E-Concussion

dentist 牙醫

oculist 眼科醫生

otolaryngologist 耳鼻喉科醫生

inclination; tendency 傾向

model student 模範生

conditions 條件



to award prizes 頒獎

a stool 馬桶

esoterica；pornography 黃色書刊

hom(e)osexuality 同性戀



*Language Point (handout from Peggy)

Idioms with 'eyes'

 Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally.
If you can ‘do something with your eyes closed’, it means you know something very well and can do it without really concentrating (the metaphorical meaning) not that you actually close your eyes while you are doing something (the literal meaning).
 Idioms are also fixed groups of words so you can't change the wording of an idiom.
For example, you can say ‘She's got eyes in the back of her head' to mean that she is very aware of what's going on around her but you can't say 'She's got eyes in the back of her hands'.
Idioms with 'eye'
to turn a blind eye:
to ignore something that you know is wrong
The professor decided to turn a blind eye to what John had done.

to have eyes in the back of your head:
to know everything and be aware of everything that is happening around you:
She's a primary school teacher so she needs to have eyes in the back of her head when she's looking after 25 seven year-olds.

to see eye to eye:
to agree with or to have the same opinions as someone else
We're really good friends but we just can't see eye to eye on politics.

to see something out of the corner of your eye:
to see something but not clearly because it happens to the side of you or just out of your line of vision
He screamed when he thought he saw a spider out of the corner of his eye.

Idioms with 'eyebrows' and 'eyelids'
not to bat an eyelid (this expression is always used in the negative)
to show no sign of surprise or worry when something unexpected or strange happens
And then, even when my trousers split, she still didn't bat an eyelid.

It raised a few eyebrows
show surprise or worry when something unexpected or strange happens
It raised a few eyebrows when he said he was marrying someone 20 years younger than him.



Need to and Needs-ing

We use 'need' to talk about things we think are necessary to do. We can use two different structures –
1. need / needs to
2. need / needs + V-ing

Need to
We use this form when we want to talk about something that's necessary for someone to do. We usually mention who is going to do it. For example: "I need to go to the dentist" means "It's necessary for me to visit the dentist".

We form this structure with: S. + need/needs to + V.
Ben & Leo need to stop smoking.
We form the negative with: S. + don’t/doesn’t need to + V.
Joyce doesn’t need to stay at the old place after next week.

Need + V-ing
We can use this form when we want to talk about something that is necessary for someone to do. We don't have to say who is going to do it. For example, when we said "The car needs washing" we meant "The car needs to be washed by somebody".

This is a passive structure where the usual subject + verb + object form changes to object + need + verb+ing.

We form this structure with: O. + need/needs + V-ing
The gathering schedule needs posting on the blog before we meet every Wednesday.
We form the negative with: O. + don’t/doesn’t need + V-ing
Peggy’s hair doesn’t need perming.