2011年9月14日 星期三
Beyond 9/11--Lyzbeth Glick Best's Story
This year is the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. In the latest issue of TIME are 9/11 stories from men and women in the States. Then I found video clips on the TIME website. Click on the URL, and you can listen Lyzbeth Glick Best, widow of a passenger on flight 93, relate the tragedy which happened to her family ten years ago.
2011年9月13日 星期二
2011 1st SAT Mock Essay Samples
2011年9月12日 星期一
What You Most Want to Do Every Day--舒國治:每天最想做的事
http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/6570411.shtml
舒國治:每天最想做的事
【聯合報╱舒國治】
2011.09.05 02:03 am
舒國治:每天最想做的事
【聯合報╱舒國治】
2011.09.05 02:03 am
2011年9月11日 星期日
2011年9月10日 星期六
2011年9月9日 星期五
Reading Mission
Trying to entice my classes to read English, I gave them an article which describes the characteristics of the 12 zodiac signs. The four-page article looks somewhat overwhelming; however, the mission is easy. The students are asked to read only the part about their own sign, 10 short paragraphs at most, and then fill in a chart the adjectives, both postive and negative, used in the article to describe the sign as well as indicating whether the adjectives correctly describe them as a person.
2011年9月8日 星期四
College Students' Top Priority--清大校長勉新生 用8成時間學習
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=340934
清大校長勉新生 用8成時間學習
【聯合報╱記者李青霖/新竹市報導】2011/09/07
清大校長勉新生 用8成時間學習
【聯合報╱記者李青霖/新竹市報導】2011/09/07
2011年9月7日 星期三
Tips on Preparation for SAT Science--大學學測自然科應考對策
Science on SAT has always given high school social science majors a headache. Without taking realted courses in their third year, they have to prepare for this subject on their own. Here is an article I came across just now at the UDN website.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=340550
大學學測自然科應考對策
【聯合線上企劃/蔡博適老師提供】2011/09/05
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=340550
大學學測自然科應考對策
【聯合線上企劃/蔡博適老師提供】2011/09/05
2011年9月6日 星期二
A Letter to Mother Nature--Essay by a Student
The following is an essay by a former NHSH student who graduated this summer. He was not in my class. However, his English teacher spoke highly of his writing. So, last month when I happened to see him on campus, I requested him to share some of his essays. He generously agreed. Here is one.
Thank you, Ching-wei.
Thank you, Ching-wei.
To Cut Class or Not to Cut Class?
The following are three articles about college students cutting class.
1.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=340708
李嗣涔:支持大學生蹺課「壯遊歐洲」
【聯合報╱記者鄭語謙/台北報導】2011/09/06
1.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=340708
李嗣涔:支持大學生蹺課「壯遊歐洲」
【聯合報╱記者鄭語謙/台北報導】2011/09/06
2011年9月5日 星期一
ICRT--Radio Station to Listen to Taiwan News in English
ICRT is the only radio station in Taiwan to listen to local news in English. Besides news, it offers music and entertainment. Tune in to FM 100.7 to check it out. The news is broadcast at every hour sharp. Click on the URL, and you can read today's news.
http://www.icrt.com.tw/newsroom_icrt_world.php?poId=6&ptId=21
The following are three pieces of news which I guess my students might be interested in, with phrases underlined by me.
http://www.icrt.com.tw/newsroom_icrt_world.php?poId=6&ptId=21
The following are three pieces of news which I guess my students might be interested in, with phrases underlined by me.
2011年9月4日 星期日
Don't Feel Content; Get Crazy!
This morning, when I opend the UDN, three lines of words on one side of the front page caught my attention. It was a promotion for a book about Steve Jobs--你所不知道的4個賈伯斯 (a translation of Les 4 vies de Steve Jobs by Daniel Ichbiah). The words go like this:
2011年9月3日 星期六
2011年9月2日 星期五
2011年9月1日 星期四
Teach Students to Be Happy--開學了/台灣,教得出快樂清道夫嗎
http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/6563221.shtml
開學了/台灣,教得出快樂清道夫嗎
【聯合報╱莊聰吉/醫(屏縣潮州)】
2011.09.01 01:43 am
開學了/台灣,教得出快樂清道夫嗎
【聯合報╱莊聰吉/醫(屏縣潮州)】
2011.09.01 01:43 am
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