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Please fill out these tags and attach them to your suitcases.
請填好這些標籤後把它們繫在你的行李箱上。
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a. fill out... 填寫……
= fill in...
例: Please fill out this form and give it to me.
(請填寫這份表格然後交給我。)
b. attach是動詞, 表『縛、繫』、『固定』的意思, 此字常與介系詞to並用, 形成下列用法:
attach A to B 把A繫在/到B上
例: He attaches the string to his kite.
(他把繩子繫在風箏上。)
＊string n. 繩子
kite n. 風箏 |
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I'm afraid your luggage is overweight. 恐怕你的行李超重了。 |
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= I'm afraid that your luggage is overweight.
a. I'm afraid + that + 主詞 + 動詞 恐怕……
上列句構中that常被省略。
例: I'm afraid (that) it is going to rain this afternoon.
(恐怕今天下午會下雨。)
b. overweight是形容詞, 表『超重的』之意。
例: Anyone can see that you're overweight; you should go on a diet.
(任何人都看得出來你體重過重，你應該要節食了。)
＊go on a diet 節食 |
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You'll have to pay an excess baggage charge.
你必須額外付行李超重費。
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a. 注意have to和must的區別:
have to和must雖然都可譯為『必須』, 但have to是含有被勉強而不得不的意味, 而must則除此意之外, 尚有道德上不得不然的意味。
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例: You |
have to
must |
do this work whether you like it or not. |
(不管你喜不喜歡，你都必須做這工作。)
We must love our country.
(我們必須愛國。)
b. excess baggage charge (超重行李費) 就是超過免費行李限額部分, 要另外付的運費。 |
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How much will that be? 那要多少錢？ |
購物時, 不論你買多少樣東西, 加總後得到的價錢, 總額是一個數字, 故代名詞用that而不用those。
例:A: How much will that be?
B: That will be 50 dollars in all.
(甲：總共是多少錢？)
(乙：總共是五十元。) |
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Let me see─US$10. 讓我看看──十塊錢美金。 |
let me see或let's see之後常接長劃符號 (─), 表示停頓之意, 說話者此時可能是在計算、想或思考等。
例:A: How long are you going to stay here?
B: Let me see/Let's see─five days, I think.
(甲：你打算在這裏停留多久？)
(乙：讓我看看──我想是五天吧。) |
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That's not too bad. 那還不算太糟。 |
That's too bad! 太可惜了！
=What a shame!
＊shame n. 遺憾
例:A: I'm afraid I can't go to your party tonight.
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B: Oh, |
that's too bad!
what a shame! |
(甲：恐怕我今晚不能去參加你的派對。)
(乙：哦，太可惜了！) |
