2012年4月19日 星期四

"Why Bilinguals are Smarter"--an Article from K

On Monday, Konraad mentioned in Class 303 that bilinguals are smarter. He told the class he would send me an article on this issue so that I can show it to them.

Here is the article for you to download and read.

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter.docx

Or you can just read on. 

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter 
By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEEPublished: March 17, 2012  

2012年4月17日 星期二

"Is Sugar Toxic?"-CBS News Video

Yesterday morning when I gave Konraad the cake I bought for him as a snack, he thanked me but told me he didn't consume sugar anymore after he watched a news report "Is Sugar Toxic?". Here is the link to the news.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n&tag=pop;videos

2012年4月15日 星期日

Six Ways to Cope with Stress

http://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5031713

壓力管理6心法:能做的下手,不能做的放手

2012-04 天下雜誌 494期
你如何對待壓力,將決定壓力如何影響你。陷在消極負面的情緒中,只會癱瘓你的腦袋,反而使你看不見其他的可能。

2012年4月14日 星期六

"I Believe in You"--an Awesome Upbeat Song

On Thursday and Friday I taught my three classes the song "I Believe in You," sung by IL DIVO and Celine Dion.  A wonderful song with beautiful melody and meaningful lyrics!

2012年4月13日 星期五

A New Elective Course--An Essay by a Student

The following is an essay by a student for the English writing on the 2nd mock exam. Some revisions have been made.

提示:學校欲安排新的一門一學期的選修課程(elective course),想請你針對這門選修課提供想法與意見。請寫一篇英文作文,第一段說明你會建議上什麼課程以及課程的內容或活動,第二段說明你為何提出這樣的建議。

2012年4月12日 星期四

Life Lesson from an Arrow

"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it's going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming."

2012年4月10日 星期二

Line-up Culture--An Essay by a Student

When writing an essay, very often we are required to give a personal experience to support our argument in the previous paragraph.  The following essay exemplifies this.

提示: 排隊文化在亞洲非常盛行,大至日本國民品牌和西班牙平價服飾在台灣所展現地經人排隊人潮,小至口耳相傳的街頭巷弄排隊美食,對此你有何看法?請寫一篇英文作文,文分兩段,第一段說明你認同此一排隊現象嗎?原因為何?第二段分享你的排隊經驗,以支持第一段的論點.

2012年4月8日 星期日

Quotations About Kindness

 On the following webpage are some quotations about kindness:http://www.quotegarden.com/kindness.html

Some of the quotations do strike a chord in my heart.

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice." ~Author Unknown

2012年4月7日 星期六

Find the Verb of a Sentence

When grading the essays on the 2nd mock exam, I found quite a few students still had problems with English sentences. The most common mistake is either two verbs in a simple sentence or no verb at all. The following is a website I just came across where the idea of the imporant parts of a sentence is explicitly explained.

http://johnsesl.com/templates/writing/sentenceS.php

Sentence Structure

This tutorial provided by John's ESL Community
http://www.johnsesl.com

2012年4月4日 星期三

Key to the Translation on the 2nd UEE Mock Exam

The following is the translation question on the 2nd UEE mock exam held on

Monday, followed by the answers.

1. 代溝問題主要起因於親子之間缺乏充分的溝通和同理心。

2. 如果父母們能多鼓勵和關心小孩,而非只重視其學業表現,他們之間的關係將會改善。

2012年4月3日 星期二

A New Elective Course Suggested by High School Students

The English writing task on the 2nd mock exam asks students to write about a new elective course they would like to add to the current curriculum. The following is a list offered by the students whose essays I have graded.