Live互動英語學習報 --十月十六日



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2009 年 10 月 16 日 (No. 428)


		說明：
		as a result 作副詞用，屬於正式用語。

		示範句：
		The world is getting warmer. As a result, the weather is becoming more
		extreme.
		全球逐漸暖化，因此，氣候變得越來越極端。

		The company's product quality went down as a result of the increase in
		untrained workers.
		由於未受訓練的員工增加，這家公司的產品品質下降了。
		也可在片語後面接 of，再接原因，表示「由於（某事物）所造成的結果」。

		As a consequence of her laziness, she was fired.
		因為懶惰，她被公司開除了。
		as a consequence of、 because of、 owing to、 due to「因為；由於」

先小試一下身手，看看用哪個單字才對？
1.	____________ (Many/Much) of her day was spent at the library.
2.	____________ (Many/Much) of her teachers say she's a good student.

關鍵說明：

同樣是很多，為什麼「很多錢」和「很多人」要用不同的字呢？看看以下說明讓你更清楚該怎麼用才不會錯。

many

much

使用情境

⊙	與可數名詞的複數形式一起使用

⊙	與不可數名詞一起使用
⊙	可做副詞，指「非常」

注意

many 和 much 都可用 a lot of 替換

示範句：

many

She sent her boyfriend many love letters this week.

她這星期寄給男朋友很多封情書。

Karen invited too many people to her party.

凱倫邀請了太多人到她的派對。

much

I don't have much money.

我沒有很多錢。

John is feeling much better today.

約翰今天感覺好多了。

解答：1. Much 2. Many

The Farmer and the Goats (2)

農夫與山羊 (2)

The next morning, the storm was over and the sun was shining. When the farmer opened the barn doors, the goats rushed out as quickly as they could. "How can you leave?" shouted the farmer angrily. "I was so generous to all of you!"

"Yes," said one of the goats, "but you ignored your own goats on a stormy night. We fear that one day you will be careless with us, too

The farmer learned that you shouldn't forget about old friends when you are trying to make new ones.

第二天早晨，暴風雨停止了，而且陽光明媚。農夫一打開穀倉的門，羊群卻竭盡所能地往外衝。農夫生氣地大叫：「你們怎麼可以離開？我對你們這麼大方！」

一隻山羊說：「是沒錯，但是你在暴風雨的夜晚卻不顧了自己的山羊，我們害怕有一天，你也會這樣不用心地對待我們。」

農夫於是了解到，人不應該喜新厭舊的。


shine	v.	（shine-shone-shone）發光；照耀

generous	adj.	慷慨的

fear	v.	害怕

careless	adj.	馬虎的；冷漠的