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本期英語島教學實驗室主題是「Show & Tell 」，這是強化英文描述最好的方法，選一張圖鉅細靡遺地描述它，例如圖中人物的動作、空間的動線、照片傳達的意境，找出自己的英文裡缺了什麼。

1. 你說得出桌上幾樣東西？

	There are so many devices on the table.
	We have a combo of computers and tablets on the desk.

你還說得出桌上那些物品的名稱？大部分人會說computer, laptop, pictures, mouse, keyboard, plant。不會說的是tablet, ….

2. 你會形容嗎？

	I see the plant is on the table. 我看到桌上的植物。
	The plant adds a nice touch.

	There are many things on the table.
	The table is a bit messy. It has…

3. 從一個點到面

It seems that the owner reads a lot.

看起來這張桌子的主人看很多東西

I'd say it's someone's office because of the phone. This kind of phone usually appears at the office.
從電話看起來這應該是一個人的辦公室，這種電話通常只會出現在辦公室裡。

There's a textbook on the table. Perhaps someone is continuing his adult education by taking a college course on the side and they decided to bring that material with them to the office to study on their lunch break.
桌上有一本課本，也許這個人一面工作、一面進修，辦公室午休的時候讀書。

	He has a lot of Apple products. 他有很多蘋果產品。
	He seems to be a fan of Apple. 他似乎是果粉。

Maybe he/she is a SOHO worker works at home.

A SOHO worker就是在家工作的人，不需要再加works at home.

4. 每句話都是I, I, I

有一個受試者是這樣說的：I saw a computer the table. I also saw the mobile phone and iPad on the table. I saw some tissues. I think the owner is not very organized. I saw the plant is on the left. And I also saw the newspapers on the right….

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