Question
Excuse me. Could someone help me to translate "a line of vision through" into a word?
Answer
What is the context?
My comment:
I forgot to put that context, so they couldn't reallly understand what i what. I will post my qusetion once again, and remember to add that context.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Assignment10 - Academic Earth
The Good Life: Happiness
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-good-life-happiness
Lecture Description
The last lecture in the course wraps up the discussion of clinical psychology with a discussion of treatment efficacy. Does therapy actually work? Professor Bloom summarizes the different types of influences that clinical interventions might have on people who receive therapy.Professor Bloom ends with a review of one of the most interesting research topics in "positive psychology," happiness. What makes us happy? How does happiness vary across person and culture? What is happiness for? Students will hear how the most recent research in psychology attempts to answer these questions and learn how people are surprisingly bad at predicting what will make them happiest.
It's a interesting course for me, which is about psychology. I'm so curious and like to research people's thinking, that could know more about he/her,even could give some help.
This lecture is talking about Happiness that is a strange thing to talk about in psychology, because most of psychology focuses on human misery.
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-good-life-happiness
Lecture Description
The last lecture in the course wraps up the discussion of clinical psychology with a discussion of treatment efficacy. Does therapy actually work? Professor Bloom summarizes the different types of influences that clinical interventions might have on people who receive therapy.Professor Bloom ends with a review of one of the most interesting research topics in "positive psychology," happiness. What makes us happy? How does happiness vary across person and culture? What is happiness for? Students will hear how the most recent research in psychology attempts to answer these questions and learn how people are surprisingly bad at predicting what will make them happiest.
It's a interesting course for me, which is about psychology. I'm so curious and like to research people's thinking, that could know more about he/her,even could give some help.
This lecture is talking about Happiness that is a strange thing to talk about in psychology, because most of psychology focuses on human misery.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Assignment 9 - Radio time
http://radiotime.com/station/s_59419/The_Beat_1003.aspx
Radio station's name: WPHI-FM - The Beat 100.3 FM (The Most Hip Hop and R&B)
Radio station's location: Media, PA
Host: Laiya
Language: English
My comment: It's a music radio station about Hip Hop and R&B, that's my favorite music styles.They are rhythmical, and always make you want to follow the rythem dancing.
Radio station's name: WPHI-FM - The Beat 100.3 FM (The Most Hip Hop and R&B)
Radio station's location: Media, PA
Host: Laiya
Language: English
My comment: It's a music radio station about Hip Hop and R&B, that's my favorite music styles.They are rhythmical, and always make you want to follow the rythem dancing.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Assignment 8 - an English song ' I Have A Dream'
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll crossed the stream - I have a dream
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I've crossed the stream - I have a dream
I've crossed the stream - I have a dream
Writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone’s having the time of their lives!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Assignment7 - Got milk?
I love milk and almost drink it everyday,so I found out a funny commercial about milk.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Assignment 6 :ESL Podcast 466
1.to be cut out : to be creative to do something.something that good match for you.
2.patients:people who are receiving medical care or attention from a doctor or a nurse.
3.bedside manner:the way that a doctor or a nurse talks to a people how they give medical advice or instructions or other information. how doctor treat and communicate with their patients.
4.callous:without considering another person's feeling.
5.taking a turn for the worse:be getting worse
6.blurted it out:say something without thinking about it first and about how it will sound to the other person.
7.diagnosis:the doctors conclusion what the medical problem is.
8.soften: to make it nicer and easier to accept.
9.prognosis:is the doctor opinion how your health will change in the future.
10.comfort:to do or say something that will make the person feel better.
11.reassure: make them feel better about something.similar to comfort.
12.feel sorry for:to understand the person's difficulty to empathize with someone.
13.didn't seem to faze him:is a phrase that means you are surprised because someone else wasn't affected by something.
14.hysterics:have an uncontrolled emotion when you can't stop crying.
15.compassionate:to be nice to someone.
16.against your nature:you can't do because isn't part of your personality, character and who you are.
2.patients:people who are receiving medical care or attention from a doctor or a nurse.
3.bedside manner:the way that a doctor or a nurse talks to a people how they give medical advice or instructions or other information. how doctor treat and communicate with their patients.
4.callous:without considering another person's feeling.
5.taking a turn for the worse:be getting worse
6.blurted it out:say something without thinking about it first and about how it will sound to the other person.
7.diagnosis:the doctors conclusion what the medical problem is.
8.soften: to make it nicer and easier to accept.
9.prognosis:is the doctor opinion how your health will change in the future.
10.comfort:to do or say something that will make the person feel better.
11.reassure: make them feel better about something.similar to comfort.
12.feel sorry for:to understand the person's difficulty to empathize with someone.
13.didn't seem to faze him:is a phrase that means you are surprised because someone else wasn't affected by something.
14.hysterics:have an uncontrolled emotion when you can't stop crying.
15.compassionate:to be nice to someone.
16.against your nature:you can't do because isn't part of your personality, character and who you are.
17. anything but considerate:to be nice,to be aware of other people's feeling.
Friday, April 17, 2009
How time flies....
I had a presentation about architectural design on 4/7. That had a opportunity to improve your courage to compare with two university's architecture major students tomorrow,but i lost the chance and Mandy got it.She must revise her materials,so she is busy now,haha...
I will have another presentation next week,just CALL.It's a big challenge for me.Although my constellation is LEO,i don't resemble a lion at all. I'm nervous easily.
Bless Mandy and me...
I will have another presentation next week,just CALL.It's a big challenge for me.Although my constellation is LEO,i don't resemble a lion at all. I'm nervous easily.
Bless Mandy and me...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Assignment 5:Two audio clips from Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
1. Emergency Call
Level: medium
Topic: emergencie
Type: telephone conversation
Speakers: two men
Length:01:08
1.stalled (verb): to stop, often due to mechanical problems
- The small plane's engine stalled as it passed through a terrible rain storm.
2.dispatched (verb): to send off
- A fire engine was dispatched five minutes ago to respond to the fire.
2.Dinner Time
Level: medium
Topic: cooking
Type: conversation
Speakers: man-girl
Length:01:26
3.starving (verb): hungry, famished
- Many deer will starve to death in the mountains because of the harsh winter
4.adaptation (noun), adapt (verb): a change or modification to something, revision
- Sometimes it takes time to adapt to the customs and language of another culture.
5.mess up (phrasal verb): (1) to make a mistake or (2) make something untidy or cluttered
- If you take your eyes off that boy, he might mess up your entire house.
Level: medium
Topic: emergencie
Type: telephone conversation
Speakers: two men
Length:01:08
1.stalled (verb): to stop, often due to mechanical problems
- The small plane's engine stalled as it passed through a terrible rain storm.
2.dispatched (verb): to send off
- A fire engine was dispatched five minutes ago to respond to the fire.
2.Dinner Time
Level: medium
Topic: cooking
Type: conversation
Speakers: man-girl
Length:01:26
3.starving (verb): hungry, famished
- Many deer will starve to death in the mountains because of the harsh winter
4.adaptation (noun), adapt (verb): a change or modification to something, revision
- Sometimes it takes time to adapt to the customs and language of another culture.
5.mess up (phrasal verb): (1) to make a mistake or (2) make something untidy or cluttered
- If you take your eyes off that boy, he might mess up your entire house.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Assignment 4
1.How do you like these tools?
It's the first time i know those usful tools on website. There are more valid ways can help me to know how to use one word in a sentence than use ditionarys.
2.What are their strength and weakness, in comparison with a dictionary?
Those tools can makes me have many choices and use a word carefully.But sometimes,they are too many imformations that make me feel confused.
3.What are the difficulties you encounter when you used these tools?
Might not able to find the usage i expect and the speed is too slow.
It's the first time i know those usful tools on website. There are more valid ways can help me to know how to use one word in a sentence than use ditionarys.
2.What are their strength and weakness, in comparison with a dictionary?
Those tools can makes me have many choices and use a word carefully.But sometimes,they are too many imformations that make me feel confused.
3.What are the difficulties you encounter when you used these tools?
Might not able to find the usage i expect and the speed is too slow.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Assignment3-"Big"&"Large"
Question: Is there any rule governing the use of "big" and "large"? If yes, what is it? Use evidences to explain the major difference between the two words.
Big
big change
big city
big difference
big problem
Large
large amount of
large degree of
large group of
have large incomes
large number of
large quantity of
When I searched the two words,i discovered that they were very difference. "Big" is usually to describle concrete objects or abstract importance.
The other word, "Large" is used to link a guantity which is often to describle extensive.
Big
big change
big city
big difference
big problem
Large
large amount of
large degree of
large group of
have large incomes
large number of
large quantity of
When I searched the two words,i discovered that they were very difference. "Big" is usually to describle concrete objects or abstract importance.
The other word, "Large" is used to link a guantity which is often to describle extensive.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Assignment 2 Dictionary Exercise
aban•don / b nd n/ verb, noun" type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1034">" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.gif">verb [vn] 1 ~ sb (to sth) to leave sb, especially sb you are responsible for, with no intention of returning: The baby had been abandoned by its mother. People often simply abandon their pets when they go abroad. The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.2 ~ sth (to sb/sth) to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay leave: Snow forced many drivers to abandon their vehicles. They had to abandon their lands to the invading forces. He gave the order to abandon ship (= to leave the ship because it was sinking).3 to stop supporting or helping sb; to stop believing in sth: The country abandoned its political leaders after the war. By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.4 to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth: They abandoned the match because of rain. She abandoned hope of any reconciliation. We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation.5 ~ yourself to sth (literary) to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else: He abandoned himself to despair." type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1025">" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.gif">noun [U] (formal) an uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb does not care what other people think: He signed cheques with careless abandon. see gay adj.
for•sake /f se k; NAmE f rs/ verb (for•sook /f s k; NAmE f rs/, for•saken /f se k n; NAmE f rs/) [vn] ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) (literary) 1 to leave sb/sth, especially when you have a responsibility to stay abandon: He had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her.2 to stop doing sth, or leave sth, especially sth that you enjoy renounce: She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in the wilds of Scotland.—see also godforsaken
I used Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to solved my problem. The confusing two words were abandon and forsake. Because they are equivalents,i can't clearly to know what the difference between them.
The only i realized. "Forsake" is usually used in literary,it's a formal word than "abandon".
for•sake /f se k; NAmE f rs/ verb (for•sook /f s k; NAmE f rs/, for•saken /f se k n; NAmE f rs/) [vn] ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) (literary) 1 to leave sb/sth, especially when you have a responsibility to stay abandon: He had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her.2 to stop doing sth, or leave sth, especially sth that you enjoy renounce: She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in the wilds of Scotland.—see also godforsaken
I used Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to solved my problem. The confusing two words were abandon and forsake. Because they are equivalents,i can't clearly to know what the difference between them.
The only i realized. "Forsake" is usually used in literary,it's a formal word than "abandon".
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Hi,everyone.My name is Yun-Rong Zhao,and my english name is Joan.I come from nantou,it is a beautiful country.
I'm a sophomore student of NTUST,major in Architecture.It's a very tired but interesting department which is different to others.I spend a lot of time to making Architecture modles,not studying textbooks.
I always watching movies in my free time,and "Becoming Jane"is one of my favorite movie which is talked about a independent woman's story.
I expect that i can practice listening and speaking through this class
and meet many new friends on this class.
I'm a sophomore student of NTUST,major in Architecture.It's a very tired but interesting department which is different to others.I spend a lot of time to making Architecture modles,not studying textbooks.
I always watching movies in my free time,and "Becoming Jane"is one of my favorite movie which is talked about a independent woman's story.
I expect that i can practice listening and speaking through this class
and meet many new friends on this class.
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