English, Literature, and the Bible: 2019

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191228-Review: Let's Talk in English

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Sony and Microsoft Go Head-to-Head with New Consoles

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Final Exam

1. 1/09 日前繳交期末報告紙本及電子檔。

2. 3-7人一組（依規定附上工作分配清單，缺繳扣30分）

3. 直接引用課本內容請加上引號、掛號和頁數，句點在掛號外。引用網路資源需加註標示出網址。

4. 抄襲0分。
5. 分四部分回答。每題回答內容為一完整文章，勿使用條列式或簡答。
6. 題目：

a. Why did the monster hate humans so much? Tell us the reasons in detail.

b. Please tell us all the details of the tragic events.

c. Describe the Monster.

d. What are your thoughts on this story?

Frankenstein 10

Page 120-126

1. Elizabeth loves Victor so much. How Do you know?

2. Why didn't Victor protect Elizabeth?

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Questions

Based on the evidence in the reading, do you think Mallory and Irvine reached the top of Everest? Why or why not?

Reading Explorer 1. Second edition. Cengage Learning, 2014.

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191214-10 Commandments Activity

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Frankenstein 9

http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/shows.php?title=the+curse+of+http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/shows.php?title=the+curse+of+frankenstein frankenstein

Page 104-109

1. Why did Victor break his promise?

Page 114-116

1. What was the terrible thing?

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Summary: “Tuesdays with Morrie” Page 1-68/ 于榛

Mitch Albom is the author of the book “Tuesdays with Morrie”. His favorite professor, Morrie Schwartz is also an outstanding doctor of sociology. However, he suffers from a no cure illness named amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS). Doctor guesses he only had two years left. “You lose control of your thigh muscles, so that you cannot support yourself standing. You lose control of your trunk muscles, so that you cannot sit up straight. By the end, if you are still alive, you are breathing through a tube in a hole in your throat, while your soul, perfectly awake, is imprisoned inside a limp husk, perhaps able to blink, or clunk a tongue” (10) this is ALS.

The author dreamed to be a musician when he was young. But now he is a famous sports columnist in Detroit. He married Janine after a seven-year courtship soon they divorced. Nevertheless Mitch sees Morrie on a TV show－“Nightline” in 1995. Thus he decides to visit Morrie in West Newton, Massachusetts. This is his first time to come to Morrie’s house after sixteen years. However, Morrie must be in a wheelchair full time and he also has a helper named Connie. Morrie gives himself less self-pity although he is going to die. Mitch astonishes about this.

Summary: “Tuesdays with Morrie” Page 1-68/ 真央

This is a summary of “Tuesdays with Morrie” written by Mitch Albom. This novel is a story about a relationship between the author and his old professor Morrie Schwartz.

Mitch was graduated from Brandeis University in 1979. He promised Morrie he would keep in touch.

Morrie loved dancing, but he had no choice but to stop dancing because he was attacked with a disease called ALS in the summer of 1994. Mitch didn’t know Morrie’s illness because he broke a promise, and moreover, he didn’t check any mail that Brandeis University sent in many years. Mitch’s dream to be a musician was broken. Besides, he faced other’s death. He said, “It was the most helpless I have ever felt in my life” (15). He went to graduate school and he got a job as a sportswriter in Detroit and he became a workaholic.

Morrie’s leg gave out, but he had not to be depressed yet. One of his friends sent Morrie’s aphorisms which Morrie shared with his friends to a Boston Globe reporter. It made an opportunity to appear on the TV show and Mitch visits Morrie.

Mitch stuck on his business call until just before met Morrie. He saw Morrie for the first time in sixteen years, but Morrie remembered Mitch. Their last class had already begun before Mitch even realized it. While Mitch dealt with Morrie’s questions, he realized his days were full but unsatisfied. During his visit to London for business, he couldn’t get Morrie’s word out of his head. After he went back to Detroit, he decided that he visit Morrie again. Their class had held every Tuesday.

Summary: “Tuesdays with Morrie” Page 1-68/ 人平

This story “Tuesdays with Morrie” is talking about the last class for the student Mitch who is also the author of the book and his professor Morrie. The subject Mitch learned is the meaning of life. Therefore, it mentioned how to face aging, death, forgiveness, and so on.

In the first half of the story, Morrie was diagnosed with ALS which is no known cure. Meanwhile, Mitch had his first serious encounter with death. His uncle died. After that, the professor was interviewed. Accordingly, Mitch got his circumstance, so he went to visit his teacher.

Furthermore, they started their classes every Tuesday. From the first class, we can notice that Morrie still paid attention to this world even though he was dying. At the next meeting, we see the old man still felt sorry for himself sometimes. However, we know Morrie thought he was a lucky person because he had time to say good-bye. Afterwards, the author uttered his curiosities from his professor. It was about if Morrie ever regretted anything. Besides, on Mitch’s way home, he made a list about what he wanted to ask his teacher.

Summary: “Tuesdays with Morrie” Page 1-68/ Gina

This book “Tuesdays with Morrie” is talking about professor Morrie’s final course: his own death after diagnosed ALS. The author, Mitch Albom, his student lost contact with Morrie for sixteen years. One night, Mitch saw the NIGHTLINE interviewing his favorite professor. Then they became Tuesday people again as in his college period. Differently, they are talking about “the meaningful life and facing death”.

There are many sad stories in the world happening every moment. Morrie felt people’s suffering as he was also suffering the inconvenience of the disease. Mitch is a sports journalist, so news business is his normal life. In the first lesson, Morrie said to Mitch "the most important thing in life is to learn how to give our love, and to let it come in" (52).

ALS is an unforgiving illness of the neurological and an incurable one. Morrie needed assistance in daily living from others more and more. He accepted the frustration and helplessness. He gave himself a good cry and relieving yet limited self-pity. It was still wonderful because he had some time to say good-bye which not everyone was as lucky.

Summary: "Tuesday with Morrie" Page 1-68/ 明德

The book "Tuesday with Morrie" is written by Mitch Albom. It’s about the lessons between Morrie, the professor, and the author. The main idea of the lesson is “The Meaning of Life.” And this is given from Morrie’s experience and knowledge.

　　Morrie is a prominent doctor of sociology. However, he gets the death penalty in the summer of 1994. The disease he got is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). “ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.” (Page 9)

　　Someday, a TV show called “Nightline” has an interview with Morrie’s incurable disease. Morrie chats with the host. Morrie says how he felt after he got the illness.

　　After Mitch graduated from college. He lived in a busy life for business, money, and family. Until he accidently meets his old professor who is talking to a young man in the street while he is working.

　　Mitch notices that his life becomes a process of making money and other things, which he doesn’t want to be sixteen years ago. Then, Morrie says that many people live in a pathetic, unhappy life. However, Morrie seems that he is happier than those unhappy people though he is going to die.

　　Mitch starts meeting Morrie on Tuesday like they’re used to be. Morrie mentions how he sees the world and claims that he is almost drawn to the people who are suffering. “Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another.” (Page 51)

　　One the second Tuesday, Morrie admits he sometimes feels sorry for himself. In the morning, sometimes, he gives himself a good cry. After the sorrow, he starts to concentrate on the good things still in his life.