2009年11月23日 星期一

Assignments 7 - Listen to Steve Job's talk

(a) Write down the expressions you learn from his talk.

1.drop out phr.休學
2. biological mother n.親生母親
3.unwed adj.未婚的
4. set for phr.準備
5.pop out phr.反悔
6.relent v.緩和
7.naively adv.天真地
8.working-class n.工產階級
9.savings n.儲蓄
10.tuition n.學費
11.deposit n.押金
12.stumble into phr.無意間涉足某事
13.intuition n.直覺
14.typography n.印刷術
15.subtle adj.巧妙的
16.diverge v.相異
17.devastating adj.令人震驚的
18.entrepreneur n.創業者
19.baton n.指揮棒
20.animate v.製作動畫
21.renaissance n.復興
22.biopsy n.活組織檢查
23.endoscope n.內視鏡
24.intestines n.腸
25.sedate adj.鎮定的
26.dogma n.信條
27farewell v.告別


(b) Reflect on his thought.
His biological mother isn't a good mother. It's not a good behave to give her child to other people. But the noly right thing is insisting on her child going to the college. However, Job didn't think about his familly, choosing a very expensive college,and dropping out. How stupid he was.

Refer to the second paragraph,what bad colleagues he work with. How dare they fire their boss ?

At the third paradraph, it's very lucky that the cance could be recovered.

So...Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish

2009年11月15日 星期日

Assignments6 - Listen to Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

1. A Day at School
taiso fuku n.運動服
kiritsu v.立正
rei v.敬禮
stands and bows to the teacher phr.向老師敬禮
kokugo n.閱讀與寫作

2.A Fun Day
take sb. with phr.帶sb.一起...
at a meeting phr.會議中
Go on a walk phr.散步
go down to phr.往下走
sounds great phr.聽起來不錯

2009年11月10日 星期二

Assignments 5 - Listening Diary

11/07/2009 19:322 to 20:03
Title: 10/22 Holiday Decorations!

Note:
indoors and out (phr.)戶內與室外
Easter (N.)復活節
make ones own decoration (phr.)布置
knickknack (N.)小裝飾
be limited to (phr.)被限制於...
ticket sale (N.)門票收入
extravagant (adj.)奢侈的
make the holidays (phr.)製造佳節氣氛
grill (N.)烤爐上的架子
grill out (V.)戶外燒烤
bondfire (N.)大型螢火
11/08/2009 12:40 to 13:17
Title: 10/23Holiday Decorations!

Note:
lighten up (v.)放輕鬆
get sb. in the mood (phr.)使sb.心情好
can never have too many (phr.)在...也不嫌多
gets into act (phr.)參加
sledding (N.)滑雪橇
have snowball fight (phr.)打雪仗
Christ (N.)基督