由于身體不適和其他壓力，我在課堂上總是愁眉不展，有學(xué)生通過STSs來問候我，這使我感到安慰。
TEACHER'S
Dear students，
I would like to thank some of you who asked me why I looked so unhappy the other day. Well， there might be many reasons. First， I was not feeling well that day. I mean I was sick. Second， I saw that a few of you were very unhappy or uncomfortable because of the noises. As you were unhappy， I was then very unhappy. There might be some other reasons I don't know. To be honest， I don't really know everything about myself.
Ivy Hung in 4D said something verytrue——sometimes we know our feeling is not good but we cannot control it. People always say， “Don't worry！”； “Don't be afraid！”； “Don't be shy！”； “Don't be so unhappy！”； … but many a time we just cannot control our feelings though we know they are not good for us or for others. My method is： try to forget them and they will soon disappear.
Margaret， my teacher， just called me up and said that she had just come back from her amah's funeral and she thought she would be unable to see me tomorrow. I guess she is still feeling sad and weak because of her amah's death. Poor Margaret！ I hope she can recover soon.
This week， like you， I will be very busy because I have to complete a very difficult assignment which has to be turned in to another C.U. （Chinese University） teacher early next week. Let's work harder together. You work harder to prepare for the Test Week while I work harder to complete my challenging assignment. I am feeling very sleepy now. I think I cannot go on any longer. I had better stop here. Before I go to bed， I would like to say a few words：
Do something to prepare for the Test Week，
but you should take a rest whenever you are feeling weak.
No matter what you do， you just try your best.
When you have done that， don't worry about the rest.
Dennis
用would like并非過去式，這要比用I want to…更客套。
the other day近似recently，解作“日前”。
這里用might而不用may，是強(qiáng)調(diào)作者自己也不能確定。
如擔(dān)心別人誤解自己的意思，可用I mean…來加以補(bǔ)充。
留意不同解釋：
●sound =任何聲音
●voice =人的嗓音/嗓子
●noise =任何雜音
some在很多時(shí)候都可以省略。
原句應(yīng)是：…reasons（that） I don't know.但往往省略了that.
這里用emotions（解作“情緒”）較貼切，因有些學(xué)生不明白此單詞，故寫作feeling.
many a time =many times
復(fù)數(shù)feelings解作“感情”。
will soon disappear可用will soon begone來代替。
thought可解作“誤以為”，所以這里用believed比用thought恰當(dāng)。
would be unable to see可簡單地寫作could not see.
because跟because of用法不同，
because of之后要用名詞。
試比較：
●…because of her amah's death.（名詞）
●…because her amah died.（動(dòng)詞）
此處的recover相等于get well.
turned in可用handed in代替。
留意不同解釋：
●another teacher =另外一位老師
●other teachers =其他（多位）老師
sleepy也可寫作drowsy.
go on =continue
a few words的意思是“幾句話”，而不是“幾個(gè)字”。
feeling weak的意思是“狀態(tài)不佳”。
此處的the rest字面解釋是“其余的事情”，其含義是“結(jié)果或成績”。
LANGUAGE
Past form for present event
學(xué)生們別以為只有在描寫過去了的事情時(shí)，動(dòng)詞才可使用“過去式”（past form）。事實(shí)上，在一些使用過去式的句子中，其內(nèi)容明顯是屬于現(xiàn)在的。發(fā)生這種情況是因?yàn)橐韵乱蛩兀?BR> Ⅰ。使用過去式可以是一種婉轉(zhuǎn)客套的表達(dá)方式。請看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.I would like to thank some of you…
2.Before I go to bed， I would like to say a few words.
Ⅱ。有時(shí)候，使用過去式來表示筆者也不太有把握。請看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.Well， there might be many reasons.
2.There might be other reasons I don't know.
Ⅲ。有時(shí)候，使用過去式完全是一種慣用法，跟“過去”絕無關(guān)系。請看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.I was wondering if you can help me.
2.I had better stop here！
我作為班主任的4C班里的學(xué)生雖然比較頑皮，但他們對(duì)我的教導(dǎo)頗有“積極的”反應(yīng)。他們不時(shí)會(huì)想出一些好的主意，或跟我分享他們所喜愛的事物等。以下是學(xué)生們的STSs，其中有些過去式的動(dòng)詞卻是描述現(xiàn)在或?qū)淼氖虑?。請找出那些?dòng)詞。
Test Your Understanding
1. Last Sunday from 22：00 to 23：00 there was a TV episode Homeless Girl on ATV. Have you watched that？ The girl in the movie leads a miserable life. Ever since she was born， nothing good has happened to her. Heaven is unfair to her. Do you want to watch that？ I have got a copy. Tomorrow is Halloween. Watch out！ You might get scared.
2. I was very happy this morning because 4C had won the bulletin-board design competition. Did you see that I am very happy this morning？ Yesterday I did my letter box till 11：00 p.m. but this morning I found that I was the only one who had done that. I feel unhappy. I was wondering why they are so lazy.
3. The Test Week is coming and I am afraid because I totally don't understand ch. 3 （of the maths textbook）。 Besides， I don't know how to answer the questions so as to score higher marks. You always say， “Take it easy！” But it is not an easy job. If luck was on my side， I might pass the test.
4. Let me tell you a strange dream. One night I had a dream in which one of our classmates asked you about a maths problem. It seemed that you explained the problem to us pretty well. But you are our English teacher！ I cannot understand why I had such a dream. Could you try to explain to me why I had such a dream？
TEACHER'S
Dear students，
I would like to thank some of you who asked me why I looked so unhappy the other day. Well， there might be many reasons. First， I was not feeling well that day. I mean I was sick. Second， I saw that a few of you were very unhappy or uncomfortable because of the noises. As you were unhappy， I was then very unhappy. There might be some other reasons I don't know. To be honest， I don't really know everything about myself.
Ivy Hung in 4D said something verytrue——sometimes we know our feeling is not good but we cannot control it. People always say， “Don't worry！”； “Don't be afraid！”； “Don't be shy！”； “Don't be so unhappy！”； … but many a time we just cannot control our feelings though we know they are not good for us or for others. My method is： try to forget them and they will soon disappear.
Margaret， my teacher， just called me up and said that she had just come back from her amah's funeral and she thought she would be unable to see me tomorrow. I guess she is still feeling sad and weak because of her amah's death. Poor Margaret！ I hope she can recover soon.
This week， like you， I will be very busy because I have to complete a very difficult assignment which has to be turned in to another C.U. （Chinese University） teacher early next week. Let's work harder together. You work harder to prepare for the Test Week while I work harder to complete my challenging assignment. I am feeling very sleepy now. I think I cannot go on any longer. I had better stop here. Before I go to bed， I would like to say a few words：
Do something to prepare for the Test Week，
but you should take a rest whenever you are feeling weak.
No matter what you do， you just try your best.
When you have done that， don't worry about the rest.
Dennis
用would like并非過去式，這要比用I want to…更客套。
the other day近似recently，解作“日前”。
這里用might而不用may，是強(qiáng)調(diào)作者自己也不能確定。
如擔(dān)心別人誤解自己的意思，可用I mean…來加以補(bǔ)充。
留意不同解釋：
●sound =任何聲音
●voice =人的嗓音/嗓子
●noise =任何雜音
some在很多時(shí)候都可以省略。
原句應(yīng)是：…reasons（that） I don't know.但往往省略了that.
這里用emotions（解作“情緒”）較貼切，因有些學(xué)生不明白此單詞，故寫作feeling.
many a time =many times
復(fù)數(shù)feelings解作“感情”。
will soon disappear可用will soon begone來代替。
thought可解作“誤以為”，所以這里用believed比用thought恰當(dāng)。
would be unable to see可簡單地寫作could not see.
because跟because of用法不同，
because of之后要用名詞。
試比較：
●…because of her amah's death.（名詞）
●…because her amah died.（動(dòng)詞）
此處的recover相等于get well.
turned in可用handed in代替。
留意不同解釋：
●another teacher =另外一位老師
●other teachers =其他（多位）老師
sleepy也可寫作drowsy.
go on =continue
a few words的意思是“幾句話”，而不是“幾個(gè)字”。
feeling weak的意思是“狀態(tài)不佳”。
此處的the rest字面解釋是“其余的事情”，其含義是“結(jié)果或成績”。
LANGUAGE
Past form for present event
學(xué)生們別以為只有在描寫過去了的事情時(shí)，動(dòng)詞才可使用“過去式”（past form）。事實(shí)上，在一些使用過去式的句子中，其內(nèi)容明顯是屬于現(xiàn)在的。發(fā)生這種情況是因?yàn)橐韵乱蛩兀?BR> Ⅰ。使用過去式可以是一種婉轉(zhuǎn)客套的表達(dá)方式。請看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.I would like to thank some of you…
2.Before I go to bed， I would like to say a few words.
Ⅱ。有時(shí)候，使用過去式來表示筆者也不太有把握。請看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.Well， there might be many reasons.
2.There might be other reasons I don't know.
Ⅲ。有時(shí)候，使用過去式完全是一種慣用法，跟“過去”絕無關(guān)系。請看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.I was wondering if you can help me.
2.I had better stop here！
我作為班主任的4C班里的學(xué)生雖然比較頑皮，但他們對(duì)我的教導(dǎo)頗有“積極的”反應(yīng)。他們不時(shí)會(huì)想出一些好的主意，或跟我分享他們所喜愛的事物等。以下是學(xué)生們的STSs，其中有些過去式的動(dòng)詞卻是描述現(xiàn)在或?qū)淼氖虑?。請找出那些?dòng)詞。
Test Your Understanding
1. Last Sunday from 22：00 to 23：00 there was a TV episode Homeless Girl on ATV. Have you watched that？ The girl in the movie leads a miserable life. Ever since she was born， nothing good has happened to her. Heaven is unfair to her. Do you want to watch that？ I have got a copy. Tomorrow is Halloween. Watch out！ You might get scared.
2. I was very happy this morning because 4C had won the bulletin-board design competition. Did you see that I am very happy this morning？ Yesterday I did my letter box till 11：00 p.m. but this morning I found that I was the only one who had done that. I feel unhappy. I was wondering why they are so lazy.
3. The Test Week is coming and I am afraid because I totally don't understand ch. 3 （of the maths textbook）。 Besides， I don't know how to answer the questions so as to score higher marks. You always say， “Take it easy！” But it is not an easy job. If luck was on my side， I might pass the test.
4. Let me tell you a strange dream. One night I had a dream in which one of our classmates asked you about a maths problem. It seemed that you explained the problem to us pretty well. But you are our English teacher！ I cannot understand why I had such a dream. Could you try to explain to me why I had such a dream？