英語學習筆記

Eliza: How come your text messages are either misspelled or in incomplete sentences? Rick: Because it's too time-consuming to type out every word perfectly. Eliza: That's true. Speaking of which, there was a National Texting championship in New York last week. The winner was a thirteen-year-old girl who typed 34 English characters correctly in 15 seconds! Rick: I read that she sends more than 8,000 text messages per month. Eliza: Clearly, her daily practice gave her the upper hand in that competition. 解析:Have the upper hand==佔上風 either pron. 二者之一 rather adv.寧願,多少;相當 misspell vt.拼錯(字) misspell, misspelled, misspelled sentence n.想法,[文法]句,[法]宣判 incomplete adj.未完全的,有缺點的 consume vt.耗盡,食用,飲用,用盡 consuming adj. consume, consumed, consumed competion n.競爭 perfect adj.完全的 vt.使完成 perfect tense [文法]完成式 tense adj.拉緊的 n.[文法]時態 beside prep.在...旁,鄰近