Accommodation, benefit, country, environment, government, percentage and proportion
在英式英語中,名詞programme有兩種解釋:
A training programme = a series of sessions; a TV programme = a TV broadcast
But a computer program =computer software
含有ie 或 ei 組合的詞往往造成困擾:
英國小孩子通過rhyme來記憶,"I before E except after C.”
Achieve/achievement, believe/belief, hygiene/hygienic, retrieve/retrieval
But: receive/receipt, deceive/deceit, ceiling
在英式英語中,practice是名詞,practise是動詞:
Now they can put into practice what they have learnt.
It’ll be a good opportunity to practise speaking English.
形容詞 dependent 和 independent 的結尾是 -ent:
The degree of influence is dependent on a number of factors. .
Dependant是名詞,指那種經濟依賴于他人的人 。
The company provides private healthcare for workers and their dependants.
合成詞也需要特別注意:
需要連寫成一個詞的:
countryside, hairstyle, lifespan, lifestyle, website, wildlife, workforce, workplace
misuse, outbreak, outcome, outside, overall, overcome
anybody, everyone, everything, someone, sometimes
furthermore, moreover, nowadays, throughout, whereas
帶連字符的合成詞:
make-up, well-being
twenty-four, thirty-five, etc.
需要分開寫的固定搭配:
Young people often spend a lot of money on clothes.
In fact, levels of pollution have decreased in the past five years.
She still smokes, even though she knows it's bad for her health.
以及一些容易混淆的:
Maybe his plane has been delayed. (動詞,意為也需)
I suspect the main reason for the change may be financial. (動詞短語)