我告訴學(xué)生們我的結(jié)婚周年紀(jì)念日即將來(lái)臨，他們很快就給我提了一些建議，教我如何好好慶祝那個(gè)“大日子”。但后來(lái)我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己竟然把日期弄錯(cuò)了，所以只好向?qū)W生們道歉。
TEACHER'S
Dear students.
SORRY！ SORRY！ I have to say sorry not only to my wife but also to all you. What happened？ Let me tell you my painful story which took place this morning.
Early in the morning at about seven o'clock， I was working with my personal computer in the office. Nobody was around because no teachers would come back so early. Accidentally， I caught sight of the school caicndar（time- table） on the white board next to me. I was very disappointed to see that tomorrow after school I have to attend a school meeting. Seeing that nobody was around， I rang home and told the bad news to my wife， i.e.， I cannot leave early tomorrow to meet her for our wedding anniversary celebration. My wife had not yet left home for school（she is also an English teacher）。
Having heard what I said， she was very unhappy. She was very unhappy not because I cannot meet her early tomorrow. She was unhappy because I had got the date of our wedding anniversary wrong. "It has been only nine years since we got married and yet you have forgotten the date of our wedding anniversary. You have broken my heart！ Let me tell you—— we got married on the 16th of November， 1986. If you don't believe me， you can check the marriage certificate when you come home tonight."（Don't worry！ She sounded angry but she was not that angry actually. A good wife or a good mother is always like this.）
Now you understand why I have to say sorry to my wife and you. Some of you quickly gave me very good ideas about how to celelbrate my wedding anniversary but how I am telling you that it is not that urgent. Sorry！ But it is good in the sense that I have more time to prepare something "special". This time I really have to think about making something by hand myself though I am a bad hand at handicrafts. One of you gave me two nice tiny paper handicrafts（ one skirt for my wife and one worker garment for me）。 I was amazed at her skill. Yan Lun suggested that I should make 99 paper stars for my wife. Good idea！ But I don't even know how to make a paper star. Could anybody help me， please?。?But the Test Week is coming this Thursday. I had better not bother you.
May I wish all of you the best of luck in all tests！ See you later.
Dennis
not only…but also這種句型有以下不同用法：
● Not only my wife but also mychildren are ill.
● My children not only swim but alsorun in the morning.
● I not only love ice- cream but alsochocolate.
painful用來(lái)形容因某事而帶來(lái)的痛苦。留意正確用法：
● I'm painful. ×
● It is painful. √
● I'm in pain. √
雖然“沒(méi)有其他老師在”，但習(xí)慣上我們還是用復(fù)數(shù)teachers.
Accidentally是副詞，意思是“偶然間”；跟表示“意外”的accident無(wú)關(guān)。
留意不同用法：
●…was disappointed to see that.
●…was disappointed at the result.
●…was disappointed in（with） you.
●…was disappointed that you…
●…It is disappointing to see…
●…The result is disappointing.
●…you disappointed us.
It has been only nine years since…的意思是“從到現(xiàn)在僅僅九年的時(shí)間”
and yet＝ but
留意正確用法：
●…we got married on…√
●…we married on… √
●…I married her on… √
●…I got married with her on… √
●…I married with her on… ×
留意like的用法：
● She likes（動(dòng)詞解作“喜愛(ài)”） this.
● She is like（形容詞解作“好像'）this.
以下的表達(dá)方法都是對(duì)的：
●…as regards how to celebrate…
●…regarding how to celebrate…
●…regarding how I can celebrate…
●…as to how I can celebrate…
當(dāng)談及某事情的好壞時(shí)，不妨用：…in the sense that…，指明從那個(gè)角度看。
留意不同解釋?zhuān)?BR> ●a good hand=技術(shù)好的
●a bad／poor hand=技術(shù)差的
●an old hand=老手（經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的）
●a new hand=生手（缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)的）
留意“衣服”或“衣料”的正確用詞：
● a clothes ×
● a piece of clothes √
● a clothing ×
● an article of clothing √
● a garment √
這是因?yàn)閏lothes和clothing都是“集合名詞”（collective noun）。
留意正確用法：
… suggested that I make… √
… suggested that I should make… √
… suggested me to make… ×
I had better not bother you.的意思是“我還是不麻煩你們?yōu)楹谩薄?BR> LANGUAGE
Present participle
當(dāng)動(dòng)詞加上 + ing后，如果不是“動(dòng)名詞”（gerund），便是“現(xiàn)在分詞”（present participle）。我們會(huì)在不同的時(shí)態(tài)中使用現(xiàn)在分詞。請(qǐng)看以下例子。
EXAMPLE
1.I was working with my personal computer…
2.I have been working with my personal computer…
3.I will be working with my personal computer…
現(xiàn)在分詞有時(shí)候可以充當(dāng)形容詞。請(qǐng)參考以下例子：
EXAMPLE
1.It is an interesting story.
2.It is an exciting movie.
現(xiàn)在分詞也可將兩個(gè)句子合并為一句，使文章更加精練。但如果學(xué)生對(duì)這種用法并不熟練，還是不要使用，以免弄巧成拙。此外，在同一篇文章里，也不宜濫用這種形式，因?yàn)檫@會(huì)影響閱讀。請(qǐng)參考本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.Seeing that nobody was around， I rang home.
2.Having heard what I said， she was very unhappy.
總而言之， 如能在文章里適當(dāng)?shù)厥褂脙扇溥@種句子，可顯示自己的語(yǔ)言能力。不過(guò)，如果對(duì)自己的語(yǔ)言能力缺乏信心，在文章的主要內(nèi)容中，還是多用短語(yǔ)和連詞較為穩(wěn)妥。
EXAMPLE
1.I saw nobody was around. So， I rang home.
2.When she had heard what I said， she was very unhappy.
其實(shí)算起來(lái)，學(xué)生們與我分擔(dān)的不愉快遠(yuǎn)多于分享的快樂(lè)。因此，STS也算是一種思考問(wèn)題及處理問(wèn)題的訓(xùn)練。請(qǐng)用現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)改寫(xiě)下列畫(huà)線的句子。
Test Your Understanding
1.In the P. E. lessons today， we had to take an examination. We had to do a handstand and shoulder balance. Weeks ago when I was practising， I could do them. As the exam was coming nearer. I could not. I felt anxious. So， I prayed right before I took the exam. At last I made it.
2.The night before I took the Chinese History test， I worked hard to revise Chinese History. I had read the boring notes for about an hour. But then I unconsciously fell asleep. As a result， I failed.
3.Sir， I want to tell you something unhappy. When I was doing the Physics Paper， it seemed that I had forgotten everything. I felt very nervous. I could not think fast enough to complete all the questions. When I heard "time's up； pens down"， I knew I would fail.
TEACHER'S
Dear students.
SORRY！ SORRY！ I have to say sorry not only to my wife but also to all you. What happened？ Let me tell you my painful story which took place this morning.
Early in the morning at about seven o'clock， I was working with my personal computer in the office. Nobody was around because no teachers would come back so early. Accidentally， I caught sight of the school caicndar（time- table） on the white board next to me. I was very disappointed to see that tomorrow after school I have to attend a school meeting. Seeing that nobody was around， I rang home and told the bad news to my wife， i.e.， I cannot leave early tomorrow to meet her for our wedding anniversary celebration. My wife had not yet left home for school（she is also an English teacher）。
Having heard what I said， she was very unhappy. She was very unhappy not because I cannot meet her early tomorrow. She was unhappy because I had got the date of our wedding anniversary wrong. "It has been only nine years since we got married and yet you have forgotten the date of our wedding anniversary. You have broken my heart！ Let me tell you—— we got married on the 16th of November， 1986. If you don't believe me， you can check the marriage certificate when you come home tonight."（Don't worry！ She sounded angry but she was not that angry actually. A good wife or a good mother is always like this.）
Now you understand why I have to say sorry to my wife and you. Some of you quickly gave me very good ideas about how to celelbrate my wedding anniversary but how I am telling you that it is not that urgent. Sorry！ But it is good in the sense that I have more time to prepare something "special". This time I really have to think about making something by hand myself though I am a bad hand at handicrafts. One of you gave me two nice tiny paper handicrafts（ one skirt for my wife and one worker garment for me）。 I was amazed at her skill. Yan Lun suggested that I should make 99 paper stars for my wife. Good idea！ But I don't even know how to make a paper star. Could anybody help me， please?。?But the Test Week is coming this Thursday. I had better not bother you.
May I wish all of you the best of luck in all tests！ See you later.
Dennis
not only…but also這種句型有以下不同用法：
● Not only my wife but also mychildren are ill.
● My children not only swim but alsorun in the morning.
● I not only love ice- cream but alsochocolate.
painful用來(lái)形容因某事而帶來(lái)的痛苦。留意正確用法：
● I'm painful. ×
● It is painful. √
● I'm in pain. √
雖然“沒(méi)有其他老師在”，但習(xí)慣上我們還是用復(fù)數(shù)teachers.
Accidentally是副詞，意思是“偶然間”；跟表示“意外”的accident無(wú)關(guān)。
留意不同用法：
●…was disappointed to see that.
●…was disappointed at the result.
●…was disappointed in（with） you.
●…was disappointed that you…
●…It is disappointing to see…
●…The result is disappointing.
●…you disappointed us.
It has been only nine years since…的意思是“從到現(xiàn)在僅僅九年的時(shí)間”
and yet＝ but
留意正確用法：
●…we got married on…√
●…we married on… √
●…I married her on… √
●…I got married with her on… √
●…I married with her on… ×
留意like的用法：
● She likes（動(dòng)詞解作“喜愛(ài)”） this.
● She is like（形容詞解作“好像'）this.
以下的表達(dá)方法都是對(duì)的：
●…as regards how to celebrate…
●…regarding how to celebrate…
●…regarding how I can celebrate…
●…as to how I can celebrate…
當(dāng)談及某事情的好壞時(shí)，不妨用：…in the sense that…，指明從那個(gè)角度看。
留意不同解釋?zhuān)?BR> ●a good hand=技術(shù)好的
●a bad／poor hand=技術(shù)差的
●an old hand=老手（經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的）
●a new hand=生手（缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)的）
留意“衣服”或“衣料”的正確用詞：
● a clothes ×
● a piece of clothes √
● a clothing ×
● an article of clothing √
● a garment √
這是因?yàn)閏lothes和clothing都是“集合名詞”（collective noun）。
留意正確用法：
… suggested that I make… √
… suggested that I should make… √
… suggested me to make… ×
I had better not bother you.的意思是“我還是不麻煩你們?yōu)楹谩薄?BR> LANGUAGE
Present participle
當(dāng)動(dòng)詞加上 + ing后，如果不是“動(dòng)名詞”（gerund），便是“現(xiàn)在分詞”（present participle）。我們會(huì)在不同的時(shí)態(tài)中使用現(xiàn)在分詞。請(qǐng)看以下例子。
EXAMPLE
1.I was working with my personal computer…
2.I have been working with my personal computer…
3.I will be working with my personal computer…
現(xiàn)在分詞有時(shí)候可以充當(dāng)形容詞。請(qǐng)參考以下例子：
EXAMPLE
1.It is an interesting story.
2.It is an exciting movie.
現(xiàn)在分詞也可將兩個(gè)句子合并為一句，使文章更加精練。但如果學(xué)生對(duì)這種用法并不熟練，還是不要使用，以免弄巧成拙。此外，在同一篇文章里，也不宜濫用這種形式，因?yàn)檫@會(huì)影響閱讀。請(qǐng)參考本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1.Seeing that nobody was around， I rang home.
2.Having heard what I said， she was very unhappy.
總而言之， 如能在文章里適當(dāng)?shù)厥褂脙扇溥@種句子，可顯示自己的語(yǔ)言能力。不過(guò)，如果對(duì)自己的語(yǔ)言能力缺乏信心，在文章的主要內(nèi)容中，還是多用短語(yǔ)和連詞較為穩(wěn)妥。
EXAMPLE
1.I saw nobody was around. So， I rang home.
2.When she had heard what I said， she was very unhappy.
其實(shí)算起來(lái)，學(xué)生們與我分擔(dān)的不愉快遠(yuǎn)多于分享的快樂(lè)。因此，STS也算是一種思考問(wèn)題及處理問(wèn)題的訓(xùn)練。請(qǐng)用現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)改寫(xiě)下列畫(huà)線的句子。
Test Your Understanding
1.In the P. E. lessons today， we had to take an examination. We had to do a handstand and shoulder balance. Weeks ago when I was practising， I could do them. As the exam was coming nearer. I could not. I felt anxious. So， I prayed right before I took the exam. At last I made it.
2.The night before I took the Chinese History test， I worked hard to revise Chinese History. I had read the boring notes for about an hour. But then I unconsciously fell asleep. As a result， I failed.
3.Sir， I want to tell you something unhappy. When I was doing the Physics Paper， it seemed that I had forgotten everything. I felt very nervous. I could not think fast enough to complete all the questions. When I heard "time's up； pens down"， I knew I would fail.