5/21/2007

99 Ways to Say 'Very Good'

給孩子或學生們一些鼓勵的話吧

99 Ways to Say 'Very Good'

by Arzella Dirksen

1. You're on the right track now!
2. You've got it made.
3. Super!
4. That's right!
5. That's good.
6. You're really working hard today.
7. You are very good at that.
8. That's coming along nicely.
9. Good work!
10. I'm happy to see you working like that.
11. That's much, much better!
12. Exactly right.
13. I'm proud of the way you worked today.
14. You're doing that much better today.
15. You've just about got it.
16. That's the best you've ever done.
17. You're doing a good job.
18. That's it!
19. Now you've figured it out.
20. That's quite an improvement.
21. Great!
22. I knew you could do it.
23. Congratulations!
24. Not bad.
25. Keep working on it. You're improving.
26. Now you have it!
27. You are learning fast.
28. Good for you!
29. Couldn't have done it better myself.
30. Aren't you proud of yourself?
31. One more time and you'll have it.
32. You really make my job fun.
33. That's the right way to do it.
34. You're getting better every day.
35. You did it that time!
36. That's not half bad.
37. Nice going.
38. You haven't missed a thing!
39. Wow!
40. That's the way!
41. Keep up the good work.
42. Terrific!
43. Nothing can stop you now.
44. That's the way to do it.
45. Sensational!
46. You've got your brain in gear today.
47. That's better.
48. That was first class work.
49. Excellent!
50. That's the best ever.
51. You've just about mastered it.
52. Perfect!
53. That's better than ever.
54. Much better!
55. Wonderful!
56. You must have been practicing.
57. You did that very well.
58. Fine!
59. Nice going.
60. You're really going to town.
61. Outstanding!
62. Fantastic!
63. Tremendous!
64. That's how to handle that.
65. Now that's what I call a fine job.
66. That's great.
67. Right on!
68. You're really improving.
69. You're doing beautifully!
70. Superb!
71. Good remembering.
72. You've got that down pat.
73. You certainly did well today.
74. Keep it up!
75. Congratulations. You got it right!
76. You did a lot of work today.
77. Well, look at you go.
78. That's it.
79. I'm very proud of you.
80. Marvelous!
81. I like that.
82. Way to go!
83. Now you have the hang of it.
84. You're doing fine!
85. Good thinking.
86. You are really learning a lot.
87. Good going.
88. I've never seen anyone do it better.
89. Keep on trying.
90. You outdid yourself today!
91. Good for you!
92. I think you've got it now.
93. That's a good (boy/girl).
94. Good job, (person's name).
95. You figured that out fast.
96. You remembered!
97. That's really nice.
98. That kind of work makes me happy.
99. It's such a pleasure to teach when you work like that.
100. I think you're doing the right thing.

5/20/2007

句點點在哪?Does a full stop (period) go inside or outside quotation marks?

If the quoted words end with a full stop, then the full stop goes inside the quotation marks. If the quoted words do not end with a full stop, then the full stop goes outside the quotation marks:

He said: "I love you."
She has read "War and Peace".

Note that in US English, the full stop usually goes inside the quotation marks in all cases:美式用法中,任何情形之下句點都落在引號內。

He said: "I love you."
She has read "War and Peace."

However, US English adopts the British style for question marks and exclamation marks:

He said: "Do you love me?"
Have you read "War and Peace"?
Can you imagine? He has never read "War and Peace"!

5/08/2007

番荔枝


「番荔枝」是「釋迦」的原名,今天我也才從我的第一本「長人」字典得知其原名,奇摩字典也是寫「番荔枝」。(我去年又買了新版的,雖然圖片印刷較好,字典後也歸類了很多東西,但怎麼一直找不到前一版有的世界地圖、中式房子種類,更重要的是它的水果目錄裡沒有了很多水果,如「波羅蜜」和「番荔枝」等等等。這驗證了一句話:舊愛還是最美。Sorry,扯遠了……)

若你利用奇摩知識+去搜尋,很快就可以找到「釋迦」的英文,它的英文名字正如中文一樣有很多個,,我的字典只列舉了兩個:sweetsop和sugar apple。此外,波羅蜜的英文為jackfruit。

這是第二次談到水果,第一次介紹了「the fruit book」,不過水果種類真是太多了,光這兩樣外加蓮霧,那裡都沒有。