No shares shall be issued to bearer 應如何翻譯？
No shares shall be issued to bearer 的意思不是「不應向持有人發行股份」。 (閱讀全文)
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《招職》介紹英語求知屋
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View Article辯才無礙－美國前總統列根
Ronald Reagan回答記者提問時，將他的機智撐到最大極限：1. 記者提出A論題，Reagan完全不落圈套，開口提出「負A」論題。（從相反的觀點看問題！）2. 最超炫的是，Reagan用一張冷面將他的論題說得很幽默。3. 連消帶打，用一種「弱點應歸於我對手」的方式作結。(閱讀全文)
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老師的權威？
We need to stop asking whether or not a student is smart. What we need to ask is what the student is smart at.Marva Collins once wrote, "I have discovered few learning disabled students in my three...
View ArticleSubscribe to 和 agree to 的分別
Marva Collins ran the school for more than 30 years until it closed in 2008 due to lack of sufficient enrollment and funding. The school released a statement: “We are closing our school . . . because...
View Article說「多」的三種方法
說「多」，可以用1. permeate（彌漫）；2. be peppered with（遍佈；這裡一些那裡一點）；和3. a plethora of（數目龐大的；過多的）。 (閱讀全文)
View ArticleFirm、business、company、partnership及member、shareholder的分別
《陽光姊妹淘》的娜美二十五年後重遇她當日的夢中情人。二十五年前某天，她拿着她暗地裡將他畫下的畫像，想向他表白，卻就在那一刻發現他和她的好友相戀。重遇的今天，對方已認不出她，對方的樣子（在以下第四個YouTube clip 1.44）也和她二十五年來緬懷的樣子不一樣了。她將二十五年前偷畫他的畫像親手交給他，然後離開。 第一部分 A firm（（（合伙）商號；商行；專業服務機構））means a...
View Article人民力量壯麗的議會拉布戰
Lawmakers Raymond Wong, Albert Chan and “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung are staging a filibuster for and on behalf of Hongkongers to block the egregious （極壞的）and unconstitutional （不合憲的）by-election bill,...
View Article轉載：拉布十問
鄭家富議員所說的泛民拉布，其實只有黃毓民、陳偉業和梁國雄三人在苦苦支撐。民主黨、公民黨、工黨各議員，請盡快加入拉布，請你們緊記，你們是人民選出來的代表。5月13日，鄭家富議員決定加入拉布。5月16日，工黨李卓人議員和何秀蘭議員加入。5月17日午夜，公民黨吳靄儀議員加入。在這一場香港開天闢地以來從未有過的議會抗爭，立法會泛民第一大黨民主黨除了杯葛會議和偶爾對拉布指指點點外，沒有做任何其他事情。...
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普通法和歐洲大陸法的寫法差別
香港奉行的是英、美和英聯邦國家的普通法(Common Law)／案例法(Case Law)。在這些國家當然也有statutes，香港的statutes是Laws of Hong Kong，英國的statutes是 Acts of Parliament，但這些statutes的寫法和歐洲的大陸法 (Civil Law)頗有分別。 (閱讀全文)
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To substitute A for B、A to substitute for B 、A is substituted with/by B、A is...
To substitute A for B，當然是「用A替B」。所以，這句沒有問題。 The recipe says you can substitute jam for butter.（菜單說，你可以用jam取代butter。） (閱讀全文)
View Article要你想想的一條理解題
請問，這句怎解：With the exception of the senior forms, the rule applies only to boy-students.1. The rule applies only to boy-students, and does not apply to the senior forms. 2. The rule...
View Article從2012的指涉題看應試技巧的靈活和周全發揮
Different types of referent questions are frequently encountered in the DSE Exam. It takes flexibility and comprehensive thinking rather than simply using “skills” to tackle them....
View Article作文技巧（拆解2012作文題Q7－常識、英語能力、文技）
以下是2012 DSE English Language Paper 2 Part B Question 7: You are an intern at Hong Kong Correctional Services. The government has launched a campaign called Second Chance to encourage employers to...
View Article動名詞片語（gerund phrase）和現在分詞片語（present participial phrase）的分別，兼談過去分詞片語（past...
Both the gerund and the present participle end with the "-ing" form. There is only a slight difference in some sentences between a participial phrase and a gerund phrase. The difference is emphasis....
View Article一分鐘英語，一分鐘個人回應 (One-minute English, one-minute individual response)
In Part B “Individual Response” of Paper 4, the examiner will ask you one or more questions. You will have up to 1 minute to respond. This post deals with some points on expressing yourself and...
View Article改善英語發音、聆聽能力，旁及普通話（Maximize learning by getting your computer talking to you）
本文很短，但有用，介紹改善英語、普通話發音和聽力的方法。 (閱讀全文)
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