The following two slide shows are from Time for Kids. You’ll be amazed at the dragon-shaped lantern displayed in the first photo. Browsing through the second slide show helps you review the American civil rights activist Martin Luther King. Make sure to read the captions.
Slide Show 1: Lunar New Year
http://www.timeforkids.com/photos-video/slideshow/lunar-new-year/26926
Yesterday I had a gathering with a former student, who is a junior in college now. During our chat, she told me how she missed high school life because everyone in the class had the same goal–to go to a good college. As a college student, she is confronted with the uncertainty of life, which causes anxiety.
Then yesterday evening I came across this article. It is long, with 8941 words, but worth reading. Though the title indicates it is for college graduates, the author Mr. Chen actually intended to get his message across to more people.
http://www.businessweekly.com.tw/webarticle2.php?id=13
給畢業同學的一封信：代間的省思
撰文者：中華民國紅十字總會會長陳長文 2006-07-19 (more…)
My dear friend Losan (羅珊老師), who retired from NHSH around four years ago, passed away on January 17 from cancer. Her funeral will be held at 8:30am on Thursday, Feb. 2 at Hui-en Hall of the Taipei Second Funeral Parlor (台北市立第二殯儀館懷恩廳) on Hsin-hi Road. (more…)
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/letters/2012/01/18/329352/Grammar-is.htm
Grammar is vital, but plays second fiddle to efficient communication
January 18, 2012 11:54 am TWN, By Emilio Venezian (more…)
One way to learn to write is by analyzing a well-organized essay and reproducing its outline. The following is an article I just came across while surfing the Net. Again, it’s about something we are very familiar with: Taipei. Taipei in the eye of a foreigner. Try to speak out or jot down the main idea of each paragraph as I did for the first paragraph, and then “find out” how the main idea was developed into a paragraph, for which writing a detailed outline is certainly of great help. In the meantime, enjoy the content.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/eye-on-taiwan/2012/01/10/328569/Flexible-Taipei.htm
‘Flexible’ Taipei charms recent college grad
January 10, 2012 11:58 am TWN, By Vanessa Sheu (more…)
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=367859
分享學英語方法 空少：掌握3M
【聯合報╱記者何烱榮／田中報導】2012/01/22 (more…)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16655703
Dragon babies spark spending spree
By Juliana Liu Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News
22 January 2012 (more…)