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Engineers vs. Managers

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost.  He reduces his altitude and spots a man down below.  He lowers the balloon further and shouts:  "Excuse me, can you help me?  I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man below says:  "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field.  You are between 40 and 42 degrees north latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an engineer" says the balloonist.

"I am" replies the man. "How did you know."

"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."

The man below says "You must be a manager."

"I am" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going.  You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem.  The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."

- altitude 海拔, 高度  1.The plane is flying at an altitude of 8,000 feet.  2.The mountain has an altitude of 50,000 ft.  高處, 高地 We found it difficult to live at high altitude.

- spot 認出, 發現  we spotted several spelling mistakes in this online newspaper.

- further  1.(adj) 進一步的 We are looking forward to hearing your further informatin.  2.(adv) 進一步地 The sales will drop further.

- hover 盤旋, 徘徊  The helicopter hovered over the house for a while.

- approximately 大約 (=about)  1.I think she is approximately 35 years old. (=I think she is about 35 years old.)  2. It's approximately nine o'clock.(=It's about nine o'clock.)

- latitude 緯度  The two countries are approximately at the same latitude.

- longitude 經度  Emily had no idea what latitude was, or longitude either. 

- technically 技術上地, 嚴格來說地  The new general manager is practical and technically capable.

- what to make of  =how to understand or how to use

- position  1. 地方(=place)  2.職位 He has/gets/holds the position of sales manager. (=He is/He works in the position of sales manager.)

- somehow  1.不知怎地(adv)Somehow, I don't think I can trust him. 2.不管怎樣(adv)The task was tough. Somehow we managed to solve it. 

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A Question : What does the kid's answer mean? 

Rainy Days

A newcomer to Seattle arrives on a rainy day.  She gets up the next day and it's raining.  It also rains the day after that, and the day after that.  She goes out to lunch and sees a young kid.  Out of despair she asks, "Hey, kid, does it ever stop raining around here?"  The kid says, "How should I know?  I'm only 6."

1. From the kid's answer, it seems as though(彷彿=as if) it has rained every day for the past six years.

2. Or the kid is too young to understand her question.

- out of despair 出於絕望而做某事

相同用法, 如下:

- out of security 出於安全考量

Out of security she decided to get/be home before dark. 出於安全考量, 她決定在天黑前回到家.

- out of curiosity 出於好奇

A : How could you open my letter?

B : I'm sorry. I just took a quick peek/peep at it out of curiosity. 抱歉. 我只是出於好奇匆匆地偷瞄了一眼.

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Factory Workers

Two factory workers are talking.
The woman says, "I can make the boss give me the day off."
The man replies, "And how would you do that?"
The woman says, "Just wait and see." She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling.
The boss comes in and says, "What are you doing?"
The woman replies, "I'm a light bulb."
The boss then says, "You've been working so much that you've gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off."
The man starts to follow the woman and the boss says, "Where are you going?"
The man says, "I'm going home, too. I can't work in the dark."

- day off 休假日. 休息日

- hang upside-down from the ceiling 在天花板上倒掛

- light bulb 燈泡

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An English Joke or A Ghost Story?

Two men were walking home after a Halloween party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones。

“Holy cow, Mister,” one of them said after catching his breath, “You scared us half to death -- we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?”

“Those fools!”　 The old man grumbled, “They misspelled my name!”

- ghost story 鬼故事 (creepy story 令人毛骨悚然的故事)

- take a shortcut 抄近路

- cemetery 墓地

- for laughs 為了消遣娛樂

- startle 使驚嚇 = scare

- misty 多霧的

- shadow 影子. 陰影

- tremble 顫抖

- chisel 鑿子

- chip away at sth  不停地鑿著(削著)

- headstone 墓碑

- Holy cow!! 我的天啊!! = My goodness!! My God!!

- catch a breath 喘一口氣

- half to death 半死啦~~

- grumble 發牢騷

- misspell 拼錯

萬聖節派對過後，兩男人為了消遣娛樂，打算抄近路穿過墓地回家。走到墓地中央時，他們被從迷霧中傳來的“答、答、答”聲驚嚇到了。正當兩人害怕得渾身顫抖時，他們看到是個老伯伯拿著鐵錘和鑿子，在一塊墓碑上不停地鑿著。

“哇塞，先生，”其中一人喘了口氣說，“你把我們嚇得半死啊，我們還以為遇上鬼了呢！那麼晚了你在這裡做什麼？”

“那些笨蛋！”老伯抱怨著，“他們把我的名字拼錯啦！”

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[2013/4/11 下午 08:29:52] service_jean: hello Cammy

[2013/4/11 下午 08:30:10] service_jean: How are you?

[2013/4/11 下午 08:30:11] Cammy (Jean/Peggie): hello

[2013/4/11 下午 08:30:17] service_jean: Let me call you. ok ?

[2013/4/11 下午 08:30:22] Cammy (Jean/Peggie): ok

[2013/4/11 下午 08:30:34] *** 與 Cammy (Jean/Peggie) 通話 ***

[2013/4/11 下午 08:31:04] service_jean: ph -- /f/

[2013/4/11 下午 08:31:12] service_jean: phone

[2013/4/11 下午 08:31:53] service_jean: photo

[2013/4/11 下午 08:32:34] service_jean: qu -- /kw/

[2013/4/11 下午 08:34:42] service_jean: question

[2013/4/11 下午 08:34:47] Cammy (Jean/Peggie): quickly

[2013/4/11 下午 08:35:07] service_jean: adj+ly = adv.

[2013/4/11 下午 08:35:49] service_jean: very quick

[2013/4/11 下午 08:36:11] service_jean: very quickly

[2013/4/11 下午 08:36:22] service_jean: I have been very quick.

[2013/4/11 下午 08:36:39] service_jean: I have moved very quickly.

[2013/4/11 下午 08:38:08] service_jean: beV

[2013/4/11 下午 08:40:16] service_jean: I moved very quickly.

[2013/4/11 下午 08:41:18] service_jean: I asked my son to do the dishes quickly.

[2013/4/11 下午 08:41:37] service_jean: dish+es

[2013/4/11 下午 08:41:49] service_jean: class+es

[2013/4/11 下午 08:47:59] service_jean: teach

[2013/4/11 下午 08:48:05] service_jean: teach+er

[2013/4/11 下午 08:48:08] service_jean: rob

[2013/4/11 下午 08:48:24] service_jean: robb+er

[2013/4/11 下午 08:48:27] service_jean: lead

[2013/4/11 下午 08:48:31] service_jean: lead+er

[2013/4/11 下午 08:53:01] service_jean: print

[2013/4/11 下午 08:53:05] service_jean: print+er

[2013/4/11 下午 08:54:27] service_jean: farm

[2013/4/11 下午 08:59:17] service_jean: farm+er

[2013/4/11 下午 09:04:12] service_jean: health+y  Y字尾 -- /I/

[2013/4/11 下午 09:04:21] service_jean: sweet+y

[2013/4/11 下午 09:07:03] service_jean: cloud+y

[2013/4/11 下午 09:09:52] Cammy (Jean/Peggie): lucky

[2013/4/11 下午 09:13:29] service_jean: bath+room

[2013/4/11 下午 09:13:40] service_jean: bed+room

[2013/4/11 下午 09:19:59] service_jean: by bus

[2013/4/11 下午 09:20:03] service_jean: by car

[2013/4/11 下午 09:20:05] service_jean: by bike

[2013/4/11 下午 09:22:07] service_jean: play the flute

[2013/4/11 下午 09:22:21] service_jean: play the piano

[2013/4/11 下午 09:22:29] service_jean: play the guitar

[2013/4/11 下午 09:28:03] service_jean: bee...see...knee

[2013/4/11 下午 09:28:21] service_jean: ee -- /i/

[2013/4/11 下午 09:28:25] service_jean: tea...jeans...sea

[2013/4/11 下午 09:31:49] service_jean: ea -- /i/

[2013/4/11 下午 09:31:53] service_jean: value+able= adj

[2013/4/11 下午 09:32:06] service_jean: reason

[2013/4/11 下午 09:32:17] service_jean: +able

[2013/4/11 下午 09:32:19] service_jean: =reasonable

[2013/4/11 下午 09:33:28] service_jean: ….ts

[2013/4/11 下午 09:33:32] service_jean: skirts

[2013/4/11 下午 09:33:54] service_jean: ㄔ

[2013/4/11 下午 09:34:13] service_jean: ....ds

[2013/4/11 下午 09:35:00] service_jean: goods

[2013/4/11 下午 09:35:39] service_jean: ㄖ

[2013/4/11 下午 09:36:11] service_jean: …ted

[2013/4/11 下午 09:36:54] service_jean: …ded

[2013/4/11 下午 09:37:14] *** 通話結束，通話時間為 1:06:40 ***

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[2012/11/28 下午 09:00:20] English Tutor Ann: hello

[2012/11/28 下午 09:00:27] English Tutor Ann: good evening

[2012/11/28 下午 09:00:45] *** 與 English Tutor Ann 通話 ***

[2012/11/28 下午 09:01:43] English Tutor Ann: soft

[2012/11/28 下午 09:02:09] Josephine Lee: the instant noodles are too soft.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:02:39] Josephine Lee: it took too long, so it is too soft.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:03:02] English Tutor Ann: soak-- put it in the warm water and left it there for a long time

[2012/11/28 下午 09:03:18] Josephine Lee: I soaked it for several mins, so it doesn't taste good.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:03:28] English Tutor Ann: leave it to soak

[2012/11/28 下午 09:03:35] Josephine Lee: I soaked instant noodles for lunch.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:04:34] Josephine Lee: i don't soak .....very often

[2012/11/28 下午 09:05:08] English Tutor Ann: picky

[2012/11/28 下午 09:05:16] Josephine Lee: you are picky on food.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:06:18] English Tutor Ann: he bought a big box of instant noodles.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:07:07] English Tutor Ann: a pack of cigarette

[2012/11/28 下午 09:07:38] Josephine Lee: a bag/pack of cookies

[2012/11/28 下午 09:09:55] Josephine Lee: a bag of cookies

[2012/11/28 下午 09:10:20] Josephine Lee: a pack of cookies

[2012/11/28 下午 09:10:57] English Tutor Ann: wrap sth in foil

[2012/11/28 下午 09:12:54] English Tutor Ann: break down into phrases

[2012/11/28 下午 09:13:09] Josephine Lee: the sentences break down into phrases.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:13:59] Josephine Lee: we break the bills down by names.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:14:20] English Tutor Ann: to break down a hotel bill into daily charges

[2012/11/28 下午 09:15:40] Josephine Lee: we break down the bills by names.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:17:43] English Tutor Ann: smell the roses

[2012/11/28 下午 09:17:56] Josephine Lee: =enjoy your life

[2012/11/28 下午 09:19:32] English Tutor Ann: sooner or later

[2012/11/28 下午 09:19:47] Josephine Lee: 遲早

[2012/11/28 下午 09:21:25] English Tutor Ann: nasty

[2012/11/28 下午 09:21:34] Josephine Lee: 噁心

[2012/11/28 下午 09:23:35] Josephine Lee: he has double faces.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:23:47] English Tutor Ann: double-faced

[2012/11/28 下午 09:24:00] Josephine Lee: he is double-faced

[2012/11/28 下午 09:24:41] Josephine Lee: he has two faces.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:24:57] English Tutor Ann: well-known

[2012/11/28 下午 09:25:10] Josephine Lee: well-experienced

[2012/11/28 下午 09:30:47] English Tutor Ann: ending

[2012/11/28 下午 09:31:00] Josephine Lee: the ending of the tv drama

[2012/11/28 下午 09:32:48] English Tutor Ann: one episode

[2012/11/28 下午 09:33:05] Josephine Lee: 一集

[2012/11/28 下午 09:35:42] English Tutor Ann: finale

[2012/11/28 下午 09:36:04] Josephine Lee: 大結局

[2012/11/28 下午 09:37:37] English Tutor Ann: your true color came out.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:38:12] Josephine Lee: After he paid for the cable tv, my true color came out.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:38:32] English Tutor Ann: final

[2012/11/28 下午 09:38:38] English Tutor Ann: finally

[2012/11/28 下午 09:39:21] English Tutor Ann: season

[2012/11/28 下午 09:40:06] English Tutor Ann: episode

[2012/11/28 下午 09:42:18] English Tutor Ann: greasy

[2012/11/28 下午 09:45:15] English Tutor Ann: long distance relationship

[2012/11/28 下午 09:46:11] English Tutor Ann: because of the long distance

[2012/11/28 下午 09:46:52] English Tutor Ann: hit

[2012/11/28 下午 09:47:35] Josephine Lee: It is a hit.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:47:43] Josephine Lee: = It is popular.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:48:02] English Tutor Ann: album

[2012/11/28 下午 09:48:46] English Tutor Ann: hit the road

[2012/11/28 下午 09:48:58] Josephine Lee: 上路

[2012/11/28 下午 09:49:00] English Tutor Ann: hit the sack

[2012/11/28 下午 09:49:04] Josephine Lee: hit the bed

[2012/11/28 下午 09:49:37] English Tutor Ann: hit the hay

[2012/11/28 下午 09:50:28] English Tutor Ann: hit the bar

[2012/11/28 下午 09:50:32] Josephine Lee: let's hit the road

[2012/11/28 下午 09:50:33] English Tutor Ann: hit the city

[2012/11/28 下午 09:51:41] Josephine Lee: hit -- let's go somewhere and have fun

[2012/11/28 下午 09:52:35] English Tutor Ann: humor

[2012/11/28 下午 09:52:51] English Tutor Ann: human

[2012/11/28 下午 09:53:26] English Tutor Ann: cannon

[2012/11/28 下午 09:53:40] English Tutor Ann: loose cannon

[2012/11/28 下午 09:55:02] Josephine Lee: he is a loose cannon.

[2012/11/28 下午 09:56:10] English Tutor Ann: rebellious

[2012/11/28 下午 09:56:16] English Tutor Ann: rebel

[2012/11/28 下午 09:57:06] English Tutor Ann: disobedient

[2012/11/28 下午 09:57:11] English Tutor Ann: obey

[2012/11/28 下午 09:58:20] English Tutor Ann: wild card

[2012/11/28 下午 09:59:35] Josephine Lee: he is a wild card. 難掌控及預料的人

[2012/11/28 下午 10:00:23] Josephine Lee: = He is a loose cannon.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:03:44] English Tutor Ann: fail

[2012/11/28 下午 10:03:49] English Tutor Ann: failure

[2012/11/28 下午 10:04:54] English Tutor Ann: flop

[2012/11/28 下午 10:05:18] English Tutor Ann: awe

[2012/11/28 下午 10:06:23] English Tutor Ann: awesome

[2012/11/28 下午 10:06:26] English Tutor Ann: awful

[2012/11/28 下午 10:07:43] Josephine Lee: awesome - good

[2012/11/28 下午 10:08:05] Josephine Lee: awful - bad

[2012/11/28 下午 10:09:35] Josephine Lee: the movie is a flop.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:10:51] Josephine Lee: the voice is awful.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:11:10] English Tutor Ann: blockbuster

[2012/11/28 下午 10:11:16] English Tutor Ann: hit

[2012/11/28 下午 10:11:55] Josephine Lee: the movie is a blockbuster.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:12:31] Josephine Lee: the voice is a hit.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:13:10] English Tutor Ann: blockbuster -- a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:14:38] English Tutor Ann: describe

[2012/11/28 下午 10:15:53] Josephine Lee: describe the movie as a blockbuster

[2012/11/28 下午 10:15:55] English Tutor Ann: call

[2012/11/28 下午 10:16:38] Josephine Lee: call some popular moves blockbusters

[2012/11/28 下午 10:17:10] Josephine Lee: call someone something

[2012/11/28 下午 10:19:27] English Tutor Ann: square one

[2012/11/28 下午 10:20:35] Josephine Lee: go back to the drawing board

[2012/11/28 下午 10:21:55] Josephine Lee: go back to the beginning

[2012/11/28 下午 10:22:39] English Tutor Ann: Rubik's Cube

[2012/11/28 下午 10:23:44] Josephine Lee: go back to square one

[2012/11/28 下午 10:24:32] English Tutor Ann: from scratch

[2012/11/28 下午 10:24:48] English Tutor Ann: = from the beginning

[2012/11/28 下午 10:25:18] Josephine Lee: let's start from scratch.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:26:17] English Tutor Ann: If you scratch my back, i will scratch your back.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:28:02] English Tutor Ann: as stubborn as a mule

[2012/11/28 下午 10:28:10] Josephine Lee: as busy as a bee

[2012/11/28 下午 10:28:43] Josephine Lee: you are as stubborn as a mule.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:29:39] Josephine Lee: you act as ...as

[2012/11/28 下午 10:29:48] Josephine Lee: (x) wrong

[2012/11/28 下午 10:30:23] Josephine Lee: as sharp as a tack

[2012/11/28 下午 10:30:31] English Tutor Ann: clever

[2012/11/28 下午 10:30:36] English Tutor Ann: blunt

[2012/11/28 下午 10:31:03] English Tutor Ann: You are blunt, because you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:32:19] Josephine Lee: talk it over

[2012/11/28 下午 10:32:21] English Tutor Ann: do it over

[2012/11/28 下午 10:32:25] Josephine Lee: over and over again

[2012/11/28 下午 10:32:37] Josephine Lee: =do it again

[2012/11/28 下午 10:33:11] English Tutor Ann: talk about

[2012/11/28 下午 10:33:54] English Tutor Ann: talk of

[2012/11/28 下午 10:33:56] English Tutor Ann: speak of

[2012/11/28 下午 10:34:06] Josephine Lee: 提及

[2012/11/28 下午 10:34:11] Josephine Lee: 談及

[2012/11/28 下午 10:34:37] English Tutor Ann: talking of the devil

[2012/11/28 下午 10:34:41] English Tutor Ann: speaking of the devil

[2012/11/28 下午 10:35:49] English Tutor Ann: Speaking of the devil, here he comes.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:36:39] English Tutor Ann: speak ill of

[2012/11/28 下午 10:36:43] Josephine Lee: Speaking of 美式

[2012/11/28 下午 10:37:04] Josephine Lee: don't speak ill of someone.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:38:27] Josephine Lee: they often speak ill of me in the office.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:40:14] English Tutor Ann: put in a word for me

[2012/11/28 下午 10:40:37] Josephine Lee: 美言幾句

[2012/11/28 下午 10:41:09] Josephine Lee: Please put in a word for me in front of the su.....

[2012/11/28 下午 10:41:12] English Tutor Ann: supervisor

[2012/11/28 下午 10:42:28] Josephine Lee: I will appreciate that you put in a word for me in front of the boss.

[2012/11/28 下午 10:42:33] Josephine Lee: (that)

[2012/11/28 下午 10:43:14] Josephine Lee: i will appreciate if you put in a word for me in front of.....

[2012/11/28 下午 10:44:23] Josephine Lee: OK…See youuuu

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Batching. 批量做事：將一些瑣事放在一起做完

Boring or routine tasks can create a lot of procrastination and low-level anxiety. One good way to get these things done quickly is to batch them. This means that you do them all in row. You will be able to do them quicker because there is less "start-up time" compared to if you spread them out. And when you are batching you become fully engaged in the tasks and more focused.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:01:01] Lily (Tutor): turn on/ turn off

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:02:10] Richard: switch on/ switch off the computer

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:03:19] Richard: 打開 / 關掉

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:04:31] Lily (Tutor): plug in/ plug out the computer

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:04:58] Richard: 插入 / 拔掉插頭

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:06:49] Lily (Tutor): it's dark inside

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:06:57] Lily (Tutor): turn on the light

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:09:31] Lily (Tutor): joyride

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:10:38] Richard: I had a joyride

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:12:28] Lily (Tutor): go out for a drive

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:12:42] Richard: went out for a drive

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:15:00] Richard: night market

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:15:41] Lily (Tutor): after midnight

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:15:43] Lily (Tutor): pass

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:15:55] Richard: It is already pass midnight

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:16:18] Richard: pass 12

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:16:47] Richard: pass the midnight ?

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:16:53] Richard: pass midnight ?

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:17:29] Richard: both are ok

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:18:04] Richard: a batch of

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:18:56] Richard: a batch of products

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:20:22] Richard: the whole batch of

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:20:56] Lily (Tutor): batch together; assemble or process as a batch

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:23:07] Richard: procrastination= delay

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:23:16] Lily (Tutor): procrastinate

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:23:30] Lily (Tutor): Boring or routine tasks can create a lot of procrastination and low-level anxiety.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:23:47] Lily (Tutor): procrastinate = put off

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:24:43] Lily (Tutor): =postpone

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:26:32] Richard: a little anxiety

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:27:02] Lily (Tutor): anxious

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:28:46] Richard: I learn English out of my anxiety

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:29:20] Lily (Tutor): curiosity

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:29:28] Richard: out of my curiosity

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:29:40] Richard: curious

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:31:05] Lily (Tutor): security

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:31:31] Richard: I hired some guards out of security.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:33:36] Richard: 出於 out of security/anxiety/curiosity

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:36:50] Richard: get/have something done

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:37:42] Lily (Tutor): in a row

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:39:50] Richard: He has won the first place for 4 years in a row.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:41:07] Lily (Tutor): He has won the first prize 4times in a row.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:42:02] Lily (Tutor): has won the championship

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:42:59] Richard: I have to ask for 2 weeks leave in a row.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:43:19] Richard: ask for a 2-week leave in a row

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:43:52] Richard: a 2-week holiday

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:44:00] Lily (Tutor): she is a 2-year-old baby

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:44:37] Richard: a 2-week vacation

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:45:29] Richard: I have worked for 7 days in a row without rest.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:45:48] Lily (Tutor): start-up time

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:46:06] Richard: 起動時間

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:46:53] Lily (Tutor): How long will it take to start up your computer ?

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:47:29] Lily (Tutor): quicker

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:47:46] Richard: quick + er 形容詞及副詞比較級

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:48:56] Richard: spread out 散開, 展開, 攤開

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:50:03] Lily (Tutor): The space is large/wide, we can spread out our legs.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:51:41] Lily (Tutor): My little sister spread the newspapers out on the floor.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:51:57] Lily (Tutor): spread/spread/spread

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:52:49] Richard: The teacher asked the students to spread out over the playground.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:52:58] Lily (Tutor): in/on the playground

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:53:33] Richard: be engaged in (adj)投入, 忙於

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:53:56] Richard: engage in (vb)

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:54:33] Richard: She is engaged in writing a novel.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:55:14] Richard: She has engaged in writing novels for 10 years.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:56:06] Richard: engaged 訂婚的

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:56:23] Lily (Tutor): My brother has been engaged to Mary.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:57:11] Lily (Tutor): =My brother and Mary are engaged.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 10:58:42] Richard: =My brother has an engagement to Mary.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 11:00:37] Lily (Tutor): I have an engagement/ a date/ an appointment with my boyfriend for dinner at 6pm.

[ 2011/6/13 下午 11:00:59] Richard: 約會

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Big Challenges 巨大的挑戰

“Keep staring! I might do a trick！”

That’s the message on a T-shirt of mine. People stare at me all the time so I thought this shirt would be funny. See I’m a dwarf. Most of the time people aren’t trying to be rude— they just haven’t seen many dwarfs like me before. I can understand that. But I also want to let them know that I see them staring. Usually the T-shirt makes them laugh at themselves not at me.

I was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. I have an average-size torso, but my arms and legs are shorter and my head is bigger than average. Right now I’m almost four feet tall and that’s about as tall as I’m going to get.

I’m not going to pretend that my height isn’t a challenge. It is. Light switches and counters are usually too high for me. I can’t reach some shelves in the grocery stores. It takes me almost three steps to keep up with one step of an average-size adult. And my mom has to hem almost all of my pants.

But everyone faces challenges. You just have to face them with a good attitude. So I have a long barbecue fork to pull things down from pantry shelves. I’m a great climber and I can make a stool out of just about anything. I’ll even be able to drive a car with the help of pedal extensions. If all else fails, I ask for help. Due to the way I see it, I can do just about anything that an average-size person can do. So I’ll never play professional sports but I have no problem testing my limits. I have to. For instance, everyone uses stoves. Little people just have to figure out how to use them in different ways. I use a stool to reach mine at home. It may take me longer and it may be harder but I can still do it.

My T-shirt shows people the real me—a kid with a sense of humor. And maybe that’s the real trick showing others that I’m just like them. I play sports and video games, I go to school and I hang out with my friends. I’m just shorter. I mean no one is exactly the same. And anyway, I’m proud of who I am.

[下午 07:01:09] Aron Online: be sick of it ; get tired of it

[下午 07:02:37] Aron Online: self-improvement

[下午 07:03:31] Naomi Lu: pay more attention to self-improvement in English

[下午 07:04:32] Aron Online: am apologetic for (adj.)

[下午 07:05:30] Aron Online: I apologize to sb for sth (vb.)

[下午 07:07:11] Aron Online: cherish 愛護, 懷念(+memory), 懷抱(+hope)

[下午 07:07:52] Naomi Lu: It’s a nature for parents to cherish their children.

[下午 07:09:14] Aron Online: I cherish the memory of those months with you in Taipei .

[下午 07:11:19] Aron Online: I can’t cherish much hope that you would forgive me some day.

[下午 07:12:28] Aron Online: They don’t take it seriously.

[下午 07:13:28] Aron Online: took advantage of your kindness

[下午 07:15:23] Naomi Lu: took advantage of sb 佔某人便宜

[下午 07:22:39] Aron Online: character

[下午 07:25:59] Aron Online: I ever dated many girls before.

[下午 07:27:28] Aron Online: He is interested in some subjects which are popular at his age group.

[下午 07:28:54] Aron Online: He is interested in some subjects which are popular among the young of his age.

[下午 07:31:34] Naomi Lu: The brand of cosmetics is effective for ladies of your age to make skins look younger.

[下午 07:33:17] Aron Online: He often played a trick on me.

[下午 07:35:41] Aron Online: My neighbor is good at doing some tricks to amuse kids.

[下午 07:37:13] Aron Online: tricky = not to be trusted

[下午 07:39:18] Naomi Lu: He is a tricky client because he often asked us to send him some free spare parts, but nerve sent the scrapped parts back.

[下午 07:39:29] Aron Online: …., but never sent the scrapped ones back.

[下午 07:41:03] Naomi Lu: prank=practical joke

[下午 07:42:46] Naomi Lu: He tricked me into investing my life savings in his company..

[下午 07:43:06] Naomi Lu: dwarf 侏儒 dwarfism侏儒症

[下午 07:43:30] Aron Online: It’s immoral to play a prank on dwarfs.

[下午 07:43:42] Naomi Lu: Playing a prank on dwarfs is immoral.

[下午 07:44:08] Naomi Lu: torso 軀幹

[下午 07:44:32] Naomi Lu: four feet tall 數字+單位詞+形容詞

[下午 07:44:38] Aron Online: four meters deep

[下午 07:44:45] Aron Online: four feet long

[下午 07:44:52] Aron Online: four feet wide

[下午 07:44:59] Aron Online: four feet thick

[下午 07:45:07] Aron Online: four years old

[下午 07:46:05] Aron Online: four kilos in weight (數字+單位詞+ in+名詞) (重量)

[下午 07:46:25] Aron Online: four meters in height (高)

[下午 07:46:37] Aron Online: four centimeters in length (長)

[下午 07:46:48] Aron Online: four inches in width (寬)

[下午 07:46:59] Aron Online: four inches in girth (周長)

[下午 07:47:35] Aron Online: The mountain has a height of 4,000 meters.

[下午 07:47:39] Naomi Lu: The height of the mountain is 4,000 meters.

[下午 07:48:03] Aron Online: The length of the bridge is 800 meters.

[下午 07:48:27] Aron Online: a two-hour class = a two hours class

[下午 07:48:53] Aron Online: the 1,500-meter race = the 1,500 meters race

[下午 07:49:12] Aron Online: a eight-year girl = a eight years girl

[下午 07:51:14] Aron Online: She came in/won first place in the 100-meter race.

[下午 07:52:13] Aron Online: place=名次

[下午 07:53:33] Aron Online: come third = come in third place

[下午 07:53:59] Naomi Lu: 不用加the…

[下午 07:54:50] Aron Online: pantry ['pæntri] - a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

[下午 07:55:06] Naomi Lu: stool 凳子

[下午 07:55:25] Aron Online: for instance = for example

[下午 07:55:57] Naomi Lu: extension 加長, 擴大

[下午 07:56:22] Aron Online: put “grant” in your sentence

[下午 07:57:49] Naomi Lu: My foreigner teacher has been granted a visa extension for another six months.

[下午 07:58:56] Naomi Lu: We are wondering if the extension of the deadline can be the end of next week the 31^st of Dec ?

[下午 08:00:07] Naomi Lu: . We are wondering if it’s possible to extend the deadline to the end of next week?

[下午 08:00:36] Aron Online: Please contact me at 123-123, extension 456.

[下午 08:00:51] Aron Online: You can reach me at 123-123, extension 456.

[下午 08:01:33] Aron Online: Can I have extension 456 please?

[下午 08:01:45] Naomi Lu: Please call me at 123-123. The extension is 456.

[下午 08:02:13] Aron Online: The extension of the building has been successfully completed.

[下午 08:02:22] Naomi Lu: 擴建....

[下午 08:02:47] Naomi Lu: I have hung out two clothes.

[下午 08:03:04] Aron Online: hang out with some people….

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Unpolished Diamond

How a person reacts to criticism often means the difference between success and failure. Take the case of Ole Bull, the famous Norwegian violinist of the 19th century.

His practical father, a chemist, sent him to the University of Christiania to study for the ministry and forbade him to play his beloved violin. He promptly flunked out and, defying his father, devoted all his time and energy to the violin. Unfortunately, though he had great ability, his teachers were relatively unskilled, so that by the time he was ready to start his concert tour he wasn’t prepared.

In Italy a Milan newspaper critic wrote: "He is an untrained musician. If he were a diamond, he should be certainly in the rough and unpolished." There were two ways Ole Bull could have reacted to that criticism. He could have let it make him angry, or he could learn from it.

Fortunately he chose the latter. He went to the newspaper office and asked to see the critic. The astounded editor introduced him. Ole spent the evening with the 70-year-old critic, asked about his faults, and sought the older man’s advice on how to correct them. Then he canceled the rest of his tour, returned home, and spent the next six months studying under really able teachers. He practiced hours upon hours to overcome his faults. Finally, he returned to his concerts and, when only 26, became the sensation of Europe .

[下午 08:57:55] Tutor Janny : hi

[下午 08:58:01] Tutor Janny : good afternoon

[下午 08:58:29] Michael Fan: good afternoon

[下午 08:58:34] Michael Fan: Let me call you. ok ?

[下午 08:58:48] *** 撥打給 Tutor Janny ，通話時間 53:30。 ***

[下午 09:00:07] Michael Fan: i slept late

[下午 09:08:04] Tutor Janny : go off = ring

[下午 09:08:22] Tutor Janny : went off = rang

[下午 09:08:28] Michael Fan: When my alarm clock went off, I still stayed in bed for a while.

[下午 09:08:41] Michael Fan: My alarm clock rang at 8am this morning, so I slept late.

[下午 09:09:54] Tutor Janny : watch

[下午 09:10:13] Michael Fan: watched some videos on Youtube last night

[下午 09:04:18] Tutor Janny : disgusting

[下午 09:04:20] Tutor Janny : gross

[下午 09:04:28] Tutor Janny : scary

[下午 09:07:32] Michael Fan: asked details about them

[下午 09:07:39] Michael Fan: asked them in detail

[下午 09:08:11] Michael Fan: details of it

[下午 09:09:42] Tutor Janny : Do you still remember every detail of your Graduation Day ?

[下午 09:10:19] Michael Fan: Do you still remember the details of what happened on your graduation day ?

[下午 09:15:09] Michael Fan: roared with laughter

[下午 09:16:25] Michael Fan: /f/

[下午 09:16:34] Tutor Janny : near

[下午 09:16:38] Tutor Janny : nearer

[下午 09:16:50] Tutor Janny : poor

[下午 09:16:53] Tutor Janny : poorer

[下午 09:17:17] Michael Fan: clear

[下午 09:17:20] Michael Fan: clearer

[下午 09:18:25] Tutor Janny : laughter ['lɑ:ftə; 'læf-]

[下午 09:22:32] Tutor Janny : move on to the new one

[下午 09:27:51] Tutor Janny : practiced

[下午 09:28:42] Tutor Janny : fine

[下午 09:29:12] Michael Fan: finer

[下午 09:29:59] Michael Fan: polished

[下午 09:30:43] Tutor Janny : I polished my shoes with a brush

[下午 09:32:09] Tutor Janny : If you polish the article, we will print it in the newspaper

[下午 09:32:29] Michael Fan: If you polish your article well, we will publish it in the newspaper.

[下午 09:34:10] Tutor Janny : remark

[下午 09:34:12] Tutor Janny : comment

[下午 09:35:03] Tutor Janny : thanks for your criticism

[下午 09:36:12] Michael Fan: means 意味著

[下午 09:36:34] Michael Fan: you are so mean. adj.

[下午 09:37:55] Michael Fan: ministry

[下午 09:38:13] Tutor Janny : government

[下午 09:38:17] Michael Fan: official 官員

[下午 09:39:02] Michael Fan: 公務員

[下午 09:39:09] Tutor Janny : civil servant

[下午 09:39:37] Tutor Janny : city

[下午 09:40:10] Michael Fan: forbid

[下午 09:40:10] Tutor Janny : forbidden city

[下午 09:40:54] Michael Fan: forbid , forbade, forbidden

[下午 09:41:39] Tutor Janny : sweets

[下午 09:41:42] Tutor Janny : candy

[下午 09:41:56] Michael Fan: he forbade his children to have sweets/candies.

[下午 09:42:26] Tutor Janny : no smoking

[下午 09:42:54] Tutor Janny : The entry is forbidden.

[下午 09:43:27] Tutor Janny : It's forbidden to enter.

[下午 09:43:55] Michael Fan: flunk out – expelled because of failing to get a passing grade

[下午 09:44:51] Michael Fan: 退學 (主因課業成續被退學)

[下午 09:45:09] Tutor Janny : expel

[下午 09:45:17] Michael Fan: He was expelled. (不論課業考試或品行操守, 被退學)

[下午 09:46:12] Tutor Janny : The headmaster may expel the boy from the school

[下午 09:47:00] Tutor Janny : drop out of school

[下午 09:47:04] Tutor Janny : quit school

[下午 09:48:26] Tutor Janny : she flunked (in) her English exam

[下午 09:48:35] Michael Fan: 考試不及格

[下午 09:48:43] Tutor Janny : she failed (in) her English exam

[下午 09:50:10] Tutor Janny : He flunked out of the flight training.

[下午 09:52:24] *** 通話結束 ***

[下午 09:54:47] *** 來自 Tutor Janny  的電話，通話時間 36:57。 ***

[下午 09:56:42] Michael Fan: defy

[下午 09:57:11] Tutor Janny : disobey

[下午 09:57:15] Tutor Janny : rebel

[下午 09:58:42] Tutor Janny : rebel against

[下午 10:00:37] Tutor Janny : I am against you.

[下午 10:00:56] Tutor Janny : fight for

[下午 10:08:03] Tutor Janny : fight against

[下午 10:10:17] Tutor Janny : The people in Paris fight against the government for increasing retirement age.

[下午 10:07:10] Michael Fan: the people in Taiwan rebel again/defy the government for canceling the pension.

[下午 10:07:19] Tutor Janny : obey = listen to

[下午 10:08:03] Tutor Janny : decrease

[下午 10:08:13] Michael Fan: for decreasing the pension

[下午 10:11:20] Michael Fan: If he were a diamond, he should be in the rough...

[下午 10:11:56] Michael Fan: If I were you, I should come here early.

[下午 10:12:58] Michael Fan: 與現在事實相反的假設, If were/過去V, 主+should/could/would V原…….

[下午 10:13:15] Michael Fan: If I had told you, you wouldn’t have made the mistakes.

[下午 10:14:53] Michael Fan: 與過去事實相反的假設, If had V完成, 主+would/could/should have V完成…..

[下午 10:15:35] Michael Fan: latter <-> former

[下午 10:15:40] Tutor Janny : astound =astonish

[下午 10:15:45] Michael Fan: =very surprised

[下午 10:16:04] Tutor Janny : be astounded at/by

[下午 10:16:48] Michael Fan: I am astounded at the news that you are pregnant.

[下午 10:16:55] Tutor Janny : I was astonished at the news of his sudden death.

[下午 10:17:24] Michael Fan: to hear that you are pregnant

[下午 10:17:49] Michael Fan: I was astounded by what you did for me.

[下午 10:17:59] Michael Fan: ……..at what you did to me

[下午 10:18:35] Michael Fan: you astounded me.

[下午 10:18:42] Michael Fan: you scared me.

[下午 10:18:57] Michael Fan: so scary adj.

[下午 10:19:01] Tutor Janny : scare vb.

[下午 10:19:50] Michael Fan: seek = look for

[下午 10:20:03] Michael Fan: seek sought sought

[下午 10:20:34] Tutor Janny : seek a quarrel with someone

[下午 10:21:04] Michael Fan: Are you seeking a quarrel with me ?

[下午 10:21:15] Tutor Janny : seek fame and gain

[下午 10:21:32] Michael Fan: I am seeking a job.

[下午 10:21:47] Michael Fan: I am seeking some information about/of something online.

[下午 10:22:03] Tutor Janny : seek advice from someone

[下午 10:23:05] Michael Fan: about how to cook a big meal

[下午 10:23:58] Michael Fan: ….advice on/about how to correct them

[下午 10:24:39] Tutor Janny : hours after hours

[下午 10:24:57] Michael Fan: =upon hours

[下午 10:25:37] Michael Fan: for many hours

[下午 10:27:52] Tutor Janny : overcome shortcomings

[下午 10:28:02] Tutor Janny : weak point

[下午 10:28:09] Tutor Janny : strong point

[下午 10:29:33] Michael Fan: I was overcome by the heavy work.

[下午 10:30:53] Michael Fan: He is the sensation in the city

[下午 10:31:40] Michael Fan: The article caused a sensation.

[下午 10:32:27] Michael Fan: His remark caused a sensation in the 21st century.

[下午 10:32:38] *** 通話結束 ***

[下午 10:32:52] Tutor Janny : have a good day

[下午 10:33:01] Michael Fan: same to you

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Positivity Makes a Difference

Positivity makes the difference between Heaven and Hell. There is a Korean story that illustrates this. Once upon a time there was a little boy who used to pray to God for an opportunity to see Heaven and Hell so that he could make up his mind on where to go.

One day his prayers were answered. God deputed an angel to guide the boy on his excursion to Heaven and Hell. He was taken, first, to Hell. What he saw there was different from all that he had Heard about Hell. He found a huge dining table piled up with excellent food and people sitting around the table looking famished and miserable.

The reason for this was that they had to eat their food with chopsticks and they were given chopsticks bigger than walking sticks, with which they could not feed themselves. So they were all sitting in front of tasty and appetizing food, tortured by hunger but unable to eat.

The boy decided then and there that Hell was not the place for him. So he was taken to Heaven. On arrival there, what he found truly astonished him. He found the same enormous table, the same fabulous menu and even the same huge chopsticks. But there was a glorious difference; the people sitting around the table were looking visibly happy.

This surprised him no end. Then, in a moment, the difference dawned on him. Unlike the people in Hell, these men and women were feeding each other across the table with the long chopsticks. In simple terms, they had the capacity to respond positively to each other and to the given problem. The huge chopsticks were a problem only in respect of feeding oneself, but they were a blessing in respect of feeding their neighbors sitting at a distance.

Heaven, in short, is a place where people respond positively to each other. As a matter of fact, there are many “huge chopsticks” in our way to success. Only when we react positively to them can we transform the problems into driving force and finally achieve success. So you see, positivity also makes the difference between success and failure.

[2010-11-16 13:58:03] Joyce: Hi, Madam Margaret

[2010-11-16 13:58:15] Joyce: I am ready

[2010-11-16 13:58:55] AET Margaret: Hi

[2010-11-16 13:58:59] AET Margaret: Good afternoon!!

[2010-11-16 13:59:07] *** 來自 AET Margaret 的電話，通話時間 1:04:15。 ***

[2010-11-16 14:00:19] AET Margaret: grade two

[2010-11-16 14:00:27] Joyce: My daughter is studying in grade two in Elementary school.(in the second grade)

[2010-11-16 14:00:58] Joyce: My husband takes her to school by motorcycle in the mornings and I pick her up from school by car at noons or in the afternoons.

[2010-11-16 14:01:11] Joyce: drive my daughter home from school

[2010-11-16 14:01:23] AET Margaret: get down to the business/ get to the point

[2010-11-16 14:01:55] AET Margaret: illustrate – show, explain, demonstrate

[2010-11-16 14:02:13] AET Margaret: Once upon a time – long time ago

[2010-11-16 14:02:20] AET Margaret: prayer – something the boy said to God

[2010-11-16 14:02:49] AET Margaret: depute – give someone else the authority/power to represent you or do something for you

[2010-11-16 14:02:53] Joyce: depute sb to do sth…

[2010-11-16 14:03:08] AET Margaret: excursion -- journey

[2010-11-16 14:03:35] Joyce: make up one’s mind on sth /to do sth => decide on sth /to do sth

[2010-11-16 14:03:57] Joyce: pile up 堆疊 be piled up with..

[2010-11-16 14:04:25] AET Margaret: famished – very hungry

[2010-11-16 14:05:09] AET Margaret: miserable – poor, pitiful

[2010-11-16 14:05:43] Joyce: chopsticks 筷子

[2010-11-16 14:06:22] AET Margaret: appetizing – flavorous, savory (savoury) food smells or looks attractive; making you feel hungry or thirsty

[2010-11-16 14:07:23] Joyce: torture 折磨

[2010-11-16 14:07:42] Joyce: They were tortured by hunger.

[2010-11-16 14:08:23] AET Margaret: On arrival there, what he found truly astonished him.

[2010-11-16 14:09:41] AET Margaret: On arriving there, what he found truly surprised him.

[2010-11-16 14:10:56] AET Margaret: When he arrived there, what he found truly astounded him.

[2010-11-16 14:11:30] AET Margaret: “astonish” It emphasizes/stresses the second syllable.

[2010-11-16 14:11:50] AET Margaret: enormous – huge, large

[2010-11-16 14:13:13] AET Margaret: fabulous -- unbelievable

[2010-11-16 14:14:22] Joyce: there was a glorious difference 可觀的差異

[2010-11-16 14:16:27] AET Margaret: visibly shocked, visibly nervous

[2010-11-16 14:17:42] AET Margaret: Her face visibly/obviously/plainly caught the sun while traveling to South-East Asia .

[2010-11-16 14:19:58] AET Margaret: phonetic symbols

[2010-11-16 14:21:33] Joyce: no end => a lot => very much

[2010-11-16 14:21:38] AET Margaret: no end -- on and on for a long time

[2010-11-16 14:22:37] AET Margaret: It upset me no end to hear the bad news from them.

[2010-11-16 14:23:17] AET Margaret: There is no end to his attempts at winning a scholarship.

[2010-11-16 14:24:49] AET Margaret: There seems to be no end to his grumbles.

[2010-11-16 14:26:15] Joyce: We had no end of trouble getting them to agree.

[2010-11-16 14:27:06] Joyce: We got no end of trouble having them agree.

[2010-11-16 14:29:09] AET Margaret: We have no doubt about his success.

[2010-11-16 14:30:13] AET Margaret: There is no doubt that he will achieve success.

[2010-11-16 14:30:38] AET Margaret: No doubt He will win this lawsuit.

[2010-11-16 14:31:13] Joyce: complex => complicated

[2010-11-16 14:31:34] AET Margaret: simplify

[2010-11-16 14:31:35] Joyce: 簡化

[2010-11-16 14:35:40] Joyce: dawned on him 頓悟

[2010-11-16 14:37:04] Joyce: The boy realized the difference

[2010-11-16 14:37:25] Joyce: understood

[2010-11-16 14:37:56] AET Margaret: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

[2010-11-16 14:38:58] Joyce: consciousness 意識

[2010-11-16 14:40:58] Joyce: in simple terms => in simple words => in a word => in short

[2010-11-16 14:42:32] Joyce: capacity 能力

[2010-11-16 14:42:40] AET Margaret: they had the ability to respond to…

[2010-11-16 14:43:08] AET Margaret: wisdom

[2010-11-16 14:43:51] AET Margaret: they were capable to respond to…

[2010-11-16 14:44:05] AET Margaret: get the access to the internet

[2010-11-16 14:54:09] Joyce: in respect of...

[2010-11-16 14:54:38] AET Margaret: as for

[2010-11-16 14:54:59] AET Margaret: as to

[2010-11-16 14:56:12] Joyce: in respect of =>as for / as to => about

[2010-11-16 14:57:27] AET Margaret: as a matter of fact -- in fact

[2010-11-16 14:59:35] AET Margaret: Only when we transform the problem into driving force can victory be won.

[2010-11-16 15:01:36] AET Margaret: =Victory can be won only when we transform the problem into driving force.

[2010-11-16 15:02:14] AET Margaret: reverse, invert, turn around

[2010-11-16 15:02:36] AET Margaret: driving force -- a power to push sb forward

[2010-11-16 15:03:10] AET Margaret: transform into – change to

[2010-11-16 15:03:24] Joyce: Our next class is at 2-3pm this Thursday on the 18^th of Nov.

[2010-11-16 13:03:26] *** 通話結束 ***

以上感謝學員Joyce Cheng分享上課筆記

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