Assignment #7: English Song

Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time

And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time

And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...

My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new


My Comments: 
This is one of my favorite songs.
At first, I heard this song from Super Star Avenue.
Because Anthony Neely's voice so charming that I love this song.

The Anthony's version

However, the version of the original singer is very classic which let me feel sad.
Throughing his voice could feel the complex emotional repression.
Really like the paragraph:
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
Then the repeated sentence—— I can't take my eyes off you which expressed a deep sense of love.
And the last sentence—— 'Til I find somebody new that it sounded like muttering which made people sorrowful.
This song is very beautiful and the lyrics is understandable.

This song is also the movie Closer's theme song.

Assignment #6: Steve Jobs' Talk

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

I learned a lot from Steve Jobs' Talk.
He told us three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.
In the first story, Jobs told us about his background and experience when he was young.
He also told us why he dropped out that he never regret making this decision.
I very like a sentence in this story.
"You have to trust that the somehow connect in your future."
Find something that I trust. Believe myself and go on.

The second story is about love and loss.
He told us that we have to find what we love.
In the second story, I learned that.
Working will fill a large time of everyone life, and the only way to do what I believe is great work.
Keep looking! Don't settle! It's very important!

The third story is about death.
He taught us that the most important tool he had ever encountered to help him make the big choices.
The tool is remembering that I'll be dead soon.
"If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
Time is limited and precious.
So we have to know what we truly want to become.
I'm moving forward to my goal.
"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."
This is the most significant word.

Assignment #5: How do you like ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab as a language learning resource?

English listening is a problem for me.
I couldn't find  useful ways upgrading my listening level before I was in high school.
I think that English magazines is a good way to train my listening.
But I seldom use online website to learn English.
I obtained a lot of English website in the college courses because the teacher is very hard to introduce.
ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab is a great useful tool for learning English listening.
It provides a lot of articles to let us choose.
The most worthy thing to mention is that these articles distinguish three levels.
This advantage makes us to practice more convenient.
Each article also provides resolution.
Therefore, we can confirm right or wrong.
So, this is a wonderful website.

Assignment #4: Two clips from Randall's Cyber Listening Lab

1. Grocery Shopping

1.      give someone a hand (idiom): help someone, especially with something that requires physical work 
- A store employee gave my mom a hand to load the groceries in the car.

2.      groceries (noun): food and other things sold at a supermarket 
- She bought some groceries for the tonight's party.

3.      stuff (noun): type(s) of thing(s) (singular or plural)
- You can buy that stuff at any grocery store.

4.      receipt (noun): a small piece of paper that shows what you bought at a store
- You need the receipt to return that stuff to the store. Otherwise, they won't refund your money.

5.      essentials (noun): the most needed things
- You can buy all of the essentials for your trip in this section of the mall.

6.      speechless (adjective): unable to speech because you are angry, unhappy/happy, embarrassed, or surprised 
- His behavior left me speechless because he spent so much without talking with his wife.

7.      give away (phrasal verb): give something without selling it, especially when you do not need it anymore
- The store was giving away free samples of fried chicken.

8.      whatever (interjection): used when you don't care what the person says
- A: Are you really going to eat all that ice cream? 
B: Sure, why not?
A: Whatever. I told you before that you won't lose weight that way, but you never listen to me. I'm done giving you advice.

9.      case (noun): a large box or container in which things are sold or stored
- Could you pick up three cases of chicken soup? I thought we could give some away to family and friends who really need it.

10.   carton (noun): a small cardboard box that contains food or drink
- She drank a small carton of juice!

11.   adjust (verb): get used to a new situation
- It often takes time to adjust to new foods.

2. Security Systems

1.      stick-up (noun): a robbery where a gun is often used
- Three men burst into the story and announced it was astick-up, and they demanded that everyone get on the floor.

2.      stuff (verb): fill a space completely, often in a quick and careless manner 
- The shoplifter stuffed the stolen merchandise in his socks and pants before she left the store.

3.      good grief: an expression of disgust or surprise
- Good grief! I can't believe your hiding your money.

4.      get worked up about something (idiom): become upset or emotional about something 
- There was nothing we could have done to stop the robber from taking our money, so we shouldn't get worked up about the theft. We just learn from the situation and move on.

5.      chit-chat (noun): informal conversation about unimportant or trivial matters
- Be sure to read carefully the terms of the lease before you sign it because you will be bound to the agreement.

6.      cranky (adjective): easily annoyed or angered person
- Our manager was very cranky this morning when he found out someone had stolen money from the cash register.

7.      keep someone on (idiom): allow someone to remain in a position
- The company decided not to keep my boss on because he was somewhat responsible for not protecting merchandise from shoplifters.

8.      tow (verb): remove illegally parked vehicles
- The police have warmed shoppers in the downtown area that if they park illegally, the they can expect to have their cars towed without notice.

9.      poor devil (noun): someone you feel sorry for
- My roommate trashed our place while I was gone on vacation.

Assignment #3: Concordancer Exercise

1. rice dumplings

2. a large dumping of glutinous rice

3. tzung-tzu(zong-zi)

Assignment #2

1. incognito
definition: avoiding being recognized, by changing your name or appearance
example sentence:The prince often travelled abroad  incognito.
2.astonisheddefinition: very surprisedexample sentence:I was astonished to see Miriam there.They looked astonished when I announced I was pregnant.The doctors were astonished at the speed of her recovery.
3.moonlightdefinition: the pale light of the moonexample sentence:The young lovers sat in the moonlight.
4.rustydefinition: (1) covered with rustexample sentence: a rusty old car(2) not as good as it used to be, because you have not been practicingexample sentence:My tennis is very rusty these days.I haven't played the piano for ages—I may be a little rusty.

5.odinarydefinition: not different or special or unexpected in any way; usual
example sentence:Readers of the magazine said they wanted more stories about ordinary people and fewer stories about the rich and famous.Her last concert appearance in Britain was no ordinary (= a very special)performance.

#1 Greeting!

Hi, everyone.

My name is Zhi-ling Huang. I graduated from the National Chang-Hua Senior School of Commerce.

My personality is very down-to-earth.

My interests are reading, listening to music and watching movies.

I am glad that I entered the National Taipei College of Business.

In this year, I learned a lot in college.

The teachers are very hard and diligently teach us that this is a greatly cherished thing.

I hope that life and schoolwork can be more fulfilling in sophomore year.