我的小兒子只有兩歲，處處需要父母的照顧。我們無微不至地照料他，跟我小時(shí)候相比，他可幸福多了。
TEACHER'S
Dear students，
This is Sunday afternoon now. My wife has taken my daughter out to have a piano class at Tom Lee in Shatin Plaza. Our Filipino maid， Esther， is on holiday today. I have been left all alone at home baby-sitting my two-year-old son. Luckily， he is now having an afternoon sleep， so I can sit down and write something.
Oh， my God. I hear noises from the bedroom. Probably my son is getting up. I had better stop now. I am afraid I have to wait until midnight to continue this STS. Sorry！
…stop…
Well， it is 11：51 P.M.， almost midnight. All are sleeping except me. This is the best time to think and to write. I have to do it fast before I feel too sleepy to go on. One of you said I am a good father and husband. Actually， I am not sure it I am. But let me tell you that my kids， like many of you， are much， much luckier than I used to be. I always see my kids to bed； take them down to have a walk after dinner； buy them some funny and educational videos and toys…… but my father never did these things for me. He was not a wicked （very bad） person but he spent most of his time drinking， smoking and gambling. My mother sometimes told me that when I was small， my skin was often burnt by his lighted cigarette ends because of his carelessness. I hated him very much， especially when I saw that my mother had to pay his gambling debts with her hard earned money （she was working as a cleaning worker in restaurants）。 I hated him so much that I did not feel sorry even when I saw him trying to kill himself by swallowing lots of sleeping pills. I just said to my brother， “check out whether he is dead or not.” He did not succeed in committing suicide （killing himself） but he was finally killed by cancer some 17 years ago. I think I should not have hated him so much. Maybe he just could not control himself； maybe he wanted to change but he could not manage to. I'm sorry that I didn't do anything to make him feel better.
Oh， I still have to set the quiz paper for S. 4D. It was lucky that Eva reminded me that you don't have an English class tomorrow. Otherwise， I would think that I have to set two quiz papers before I can sleep. You may wonder why I have to spend so much time and effort on this STS programme. Well， I don't know how to explain it to you but perhaps later you will understand more. I am sure it is important to you， to me and probably to the whole school. Honestly， I am feeling that this is the most meaningful thing I have ever done in this school. Keep all your STSs and my STSs in good conditions， my dears. They will be very useful to you， and you have to do something special with all these STSs during the second term.
Dennis
此處的class可寫作lesson但不能用course，因?yàn)閏ourse是指由多門課組成的“課程”。
is on holiday = has a day off
這里用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)可傳遞一種“無奈”感。
baby-sitting是指照顧“嬰孩”，而looking after則是指照顧“任何年齡”的人士。
噪音或聲音通常都是混合了幾種聲浪，故常用復(fù)數(shù)noises.
這里用afraid并非表明“懼怕”或“害怕”，而是指“恐怕”：恐怕某些不利的事會(huì)發(fā)生。
這句子的意思是：I feel so sleepy that I can't go on.
留意不同解釋：
·ensure/make sure that =確保
·be sure that =肯定／有把握
I used to be或I used to do等都是以一段過去時(shí)出現(xiàn)因?yàn)槭怯脕碚f明從前的情況。
留意正確用法：
·spent…to drink×
·spent…drinking√
·spent…on alcohol√
留意不同解釋：
·sometime =在某個(gè)時(shí)候
some time =一點(diǎn)時(shí)間
·sometimes =有時(shí)候／偶爾
用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)可強(qiáng)化“無奈／無助”感。
debt 是不用發(fā)b音的。
這里可用commit suicide采代替kill himself，以表現(xiàn)英語(yǔ)能力。
留意正確用法：
·succeed to kill… ×
·succeed in killing…√
·manage to kill…√
此處的some是“大約”的意思。
這里用should not have hated him，而不用should not hate him星表示后悔的說法，意思是：“當(dāng)時(shí)我不應(yīng)該那么恨他?！?BR> 這里的otherwise是連詞有兩種用法：
·…tomorrow. Otherwise，…
·…tomorrow， otherwise…
其他的說法有：
·…h(huán)ow to do it.
·…what to buy.
·…who to ask.
若可能性相當(dāng)大，可說：most probably，…
留意不同解釋：
·the most meaningful =有意義的
·most meaningful =十分有意義的
留意正確用法：
·…something special√
·…some special things√
·…special something×
·…some things special×
LANGUAGE
Bare infinitive
在前一章里，我強(qiáng)調(diào)在介詞之后的動(dòng)詞必須變?yōu)閯?dòng)名詞（gerund）?；谶@個(gè)原因，當(dāng)to作為一個(gè)介詞（preposition）的時(shí)候，后面的動(dòng)詞也應(yīng)變?yōu)閯?dòng)名詞。常見的例子有：
EXAMPLE
1.I am looking forward to （介詞） receiving your letter.
2.I hope you can get used to （介詞）having eight classes a day.
3.He is addicted to（介詞）betting on horses.
在絕大部分情況下，to之后的動(dòng)詞不能作任何改變，我們把“to+動(dòng)詞”稱為“不定式”（infinitive），請(qǐng)看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
I have to wait（不定式） until midnight to continue（不定式） this STS.
但同學(xué)們須留意，在make和let之后的不定式則要省略to，這稱為“不帶to 的不定式”（bare infinitive），請(qǐng)看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1. But let me tell（不帶to的不定式） you——my kids，…
2.… I didn't do anything to make him feel（不帶to的不定式）better.
不少同學(xué)遇到困難時(shí)都希望找我傾訴，可惜我總是忙得不可開交。幸好我們有STS的溝通渠道。請(qǐng)?jiān)趯W(xué)生們的STSs中找出跟infinitive或gerund有關(guān)的錯(cuò)誤，并畫上橫線或打×；沒有錯(cuò)誤的請(qǐng)打√。
Test Your Understanding
1.I have two younger sisters. One of them is very naughty. It is because she often loses her temper and she makes me to lose my temper. My grandmother always lets her doing anything she likes. When we have a quarrel， she usually cries. They always say that I make her cries.
2. I have a question to ask you， but when I wanted to write it down， I forgot what it is. Let me thinking about it for a while. I have got it now. I want to ask you what language you use when talking with your kids. I feel interested. If you use English， do they understand？ I hope that I can also get used to use English outside the classroom.
3. Sometimes I want to ask you questions during lunch time. But I see you talking with other teachers. I didn't want to stop you. I know that happy chats can make you feeling happy in such a boring job. Could you let me to have your home phone number so that I can ask you questions？ But if you think it is not a good idea， forget it. I don't mind.
TEACHER'S
Dear students，
This is Sunday afternoon now. My wife has taken my daughter out to have a piano class at Tom Lee in Shatin Plaza. Our Filipino maid， Esther， is on holiday today. I have been left all alone at home baby-sitting my two-year-old son. Luckily， he is now having an afternoon sleep， so I can sit down and write something.
Oh， my God. I hear noises from the bedroom. Probably my son is getting up. I had better stop now. I am afraid I have to wait until midnight to continue this STS. Sorry！
…stop…
Well， it is 11：51 P.M.， almost midnight. All are sleeping except me. This is the best time to think and to write. I have to do it fast before I feel too sleepy to go on. One of you said I am a good father and husband. Actually， I am not sure it I am. But let me tell you that my kids， like many of you， are much， much luckier than I used to be. I always see my kids to bed； take them down to have a walk after dinner； buy them some funny and educational videos and toys…… but my father never did these things for me. He was not a wicked （very bad） person but he spent most of his time drinking， smoking and gambling. My mother sometimes told me that when I was small， my skin was often burnt by his lighted cigarette ends because of his carelessness. I hated him very much， especially when I saw that my mother had to pay his gambling debts with her hard earned money （she was working as a cleaning worker in restaurants）。 I hated him so much that I did not feel sorry even when I saw him trying to kill himself by swallowing lots of sleeping pills. I just said to my brother， “check out whether he is dead or not.” He did not succeed in committing suicide （killing himself） but he was finally killed by cancer some 17 years ago. I think I should not have hated him so much. Maybe he just could not control himself； maybe he wanted to change but he could not manage to. I'm sorry that I didn't do anything to make him feel better.
Oh， I still have to set the quiz paper for S. 4D. It was lucky that Eva reminded me that you don't have an English class tomorrow. Otherwise， I would think that I have to set two quiz papers before I can sleep. You may wonder why I have to spend so much time and effort on this STS programme. Well， I don't know how to explain it to you but perhaps later you will understand more. I am sure it is important to you， to me and probably to the whole school. Honestly， I am feeling that this is the most meaningful thing I have ever done in this school. Keep all your STSs and my STSs in good conditions， my dears. They will be very useful to you， and you have to do something special with all these STSs during the second term.
Dennis
此處的class可寫作lesson但不能用course，因?yàn)閏ourse是指由多門課組成的“課程”。
is on holiday = has a day off
這里用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)可傳遞一種“無奈”感。
baby-sitting是指照顧“嬰孩”，而looking after則是指照顧“任何年齡”的人士。
噪音或聲音通常都是混合了幾種聲浪，故常用復(fù)數(shù)noises.
這里用afraid并非表明“懼怕”或“害怕”，而是指“恐怕”：恐怕某些不利的事會(huì)發(fā)生。
這句子的意思是：I feel so sleepy that I can't go on.
留意不同解釋：
·ensure/make sure that =確保
·be sure that =肯定／有把握
I used to be或I used to do等都是以一段過去時(shí)出現(xiàn)因?yàn)槭怯脕碚f明從前的情況。
留意正確用法：
·spent…to drink×
·spent…drinking√
·spent…on alcohol√
留意不同解釋：
·sometime =在某個(gè)時(shí)候
some time =一點(diǎn)時(shí)間
·sometimes =有時(shí)候／偶爾
用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)可強(qiáng)化“無奈／無助”感。
debt 是不用發(fā)b音的。
這里可用commit suicide采代替kill himself，以表現(xiàn)英語(yǔ)能力。
留意正確用法：
·succeed to kill… ×
·succeed in killing…√
·manage to kill…√
此處的some是“大約”的意思。
這里用should not have hated him，而不用should not hate him星表示后悔的說法，意思是：“當(dāng)時(shí)我不應(yīng)該那么恨他?！?BR> 這里的otherwise是連詞有兩種用法：
·…tomorrow. Otherwise，…
·…tomorrow， otherwise…
其他的說法有：
·…h(huán)ow to do it.
·…what to buy.
·…who to ask.
若可能性相當(dāng)大，可說：most probably，…
留意不同解釋：
·the most meaningful =有意義的
·most meaningful =十分有意義的
留意正確用法：
·…something special√
·…some special things√
·…special something×
·…some things special×
LANGUAGE
Bare infinitive
在前一章里，我強(qiáng)調(diào)在介詞之后的動(dòng)詞必須變?yōu)閯?dòng)名詞（gerund）?；谶@個(gè)原因，當(dāng)to作為一個(gè)介詞（preposition）的時(shí)候，后面的動(dòng)詞也應(yīng)變?yōu)閯?dòng)名詞。常見的例子有：
EXAMPLE
1.I am looking forward to （介詞） receiving your letter.
2.I hope you can get used to （介詞）having eight classes a day.
3.He is addicted to（介詞）betting on horses.
在絕大部分情況下，to之后的動(dòng)詞不能作任何改變，我們把“to+動(dòng)詞”稱為“不定式”（infinitive），請(qǐng)看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
I have to wait（不定式） until midnight to continue（不定式） this STS.
但同學(xué)們須留意，在make和let之后的不定式則要省略to，這稱為“不帶to 的不定式”（bare infinitive），請(qǐng)看本單元的例子。
EXAMPLE
1. But let me tell（不帶to的不定式） you——my kids，…
2.… I didn't do anything to make him feel（不帶to的不定式）better.
不少同學(xué)遇到困難時(shí)都希望找我傾訴，可惜我總是忙得不可開交。幸好我們有STS的溝通渠道。請(qǐng)?jiān)趯W(xué)生們的STSs中找出跟infinitive或gerund有關(guān)的錯(cuò)誤，并畫上橫線或打×；沒有錯(cuò)誤的請(qǐng)打√。
Test Your Understanding
1.I have two younger sisters. One of them is very naughty. It is because she often loses her temper and she makes me to lose my temper. My grandmother always lets her doing anything she likes. When we have a quarrel， she usually cries. They always say that I make her cries.
2. I have a question to ask you， but when I wanted to write it down， I forgot what it is. Let me thinking about it for a while. I have got it now. I want to ask you what language you use when talking with your kids. I feel interested. If you use English， do they understand？ I hope that I can also get used to use English outside the classroom.
3. Sometimes I want to ask you questions during lunch time. But I see you talking with other teachers. I didn't want to stop you. I know that happy chats can make you feeling happy in such a boring job. Could you let me to have your home phone number so that I can ask you questions？ But if you think it is not a good idea， forget it. I don't mind.