Showing posts with label English Sharing 英語分享. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English Sharing 英語分享. Show all posts

Friday, July 25, 2008

A piece of cake

A piece of cake
meaning : (idiom) very easy. 毫無難度
example : It is a piece of cake for me to prepare a western-style dinner.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Live it up

Live it up
meaning : (idiom) have a good time, enjoy life or oneself (often extravagantly).
example : After working all year long without taking any leave, he thinks it's time to live it up a little with a trip to Maldives.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Beats Me

Beats Me

meaning : (idiom) I have no idea.

example : Kitty asked "Who will attend the party tonight?" Daniel replied "Beats me!"


Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Go Dutch

Go Dutch
meaning : (idiom) divide and share equally the expenses; each participant pays his or her own expenses. 平攤費用
example : Every time we eat out, we go Dutch.


Tuesday, December 18, 2007

All ears

All ears
meaning : (idiom) eager to listen something attentively. 洗耳恭聽
example : Okay, I am all ears, please tell me what happened last night to make her cry.



Monday, December 3, 2007

Keep my fingers crossed

It refers to crossing middle finger over the index finger for hoping good luck or thing will happen in the way you want it to. It is similar to the Chinese slang of "Qiu Shen Bai Fo" 求神拜佛 (beg the Buddha by keep both hands closed together and shake a bit); i.e. 求神拜佛, 千祈唔好有事哎.

Example:
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we can catch the flight.

He keeps his fingers crossed hoping everything will turn out okay.

"Keep your fingers crossed, everyone, Katie may win a house as long as she picks the box with the key inside." the MC said to the audiences.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

How would you like your steak?

When you order the beef steak in a restaurant, the server would usually ask " How would you like your steak cooked?"

You could answer "I would like it (one of the followings), please."
rare 三成熟
medium-rare 五成熟
medium 七成熟
medium-well 八成熟
well-done 全熟

By the way, the above can also be used for the rack of lamb.



Thursday, November 22, 2007

Call it a day

Call it a day
meaning : (idiom) stop doing something for the remainder of the day. 今天到此為止
example : I am totally exhausted. I think it's time to call it a day.



Friday, November 16, 2007

Native English Speaking Tutor

Few weeks ago, I was helping someone to look for a native English speaker as the private tutor; she wanted to improve intensively her English listening and speaking skills. As a responsible person like me and having taking account of the time and location flexibilities, tutor's quality and suitability, tuition fee, etc., I tried very hard to find her two native English speaking tutors for her selection.

These two tutors can provide one-to-one or small group tutoring. However, each session cannot less than two hours. They both charge HK$250/hr for one-to-one lesson and about HK$180/hr per student for two-person group lesson. Advance payment is not required and do have to pay at the end of each session. For the location, it is recommended to arrange the lesson in the coffee shop or the sitting area of the university or college. Please note that travel compensation may require sometimes.

Lastly, the following is my comments on the said tutors:-
Tutor A: willing to provide free evaluation session, no additional charge for the overtime session, better time alternative, not likely suitable for the learner of below intermediate level.
Tutor B: limited time alternative, teach patiently, a formal ESL tutor for all level.