Comic﹕Mind your surroundings!
【明報專訊】The Smarties and Eason are having the toughest fight ever after the short break in Easter. Why doesn't Pat get involved? Because of her prolonged exposure to loud noise!
■English highway-phrasal verbs
Take
take off — remove something
take away — make something disappear; buy cooked food from a restaurant and take it outside to eat it somewhere
take back — admit that you were wrong to say something
take up — become interested in a new activity and spend time doing it
take in — let someone stay in your house because they have nowhere else to stay
■Quiz
Fill in the correct phrasal verbs of "take" with correct tenses to complete the sentences.
1. Two pizzas to ________, please.
2. You'd better ________ your rude words.
3. He's so kind that he's always ________ stray animals.
4. She ______ cooking ______ for a while, but soon lost interest.
5. ________ your shoes before coming in, please.
■Glossary
tough (adj) 費力的
prolonged (adj) 長期的
exposure (n) 暴露
headphone (n) 頭戴式耳機
