Notice

全校正举行布告板设计比赛，其中一位同学提出了一项非常有创意的建议：每位同学设计一个精美的信箱，然后把它们挂在布告板上。

　　TEACHER'S

　　Dear students，

　　This is Thursday afternoon/evening， 5：02 P.M. I guess when I finish writing this STS， I had better go up to Rm. 306 to take a look at the beautiful notice-board that they （Eva， Shirley， Yeedee， Sugus， Larry， Griffin， Douglas， and some girls from other classes …） have been doing. I really want to thank them for what they have done for us. Perhaps I should go up right now.

　　…Stop…

　　This is 15 minutes later. I am just back from our classroom. I saw them busily doing the notice-board. Great！ I really appreciate what they have been doing. Well， I also did something myself——putting up a temporary letter box at the bottom left-hand corner of the notice-board next to the blackboard and close to the window. Perhaps I will replace it with a more colourful one later. At the moment， if you want to tell me anything， you do not have to wait until you write your STS. You can write your message on a piece of paper and then drop it into my letter box. You don't have to write down your name if you don't want to. I will collect the messages every now and then. You shall have your own letter boxes pretty soon.

　　I have had a nice talk with Miss Chan， the Social Worker of our school. She came to my desk and asked what I was doing （I was reading your STSs and writing down feedback）。 She asked if she could read my STSs.I let. her have a quick look at my STSs （not your STSs， don't worry）。 She asked if I can give her copies of my STSs because she is interested in what I write. Of course， I said “yes”。 She then told me she will soon leave us， i.e.， she is going to quit her job as a social worker. Too bad——she is such a nice person； we shall lose a good social worker soon.

　　Dennis

　　留意正确用法：

　　·finish to write…×

　　· finish writing…√

　　· finish this STS√

　　have been doing以are doing代替也可但用前者更能表现英语能力。

　　以下各种用法皆正确：

　　·thank them for this √

　　·thank them for doing this √

　　·thank them for what they do √

　　留意正确用法：

　　I am just back…√

　　I just came back…√

　　I just back…×

　　do可代替某些动词：

　　·do the board = design the board

　　·do the garden = beautify thegarden

　　·do your hair = style your hair

　　此处appreciate的意思是“带着感激地欣赏”。

　　replace A with B的意思是以B取代A.

　　At the moment的意思是“目前”，暗示接着的情况都是暂时性的。

　　every now and then这短语用

　　frequently代替也可，但读起来较生硬。

　　pretty是形容比较正面的情况，而rather则相反。因此：

　　·pretty soon√

　　·rather soon ×

　　· pretty late ×

　　·rather late√

　　feedback 解作“回应”是个不可数名词。

　　以下句子皆正确：

　　·I let her look at my STSs quickly.

　　·I let her quickly look at my STSs.

　　·I let her have a quick look at my STSs.

　　留意正确用法：

　　·…is interested in…√

　　·…is interested on…×

　　·…is interested about…×

　　这里用will而不用would，因为写的时候她仍未离开。

　　Too bad是较口语化的英语，意思是“真可惜”，可用what a shame！代替。

　　LANGUAGE

　　Indirect speech with present tense

　　关于“直接引语”（direct speech）和“间接引语”（indirect speech）的用法，不少学生都有一些误解。他们以为所有动词的时态在间接引语中都必须转为过去时或过去完成时，其实并不尽然。只要陈述的内容在书写的时候仍然属实，我们便可保留其原有时态，或将其时态改为过去时。请参考以下例句。

　　EXAMPLE

　　我喜欢看学生们的STSs，因为他们无所不谈。读他们的STSs渐渐成为我生活中的乐趣。请用适当的动词填空，有些动词的首字母已给。

　　Test Your Understanding

　　1. I have a cold and a sore throat. I feel very tired. I want to sleep more. But I have not finished my revision. My mother took away my candies. She said that when I ______a sore throat， I n _______to have less sweets and drink more water.

　　2. Do you remember I told you that I 1_______ Michael Chang， my idol？ He is good at playing tennis. He has been my idol for five years. Do you like him？

　　3. Mr. Yeung， sometimes I hate my father very much. He is very stubborn. I always feel no freedom at home because he does not allow me to make friends. When I am talking on the phone， he usually says that I s______ too much time talking on the phone. Last night， when I was going out to have dinner with my friends， he said that I turning into a bad girl. I told him that I______ not a baby any more and I c______ take care of myself. But he did not listen to me.

　　4. Do you like this world？ I think you like it because you are a Christian. Do you remember once I told you that I 1______ a place which full of fresh air， a lot of flowers， grass， sunshine and where there______ no noises， crime， selfishness， liars， money or troubles. I think such a place exists. only in my dreams. Do you think so？