安老師英文寫作教室

三個孩子 (Three Children)

A couple had three children.

井井有條；井然有序

in apple-pie order

My wife likes to keep everything in apple-pie order.

三心兩意

in two minds

My wife thinks we should go to South Korea for our holiday, but I'm still in two minds about it.

九牛一毛；滄海一粟；杯水車薪

a drop in the ocean/bucket

The money we collected for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster is really just a drop in the ocean.

一不做，二不休

in for a penny, in for a pound

He was found stealing money from his landlady by her daughter. "In for a penny, in for a pound," he muttered to himself and then killed the little girl.

進階英文寫作講義(1-1) 

這是安老師在甲子林語言認證中心教授[進階英文寫作]的講義大綱。本講義為安老師依學生程度編寫，學生學習目標是多益(TOEIC)證照、托福考試(TOFEL)及全民英檢。本課程每階段八週每週兩小時(兩個月)，翻譯部分於上課時練習並講解修改。寫作部分寫完後由老師帶回批改並在下次上課時講解。本講義有影音媒體配合大綱作講解，有興趣讀者可來信洽詢。不斷的寫作及請老師修改是學習英文寫作的最好方法。每週一次的寫作練習需老師修改者，請函索英文寫作批改辦法。

[本週講義導讀]

進階英文寫作講義導讀

[緣起]

正確的語文學習應該是聽、書、讀、寫四者全方位的學習，但是因為除托福 (TOFEL) 之外，多益 (TOEIC) 證照及全民英檢考試都不考寫作，英文寫作長期以來被學習者忽略。美國及台灣的英文能力鑑定考試單位覺察到這個缺失，2007年中期多益將加考英文作文，全民英檢除加考英文寫作之外，同時加考中英文翻譯。

柏拉圖對個人的尊重

“Never discourage anyone, who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” --- Plato

Wishing well 許願井

A couple came upon a wishing well.

During their silver anniversary, a wife reminded her husband,