这几天准备把我们英语课的讲义贴上来

liverbj

[B]Specifying days and dates[/B]

September

[B]Sun[/B]   [B]Mon[/B]   [B]Tues[/B]   [B]Wed[/B]   [B]Thurs[/B]   [B]Fri[/B]   [B]Sat[/B]
[U] [/U]     1     2      3     4       5     6
7     8     9      10    11      12    13
14    15    [B]16[/B]     17    18      19    20
21    22    23     24    25      26    27
28    29    30

Today is...
One week from today is...
The 24th is...
The 30th is...
The 8th was...
The 19th is...
Next Saturday is...
The first day of the month was...
The 11th was...

[B]How to read various alpha-numeric symbols out loud[/B]
, comma
! exclamation mark
? question mark
: colon
; semi-colon
@ "at" sign
# pound sign
& ampersand
* asterisk
()parentheses(open, close [U]parenthesis[/U]单数)
"" quote marks(open quote, close quote)
[]brackets(open, close)
- minus sign
+ plus sign
~tilde
< less than
> greater than
/ slash
\ backslash
_ underscore
-hyphen
－dash

The single dot(.) is read in three ways:
(1)[B]period[/B]    at the end of a sentence.
(2)[B]dot[/B]         for email addresses(e.g. ".com", read as "dot com")
(3)[B]point[/B]      for decimal numbers(e.g. 1.3 billion)

revelation

我全部打印了，有空就背，呵呵随时准备上：）

liverbj

[B]Lesson[/B]

[B]Vocabulary lilst#[/B]
1. [B]Down time:[/B] a time of inactivity(usually due to some problem such as a non-functioning computer); time wasted while some problem is being solved.
"We eren't able to finish this report today because there was a lot of down time while they repaired the electrical system."

2. [B]mode:[/B] a certain status of functioning; a condition of operation.
"the old two-way radios had the disadvantage that you couldn't hear the other person when the device was in transmit mode."
"I can't enter characters into the computer when the modem is in dial-up mode."
"Our final report is due tomorrow morning, so we are in panic mode here in the office."

3. [B]off and on:[/B] intermittently; occurring only occasionally and unpredictably.
"It's only been raining off and on in Beijing this summer."

4. [B]recurring:[/B] happening repeatedly and regularly
"I get a recurring error message every time I try to use two applications simultaneously on the computer."

5. [B]now and then:[/B] occurring seldom and irregularly.
"Does this error occur every time you boot the machine, or doew it only happen now and then?"

6. [B]constant:[/B] occuring without stopping.
"There is a constant buzzing sound in the company intercom. Please fix it."

7. [B]occasional:[/B] occuring now and then, occasionally
"When Chinese and Americans interact, there are occasional misunderstandings due to language difficulties."

8. [B]continuing:[/B] showing no signs of stopping
"We thought we had solved this problem, but we're continuing to get error messages."

9. [B]ongoing:[/B] established, habitual, normally occurring
"We have had an ongoing relationship with this customer for three years."

10. [B]sporadic:[/B] occruing seldom and at irregular intervals.
"The electrical system in this building is unreliable. We still have sporadic power outages."


[B]Sentence patterns[/B]
[U]Disagreeing[/U]
. I'm afraid I don't agree.
. I don't quite see it that way.
. Yes, that may be, but...
. I see your point, but...
. But don't you think...
. I'm not sure that's a good idea.
. I have some doubts about that.
. I'm not so sure that's a good idea.


[B]Adverbs expressing frequency[/B]
Always, regularly, often, predictably, constantly, frequently, increasingly, reliably, sometimes, occasionally, periodically, sporadically, never, seldom, rarely, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.

. We'll give you updates
daily/weekly/monthly/yearly/periodically/regularly/frequently.

. Does the problem occur always/constantly/often/reliably/frequently or only occasionally/sporadically?

. I back up my computer files regularly/weekly/occasionally/daily/often.
. I seldom/often/never/occasionally/sometimes eat Peking Duck.

好阳光

才发现好东西原来都在这。
回头偶也打印去。