She married a Japanese （她嫁给一位日本人）

某位同学带了一盒录像带给我，是一部日本电视片，剧情相当感人。这令我想起一位跟日本人结婚后移民到日本的女同事，我在STS中向学生们讲述了他们浪漫而纯洁的爱情故事。

　　TEACHER'S

　　Dear students，

　　About the problem of donating three hundred dollars so as to gain permission to come back to school in casual wear， I am glad that most of us share the same point of view. Perhaps we should just pass a donation bag around. We just put into it one after another the amount of money we want to donate. No matter what the total is， we will not change the amount of money for donation. As regards coming back to school in school uniform or casual wear， it is up to you yourself. if you think that it is embarrassing for you to come back in school uniform when everybody is wearing casual wear， I suggest you put on casual wear then. But if you think it is "no big deal"， maybe you should come back in school uniform to show that you donate money for the sake of donating money only.

　　Alison lent me a Japanese TV serial called Homeless Girl. I watched that last Sunday afternoon when my son was sleeping and my wife had taken my daughter to the piano class. Many unhappy things happened to that homeless girl. Honestly， I feel that many Japanese movies are well-made. They can really touch people's heart. Very often tears roll down my face when I watch them. This Japanese TV serial also reminded me of one of the teachers who taught in our school five to six years ago， Miss Lam. She married a Japanese and went over to Japan after leaving us. She had met her husband in a tour to India. After that， she had come back to Hong Kong and he went back to Japan. They then started writing letters to each other almost every day. They had been doing it for three years non-stop before they got married. That means they had written over a thousand letters each. Incredible！ Perhaps some Japanese are really charming and attractive. But the amazing thing is-they built up their "love for each other" only through written words. No physical touch， no sex， but only the exchange of thoughts and feelings. Wonderful and romantic！

　　Carmen in 4D suggested that we have a party for all our STS family members in which we can enjoy ourselves and talk. I think it is a great idea and I suggest we have it around Christmas time. It you have any further suggestions on this， tell me.

　　Dennis

　　这里的About可以用Regarding、Concerning或 As regards来代替。

　　share在此处并非解作“分享”，而是解作“与（学生们）有共同的看法”。

　　points of view 的同义词包括：views、opinions、view points及stand points.

　　这里的what用how much代替也可。

　　不能写作 the number of money，因为money是不可数名词。

　　学生们要努力学习这种常用句型：

　　● It is difficult for us to…

　　● It is easy for me to…

　　● It is fun for them to…

　　这里then的意思相等于：

　　●in that case

　　●in that situation

　　●in that circumstance

　　no big deal是英语会话中的“俗语”，意思是“没什么大不了！”

　　此句中的for the sake of用来表明做某事的真正目的。

　　不少学生都混淆了lend和borrow的用法。留意两者的不同之处：

　　● borrow…from…=向……借……

　　● lend… to…=借……给……

　　serial解作“连续剧”。

　　called可用titled或entitled代替；但感觉上比较严肃。

　　留意同一类别的形容词：

　　● hand-made =人工造的

　　●Chinese-made =中国造的

　　●specially-made =特制的

　　留意正确用法：

　　● This reminded me of… √

　　● I reminded me of… ×

　　● I reminded myself of… √

　　● You reminded yourself of… √

　　用after leaving比用 after she left us更流畅。

　　留意正确用法：

　　● After that（this）， she… √

　　● Thereafter， she… √

　　● Afterward（s）， she… √

　　● After， she… ×

　　用started writng或started to write都可以。

　　这里不能用everyday，因这是形容词；而 every day则是词组。

　　这里用 had done也可以，但用 had been doing是强调一直没有停止写信直至结婚为止。

　　non-stop是副词，意思是“不停地”；用continuously也可以，但用non-stop效果较佳。

　　Incredible的同义词有：Amazing、Unbelievable及Wonderful.

　　留意不同用法：

　　●many thoughts（可数名词）=很多想法

　　●give it little thought（不可数名词）=很少思考这事情

　　留意不同解释：

　　● at Christmas =在圣诞节那天

　　● on Christmas Eve =在圣诞节前夕

　　● during the Christmas holidays =在圣诞节假期期间

　　● around Christmas time =在圣诞节或圣诞节前后的日子

　　LANGUAGE

　　Order of ideas

　　一个句子通常包含几个意念（ideas），从语法和句子结构的角度上看，编排意念的次序（order of ideas）不算是最重要。不过，从传意技巧的角度上看，意念的先后次序若编排不当，传意效果便会大打折扣。意念次序的编排并没有一定的规则。最简单的方法是通过默读意念次序不同的句子（sentences of different idea orders），感受一下哪些句子的效果较佳，然后作出选择。但是要牢记：没有语法错误的文章不一定是好文章；能达到传意效果（从说服力、讽刺、幽默、刺激等方面评价）的文章才能得高分。请看以下例子，左、右栏中的句子意思相同，只是意念次序的编排有差异，但传意效果则大大不同。

　　EXAMPLE

　　在4C班里有些同学不听从老师的劝告，总是在课堂上喧哗。有一天我终于严厉地教训了他们一顿，后来有不少同学在STSs中安慰我。以下画上横线的句子的意念次序不太恰当，请在右栏上予以调整。

　　Test Your Understanding

　　1.I think Carmen's suggestion of holding an STS party is a good idea. But in my class and her class， all together there are eighty STS family members. Where can we have our party？ I suggest holding the party either in the canteen or the Geography room. What do you think？

　　2.During the Chinese History lessons， our classmates make so much noise that the teacher has to stop the lesson. They are wrong， I know. I understand why you（as the class teacher） got so angry that day. Maybe some of them wanted to change and they valued what you said.

　　3.Sir， I saw many students write many things on their STSs. like Linda and John. I also wanted to do so. But I do not have many things to say. Sir， did you see my letter box？ Do you really feel my letter box is beautiful？

　　4.I watched the TV serial Homeless Girl last year. Many unhappy things happened to that poor girl. It is a good TV serial. I agree with what you said——“Some Japanese TV serials can really touch people's hearts”。 My elder brother and I both very much like to watch Japanese serials.