Alone, lonely
alone (adj. 形容詞) = withoug others 獨自一人
例句： She is alone in the room.

alone (adv. 副詞) = without others 獨自一人
例句：She lives alone.

lonely (adj. 形容詞) = feeling unhappy because of the lack of friends 寂寞
例句：She feels lonely.

Climate, weather
climate = the weather conditions of an area throughout the year 氣候（通常指一段較長的時間）
例句：What sort of climate can we find in Flordia?

Weather 天氣
例句：The weather for this weekend will continue to be fine.

Especially, specially
especially = particularly 特別；異常地
例句：Last year we had an especially mild winter.

specially = for this special purpose 專為
例句：I came here specially to see you.

Sensible, sensitive
sensible = showing good judgement 明智的
例句：He made a sensible decision.

Sensitive = easily annoyed or affected 敏感
例句：She is very sensitive to other people’s criticism.

Exercise 練習
Fill in the spaces with suitable words. 在空位內填上適當的字

1. alone/lonely
She was ________ in the house, and she felt ________ .

2. especially/ specially
(a) He doesn’t trust anyone, ________ women.
(b) “We’ve come here ________ to see you.”

3. sensible/sensitive
(a) I wouldn’t say anything if I were you. She is very ________  about her son’s behaviour.
(b) That’s very ________ advice.

ANSWERS

1. alone; lonely
2. (a) especially
(b) specially

3. (a) sensitive
(b) sensible