I always enjoy my oral class pretty much because our material is practical and interesting. Above all, the teacher is really good and very nice to us; she is kind of like our friend. Though she always likes to make some fake affairs between the other male classmate and I, knowing she is just joking I don't feel offended or angry. Every week, she teaches us five slangs and makes us use them to make up a weird story or funny questions for each other. When it comes to midterm exam or final, her exam is always the most favored one because we only need to prepare a short conversation with acting (about 2 minutes). It is always a favor for us during a busy-taking-exams week.
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Today she treated us 8 boxes of pizza as a good ending of teaching us for one year. We had tasty pizzas and a movie : The Other Boleyn Girl this afternoon. The movie is about Henry 8th, the king of England, and the two sisters Anne and Mary. At the beginning, Mary is forced to bed with the king because Anne offends the king. Mary always wants a country life more than a life in court but she falls in love with the king and gives birth to a son. However, Anne is exiled to France due to her adultery with a married Duke. When Mary has to lie in bed for the safety of the baby, Anne comes back England with her well-changed manner and seduces the king.
Anne even makes the king abolish the queen and crown herself as a queen. But she fails to have a son as an heir and the king grows hatred toward her for she made him break up with the Rome Church. In the end, Anne is executed but Mary lives happily with a man who loves her.
2009年5月26日 星期二
2009年5月25日 星期一
Singing contest & farewell
Last Thursday, our department held a singing contest and a farewell for our seniors. I signed up for the contest and my senior as well as my junior signed up for it too. My good friend Joy was also in the competition and she had prepared for it for almost three months; she was very excited and anticipated it very much. Her performance really shocked everyone and caught everyone's eyes. Because of her stunning dance, we all had a high. ( right, Joy? )
I didn't do well on the contest for I forgot some of the lyrics, which was an big mistake in a singing contest. But I did sing my song out loud; I did not have a stagefright. I was quite surprised that many of my juniors sang pretty well and one of them won the second prize. She was good and had a beautiful voice. My classmate,
2B won the first prize, which was no surprise to us for his great singing skill. He once participated in a singign contest held by our student association and he did well enough to compete in the final.
After the contest followed the farewell, which made the atmosphere sentimental and many of my seniors were sad because their seniors are going to graduate. Though I know little about their relationships but I still could feel their sadness and I did drop a few tears. (I wonder why.....).
I didn't do well on the contest for I forgot some of the lyrics, which was an big mistake in a singing contest. But I did sing my song out loud; I did not have a stagefright. I was quite surprised that many of my juniors sang pretty well and one of them won the second prize. She was good and had a beautiful voice. My classmate,
2B won the first prize, which was no surprise to us for his great singing skill. He once participated in a singign contest held by our student association and he did well enough to compete in the final.
After the contest followed the farewell, which made the atmosphere sentimental and many of my seniors were sad because their seniors are going to graduate. Though I know little about their relationships but I still could feel their sadness and I did drop a few tears. (I wonder why.....).
2009年5月24日 星期日
090523
During the weekend I went to see my elementary friend in Taipei. She is a college student in National Taiwan Normal University but she has to take courses and live in 林口 because she majors in department of applied Chinese languages and literature.
The department of applied Chinese languages and literature is a new department so she has no seniors and because of the fewer numbers, students who major in applied Chinese languages and literature are forced to move to 林口. Their campus is as big as 9 soccer fields and located in a remote and desolate place. She said they have appealed to move back to the original campus but the principal said they should accept whatever the college offers to them and become more mature. In all, my friend has lots of complaints about their campus now. It's true that students always complain about their own school.
My friend took me to 九份 and we ate some famous snacks such as 芋圓 and 草仔粿. The scenery is really beautiful there; because of the mass cloud, the small town has a melancholy atmosphere. The weather there is also much cooler and more comfortable. Besides, the old but famous movie 悲情城市 once took scenes in the small town and made it a spotlight.
The department of applied Chinese languages and literature is a new department so she has no seniors and because of the fewer numbers, students who major in applied Chinese languages and literature are forced to move to 林口. Their campus is as big as 9 soccer fields and located in a remote and desolate place. She said they have appealed to move back to the original campus but the principal said they should accept whatever the college offers to them and become more mature. In all, my friend has lots of complaints about their campus now. It's true that students always complain about their own school.
My friend took me to 九份 and we ate some famous snacks such as 芋圓 and 草仔粿. The scenery is really beautiful there; because of the mass cloud, the small town has a melancholy atmosphere. The weather there is also much cooler and more comfortable. Besides, the old but famous movie 悲情城市 once took scenes in the small town and made it a spotlight.
2009年5月16日 星期六
One day trip
The other day Joy and I went to Taiwan Art University to see the graduation fair in which each of her old classmates made their own art work to display. I used to dream of going to Taiwan Art University and wanted to major in radio and television department. But I still chose to be an English major over an art major because I could not just follow my own interest without considering that studying art is not so favored as studying English. I really have to say I was not brave enough to choose what I wanted most.
Joy met many old friends and she kept asking them what they are going to do after they graduate, I thought it was quite an unpleasant question but she asked them with a funny tone which made the serious question not so uncomfortable.
There are about 12 works in the fair. Some are accomplished by two or four people, others are done by one. The most impressive work was a book that recorded all the graduates' profiles and their pictures in the four years. Actually, other works didn't impress that much. One of them was very delicate and well-prepared but lacked of unity.
Joy met many old friends and she kept asking them what they are going to do after they graduate, I thought it was quite an unpleasant question but she asked them with a funny tone which made the serious question not so uncomfortable.
There are about 12 works in the fair. Some are accomplished by two or four people, others are done by one. The most impressive work was a book that recorded all the graduates' profiles and their pictures in the four years. Actually, other works didn't impress that much. One of them was very delicate and well-prepared but lacked of unity.
2009年5月9日 星期六
Freedom Writers
The film is based on a real story in Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. The teacher Erin Gruwell successfully reformed her students and made them learn much more than things they could learn from school. At the beginning she was very excited about being a teacher.
Though later she realized that her students were not the ones she was expecting, she didn't give them up. They were segregated into racial groups in the classroom. The tension is apparent whenever students from one race look at those from another race. Gruwell also had a hard time with her department head, who told her not to focus on teaching her students to learn and read but to focus on teaching them discipline and obedience.
Once, Gruwell used a racist drawing of one of her students to teach them about the Holocaust. She gradually won their trust and she came up with a way to get to know them more. She bought them composition books to write down their experiences of being abused and seeing their friends die. In order to reform her students, Gruwell took two part-time jobs to pay for more books and spent more time at school.
Once, Gruwell used a racist drawing of one of her students to teach them about the Holocaust. She gradually won their trust and she came up with a way to get to know them more. She bought them composition books to write down their experiences of being abused and seeing their friends die. In order to reform her students, Gruwell took two part-time jobs to pay for more books and spent more time at school.
She also invited several Holocaust survivors to talk with her students about their experiences and took them to the Museum of Tolerance. However, her colleagues and department head disliked her unorthodox teaching.
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