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!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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?
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?
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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:
Monday, May 4, 2009
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!
Monday, April 27, 2009
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
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.**
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.
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.
**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.
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.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Assignment6: ESL Podcast 466 – Having a Good or Bad Bedside Manner
Article:
Cho: I’m not sure I’m cut out to be a doctor.
Joy: I think you’ll be great. I’ve seen you with patients and you have a great bedside manner – not like Gregory.
Cho: Why? What’s wrong with his bedside manner?
Joy: I’ve seen him with patients and he can be really callous. For instance, I was in the room last week when he was telling one of his patients that she was taking a turn for the worse.
Cho: What did he say?
Joy: He just blurted it out. He told her the diagnosis, and he didn’t even try to soften the news when she asked about her prognosis. He did absolutely nothing to try to comfort or reassure her.
Cho: I feel sorry for the patient.
Joy: That’s the point. Gregory didn’t, and it didn’t seem to faze him that the patient was very upset and close to hysterics.
Cho: That’s terrible. I’ll try to remember to be more compassionate with my patients.
Joy: Don’t worry. It’s against your nature to be anything but considerate.
Keywords:
1.cut out: to be created to do something. something is good nature for you.
2.patient: people who are receving medical care or attention from doctor or nurse.
3.beside manner:how the doctor treats his patient
4.callous: Do something without consider someone else.
5.taking a turn for the worse: become worse.
6.blurted it out: to say something without thinking it first.
7.diagnosis: the doctors conclusion.
8.soften:to make it easier.
9.prognosis:the doctor's opinion about how your health will change in the future.
10.comfort: to make people feel better.
11.reassure: to give someone confident.
12.feel sorry for:to understand someone's upset.
13.didn’t seem to faze him:somone else isn't affected by something.
14.hysterics: someone has uncontrol emotion.
15.compassionate: to be kind to someone.
16.against your nature: not a part of someone's personality.
17.anything but considerate: to be nice to be aware other people's feeling.
Cho: I’m not sure I’m cut out to be a doctor.
Joy: I think you’ll be great. I’ve seen you with patients and you have a great bedside manner – not like Gregory.
Cho: Why? What’s wrong with his bedside manner?
Joy: I’ve seen him with patients and he can be really callous. For instance, I was in the room last week when he was telling one of his patients that she was taking a turn for the worse.
Cho: What did he say?
Joy: He just blurted it out. He told her the diagnosis, and he didn’t even try to soften the news when she asked about her prognosis. He did absolutely nothing to try to comfort or reassure her.
Cho: I feel sorry for the patient.
Joy: That’s the point. Gregory didn’t, and it didn’t seem to faze him that the patient was very upset and close to hysterics.
Cho: That’s terrible. I’ll try to remember to be more compassionate with my patients.
Joy: Don’t worry. It’s against your nature to be anything but considerate.
Keywords:
1.cut out: to be created to do something. something is good nature for you.
2.patient: people who are receving medical care or attention from doctor or nurse.
3.beside manner:how the doctor treats his patient
4.callous: Do something without consider someone else.
5.taking a turn for the worse: become worse.
6.blurted it out: to say something without thinking it first.
7.diagnosis: the doctors conclusion.
8.soften:to make it easier.
9.prognosis:the doctor's opinion about how your health will change in the future.
10.comfort: to make people feel better.
11.reassure: to give someone confident.
12.feel sorry for:to understand someone's upset.
13.didn’t seem to faze him:somone else isn't affected by something.
14.hysterics: someone has uncontrol emotion.
15.compassionate: to be kind to someone.
16.against your nature: not a part of someone's personality.
17.anything but considerate: to be nice to be aware other people's feeling.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
2 audio clips at Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Dinner Time
level:medium
1. starving (verb): hungry, famished- Many deer will starve to death in the mountains because of the harsh winter.
2. yuck or yucky: expression showing strong displeasure or dislike for something (informal)- Oh, Dad. I don't like this yucky soup.
3. adaptation (noun), adapt (verb): a change or modification to something, revision- Sometimes it takes time to adapt to the customs and language of another culture.
4. mess up (phrasal verb): (1) to make a mistake or (2) make something untidy or cluttered- If you take your eyes off that boy, he might mess up your entire house.
Video Game Systems
level:difficult
1. come up with (phrasal verb): think of an idea or answer - We couldn't come up with any ideas for the weekend, so we just stayed home and played video games.
2. odd job (noun): not usual or regular work - I had to accept a few odd jobs after I graduated before I found good steady work.
3. stand (noun): a small outdoor store where things are sold- I worked one summer at a fruit stand downtown to earn money to pay for college.
level:medium
1. starving (verb): hungry, famished- Many deer will starve to death in the mountains because of the harsh winter.
2. yuck or yucky: expression showing strong displeasure or dislike for something (informal)- Oh, Dad. I don't like this yucky soup.
3. adaptation (noun), adapt (verb): a change or modification to something, revision- Sometimes it takes time to adapt to the customs and language of another culture.
4. mess up (phrasal verb): (1) to make a mistake or (2) make something untidy or cluttered- If you take your eyes off that boy, he might mess up your entire house.
Video Game Systems
level:difficult
1. come up with (phrasal verb): think of an idea or answer - We couldn't come up with any ideas for the weekend, so we just stayed home and played video games.
2. odd job (noun): not usual or regular work - I had to accept a few odd jobs after I graduated before I found good steady work.
3. stand (noun): a small outdoor store where things are sold- I worked one summer at a fruit stand downtown to earn money to pay for college.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Assignment 4: Comment on the corpus-based reference tools.
Even we know the explanation of words, but we always don't know how to use it appropriately.
If we use the dictionary to search for words, we can get many explanations but no idea of how often it be used or what opportunity you can use it.
On the other hand, some words are used to get together with other words, it is called collocation. We often strange to use they.
Last two classes, we learned the way about how to solve this problem, the way is using corpus-based reference tools.
By using corpus-based reference tools, we can find a lot of sentence with the word, and we can follow the track about how to use the word, how frequently it be used, and its front and behind always connect to which word.
It is useful for us to know more about the word.
But the weakness is, sometimes a word have been using in a wrong place, day by day, it become a new language. for example, long time no see.
But I think if we use it, we can become more nature in english.
If we use the dictionary to search for words, we can get many explanations but no idea of how often it be used or what opportunity you can use it.
On the other hand, some words are used to get together with other words, it is called collocation. We often strange to use they.
Last two classes, we learned the way about how to solve this problem, the way is using corpus-based reference tools.
By using corpus-based reference tools, we can find a lot of sentence with the word, and we can follow the track about how to use the word, how frequently it be used, and its front and behind always connect to which word.
It is useful for us to know more about the word.
But the weakness is, sometimes a word have been using in a wrong place, day by day, it become a new language. for example, long time no see.
But I think if we use it, we can become more nature in english.
Monday, March 23, 2009
the lyric of pull up to the bumper
Song: Get the party started
Singer: Pink
I'm coming up so you better get this party started (I''m Coming up) (im coming) I'm coming up so you better get this party started Get this party started on a Saturday night Everybody's waitin' for me to arrive Sendin' out the message to all of my friends We'll be lookin' flashy in my Mercedes Benz I got lots of style, check ma' gold flashin' rings I can go for miles if you know what I mean Pumpin' up the volume, breakin' down to the beat Cruisin' through the west side we'll be checkin the scene Boulevard is freakin' as I'm comin' up fast I'll be burnin' rubber, you'll be kissin' my ass Pull up to the bumper, get out of the car Licence plate sez stunner, Number One Superstar Get this party started Makin' my connection as I enter the room Everybody's chillin' as I set up the groove Pumpin' up the volume with this brand new beat Everybody's dancin' and they're dancin' for me I'm your operator you can call anytime I'll be your connection to the party line Get this party started, ooh Get this party started right now Get this party started Get this party started Get this party started right now
Search from google.
Singer: Pink
I'm coming up so you better get this party started (I''m Coming up) (im coming) I'm coming up so you better get this party started Get this party started on a Saturday night Everybody's waitin' for me to arrive Sendin' out the message to all of my friends We'll be lookin' flashy in my Mercedes Benz I got lots of style, check ma' gold flashin' rings I can go for miles if you know what I mean Pumpin' up the volume, breakin' down to the beat Cruisin' through the west side we'll be checkin the scene Boulevard is freakin' as I'm comin' up fast I'll be burnin' rubber, you'll be kissin' my ass Pull up to the bumper, get out of the car Licence plate sez stunner, Number One Superstar Get this party started Makin' my connection as I enter the room Everybody's chillin' as I set up the groove Pumpin' up the volume with this brand new beat Everybody's dancin' and they're dancin' for me I'm your operator you can call anytime I'll be your connection to the party line Get this party started, ooh Get this party started right now Get this party started Get this party started Get this party started right now
Search from google.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Assignment 3: The difference between "big" and "large"
"big" describes a object is very huge.
ex. He is a big man.
They've got a big house in the country.
"large" describes many objects get together, and become very huge.
ex. A large amount of money.
The concert drew a large audience.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
My computer was broke!
A few days ago, my computer was broke.
When I turned it on, the background was always black, and some words showed on the sceen. it is "DISKBOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER", and next line showed "Boot from CD''
I don't know what is it happen, so I ask my friend for help.
He looked at it and tried a lot of methods to fix it, some methods is useful, but not been a long time, the same words appeared on the screen again.
Conclusively, my computer still don't work.
Unfortunately, my homework always have to use computer, like CALL class or some reports. Althought I can use school's computer, it also has some incovenient.
I miss my computer!
If someone have some tips to fix it, please tell me, thanks.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Assignment 2: Dictionary Exercise
There are two sentences:
She is upset.
She is sad.
We know, those two sentences are meaning that she is unhappy, but do ''upset'' and ''sad'' have same explanation?
First, I used Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary to look for those two words.
upset (WORRY)
1 verb upsetting, upset, upset to make someone worried, unhappy or angry:
It still upsets him when he thinks about the accident
Don't upset yourself by thinking about what might have been.upset
It still upsets him when he thinks about the accident
Don't upset yourself by thinking about what might have been.upset
2 adjective [after verb]
Don't get upset about the dress - there's only a little stain on it.
[+ to infinitive] She was very upset to hear that the holiday had been cancelled.
[+ that] He was very upset that you didn't reply to his letters.
[+ that] He was very upset that you didn't reply to his letters.
sad (NOT HAPPY)
1 unhappy or sorry:
I've just received some very sad news.
She gave a rather sad smile.
[+ (that)] It's sad (that) the trip had to be cancelled.
I'm so sad (that) you can't come.
[+ to infinitive] It's sad to see so many failures this year.
I was sad to hear that they'd split up.
2 HUMOROUS If something looks sad, it looks worse than it should because it is not being cared for:
Give those flowers some water - they're looking a bit sad.
Second, how about Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary explained those two words.
upset
• verb /1 make unhappy, disappointed, or worried. 2 knock over. 3 disrupt or disturb.
• noun /1 a state of being upset. 2 an unexpected result or situation.
• adjective/ 1 unhappy, disappointed, or worried. 2 (of a person’s stomach) having disturbed digestion.
• verb /1 make unhappy, disappointed, or worried. 2 knock over. 3 disrupt or disturb.
• noun /1 a state of being upset. 2 an unexpected result or situation.
• adjective/ 1 unhappy, disappointed, or worried. 2 (of a person’s stomach) having disturbed digestion.
sad
• adjective/ 1 feeling sorrow; unhappy. 2 causing or characterized by sorrow or regret. 3 informal pathetically inadequate or unfashionable.
• adjective/ 1 feeling sorrow; unhappy. 2 causing or characterized by sorrow or regret. 3 informal pathetically inadequate or unfashionable.
Third, I used Merriam-Webster's Learners' Dictionary to search for those two words.
upset
Function:adjective
Meaning:
1 : angry or unhappy
Function:adjective
Meaning:
1 : angry or unhappy
▪ I was feeling upset by/about the whole experience.
▪ There's no point in getting all upset about it.
▪ I try not to let her make me upset.
▪ She was too upset to speak to him.
▪ I'm upset that you didn't call.
▪ I was so upset with him, I didn't call him for two weeks.
2 ◊If you have an upset stomach, you have an unpleasant feeling in your stomach because of illness or because of something you have eaten.
▪ I had an upset stomach after eating all those cookies.
▪ My stomach was upset and I felt like I might throw up.
sad
Function:adjective
Meaning:
1 : not happy : feeling or showing grief or unhappiness
Function:adjective
Meaning:
1 : not happy : feeling or showing grief or unhappiness
▪ He's feeling sad because his pet died.
▪ People were sad that he was leaving.
▪ The experience left her sadder but wiser.
▪ big sad eyes
2 : causing a feeling of grief or unhappiness
▪ Have you heard the sad news about his wife's illness?
▪ It'll be a sad day when you leave us.
▪ a sad love song
▪ a sad poem
▪ a sad poem
▪ a movie with a sad ending
▪ He lived a sad life.
3 : causing feelings of disappointment or pity
▪ The sad fact/truth of the matter is that they are right.
▪ I live a pretty sad [=pathetic] life. I never go out on the weekend.
▪ The government is in sad [=bad] shape.
▪ The new version is a sad imitation of the original movie.
▪ He's a sad excuse for a father. [=he's not a good father]
▪ a sad-looking birthday cake ▪ We needed more money but, sad to say, there wasn't any.
▪ Sad but true, we couldn't afford to go away for even a weekend at the beach.
According to the three learners' dictionary, we could know the difference between upset and sad:
1. "upset" is meaning unhappy, worry or angry. It also has another explain: you feel bad in your stomach.
2. "sad" is meaning unhappy, sorry or feel sorrow.
In conclusion, if you want to search for more explain or example, you can use Merriam-Webster's. If you don't want to get too many superfluous explain, Cambridge Advanced can give you clear explain.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Say something about me
Hello, friends.
My name is Yi-Shan, Liao. My English name is Candy, so you could just
call me Candy.
Now, I am 21 years old. My birthday is on15th July. By the way, my star sign is Cancer that is gentle, kind, and grace, like me.
I major in Business Administration, and I am a senior, I will graduate in June fortunately.
I come from Taichung, which weather is worm and comfortable here. If someone would like to visit this ideal country, I am glad to be your guide. In Taipei, I rent a room near Wanlong MRT station, where is also near NTUST, so that I always walk to school, it is one of my exercise.
Talking about my habits, reading and writing are my favorite. For reading, I like to reading novels, kinds of fantastic and suspense, like Harry Potter. On the other hand, I like to write some article about my feeling, and posting on my Blog, sharing with my friends.
In addition to above, I also like travel very much, I enjoy going to a new place where I never have been to. A few days ago, I have been to New York and Central America for two weeks. It is a wonderful trip, I couldn't forget in my all life. Later, I will share some photo about my trip on Blog, and introduce the two countries.
Hope to meet you.
My name is Yi-Shan, Liao. My English name is Candy, so you could just
call me Candy.
Now, I am 21 years old. My birthday is on15th July. By the way, my star sign is Cancer that is gentle, kind, and grace, like me.
I major in Business Administration, and I am a senior, I will graduate in June fortunately.
I come from Taichung, which weather is worm and comfortable here. If someone would like to visit this ideal country, I am glad to be your guide. In Taipei, I rent a room near Wanlong MRT station, where is also near NTUST, so that I always walk to school, it is one of my exercise.
Talking about my habits, reading and writing are my favorite. For reading, I like to reading novels, kinds of fantastic and suspense, like Harry Potter. On the other hand, I like to write some article about my feeling, and posting on my Blog, sharing with my friends.
In addition to above, I also like travel very much, I enjoy going to a new place where I never have been to. A few days ago, I have been to New York and Central America for two weeks. It is a wonderful trip, I couldn't forget in my all life. Later, I will share some photo about my trip on Blog, and introduce the two countries.
Hope to meet you.
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