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Saturday, December 17, 2016

#9 TED Talk

Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep

📎Transcript
📝Vocabulary:

1. incredibly [ɪnˈkrɛdəblɪ] (adv.)難以置信地、很、極為
    Ex: I felt incredibly ashamed of myself for getting so angry. 
      (我對自己發那麼大的火而深感慚愧。)

2. faint [fent] (v.)暈倒
    Ex: She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted. 
      (她突然向前栽倒在桌上,暈了過去。)

3. cheekbone [ˈtʃikboʊn] (n.)髖骨
    Ex: There was a triangular scar on his cheekbone. 
      (他顴骨上有一塊三角形的傷疤。)

4. literally [ˈlɪtərəli] (adv.)照字面地
    Ex: The word ‘planet’ literally means ‘wandering body’.
       (這個詞行星的字面意思是遊子身上)

5. brag [bræɡ] (v.)自誇  
    Ex: He made brag of his skill. 
      (他誇耀自己技術高明。)

6. sleep-deprived  睡眠不足
    Ex: People who are sleep-deprived are often cranky and slow thinking.
      (缺乏睡眠的人往往性情暴躁,思維緩慢。)

Sunday, November 27, 2016

#6 Steve Jobs’ Talk

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

Vocabulary

1. diverge [daɪˈvɜrdʒ] (v.) 分歧
      Ex: This is where our opinions diverge from each other. (這就是我們意見產生分歧之處。)

2. quote [kwoʊt] (n.) 引用
      Ex: He quoted some old Chinese sayings to illustrate his points. (他引用了中國的一些俗話來解釋他的觀點。)

3. intuition [ˌɪntuˈɪʃn] (n.) 直覺
      Ex: He knew this thing by intuition. (他憑直覺瞭解了這件事。)

4. poetic [poʊˈetɪk] (adv.) 詩意的
      Ex: There is a poetic quality to her playing. (她的演奏富有詩意的品質。)

Sentence

1. Don't lose faith. 不要失去信心。

2. Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. 常保飢渴求知,常存虛懷若愚。

Comment

I think the three life stories that Steve Jobs has said are quite reasonable in his sense. Perhaps my life experience is not enough, so I can not produce good resonance, but I admire him that he find his goal at seventeen years old.  I hope I also can find my future goal as soon as possible.

Friday, November 18, 2016

#5 English song

Song: Lucky

Singer: Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Singers’ information:

Birth name: Jason Thomas Mraz
Nationality: American
Born: June 23, 1977 (age 39)
Occupation(s): singer, songwriter
Language: English
Representative works of music: I'm Yours, Lucky
Birth name: Colbie Marie Caillat
Nationality: American
Born: May 28, 1985 (age 31)
Occupation(s): Singer, songwriter, actress, guitarist, pianist
Language: English
  
Official MV:
         (Reference: YouTube)

Lyrics:

 Do you hear me, I'm talking to you
 Across the water across the deep blue ocean
 Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
 Boy I hear you in my dreams
 I feel your whisper across the sea
 I keep you with me in my heart
 You make it easier when life gets hard

 I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
 Lucky to have been where I have been
 Lucky to be coming home again

 Ooohh ooh ooh ooh

 They don't know how long it takes waiting for a love like this
 Every time we say goodbye
 I wish we had one more kiss
 I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

 I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
 Lucky to have been where I have been
 Lucky to be coming home again
 Lucky we're in love every way
 Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
 Lucky to be coming home someday

 And so I'm sailing through the sea
 To an island where we'll meet
 You'll hear the music fill the air
 I'll put a flower in your hair
 Though the breezes through trees
 Move so pretty you're all I see
 As the world keeps spinning round
 You hold me right here right now

 I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
 Lucky to have been where I have been
 Lucky to be coming home again
 Lucky we're in love every way
 Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
 Lucky to be coming home someday

 Ooohh oooh oooh ooh ooh
 Ooohh oooh oooh ooh ooh
  
Vocabulary:

 1. whisper [ˈwɪspɚ] (n.)低語
     Ex: You'll have to whisper or he'll hear.
     (你得小點兒聲說,否則他會聽到的。)

 2. sail [sel] (v.) 航行
     Ex: They were going to sail around the little island, against the tide.
     (他們打算繞著小島逆潮航行。)

 3. breeze [briz] (n.) 微風
     Ex: The sun went in, and the breeze became cold.
     (雲層遮住了太陽,微風有了些涼意。)

 4. spin [spɪn] (v.) 旋轉
     Ex: The boat started to spin around in the water.
     (船開始在水中打轉。)


Why you likes the song? 

In fact, come into contact with this song was an accident, because I am not concerned about the news of English songs. Therefore, almost all knew the English song that is known from Twitch broadcaster*.
 
At that time, I was listening to a favorite Twitch broadcaster group, LNG Workshop. Their members, Wannasinging and Niaws, were chanting the song, Lucky. The moment I thought this song was very brisk rhythm, plus I liked the two Twitch broadcasters singing. So after a few days, I went to YouTube to found the day of the video record file. Since then I fell in love with this song!

* "Twitch broadcaster" means Twitch實況主
* Twitch is a live streaming video platform. (https://www.twitch.tv/)

Cover MV: (Cover by Wannasinging & Niaws)
         (Reference: YouTube)

 
Reference:
 1. Singers’ information: Wikipedia
 2. Official MV_Lucky: YouTube
         (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvIVA9-FMQ)

 3. Official MV_I'm Yours: YouTube
        (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A)

 4. Cover MV_Lucky: YouTube
         (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sO-THcdl2w)

 6. Vocabulary: iCIBA
         (http://www.iciba.com/)

Sunday, October 30, 2016

#4 Six Minute English

"Tea is the second most consumed drink after water."

Today, I chose" How do you like your tea?" in Six Minute EnglishThis episode is mainly about the history of tea, drinking way and the origin of tea bags.

Compared to India and the British, tea has been in China for thousands of years of history, brewing tea is also very particular about the way. But the answer to this question, "The earliest origin of tea bags," is absolutely beyond your expectation.

Come and learn the story of tea!

Sunday, October 23, 2016

#3 ESL Pod.Com

This week teacher introduced a listening training site, ESL Podcast, for us. In addition to listening to the 1241”Breaking an Arm or a Leg” in the classroom, the other part of the choice I chose 1136” Missing a Deadline”. This site is very slow pace of reading the article, I think it is suitable for beginners to use, but occasionally there are exceptions.

In my case, if this article is full of words I am not familiar with, not only hear difficult, also easier to give up directly. The first time in the classroom to listen, I was almost in the venting state, as if all the sounds are not listen to the ears, which makes me feel very troubled and weak. Later, to seek the teacher’s help, she suggested that I do not understand the word check dictionary, understand the meaning, and then try again.

I think the teacher's advice a little bit of help, but I am still dislike use of this site. My listening is not good, so I am very hard to find ways to improve, but I found not only listening problems, but also my vocabulary is too less. So when I listen to a dialogue, I do not understand.

In this study, I was more aware of my current need to improve the most probably is not listening to the training or increase vocabulary. It is myself psychological barriers, the instinctive nasty became not motivated learning.

What should I do...?

Saturday, October 15, 2016

#2 ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Medium " Just a Hair Cut, Please! "

Vocabulary

noun
1. adjustments [əˈdʒʌstmənt] : small changes or modifications

Ex: I've made a few adjustments to the design. (我對設計做了一些調整。)
Extra examples: adjustments in the exchange rates (調整匯率)


verb
2. trim [trɪm] : cut just a little off 

Ex: The project's budget had been trimmed by $10,000. (該項目的預算減少了$10,000)


3. butcher [ˈbʊtʃɚ] : to kill, and in this case, to cut without care

Ex: Many western countries raise and butcher a large number of beef cattle. (許多西方國家飼養並屠宰大量的肉牛。)


4. lean back [lin] (also lean forward) : to move the body backwards and down, recline

Ex: I leaned back in my chair. (我靠在椅子上。)


adjective
5. decent [ˈdisənt] : nice, acceptable, proper

Ex: I need a decent night’s sleep. (我需要一個良好的睡眠。)


interjection
6. voila ['vɔɪlə] : an expression to indicate satisfied completion

Ex: All it needs is some time, a little bit of sunshine and rain, and voila! (它只需要一些時間、一點陽光和雨露,你看那!)



Wednesday, October 5, 2016

#1 Greetings!

Hello, I am Yvonne. I come from Changhua. It’s a friendly city for me. I study in National Taipei University of Business, and major in Department of Business Administration. Reading romantic novels is my favorite interest. And I often listen to lyrical music or play online games in my free time. My friends all say that I am a passion person but in first meeting I am a quiet and shy girl.


Finally, I am glad to come to the class, computer assisted language learn, in this semester. I hope I can improve English writing skills in the class. Nice to meet you!