Source: 26th June 2009, BBC
Music legend (傳說, 傳奇人物) Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50, after suffering a cardiac arrest (心臟突然停頓) at his home. Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to (=arranged or expected to) stage (舉行) a series of comeback concerts in the UK in July.
- note the use of present perfect tense, past tense and past perfect tense.
- At the age of , age常用at做preposition,例如: He left school at the age of 18. 但也有其他情況,如:(1) She needs more friends of her own age (同齡的朋友). (2) children from 5 -10 years of age (五至十歲的小童) * Young people of all ages (任何年齡的年青人) go there to meet.
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Music legend (傳說, 傳奇人物) Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50, after suffering a cardiac arrest (心臟突然停頓) at his home. Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to (=arranged or expected to) stage (舉行) a series of comeback concerts in the UK in July.
- note the use of present perfect tense, past tense and past perfect tense.
- At the age of , age常用at做preposition,例如: He left school at the age of 18. 但也有其他情況,如:(1) She needs more friends of her own age (同齡的朋友). (2) children from 5 -10 years of age (五至十歲的小童) * Young people of all ages (任何年齡的年青人) go there to meet.
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「援交」近日成為中文常用詞匯,那「援交」的英文是甚麼呢?
「援交」應來自日本,全名是「援助交際」,就是跟陌生人交往,換取報酬,以援助生活。英文報章一般譯做compensated dating。Compensate是「補償」(名詞為compensation);dating一般指男女間的約會,一如拍拖。例如:
Ting Kai-tai was jailed for the brutal murder of a 16-year-old girl involved in what is known as compensated dating.
A "barbaric" 24-year-old man who beheaded the body of a teenage compensated-dating girl and flushed her remains down the toilet was sentenced to life in jail yesterday.
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