2008-12-31

alone VS lonely


Reference : LiveABC電子報
Preview Test :

1. Max is divorced and lives ___________ (alone/lonely).
2. Since her husband died, she has lived a(n) ___________ (alone/lonely) life.






Key :
















alonelonely
使用情境強調沒有旁人的獨處，可做形容詞或副詞強調心裡孤獨、寂寞的感覺，形容詞


Example：
 
 When the lights went out, he was all alone in the dark.
  燈光熄滅後，他一個人獨自在黑暗中。
  
 I think Lee wants to be alone for a while; let's go.
  我想李想自己獨處一會兒；我們走吧。
 
 If you get lonely in your new place, give me a call.
  如果你在新地方覺得寂寞的話，打電話給我。
  
 The caged bird looks lonely; you should get him a mate.
  那隻關在籠中的鳥看起來很孤單；你該幫牠找個伴。






Answer： 1. alone 2. lonely







2008-12-23

all ready vs. already

資料來源 : LiveABC電子報

Preview Test : 
1. Phil was ____________ (all ready/ already) to go when the phone rang.
2. When Maxine got home, dinner was ____________ (all ready/ already) prepared.

 


 


 


 


 


說明 ：    





















all readyalready
使用情境完全準備好了已經
位置be 動詞之後be 動詞之後或一般動詞之前


示範句：
 The food was all ready, so we were able to eat right away.
  食物全都準備好了，所以我們可以馬上開動。
  
 The children are all ready for school.
  孩子們都準備好要去上學了。
 
 Denise is already an hour late.
  丹妮絲已經遲到一小時了。
  
 I already said that I am not hungry.
  我已經說了我不餓。


 


 


解答： 1. all ready 2. already





 





[作品] The causes of the poisonous Chinese milk

前一陣子得知CNN雜誌在徵稿


因此就將writing的東西 再包裝之後 丟過去


非常幸運地  編輯通知我 即將在2009年2月刊登我的作品


對我這個英文超弱的人來說 簡直是超級的鼓舞阿~



==========Content=============  


The causes of the poisonous Chinese milk powder


        When we refer to China, we always think of adulterated foods. Recently, one of the most serious news is about the poisonous Chinese milk powder. According to the reports, Chinese milk powder, which contaminated with melamine, has sickened 1,253 babies, and 2 babies even have already died. Those milk powder manufacturers in China blended melamine into milk powder because they wanted to increase protein content in milk powder to pass the examine. It is illegal, but it seems to be a common custom in Chinese milk powder manufacturing. Why did they do this kind of harmful action without any qualm? The author of this writing will tell you his own opinion about the causes of the poisonous Chinese milk powder.


        Firstly, the Chinese had experienced the Culture Revolution. After the Culture Revolution, they have lost some conscience and have not known what is right or wrong. When they face the dilemma of gaining filthy money or being defeated because of doing right things insistently, they often choose gaining filthy money. For example, if you are a herder, you find other herders’ production of milk is more than yours, and their cost is lower than yours because they added some melamine. Hence, if you do not do that, you can not provide production of milk as much as they can, so you will lose the competition finally. In this situation, maybe you choose gaining filthy money like others. Therefore, people always say “Chinese companies are notorious for their greedy for money”.


    Secondly, there is more and more demand for milk powder in China this year. One cause of the soaring demand is about the population. This year, there are more and more newborn babies born in China because they believe this year is the golden pig year. The more newborn babies stands for they need the more demand for milk powder, but in fact, the supply is not enough. Hence, in order to increase the production of milk powder, those unworthy merchants come up with the ways adding melamine into it. The more demand for milk powder they need, the more melamine they add. Finally, this matter was happened.


        The author believes that this matter will have been happened on and off from the past to the future because the greed has become the Chinese’s culture. Most Chinese companies are greedy for money, so they care money much more than people’s health. Once, demands of whatever products increase, they always have the ability to come up with the tips about how to produce more products with something illegal. As you can see, their greed is the main reason for this matter, so if they do not change their mind, this kind of things will be happened again and again.


[作品] 人生必讀哪三本書？

前一陣子投稿 全國教師協會的活動


活動主題是 人生必讀哪三本書？


結果居然上了 真是有夠幸運


以下是內文


===========內文開始============




如果有人問我：人生必讀哪三本書？我必定不假思索答道：


1. 如何閱讀一本書


2. 邏輯思考的技術


3. 金字塔原理：思考、寫作、解決問題的邏輯方法


選擇這三本書的理由是因為其組合剛好是一個「Input、process and output」的知識學習歷程。


首先，我們必須先學習讀書的技巧與方法，以便個體接收外界的資訊；再來透過邏輯性的思維、篩選資訊內容並加以組織、內化成自己的知識；最後經由更為周密且具邏輯、結構化的寫作歷程，以表述自我想法。


當然，人生要讀的書絕不止於這三本，所謂「給他魚吃，不如教他如何釣魚」，體認知識獲得的過程，掌握良善的技巧與學習方法不僅有助於轉化成個人的知識，還進而產生思想。


這些技巧若能掌握，在求知的道路上應能無往不利。


學習英文的免費資源

學英文必須持之以恆


每天都必須接觸它 碰它 當成生活的一部份


恭爵整理了目前網路上相關的網路資源


誰說免費就不是好東西 好好享受他們吧~



1. 字典



  • Farlex Online Dictionary


          http://www.thefreedictionary.com


          英文字典的發音有美英兩式發音



  • 韋式字典


          http://www.merriam-webster.com/


          美加老師推薦



2. 聽力



          練聽力必備



  • 看電影學聽力


          http://www.english-trailers.com/index.php


        用電影的預告片來練聽力，有Cloze及Script可使用



  • 大陸整理的聽力資源


          http://www.listeningexpress.com/



  • 相似音組練習


                http://www.manythings.org/pp/



  • 看Youtube學英文


       http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yyteacher


         此blog幾乎都是截取youtube上的影片 並附上script


       還有分困難度 所以學習起來相當有趣


 




3. 會話



  • http://www.englishbaby.com           

     


    每天都有新的對話內容可以學習 對話內容都是美國人的生活 裡面也有聊天室 可以進去聊聊英文



     




4. 主題



             BBC上有許多單元可以學英文 恭爵推薦News 跟 6-minutes



             這裡可以學到很多自然,科學等東西 每天一小段 內容不會太長



             VOA 速度慢但非常清楚, 每天都會主題 用字不算太難 非常推薦



             之前跟朋友組讀書會時 朋友推薦給恭爵的網站 每星期兩篇文章 除了文章外 還順便練到討論,聽力,Cloze



        CNN Students News 有影片, script最後還有問題可回答 恭爵非常推薦



5. 線上文章



  • 經濟學人


          http://www.economist.com/



  • 紐約時報


          http://www.nytimes.com/



  • Knowledge@Wharton


          http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/



  • 美國商周


         http://www.businessweek.com/



  • 華爾街日報評論


         http://www.opinionjournal.com/



  • 普利茲新聞獲獎作品


           http://www.pulitzer.org/



  • Chinapost


          http://www.chinapost.com.tw/



  • Newsweek


          http://www.newsweek.com/



  • Times


          http://www.time.com/time/



  • TaipeiTimes


          http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/



  • Yale Global


          http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/index.jsp


2008-12-22

New attitude to learn English

[2008/12/20] Today, I went to the Trinity in Taipei. I attanded the I2-reading class. The teacher of this class was Stewart. First, I entered to the classroom, and he asked me that why I went here to learn English? I responded that because I wanted to learn the more in English. Then, He asked me that why you wanted to learn more? Anyway, he used this way to check my purpose. At the end of the day, my purpose is to earn the more money.


Then, he shared what attitude is a good attitude to learn English. He said that we should put English in our daily life. We should think in English, we should talk with English, we should do anything with English. I know, this thought sounds crazy, but I would try it. Next, I could write the diary to note some special thing here.


今天第一次上驅勢Stewart的課

今天第一次上驅勢Stewart的課


首先 他要我們確認我們學英文的真正目的


呵 他有點像面試官 針對你的問題 不斷的往下問


逼你做出選擇或決定


anyway , 說到底 學英文的目的就是為了錢


為了更高的pay 所以學英文來投資自己


ok, 目的確認之後


接下來 他分享他所認為的學英文的正確態度


1. 學語言是門藝術 而台灣人以科學的態度來學習


2. 要自然而然 整個生活都是英文 變成生活中不可或缺的一部份


3. 丟掉自尊 勇敢的在大庭廣眾下說英文


4. 不要怕出錯 因為學英文本來就是個try and error的過程


    經由不斷地接觸 不斷地改進 才是真正的進步


 


 


 


2008-12-21

小小大星球 入手!!!

小小大星球 入手!!!


之前從CNN的報導中就知道LittleBigPlanet了


那時就很想玩看看


後來資訊展跑去試玩了一下 真的不賴ㄟ


後來就買啦


買來玩了幾天 的確很讚


不過 網路連線遊戲都一直無法連線


或是建立失敗


唉 我很想跟別的玩家一起同樂阿


2008-12-02

No Try No Success

    Tonight I want to share one of my favorite sentences. This is that “No try no success”. It is very simple, but it is also very hard. What am I talking about? I mean that the meaning of this sentence is very simple, but in fact, how many people can do it easily. I guess that maybe just few people who are really successful can do it. For example, if you have one grand goal which is very hard to achieve, but it is too difficult, so maybe you feel frustrated, maybe you want to give up this goal. Remember, once you give up it, you will never achieve it. Maybe you can do it, but if you do not try it, you never know whether you can do it or not. Sometimes your limit is not your real limit. It is all about your mind, it is up to you. Do you know the slogan of Adidas advertisement? “Impossible is nothing.” It is up to you.
 


    Next, I want to introduce another sentence which Kevin Lin said. Do you know Kevin Lin? He is the most famous marathon runner in Taiwan. Last year, he ran cross the Desert Sahara. This year, he led his team to attend the “Polar-Challenge Game.” It’s also a hard work right? But he said “Sometimes you feel afraid, it is ok, you just make your body do it first, and then your mental courage will be coming soon.” I totally agree his thoughts. You could feel afraid, but you have to force yourself to overcome it. I am very impressed by these sentences, so I share them to you. Remember “No try no success “.


人生必讀哪三本書?


答錯不罰 機智對答活動(一)


 


如果有人問你：人生必讀哪三本書？


你要怎麼回答得巧、回答得妙呢？ 限300字以內喔！


 


對答截止日期：97年12月20日(星期六)


獎品：「就是愛寫作」書籍一本


 


說明：


1.感謝時報出版社贊助，自即日起，我們將每月推出「答錯不罰」機智對答活動。


2.請將您的答案寄至教學研究部信箱：apple.a092901@msa.hinet.net
3.我們將從中選出至多十篇機智對答與讀者分享，對答獲刊登者將可獲得「就是愛寫作」書籍一本。
4.我們將於12月23日(星期二)於本會電子報上刊登獲選者答案。時報出版公司將於12月31日前將書籍寄出。


 5.12/14 朱天衣等「拉高作文力．就是愛寫作】免費講座開始報名！


報名網址http://www.readingtimes.com.tw/timeshtml/promote/speech081214/index.html


 


 


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