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The survey showed 33 per cent of primary-school pupils, aged six to 12, could not put a name to their parents’ profession. Only 14 per cent knew how much it costs to run a household while just 38 per cent have any insight into the cost of their own education and extracurricular activities.

 

1. put a name to (someone or something) 知道(或記住)... 的名稱 /叫出…的名字

e.g. I've heard that song but I can't put a name to it. 我聽過那曲, 但說不出名字。

e.g. I couldn't put a name to the emotion I was feeling.

put a name to a face = to remember the name of someone who you recognize

e.g. I’m sure I know her, but I can’t put a name to the face.

 

2. have insight (n.) into = have a deep understanding of sth 洞悉

to give/offer an insight into sth. 對某事物提出深刻見解

to gain/develop an insight into sth. 深入了解某事物

洞察力

e.g. He was a man with considerable insight. 具有很強的洞察力

 

insightful (adj.)  富有洞察力的

 

e.g. He is such an insightful man.

 

Less than a third (31 per cent) keep track of their spending, virtually none of them has a clue about household expenditure and only a fifth are aware they have a bank account.

 

3. virtually (adv.) = almost

 

e.g. It would have been virtually impossible to get all the information.

 

Virtual = 虛擬的

e.g. He can communicate with people in the virtual world very well, but not the real world.

 

4. a clue 線索 / 想法

I don’t have a clue (about sth.) （對某事物）一無所知 = I don’t know.

e.g. He doesn't have a clue about parenting. 她對養兒育女一竅不通

提示

e.g. give me a clue 給我點提示吧

 

The survey results suggest most parents are unaware of their offspring’s lack of financial nous, believing they have done a great job of teaching them about money. 

 

5. nous [as in mouse] 智力; 常識 = intelligence / common sense

e.g. Many children lack financial nous.

also political nous

 

Kevin’s Classroom

insight (countable) vs insight (uncountable)

e.g. He is a leader of great insight. 洞察力 (This sentence is saying that the leader has an impressive ability to understand things; this is a general insight.)

e.g. The song provides us with insights into Hong Kong people’s life. (Here each insight is a fresh understanding of something specific, so you can have more than one of them)

 

in sight (prep. + n.) = Within one's range of vision

e.g. The sailboat was still in sight on the horizon.

   
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