2011年10月1日 星期六

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 6 - A Cancelled Meeting

有時在公司,如果事前準備得辛辛苦苦,結果會議卻取消了,有否試過?
'George, could you do me a favour?'
'Yes, sure.'
'Show Mr Frascatti to the conference room, would you? The meeting’s due to start soon.'
'No. Haven't you heard? It's off; the manager's cancelled it because he wants to sort out advertising displays himself.' 'What? They' ve cancelled a major meeting, just because the boss wants to see to the advertising for a change? I don't know what to make of this company. Well, I'd better go and explain things to Mr Frascatti. But goodness knows what he will think of this.'
  • Be off (!)- If you cancel something which has been arranged you say it is off e. g. ‘Saturday's match is off — there's been too much rain.’
  • Sort out(N1,N2,P1) - If you arrange things in order, or organise them in some way you sort them out.
  • Make of(N2,P2) - This is usually used in interrogative or negative sentences e. g. ‘What do you make of this? I can't make anything of it at all.’
  • Think of(N2,P2) - If Mr Frascatti were not impressed he would say ‘I don't think much of how you handle things here,’ or ‘I don't think much of it.’
  • Show to(N1, P1) - 見On the plane
  • See to(N2,P2) - 見In the Morning
N1 - 動詞與介詞可以分開 / 和物體名詞(Object Noun)或名詞詞組(Noun phrases)同用
N2 - 動詞與介詞不分開 / 和物體名詞(Object Noun)或名詞詞組(Noun phrases)同用
P1 - 動詞與介詞可以分開 / 和物件代名詞(Object pronoun)同用
P2 - 動詞與介詞不分開 / 和物件代名詞(Object pronoun)同用
G - 動名詞(Gerund)跟隨使用
! - 動詞與介詞不分開, 沒有直接的物件

提提你:不知道大家在英文科開始作文了嗎?很多時候考試的A級文章都不一定用上非常深奧的詞語,反而懂得使用簡單的動詞和前置詞作適當配搭,才能吸引老師。