗰老闆。」
「男人嚟咖？」
「系呀。唔好呀？」
「吓？男人唔方便喎。」
「@#$%*& ... 你唔鐘意講聲唔好就得咖嘞 ... *&%$#@ ... 都話自已出去住咖啦，你又唔比。」去廁所。
A 「你睇佢，幾野蠻。邊個唔比佢自已出去住啫？有錢咪自已出去住囉。」
系你唔比 【錢】 佢自已出去住呀。聽唔明呀？
我 「第一，間屋系你嘅，好應該問吓屋主。就算唔系，大家一齊住，好應該尊重吓人，問吓人哋。佢唔識尊重人哋。」
講真。系 A 竉壞佢。怕咗佢就由佢刁蠻。咁就咪麻怨。唔想受氣就做啲嘢啦。又或者佢唔系怨，系晒命，好 enjoy ！
過關。C 走嚟話啲海關亞嬸就睇都唔睇，佢就睇完又睇。嘩，佢唔系想我話系因為佢靚吖嘛？「啲師奶亞嬸個樣唔多變吖嘛。靚妹頭髮又長又短，又攣又直。一陣間又化裝，又唔化裝吖嘛。」
「系喎。」好滿意咁。
敝！前面塞車！
C 「... 都話唔去咖啦。系都要今日去。... %$#*@」
－ 生骨大頭菜*！－
2007年10月27日星期六
Type A or Type B?
CASE 1
You go to this new hotel and order a cup of regular coffee. Then, you realise that it costs $100! The coffee arrives and you have the first sip. YUCK!! It tastes like mud! Now, what would you do?
You go to this new hotel and order a cup of regular coffee. Then, you realise that it costs $100! The coffee arrives and you have the first sip. YUCK!! It tastes like mud! Now, what would you do?
Type A:
You'll have to pay that $100 anyway, you decide not to further torture yourself by finish up that coffee.
You'll have to pay that $100 anyway, you decide not to further torture yourself by finish up that coffee.
Type B:
It costs $100!! You better finish that damn cup of coffee.
It costs $100!! You better finish that damn cup of coffee.
CASE 2
If you use a lot of kitchen papers, you'll probably be destroying woods and forests. If you use table cloth instead, you'll need to wash it with detergents. Is detergent environmentally friendly? Well, you'll surely need water.
If you use a lot of kitchen papers, you'll probably be destroying woods and forests. If you use table cloth instead, you'll need to wash it with detergents. Is detergent environmentally friendly? Well, you'll surely need water.
Type A:
Use them reasonably. Use the cheapest when a lot is needed. Use kitchen paper when it's too troublesome to use table cloth.
Use them reasonably. Use the cheapest when a lot is needed. Use kitchen paper when it's too troublesome to use table cloth.
Type B:
Insist that there should be a more environmentally friendly between the two. Do a lot of research and find the best solution.
Insist that there should be a more environmentally friendly between the two. Do a lot of research and find the best solution.
2007年10月13日星期六
死都要按
每次到上海一定去老鋪 dragonfly 按一按。我試過中、日、香薰 (RMB135) 及普通修甲 (RMB100，全 O.P.I. 產品)。package 10 張 8 折，20 張 7 折。見 2 老外都修甲 (男士RMB80)，問有冇男人要油色。一般油都油淺色，有個 model 試過要油 sharp 嘅色。聽聞街口附近有好多此等乸型 (metrosexual) 出沒。 Gotta check them out sometime!
2007年10月11日星期四
Shanghai - Soho
咁紅重認唔到？
懶 + 後面有人 = 無映自已，映前面
賣泰國嘢，夠特別囉啩。(除咗米，家，人妖)
連 okusan 都咁前衛： PJ + 黑色村姑鞋！
响上海好多餐廳唔知為セ唔比映相 (又貴又唔特別嘅 1931 就系其中一個嘞) ，所以無セ點映。加上唔記得帶 charger ......
2007年10月8日星期一
2007 Shanghai F1 事件
A 話有條似西班牙仔打尖，叫佢排隊，佢猛話 "come on" 。
Come on ，排隊啦！Come on ！
牙仔唔知點樣响後面排排吓走咗上前去到 A 到撩事鬥飛。 "I'm here!" 然後正甩 A 頂帽。 A 就掛住响地下揾帽 (成 RMB300 咖嘛)。 A 啲朋友 KH，KW 同 FA 已經將牙仔夾住。牙仔得一條友，開始劣。
我問 KH "咁你哋同佢 (牙仔) 講咩呀？"
KH "講英文囉。"
"係咪即係 '英文英文英文...' 咁同佢講呀？"
"......"
KH 係一個 IT 人，講親嘢都激死人。鬼唔知講英文咩！人哋用英文，你就講面班牙文呀？真系比佢激死。
"佢咪猛講 'What's up? What's up?' 咁囉。"
"咁你點答佢？定系打濕佢？"
"咁我都好斯文嘅，話佢呢啲講英文嘅就好好表現吓自已，咪影衰自已個文族。咁囉。"
我想像出呢嘅：
"What 'what'? Who the hell you think you are? This is China! Are you Chinese? Are you? Then don't do anything stupid, jerk!"
Come on ，排隊啦！Come on ！
牙仔唔知點樣响後面排排吓走咗上前去到 A 到撩事鬥飛。 "I'm here!" 然後正甩 A 頂帽。 A 就掛住响地下揾帽 (成 RMB300 咖嘛)。 A 啲朋友 KH，KW 同 FA 已經將牙仔夾住。牙仔得一條友，開始劣。
我問 KH "咁你哋同佢 (牙仔) 講咩呀？"
KH "講英文囉。"
"係咪即係 '英文英文英文...' 咁同佢講呀？"
"......"
KH 係一個 IT 人，講親嘢都激死人。鬼唔知講英文咩！人哋用英文，你就講面班牙文呀？真系比佢激死。
"佢咪猛講 'What's up? What's up?' 咁囉。"
"咁你點答佢？定系打濕佢？"
"咁我都好斯文嘅，話佢呢啲講英文嘅就好好表現吓自已，咪影衰自已個文族。咁囉。"
我想像出呢嘅：
"What 'what'? Who the hell you think you are? This is China! Are you Chinese? Are you? Then don't do anything stupid, jerk!"
實情「呢啲講英文嘅」系咩意思？可圈可點。
Conclusion
Conclusion 寫啲咩好？又寫番 introduction 嗰句？無嘢吖嘛，咁咪即系無嘢寫，無料到。
都系跟亞媽學啦。亞媽講完三篤屁就會問你點咖嘛。你就記住自已呢句，作論文時用呢問番自已「咩點吖？咁又點呀？」
「咩點吖？」就重新番你個立場。「咁又點呀？」就系包括：1. 有冇對你個人有影响2. 你點睇呢單嘢嘅前景3. 你對呢單嘢嘅感受4. (勁人先好用)有關又應棍嘅名人金句。
只要能夠用到其中一個都夠咖勒。
都系跟亞媽學啦。亞媽講完三篤屁就會問你點咖嘛。你就記住自已呢句，作論文時用呢問番自已「咩點吖？咁又點呀？」
「咩點吖？」就重新番你個立場。「咁又點呀？」就系包括：1. 有冇對你個人有影响2. 你點睇呢單嘢嘅前景3. 你對呢單嘢嘅感受4. (勁人先好用)有關又應棍嘅名人金句。
只要能夠用到其中一個都夠咖勒。
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