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2011 年05 月06 日 (No.509)
 
 
 
    說明:
    check in 除指「住房登記」外,亦可指到機場「登記報到」或「託運」行李 等; check out 一般是指在旅館、超市的櫃檯「結帳離開」或在圖書館「登記 借閱」,此外,亦有「檢查」、「確認」之意。
     
    示範句:
  You'll need to check in at the hotel before 6:00 PM.
    你將必須在晚上六點前辦好住房登記。
     
  You need to check in first, or you won't be able to get on the plane.
    你必須先報到,否則不能登機。
     
  We will go to the airport after we check out of our hotel.
    我們在旅館退房後就會前往機場。
     
  We have to check out of our hotel by noon tomorrow.
    我們明天中午前要在旅館做退房登記。
     
   
check in 可以寫成 check into,後面直接加地點。
   
Jane checked into the hotel this morning.
      珍早上在旅館做了住房登記。
     
 
     
   
   
  使用情境 用法小提醒

add (v.),

(把……) 加入,常用句型:add A to B「把 A 加入 B 中」
(把數字)相加
注意詞性
increase (v.)
(數量、數字或程度)增加、增強
plus (prep.)
加上、外加
(加減乘除的)加
     
    示範句:
   

add

  Helen added some salt to the soup.
   

海倫在湯裡加些鹽。

     
 

If you add the numbers, you get thirty.

   

如果你將那些數字加起來,就會得到三十。

   
   

increase

 

I heard the government is going to increase taxes next year.

    我聽說政府明年將要增加課稅。
     
  The advertising campaign was very successful; our sales increased by fifty
    percent.
   

這次的廣告宣傳活動很成功,我們的銷售量提高了百分之五十。

     
    plus
 

I paid $600 for the scooter, plus $50 for a helmet.

    我花了六百(美)元買那台速克達機車,外加五十(美)元買安全帽。
     
  One plus two equals three.
   

一加二等於三。

     
 
     
  The Old Dog (1)  
  老狗的命運 (1)  
     
  There once lived an old dog. When he was young, he was a great hunter and his master loved him very much. Now, though, he was becoming slow and weak.  
  One day, the old dog and his master were walking in the forest. The dog saw a pig and chased it. He caught the pig by its ear, but his teeth were weak, and the pig got away.  
  "My teeth were much stronger when I was young," thought the dog. "I hope my master isn't mad."  
     
  從前有一隻老狗。牠年輕時曾是很棒的獵犬,且牠的主人非常疼愛牠。然而現在的牠變得遲緩而虛弱。  
     
  一天,這隻老狗和主人走在森林裡。牠看到一隻豬,追了上去,牠咬住豬的耳朵,但是牠的牙齒無力,所以豬就逃走了。  
     
  老狗心想:「我年輕的時候,牙齒強健多了,希望我的主人不要生氣才好。」  
     
     
   
 
     
master

n.

主人
     
chase
v.
追趕
 
 
catch
v.
抓;捉 (catch-caught-caught)
 
 
mad
adj.
生氣的
     
 
   
 
 

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