Glitches Overheard and Vocabulary 1211 2004

[Wayne]

Oops：

If you COULD give a gift to ANY ONE, ANY WHERE, what would it be and why? (X)
If you ARE GOING TO give a gift to SOMEONE SOMEWHERE, what would it be and why? (O)

Please write down… and discuss HOW DO you like or dislike… (X)
Please write down… and discuss WHETHER you like or dislike IT… (O)

save the PATIENT (X)
save the PATIENT’S LIFE (O)

… that MAKES her travel around the world (X)
… that ALLOWS her TO travel around the world (O)

… to RESEARCH criminal LAW (X)
… to STUDY criminal LAWS (O)

We hear many, many interesting things. (X)
We(‘VE) HEARD many, many interesting things. (O)
【比較】I hear －＞ 據說； I heard －> 我聽見

some behaviors (X)
some behavior (O) (behavior是不可數名詞)

Let me tell you a good news. (X)
Let me tell you a piece of good news. (O) (news是不可數名詞)
Let me tell you good news. (O)

ten years before (X)
ten years ago (O)

I’m very impressive. (X)
I’m very much impressed. (O)

I don’t know how to say. 我不知道該用什麼字來說 (X)
I don’t know how to say it. 我不知道該用什麼字來說 (O)
I don’t know how to put it. 我不知道該用什麼方式來說 (O)
I don’t know what to say. 我不知道該說什麼 (O)

I DREAM about HAVE one. (X)
I DREAMED about HAVING one. (O)

… lyrics for the CD (X)
… lyrics for the SONGS on the CD (O)

You catch a cold. (X)
You GOT [CAUGHT] a cold. (O)
You HAVE a cold. (O)

Maybe you DON’T THINK about it before. (X)
Maybe you HAVEN’T THOUGHT about it before. (O)

SEPARATE the letters分信，分發信件(X)
DISTRIBUTE the letters (O)

RESPOND his MAILS (X)
RESPOND his MAIL (O)

people important FOR me (X)
people important TO me (O)

I and MY SISTER (X)
MY SISTER and I (O)

UNUSEFUL gift (X)
USELESS gift (O)

a man WANT to PURSUE a girl 想追女孩子的人 (X)
a guy who is TRACING you (X)
a man WHO WANTS to court [woo，chase (after)] a girl (O)

Riva is living in a TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD WITH US. (X)
Riva is living in a WORLD TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM OURS. (O)

something CONSIDERATE (X)
something GRATIFYING (O)

go to KTV to sing SONGS (X)
go karaokeing (O)
go to KTV to sing karaoke (O)

Pronunciation and Vocabulary

Mont Blanc： 德國名筆廠牌「萬寶龍」，指歐洲最高終年皚皚白雪的阿爾卑斯山；原字為法文，意為「白色的山」。Mont字尾的t和Blanc的c都不發音，兩字中的n都是發像ng一樣的鼻音

諾貝爾(和平)獎：the Nobel Prize in Peace；諾貝爾獎得獎人：Nobel Laureate；Nobel一字的重音在-bel上面([no’BEL])，與noble一字的重音不同。

給我多一點關心： show more of your concern for me

hereditary：遺傳的(指身體或心智上的)；世襲的；【比較】heirloom：傳家寶

盆栽：pot plant，potted plant，bonsai

心意：[情意] kind feelings，regard，【例】(代表我們的一點)心意：(a token of our) regard ；[意思] intention，purpose；【比較】誠意：sincerity

I’ll buy a house…
house：獨門獨院的房子，指建築物的形式；【比較】 home：房子，指住的場所(購「屋」者：home purchaser)； condominium，condo：一般公寓，每戶各有產權；apartment：出租公寓；high-rise：電梯大樓(公寓)，又稱「持份公寓」，各自有產權，每一單位稱為一個strata lot (大樓管理費：strata fees)

Quotation from an article (The Fine Art of GIFT GIVING )cited：
Better an ending with pain than pain without ending. --- Kanaka Singh
寧願痛苦地結束也不願結束不了的痛苦。