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在花園裡In the Garden/詩歌

在花園裡In the Garden /詩歌

獨步徘徊在花園裏，玫瑰花尚有晶瑩朝露，

忽有溫柔聲傳入我耳中，乃是神子主耶穌。

我主慈聲何等甜蜜，小雀鳥停歌屏息傾聽，

主使我聽見天上美妙音，叫我心快樂甦醒。

祂與我同行又與我共話，對我說我單屬於祂； 

與主在園中心靈真快樂，前無人曾經歷過。

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實用片語 1-9 (Cambridge)

1. be in two minds 

to be unable to decide about something 

猶豫不決；拿不定主意

I was in two minds whether or not to come this morning.

2. a load/weight off your mind
when a problem which has been worrying you stops or is dealt with
卸下了思想上的重負，放下了心頭大石

I'm so relieved that I don't have to do the after-dinner speech - it's such a weight off my mind!

3. out of blue
If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected

出乎意料地，突然

One day, out of the blue, she announced that she was leaving.

4. never even 
連…也不
He never even tasted the soup .  
那湯他連嚐也沒嚐一下
I never even knew what the computer was then. 
 我連電腦是什麼都不知道
(Voicetube)

5. not for a moment/ never for a moment 

used to say that you do not think or do something at all:

決不

I don't believe that story for a moment.

Ｗords you need to stop misspelling 易混淆單字

1. adverse
having a negative or harmful effect on something
不利的；負面的；有害的
The match has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

2. averse
strongly disliking or opposed to
反對的；嫌惡的；不願意的
Few MPs are averse to the attention of the media.
沒有幾個下院議員不願受到媒體關注。

3. compliment
a remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect
恭維（話）；讚揚（話）；奉承（話）
She complained that her husband never paid her any compliments any more.

4. complement
to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it
補充；補足；使完善；為…增色

5. criterion
criteria/criterion
a standard by which you judge, decide about or deal with something
（作出評判、決定或處理的）標準，準則
The Health Service should not be judged by financial criteria alone.

9/30 vocabulary

不舒服 單字 (Cambridge)

1. backache

a pain in your back

背痛

Gardening gives me such backache.

2. diarrhoea/ the runs

an illness in which the body's solid waste is more liquid than usual and comes out of the body more often

腹瀉

diarrhoea and sickness

腹瀉噁心

an attack of diarrhoea

腹瀉發作

a condition of the bowels in which 

* the runs 

the contents are passed out of the body too often and in a form which is too liquid; diarrhoea

拉肚子，腹瀉，跑肚

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羅馬書 1:21

羅馬書 1:21

「因為，他們雖然知道神，卻不當作神榮耀他，也不感謝他。他們的思念變為虛妄，無知的心就昏暗了。自稱為聰明，反成了愚拙，將不能朽壞之神的榮耀變為偶像，彷彿必朽壞的人和飛禽、走獸、昆蟲的樣式。」

＊ 明知自然背後有上帝的永能和神性，卻不把上帝當上帝榮耀，反而去拜會朽壞的受造之物，人的心就昏暗了。人沒有力量跳脫這樣的無知與昏暗的心，但耶穌基督的福音就是大能，靠著相信這福音，就必得拯救。

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羅馬書1:19-20

羅馬書1:19-20

「神的事情，人所能知道的，原顯明在人心裡，因為神已經給他們顯明。自從造天地以來，神的永能和神性是明明可知的，雖是眼不能見，但藉著所造之物就可以曉得，叫人無可推諉。」

＊每次面對大自然的時候，心裡面就會產生一種敬畏甚至是一種恐懼，我們知道背後一定有一個偉大的力量在支撐這些現象。我們從所造之物就體會到上帝的永能（eternal power）跟神性（divine nature），因為上帝已經在我們心裡面顯明了，我們實在沒有藉口說不知道上帝的永能和神性 。

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羅馬書1:1

羅馬書1:1

「耶穌基督的僕人保羅，奉召為使徒，特派傳神的福音。」
我記得牧者在講解羅馬書時曾經跟我們分享：
「耶穌基督僕人『保羅』」，括號裡面若換成自己的名字，
我會怎麼過我這一生呢？

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政治沒有創造性：宗教是文化、社會、國家的靈魂/柯志明教授

政治沒有創造性 

宗教是文化、社會、國家的靈魂

柯志明 

20140808 大肚山研經室

以耶和華為上帝的，那國是有福的！

（詩33:12）

    1.政治、經濟是現代世界的兩大主導力量，也是眾所矚目與爭奪的焦點。這兩種力量雖原則上不同，但現實上則經常合一。政治尤具主導性，商人總要看統治者的臉色，也經常要給統治者好處，買通關係，排除利益障礙。不難理解，所有貪愛世界的人都貪愛政治權力，或直接或間接，都想要與政治權力沾上邊，最好進入權力核心，直接掌權，因為這樣一來似乎就可為所欲為。

    確實，人幾乎不可能脫離政治，現代人因著科技操控的發達更加不可能。無論人如何遠離政治，都將難以脫離政治權力的管束。但也正因為政治權力如此之大，以致於任何追求自由的人都視對抗政治權力為最重要手段。不過，對抗政治權力就是一種政治權力，反抗政治權力也是一種政治權力形式。

    2.當然不是所有事情都與政治直接相關，不是所有權力都是政治權力（political power），也不是所有權力都是邪惡、負面的。事實是，許多權力是好的而且是必要的。但對現代人而言，個人至上，因而凡對個人有一點限制或壓抑的都一概被視為打壓自我的權力。相對於現代人的個人自由與權利，權力總被視為是負面的，而且最後都把權利滙集於政治。因此，權力不但必須限制或壓抑的都一概被視為打壓自我的權力。相對於現代人的個人自由與權利，權力總被視為是負面的，而且最後都把權......（繼續閱讀）文章出處連結

Dasyueshan, Taichung, Taiwan

Dasyueshan (大雪山)

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Dongpu (東埔)

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使徒行傳 17: 22-25

聖經 使徒行傳 17: 22-25

保羅站在亞略巴古當中，說：
眾位雅典人哪，我看你們凡事很敬畏鬼神。
我遊行的時候，觀看你們所敬拜的，遇見一座壇，上面寫著未識之神。你們所不認識而敬拜的，我現在告訴你們。

創造宇宙和其中萬物的神，既是天地的主，就不住人手所造的殿，也不用人手服事，好像缺少什麼；自己倒將生命、氣息、萬物，賜給萬人。

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Some New Understanding about Love/ 姜珏竹

Some New Understanding about Love

進階英文作文 2Ac 姜珏竹

I still remember one day, in our writing class, our teacher asked us to write an essay named “What is Love?” I was confused. Since for a long time, I have not thought about this “love” word. Maybe I think I have already grown-up; I could not just like a children to talk about love in my everyday life. I should do something mature. But I still wrote something about love.

It’s hard to define the exact meaning of love. But from my perspective, I believe that you can feel you are loved by someone and you could love anyone else in this world. That’s the greatest thing in this entire world. Love is you are trusted by others. Trust is easy to say but difficult to do. You could say that you trust everyone, but in your innermost, you barely trust anyone. It is the most beautiful thing that you know there is someone that you could always depend on. That faith could give you the magic power to achieve everything. When you are alone, when you fail, when you are depressed, or when you are in the roughest moment of your life, as long as you believe that you are loved, you are trusted, it’s enough. At least for me, it’s enough. Love is simple and complex.

The Four Loves: Reflections/ 陳虹文

The Four Loves: Reflections 

進階英文作文 2Ac 陳虹文

Introduction

    “God is love (11).” It was the first sentence and the key point in the introduction. First, it divided love into Gift-love and Need-love. Also, it talked about the differences of Gift-love and Need-love. For example, Need-love was more selfish than Gift-love. Then, it talked about God. It compared the demon with God. It seems that everything can’t break away God. 

    And I agree some sentences in the introduction. “We are born helpless (12).” I think it is right because we have to through others’ help to let us learn more, such as how to get along with others, how to try our best to help others, how to love, how to show our concern to someone and so on. 

    Also, “A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing (13)”. People are always greedy. When they get what they want, they will want to get more. It seems that it won’t have the day which people will feel satisfaction. Sometimes people will persist on something that is unnecessary and force other people to do it together. For me, it is a very horrible thing. It will not only damage the feeling between friends or family but also make other people feel antipathy to you.

The Four Loves: Reflections/劉泓垣

The Four Loves: Reflections 

基礎英文作文2Ac 劉泓垣

    The word love consists of four parts in Greek literature, is storge (affection), philia (friendship), eros (sexual or romantic love), and agape (selfless love).By introducing love, C.S. Lewis, the author of The Four Loves, made a definition and an enlightenment by his experiences to give readers a much more comprehensibility about love. In the following paragraphs, I am going to discuss the context and share the experiences I have learned in The Four Loves.

    Actually, there is a question before starting to talk about The Four Loves, and the question is that what do you think about love? Everyone has his or her own answer about it. About my answer, I think that love is to accompany with the particular persons I love and to have the basic living requirements with them. It is just my thought. However, after reading The Four Loves, I get a different feeling about the simple word, love.

The Reflection of The Four Loves/ 林欣瑜

The Reflection of The Four Loves

進階英文作文 2Ac 林欣瑜

What is love? I think love has many different kinds of types and forms. There are love between family, siblings, friends, and lovers. I think everyone has different definition about love. In my opinion, love can make people happy and also can make people painful. Love is like the sun. It is warm and bright. Love is like the thunder. It makes people feel scared and suffocating. Love is inevitable and we all need love in our life.

The Four Loves: Reflections/王詩瑋

The Four Loves: Reflections

進階英文作文2Ac 王詩瑋

What Is Love? Before I read The Four Loves, teacher asked students to write down our own thoughts about Love. I think, Love is multifarious, and love is also hazardous. If people fall in love, he or she may feel happy, upset, angry, helpless and painful. Love is a verb, it means one pays for each other unconditionally. If one loves someone, he will do anything for him and forgive him. But love is also dangerous; if someone wants to ask for the payback, or he doesn’t want to accept the fact that the one he loved doesn’t love him, he may do something horrible. Love is a difficult lesson for human beings to learn how to be a rational lover. And after I receive my paper from teacher, she gave me some ideas; she considered the most dangerous thing in love is you can’t control your heart. Exactly, I agree, and after I read the books, I could understand more about love.

The Four Loves: Reflections/ 盧羿君

The Four Loves: Reflections 

進階英文作文2Ac 盧羿君

     Before I read the masterpiece, The Four Loves, by C.S. Lewis, I began considering what love is. I continuously asked myself what is love. Eventually, I though it is difficult to define the meaning because everyone has a variety of ways to present or express their love. As far as I was concerned, it is important to concern about other people’s feeling and to have to be considerate to the others. Although I wouldn’t prefer to say something sweet to the person, I would help the person in action. For example, when the person is depressed or he faces some obstacles, I will give him my suggestions or listen to what he feels and give him a hug. I though giving someone supports is more significant than saying sweet. For me, when someone is willing to listen or to concern about me, I will feel toughed and I even may burst into tears.

What I Talk about

When I Talk about Love

                  

 --Reaction to The Four Loves by Lewis

進階英文作文2Ac 彭衡

 From Wikipedia, love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure. Love has various types, towards other humans, one's self or animals. In a word, love is the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another. In The Four Loves, written by Lewis, I have read several different loves, and I picked these types love and talked some own opinion about love.

Affection

     Affection is the humblest love and the most widely diffused love (53).

The Four Loves: Reflections/ 鄭學為

The Four Loves: Reflections

進階英文作文 2Ac 鄭學為

When I was young, my parents took good care of me. They gave me everything I need. I didn’t need to worry about everything. According to the book named The Four Loves, this kind of love is called The Need-Love. My love to my parents is based on the need to survive. In other words, this love will fade away until I grow up because I totally have the ability to be on my own, and I don’t actually need my parents any more. But does it mean I will abandon my parents? Of course not! My love to my parents will turn out to be something bigger when I grow up and get more mature. I think it’s a kind of paying back my love to my parents. They treat me and raise me up nicely, and they ask nothing in return. As a good child of my parents, I will and I have to show my appreciation and love in return. So, the Need-Love is lasting, and it turns out to be something stronger.

Love/ 張瀟

Love

進階英文作文2Ac 張瀟

  The true essence of being alive is to love and be loved. Love is simple but also complicated at the same time. It’s simple because it consists of only four letters but complicated since it contains nearly all kinds of complex feelings, such as happy, sad, hopeful and despairing. We, including all the creatures on the earth, live for love and die for love too. Love is the reason why everything exists in the world, red or blue. What’s love? It’s too hard to give an exact definition even though you are the cleverest person. In the dictionary, it says “love is the feeling that a person’s happiness is very important to you, and the way you show this feeling in your behavior towards them.” I agree with this viewpoint for some part. However, love is not only a feeling or a way. It may be a certain substance or invisible spirit sometimes. In my opinion, love appears diversely in different people’s lives, so far as to different life phases of a person. Life is a wonderful journey with your loved people and love is the most beautiful scenery of your life.

  In this article, I want to talk about my understanding of love and my real experiences on love. Hope you will like my stories and they will remind you of your past with tears or smile. Now let’s begin with the original question “What’s love”.