3 Academic interesting links

(1) Daily English http://www.englishdaily626.com/
--> This webpage is very interesting and abundant, it contains the
daily basis English conversation and TOFEL vocabulary, which is
awesomely useful.

(2) Common Errors in English http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
--> This website provides a huge lists of common errors that English
learner may have problems with, which is very significant.


(3) The English learner movie guild http://www.eslnotes.com/
--> This webite is the best out of the best, there are plenty of movies
wheather old or new, you can find the detail explanation of the
dialogue been spokn in the movie

Three links to improve your English "Writing"

1. (The Purdue OWL)---> The most well-organized one
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

2. (English campus)---> A good Hong Kong English learning website
http://www.hkedcity.net/english/practise/writing/index.phtml?section=ex

3. (Slang dictionary) ---> You can refer to this website to know more
deeper meaning of English slang
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/p.htm

Hi, I am back!!

It's been such a long time I haven't updated my weblog.
It's almost 2 years ago that I created my first web log, it's fun,
interesting and cool.

Here I am again, come back to this secret garden, hopefully I can
refresh this little area. For my memory in NTUST, the last year
of my university...

My Idea Job

While to other people considering earning plenty of money means possessing a good job, I tend to not follow the trend. To tell the truth, the current job that I am doing as a sales person and marketing engineer isn't the perfect job for me. Oftentimes, it requires the ability to talk with customers in business jargon which seems a bit shallow to me. As I am a very candid person, having had to say things like that makes me uncomfortable. To look back on the ideal jobs that I wanted to do since I was little, I thought about being an elementary school teacher, working as a secretary, or even being able to work overseas. However, if it is possible for me to choose an ideal job, my answer can surprise some people. Just about nowadays I realized I really want to be a housewife, for the reason that I could put all my efforts and love towards my family. Compared to having had to face many challenges at work, I'd rather take care of the housework, which seems to have not much pressure to me. Also, to look after my family's daily life, contributing myself to them can make me fulfilled. Well, at present, I haven't been able to do my ideal job due to the fact that I haven't found my ideal husband yet. Nevertheless, I believe that one day I will have the chance to do this job and I will be the superb one.

My Idea Husband

Since I was a little girl up to the present, there have been several ideal husband images appearing to my mind. When I was 5 years old or so, I wanted to marry with a baker, for the reason that I could eat various kinds of bread and cakes anytime I felt like it for free. When I grew a bit older, I changed my mind from marrying a baker to a stationer owner because I thought I could use different kind of stationery every day to make vivid my school life. Reaching adolescence, I started dreaming of my ideal husband as a good looking, gentle guy for my eyes’ pleasure. However, with understanding more things in life, I started to think that marrying a better half is not just like playing a chess game. It is the lifelong mate. If you ask me what my ideal husband is now, I would tell you that I am looking for the person who is caring and understanding toward me when I feel blue. Furthermore, he should be someone who considers chasing after knowledge to be important in life as it is to me. The most important thing is that he must be a funny guy who can make me laugh at anytime. If I should meet this person, I would choose to marry him without a doubt.

The Most Important Thing(s) in My Life

While many people are putting their goal of life as chasing after money, there are several things I consider of primary importance in my life. If I have to put them into order, first of all would be “happiness.” Without happiness, I cannot imagine how miserable my life will be. What makes me happy? I am happy when I gain “Knowledge” by learning new things, which is the second important thing I consider in life. Following with the last but not least which is “health,” I am convinced that without a healthy body, it is never possible to achieve any goal in life, let alone happiness. So I am happy for I am a healthy person who has a positive outlook on life, and is able to learn things based on my own will. What else can I ask for? I think I am satisfied already.

The Key to Success: Hard Work or Luck?

From my point of view, I suppose that both luck and hard work are important to success. The reason is that I believe there is no such thing as a free lunch. One can hardly ever gain success just by relying on one’s good luck. If one does, it may just be a once in a blue moon chance. There is a personal experience I would like to mention, which is related to how I was able to pass the entrance examination for getting into NTUST. In fact, before I got the right to study in this school, I had tried two times to pass the exam; however, my hard work was in vain. Either the competitors were too great, or I wasn’t prepared well. At that time, I didn’t want to give up for one reason I consider NTUST to be the top ranked school for me, so I believed that the success must be reserved for the person who is most diligent. Even thought I had failed the exam twice, I still put hard work studying instead of waiting for my luck. Finally, I am glad I proved my theory with my effort.

My Rainy Day Person

I would like to describe a significant person to me who I consider
to be a rainy day friend. He is Mr.Antony Shu, who was my teacher
dating back several years ago. In the year 1999, I attended a PCB
Layout course, a kind of special course that teaches you how to
design electric circuit diagram at the government Thai-San Vocational
Training Centre. He was the one who led the course. The reason that
I see his as my rainy day friend is because he treats me very nicely
as if I was his own daughter. Whenever I face difficulties in life,
he is always there for me, consoling me with positive advice and
getting me off the hook. It really makes me appreciate what he has
done for me from the bottom of my heart. Although nowadays
I do not meet him often, we still keep a good relationship with
each other. He is my rainy day friend and will always be.

Precious 20

When organizing the old time photo, I found this one which was taken
in my college, the beautiful age 2o. Very なつかしいね。

My Best Friend Nyssa's wedding

 

IDIOMS---2005/Dec/29

01. as blind as a bat: someone who has poor eyesight.
02. as quiet as a mouse: very silent.
03. a bookworm: someone who enjoys reading a lot.
04. a copy cat: someone who likes to imitate others.
05. chicken: coward
06. an early bird: Allan arrives at the office before everyone else.
He always does what he has decided.
07. to eat like a horse: Every time Jess goes walking in the mountains,
he comes home with a big appetite, and he eats like a horse. (to eat a lot)
08. pigheaded: Adam is so pigheaded that he never listens to anyone.
he always does what he has decided. (stubborn)
09. to smell a rat: I could smell a rat. Someone stopped me on the street
and offered to sell me a gold watch for five dollars. (to get the feeling that
something weird was going on.)
10. to talk turkey: Let's stop being polite and talking around the problem.
Let's start to talk turkey. (to talk something directly, say things straight)
11. to work like a dog: he works two jobs and goes to college. He works like
a dog because he understands the importance of education. (work hard)

IDIOMS---2005/Dec/22

01. big mouth: someone who can't keep secret.
02. By heart: to memorize
03. to cost an arm and a leg: expensive.
04. to have a sweet tooth: someone who likes to eat sweet things.
05. head over heels in love: to be in love deeply.
06. a long face: Because Judy didn't get an invitation to the party,
she's walked around with a long face since yesterday. (upset)
07. nosey: Every time I go out, I notice my nosey neighbors watching
me. They must know everything about me. (someone who likes to
discover other people's privacy.)
08. a pain in the neck: Waiting for the bus on the cold, windy corner
is a pain in the neck (troublesome)
09. to pull someone's leg: Tomorrow is not a holiday. Don't believe
Rich, He is just pulling your leg. (joking, telling a lie)
10. to see eye to eye: Lucy and Dick never argue. They see eye to
eye on almost everything. (to share the same opinions and agree
to each other)
11. to shake a leg: Shake a leg! We have to be at school in twenty
minutes. (to hurry)
12. to break a leg: Good Luck!!

IDIOMS---2005/Dec/8

01. at first sight: the first impression
02. forty winks: to take a nap / to take a short sleep
03. in seventh heaven: extremely happy
04. of two minds: face a dilemma
05. on cloud nine: extremely happy
06. on second thought: to have an idea after thinking of something
clearly. To think twice before makes decision.
07. to put two and two together: We saw our neighbors putting
suitcases into their car. So we put two and two together and
concluded that they were going away on a trip. (to use the evidence
around you, to figure out the answers.)
08. second nature: Learning to golf is second nature to some people.
They can hit the ball well with no problem the very first time.
(talent, something you are good at naturally.)
09. second to none: The food in that restaurant is second to none.
You really get the best meals there. (best)
10. six of one, half a dozen of the other: we can either stay home
or go to the movie. I don't care. For me, it's six of one, half a
dozen of the other. (doesn't matter)
11. six sense: Lisa has a sixth sense for directions. She always
knows which road to take to get where she wants to go.
(intuition, gut feeling)
12. got carried away: Over doing something

IDIOMS---2005/Sep/22

01. blow s/t out: extinguish
She was not able to blow the candles out, so I helped her.
02. become of: happen to
What has become of my pencil? I had it ten minutes ago,
but I can't find it now.
03. shut up: The students got into big trouble for telling
their teacher to shut up.
04. has got: has caught
Curtis has got a bad cold. He’s sneezing and coughing a lot.
05. has got to: must
She has got to go to Chicago today to sign the contract.
06. keep up: catch up, follow
I can't keep up with him because he walks too fast.
07. On the other hand: on the contrary
My sister takes after my father in appearance. On the other
hand, I take after my mother.
08. turned down: refuse, rejected
I've been turned down by the graduate school that I applied
to last month. I guess I will start looking for a job.
09. fifty-fifty: go dutch
Let's go fifty-fifty on the cost of a new rug for our apartment.
10. break something in: to use something carefully,
to get the thing to be fit.
It is best to break a new car in by driving it slowly for the first
few hundred miles.
11. lost cause: no use, hopeless
It seems that Charles will never listen to our advice. I suppose
it's a lost cause.
12. above all: Sheila does well in all her school subjects, but
above all in mathematics. Her math scores are always over 95%

IDIOMS---2005/Nov/17

01. the apple of one's eye: the most precious treasure.
02. baloney: a polite form of “BS(Bull Shit)”; ** to describe something or action that
makes people upset. // ** a kind of food, like sausage
03. to cream someone: to really beat up someone in a game.
04. fishy: suspicious
05. to go bananas: go crazy
06. in a pickle: in trouble
07. a lemon: a bad product
08. nuts: crazy
09. a peach: nice person
10. peanuts: very cheap
11. a piece of cake: something that's easy

IDIOMS---2005/Oct/20

01. let up: stop
a. If the rain doesn't let up soon, we won't be able to have our picnic.
b. When Jane is working, she never lets up for a moment.
02. lay off: dismiss, reduce
a. If you're trying to lose weight, you should lay off sweet things.
b. If business continues to be slow, we will have to lay off some workers.
03. bring out : launch, take out (food)
a. Most automobile companies bring out new models each year.
b. my mother brought some snacks out for my friends.
04. bring back: return
a. You can bring back the dress as long as you have your sales receipt.
b. You can borrow my car if you promise to bring it back by six.
05. wait up for: wait, to stay up
a. Don't wait up for me. I will be home late today.
b. We waited up for our son until 2AM before we called the police.
06. to leave (someone or something) alone: don't bother
a. Leave the baby alone for a while and she may go to sleep.
b. Leave the project alone for a while. You may think of something new to add later.
07. let alone: not mention to, forget about it
a. I am too sick today to walk to the kitchen, let alone to go to the zoo with you.
08. break off: to terminate a relationship
a. After we began, the two countries broke off diplomatic relations.
b. Elsa and Bob were once engaged, but they have already broken it off.
09. wear off: disappear gradually
a. My headache isn't serious. It will wear off after an hour or so.
b. The effect of the painkilling drug didn't wear off for several hours.
10. wear down: torn. to tear, to make something old.
a. If you drag your feet while you walk, you'll wear down your shoes quickly.

IDIOMS---2005/Oct/13

2005/Oct/13

01. bite off more than one can chew: overloaded

When James registered for 30 credits in his last semester of college, he bit off more than he can chew.

02. tell apart: distinguish, identify

The two brothers look so much alike that few people can tell them apart.

03. all in all: generally, in summary

There were a few problems, but all in all it was a well-organized seminar.

04. pass out(1): to distribute

Please help me pass out these test papers; there must be a hundred of them.

05. pass out(2): faint

The weather was so hot in the soccer stadium that some of the fans in the stands passed out.

06. go around: to go for everyone

We thought that we had bought enough food and drink for the party, but actually there wasn’t enough to go around.

07. in the way: in the middle, blocking

Jocelyn couldn’t drive through the busy intersection because a big truck was in the way.

08. put on: to gain weight

Bob has put on a lot of weight recently. He must have put at least fifteen pounds on.

09. put up: to build

The construction company is tearing down that old office building in order to put up a new one.

10. put something up: to raise

Please put your hand up if you have never studied English grammar before.

11. put up with: tolerate

While I'm studying, I can't put up with any noise or other distractions.

12. in vain: helpless, useless

All the doctors' efforts to save the injured woman were in vain. She was declared dead three hours after being admitted to the hospital.

13. day in day out: everyday

During the moth of April, it rained day in day out.

14. catch up: keep up, not fall behind

The student was absent from class so long that it tool her a long time to catch up.

IDIOMS---2005/Sep/16

2005/Sep/16

01. can't do with out: be unable to manage or control someone or something.

02. bound to (do something): certain to do something / no doubt to be

03. take someone for: assumed

04. try out: to try / to test

05. tear something down: take down, destroy / disassemble

06. teat something up: tear something up into small pieces

07. at heart: basically, fundamentally

08. about to (do something): on the point of doing something.

09. blow up: burst

10. blow out: extinguish

11. become of: happen to

12. bite off more than once can chew: try to do more than one is able to do.

13. tell apart: distinguish between two things or people.

14. day in and day out: regularly, all the time

Best Friend's Quality

Speaking of “Best friend’s quality” I would like to bring about this topic from diplomatic perspective.

On the recent news, Senegal, a friend of Taiwan has just cut the diplomatic tie with Taiwan. Dates back a decade ago, they cut the diplomatic relations with Mainland China for economic reasons, yet now, they wants to switch loyalty to Mainland China for the same logic. And they even add to say “Between countries there are no friends, only shared benefits”.
Among 25 friends of Taiwan we have left, I wonder what on earth the motive we want to keep those countries for?? Most of them are not well-developed or have a firm position in national society. Years after years, we play the role of the fat cat, keep squandering huge money for corrupt allies. Do we just want to show the world that without China’s support, we still have friends??

I would say, those people who think that way are just fooling themselves around. Think about it, what is the in-depth significance of friendship? The answer can be narrowly to a person, widely to a country.

There is an English proverb says “A friend in need is a friend indeed”, Also, as the Chinese ancient teacher Confucius said that a true friend should be “Straightforward, upright and knowledgeable”.
In my view, I see these 3 words are initially important to a quality friend. In the meantime, I would also like to add one more description, which is “interactive assistance”, true friends are not only share your ups and downs in life, but also can bring out the best in your deep soul. He comforts you, consoles with you. That is kind of friends that I would get along with for entire life.

This is the last presentation that I give for this semester; I’d like to thank all of you for being such great audience of me. Without you, I would never be able to stand in front of the stage, thank you so much.

出發前的模樣(大家都還很'元氣' q^0^p)

 

磺嘴山生態保護區

 
 

Yeah~登到第一個小平台

 

中場休息(才不過走了快一小時-_-")

 

難忘的一天

不知你從哪裡來 也不知到哪裡去
我們偶然相識 就從這天起
不知你為誰而來 也不知幾時歸去
我們一見如故 陌生變知已
流水一樣的情意 純潔的像朵漣漪
金石一樣的愛心 讓它深深埋在心裏
這難忘的一天 這難忘的一天
值得我們一生 留戀回憶

簡單口語

cross finger (finger crossed) = break a leg 祝你好運!!
cross your heart 你發誓
gate - crasher 不請自來的不速之客　
you are all wet 你完全誤會了
she pulls out 她退出了
I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限
don't brush me off 不要敷衍我
let's get it straight 我們打開天窗說亮話吧
how about a bite 隨便吃些什麼吧
you can count on me 你可以信得過我
he see things not people他論事不論人
we sang the same songs 我們志同道合
I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能來
man proposes and god disposes 謀事在人成事在天
to look one way and row another聲東擊西
in everyone's mouth.膾炙人口
to kick against the pricks 螳臂擋車
to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬盡瘁
to suffer for one's wisdom. 聰明反被聰明誤
to harp on the same string. 舊調重彈
what's done cannot be undone 覆水難收
to convert defeat into victory. 轉敗為勝
beyond one's grasp. 鞭長莫及

Use of Animal

Good evening everyone, I am Lilian

Tonight, I would like to share the topic of “Use of animal” with you.
Talking about this issue brings me back a very uncomfortable experience that once I have seen a documentary which was filmed secretly of illegal slaughtermen who were executing the process of tearing off the leather of raccoon, leopard and other animals that have innately unique fur.

In that video clip, I saw lots of wild animals were caged and as if they were waiting to be sentenced to death. By looking at their helpless eyesight, I felt a great pain and grief come up from the bottom of my heart. I saw a slaughter man firstly drag a raccoon from the cage, no matter how fiercely the raccoon fights against to be pulled out, the brutal guy just shows no sympathy to this little innocent animal; meanwhile, he is casually chatting with his partner with a sinister smile. Following, he uses a bat to hit the raccoon’s head and body till it gets faint. At that point, I felt stomach turning and sickening already, what is more, he uses a knife to cut off the raccoon’s limb, the curliest thing is the raccoon was still alive.

Next, the slaughter man cast that raccoon aside on a pile of his same kind. Continuously, the other man comes, he starts to carve the raccoon to tear apart its flesh and fur. I saw the raccoon was struggling against his death with his feebly gasp, and as the video came closer to film the raccoon’s face, no kidding, I saw tears in his eyes. Because I was too shock to see that, I could barely hold myself together to finish that film. The length of the film was 30 mins in total, but I could hardly carry on watching it after the very first 7 mins. That was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. I felt rather sick for the whole day after that. As long as I think of that there are such kind of indifference people who also live on the same planet as me. I just hate them.

Does scarce stands for unique?? Should fashion have to be performed in a cruel way?? I wonder how those people who indulging to wear fur coats can feel at ease and justified if they know the coats are obtained that way? Also, I doubt how those people who play the role of executioner can sleep peacefully? They paid no attention to those animal’s growl and struggle but kill them in a cruel way.
What can we do to change the fate of those poor animals that are scarified owing to people’s vainglory? I suppose that everyone should boycotts to wear or to buy fur coats. At the same time, I consider it is a critical issue that we ought to ponder over.

一棵開花的樹 席慕蓉 (1980)

如何讓你遇見我
在我最美麗的時刻 爲這
我已在佛前 求了五百年
求祂讓我們結一段塵緣

佛於是把我化作一棵樹
長在你必經的路旁
陽光下慎重地開滿了花
朵朵都是我前世的盼望

當你走近 請你細聽
那顫抖的葉是我等待的熱情
而當你終於無視地走過
在你身後落了一地的
朋友阿 那不是花瓣
是我凋零的心

Best In Me

It is one of my favorite songs which I like the most, and I want to share it
with you, hope you will enjoy listening to it. ^_^



From the moment I met you I just knew you'd be mine
You touched my hand
And I knew that this was gonna be our time
I don't ever wanna lose this feeling
I don't wanna spend a moment apart

Chorus:
'Cos you bring out the best in me, like no-one else can do
That's why I'm by your side, and that's why I love you

Every day that I'm here with you
I know that it feels right
And I've just got to be near you every day and every night
And you know that we belong together
It just had to be you and me

Chorus...

And you know that we belong together, It just had to be you and me

'Cos you bring out the best in me, like no-one else can do
That's why I'm by your side
'Cos you bring out the best in me, like no-one else can do
That's why I'm by your side, and that's why I love you
'Cos you bring out the best in me, like no-one else can do
That's why I'm by your side, and that's why I love you

Signpost for presentation

When we are giving a presentation, there are certain key words we use to
"signpost" different stages in our presentation.

When you want to make your next point, you "move on".
Moving on to the next point.
I'd like to move on to the next point if there are no further questions.

When you want to change to a completely different topic, you "turn to".
I'd like to turn to something completely different.
Let's turn now to our plans for next year.

When you want to give more details about a topic you "expand" or "elaborate".
I'd like to expand more on this problem we have had in Chicago.
Would you like me to expand a little more on that or have you understood
enough? I don't want to elaborate any more on that as I'm short of time.

When you want to talk about something which is off the topic of your
presentation, you "digress".
I'd like to digress here for a moment and just say a word of thanks to Bob
for organizing this meeting.
Digressing for a moment, I'd like to say a few words about our problems in Chicago.

When you want to refer back to an earlier point, you "go back".
Going back to something I said earlier, the situation in Chicago is serious.
I'd like to go back to something Jane said in her presentation.

To just give the outline of a point, you "summarize".
If I could just summarize a few points from John's report.
I don’t have a lot of time left so I’m going to summarize the next few points.

To repeat the main points of what you have said, you "recap".
I'd like to quickly recap the main points of my presentation.
Recapping quickly on what was said before lunch, ……

For your final remarks, you "conclude".
I'd like to conclude by leaving you with this thought ……
If I may conclude by quoting Karl Marx …….

some idioms about "UP"

1. If someone 'beats you up', they hit and kick you and hurt you a lot.
2. If you 'bottle up' a feeling or emotion, you suppress them and don't express them.
3. If you 'call someone up', you phone them.
4. If something 'crops up', it happens unexpectedly.
5. If you 'freshen up', you wash and make yourself more presentable.
6. If your eyes 'light up', they become excited.
7. If you 'own up', you confess to something.
8. If you 'polish something up', you improve it.
9. If you 'speed up', you go faster.
10.If you 'tighten up' something, you make it more secure.

西方哲學史

New Friends and Old Friends

by Joseph Parry

Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test -
Time and change - are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship never knows decay.
For 'mid old friends, tried and true,
Once more we our youth renew.
But old friends, alas! may die,
New friends must their place supply.
Cherish friendship in your breast-
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.

結交新的朋友，但不要忘了老朋友；
新朋友如銀，老朋友如金。
新交的朋友像是一壺好酒，越陳越香…
經過時間試鍊過的友誼才最珍貴

有一天當我們的額頭長出皺紋，
頭髮也灰白的時候，相信我們的友誼，
還是會像今日一樣的恆久真摯。

喔~我的朋友!!和我一同走過人生考驗的摯友，
有一天我們相聚時將再度感到年輕；
唉~也許老朋友會一一凋零而死去，
而新朋友將會取代老朋友，
珍視你的友情並好好呵護它，
新的總是令人新奇，但舊的才是最珍貴。

結交新的朋友，但不要忘了老朋友；
新朋友如銀，老朋友如金。

This is the poem that I learned recently, which I cherish
a lot, the literary grace is so great, I can't help but reciting
it over and over again. It's so beautiful...

常見，但不知道怎麼說的英文單字

Human Resources
資遣員工 make somebody redundant
遣散費 severance pay
非自願式離職 constructive dismissal

Kitchen
日光燈 fluorescent light
防燙手套 potholder
硬毛刷 scrubbing brush
木製飯瓢 wooden spatula
菜瓜布 scouring pad

Mathematics
平方根 square root
梯形 trapezoid
# pound sign
() 括弧 parentheses
[] 角形括弧 (中括弧) brackets
{} 大括弧 braces
> 大於 greater than
< 小於 less than & (and的記號名稱 ) ampersand ... (省略符號 ) ellipsis Hospital
耳溫槍 ear scope
針筒 syringe
OK繃 Band-Aid
聽診器 stethoscope

Vehicle
推土機 bulldozer
混凝土車 cement mixer
消防車 fire engine
單軌電車 monorail
油罐車 tanker

Fairground
摩天輪 Ferris wheel
兒童賽車 go-cart
旋轉木馬 merry-go-round
學爬架 monkey bars

Fish
鯛魚 bream
秋刀魚 saury
比目魚 flounder
鯰魚 catfish
青花魚 mackerel
泥鰍 loach
河豚 blowfish
鯉魚 carp
海星 starfish

台科大94職三應外系班版

The Reflections of Tennis Class

I had never tried playing tennis before I got in NTUST. And actually I am also not a person who is keen on athletics. However, the reason why I chose to attend this course was because I wanted to try something new which I was not able to try before; to tell the truth, I was not so into the situation of how to hold the racket and bat the tennis ball at the beginning, when I was told that I would be requested to hit the tennis against the wall for at least 15 times continuously for my semester exam, I really wondered if I could do that.

The first impression on teacher 姜 was like he is a very serious and strict teacher, to tell the truth, there was a quick flash once into my mind thinking of switching to the other sport class in the first place, only because I was afraid that I would get low grades on my performance, also for such an unfamiliar sport to me, I did not feel confident of what I was going to learn. However, it has been 10 weeks passed for having the tennis class; to be frank, I am getting used to the sense of getting the tennis in control, at least my highest records of hitting the tennis against the wall is 25 times without dropping down, which is a very good effect after I have paid efforts on practicing my skills. But I must say that I have only improved a little bit, and there are still plenty of rooms for me to move on.

I have had the tennis course for several weeks so far, especially there is one thing that impressed me the most , also, I would like to express my gratitude towards teacher 姜. One time while I was playing tennis, I accidentally sprained my ankle, due to I have the tendency of habitually ankle-sprained, that time I was also seriously injured. Thanks to teacher 姜 approached to me promptly and gave me the first-aid treatment, that soothed my pain a lot. Although my ankle has not fully recovered yet, but I still do not want to miss the class, after all, I want to learn better and better through each time’s practicing.

All in all, tennis to me is a new sport that I am trying, the more I learn, and am able to control it, the more self-confident I gain. I can say that I like playing tennis, and I am looking forward to seeing my improvements through the whole year school term.

Translations---Narcissus

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful lad whose name was Narcissus.
His beauty was so great that all the girls who saw him longed to be his,
but he would have none of them. He would pass the loveliest carelessly
by , no matter how much she tried to make him look at her.
Even the fairest of the nymphs, Echo, did not move him.

從前從前，有一個名叫Narcussus的美少年。Narcussu的俊美讓所有
見到他的女孩子，都不由自主的愛上他，渴望成為他的意中人。儘管
這些仰慕他的女孩子個個使出渾身解數想要討他的歡心，他卻總是無
動於衷；即使是仙女中最美麗的女神-Echo，也無法感動他。

She had been condemned by Hera never to use her tongue again except
to repeat what was said to her, as a punishment for helping Zeus get
away from Hera's investigation into his affairs. In love with Narcissus,
the poor Echo could only follow him without being able to speak to him.
One day, however, it seemed that her chance had come. he was calling to
his companions.

Echo曾因幫助天神宙斯(Zeus)躲避天后席拉(Hera)調查他在外的風流韻

事而受到了詛咒，從此她無法自行言語卻只能重複別人對她所說過的

最後一句話。可憐的Echo深深地愛上了Narcissus,但因天后的魔咒不能

親口向Narcissus表逹內心的愛意，只能默默地守侯在他的身邊。然而

有一天，幸運之神似乎眷顧到了Echo，Narcissus來找她了。

“Is anyone here?”
“Here-Here-” She called back in rapture, hiding by the trees.
“Come!” Shouted the lad.
“Come!” She answered joyfully, and stepped forth from the woods
with her arms outstretched.

But he turned away in angry disgust.
“Not so” he said, “I will die before I give you power over me.”
“I give you power over me-” was all she could say in response.
But he was gone. She stayed in a lonely cave, so wasting away with
longing that only her voice now is left to her.

「有沒有人在」?
「在-在…」她躲在大樹後面雀躍地答道。「請妳出來呀!!」美少年
大聲喊著。 「出來呀!!」她張開雙臂喜悅地從樹叢後跳出來回應著。
但Narcissus卻一臉厭惡的轉過身去。「請不要這樣子」他說，
「在我把我的力量給你之前我就會死。」「在我把我的 力量給你之
前…」是她唯一能夠說出的話。 Narcissus離開了，只留下了她獨自
留在寂靜的樹洞裡，伴隨她的是她僅有的聲音。


So Narcissus went on his cruel way, a scorner of love. But one say,
as Narcissus bent over a clear pool for a drink and saw his own reflection
there, on the moment he fell in love with it.

至於Narcissus，仍舊對愛情抱持不屑一顧的態度；有一天Narcissus來到
一潭清澈 的湖邊，低頭取水時，煞那間看見自己的倒影，竟深深地愛上了
而無法自拔。

He pined away, leaning perpetually over the pool, fixed in one long gaze.
There on the spot was blooming a new and lovely flower,
and people called it by his name, Narcissus.

在不知不覺間Narcissus漸漸地陷進湖裡，最後與湖水成為一體永遠地消失了。
而就在他陷入水中的那個地方開出了一朵美麗的花，從此以後，人們就以他的
名字爲花命名，名為Narcissus (水仙花)。

26 alphabets stands for a "Truely Friend"

(A)ccepts you as you are 接受原本的你
(B)elieves in "you" no matter what 相信你這個人
(C)alls you just to say "Hi"打電話給你，就是想說聲：嗨！
(D)oesn't give up on you 從不放棄對你的信心
(E)nvisions the whole of you 預期你總是盡全力
(F)orgives your mistakes 原諒你的過錯
(G)ives unconditionally 無條件的給予
(H)elps you whenever you need him幫助你
(I)nvites you over 邀請你
(J)ust "be" with you 靜靜地在你身旁
(K)eeps you close at heart 靠近你的心
(L)oves you for who you are 因你原來的樣子而愛你
(M)akes a difference in your life 使你的生活與以往不同
(N)ever Judges 不論斷
(O)ffers support 支持你
(P)icks you up 扶你一把
(Q)uiets your fears 使你無所畏懼
(R)aises your spirits 鼓舞你的心靈
(S)ays nice things about you 跟別人述說你好的一面
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it. 當有必要時，會告訴你實情
(U)nderstands you 懂你
(V)alues you 看重你
(W)alks beside you 與你同行
(X)-plain things you don't understand 解你的惑
(Y)ells when you won't listen to 在你聽不下時，會大吼你一下
(Z)aps you back to reality 把你拉回現實

Genesis Script

Characters

God = Michael
Adam = Jack Horgan
Eve = Noel
Serpent = Mike
Narrator = Lilian

Dialogue

Eve:
Hey, My darling, you know, just now when I went pick up our lunch from the passion fruit tree, I met the evilly serpent, he told me that if I ate the fruit of the tree of good and evil, I can become more beautiful than now. And if you ate it with me, we would be surprised to know some secrets which father God prevented us to know about. What do you think??

Adam:
But my sweetheart, don’t you remember what father God has warned us?? He said we can eat all the things that grow in Eden Garden but the fruit from the tree of good and evil. I would say that we’d better not try to disobey him.

Eve:
No, Adam, you don’t understand what I was saying. I want to be the most beautiful woman because of you, I want to please you, you are my beloved, and I hope I can stay my beauty forever. On the other hand, if we don’t tell him, father God will never discover about this.

Adam:
Hmm~ I still don’t think that is a right thing to do…

Serpent:
Hey, my dear friends Don’t be so cautious. Don’t you know the fruit that grows on the tree of good and evil is the best and juicy among the whole Eden garden? As far as I know, your God father will just want to occupy them for himself, and don’t want to share with you two. Don’t you curious about what taste they are??

Eve:
Yes, I want to try it, I don’t think father God will know about it, if three of us don’t say a word, then no one will find out the fruit is gone. So, Adam, don’t just be hesitated. I will pick up one for you, and we can share.

Serpent:
Yes!! Yes!! Good girl, I know you are clever when I see you at first sight!!! (hehehe~) You are making a right decision.

Eve went picking up the fruit by stepping on Adam’s shoulder, and right away she gets one apple which looks juicy and sweet.

Eve:
Oh, Dear my darling, I want to present my love to you by letting you take the first bite, this apple must be tasty, please accept my faithful and only love to you.

Adam takes a bite, looks uncertain but as he gets the first bite of the apple, he looks cheerful, and he hands the Apple to Eve, Eve bites it too. In the meantime, they hear the voice of God.

God:
My beloved children, where have you been?? I have been looking for you, why don’t you just come in front of me.

All in a sudden, when Adam and Eve are about to come out to greet their father God, they are totally shocked to realize that they are both naked. So they hide behind a tree with fig leaves covering in front of their bodies.

God:
Adam, Eve. I don’t want to sound like angry, but would you just come right out??

Eve:
No, Dear father, we can’t, because now we are not wearing any clothes.

God:
What did you two have done?? Did you eat the fruit from that tree?? HOW DARE YOU!!??

Adam:
Eve, I told you not to do so, what about now!? Father God is furious.

They both come out from the back of the grove timidly.

God:
Didn’t I just tell you that you were allowed to eat the fruit in the whole yield but the tree of good and evil?? Why didn’t you just listen to me carefully?

Eve:
My dear father God, it’s all the sinister serpent’s fault, he seduced me to take a bite of the fruit on that tree, and I was wondering why wasn’t that possible??

God:
Adam!!! and you? What do you have to say?? I suppose that you would have been more sensible about what I have warned you, but turns out you couldn’t even restrain Eve well. I am totally disappointed at you too.

Adam:
I .. I .. I don’t know, the serpent, and Eve, they all told me the fruit is so juicy, and all of a sudden, I just feel like taking a bite of it. I am so sorry, Father God!!

God:
No, it’s now all too late; you have to take the punishment for what you have done wrong.
Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to, so from now on, you will have to work hard to gain your food for life, and Eve, I will multiple your pain in childbearing, and desire for your husband, and he shall rule over you. For the serpent, because you have lured Adam and Eve to do things wrong, you are cursed to walk on your belly and be enmity between you and the woman and her children and yours.

Ever since then, human beings and the snakes are living the way that God has cursed on.

Journal torture

I can't wait until the journal project is over and done with.
I've been working on it for two weeks!

Fable Vocab

merchant= trademan/businessman 商人
provision= foodstuff 物資
jostle= shove 推擠
flank= side 馬的側腹
gallop= sprint/run 疾馳
Cynic= 憤世嫉俗者/玩世不恭者
benefactor= contributor 貢獻者

Samarra

City in central Iraq with about 200,000 inhabitants (2002 estimate). Samarra lies on the east bank of the Tigris River.
Samarra is a trade centre of its region. There is some industry and small crafts, as well as local administration.
While Samarra today is a modest regional centre, it was the capital of the Muslim world for 56 years in the 9th century, when the Abbasid caliphate was moved here from Baghdad. At the most, the royal palaces and gardens stretched out for a distance of 30 km along the river.

The most prominent remains of this past is the famous Great Friday Mosque from 852 with the unique spiral minaret. This mosque itself is predominantly in ruins, with only the outer walls standing. The plan of the mosque is 240 x 160 metres, i.e. more than 38,000 m2. The walls are about 10 metres high, 2.65 metres thick and supported by 44 towers. An ambitious restoration process began in the late 1990's, aiming at rebuilding the columns and eventually the roof.

The spiral minaret, 'Malwiya' in Arabic, is a separate structure from the main congreation hall, 27 metres north of the main hall. It is 52 metres high, and 33 metres in diameter. It is easily entered by a staircase spiralling up on the outside of the round walls. At the summit, the staircase penetrates the structure for the first time, giving access to a flat platform on the top, about 3.5 metres wide. It is believed by many that the minaret was built about 15 years before the main structure.

About 22 km south of Samarra lies a replica of the Great Friday Mosque, the Abu Duluf Mosque. The main hall is almost as big, 215 x 138 metres, but the minaret, once again spiral is only 19 metres high. Samarra holds the remains of the Caliph's residence. It used to be 700 m"

Just want to write "Phrasal Verb"

jack up = to raise
joke around = to be humorous
jump in = enter a conversation
jump to = make a quick, poorly thought out decision

keep at = not give up, to persevere
keep down = not vomit, not throw up
keep off = prevent from stepping or climbing on to something
keep over = cover something with, put something above
keep to => keep on = continue
keep up = stay on the required schedule
keep up with = stay on schedule with (a person, the workload, homework)

Lingustic Vocaburary - chapter I

01. embryonic: being in an early stage of development
02. fossilization: when repeating a word for many times, you got stucked with its pronunciation
03. encapsulate: to express or show the most important facts about something
04. syntax(語法): the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence
05. semantic(語義學): Syntax describes the rules by which words can be combined into sentences, while semantics describes what they mean
06. lexis: all the words of a language
07. phonology(音系學): the study of sounds in a particular language or in languages generally
08. morphology(形態學): the scientific study of the structure and form of either animals and plants or words and phrases
09. utterance(說話方式): something that someone says; any sound that is made
10. pragmatics(語用學): generally the study of natural language understanding
11. modularity: relating to, or based on a module or modulus (in chapter I, it stands for brain)
12. fluctuating: always changing, moving, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another
13. decapitate: to cut off the head of a person
14. idiolect(個人習慣用語): The speech of an individual, considered as a linguistic pattern unique among speakers of his or her language or dialect.
15. to coin a word: to create a new word
16. loan words: borrowed words
17. innate: to be born with
18. cognate: describes languages and words that have the same origin, or that are related and in some way similar

What does "As per" mean?

The meaning is “in accordance with,” or
“in response to the request made

Hey my friend!!! Let's drink up!!have a cup of tea!!! 

yawn 

Good website for learning English

The English Listening Lounge: http://www.englishlistening.com
---> Free guest Area-New Listener Menu-different topics,with scripts.
Takako's Great Adventure: http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/
---> Detective novel,with scripts.
The Moonlit road: http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
---> Ghost stories, can listen to, provided with scripts.
Lots of fairy tale and stories: http://hca.gilead.org.il

Interesting things for ESL students : http://www.manythings.org/

English at home : http://www.english-at-home.com/
---> easy, simple but useful.
English Daily : http://www.englishdaily626.com/
---> teaches daily speaking expression and also have some exams for taking TOFEL
小笨霖英語筆記本 : http://som.twbbs.org/klee/notebook/index.html
---> a Taiwanese guy whose notes that recorded all the experience that he had when he studied in the USA. interesting and handy.
English Baby: http://www.englishbaby.com/
---> teaches a variety range of slang and way of speech. very practical

Advertising report

Reason for choosing the advertisement?
The true reason that I picked this advertisement was because I didn't have enough
time to select a profound one, therefore, I went through my bookshelf finding out
there was an Australian official issued travel guild book called "After dark",
it tells you where to go and look for fun after dims. Mostly, the pictures that
gathered in the book are sort of like this one. When I saw this pic, it really caught
my eyes for the first sight and as for an assignment; I supposed it should be an
interesting one to show you guys.

The effectiveness of the advertisement?
The idea of this ad is to sell a door to door service, you only give them a ring to
order a guy for accompany, they will deliver him right at your door, it does look
like a very private business to be conducted, it gives the chance for those who
do not want to show their true identity, but can still make a deal.

Areas of improvement for this advertisement?
As for a pornography ad, the concept they are trying to sell is pretty clear,
however, in the ad, it only says it takes 5 mins to downtown CBD, but didn't
give the certain address of itself, it left me to think, whether they don't want to
give out their company info, or it is just a fraud.

My opinion of the advertisement?
In my opinion, this ad is totally not my cup of tea, but as sexual industry has long been
carrying out all around the world, I supposed that in Sydney, it is more publicity
acceptable to promote this biz than in Taiwan.

What is "Doukona"?

While I was reading teacher Sarah's outside reading "Jamaica Kingcaid---Girl".
I looked up for the word "Doukona", it seems like not a pure English,I didn't know what it means.As I followed the trail to find out there is an explaination says :

"Doukona" is a variant of "dokunu" in Jamaica, a kind of pudding made from starchy food which is sweetened, spiced, and traditionally wrapped in plantain...or banana leaf. A favorite black dish, it can be boiled, baked,or roasted. There is a great deal of variance in the way African terms are rendered into all the languages and pidgins spoken in the Caribbean.

Johanson's Intro to Linguistics (Fall 2005) Weblog

This is the fast way to become "ENGLISH KILLER"
http://johanson-introling-fall2005.blogspot.com

Angel kitty

 

Hi, new!!!

Hello, everyone!!
Welcome to "Lilian's New World", I am glad that Blog is so popular
around the world, nowadays everyone seems too buzy to keep in touch
with each other, thus, Blog has become more and more convenient for us
to show our caring to friends, meanwhile, it sure is a place that you and I
can exchange opinion with throught our daily life.

Hey, why don't you get started leaving me a message!! I am sure you are
gonna love this place. hahaha~

PS: Thanks to Teacher Johanson, because his class, I finially resolved
to create a blog for myself.

Cheers!!!