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Learning the use of English phrasal verbs 學習英文片語的運用 T： Thomas   M：Mark   M： Hello Thomas! I am so happy to bump into you again for the second time today! Just the right time and right place.   T: Hi Mark! It’s good to see you again, but why is it the right time and right place?   M: Because I’ve got a difficult text to summarise, and I must get it done soon. Can you help me?   T: Sure. Let me go over it.   M: How do you mean “go over”?   T: Please read through it first, instead of passing over it. That’s what I said   M: Oh, I see.   T: Should I go for it now?   M: You just said, “Go for it” ! What does that mean then?   T: Going for it means choosing to do that. OK. Let me go ahead with it and then get back to you right away.   M: Now, I can see that you are playing with phrasal verbs.   T: You are quite observant, Mark! Right. I said all that deliberately to make you get into the task. Now, you have a go at it yourself. And then I’ll tell you afterwards where you went wrong. OK?   M: Thanks. I’ll go through it now (nodding and smiling).   M: 你好Thomas！很高興今天第二次踫見你！真的是恰當的時間和地點。   T: 嗨Mark！再次見到你真好，不過，為甚麼你說是在恰當的時間和對的地方？   M: 因為我有一篇很難深的文章要做撮寫，我必須盡快完成。你能幫忙嗎？   T: 當然可以。讓我仔細看一看（go over）。   M: 你所指的「go over」是甚麼意思？   T: 請你先仔細閱讀（read through ） ， 而不是略讀（passing over）。這就是我的意思。   M: 噢，原來是這樣。   T: 現在我可以開始去做嗎﹖   M: 你剛才說「go for it」，它又是甚麼意思﹖   T: 「Go for it」意思是選擇這樣做。好吧，讓我繼續（go ahead）吧，然後馬上回答你。   M: 現在，我開始明白了，你正在玩英文短語文遊戲，對不對﹖   T: Mark，你的觀察力很好！對的。我故意說那些短語，是為了讓你理解文章的要旨。現在，你可以自己動手嘗試。之後我會告訴你哪裡出錯了。好嗎？   M: 謝謝。我現在將仔細再看看（點頭微笑）。  

Synonym— let's begin with phrasal verbs 認識同義詞 —— 由英文片語談起 T：Thomas，F：Freddy   T: Hello Freddy, it’s about time to call a meeting with our colleagues next Friday. F: Oh, sorry. I’ve been busy with other things, other more pressing matters. Can we put off the meeting for another week? Or simply call it off?   T: You mean, postpone the meeting, or even cancel it? F: Yes, yes, that’s what I mean. What do you think?   T: Well, we do need to meet. I can’t go along with your suggestion to call it off, cancelling it. We need to meet. F: Well then, would you go for putting it off?   T: OK. Let’s postpone it for a week. That is, we’ll meet Friday week.   T: 哈囉Freddy，差不多時候跟我們的同事在下週五召開會議。 F: 哦，對不起。我一直忙於處理其他更緊迫的事情。我們可以將會議再推遲 （put off）一週嗎﹖或是乾脆取消（call off）？   T: 你的意思是，推遲（postpone） 會議，甚至取消（cancel）會議？ F: 是的，是的，這就是我的意思。你認為怎麼？   T: 我們確實需要開會。我不贊同你取消（call off / cancel）會議的建議。我們是需要開會的。 F: 那麼，你會推遲（put off）會議嗎？   T: 好的。讓我們推遲（postpone） 一週吧。也就是說，我們在週五見面。  

Six pharsal verbs with “Make” 活學活用6 組跟make 有關的英文片語 T: Thomas, K: Kitty   K: Hi Thomas! I had a very cheerful exchange with my mom this morning. T: Ah yes? You wouldn’t mind telling me about it?   K: Certainly not. I was about to leave home for school, when my mom stopped me just in front of the main door, asking, “Did you make your bed this morning? I am sure you didn’t, as always. You really must change this bad habit.” T: I see, but did you or didn’t you?   K:That’s exactly the point. For a change, this morning I did, and so I said to her, “Mom, I did. I made my bed.” But she went on saying, “I don’t believe you. Don’t make up a story about it.” Then I had to say, with some tenderness, “Mom, I really did. I was thinking, I should make it up for all my faults up to now, and so I made up my mind … Hmm … From now on I’ll be a good girl. I’ll make my bed and make good every bad habit I had” T: I am so impressed, Kitty! Make haste now. Time is running out for your school. It’s almost eight!   K: Right. See you, Thomas.   K: 嗨Thomas！今天早上我和媽媽聊天，非常愉快。 T: 是啊？你介意跟我分享嗎？   K: 當然不介意。我正要出門去上學，媽媽在大門前攔住了我，問：「你今天早上鋪好床（make your bed）了嗎？我相信你沒有，一如以往。你真的必須改變這個壞習慣。」 T: 我明白了，究竟你做了，還是沒有？   K: 這就是重點。為了改變一下，今天早上我做了（即鋪好床），我對她說，「媽媽，我做了。我整理了我的床（made my bed）。但是，她繼續說：「我不相信你。不要為此編造故事（make up a story）。」然後我不得不溫柔地說：「媽媽，我真的做好了。那時我在想，我應該彌補（make it up）我犯下的錯誤，所以我下定決心（make up my mind）……嗯……從今以後我要做一個好女孩。我會整理床鋪，改掉（make good）我的每一個壞習慣。」 T: Kitty，妳令我刮目相看！趕快行動（make haste）吧。時間不早了，趕快上學去。快8點了！   K: 對。再見，Thomas。  

Know English Phrasal Verbs, beginning with “up” 認識英文片語 ——由「up」字談起 T : ThomasC     C : Clement   T: Good morning Clement! How are you? C: Oh, sorry Thomas Sir. I didn’t see you. I was thinking about something.   T: What seems to be the problem, young man? C: It’s just some comments from a teacher regarding my essay. I don’t quite understand what these two phrasal verbs mean.     Let me show you… (Both glancing at margin comments) …   T: Ah right. You are advised to “beef up your arguments” and “brush up your grammar”.    OK, the first one means that you’ll need to strengthen the way you present your argumentation,    and the second one advises you to do more revision in English grammar; there is still a lot you’ll need to improve. C: I see. There are quite a lot of such combinations of verbs with prepositions, right?   T: There certainly are, and we can think of : “break up” (a relationship); “bring up” (a topic for discussion); “look up” (the dictionary); and so on. C: Thanks so much, Thomas Sir. I’ve got to go now. Tell me more next time.   T: 早晨，Clement！你好嗎？ C: 噢，不好意思，Thomas老師。剛才看不到你。我剛才想著一些事。   T: 年輕人，你看似有些煩惱。 C: 昨天英文老師派回作文，寫下一些評語。當中有兩個英文片語，我不太明白。我想給你看看……（兩人都望向旁邊的評語）。   T: 好的。老師建議你「beef up your arguments」和「brush up your grammar」。前者意味著你需要強化你的論點，     後者建議你在文法方面需要多加複習，仍有不少地方需要改進。 C: 原來如此。看來有很多這樣的動詞與介詞的組合，對吧？   T: 肯定有，我們會想起：「break up」（a relationship）（分手）；「bring up」（a topic for discussion）（提出一個課題作討論）；   「look up」（the dictionary）（查字典） 等等。 C: 十分感謝你，Thomas老師。我現在要走了。下次再多加指點。