【now.com生活】上Oral堂學生自我介紹的時候，偶爾會聽到 “I am born in Hong Kong”或者 “I born in Hong Kong”等等奇怪的英文句子。今次就趁住復活節講吓Born呢個字點用啦！
首先，如果想表達出世地點或者時間，我哋一般都會用過去式（past tense）同埋被動式（passive voice）。所以， 當人哋問你："Where were you born?”你就可以答：“I was born in Hong Kong”喇。
咁點解用passive voice呢？雖然中文唔會講「被生出嚟」，但係英文嚟講，呢個係慣用語。另外，好多學生都唔知born呢個字的simple form其實係 “bear”，即係解「生仔」， 三態變化係bear-bore-born，所以轉passive voice嘅時候會變咗做be born，記住唔係be borned呀！記唔到就去聽Queen的 “I Was Born To Love You”十萬次洗腦啦。
順帶一提，如果想話人哋「含住金鎖鑰出世」， 我哋可以用”born with a silver spoon in your mouth”，譬如：
She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and doesn't have to work at all.
佢屋企好有錢，唔使撈都得啦。
因為我哋無父幹，所以都係踏踏實實學好啲英文啦。祝大家呢個復活節假叉足電，下次見，Bye！
