8/2(Tue) A class about ambiguous words (Host Andre's)

[tashi]

Hi All,
Some time ago I found some words that their meaning are the same but also seem to use in different ways, like trustworthy and reliable.
As a result, it occurred to me that Andres' is not only native speaker but also English teacher. So here comes the class from him:

Session I.

‘Bored’ vs ‘boring’.
‘Must to’ vs ‘have to’.
‘Fun’ vs ‘funny’.
‘To’ and verb vs -ing.
Borrowing vs lending.
‘Wait me a second.’
‘There have many people.’ vs ‘There are a lot of people there.’
‘He’ vs ‘she’.
‘Where do you come from?’ vs ‘Where are you from?’
‘Where is here?’ vs ‘Where are we?’
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What? You also you have own ambiguous collections? Bring them into the session and let's share, clarify together.
Be sure to write them down though.

And for the second session we can watch this video https://youtu.be/Mh6dTVfHNVI

And discuss the following questions

1 How much time do you spend at work?

2 Do you communicate with your boss before you go to work or after you leave work?

3 Do you communicate with your boss on your days off?

4 How do you spend time when you are not working?

5 Do you want to spend less time at work and more time on other things?

6 Do you want to spend more time with your friends?

7 Do you want to spend more time with your family?

8 Do you feel like you give too much time to work?

9 Do you give time to work that you don't get paid for?

10 If your friend tells you that they spend too much time at work, what would you say?

Agenda:
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:50pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
7:50 ~ 8:10pm Summarization (20 mins)
8:10 ~ 8:25pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 10 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
8:25 ~ 9:05pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
9:05 ~ 9:25pm Summarization (20 mins)
9:25 ~ 9:30pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements ********************************************************************************************************************************************
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注意事項：
1. 文章是否需要列印請自行斟酌，但與會者請務必自行列印 Questions for discussion。
2. 與會者請先閱讀過文章，並仔細想過所有的問題，謝謝合作！

給新朋友的話：
1. 請事先準備 2~3 分鐘的英語自我介紹；會議結束前可能會請你發表 1~2 分鐘的感想。
2. 請事先閱讀文章以及主持人所提的討論問題，並事先寫下自己所欲發表意見的英文。
3. 全程以英語進行，參加者應具備中等英語會話能力，對任一討論問題，能夠以 5 到 10 句英文表達個人見解。
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[Rock]

Would you spare some time answering my questions? Thank you in advance.
1. There is an island. I swim there every morning.
2. I came home late yesterday./ I were home late yesterday.
3. He rode a bike to Taipei to and fro/ back and forth.
4. cow/ bull/ ox/ cattle
5. silly/ foolish/ stupid
6. There are brilliant minds here./ There are brilliant minds in here. (How about there?)
7. Thank you in advance.

[Sharon Lin]

Rock,只能說牛的種類也是有點複雜.... = = !!

Cow 家畜牛尤指母牛.Ox 牛的通稱.Bull 公牛.Cattle 家牛或黃牛

[tashi]

Rock that's nice to include them.

[Rock]

"Jill saw the man with binoculars."

[Kooper]

Rock,只能說牛的種類也是有點複雜.... = = !!

Cow 家畜牛尤指母牛.Ox 牛的通稱.Bull 公牛.Cattle 家牛或黃牛

Try not to use translator or English-Chinese dictionaries to distinguish words. They often do more harms than good.

According to Oxford Learner's Dictionary:
Cow is a large animal kept on farms to produce milk or beef = 乳牛or肉牛 = 農場眷養的牛(單數)
Bull is a male cow = 公牛
Ox is a bull that has had part of its sexual organs removed, used, especially in the past, for pulling farm equipment, etc. = 被閹割的公牛, 耕田的牛
Cattle are cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals for their milk or meat = 農場眷養的牛(複數)
牛群 = a herd of cattle, a herd of cows

[Rock]

Great! Now I want to be a cow expert. For the animal in the above picture,

1. Is it a cow or bull? If it's been castrated, would it be called an ox?

2. May I say it's a bull cow? How about its wife? A cow cow?

3. Why do we have "the year of Ox" and "holy cow"?

http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-the-Differe ... nd-Heifers

[tashi]

Attendees:

Jessie
Carmen
Tashi
Ryan
Yvonne
Linda
Douglas
Rock
Ken
Shirley
Steve
Jason
Luis
Wenhan
Kooper

Some notes for your reference:

Bored vs. Boring.

Some thing is boring
Some body feel/is/get bored

Need to = have to =must=be supposed to

Must is a bit formal and strong
be supposed to is lighter, and more gentle than have to

EX.
I am supposed to be YOYO's host tonight but I am happened be to unavailable then, so I must find someone help me with this.

You are supposed to arrive at office by 8AM.

Shall vs should vs will

Shall could be used for a stronger "will", used in a protocol, aggrement, contract with concern of obligation.
Shall could be used for formal request like "Shall we dance?"

Should could be used for expess something better to do but no nt a must.

EX.
It's slightly rainning though, I don't have to take an unbrella but I should have it by my side.


Fun vs. Funny

Go hiking is fun.
Watching funny movie to have fun.
This guy is funny (could be posive or negtive(means strange), )
This guy looks funny (negative, means you poke fun on this guy)

Funny vs. Interesting vs. Intriguing

Funny --->make you laugh
Interesting ---> make you think, more interllectual
intriguing ---> not only make you think, also brings up your curiosity to know more

Sometimes they can be used on the same thing but sometimes it doesn't.
Something make interests you but it doesn't make you do for for it.


It's a pity that we didn't finish the whole list, maybe everyone can propose more ambiguous examples and we can hold another class to reveal the correct way.

[Rock]

Many thanks. I especially found the word "interesting" interesting; it's interesting that we don't have a Chinese counterpart of this interesting word.

[tashi]

Many thanks. I especially found the word "interesting" interesting; it's interesting that we don't have a Chinese counterpart of this interesting word.

Indeed. no mapping word come to my mind in Chinese.