SECONDARY EDUCATION :COMPOSITION WORDS(G)FATLOUIS 2003

1,earthquake地震    2,famine 饑荒    3,war 戰爭  4,restrained行為克制

5,dignity(noun)尊嚴  beneath one’s dignity有失身分

6,to conduct oneself with circumspection 舉止審慎

7,Behave yourself.請你檢點一些

8, She is a girl with decorum/She always carries herself decorously

她是一個端莊的女孩

9, to beg the question 武斷

 Don’t beg the question of wether you or he is wrong.I haven’t made up my mind.

不要武斷，我仍未決是你還是他的錯

10,He always carries himself well.他經常舉止得體

11,He always carries himself badly.他經常舉止不得體

12,The next best thing退而求其次

Your answer I think is the best,and hers the next best.你的答案最好，她的則居次

13 the next most important thing  (next most+adjective)

Beyond the god,you are the next most important person to me.

除上帝外，你是我心中的第二重要人物。

14,over 覆蓋(正正在上面)  above在上(未必是正正在上面) 

 I put a clean sheet over my bed.我把一張清潔的牀單鋪在牀上 (不能用 above)

15,The helicopter is over/above the building.直升機在那建築物上盤旋

16,The dog jumped over the fence.    (不能用 above)

17,“Down with individual freedom!” 打倒 個人自由

18, second (verb) /secondment(noun)調派 

He will be seconded to Japan.他將會被調派到日本 

19,He may say what he likes.Who cares?  他說甚麼也可以 ，誰在乎?

20,My mother is a homely woman.我的母親是個慈母

21,She is a homely girl.她相貌平容

22,East or west,home is best.天涯海角，不如家好

23,He voiced his dissatisfaction to the teacher.他向老師表達不滿

24,I stopped looking at him.我不再望着他

25,I stopped to look at me.我停下來，望着他