A period of time

• in the past time, 在過去

• for the past few days 過去幾天以來

• over the past 40 years 在過去40年間 e.g. I’ve been here for over ten years.

• in a few months 幾個月後

• for the first couple of weeks 頭幾週

• For decades 幾十年以來

• take a moment 花點時間 (e.g.) I want you to take a moment to look at this sentence.

• in a second 一下子

• a few days ago / the other day / a few days ahead of {the event} 幾天前

• year over year 一年又一年

• in a course of time 過一段時間後 (e.g.) I assume they plan to have children in the course of time.

• 直到今天 to this day = until now - To this day nobody knows what happened to him.

• 前幾天 the other day = a few days ago - Didn’t I see you in the post office the other day?

• 如今 these days = nowadays - Vegetarianism is very popular these days.

• 過去 in those day = in the past - In those days people used to write a lot more letters.

• 這幾天;很快 any day now = very soon - The baby’s due any day now.

• by the early 20th century 到了 20 世紀早期

• In the late 18th Century

• By this time 此時

• By that time 到那時

• In the end 最終；最後 == finally 終於

• After all this 在這之後

Sequencers

First

• First of all,
• The first step/stage is …

Next

• Next
• Then
• After that,

conclude

• Finally,
• In the final step/stage
• Before / After / Once

Figures

• It accounts for 60%. 佔 60%
• My mom divided the cake into six pieces.
• He divided the money into four shares. 他把這筆錢分為四份。
• 1+2=3 : One plus two equals three.
• 8-2 = 6 : Eight minus two equals six.
• 10-4=6 : Four subtracted from ten equals six.
• 10/5=2 : 10 divided by 5 is/equals 2.
• 7*3=21 : 7 times 3 equals 21.
• 7*3=21 : 7 multiplied by 3 equals 21.
• 9 開根號是 3 : The square root of 9 is 3 .
• 5 的平方是 25 : 5 squared is 25.
• 2 的十次方是 1024 : 2 to the power of 10 is 1024
• 4.12 : four point one two = four and twelve one hundredths
• 3又5/8 : three and five eights
• 1/3 : a third
• 1/10 : one tenth
• 1/100 : one one-hundriedth
• 1/1000 : one one-thousandth
• 2/3 : two-thirds = two over three = two divided by three
• 15/20 : fifteen twentieths = fifteen over twenty = fifteen divided by twenty
• < : is less than 小於
• > : is more than 大於
• ≤ : is less than or equal to 小於等於
• ≥ : is more than or equal to 大於等於

Direction

• upper 上半部

• lower 下半部

• right above 正上方 e.g. The ceiling fan is right above you.

• right below 正下方

• the upper left (corner) 左上(角)

• the upper right (corner) 右上(角)

• the lower left (corner) 左下(角)

• the lower right (corner) 右下(角)

• at the left hand side, to the left 在 sth/sb 左邊

• at the right hand side, to the right 在 sth/sb 右邊

• (in, on, at) sth/ left half 在 sth/sb 左半邊

• (in, on, at) sth/ right half 在 sth/sb 右半邊

• in front of sth/sb to the left 在 sth/sb 左前方

• behind sth/sb to the left 在 sth/sb 左後方

• in front of sth/sb to the right 在 sth/sb 右前方

• behind sth/sb to the right 在 sth/sb 右後方

Mixed Conditionals

4 main types

1. If I won the lottery, I would buy a house. (與事實相反;只是想像)
   • If I knew how to cook, I’d have made you dinner instead.
   • If I weren’t so busy, I’d go with you.
2. If I had known she was coming, I would have come too. (come is p.p.) (後悔;要是..;早知道..)
   • If I had won the competition, I would have a great job now.
3. If you boil water, it evaporates. (事實)
4. If you study hard, you will pass the test. (事實)
   • If you go, I’ll go too.

example based on context (跟上面4個類型無關)

• If you didn’t study computers in high school, you might(will) find this course difficult.
  • simple past .. future
• If you didn’t want to buy that shirt, you shouldn’t have (bought it).
  • simple past .. present perfect
• If you will follow me please, I’ll show you to your table.
• If it will help my case, I’ll take the test
• If my parents weren’t going aways. I’d have invited you.