Yesterday while surfing the Net for some information, I came across Oprah Winfrey’s speech at Standord’s Commencement ceremony dated June 15, 2008. Its title was “Oprah talks to graduates about feelings, failure and finding happiness.” It was a long speech, so I printed it out. After I read it and put it down, the words I could recall best was “follow your feelings.” Oprah advised, “…feelings are really your GPS system for life…. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it…. When you don’t know what to do, get still…. and let your internal motivation be the driver.” She mentioned her own experience: (more…)
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Follow Your Feelings
Saturday, May 9th, 2009American President Obama’s Inaugural Speech
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Last night, for the sake of health, I didn’t stay up to watch American President Obama’s Inauguration. Thanks to the Internet, I can still watch it anytime. So many people gathered to be part of history. The following are the videos and script. Enjoy them. (more…)
“I Have a Dream”–an old entry re-posted
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
I’d like to re-post an old entry for the lesson “I Have a Dream.”
http://june.ettachou.com/2007/12/23/martin-luther-kings-famous-speech-i-have-a-dream/
Watch the video, and you’ll be touched by the power of language. I remember a former student of mine told me that, while we were discussing this lesson last year, she went to the entry every time she turned on her computer. She then watched/listened to the speech and read along with Martin Luther King. She is now majoring in English at National Tsing Hua University.
Randy Pausch’s 2008 commencement speech
Monday, July 28th, 2008This is Randy Pausch’s 2008 commencement speech at Carnegie-Mellon University, a version with Chinese subtitles.
Randy Pausch\’s Commencement Address at Carnegie-Mellon University
Martin Luther King's famous speech: I Have a Dream — Video
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007We are moving on to the lesson “I Have a Dream.” This is a lesson all the three commonly-used high school English textbooks include. Thanks to the Internet, now we have a very easy access to the speech in the video.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
The part we read in our textbook starts at 12:05 and ends at 17:20. At this website, the complete speech text is given below the video. (more…)