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同形同音異義詞 (homonyms) 是學生的惡夢，同一個英文字有不同的詞義，永遠是學英文者頭痛的根源。今天再介紹給大家幾個同形同音異義詞，如下：
I am fine today, but yesterday I was fined $450 for speeding.
( I am fine 指「我很好」，I was fined 卻是「我被罰款」。)
We have to pool our savings in order to build a swimming pool.
( pool our savings 解作「集合積蓄」，swimming pool 是「游泳池」。)
I saw a man saw a tree last Sunday.
(saw 是see的過去式，卻又可解作「鋸」。)
Do you want to play a ball game or go to the ball ?
(ball game 是「球類遊戲」，ball 又可解作「舞會」。)
He would rather spend some time at the golf course than take an English course.
( golf course 是「高爾夫球場」，English course 卻是「英語課程」。)
讀讀下面的小故事，可會令你莞爾？
John : Do you know Mr. Smith is a rightist ?
Judy : Do you mean he writes with his right hand ?
John : No, he is left-handed, but he belongs to the right wing of the Conservative party.
Judy : You mean he is always right in his opinions ?
John : No, he is always wrong, because I am a left-wing Labour party member.
Judy : You have got me totally confused ! I don't care whether he is a rightist or leftist. Whether he is right-handed or left-handed is none of my business. I just want to know if he is right or wrong this time !
很多同學告訴我：「我把整篇文章的生字都查了字典，但是始終不能完全明白文章內容。」原因何在？正正是同形同音異義詞製造的麻煩，學生不知應套用那一個詞義，又怎能解釋文章意思呢？
同形同音異義詞沒有法則、沒有定律，你只可靠自己的記憶，靠自己訂出的記字法(mnemonics)協助，加把勁，便必有所成。 韓Sir
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