Friday, September 3, 2010

Studio Classroom 9/3

1.Chat Room:

* staff 機構全體職員或工作人員
集合名詞,不可數,亦不可指個別人員

* a staff member
* staffer 可數,單一或個別職員或工作人員
Example: He is a White House staffer.
(他是白宮的職員。)

staff 當動詞時,指為某地配備人員
* fully staffed 人員名額已滿,沒有空缺

2.Language Tips:

* gambol 嘻鬧,跳躍

Example 1: The puppies are gamboling around their mother.
(小狗狗在媽媽身邊蹦蹦跳跳的。)

Example 2: Kids are gamboling around on the playground.
(小朋友再操場上四處蹦蹦跳跳。)

* clutch 緊握,抓緊

Example 1: The old lady clutched her handbag to her chest while walking to the bank.
(這位老太太走到銀行時將皮包緊緊抓在胸前。)

Example 2: Patricia clutched her husband's hand while she was in labor.
(Patricia在生產時緊抓著先生的手。)

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