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March 11th, 2004
Supplement # 087
VOCABULARY &
PRONUNCIATION
COMMON MISTAKES
PART V
(Continued from Issue # 085)
accept --
expect --
except
ses ve yazılım benzerliği
# Although
I wasn't quite expecting any failure on your part, I
suppose I will have to accept your excuses, except
that part about losing contact with the rest of the group.
# We
waited there not quite knowing what to expect except that
we would have to accept whatever they would offer us.
Q -- I'm
............... an answer within a few days.
a.
expecting b. hoping c.
excepting d. waiting e.
accepting
access --
excess
geçiş, ulaşım ---
aşırılık, fazlalık
# The
number of people who sought access into the auditorium was
in excess of a thousand.
adapt --
adopt
uyarlamak, uyarlanmak
(adapte)
benimsemek, evlat edinmek
# The
government will have to adopt new policies to help
immigrants adapt to a different culture and climate.
adolescent --
adolescence
kişi / nitelik
# The
trouble with many adolescents is that they never seem to grow out of
adolescence.
advice --
advise
ad / fiil
ıd-vays
-- ıd-vayz
# I
need your advice. What do you advise me to
do? Just tell me please: what's your advice?
NOT: "device - devise" ikilisi de böyledir.
affect --
effect
fiil / ad
# How
does this pill affect a person's stomach? What side
effects does it have on the liver?
Q --
His
new appointment takes ............. from the beginning of next month.
a.
place b.
effect c.
post d.
part e.
position
Q --
How
did the island's humid climate ............... his health?
a.
affect b.
defect c.
suspect d.
effect e.
reflect
DİKKAT:
Ayrıca "to effect" fiilini de not ediniz: "to bring about" = "neden
olmak, olmasını sağlamak" gibi anlamlarla: "The government hopes that
this new tax will effect a more balanced state budget."
To
be continued... Devam edecek...
JOKE OF THE WEEK
MEN ARE SILENT ACTORS
!!
Orhan's
dad picked him up from school to take him to a dental appointment. Knowing
the parts for the school play were supposed to be posted today, he asked
his son if he got a part.
picked him up from school
= okul çıkışında aldı... to take
him to...
= götürmek için... parts
= roller... to be supposed +
infinitive
= Bu çok önemli ve yaygın kullanılan deyimin gördüğünüz heryerde ne
anlamla kullanıldığını not ediniz...
were... to be posted today
= bugün asılıp ilan olunacaktı...
Orhan
sullenly announced that he had got a part: "I play a man who's been married for
twenty years."
sullenly
/sa-lınli/
= asılmış suratla...
"That's alright, son. Keep up the good work and before you know it they'll be
giving you a speaking part."
Keep up the good work
= Böyle çalışmağa devam et ("başarılarının devamını dilerim" nüansı taşır)...
before you know it = 1. zamanın nasıl geçtiğini anlamadan; 2.
başına ne geldiğini anlama
fırsatı olmadan... a speaking
part
= oyuncunun arka planda figüran olmadığı, diyaloglara katıldığı bir rol...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT !!
If you
want to make GOD Laugh, tell him your future plans. -- Woody Allen
Tanrı'yı güldürmek istiyorsanız, O'na gelecek hafta için olan planlarınızdan söz
edin...
NOT: "Tell him about your plans" yapısı da
olanaklı...
DIRTY LIMERICK OF THE WEEK
There was a young man from China
Who thought he was a jolly good climber;
When he slipped on a rock
He knocked off his cock
And now he has got a v*gina.
NOT:
Bazı aşırı duyarlı mail merkezlerinin sansürüne takılmaması için, kimi
sözcükleri *'lı yazmak zorunda kalıyorum.
NOT:
"Climber" sözcüğünü umarım doğru telaffuz ettiniz: /klay-mı/
TIP OF THE WEEK
It is wrong to say (& think)
that someone from Wales, Scotland or Ireland is "English"...
You can call someone from Wales
"Welsh" or "British"... You can call someone from Scotland "Scottish" or
"British"... You can call someone from Ireland "Irish" (or "Northern
Irish" if the person is from Northern Ireland)...
You need to know something
about the history of the United Kingdom to understand why this mistake
annoys people.
THE WEEK'S LOVE POEM
Your Secret Admirer
When you and I are far
apart, Can sorrow break your tender heart? I love you my darling, yes I do; Sleep is sweet when I dream of you. All of you is a blooming rose -- Night has come so I must close... With care read the first word of each line; You will there a message find...
NOT:
"Şiir dilini", sakın sınavlarda taklit etmeye kalkışmayın. Şairler dille
diledikleri gibi oynama hakkına sahiptirler. Buna İngilizce'de "POETIC LICENSE"
adı verilir...
