Comic﹕Internet memes
【明報專訊】Internet memes are one of the greatest symbols of social media. The most popular meme is an image of a person or animal with a witty caption that is intended to be funny, sometimes as a way to publicly ridicule human behavior.
“ Pat: I only use memes in conversations now. Don't bother to write. ”
“ Bill: But I didn't get your memes all the time... ”
“ Pat: This is my recent favourite. I've been sending it out to hundreds of people. ”
“ Bill: Is wrong spelling a feature of memes? ”
“ Dr Panda: Looks like you're too excited for Friday to come... ”
■English highway﹕get
We can use "get" in conversational English to express the meaning of "to understand something".
e.g. I told that joke to my brother, but he didn't get it.
In this meaning, "get" is not used in the progressive.
(╳) I'm getting it.
■Quiz
Choose the correct answers.
1. Sorry, I still don't get it. ______________
a. You'll have to explain.
b. No explanation is needed.
2. ______________ I hadn't a clue what he said.
a. Are you getting that?
b. Did you get that?
3. I didn't get half of what the teacher said ______________
a. because she talked so well.
b. because she talked so fast.
(Answers on next text)
■Glossary
witty (adj) 風趣的
caption (n) 說明文字
ridicule (v) 嘲笑
conversation (n) 交談
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