2016年3月25日 星期五

My English Café--Report 4 (Deadline: March 27)


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  1. 曹硕 21/3 E10421400
    THEME:WORDS MARKET(ENGLISH CORNER)
    new words: apricot (杏) gasoline(汽油)
    self-evaluation:our teacher ask every to say a word ,the first one starts with a word that the first letter is a ,the second one is b .in this form our ten students play twenty mins.i am the first one and our teacher have said an apple as an example, so i use my dictionary find a word start with a ,it is apricot . there is an apricot tree in my house. i like apricot .in my point of view,its pronunciation is similar with happiness in Chinese.

    22/3
    theme: language(with two foreigners)
    new words: fairgrounds;游乐场 chary:细心 recession:衰退
    self-evaluation: I went to the library to do my homework with my partner on Tuesday night.because i arrived there in advance and i found two foreigners were talking in Chinese, so i joined them .they asked me some simple sentences in Chinese,and they told me Taiwanese is so difficult to learn ,what is the difference between Chinese and Taiwanese? i answered that Chinese is simplification of the Taiwanese.


    24/3
    theme: Catholicism( with some Catholicism followers)
    new words:go to church:做礼拜 social status:社会地位 longing:渴望 preference:偏爱
    self-evaluation:this is the first time for me to go to church,i am not a Catholicism follower and i do not want to join in any religion .i believe them ,Buddhism, Taoism, Christian. as long as they teach us to be goodness person i will support them.there are so many religions in the world. i only have one principle : you treat others well and you will live a happiness life.

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  2. Name:Cynthia張曉欣 Time:March21
    Theme: Newly-born child
    New words: newborn新生兒, Milk powder money奶粉錢, mother-to-be準媽媽, father-to-be
    準爸爸, Raising a Son 育兒經, Toddler學步的小孩, cradle搖籃, infant嬰兒/幼兒, diaper尿布, stroller摺疊式嬰兒車, breast母乳/母奶, infant milk powder嬰兒奶粉, infant products嬰兒用品, feeding bottle奶瓶, nipple奶嘴, cot嬰兒牀, pinafore圍嘴, skin care products護膚用品, antenatal training胎教
    Self-evaluation: Recently, I got two great news from my family. First, my cousin became father last week and the newly-born child caused a big discussion among my families. Second, my elder sister is pregnant!! I am a aunt-to-be! I made up my mind to teach all things I can to the baby and give the baby all best things I have. I supposed that I should learn more about raising a child and help my sister to do antenatal training. I really desire to go back to ShenZhen to visit them!

    Name:Cynthia張曉欣 Time:March22
    Theme: Plan for Spring holiday
    New words: breathtaking驚險的, stay at one’s place寄宿, strain one’s vacation緊張的假期, roadtrip自駕遊, natural cite自然風景, big headache頭痛, crowed擁擠, exciting game刺激的遊戲, Bungee Jumping蹦極, glide滑翔, Hang-out Buddy/playfellow玩伴
    Self-evaluation: Spring holiday is coming! Every exchange student is planning their trips and looking forward to this vacation. So do I! I’m going to strain my vacation because I’m heading to Kenting, Lamay Island and Gaoxiong with my playfellow. I love to travel. Natural cite and exciting game are both my favorite. However, there are too many people travelling at the same time during the holidays. It must be the crowds.

    Name:Cynthia張曉欣 Time:March24
    Theme: TEM4 & TEM8 (Test For English Majors)
    New words: college entrance examination高考, busy studying for test/preparing to take tests緊張備考, demand for workplace職場需求, job market就業市場, heavy workload繁重的工作量, bottleneck瓶頸, cinch容易做的事情, tutor家庭教師, open doors更有機遇
    Self-evaluation: In the past, it’s believed that studying English open doors. Finding a job in job market is cinch for proficients in English. Nevertheless, nowadays, it is also hard for English major students to pursue a good position in workplace. Because, the requirement of workplace is getting more and more. For example, students have to pass TEM4 and TEM8 if they want to be a white collar in company. Most English major students are busy studying for test during their four years’ university. Next month, my classmates in my previous school are going to take TEM4. I hope they all can pass the test. Best wishes for them.

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  3. 3/22
    Theme:Food (With my friend)
    New words: superfood高營養食物/osteoporosis骨質疏鬆/boron硼/phloridzin根皮苷/trace minerals微量礦物質
    Self-evaluation: As the saying goes"You are what you eat."The food we ate may reflect on our body so we should eat not only satisfy for our hunger but also help our body work better. The so called superfoods means those which are high in trace minerals and filled with fiber,protein,and other important nutrients that are easily used by the body. Apples which contain boron and phlorizdin may increase bone density and protect against osteoporosis.
    3/24(with a Jay-Z lover)
    Theme: Popular singer
    New words: heavyweight重量級人物/lead a life of過著...的生活/knack本領,技能
    Self-evaluation: Shawn Carter, better known as hip-hop heavyweight Jay Z, is the greatest rapper of all time. He is one of the person who become successful though growing up in the poor neighborhood.
    3/26(a phonecall from my classmate)
    Theme: Chocolate
    New words: bite into吃一口/irresistible無法抵抗/Serotonin血清素,五羥色胺
    Self-evaluation: Chocolate is one of the irresistible desserts for me. Eating chocolate always makes me feel better when I'm depressed. I thought it was because of its sweet taste, but it's actually because of its ingredients. Chocolate contains a kind of chemical called serotonin which is within our brain that puts people in a good mood.

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  4. Sandy于筱瑩
    3/21
    Theme: meal
    New words: Vietnamese, cuisine
    Self-evaluation: we talked about the dinner, it is a good and small restaurant that many students like to go.

    3/23
    Theme: fruit
    New words: durian, date,wax apple
    Self-evaluation: everyone has their own favorite fruit, we share our feeling of them.

    3/24
    Theme: on-line shopping
    New words: refund, pay off
    Self-evaluation: I just bought the clothes on line and I share my experience with my friends.

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  5. 英二C 陳怡方 Coco
    3/25
    Theme: What is your favorite festival?
    New words : Hearthside圍爐、Spring festival couplets春聯、calligraphy書法
    Self-evaluation: My favorite festival is New Year because all my family can get together to hearthside and chat with each other.I think no matter what festival we like,those festival must have their meaning.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen 陳昱甄

    3/26
    Theme: What is the impressing dream you have ever made?
    New words: Hansel and Gretel糖果屋、wonderland仙境、nausea噁心
    Self-evaluation: The dram which impressed me is I dreamed all the house and flower and tree and even sky were made of candy and cookies.Then, I felt very hungry so I started eating all the things.However,I saw the man was eating the hand of the old woman because the old woman was also made of candy and cookies. I don’t know what the meaning of dream,but I hope I don’t want to dream this kind of dream.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen陳昱甄

    3/27
    Theme: What the thing do you most want to invent now?
    New words: cherish珍惜、 remedy彌補
    Self-evaluation:The thing I most want to invent now is mutifuntion sofa which can help me take drink when I watching TV.Beside,it will become a quilt when I feel cold.Annie want to invent time machine.I also want to invent the thing so that I can prevent some bad thing or mistake happeing.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen陳昱甄

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  6. Name:黃美瑜
    Theme:Hobby Day:3/21
    New words:TV series soundtracks/fast paced/shooting techniques/costume drama/visionary/spectacle/hair pin/gorgeous/elaborate/accessories/mortgage.
    Self-evaluation:I can say my favorite things.I also can know how to speak them in English.
    Theme:Online shopping Day:3/24
    New words:defect/shopaholic/trend-setter/bottom(top) shelf product/retro shopping/monitor shopping/retail therapy/out of stock/promotional coupon.
    Self-evaluation:I often shop online so I tell my experience to my friends.I also tell them to take caution when they shop online.
    Theme:Chinese New Year Day:3/26
    New words:poetic couplets/spring couplets/firecrackers/bringing in the New Year/give New Year's greetings/lucky money/reunion dinner/incense/rice cake/turnip cake.
    Self-evaluation:I tell my friend what my family will do in the Chinese Near Year.

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  7. 英二C 陳昱甄 Annie
    (English Café with CoCo怡方)

    3/25
    Theme: What is your favorite festival?
    New words: Christian基督徒, decoration裝飾, happiness幸福
    Self-evaluation: My favorite festival in the year is Christmas Day! Although I’m not the Christian so the Christmas day is not have that much meaning for me, but why I like Christmas the most it because this festival always bring the warm feeling for me, so many Christmas decorations on the street, so beautiful. In this day, I must get together with friends and eat a wonderful dinner let me feel happiness. Christmas is a warm and full of hope and happiness day for me. Whatever which festival it have all their meaning.

    3/26
    Theme: What is the impressing dream you have ever made?
    New words: impressing令人印象深刻, chat聊天
    Self-evaluation: I have made so many dreams but most of them are can’t remember. I’m only remembering some of most happy dreams. It is in the dream I can stand in front of my idol talk to them just like friends, we chatting, tell them how I like them so much and see they smile to me say thank you for your supporting and have a hug. Because the wish is too hard for me to make it come true so it only can come true in the dream. For me this is the happiest and impressing dream.

    3/27
    Theme: What the thing do you most want to invent now?
    New words: Time Machine時光機, regret後悔;遺憾, cherish珍惜, remedy彌補
    Self-evaluation: The thing I most want to invent is ‘’Time Machine’’. ‘’Don’t leave your life in regret’’ I like this sentence. Because human can’t predict the future, we most would regret something in our past, you regret you didn’t make a right decision or you didn’t cherish someone well. If we have Time Machine perhaps we may not have that much regret? Remedy it, so we have not that so much of pain in our heart.

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  8. E2C 410309214 覃品謙 Clark

    Date:3/25

    Theme:Travel
    New words:
    travel insurance
    Cheques
    International Driving Permit
    Self-evaluation: Me and my friends talked about going abroad, and there are many things to prepare before going.

    Date:3/26
    Theme:The movie "Whiplash"
    New words:
    exhilarating
    astounding
    Self-evaluation:My classmate suggest me to watch this movie, it's great i really love it.


    Date:3/27
    Theme:peoples mood
    New words:
    irritation
    arise
    eliminate
    Self-evaluation:I shared some experiences with my friend about how to face the difficulties in our life.

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  9. 英二C 陳怡方 Coco
    3/24
    Theme:The impressive thing
    New words :bamboo forest竹林、to have a bowel movement大便、Side sitting側坐、alternate備用物
    Self-evaluation: When I was small,my grandma took me to bamboo forest to work and asked me to sit beside the bamboo forest.At that time,I want to go to the bathroom but there was no any bathroom.I had no choice but to have a bowel movement besides the bamboo forest.When my grandma saw the situation,she quickly hit me and deal with the pupu.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen 陳怡真

    3/25
    Theme: Which ways do you prefer to watch drama? TV?Computer?
    New words: leisure 休閒、splendid精彩的、entertainment program娛樂節目
    Self-evaluation: I prefer to watch drama on the computer because I can replay for many times.Besides,I can use computer to search another program I like.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen陳怡真

    3/26
    Theme: Do you want to items which are in the museum to revive?
    New words: revive復活、Albert Einstein愛因斯坦、durian榴槤、Confirm證實、cooperate合作
    Self-evaluation:Yes,I do.Because I want to chat with them and confirm whether the content were written in the history books are true or not.However,I don’t want the bad ancient people revive because I think if they revive,they were destroy everything in our earth.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen陳怡真

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  10. 英二C 陳怡方 Coco
    3/24
    Theme:The impressive thing
    New words :bamboo forest竹林、to have a bowel movement大便、Side sitting側坐、alternate備用物
    Self-evaluation: When I was small,my grandma took me to bamboo forest to work and asked me to sit beside the bamboo forest.At that time,I want to go to the bathroom but there was no any bathroom.I had no choice but to have a bowel movement besides the bamboo forest.When my grandma saw the situation,she quickly hit me and deal with the pupu.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen 陳怡真

    3/25
    Theme: Which ways do you prefer to watch drama? TV or Computer?
    New words: leisure 休閒、splendid精彩的、entertainment program娛樂節目
    Self-evaluation: I prefer to watch drama on the computer because I can replay for many times.Besides,I can use computer to search another program I like.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen陳怡真

    3/26
    Theme: Do you want to items which are in the museum to revive?
    New words: revive復活、Albert Einstein愛因斯坦、durian榴槤、Confirm證實、cooperate合作
    Self-evaluation:Yes,I do.Because I want to chat with them and confirm whether the content were written in the history books are true or not.However,I don’t want the bad ancient people revive because I think if they revive,they were destroy everything in our earth.
    I have a English Café’ with Annie Chen陳怡真

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  11. Annie Yi-jen Chen(陳怡真)
    English Cafe with Coco(陳怡方)

    3/24 Thurs.
    Theme: the impressive thing
    New words: alternate(備用物),side-sitting(側坐),to have a bowel movement(大便)
    Self-evaluation: When I was little, I had many impressive things. They were fun. Everyone may have their own impressive things in our life. We have to cherish those memories because it is a part of our life.

    3/25 Fri.
    Theme: which ways do you prefer to watch drama, TV or computer?
    New words: splendid(精彩的),entertainment programs(綜藝節目),leisure(休閒)
    Self-evaluation: Coco prefers to watch drama on the computer, but I watch drama with both ways. I am relaxed to watch drama or entertainment programs on TV because i can not rewind drama when I lose the details, but I can do it when watching drama on the computer Although watching drama on the computer are tired to me, I can select many kinds of programs. So I watch drama with both ways.

    3/26 Sat.
    Theme: Do you want to items which are in the museum to revive?
    New words: Albert Einstein(愛因斯坦),durian(榴槤),confirm(證實),cooperate(合作)
    Self-evaluation: I want to all items which in the museum to revive because i can chat with them and understand more history. But i do not wish bad historian people to revive . They may destroy the world and hurt other people.

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  12. Time: 3/21
    Theme: hobby
    New words: shooting techniques/ costume drama/ visionary/ spectacle scenes/ gorgeous/ mortgage
    Self-evaluation: My friend and I shared our hobbies with each other. And I found that we have some mutual hobbies, such as watching dramas and going window shopping.

    Time: 3/24
    Theme: online shopping
    New words: online auction website/ update/ out of stock/ add to cart/ promotional coupon/ free shipping/ in-store pickup/ returns/ refund/ shopaholic/ pajamas/ retro shopping
    Self-evaluation: I like to do online shopping because it is convenient. If I don’t have enough time to buy what I desire, I will use this way to buy the products.

    Time: 3/26
    Theme: Chinese New Year
    New words: reunion dinner/ firecrackers/ fireworks/ play mahjong/ spring festival couplet/ the beginning of New Year/ staying-up/ worship a deity/ longevity
    Self-evaluation: Chinese New Year is a symbol of a new year’s coming, each family will be busy for cleaning the house, giving New Year’s greeting and so on. Everyone will be happy to celebrate this festival.

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  13. Name:楊家霞 Joanna
    Time:March 27th (90minutes)
    Theme:food
    New words:bean sprout豆芽 vinegar醋 teppanyaki鐵板燒 black pepper黑胡椒 spiced salt椒鹽 mustard芥末
    Self-evaluation: Today is Easter Day,Woody and Marsha invite us to have lunch together,we have teppanyaki in a nice restaurant and i order the pork chop with black pepper while theirs is spiced salt salmon,when we eat,i just can't tell some ingredients' english name,the lucky thing is that they can speak Chinese very well,so i learn a lot and enjoy the meal so much! Happy Easter Day!

    Time:March 26th (50 minutes)
    Theme: future plan
    New words: free trade zone自由貿易區 Nigeria尼日利亞 thesis畢業論文
    Self-evaluation: Fangfang and i shared our future plan. It's her forth year and after back to mainland,she will be ready to pack up and leave for Nigeria, work in a free trade zone. As for me, after graduation,i will apply for my master's degree in France. It seems that we have a much more clear view for our future since we come to Taiwan, everyone has a dream to pursue here!

    Time:March 25th (40 minutes)
    Theme: translation
    New words: furious狂怒的 filmize把⋯⋯拍成電影 adaption 改編 scriptwriter編劇 biography傳記
    Self-evaluation: Evey and i went to the cinema today,watching the movie 'The best hours',because Christ Pine is the leading actor and we both like him,and we find a interesting thing, which is the translation of movies is so different between Taiwan and Mainland,like the movie we see today,it's called 絕命救援,but in mainland is 怒海救援,as for 'How to be single',here is 單身啪啪啪,kind of funny,in mainland is 如何單身,' Fast and furious' is 玩命關頭 and 速度與激情 ,we guess there is so much difference waiting for us to find.

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  14. 3/25
    Theme:universe
    New words: black hole黑洞/gravitational引力的/dense密集的
    Self-evaluation: I have the English cafe with my friend who is major in astronomy. It is quite difficult for me to figure out what these words mean. But having this kind of special experience, I get increasingly interested in the field.

    3/26
    Theme: How to be a good talker in speech
    New words: riddle with佈滿/sullen沉悶的
    Self-evaluation: I have this English Cafe with a professional lecturer who is working in ETS company.He is a good talker that always catches the attention of audience in his speech. I admire his way of speech very much. Therefore, I get up all of my courage to ask him several questions about the way of talking. I totally agreed with his him. Because he precisely pointed out that I am a man who is always lack of confidence. He taught me the solution to this problem- I should give myself a try instead of being worried with messing up matters.

    3/27
    Theme: exercise
    New words: make up組成/progressively日益增加地/mechanism(生物學)機制
    Self evaluation: The way of losing weight is the combination of exercise and diet.

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  15. 3/25
    Theme:universe
    New words: black hole黑洞/gravitational引力的/dense密集的
    Self-evaluation: I have the English cafe with my friend who is major in astronomy. It is quite difficult for me to figure out what these words mean. But having this kind of special experience, I get increasingly interested in the field.

    3/26
    Theme: How to be a good talker in speech
    New words: riddle with佈滿/sullen沉悶的
    Self-evaluation: I have this English Cafe with a professional lecturer who is working in ETS company.He is a good talker that always catches the attention of audience in his speech. I admire his way of speech very much. Therefore, I get up all of my courage to ask him several questions about the way of talking. I totally agreed with his him. Because he precisely pointed out that I am a man who is always lack of confidence. He taught me the solution to this problem- I should give myself a try instead of being worried with messing up matters.

    3/27
    Theme: exercise
    New words: make up組成/progressively日益增加地/mechanism(生物學)機制
    Self evaluation: The way of losing weight is the combination of exercise and diet.

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  16. E2C 張渝翊 Helen
    Time: 3/21
    Theme: Instant noodles
    New words: controversy爭議/indigestion消化不良/nutritive營養
    Self-evaluation: Instant noodles are the kind of unhealthy food. Although we think that would hurt our body, we still eat them during the poor time. We should take care of our own health, so keeping away from the instant noodle.

    Time: 3/24
    Theme: Water
    New words: nourish滋養/ dilution稀釋/ metabolism代謝/lubricate潤滑
    Self-evaluation: Water is the best thing for our body, and we cannot live without it. I like to drink the beverage more than the water, and my body and my skin became more and more terrible. I think I should start to drink water instead of drink the beverage. Maybe it would improve the problem of my body.

    Time: 3/25
    Theme: Running
    New words: treadmill跑步機/ pathway途徑/ joint關節
    Self-evaluation: Running is a kind of good sport, and it don’t need to use any equipment to work. It can make us happier. So when we have any troubles that couldn’t solve, just go running and it would reduce our pressure.

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  17. Name: Leo(何孟倫)
    Time: 3/21
    Theme: The top 3 deadly disease in Taiwan
    Important word: 高血壓(hypertension)、肝癌(Hepatic carcinoma)、肺癌(Lung cancer)、狂犬病(Rabies)、瘧疾(malaria)
    Self-evaluation: We discussed the different deadly disease between Taiwan and Indonesia. I found the reason that cause Taiwanese dead is because of life habit, instead, Indonesia is because of bad environment. Taiwanese often work until midnight and sleep late, in that case, their heart and liver will get ill easily. In addition, the environment in Indonesia is bad. They don’t have clean water resources、garbage disposal and medical equipment, and the climates there is very hot, so there has a lot of disease.


    Time: 3/23
    Theme: Dormitory
    Important word: 防火門(fire-proof door)、門禁卡(Access Control Card)、上下舖(bunk beds)
    Self-evaluation: Today the exchange student violated the rules again, so I introduce the facility and rules again.

    Time: 3/25
    Theme: School Life
    Self-evaluation: Today we chatted relaxed, not for any special issue bur for fun. We share our lives and the plan for future.

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