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Joke of the Day - No 2

A man is asked by his friend, "Has your seven-year-old son decided what he wants to be when he grows up?"

"Yes, he wants to be a garbage collector," the man replies.

To which his friend responds, "Strange ambition to have for a career..."

"Yes, I suppose, but he thinks garbage collectors only work on Tuesdays!"

一个男子被他的朋友问道：“你七岁的儿子已决定了长大后要当什么吗？

“是的，他要成为一名捡垃圾工人，”男子回答道。

朋友（听后）回答道：“对（一个人）的职业来说，是个奇怪的抱负（志愿）呀。。。”

“是的，我猜想（是的），只是他认为捡垃圾工人只在星期二工作而已！”

（七岁的儿子由于只在每个星期二才看见来屋外收集垃圾的工人，所以以为他们只是在星期二才须要工作。）

词汇学习:

1. garbage collector 捡垃圾工人
2. respond （动词）回答；作出反应；response = 名词
3. ambition 抱负，雄心；（志愿）
4. suppose （多义词）猜想，以为；期望；假定；让。。

Common English Mistake

1. 如何说: 我很怕

应说 I scare 或 I scared 或 I am scared 或 I am scare 呢?

正确解答: I am scared.

那 scared 这字是否是 ‘过去词’ Past Tense 呢?
其实，scared 这字并非 Past Tense, 它只是英文里所谓的形容词!

• 想彻底了解为舍么 I am scared 才是正确解答吗? 进入学习  →  

Writing sent in by Student - Michael Lim

You mentioned that you couldn't copied the files and all the files in the

original folder is disappear. In that case, you can login to our billing

system to check on it. Appreciate for your kind understanding.

www.michaellim.com (example URL)

Answer – after Grammar check

You mentioned that you couldn't copied (copy) the files and all the files

in the original folder is disappear. (has disappeared) In that case, you

could login (log in) to our billing system to check on it. Appreciate for

('for' is not needed here) your kind understanding.

Explanations:

1) 在 couldn't/could/can 之后的动词，必须是 base form → 不可有 ing, ed 或 s

2) 'has disappeared' 是 ‘已消失’ 的意思。'has disappeared' 的句型，是英文里的 Present Perfect Tense。 'is disappear' 这句型，在英文里并不存在。

3) log in 是动词，login 是名词。想学习如何分辨动词与名词吗？立刻成为会员

4) 当我们使用英文里的 appreciate 时，后面是不须要 for 的！例如：

I appreciate your help. 而并不是 'I appreciate for your help.'

Common English Mistake 2

I interest in cars / I am interesting in cars / I interested in cars / I am interested in cars

以上哪一句才是正确的说出: : 我对汽车感兴趣

正确解答: I am interested in cars.

Interest 的意思 – (1) 利息（名词）

                              (2) 兴趣（名词）

His interest is to collect stamps. 他的兴趣是集邮。