The Most Influential Sentence-2–Essay by a Student

May 1st, 2012

Here is another student’s essay on the most influential sentence. This sentence is also one of my favorites.

提示:在人生的過程中,你覺得影響你最深的一句話是什麼?請寫一篇短文,第一段說明你在什麼情況下從什麼人口中(或哪本書中)聽到這一句話?第二段描述這句話對你所產生的影響。 Read the rest of this entry »

The Most Influential Sentence–Students’ Essays

April 30th, 2012

What’s the most influential sentence to you? The following are four essays by my students on this topic.

提示:在人生的過程中,你覺得影響你最深的一句話是什麼?請寫一篇短文,第一段說明你在什麼情況下從什麼人口中(或哪本書中)聽到這一句話?第二段描述這句話對你所產生的影響。 Read the rest of this entry »

Admission without the Entrance Exam?–免試? 唉!那聲重重嘆息…

April 29th, 2012

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/7057930.shtml

免試? 唉!那聲重重嘆息…

【聯合報╱李枝桃/國中校長(南投市)】
2012.04.28 02:30 am Read the rest of this entry »

“The Fringe Benefits of Failure”–J.K. Rowling’s Harvard Commencement Address

April 28th, 2012

In the second last paragraph of Unit 12 “Have a Good Four Years,” where Derek C. Bok suggested the right attitude toward frustration and bewilderment, he said, “…these moments of frustration and bewilderment are often indispensable to our well-being, for they are the spurs that push mind and spirit to some new and greater conception of ourselves and the world around us.” To illustrate this idea, I presented to the class the related topic in J.K. Rowling’s Harvard Commencement Address, with “sidetitles” I made. Read the rest of this entry »

Character Building–品德教育… 比讀書重要的事

April 27th, 2012

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/7055601.shtml

品德教育… 比讀書重要的事

【聯合報╱林佳佳/高中生(台北市)】 2012.04.27 02:18 am Read the rest of this entry »

Poem in Your Pocket Day

April 26th, 2012

I just learned that today is American national Poem in Your Pocket Day while I was browsing the NPR (National Public Radio) website. On the following webpage, you can watch a 4′30” video depicting how this holiday is celebrated in the town of Charlottesville, Virginia. The English is clear and easy.

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/406 Read the rest of this entry »

Arousing Students’ Interest in Learning English–煩惱英聽設備?關鍵在激勵學習

April 25th, 2012

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/7047748.shtml

煩惱英聽設備?關鍵在激勵學習

【聯合報╱王誕生/彰化師範大學教授(台中市)】

2012.04.24 03:40 am Read the rest of this entry »

English in the News

April 24th, 2012

The following is a link to English in the News, a program of ICRT. At the website, you can learn some English phrases in the news , and you can even listen to the reading of the passages. Enjoy it.

http://www.icrt.com.tw/blog/index.php?blogId=11&poId=6&ptId=24&pthreeId=5

In case you fail to get connected, read on for a sample. Read the rest of this entry »

Taking the Focus off Ourselves–「划到生命深處」 單國璽:要忘記自己

April 23rd, 2012

http://udn.com/NEWS/READING/REA8/7045377.shtml

「划到生命深處」 單國璽:要忘記自己

【聯合報╱記者何定照/台北報導】

2012.04.23 04:37 am Read the rest of this entry »

Getting into a Good School = a Happy Ending?–幸福結局=考上好學校? 我可以做自己了嗎

April 22nd, 2012

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/7044044.shtml

幸福結局=考上好學校? 我可以做自己了嗎

【聯合報╱陳婉心/高中生(彰縣埔鹽)】
2012.04.22 02:23 am Read the rest of this entry »