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老子今天心情好！
吸血鬼：
你們人類都是低等生物！唉，你們總是恥笑The Matrix裡的壞蛋Agent Smith不理解自由(freedom)、博愛(love)、和平(peace)和真理(truth)等概念，歷史卻告訴朕：人類總是用這些概念來互相愚弄，刻意引發衝突，甚至大大聲說自己是公義一方⋯⋯
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我知，我好有哲學家的「諗樣」。
神父（冷笑）：
Dracula，別裝模作樣了！你自己生前死後都殺人無數，有資格批評人類嗎？
學生A：
更何況你自己曾經都是人類啊！難道你承認你自己曾經是低等生物？
吸血鬼（怒）：
又插嘴？再犯者咬！
吸血鬼（清喉嚨）：
事實上，朕的確是又高貴又低等的生物，因為朕的存在本質就是矛盾。
神父、學生（O嘴*）
吸血鬼：
朕的存在本質包含了生與死。你們一定知道兩者不能共存，因為生與死是對立的。換言之，一個人不可能同時生存但又同時死亡。
學生B：
但是你⋯⋯
吸血鬼：
無錯！朕是Dracula、吸血鬼之王，是the living dead的品種！朕超越了生命的盡頭！朕將生命帶到死亡！
神父：
呸！要死很容易啦，但你要死的時候又死不去，無用！
吸血鬼（怒）：
錯誤解讀！朕不理會你了。現在教大家好重要的詞語：dead、dying、die和death。朕行走江湖多年，發現學生常常混淆這四個常見字詞，非常失望。
Dead是形容詞，解作已經死去的。
Dying也是形容詞，但解作垂死的。
以下是練習：
1.
A car accident occurred yesterday. Three men who were badly injured were rushed to the hospital... One of them was (dead / dying) while the other two survived.
2.
Seven years ago, Sam's girlfriend got brain cancer. She told Sam, "I must break up with you because I am (dead / dying). I don't want you to grieve." For this, Sam has been crying a lot. However, a few days ago, Sam met his ex-girlfriend again - she was walking hand in hand with a handsome guy. Sam ran to her and shouted, "Oh my god! Seven years have passed and you are still not (dead / dying)?"
如無問題，請續繼：
Die是動詞，解作死亡。請留意die和dead的分別：
正確寫法：He dies. He is dead. He has died.
錯誤寫法：He is died. He is die. He dead. He has dead.
最後介紹death，是名詞，有以下的常見用法：
Example One: Thomas' death is a piece of shocking news.
Example Two: The death of Thomas is shocking.
Example Two值得再三留意：death後面如何也好是不需要加es，但前面一定要有the。
最後試試做這練習吧：
3.
Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, was standing with his friend on the battlement, keeping his eyes fixed on the area where the guards told him they saw the ghost of Hamlet's father.
Hamlet's father __________ last week. He was bitten by snake when sleeping in the orchard - people said so. He was already __________ when his younger brother (Hamlet's uncle) found him. Everyone was sad.
However, Hamlet was the one who grieved the most. A few days after his father's __________, Hamlet's uncle married Hamlet's mother, and everyone was happy with this marriage. Now, Hamlet was standing in darkness with his friend and a few guards, while the others were celebrating and laughing in the hall, which was bright and warm.
Fate would soon change everything.
以上內文簡單介紹了莎士比亞的名劇《王子復仇記》的背景資料和開頭。有興趣知道故事發展可以自行查閱。
不過，朕無打算多談這個王子的事，因為接下來朕要繼續介紹自己⋯⋯
（待續）
答案：
1.
A car accident occurred yesterday. Three men who were badly injured were rushed to the hospital... One of them was dead while the other two survived.
2.
Seven years ago, Sam's girlfriend got brain cancer. She told Sam, "I must break up with you because I am dying. I don't want you to grieve." For this, Sam has been crying a lot. However, a few days ago, Sam met his ex-girlfriend again - she was walking hand in hand with a handsome guy. Sam ran to her and shouted, "Oh my god! Seven years have passed and you are still not dead?"
3.
Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, was standing with his friend on the battlement, keeping his eyes fixed on the area where the guards told him they saw the ghost of Hamlet's father.
Hamlet's father died last week. He was bitten by snake when sleeping in the orchard - people said so. He was already dead when his younger brother (Hamlet's uncle) found him. Everyone was sad.
However, Hamlet was the one who grieved the most. A few days after his father's death, Hamlet's uncle married Hamlet's mother, and everyone was happy with this marriage. Now, Hamlet was standing in darkness with his friend and a few guards, while the others were celebrating and laughing in the hall, which was bright and warm.
Fate would soon change everything.
*O嘴：廣東話潮語，意為口呆目瞪。
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這裡也教廣東話:))
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