Phrasal Verbs(片語) 9 - Going Out

今次是Janice 和 Pamela 兩個人在討論被男生約會的事情。這些經驗，筆者就沒有試過了，因為小弟是一名男人呢…

Janice : It’s a good job I was in when Alex phoned.
Pamela : Why?
Janice : He’s invited me out to dinner. He’s picking me up in fifteen minutes. What shall I Wear? Do you think I’ve got time to do my hair? Look, it’s ten past already.

Pamela : Well, slow down or you won’t be able to do anything.
Janice : Can you lend me a cigarette? I’ve run out. I must go and make up my eyes.
Pamela : Don’t panic so much. Make him wait. At this rate you’ll tire yourself out before he gets here.

Be in (!)- Janice was ín; she was at home.
Pick Up (N1 N2 P1) - Alex would go to home to pick her up and take her with him.
Slow Down (N1 N2 P1 !) - The opposite of speed up.
Tire out (N1 N2 P1) - You tire a person out. You can say 'I'm tired out,' at the end of a busy day.
Run out (!) - Left. Your have run out. (留意和Run out of 是不同的，可見Phrasal Verbs(片語) 5 - Running)
make up(N1 N2 P1 !)- You make your face up with cosmetics or make-up. You can also make (yourself) up.

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

P.S 對小弟來說，約會時不會太希望女生太花枝招展，重要是乾淨、整理和對自己的尊重。適當的化妝打扮可以是表達尊重的其中一種方法，但太過浮誇的話很有可能客怕男生 :)

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 8 - A Problem at the Airport

這個情況相信大家也不會想遇上，要麼突然有公共廣播系統讀你的名字出來，也不是甚麼好事…

When they arrived at the airport, they went straight to the desk, checked in and collected their boarding cards. Then, as they were buying a cup of coffee, the public address system called out Nigel’s name.
‘I wonder what they want,’ he said. ‘Can you look after the bags, Jill? I hope they get it sorted out before the plane takes off.’
He heard his name being called again.
‘Hold on,’ he said. ‘I'm coming.’

Check in ! - At the airport you go to the check-in desk to say you have arrived.
Call Out N1 N2 P1 - A public address system or a person calls out messages or
announcements.
look after N2 P2 - A babysitter looks after children.
sort out N1 N2 P1 - You sort out a problem which has to be solved.
hold on ! - This is usually used in conversation, when you want someone to wait e. g. ‘Tell him to hold on, I’m on my way.’
Take off -! 見On the plane

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

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 7 - Buying a Flat

講到買樓，也許不是人人買得起，卻是全民討論的問題…筆者暫時應該也買不到，不過在blog解說英文倒又可以，今日就看看一段講述買樓的對話…

‘So this will be your first home?’ asked the agent.
Jack said and Sylvia said ‘no’ at the same time. Jack explained. ‘We had been saving up to buy a house, but it all fell through because I lost my job.’
'1 see,’ said the agent. ‘Well, I can show you round some decent flats.’
’Good,' replied Sylvia. ’What’s the procedure?’
‘Every week we print a list of the flats we have for sale. Here's this week's. I want you to take it away and give it a good look over. And then let me know which ones you like.’
‘Do you want me to pay a deposit now?’ asked Jack.
‘Oh, don’t worry about that now. We'll get round to that sort of thing later.’

Save up N1 N2 P1 ! - If you wanted to buy a car, but did not have enough money, you would be able to afford it after after you had saved the money
fall through ! - Robert had planned to go to Turkey, but he was unable to go. His plans had fallen through.
show round N1 P1 - You show someone round a house, taking him from room to room.
take away N1 N2 P1 - In McDonald you either sit down to eat your food, or you take it away.
look over N1 N2 P1 P2 - You look over a room or a house if you want to inspect it before buying
get round to N2 P2 G - When he stopped delaying it, he would get round to applying for a job.

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

P.S 有些人指Year 1 時要申請公屋，到了畢業才有，那麼屆時就可以儲多些錢，做首期…你認同嗎？

For Crying It Loud後...我們是時候Cool it 了！

Cool 解作涼爽，或者形容事物 / 人很酷都可以。但其實叫人冷靜時，也可以用上Cool it一詞！

很明顯，在這裡cool是用做動詞。通常to cool it就是讓某樣東西涼一下。例如：剛出鍋的菜太燙，讓它先涼一下。但是作為俗語，to cool it的意思就是：冷靜一點兒，別發那麼大的火。

要是家裏兩個孩子在沒完沒了地吵吵鬧鬧，甚至打起來，在旁的父親就忍不住了。他可能會説：

You kids cool it and stop fighting right now! Not one single day goes by without fighting between the two of you. Can't you be more friendly to each other like Mike and Linda next door?

這位爸爸説：你們不許再打了，馬上給我停下來。沒有一天你們不打架的。你們能不能也像隔壁的Mike和Linda那樣友善點呢？

或者來個妻子發脾氣，老公勸說的例子吧。鄰居把她新買的汽車撞壞，她怒不可遏之時，於是當老公的對她説：

Cool it, honey! I've checked the car -- it's not as serious as you thought. Besides, their insurance company is going to pay for the repair.

這位丈夫説：“別發火，親愛的。我去檢查過那車了，情況並不像你想像的那麼嚴重。而且，他們的保險公司會負擔修理費的。

For crying out loud!!

Cry 解作哭泣或狂呼，相信不用多說。不過，Cry 也可組成不同的俗語，今天我們就和大家介紹Crying it Loud的用法：

For crying out loud ：是不耐煩地、或者是厭煩地表示驚訝。我們要舉的例子是一個怒氣沖衝的爸爸在跟他兒子説話：

例(1)：For crying out loud, son! When are you going to do what I've told you and clean up your room! I just looked in there again and it's so messy I had to look twice to make sure your bed was still there under all that junk.

爸爸説：啊呀，我的兒子呀！ 你到底何時才聽我說，把你的房間打掃乾淨！我剛才去看，你的房間真是亂成一團，連你的床都看不到，都給那些亂七八糟的東西給埋在下面了！

這些俗語或多或少反映不同地方的文化和常見現象：房間太臟、太亂、不打掃房間，是許多美國的青少年都存在的問題，也是他們和家長經常發生矛盾的一個起因。可能是由於美國是一個物質豐富的社會(過度借貸，買左先講？)，中産人士一般都不斷地買東西，因此每個人的衣服、用品越來越多。到了一定時間總得清理一下，送掉一些才能保持整潔。不過，十幾歲的孩子總是不太善於做這些事的。

再多看一個例子：

不只是香港，很多美國大學生都住在宿舍的二人或三人房間。但也有些同學會在校外合租一單位，每人一個臥室，但是客廳、廚房等合用。當然，每個人的性格和習慣都不同，因此矛盾是難免的。下面就是一個學生正準備去打網球，發現他的網球拍給他的同住的同學拿走了。他火冒三丈地説：

例句-2: For crying out loud! Jack took my tennis racket again. How many times have I told him I don't mind letting him use it, but he at least has to ask first in case I need it myself!

我的天呀！Jack又把我的網球拍拿走了。我己跟他説了無數次，我不是介意，但是他至少得問我一聲，萬一我自己要用怎麼辦？

未得別人同意就隨便拿人家東西用的壞習慣可不是美國特有的，筆者在大學就遇過不少內地生是這樣子了。雖然，大多數人都討厭這種沒有禮貌的行為。

我非你杯茶…也可盡情地喝吧??

今次不是聽歌學英文，但筆者還有印象，六年前在卡拉OK(當時還有加州紅)挑戰陳奕迅《浮誇》一曲，走音就不在話下，不過當中有句歌詞：「我非你杯茶…也可盡情地喝吧」，當年就不是很多同學都明白，只是在關注那音域有多闊…

另外，網絡名人腦魔二世曾公開追求紫妹，但遭紫妹斷言拒絕，更於某日對腦魔說：「你唔係我杯茶」。(這裡....是高登嗎？)

其實上述兩句均是來自英文當中：「You are not my cup of tea」，是用來拒絕追求者的。不過，翻譯到中文之後，有不少人除了用來拒絕追求者外，還於其他自己不感意慾嘗試的，都用上「這杯茶」。既然懂得在中文當中使用，那麼在日常英文溝通理論上也用得上吧，不過請記得這句話只在日常場合使用，官方場合的英文則不要用這句了！

除此之外，其實不少港式中文都受到英文影響，除了港式英文外，還有港式中文的！

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。

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 5 - Running

有試過馬拉松嗎？今次主角跑得不夠快，但他又不想放棄…

He was running as hard as he could, but he realised that he was not strong enough to be a good marathon runner. In the distance he could just make out the shapes of the leading runners, getting further ahead every minute. 'You'll have to speed up if you're going to catch them,’ he thought to himself. 'Just go on, just keep going.' With every pace he could feel himself running out of stamina; he could hardly see the leaders now, and he could no longer think of winning. But he would not give up without a fight.

這次文章中部分出現的片語：

• Make out(N1 N2 P1) - On a cloudy day it is difficult to make things out in the distance.
• Go on(! G)- We decided to go on in spite of the rain.
• Run out of(N2,P2) - You run out of strength, stamina, or ideas.
• Run out(!) - When you have no more idea, you have run out.
• Think of(P2,G) - The runner cannot think of winning
• Give up(!) - The runner will not give up, he will go on to the end.
• Speed up(N1,N2,P1,!) - You'll have to speed up if you're going to catch them.(另見On the Plane)

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

日後還有其他相關的網誌教學，請記得密切留意！

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 4 - Saturn and Mars

今回，我們來到星球大戰，當中又可看不同的Phrasal Verbs

By the end of the year 2941, the Martian inter-galactic starships had almost completely blockaded the industrial southern hemisphere of Saturn. Saturnine trade was in direct competition with Mars, and the Martian rulers had decided they would stand for it no longer. In despair, the Saturnine Council turned to the Plutonian Master for help, but help arrived in a very different form. A Venusian peaceship, returning from deep space after gathering lost nuclear missiles for safe burial on Earth, landed on the agricultural side of Saturn to stock up with fresh food. This was the breakthrough the Saturnines needed. They announced to the Martians that they were holding the weapons; the Martians called off the blockade and gave up trying to enforce their will over the Saturnines.

今次文章中出現的Phrasal Verbs ：

• stand for (N2,P2) - (Usually Negative) Referee in games will not stand for any illegal play.
• Turn to (N2,P2) - You turn to someone you want help from.
• Stock up with (N2,P2) - People stock up tih food if the shops are going to close for a few days
• Break through (N2,P2) - You break through a barrier of some kind. YOu can speak of a breakthrough e.g. the discovery of penicillin was a breakthrough in science.
• Call off (N1,N2,P1) - You call off an appointment, if you are unable to get to it and have to cancel it.
• Give up (N1,N2,P1,G) - You give up if you stop doing it.

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

一句多義 - Doing nothing is doing something?

生果報於2011年8月8日的報導，就美降評級後首個交易日的報導中，訪問了一名基金經理，他對於後市短期內應否入市中用上一句：「doing nothing is doing something」，而記者則譯作一動不如一靜。

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110808&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11866&art_id=15503198

筆者在網上看到原來不少投資者都有以這句作為投資其中一項大原則。Doing Nothing在他們眼中，大致上是解作持有現金而不購入其他投資產品。

如果單從投資角度來看，這句話的確可以解作一動不如一靜，事實上記者又一點也沒錯，畢竟那是一篇和經濟、投資有關的新聞報導。不過，在其他層面，這句說話同時又有其他意思。大家可以看看這篇關於禪學的文章：

http://zenhabits.net/the-art-of-doing-nothing/

(多閱讀是好事來的 :P)

這篇文章提及”Doing Nothing”的好處，可讓人放鬆心情，不再這麼緊張。意即有時候真的應該甚麼也不做，靜下來休息。文章內還詳細的講述如何可以放鬆得再好一點，當中包括呼吸技巧、坐在甚麼位置等…

在英文當中，不單是一個相同的字，就算是一句相同的句子，在不同地方也會存在不同的意思！

好了，我要去Doing Nothing了！:)

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 3 - Strike

Strike在這裡的意思是罷工或抗議，有時則解作打擊、敲撞的意思。到底罷工是好是壞？

'So I think we should go on strike and show the manager who is really important - the boss or the worker.'

'No, George, you're making a big mistake. It's much better to build up good relations with the managers, even if it does happen slowly.'

'Oh, I'm all for a happy atmosphere. Did I ever say I wasn't?’

'No, but we've got enough money to get by at the moment. I know you want more than the minimum, but you're asking for too much. These are hard times, and we've just got to put up with them."

'I agree that we've got enough money now; but what happens when prices go up again?

文章出現的片語：

• Build up(N1,N2,P1) - A weak man can build up his strength and become a boxer.
• Get by(!) - They may be poor, but they have enough money to get by.
• Get by on(N2,P2) - They can get by on what they have.
• Ask for(N2,P2) - You can ask for money, a drink, a chance or more time.
• Go up(!) - Prices or wages go up. In summer the temperature goes up.
• Be all for(N2,P2) - You are all for nuclear disarmament if you support the cause enthusiastically. (另見稍候撰寫的A Change of Management)
• Put up with(N2,P2) - If you can't get rid of a cold you have to put up with it.

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

日後還有其他相關的網誌教學，請記得密切留意！

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 2 - In The Morning

這一次，大家可以看看Jane和Sarah關於每早起床的對話，去學習一下Phrasal Verb…

Jane: You're not properly awake yet, are you?

Sarah: How do you know?

Jane: Well, look how you've made up your face. And you shirt is done up so that one side is higher than the other.

Sarah: Oh dear. I look awful.

Jane: I'd have a wash and start again, if I were you.

Sarah: It's terrible. I keep on oversleeping. I wake up late nearly everyday, and I have to get up in a hurry....

Jane: I know just what it's like. I never get enough time to myself in the mornings.

Sarah: Time! I don't have time to see to the children' s breakfast, let alone

worry about anything else.

文章中粗體的片語：

• Make up(N1,N2,P1,!) - You make your face up with cosmetics or make-up. You can also make (yourself) up.
• Keep on(G)- When you keep on talking you talk repeatedly.
• Wake up(N1,N2,P1,!) - An alarm clock wakes you up. When you hear it you wake up.
• Get up(N1,P1,!) - You get up in the morning. You get a baby up.
• See to(N2,P2) - When a job needs to be done you see to it.
• Do up(N1,N2,P1) - 見On the Plane

另外，大家也不妨留意Sarah 第一句："You're not properly awake yet, are you? "

其實Sarah這樣問己經假設Jane的確未訓醒，然後作出反問。句子前半你會使用否定式(not)，後半問題部分，你則使用一般問題方法而不會加上not。

如果Sarah假設Jane是訓醒的，則not會在後半，而非前半部分出現。

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

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 1 - On the Plane

相信大家對Phrasal Verb並不陌生，只是verb和preposition要如何配搭，有時的確令人投降，這一次Learnin'2pi 為大家分享一點關於Phrasal Verb…

In the aeroplane ]ames’s mother gave the boarding cards to the stewardess, who showed them to their seats. They sat down, and his mother showed him how to do up his seat belt.

’Sit still, and don't get up until I say you can,’ she said, lighting a cigarette.

’No smoking until we are in the air, please," said a stewardess.

'I'm sorry,’ answered ]ames’s mother. ‘I'll put it out.’

’Are we going to take off now, Mum?’ asked James, eager to be in the sky. ‘My favourite bit is when the plane speeds up and pushes you back into your seat.

很多時候同學也許都會願意花點時間去記不同的片語組合，不過如果只是盲目牢記，則恐怕事倍功半。所以，今次我們使用了一篇短文並挑選部分Phrasal Verb，去讓大家從文章中學習，從前文後理中推敲，加深對用法的了解。

今次文章中出現的Phrasal Verbs ：

• Show to 帶...到(N1,P1)- A stewardess(空中小姐) shows you to your seat.
• Do up 包裝好 / 佩戴好(N1,N2,P1)- You do your belt or your clothes up.
• Get up 站起來 / 起床(!)- You get up at the end of a lesson, a film or a meal.
• Put out 撲滅(N1,N2,P1)- You put out a cigarette, alight or a fire.
• Take off 起飛(!)- A plane or rocket takes off.
• Speed up 加速(N1,N2,P1,!)- A plane, a car or a person speeds up when it starts to move faster. You can also speed up a motor.

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

日後還有其他相關的網誌教學，請記得密切留意！