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Theatre etiquette

 

電影《解碼遊戲》男星班尼狄甘巴貝治在倫敦踏台板，演出莎翁名劇《王子復仇記》王子一角，卻發生不愉快事件！劇場禮儀，不可不知！

 

 

urge 催促；力勸；激勵；慫恿

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Vincent urged him to stay.

例子：Peter urged patience on the crowd.

例子：The final report urged all children should be taught to swim.

 

urge 強烈慾望

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：She had a sudden urge to hit him.

 

urge somebody on 鼓勵／激勵某人做某事

 

例子：Ben wanted to quit but his girlfriend urged him on.

 

mortifying 令人感到屈辱的；使人羞愧的；痛心的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：It was a completely mortifying experience.

 

mortify 使人羞愧

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Johnny’s behaviour mortified his parents.

例子：It mortified Jacky to have to admit that he had never actually read the book.

 

► mortification (noun 名詞)

 

例子：Debbie was filled with mortification when she realized her mistake.

 

進到劇院，何不放下手提電話，全心全意欣賞表演呢？Benedict Cumberbatch 更警告，如有再犯，有關人等會立即被逐離場！

 

spread

(verb 動詞)

 

1. 傳播／散佈

• to spread gossip 散佈流言
• to spread a disease 傳播疾病
• to spread the word 傳播消息

 

2. 分布

例子：The meeting will be spread over several months.

 

3. 使分散

• to spread the sand evenly
• to spread the workload fairly

 

4. 展開／鋪開

• to spread her arms wide

例子：Her notes were spread all over her desk.

 

spread

(noun 名詞)

 

1. 傳播；蔓延；擴散

例子：the spread of the thought of democracy to other countries

 

2. 寬度；範圍

例子：The survey shows that there is quite a spread in terms of age.

3. 醬

例子：peanut butter spread 花生醬

4. 豐盛的飯菜

例子：a magnificent spread 盛宴

例子：Americans always have a huge spread for Thanksgiving.

 

offender 罪犯／禍害

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Bobo got two months’ imprisonment as she was a first offender.

例子：a habitual or persistent offender 慣犯

 

evict 驅逐

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The landlord has threatened Annie to evict her if she doesn’t pay the rent soon.

例子：Sammy was evicted from his apartment.

 

IDIOM 慣用語

 

wouldn’t be caught dead 無論如何也不會（做某事）

 

例子：I wouldn’t be caught dead doing promotion for that company.

例子：Susan wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a dress like that – it’s like something her grandmother would wear!

 

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