Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
選擇:
Choose Opt
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
禁止:
Prohibit Ban
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
詢問:
Inquire Ask
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
否決、拒絕:
Refuse/Reject No
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
調查;研究:
Investigate Study/Probe
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
發表意見、表達:
Express Voice
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
決心、發誓:
Pledge/Promise Vow
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
作廢、使無效:
Invalidate Void
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
敦促、促使:
Promote/Advocate Urge
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
幫助、援助:
Help/Assist Aid
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
支持:
Support Back
A brain teaser: Which month has 28 days?
Every month
Activity 1: Find two English words (one shorter than the other) for the following verbs:
爆炸:
Explode Blast
An English tongue twister: Bill's big brother is building a beautiful building between two big brick blocks.
An English tongue twister: Bill's big brother is building a beautiful building between two big brick blocks.
Name at least four features of English headlines.
1. Present tense (for immediate past information)
2. No verb “to be” (before Passive voice, continuous tense, adjectives)
3. No determiner (articles, possessive form of personal pronouns)
4. and => ,
5. Short forms (abbreviation)
6. will→to
7. The use of the colon or dash (for quote, topic or place)
8. Short and Informal words:
Activity 2
I. Rewrite the following sentences into headlines in English:
100 people were invited to a “bring-your-own-booze” in Downing Street garden drinks during the first lockdown. (8 words)
100 invited to Downing Street garden lockdown drinks
Activity 2
I. Rewrite the following sentences into headlines in English:
North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile, less than a week (6 days) after it launched what it claimed was a hypersonic missile.
(9 words)
North Korea fires second suspected missile in six days
Activity 2
I. Rewrite the following sentences into headlines in English:
French regulators have hit Google and Facebook with fines totalling 210m euros (£175m) over use of cookies.
(7 words)
France fines Google and Facebook over cookies
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
M
II. Write a headline in English based on the following lead:
At least 600,000 passengers scrapped plans to fly from Heathrow Airport last month as the Omicron coronavirus strain sparked tougher travel restrictions. Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said it underlined the crisis in the industry and the uncertainty facing travelers. A return to normal "could be years away", the chief executive of the UK's busiest airport warned. (10 words at most)
Heathrow Airport warns return to normal travel years away
London Heathrow: Return to Normal Travel "Years away"