Thursday, September 2, 2010

Studio Classroom 9/2

1.Chat Room:

* ID
=(1) identification 辨認,確認,認同
=(2) identify 的名詞

Example: He used his driver's license as identification.
(他拿駕照作為身份。)

* identity 身份

2.Language Tips:

* mishap 不幸的事故或災禍 (但通常不是非常嚴重)
Example: After several mishaps during the trip, we finally got home.
(旅途中經過幾次小事故後,我們終於回到家。)

* without mishap 平安無事
The document arrived without mishap.
(這份文件平安無事的到達。)

recourse 倚賴,依賴,求助 Uncountable nouns
求助的對象用介系詞 "to"
Example 1: The single mother takes care of her kids without recourse to any help.
(這位單親媽媽沒有倚靠任何人的幫助獨立照顧小孩。)

Example 2: The couple had recourse to counseling to save their marriage.
(這對夫妻求助婚姻輔導來保住婚姻。)

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