我喜欢诸事八卦的学生，这种人对周边的事物充满好奇心，并喜欢探讨及在当中学习。We can learn a great deal just by observing. 学生问，究竟" What about you? " 跟 " How about you? " 的分别是什麼？

　　每次遇到这种容易混淆的词彙或句子，又或者不能用固定的grammar rules（文法定律）来解释的时候，我喜欢鼓励学生作句，举例说明。

　　"How about writing some examples to illustrate the difference between these two phrases? "

　　" How about taking the tour bus today? "

　　这两个" How about ..." 带出一个广泛的话题给对方思考或探索。在这个情况下，" What about ..." 也适用。

　　"I see you made lots of careless mistakes in your recent test. What about those spelling mistakes you made in the test? "

　　"We shall go for our epic hike tomorrow."

　　"Sure. But what about the weather? Isn't it going to be a stormy day?"

　　这两个" What about ..."带出一个相对狭窄的话题或有反对、负面意思问题。如果用" How about ..."便会比较奇怪。

　　再举两个例子：

　　"How are you doing? I am awesome, how about you? "

　　这个" how about you? "用来问别人的感受。

　　"How many books did you borrow ? Ten, what about you? "

　　句子描述自己借了10本书，好像期望对方在回答时也说应该借了那个指定数量的书籍。

　　顺带提一提句子结构，"How about ... "及"What about..."后面也可以採用Gerunds（动名词）或Pronouns（代名词）或Nouns（名词）。

　　其实我也是一个诸事八卦的老师。I am always observing my students and hearing stories about things around them. It turns out to be helpful as a teacher.

Miss Carol

　　大专院校语文讲师、企业培训讲师及国际英文公开试主考官。

carolc.english@gmail.com