Mail 和 Email的用法 (ps: 作動詞使用時要加to)

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mail
W3S3 n [U] [Sense: 1-3; Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: male 'bag']
[Sense: 4; Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: maille, from Latin macula 'spot, woven threads']
1. the letters and packages that are delivered to you:▬ She's been reading my private mail.▬ When he got to the office he found a mountain of mail waiting for him.▬ He promised to forward my mail to my new address. (=send it from my old home or office) ▬ He gets sacks of fan mail . (=letters from people who admire him and are his fans)
hate mail (=letters from people saying that they hate you)
2. especially AmE the system of collecting and delivering letters and packages: British Equivalent: post▬ The mail here's really slow and unreliable.▬ The product will be sold mainly through the mail.
in the mail▬ I'll put the check in the mail tomorrow.
by mail▬ Did you send the document by mail?
registered/express/first-class etc mail ▬ I sent my application by registered mail.▬ Most reports are sent via internal mail (=a system of sending documents to people inside the same organization) .
3. messages that are sent and received on a computer: = email▬ You should always check your incoming mail (=messages that you receive) every day.▬ Please read the mail message for information on the error.
4. armour made of small pieces of metal, worn by soldiers in the Middle Ages: ▬ > voice mail

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WORD FOCUS: mail
1. things that people send: letter, postcard, package also parcel (BrE), junk mail
2. ways of sending mail: first class限時專送/second class平信(英國) (BrE), airmail, surface mail平信, special delivery
3. the person who delivers your mail: postman/postwoman (BrE), mailman (AmE), letter carrier (AmE)
4. the place where you buy stamps, send letters and packages etc: post office
5. the place where you put letters and packages: postbox (BrE) mailbox (AmE)
6. the place where you receive letters and packages: letterbox (BrE) mailbox (AmE)

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mail 2 S3 v [T] especially AmE
1. to send a letter or package to someone: British Equivalent: post
mail sth to sb▬ The weekly newsletter is mailed to women all over the country.
2. to send a document to someone using a computer: = email
mail sth to sb▬ Can you mail it to me as an attachment?
mail out [mail sth ≠ out] phr v
to send letters, packages etc to a lot of people at the same time＝ send out▬ The department has just mailed out 300,000 notices.

Jason老師2011暑假新增口訣及舊口訣修訂（第一次修訂）:

Jason老師2011暑假新增口訣及舊口訣修訂（第一次修訂）:



各位親愛的同學們，暑假又要接近尾聲了。Jason老師一如往常整理了自己這個暑期上課期間所自創的口訣，希望大家能夠再次好好溫習。口訣如下：



一：淺談pass及past的不同 (金桔檸檬口訣)

當然不同！ Pass 作動詞，其三態為 pass / passed / passed 。past 有很多詞性，但基本上比要好記的方式是：只要排除動詞，past幾乎可以作任何詞性。Pass及past的用法口訣為：



Pass : 作動詞並有五大定義。口訣： 金桔通被傳（喝金桔檸檬的人通要被傳喚）：金（經過），桔（及格），通（通過），被（被允許），傳（傳遞）



Past: 口訣：在過去，看經過，過幾分。分析如下：
在過去： in the past : 作名詞

看經過： watch sb past : 作副詞

過幾分：ten past nine : 作介係詞



二：what 和 how 的差異 （很持久口訣）

口訣：

樣子持久性

反感映健進

天氣怎麼樣



解釋如下

1. 樣子持久性 ：只能用於what開頭之疑問句。凡是泛指某人某物的外貌，個性等具有持久性特色的疑問句一律以what 為主。

2. 反感映健進： 凡具有反應，感覺，映像，健康狀況，進步與否語意之疑問句一律以how開頭為主。

3. 天氣怎麼樣：問天氣如何（what’s the weather? / how’s the weather?）或是提出建議(what about / how about) 時what 和how 通用。



三：pay for 及 pay 用法之探討 （口訣：bd tft ：new bra：買不買規則）待整理

1. pay for 只能用在有對價關係的物品或服務之買賣上。

2. pay 一般是用在沒有回報或是沒有直接利益的支付上。





口訣：bd tft :

b: bill

d: debt

t: tuition

f: fee

t: tax





四：大魔王口訣之一：附加疑問句例外用法之探討：待整理



口訣：

命令正反will will will

建議感嘆 shall shall be

must必須 mustn’t needn’t

must be 一定 現在be

must have 推論 have did be (過去be)



五：不可使用被動語態之動詞：口訣Bob saw that she sniff (聞一聞口訣或Bob口訣)

口訣

Bob saw that she sniff

Bob : before / be

saw : agree with / walk into

that she : specialize in / have

sniff : suit / fit