underdevelopment V.S. "under development"

專案正在開發,用"under development"
"Is this project still under development?"


發展不充分,發育不良 用 "underdevelopment"
"underdevelopment right arm" 發育不全的右手

遇到

本來想講

"上次來時,剛好遇到獨立紀念日"

我很直覺得用中文式思考,講出了

"Last time we were here, we meet the independence day"

雖然對方聽得懂我在講什麼,但總覺得怪怪的

1.用"were"能否表現出"一段時間"的涵意?因為上次來也不是只來一下,而是可能1星期或一個月

2."meet"我上網查了,很像沒人把他拿來遇到xxx節日

巴士會停那?

前幾天和菲律賓同事討論觀光行程,我原先想問的問題是

"我們從Lipa City這邊出發搭的巴士到Manila後會停在Manila的什麼地方?"

這句話我卡了很久,一直講不太出來

偏偏我們抵達馬尼拉停的車站和從馬尼拉離開回Lipa city的車站是不一樣的,有點像台北有多個轉運站一樣.所以直接講"where is the bus station in Manila." 也讓人無法立即搞懂我到底在問哪個車站.

雖然比手畫腳外加畫圖,他終究搞懂我要問的東西,不過回家後我還是重新想了一下要怎麼問.

1. "Which location the bus from Lipa that we will take will stop at?"
2."Where is the bus station that the Bus from Lipa we take in Manila?"

但這兩句話自己怎麼看怎麼怪....@@
有人有其他建議嗎?

Certain names have become synonymous with mystery,and Amelia Earhart is a prime example

"Certain names have become synonymous with mystery,and Amelia Earhart is a prime example. Her goal of flying around the globe at the equator held the world’s attention, but her disappearance intrigued it even more."

對這段話目前的理解:
"某些名字已成為了神秘事件的代名詞,Amelia Earhart就是一個最出名的例子. 她駕機機延著赤道繞地球一圈的行動吸引了大家的目光,但她的失蹤夠確更加讓人注目."

原句中快結尾的"it"是什麼東西的代名詞?

原文:空中英語教室2015 April


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根據友人的指導,這個"it"因該是指"Her goal of flying around the globe at the equator". 不過我還是有點疑問,因為我覺得"intrigued"在這邊是動詞,而"it"在這邊為何不是動詞的受詞,
例如 "Fairy - tales intrigue most children . 大多數孩子都十分喜愛神話故事"

most children接在intrigue之後


如果這句話把"it"拿掉請我填空,我可能會寫成這樣

"Certain names have become synonymous with mystery,and Amelia Earhart is a prime example. Her goal of flying around the globe at the equator held the world’s attention, but her disappearance intrigued people even more."

Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations

"A result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations is likely to be a reduction of 36 per cent in the average levels of farm subsidies paid by the rich countries in 1986-1990."

A result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations: 世界貿易談判烏拉圭回合
 is likely to be:可能導致

所以先這樣看
"A result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations is likely to be a reduction of 36 per cent in the average levels of farm subsidies."

"世貿談判烏拉圭回合可能導致平均36%的農業補貼下降"

而最後的" paid by the rich countries in 1986-1990"則是用來形容這個降低36%後的補貼是1986~1990年間先進國家的補貼水準嗎?


原文 IELTS 3  https://www.ielts.org/pdf/115016_Academic_Reading_sample_task_-_Matching_headings__2_.pdf

When it comes to blessing others, some people make lofty plans that end up going nowhere.

When it comes to blessing others, some people make lofty plans that end up going nowhere.


第一次看到這句話時,其實看不太懂.

When it comes to something: 當提到某事時

end up going nowhere: 沒有付諸行動

所以這句話或許可以解釋成
"當提到blessing others, 有些人無法將高尚的計劃計畫付諸行動"


Studio Clas sRoom April 2015

"be to blame for" 跟 "blame for"

"be to blame for" 跟 "blame for"

1.be to blame for
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=be+to+blame+for+sth
be to blame for [be responsible for sth]

"Are Louis Van Gall's tactics to blame for Man United's scoring struggles?"  
曼聯的進球荒是否是因為Gall's的策略所導致的?

2.blame for
"Please don't blame Jill for it"
那件事別責怪Jill

問題:
2 "blame for"沒太大的問題, 大概就是 S+V+O, "A責怪B+for 什麼事"
1"be to blame for"就有點疑問了,
如果是我寫一樣的句子,我會寫成
"Are LVG's blamed for ManUni scoring struggles?"
我無法理解那個"to"怎麼來?是放了那個"to"後就有被動的意思了嗎?是否文法上有些單元可以協助解釋?