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 1st SAT Mock Essay Samples

Attached to this entry is a file of nine writing samples for the 1st SAT mock exam. They are the originals and comparison can be made.

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

Nice to See You Again

A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever

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.

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

Four Commandments--台大的四不

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI1/6575229.shtml

台大的四不

【聯合報╱黑白集】 2011.09.07 02:15 am

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

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.

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

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.

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:

Education is Life--廖玉蕙：在充滿偏見的教育下

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/6560729.shtml

廖玉蕙：在充滿偏見的教育下

【聯合報╱廖玉蕙】
2011.08.31 02:59 am

Alumni Back to School

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

Using "Tears in Heaven" to Teach the Subjunctive Mood

This morning when reviewing the subjunctive mood in Class 311, I used the song "Tears in Heaven" to demonstrate the different patterns for reality and irreality. It's fun!

First, I had the students listen to the song with lyrics, then I showed the lyrics on the ppt as follows, dividing the lyrics into two parts--imagination/irreality and reality.

Start with What You Love--A Good Way to Learn English

Around 11am, Shih-jen (張世仁), a former student, paid me a visit, and near the end of our conversation, I requested that she give a short talk to Class 311 in English on how to learn English. To my surprise and delight, she agreed. Why surprised? Because she had to postpone her lunch until after 1pm since the class started at 12:50.

Go to School Happily--開學前必讀／蔡炳坤：1堅持2關鍵 快樂上學去

Though this letter is intended for junior high and elementary school students and their parents, senior high school students can benefit from it too.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=339215

開學前必讀／蔡炳坤：1堅持2關鍵 快樂上學去

【聯合報／文／蔡炳坤（台中市副市長、建國中學前校長】2011/08/29

Good 2011 UEE Essays

Every year, CEEC posts good Chinese and English essays written on the SAT and UEE. The following is a news report in the UDN, which presents two among the 29 for this year's UEE, both of which are marvelous.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=12&f_SUB_ID=31&f_ART_ID=339016

指考「寬與深」佳作 賈伯斯、林懷民入文

【聯合報╱記者陳智華／台北報導】2011/08/27