还是学英语吧

tina50

接上
The Oxford comma gets its name from the Oxford University Press, which makes common use of the punctuation mark. In the USA, it is called the serial comma. It is used before the final "and" or "or" in a written list of three or more items. Many people say there is no need for an Oxford comma in the phrase on the 50-pence coin because the meaning is very clear. Word expert Susie Dent said the Oxford comma is useful if it makes it easier to understand the writer's meaning. A U.K. citizen said the comma issue wasn't important. She tweeted: "It doesn't matter if there is a comma or not on the 50p coin. The most important thing is that there is peace, and prosperity, and friendship with all nations."

tina50

欣赏一下

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2020-2-11 12:55
全英的来了，看了这一段感觉很有趣

The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on January ...

看了解释后也觉得有趣。
In English language punctuation, a serial comma or series comma (also called an Oxford comma or a Harvard comma) is a comma placed immediately before the coordinating conjunction (usually and or or) in a series of three or more terms.

British English allows constructions with or without this comma, while on the other hand it is common and even often considered mandatory in American English.
英式英语允许结构上有或没有连续逗号,反而在美式英语中却被普遍使用,甚至通常被认为是强制使用的。

例句
They went to Oregon with Betty, a maid, and a cook.
理解：蓓蒂，女佣，厨子，三人。女佣蓓蒂，厨子，二人。
They went to Oregon with Betty, a maid and a cook.
理解：女佣兼厨子的蓓蒂，一人。

这个连续逗号有也麻烦，没有也麻烦。

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2020-2-11 13:59
看了解释后也觉得有趣。
In English language punctuation, a serial comma or series comma (also calle ...

One person
They went to Oregon with Betty, who was a maid and a cook.
They went to Oregon with Betty, both a maid and a cook.
They went to Oregon with Betty (a maid and cook).
They went to Oregon with Betty, their maid and cook.

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Three people
They went to Oregon with Betty, as well as a maid and a cook.
They went to Oregon with Betty and a maid and a cook.
They went to Oregon with Betty, one maid and a cook.
They went to Oregon with a maid, a cook, and Betty.
They went with Betty to Oregon with a maid and a cook.

tina50

Two people
They went to Oregon with Betty (a maid) and a cook.
They went to Oregon with Betty – a maid – and a cook.
They went to Oregon with Betty, a maid, and with a cook.
They went to Oregon with the maid Betty and a cook.
They went to Oregon with a cook and Betty, a maid.

tina50

看完了一人，两人还是三人？
我基本晕了

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2020-2-11 15:11
看完了一人，两人还是三人？
我基本晕了

版主不能晕！
孟子曰：“版主以其昭昭使人昭昭。”
正如这位女士推特：有冇逗号无所谓。关键世界和平，繁荣，友好。
She tweeted: "It doesn't matter if there is a comma or not on the 50p coin. The most important thing is that there is peace, and prosperity, and friendship with all nations."

linegar

bigcrow 发表于 2020-2-11 16:09
版主不能晕！
孟子曰：“版主以其昭昭使人昭昭。”
正如这位女士推特：有冇逗号无所谓。关键世界和 ...

I like to use commas and avoid full stops

tina50

One person

(They went to Oregon with Betty, who was a maid and a cook.)
I went to Town Hall with Lily, who was my classmate and a nurse when she was in China.

(They went to Oregon with Betty, both a maid and a cook.)
I went back to the office with Jone, both a plumber and a doorkeeper.

(They went to Oregon with Betty (a maid and cook).)
Tina, a housewife, went to school with her neighbour Lily (a bus driver and mechanic)

(They went to Oregon with Betty, their maid and cook.)
I walked into a shopping centre with Lily, my teacher and team leader.

tina50

linegar 发表于 2020-2-11 20:51
I like to use commas and avoid full stops

Some people think that’s a kind of polite when they send messages to the others.

tina50

tina50 发表于 2020-2-8 10:22
下面的句子是被打乱次序的，需要重新组成正确的句子，感兴趣的朋友可以一起做

Put the words below in the ...

答案
1.        you when think did you What the read headline?
What did you think when you read the headline?
2.        are your images you mind when in hear the What word 'virus'?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'virus'?
3.        know you do about What the coronavirus?
What do you know about the coronavirus?
4.        are How about you worried the coronavirus?
How worried are you about the coronavirus?
5.        you What if there an was would outbreak do your in country?
What would you do if there was an outbreak in your country?
6.        can make How there sure we is no outbreak?

tina50

tina50 发表于 2020-2-8 10:24
6.        can make How there sure we is no outbreak?

7.        your What you told country about has the coronavir ...

答案
6.        can make How there sure we is no outbreak?
How can we make sure there is no outbreak?
7.        your What you told country about has the coronavirus?
What has your country told you about the coronavirus?
8.        if happen What millions would people of panicked?
What would happen if millions of people panicked?
9.        if you do your would was city What in lockdown?
What would you do if your city was in lockdown?
10.        China all Should out flights stop of Wuhan?

tina50

tina50 发表于 2020-2-8 10:24
11.        you Did reading like this article?

12.        when you think What do hear you of the word 'outbreak'?

答案
11.        you Did reading like this article?
Did you like reading this article?
12.        when you think What do hear you of the word 'outbreak'?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'outbreak'?
13.        do think What what about you you read?
What do you think about what you read?
14.        serious How a is global pandemic?
How serious is a global pandemic?
15.        do know you What about anti-microbial resistance?
What do you know about anti-microbial resistance?
16.        can governments do to stop What a pandemic?

tina50

tina50 发表于 2020-2-8 10:25
16.        can governments do to stop What a pandemic?

17.        we more Should measles about worry than the cor ...

答案
16.        can governments do to stop What a pandemic?
What can governments do to stop a pandemic?
17.        we more Should measles about worry than the coronavirus?
Should we worry more about measles than the coronavirus?
18.        you if Will a get you fever worry and cough?
Will you worry if you get a fever and cough?
19.        think Do you will find for cure scientists a the coronavirus?
Do you think scientists will find a cure for the coronavirus?
20.        questions What to the virologist? ask would like you
What questions would you like to ask the virologist?

tina50

One person
Betty, who was a maid and a cook
Betty, both a maid and a cook
Betty (a maid and cook)
Betty, their maid and cook

Two person
Betty (a maid) and a cook
Betty – a maid – and a cook
Betty, a maid, and with a cook
Betty and a cook
a cook and Betty, a maid.

Three people
Betty, as well as a maid and a cook.
Betty and a maid and a cook.
Betty, one maid and a cook.
a maid, a cook, and Betty.
Betty to Oregon with a maid and a cook.

ssbb

楼主在TAFE的班级应该是advanced leve了吧？

ssbb

很好的学习。

tina50

芬兰真是个富裕国家

Finland is giving new parents more time to spend with their babies. The Finnish government has decided to give mothers and fathers seven months of parental leave. This means Finland will almost double the amount of its maternity leave and paternity leave. The new Family Leave Policy will give 164 days to each parent. This is about seven months. Parents can also transfer up to 69 of their own days to their partner. This means it is possible for one parent to take nine months of parental leave. For single parents, Finland is giving all 328 days to the mother or father. Finland's current parental leave gives four months for maternity leave, and two months for fathers.

tina50

ssbb 发表于 2020-2-13 07:15
楼主在TAFE的班级应该是advanced leve了吧？

在TAFE学习，你只要去上课，你只要参加考试，你就几乎肯定能考试合格，这样TAFE就可以从政府拿到这份学费。

而学生一路升上去，真正学到多少，消化多少，就很难说了

tina50

ssbb 发表于 2020-2-13 07:38
很好的学习。

欢迎常来逛逛

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2020-2-13 08:09
芬兰真是个富裕国家

Finland is giving new parents more time to spend with their babies. The Finnish  ...

问题
1.这些假期的工资怎么算。
2.陪产假可以转移，那立法的初衷是什么。

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2020-2-13 11:24
问题
1.这些假期的工资怎么算。
2.陪产假可以转移，那立法的初衷是什么。

第一个问题：这些假期的工资怎么算：

Maternity, paternity and parental allowances are paid for working days. Working days are Monday to Saturday, with the exception of official holidays.

If you have had no income from work, you will be paid the allowance at a minimum rate.

The minimum rate is €28.94 per working day.

第二个问题：陪产假可以转移，那立法的初衷是什么：
我猜职业规划问题吧，父母双方，有的人可能工作脱不开那么长时间，政府的灵活政策，允许一方的时间有限的（69天）转给另一方使用。

tina50

谁的出生率低谁着急

Finland's government said the new rules were necessary to help young families. Finland's Minister of Social Affairs and Health explained why the country is introducing the new rules. She said: "The model guarantees the child a place at the centre of family benefits, and it promotes wellbeing and gender equality." It will also help to increase the country's declining birth rate. The number of babies born in Finland has dropped for the past nine years. Last year, Finland had the lowest number of babies born in the country since 1868. Finland's neighbour Sweden has the most generous leave policy, offering 240 days per parent. The USA has no national paid leave for mothers or fathers.

tina50

Peat fire 1

News：

A peat fire is burning out of control in swamp land around Lake Neerabup in Wanneroo, with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services warning of excessive smoke in the area.

Up to 60 firefighters are fighting the fire, which was started by a lightning strike on Tuesday.

Because the fire is being fuelled by peat, a build-up of decaying plant matter that forms in wetlands and burns underground, it may be difficult to extinguish.

Waneroo residents bounded by Wanneroo Road, south of Wattle Avenue, north of Flynn Drive and west of Mather Drive near Neerabup Lake should stay indoors, close their windows and turn off  air conditioners.

No roads have been closed in the area.

tina50

Peat fire 2

Peat is generated gradually in wetlands through the build-up of partially decayed vegetation.

Peat sources can be found above ground or buried many metres below the soil surface.

Wetlands close to each other may be interconnected by subsurface peat deposits.

There are numerous wetlands distributed across Western Australia.

Many new and existing residential locations are therefore in close proximity to peat areas that may become prone to catching fire.



Wetland: swamp
Plant: vegetation
decayed: corrupt

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bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2020-2-13 12:18
谁的出生率低谁着急

Finland's government said the new rules were necessary to help young families ...

谁的出生率低谁着急
发达国家出生率低发达国家最着急
据说法国就急得不得了，英国也急得火烧眉毛，就直接脱欧了。

出生率低与教育挂钩了。（断章取义法）
One of the most powerful tools in stemming population growth will be education
A more-educated workforce also makes poverty eradication and economic growth easier to achieve.”
Of course, economic growth brings with it another problem: increased consumption.
living the lifestyle of the average American, for example, would require five times the resources we have available on Earth
教育阻止人口增长。教育可以摆脱贫困促进经济发展。发展唤起人的物质需求。平均美式生活水平需要五倍地球资源。
多养一个小孩，要多付五倍的金钱，只有国家全包，估计芬兰才有人口增长的希望。
所以说，谁的出生率低谁着急簇，下放到个人，还是个人吃亏。

这雨天，就是闲。

tina50

Pork barrel politics

If you say that someone is using pork barrel politics, you mean that they are spending a lot of government money on a local project in order to win the votes of the people who live in that area.

tina50

A constituent is someone who lives in a particular constituency, especially someone who is able to vote in an election.
A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.