Thursday, February 13, 2014

to


"By 2050, the proportion of children under 15 is predicted to drop in both countries, most noticeably in Yemen where the figure is expected to fall by 13.1%."

類似的問題我常發生,不知道是不是文法上能補強那一塊,這句話我雖然看得懂,但我自己卻寫不出來,每次看到那個"to"就覺得很卡....

如果是我寫,會變成
"By 2050, the proportion of children under 15 is predicted dropping in both countries, most noticeably in Yemen where the figure is expected to fall by 13.1%."

"By 2050, the proportion of children under 15 is predicted that proporition of both countries will drop , most noticeably in Yemen where the figure is expected to fall by 13.1%."

另外一個例子
"Excited moms are eager to have their children come home"
可以寫成像這樣嗎?
"Excited moms are eager about their children coming home"
or
"Excited moms are eager that their children have come home"

falling into

"The pie charts compare the proportions of people falling into three distinct age groups in Yemen and Italy in two different years."

原文:http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2014/01/ielts-writing-task-1-pie-charts-1.html

這段話我看得出來意思是
"這張圖用來比較葉門和義大利在三種年紀區間的人口比例"

但我可能會寫成

"The pie charts compare the proportions of people in three distinct age groups in Yemen and Italy in two different years."

其實我看不太懂得是" falling into"的用法,有沒有其他和這邊類似的用法?

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

car safty

1. you had to tell someone when you were due to get to a particular destination. 
大概理解的意思是 "必須告知你認識的人,你打算去的地方"

但不懂"due to"在這的意思,可以把due to拿掉寫成
"you had to tell someone when you were get to a particular destination."

2."it s much safer to get keys out well in advance as you go towards your car"
這句就真的看不懂

原文:

Let’s have a look at the figures here. Well, first of all, it was quite striking that there were often distinct answers from the men and women. It was mainly women, for example, who said one shouldn’t ever stop to find out how to get somewhere. Whereas it was men who said you should try to avoid looking directly at other drivers. Both men and... oh sorry no... it was women who said you had to tell someone when you were due to get to a particular destination. Then, I had thought that it would be mainly men, but both sexes made the point that it s much safer to get keys out well in advance as you go towards your car. Men were very aware that muggers or whatever might be concealed behind the car. They also made the point that you should leave plenty of room when you park your car so you can make a quick getaway if you need to. Finally, locking doors at all times... men didn’t think it was quite as important as women, but both gave it a high safety rating.