Live互動英語學習報 --七月一日



						每月新書限時優惠

2011 年07 月01日 (No.517)

		示範句：
		Larry's birthday is coming up.
		賴瑞的生日快到了。

		With the deadline coming up, everyone had to work overtime.
		因為截止日期接近了，所以大家都得加班。

			approach「接近」
			With the weekend approaching, the students had trouble paying attention
			in class.
			隨著週末接近，學生上課都難以專心。


		示範句：
		Could you help me come up with some new ideas for games?
		你可以幫我想出一些遊戲的新點子嗎？

		You never know what Joe will come up with next!
		你永遠不曉得喬接下來會想出什麼點子！

			口語用法中，come up with + 錢也可指「籌措（金錢）」。
			Timmy was able to come up with the money to buy some candy.
			提米能夠籌到錢買些糖果。

			think of「想到」
			May couldn't think of any new ideas for the party.
			小梅想不出任何辦派對的新點子。

			使用情境	用法小提醒
all ready	形容詞片語	⊙	完全準備好了	注意拼法
		⊙	置於 be 動詞之後
already	副	⊙	已經
		⊙	置於 be 動詞之後或一般動詞之前

示範句：

all ready

The food is all ready, so we can start eating.

食物全都準備好了，所以我們可以開動。

The children are all ready for school.

孩子們都準備好去上學了。

already

Denise is already an hour late.

狄妮絲已經遲到一小時了。

When Maxine got home, dinner was already prepared.

瑪欣到家時，晚餐已準備好了。

The Deer at the Pond (1)

池塘邊的鹿 (1)

There once lived a deer who had large, strong antlers. The antlers protected the deer from attacks, so enemies left him alone.

One day, the deer went to a pond to drink. The water was like a mirror. When the deer looked at his big antlers in the water, he was proud. "I look like a king," he said, "and this forest is my kingdom."

Then he noticed something else. "My legs are slender, and my feet are small," he said. "They look so weak. I hate them."

從前有隻鹿，頭上的角大而強韌，牠的鹿角保護牠不受攻擊，所以敵人都不會靠近牠。

有一天，鹿到池塘邊喝水，水面就像鏡子。當牠看著自己倒映在水面上的鹿角牠覺得驕傲。牠說：「我看起來像個國王，這座森林就是我的王國。」

接著牠注意到一件事，牠說：「我的腿很細、腳又小，看起來很瘦弱，我討厭我自己的腿。」


antler	n.	鹿角

enemy	n.	敵人

kingdom	n.	王國

slender	adj.	修長的；纖細的