tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62745127833281350152024-03-22T12:43:56.027+08:00Jia's BlogThis is a blog for learning English better.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-45743855842488372732015-06-23T09:11:00.004+08:002015-06-23T09:11:37.893+08:00Reflection<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;">I
have heard this course last semester, and in my impression the course had home
work every week so that I thought this course could let me learn many tools for
learning English. In this semester, my classmate, Lily, has told me that she
was glad to join this course with me, we actually knew many information and
could use many tools.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> In
the first week, we needed to write 100 words introduction of ourselves. I
thought 100 words are not too long and I had not too much pressure. Then, we
set a blog to show our achievement, recorded everything what we learned and
this media was really good to show everyone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Actually
every tools I learned from the course I saw them as treasures, and I am willing
to share with my family and friends. For example, learner dictionary is really
useful and we can learn English in English. Moreover, podcast is my favorite
learning resource. In the beginning, they converse in slowly way, so that I
have time to think out what the word means. Next they would tell us what the
word means in English not translation in Chinese. Finally, after reading the
topic, when they converse in normal speed, we can totally understand the
meaning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> We not only learn many tools
from this course but also we knew many ideas through the Job Steve’s speech and
the TED such as we need to believe our destinies and our looks aren’t
everything. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Finally,
I was surprised at open course ware. This kind of education resources is
fantastic! Even if we are not the students in those schools, we still could
learn the same courses. For example, we are not the students who studies in
National Taiwan University, but we have the same resources. Besides, from the
open course ware I can stop anywhere I want to listen again. I like this kind
of open course ware.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> After
the course of computer assistant learning language, I realized that we can
learn not only the tools but also searching information in convenient way.
Although there is a little different with my imaging, it is a good different
that we can learn more than what in my imaging. I will use this resources on my
way of learning and in my leisure time, and I am grateful to the teacher Lai.
You are so willing to teach and share all these treasures. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-7002145897805227402015-06-08T00:16:00.000+08:002015-06-08T00:16:19.504+08:00#10 opencoursewareI have not heard about opencourseware before, but when teacher told us these opencourseware, I really thought that these are treasure! This kind of education resources is fantastic! Even if we are not the students in those schools, I still could learn the same courses. Besides, I can stop anywhere I want to listen again. I like this kind of opencourseware.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-87486686634817059902015-05-17T22:42:00.000+08:002015-05-19T13:52:19.303+08:00#6 After watching TEDTALKS<br />
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Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"> In the past few years, I always told to my friend that I was not beautiful, and she told me why you so cared about your appearance? That's not the important in your life! Thus, I tried to adjust my thought, tried to less care about it, and I think I can do it now.<br /><br /> Cameron Russell said she won "a genetic lottery." but don't judge her by her looks.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">We always think if our foot could be longer, we would be more confident. She said maybe those top model are the most beautiful, but they are also insecure people.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"> I am agreed with her saying that looks aren't everything.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-9375248086907874662015-05-10T22:58:00.001+08:002015-05-19T13:53:03.401+08:00#5 The same kind of experience as Jobs' one<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The story is about connecting the dots.<br />
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My father always tell me something was happened, such as 911 attack and some histories.<br />
However, I was not interested in history because I didn't think history could be rewritten.<br />
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One day, my teacher asked me many questions about history, although I didn't really know what was happened, I still remembered the result of history. Since then I really want to understand history and I am interested in history.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> I learned an old saying that a lesson is
repeated until learned. The same things can happen again and again, but we
can use different ways to face problems and change the current situation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We have to trust in our destiny.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-15939402761842512652015-05-04T00:00:00.000+08:002015-05-19T13:50:44.700+08:00#4 Steve Jobs1. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.<br />
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2. I didn't see it then, but it turned out the getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.</div>
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3. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.</div>
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4. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.</div>
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5. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-6553296519829053742015-04-18T13:55:00.003+08:002015-05-19T13:50:32.846+08:00#3 Podcast - my listening learning resource<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">I like podcast as a learning resource.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">In the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">beginning, they converse in slowly way, so that I have time to think out what the word means.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">Next he would tell us what the word means in English. I like this way.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">Finally, We have read the topic, when they converse in normal speed, we can totally understand.</span></span><br />
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We can use podcast in convenience way, and I have a suggestion that if we can choose our favorite topic, that will be fun.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-28861720943336649592015-03-22T23:26:00.001+08:002015-05-19T13:50:14.478+08:00#2 Using learner dictionaryI had five words confusing to me below, and I used learner dictionary searching their definitions.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Strain :</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/feeling" title="feeling"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">feeling</span></a></span> <span style="background: white;">of being</span> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/worried" title="worried"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">worried</span></a></span> <span style="background: white;">and</span> <span style="background: white;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/nervous" title="nervous"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">nervous</span></a></span> <span style="background: white;">about something</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sentence : </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
strain of the last few </span><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/month" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" title="months"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">months</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> had </span><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/exhausted" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" title="exhausted"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">exhausted</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> her.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Swap</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> : </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">to give something to someone
and get something from them in </span><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 250ms; -webkit-transition-property: background, border; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 250ms; transition-property: background, border;">return</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sentence :Would you</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/mind_1" title="mind"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">mind</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> swapping <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/place_1" title="places"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">places</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> with <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">me?</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Reinforce :</b></span> to make something<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">stronger</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Sentence :A</span> <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/security" title="security"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">security</span></a> <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/door" title="door"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">door</span></a> reinforced by <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/steel_1" title="steel"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">steel</span></a> <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">bars </span>reinforced <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">concrete.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Commuter</b></span> : someone who<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/regular" title="regularly"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">regularly</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/travel" title="travels"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">travels</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">between</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/work_1" title="work"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">work</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">home</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sentence :The</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/train" title="train"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">train</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">was</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/packed_1" title="packed"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">packed</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">with commuters.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sentence :Staying at</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/home_1" title="home"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">home</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> preferable to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">going out with someone you
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I think learner dictionary is better than Google or yahoo which I used to use.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Learner dictionary is specific and I like learning English with their meanings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'm glad that I have a new tool to learn English.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504929972943521105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274512783328135015.post-58874409080612178412015-03-08T23:03:00.003+08:002015-05-19T13:49:53.302+08:00#1 Hey, hey, hey, who am I?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 1cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">Hello. My name is Jia. I am nineteen years old and was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Now, I am a sophomore at National Taipei University of Business and my major is English.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">In my leisure time, I like to listen to music, play basketball, and get around by bus. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">In addition, I want to learn how to play the guitar and Yoga.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">My recent goal </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 32px; text-indent: 1cm;">is strengthen my English skills and get 855 points on the TOEIC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">I hope you have understood me better by now. Thank you for visiting my blog! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">Hope you have a nice day!</span></span></div>
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