Comic﹕Please hold the handrail

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【明報專訊】Pat and MoMo are on a train, but Pat's attention is always on her phone...

“ MoMo: Pat, will you free at least one hand to hold the handrail? ”

“ Pat: Don't worry. I have extraordinary balancing skills. ”

“ Broadcast system: Please hold the handrail. ”

“ MoMo: What I gave you is a useful piece of advice! ”

“ Broadcast system: Please stand back from the doors. ”

“ MoMo: Eason! It's you again! We won't let you go this time! ”

“ Pat: Wait, my weapon! ”

■English highway﹕-words and collocations

Measure words

Uncountable nouns like "advice", "information", "furniture" and "equipment" have no plurals. We should use measure words like piece, item and bit to describe amounts.

e.g. Several astonishing bits of news came this morning.

e.g. May I have one cup of tea and two cups of coffee please?

■Quiz

Match each of the uncountable nouns on the right to a suitable phrase with a measure word on the left. (see the picture)

(answers on next text)

1. a grain of ˙

2. a sheet of ˙

3. a jar of ˙

4. a work of˙

˙a. paper

˙b. art

˙c. sand

˙d. juice

■Glossary

handrail (n) 扶手

furniture (n) 家具

astonishing (adj) 令人驚訝的

grain (n) 顆粒

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