tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22098341672274917762024-02-07T18:12:06.194-08:00Stay hungry, Stay foolishLin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-70858560860919947412018-06-04T07:25:00.003-07:002018-06-04T07:25:42.335-07:00#10 EdX<span style="font-size: large;">Pronunciation Lesson for Native Chinese Speakers</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I've watched </span>Japanese Pronunciation for Communication - Pronunciation Lesson for Native Chinese Speakers. The class is form Wasoeda University.<br />
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I already knew MOOCs before, and knew that would become a trend. Everyone should know what is MOOCs and what is the advantage for own-self. But the biggest challenge is ENGLISH. Most the MOOCs using English to teach, if you don't have enough English skills than you won't understand. That is why we have to improve our English skills. After that, we can learn what you want and the newest on the internet. GOOD LUCK, my friends!</div>
<br />Lin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-70371755280405690202018-05-21T01:40:00.002-07:002018-05-21T01:40:59.796-07:00#8 TED Talk<h1 class="title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 2.4rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 4.8rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> -</span>rape (v.)<span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><i>to force someone to have sex when they are unwilling, using violence or threatening behaviour</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> It's difficult to understand what causes a man to rape.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> -</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">prank (n.)<span style="font-size: 13px;"> <i>a trick that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My comments on the talk :</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We don't have too much time on our hands, so we can occasionally choose to spend it in an unusual way. We will like to take a rest and have fun, but when we grow up we even don’t know how to ‘play’.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I like the point of Improv Everywhere. We can do something make other laugh, even not everybody's going to like everything you do.</span></span><br />
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Lin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-5213197609867258552018-05-14T06:29:00.003-07:002018-05-22T18:57:50.358-07:00#7 English song<div style="text-align: center;">
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Original: Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson<br />
Cover: Angelica Hale<br />
Cover, Angelica Hale (born July 31, 2007) is an American child singer from Atlanta, Georgia. She competed in the 12th season of America's Got Talent, where she became the runner-up.<br />
"Symphony" is a song by British classical crossover band Clean Bandit featuring Swedish singer Zara Larsson. It is taken as the third single from their upcoming second album. The song was also released as the sixth single from Larsson's second studio album, So Good (2017). It is a classical-pop song. The song has a prominent use of strings and arrangements of "electronic" percussion and "xylophone" style synthesiser lines. It is a dramatic ballad about someone who is in love and wants to be part of his/her "symphony".<br />
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I’ve been hearing symphonies<br />
Before all I heard was silence<br />
A rhapsody for you and me<br />
And every melody is timeless<br />
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Life was stringing me along<br />
Then you came and you cut me loose<br />
Was solo singing on my own<br />
Now I can’t find the key without you<br />
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And now your song is on repeat<br />
And I’m dancin' on to your heartbeat<br />
And when you’re gone, I feel incomplete<br />
So if you want the truth<br />
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I just wanna be part of your symphony<br />
Will you hold me tight and not let go?<br />
Symphony<br />
Like a love song on the radio<br />
Will you hold me tight and not let go?<br />
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I’m sorry if it’s all too much<br />
Every day you’re here, I’m healing<br />
And I was runnin' outta luck<br />
I never thought I’d find this feeling<br />
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And now your song is on repeat<br />
And I’m dancin' on to your heartbeat<br />
And when you’re gone, I feel incomplete<br />
So if you want the truth<br />
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I just wanna be part of your symphony<br />
Will you hold me tight and not let go?<br />
Symphony<br />
Like a love song on the radio<br />
Symphony<br />
Like a love song on the radio<br />
Will you hold me tight and not let go?<br />
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1. silence (n.)<br />
a period without any sound; complete quiet<br />
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2. rhapsody (n.)<br />
[music] a piece of music that has no formal structure and expresses powerful feelings<br />
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3. stringing (n.)<br />
(a piece of) strong, thin rope made by twisting very thin threads together, used for fastening and tying things<br />
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The lyric express feelings directly and vocabulary is not so hard that lots of people can understand quickly and easily. The original one is a little bit relaxed, but cover singer Angelica Hale sings more emotion deeply moving me. A little girl can makes her dream come true, why can’t I?</div>
Lin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-29037461042252493172018-04-22T10:17:00.002-07:002018-04-22T10:17:22.990-07:00# 6 ESL Cyber Listening Lab<span style="font-size: large;">Just a Haircut, Please!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>fancy</b> (adj.) </span>decorative or complicated<br />
I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>adjustments</b> (n.)</span> a small change<br />
I'm just making some adjustments to the hair trimmer.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>butchered</b> (v.)</span> to cut an animal into pieces of meat; to kill someone in a very violent way<br />
They decided Mr Newall was butchered downstairs and his wife in her bedroom.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>prank</b> (n.) </span>a trick that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage<br />
When I was at school we were always playing pranks on our teachers.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>decent</b> (adj.)</span> socially acceptable or good<br />
Is there anyplace in this town that can give a decent haircut and fix this damage?Lin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-5182477755256185732018-04-15T22:30:00.001-07:002018-04-17T20:08:06.955-07:00#5 Free writing<span style="font-family: "brush script mt" , "brush script std" , cursive; font-size: x-large;"><b>If I could live anywhere</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I like to take a <span style="color: lime;">trip</span>. Now in our world, apply our <span style="color: blue;">science and technology</span>, we can play from Asia to Europe or from <span style="color: blue;">Sahara</span> to <span style="color: blue;">Himalayan</span>. If I could live anywhere, I can live Taipei this night, I can stay Tokyo tomorrow, or else I can live <span style="color: blue;">in the tree</span>, I can live on the moon, or even I can live on the other <span style="color: lime;">planet</span>. When that day comes true, I’ll be <span style="color: red;">pretty happy</span>. I can live at the place I want, I can stay where I want to stay. When will that day comes true? Let’s see it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tools I use to finish the writing:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. Google translate: blue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. Cambridge Learner dictionary: green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. Linggle: red</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4.Google: blue</span></div>
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font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b style="color: blue;">featured </b>(n.)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;">a typical quality or an important part of something</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><i> The full-page apology <span style="color: blue;">featured</span> in broadsheets and tabloids in the UK, appearing on the back page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Observer, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Express.</i></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">content featured</span></b></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> Several of the festival events <span style="color: #3d85c6;">content featured</span> literature.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">full featured</span></b></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;">Several of the festival events </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;">full featured</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> literature.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">firm featured</span></b></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;">Several of the festival events </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;">firm featured</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> literature.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>prompted</b></span> (v.)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">to make something happen</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> It echoes comments Mr Zuckerberg made last week after reports of the leak <span style="color: blue;">prompted</span>investigations in Europe and the US, and knocked billions of dollars of Facebook's market value.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>prompted calls</b></span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> Monday's killing of Luay Saadi and his deputy <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">prompted calls</span> from Islamic Jihad for revenge attacks.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">prompted directions</span></b></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> Follow all the safety <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">prompt directions</span>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"><br /> <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>prompted questions</b></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> But local media report the exercise has <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">prompted questions</span> from residents concerned about traffic and other disruptions, and from tourists worried about visiting Chicago.</span></h1>
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Lin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-85095217916519671412018-03-26T08:11:00.002-07:002018-03-26T08:11:23.219-07:00#3 Collocation<span style="background-color: white; color: #004080; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 35.2px; font-weight: 700; text-align: -webkit-center;">Stephen Hawking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/stephen_hawking.php" style="background-color: white;">http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/stephen_hawking.php</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>slur</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">➤ (n.)</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">to pronounce the sounds of a word in a way that is wrong or not clear</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">➤ (v.)</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">a remark that criticizes someone and is likely to have a harmful effect on their reputation</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"> <b>make + slur</b></span><br />
<span class="rc" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"><span class="lc" style="font-size: 14.4px;"> It was also stated that she <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">made</span> a </span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">slur </span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-size: 14.4px;">against his deceased father.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"><span class="rc" style="font-size: 14.4px;"> </span></span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">It is believed Johns <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">made</span> the racial </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">slur </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">at a team bonding session.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"> <b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>use + slur</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">He said the group surrounded him and some <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">used</span> racial </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">slurs </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">.</span></span><br />
<span class="rc" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> Liston claimed the officer used racial slurs .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>accomplish</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">➤ (v.)</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">to finish something successfully or to achieve something</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>do + accomplish</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> E</span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">arnest and conscientious activity intended to <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">do</span> or </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">accomplish </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">something.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> I</span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">ncreasing confidence that they know what they can <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">do</span> and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">accomplish </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">➤ (prep.)</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>despite + yourself</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"> He laughed </span></span><span style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: 700;">despite</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"> </span></span><span style="color: #028f76; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: 700;">himself</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"> She took the money from her mother's purse, </span></span><span style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: 700;">despite</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"> </span></span><span style="color: #028f76; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: 700;">herself</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>grim</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">➤ (adj.)</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">worrying, without hope</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"> <b>dark + grim</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">The game 's music is very <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">dark</span> and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">grim </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">, and the world is without joy.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">I told the guard at the reception desk in the <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">dark</span> , </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">grim </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">entrance why I had come and he told me to wait.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>grim + picture</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">It is a </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">grim </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">picture</span>.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Conversely, the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">grim </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">economic <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">picture</span> contrasts sharply with financial markets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">➤ </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">(v.)to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"> <b>damage + confine</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> </b></span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">The environmental <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">damage</span> is not </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">confined </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">to birds and the coast.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Most of the <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">damage</span> was </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">confined </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">to the utility room, investigators said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>necessarily + confine</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Investigations may include but are not <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">necessarily</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">confined </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">to the following areas.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> </span><span class="lc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Such a currency is <span style="color: #028f76; font-weight: bold;">necessarily</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="kw" style="color: #d14334; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-weight: bold;">confined </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><span class="rc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">to the country where it is issued: it cannot, when too abundant, diffuse itself generally amongst other countries.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span>Lin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-68975092809010429772018-03-18T18:40:00.002-07:002018-03-21T02:14:00.456-07:00#2 News English<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-150805" target="_blank">Surfing dogs</a></span></span><br />
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<td><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">There's a lot of <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">competition</span> between computer companies.</span></td>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">confident</span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Be a bit more <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">confident</span> in yourself!</span></td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I'm <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">confident</span> of his skills as a manager.</span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">We must also consider the needs of the younger members of <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">society</span>.</span></td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">She prefers her own <span style="color: #3d85c6;">society</span>.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">prevention</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The organization is committed to AIDS <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">prevention</span> and education.</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The farmer was accused of <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">cruelty</span> to animals.</span></td>
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Lin Yu Hsuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931849454002029362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209834167227491776.post-60962306204551077722018-03-06T23:20:00.001-08:002018-03-12T07:47:58.554-07:00#1 Greetings!<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello everyone! My name is Yu-Hsuan, Lin. Nice to meet you. This is my first assignments, and I’m going to intrude myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have a dream. I’ve always wanted to be an international diplomat although it will not be easy. The first challenge for me is to be fluent in English. I used to be lazy and shy but I would do my best to achieve it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Everyone can be everything,” Judy Hopps who is the main character in Zootopia said. While watching the film, I realized that I have to make a change and pursue my dream bravely. To achieve it, the most important thing for me is to acquire a second language. Whether it is English, Japanese, or Spanish, it doesn't matter, the point is to have a communication tool to exchange cultures and different ideas with foreigners directly, to be able to travel the world, to learn things directly from someone instead of having to wait for it to be translated and put in a book.</span></span></div>
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