#7 English Song

Decode by Paramore

lyrics
How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind?
I can't win your losing fight
All the time

Not gonna ever own what's mine
When you're always taking sides
But you won't take away my pride
No, not this time
Not this time

How did we get here?
When I used to know you so well
How did we get here?
Well, I think I know how

The truth is hiding in your eyes
And it's hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can't see
What kind of man that you are
If you're a man at all
Well, I will figure this one out
On my own
(I'm screaming, "I love you so")
On my own
(My thoughts you can't decode)

How did we get here?
When I used to know you so well, yeah
How did we get here?
Well, I think I know how

Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools
Of ourselves
Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools
Of ourselves

How did we get here?
When I used to know you so well, yeah, yeah
Well, how did we get here?
When I used to know you so well.
I think I know
I think I know

There is something I see in you
It might kill me
But I want it to be true


Comment
I heard this song from TWILIGHT which is talking about a vampire and a senior high school female. Although some people said that this kind of story of love is ridiculous, but in my opinion I think the process they get each other is difficult also nowadays there are fewer and fewer love like this. And this story gave me a wonderful image about true and forever love that every girls want to get. At the title is talking about the mind that the vampire can read all the people minds except the girl Bella. It's started interesting the vampire Edward and he wanted to know about Bella. This song is written for the first time Edward saw Bella at school and how he felt, it's very strong emotion !

#6 Steve Jobs' Talk

Usually, I thought Jobs was always talking about I PHONE or other APPLE product, but in this case Jobs really impressed me a lot. In my opinion, those who drop out from school usually don't have a great occasion or earning. But there are many successful examples nowadays, like FACEBOOK founder - Mark Zuckerburg, WINDOWS founder - Bill Gates. And Jobs's childhood was really pathetic than I thought. He not only made such an important decision to drop out, but continue dropped in the courses that he was interested in. I think it is what caused his enterprise so good. Fortunately, he had a wonderful family although he was kicked out from APPLE, it didn't disappoint he but courage he to produce as success as APPLE product - PIXAR, the other one of the most top company in the world. Jobs really influence we a lot in our daily life.  I can't image what the APPLE and PIXAR would become after Jobs dead in the next decade. But Jobs' s story taught me that you don't have to do thing that can't help you but to go ahead for your dream.

#5 How do you like ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab as a language learning resource?

I used to watch English drama to improve my ability of LISTENING. Because I do not know which website or what English magazine is useful for me, and also I'm too lazy to find out the way. But in RANDALL, I can easily know which level I can handle, and do more practices to upgrade to the highest level that I want to achieve. So, I REALLY like this website, not only it's free, but also it's all useful for elementary or advanced.

#4 Two clips from Randall's Cyber Listening Lab

A. Just a Hair Cut, Please !

a. trim (verb): cut just a little off 
     e.g. He got his hair trimmed yesterday at a beauty salon.

b. voila (interjection): an expression to indicate satisfied completion 
     e.g. Finally, you should bake the cake for 20 minutes, and voila, you've made your first cake.

c. butcher (verb): to kill, and in this case, to cut without care 
     e.g. My brother tried to cut his own hair with school scissors and without a mirror, and he really butchered it badly.

d. in charge (adjective): in control 
     e.g. She is in charge of the new project.

e. decent (adjective): nice, acceptable, proper 
     e.g. The students did a decent job on the class presentation.

B. Wedding Anniversary

a. once in a blue moon: very rarely
     e.g. We go out to a nice restaurant once in a blue moon.

b. wardrobe (noun): the clothing someone has
     e.g. His girlfriend buys a new wardrobe every few months.

c. grab a bite (to eat): have a light meal
    e.g. Would you like to grab a bite this evening after work?

e. icicles (noun): a long thin pointed piece of ice hanging from a roof or other surface
    e.g. Icicles hung from the roof.

f. detour (noun): a way of going from one place to another that is longer than the usual way
    e.g. We took a detour to avoid the town centre.

#3 Concordancer Exercise

Three different words of 粽子

a. dumplings    KK [ˋdʌmplɪŋ]
e.g. What are more than ten women doing in the temple, not sleeping but deftly tying the dumplings?

b. tzung-tzu
e.g. According to the custom of Taiwan, families in mourning are not supposed to make nien-kao or tzung-tzu for the holidays, but they can be given some as a present by their neighbors.

c. zong-zi
e.g. At festival times, they add chicken, onions, tomatoes and spices to the corn flour, wrapping it all up in banana leaves to create an Indian version of the Chinese "zong-zi."

#2 Dictionary Exercise: Secret taxi driver

1. cabbie : a taxi driver
e.g. He make money by being a cabbie.

2. incogito : if a famous person does something incognito, they do it without letting people know who they are.
e.g. That night, Lenin traveled incognito to the party headquarters.

3. to moonlight : to have a second job in addition to your main job, especially without the knowledge of the government tax department.
e.g.  She's been moonlighting as a waitress in the evenings.

4. rusty : if you are rusty, you are not as good at something as you used to be, because you have not practiced it for a long time.
e.g.  My French is a bit rusty.

5. transcript : a written or printed copy of a speech, conversation etc.
e.g.  A transcript of the tapes was presented in court.

#1 Greetings !

Hello, my name is Sally Lin. I come form Kaohsiung, which is warm and friendly to people. Last year, I started studying in Business Administration of National Taipei College of Business, now I'm 2nd grade student. I usually practice my English listening by watching English drama, such as The Vampire Diaries, White Collar, etc... And I find out in this way, I do improve my ability of English much better.