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s health. 他十分担心父亲的健康状况. The students were concerned about their exam results. 学生很担心自己的考试成绩. Don'

t get too concerned for your little girl. She will be fine. 不必过分担心你的小女儿.她不会有事的. 配不同介词 意义有别 虽然concerned与concern一样,有涉及与担心两个不同 的意义.但是,只要在使用的时候,清楚自己要表达的 意义,用适当介词,就不会弄错.我们从以下例子看看 使用不同介词,会分别得出甚麽意思: 如果想说某人的妻子受了伤,而他与案件有关.应该 写成: His wife was hurt. He was concerned with it. 如果想说某人的妻子受了伤,而案件令他很担心,应 该写成: His wife was hurt. He was concerned about it. 使用时要小心,不要弄错. [email protected] Every March, we celebrate the International Women'

s Day, not only to acknowledge and fight for the inalienable(= that cannot be taken away) rights of women all over the world, but also to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. There is a theme for each year, and the one for

2011 is equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway(= a path, a way) to decent(= good and acceptable) work for women . This is indeed a timely(= happening at the right time) topic. Today, let'

s look at a few quotes from the great English playwright William Shakespeare, to see how he views women: Frailty = woman? Frailty, thy name is woman! (Hamlet) To say that weakness, your name is woman is, of course, an insult that even men should not agree with! I have no other but a woman'

s reason. I think him so because I think him so. (The Two Gentlemen of Verona) Is that precisely the reasoning of at least some women? Her voice was ever soft, / Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman. (King Lear) Finally some praises about women! She'

s beautiful and therefore to be wooed: She is a woman, therefore to be won. (Henry VI) The meaning of '

woo'

is to court, ie, to '

chase'

a woman. Ducks and drakes? We know that a male human is called a '

man'

(plural '

men'

), and a female human is called a '

woman'

(plural '

women'

). For children, a male is called a '

boy'

, and a female is called a '

girl'

. But how about other animals? Here are some common names for the male and female adults: chicken: a male is a cock or rooster, a female is a hen;

its year in the Chinese zodiac is most often called Year of the Rooster;

duck: a male is a drake, a female is a duck;

'

ducks and drakes'

is a game in which you throw flat stones so that they move along the surface of water;

goose: a male is a gander, a female is a goose;

a '

wild goose chase'

is an impossible search that wastes our time;

cat: a male is a tom or tomcat, a female is a queen;

dog: a male is a dog, a female is a bitch;

people also use the word '

bitch'

to insult a female person;

lion: a male is a lion, a female is a lioness;

tiger: a male is a tiger, a female is a tigress. Bull or Ox? cattle: a male is a bull, a female is a cow;

an ox is a bull that has been castrated(= sex organs removed);

horse: a male is a stallion, a female is a mare;

deer: a male is a buck, a female is a doe;

a buck is also a dollar in some countries, like the United States, Australia and New Zealand;

sheep: a male is a ram, a female is a ewe;