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IgiveTseHo-yinfullmarks.

注意和的发音

•fullfool

InmypreviouscolumnIwroteaboutlegislativecouncillorDennisKwokWing-

hangmixingupthewordsrenegadeandrenege.Thetwowordshave

almostthesamespellingbuthaveverydifferentmeanings.Arenegade(noun)

isawhoraysorturnsagainsthisowncountry.Theverbrenege

meanstogobackonorbreakapromise.KwokWing-hang,afluentEnglish

speaker,accusedthecentralgovernmentofrenegingonitspromisestoHong

Kongbuthemistakenlyusedthewordrenegadeinstead.TransportSecretary

AnthonyCheungBing-leungisalsoafluentEnglishspeakerbuthasaHong

Kongaccent,unlikeKwokWing-hang,whoseaccentispartly,

partlyBritish.

•Mixup弄混了

Peoplemaymixuptheirwords.（说话前言不搭后语)

Mixupwith

PeopleoftenmixmeupwithEric.

拓展:passoffas–冒充

EricpassedhimselfoffasanEnglishteacher.

Passfor

Ericisnearly30,buthecouldpassfor18.

•Renege(on):breakone’spromise食言

类似的表达还有:eatone’swords;

•Renegade:Arenegadeisawhohasdesertedtheircauseordefied

convention;theyrerebelsandsometimesoutlaws,oreventraitors.

注意发音:desert的动词和名词发音不同；rebel的动词和名词发音不同

拓展脱北者

:–NorthKoreandefector

InanEnglish-languageradiointerviewlastweek,CheungBing-leungsaid

althoughthegovernmenthadallowedKowloonMotorBustoraisefares,ithad

alsomadesurethebuscompanywasmanagedinagoodway.Hesaid:We

havetomakesurethecompanyhasstrivedtomanageitselfproperly.To

strivetodosomethingmeanstotryveryhardtodosomething.Thepasttense

caneitherbestrivedor