The useful website

I want to talk about this website: http://elearning.eng.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php?page=main
It is a website that you can learning about reading and vocabulary.

First, you have to get a account and login, then you can get a new label that is called read.

you can click the web link on the right of this web, and find some nice article.

and click "add article" under the "read" label, post the article, later, you can find your article is record on the "reading log" and "Examination", you can read, share, and take a guiz with this article.

By the way, you also can read other people's article!

Just as teacher said, when you reading enough, your English ability will become good!

Assignment 11: BBC message board

The BBC message board is very useful and get the answer very fast. When I posted the question, I got the answer next day, I was surprised at the efficiency.

This is my question:

I would like to know the differences between speech and sentence.

And this is the answer:

A sentence is a grammatical construction which contains at least a subject and a verb. It can contain other elements such as an object and sub-clauses.A speech is usually when someone is talking in public - thing of what politicians do.Grammatically, speech can also be a sentence which tells you what someone said. It can be direct, when you report the exact words, or indirect when you report what was said.They're not actually all that similar, and I'm sure that if you check a bi-lingual dictionary you'll quickly see the difference. If not, could you post something more specific about what's confusing you?

Assignment 10: comment on Academic Earth

http://academicearth.org/lectures/american-novel-since-1945-intro

I found a course from Academic Earth, the course is talk about "The American Novel Since 1945". Because I like to read novels very much, I also interested in this topic. The teacher is Amy Hungerford, she is a professor of yale university, she teach English. In this course, she taught about the writer in 1945, the style of novel, and even about history. In this course, you not only study about novels, but also learn more about the history of America.

This is the transcripts of the course:

http://oyc.yale.edu/english/american-novel-since-1945/content/transcripts/transcript01

Assignment 9: radiotime

I like the "Street Date Redio", because there are many new and hot music in the redio program. I like to understand the news about new music, maybe will find good songs or good singer, it is interesting. Listening this redio, I can know if the new song is come out, I feel the redio is very useful.

this is the website of this redio:

http://radiotime.com/station/s_99264/Street_Date_Radio.aspx

Assignment 8: My favorite song

Song: When You're Gone
Singer:Avril Lavigne

I Always Needed Time On My Own
I Never Thought I'd Need You There When I Cry
And The Days Feel Like Years When I'm Alone
And The Bed Where You Lie Is Made Up On Your Side
When You Walk Away I Count The Steps That You Take
Do You See How Much I Need You Right Now

[chorus]
When You're Gone
The Pieces Of My Heart Are Missing You
When You're Gone
The Face I Came To Know Is Missing Too
When You're Gone
The Words I Need To Hear To Always Get Me Through The Day And Make It Ok
I Miss You

I've Never Felt This Way Before
Everything That I Do Reminds Me Of You
And The Clothes You Left, They Lie On The Floor
And They Smell Just Like You, I Love The Things That You Do

When You Walk Away I Count The Steps That You Take
Do You See How Much I Need You Right Now

[chorus]
We Were Made For Each Other
Out Here Forever
I Know We Were, Yeah
All I Ever Wanted Was For You To Know
Everything I'd Do, I'd Give My Heart And Soul
I Can Hardly Breathe I Need To Feel You Here With Me, Yeah[chorus]

Commend:
Avril's song always full of power, this song is fallow this style, but the lyric give us a sad feeling. When I listening this song, I have a special feeling, like all your sad and upset are pass away, the song help me calm down and feel better. Maybe it is Avril's power!
Hope you will like it!

Assignment 7: a speech of google's CEO

(this video is more than one hour, so I didn't post it on the blog, if you want to watch the video, you can go to this website.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-cBQl1IS5c&feature=PlayList&p=50653251EDB4E764&index=0&playnext=1

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Talks Policy; What Will 2009 Bring?
Nov 18, 2008
As chairman and CEO of Google, a company that's got a stake in everything from online advertising and video to mobile spectrum and cleantech, Eric Schmidt has many reasons to take an interest in tech policy.

Add to that the fact that he was named to President-elect Barack Obama's economic advisory transition team and that he's the newest chairman of the New America Foundation think tank, and you can understand why he has a lot to say about what happens in Washington, D.C.
And say he did.

At a D.C. event hosted by the New America Foundation earlier today, Schmidt spoke candidly about what he thinks the Obama administration and Congress need to do in order to improve the economy and spur greater innovation (here is Google's booklet of priorities). He has been involved with the think tank since its founding a decade ago, and took over as its chair last June -- stepping in for friend and fellow board member Jim Fallows.**

His message to the people assembled, and those like me who participated via Webcast, was a mixture of optimism and urgency. Silicon Valley-style. Which is to say that he didn't hold back his criticism for the status quo in D.C. or shy away from detailing exactly what he thought needed to happen. He touched upon a litany of tech policy issues, from patent reform and the education system to immigration and wireless spectrum (New America was one of the driving forces behind advocating for opening up of the white spaces). And he made it a priority to focus on "infrastructure" goals like promoting America's energy independence and delivering universal broadband.

Schmidt emphasized the need to act quickly in those areas, saying "it's time to move forward now" and pointing out that the country already has "the people in the room" that it needs to solve the economy's problems. As an engineer-turned-executive, he's used to focusing on solutions and trying to react quickly to implement them, and it was clear that he hoped to see D.C. take a similiar approach to economic and policy challenges.

While he credited the current Federal Communications Commission with what he called "an act of remarkable courage" for taking steps to open up spectrum and allow use of the white spaces, he noted a number of other policy areas where he felt change was sorely needed.

For instance, he described the lack of support for increasing visas and taking other steps to attract and retain foreign students to enter the U.S. workforce as "bizarre" and "disgusting." On patent reform, he said it had to be on the agenda for the next administration and Congress, calling the current system "dysfunctional." He also found it unbelievable that the federal government hadn't yet made the R&D tax credit permanent, despite yearly attempts to do so.

All in all, he echoed many of the frustrations that I've heard from Silicon Valley execs who would like to take D.C. by its collective collar and shake it into action. The question I have is will 2009 be different? Will the next Administration and Congress, with its connections and advisors, approach the

issues we're all aware of in a new way?

I look forward to the answer, with a mixture of optimism and urgency.

**Disclosure: New America Foundation has no involvement in the Tech Policy Central site. However, the organization is a Research Sponsor of our Tech Policy Summit conference, and its former chairman and current board member Jim Fallows volunteered as part of our advisory board for two years.

http://www.techpolicycentral.com/2008/11/google-ceo-eric-schmidt-talks.php

A commercial

This commercial is about a boy and a car.

When I watched it, it is touch my heart. Alothougt it is a little long, you'll like it after you watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSUGQQIjdGo&feature=related