E-Concussion

Guys,
The hosts of the coming Wed. gathering will be Amy & Leo.
Please see the schedule below:

7:30 ~ 8:10
A. Give your ideas of promoting (separate into 2 groups, choose one product)
a. There are many products in the market, but not all of them appeal to both men and women. Please give your ideas to appeal products as below to the opposite sex.
1.video game 2. American football 3. cosmetic 4. lip balm
b. 3 min. explaining the rule
17 min. brainstorming (think up your own ideas)
10 min. presentation (share ideas to your group)
10 min. show your team’s ideas to the other team

8:10 ~ 8:50
B. Talking about the sexual difference between men and women in following perspectives.
a. relationship of 2 genders (affection)
b. career
Separate into 2 groups (Group A stands for men and B, women). Write down your opinions and try to
defend your standpoints. (a little bit like debate)

8:50 ~ 9:00
C. Let’s take 10

9:00 ~ 9:30
D. Free talks (2 topics, choose one of them or both)
1. Share your experiences about traveling abroad including travel alone or with travel agency or others.
2. Share your special X’mas.

The activities this time will be a little bit difficult than before. Just try you best to show how much you have improved your English during these months.

The more you prepare, the more you'll learn.

Tricky Leo... ha ha ha ^^

dentist 牙醫

oculist 眼科醫生

otolaryngologist 耳鼻喉科醫生

inclination; tendency 傾向

model student 模範生

conditions 條件



to award prizes 頒獎

a stool 馬桶

esoterica；pornography 黃色書刊

hom(e)osexuality 同性戀



*Language Point (handout from Peggy)

Idioms with 'eyes'

 Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally.
If you can ‘do something with your eyes closed’, it means you know something very well and can do it without really concentrating (the metaphorical meaning) not that you actually close your eyes while you are doing something (the literal meaning).
 Idioms are also fixed groups of words so you can't change the wording of an idiom.
For example, you can say ‘She's got eyes in the back of her head' to mean that she is very aware of what's going on around her but you can't say 'She's got eyes in the back of her hands'.
Idioms with 'eye'
to turn a blind eye:
to ignore something that you know is wrong
The professor decided to turn a blind eye to what John had done.

to have eyes in the back of your head:
to know everything and be aware of everything that is happening around you:
She's a primary school teacher so she needs to have eyes in the back of her head when she's looking after 25 seven year-olds.

to see eye to eye:
to agree with or to have the same opinions as someone else
We're really good friends but we just can't see eye to eye on politics.

to see something out of the corner of your eye:
to see something but not clearly because it happens to the side of you or just out of your line of vision
He screamed when he thought he saw a spider out of the corner of his eye.

Idioms with 'eyebrows' and 'eyelids'
not to bat an eyelid (this expression is always used in the negative)
to show no sign of surprise or worry when something unexpected or strange happens
And then, even when my trousers split, she still didn't bat an eyelid.

It raised a few eyebrows
show surprise or worry when something unexpected or strange happens
It raised a few eyebrows when he said he was marrying someone 20 years younger than him.



Need to and Needs-ing

We use 'need' to talk about things we think are necessary to do. We can use two different structures –
1. need / needs to
2. need / needs + V-ing

Need to
We use this form when we want to talk about something that's necessary for someone to do. We usually mention who is going to do it. For example: "I need to go to the dentist" means "It's necessary for me to visit the dentist".

We form this structure with: S. + need/needs to + V.
Ben & Leo need to stop smoking.
We form the negative with: S. + don’t/doesn’t need to + V.
Joyce doesn’t need to stay at the old place after next week.

Need + V-ing
We can use this form when we want to talk about something that is necessary for someone to do. We don't have to say who is going to do it. For example, when we said "The car needs washing" we meant "The car needs to be washed by somebody".

This is a passive structure where the usual subject + verb + object form changes to object + need + verb+ing.

We form this structure with: O. + need/needs + V-ing
The gathering schedule needs posting on the blog before we meet every Wednesday.
We form the negative with: O. + don’t/doesn’t need + V-ing
Peggy’s hair doesn’t need perming.

The procedure on 12/19 as below:

*We are in Paris!
7:30~7:45 Article reading and find the answers
(Five minutes for reading, rest of the time try to find out the answer)
7:45~7:50 please design one day trip in Taipei that you suggest.
7:50~8:00 Work in pairs; discuss your ideas with your partner.

* Fill the blank game
8:00~8:10 Fill the blanks to complete the articles.
8:10~8:30 Check the answer and discuss it
8:30~8:40 Take a break
8:40~8:50 Write the topic about “The event that you proud of the most.”
8:50~9:30 Divide into two group then share it.(Each one gets 8-10 mins to share)
*If you can, pls prepare it in advance.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wed.
Carey & Sharon

This is the time to have the second test, so we had a great test time!
Not all of us joined this test, so i sent you all the test paper for review.

OK, forget all the test things.. we had a joke time after that!
there are some funny jokes elected respectively by two groups:

Shavia's group:

Two bananas walking on the street in a heated day!
The frontal banana is feeling so hot.
Suddenly he takes off the clothes,
and then the hind banana soon falls down on the ground...........

Four best friends met at the hospital since their wives were giving births to their babies.
The nurse came up to the first man and said, "Congratulations, you get twins." The man said "How strange, I'm the agent of China Twins." After a while the nurse came up to the second man and said, "Congratulations, you get triplets." Man is cheerful, "Hmmm, I work as a director for the 3 M."
Then, the nurse came up to the third man and said "Congratulations, you get quadruplets." Man was happy and said, "Ironic, I work for the Four Seasons Hotel. All three of them were happy until they saw their last buddy jumping all over the place, murmuring to himself and banging his head on the wall.
They asked him what's wrong and he answered, "What's wrong? I work for 7up"!


James' group:

The patient says, "Doctor, I have a pain in my eye whenever I drink tea."
The doctor says, "Take the spoon out of the mug before you drink."
[mug = cup]

The patient says, "Doctor, you've got to help me. Nobody ever listens to me.
No one ever pays any attention to what I have to say.
The doctor says, "Next, please."

A: Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl?
B: It's a girl. She's my daughter.
A: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know that you were her father.
B: I'm not. I'm her mother.


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hum v.哼唱 She was humming a tune to herself.
strunningly adv. 令人震驚地
herpes n. 泡疹


James

Dear all,

The hostesses this week are Joyce & Peggy.
And the schedule is as following:

19:30-20:00 Language Point-Idioms with eyes
20:00-20:30 Grammar Game
20:30-20:40 Breaktime
20:40-21:20 Speech Contest-Each of you will draw a lot from some topics, prepare for 10 mins, and then present your speech.
21:20-21:40 Free Talk-share your recent life

This time, you don't really need to prepare in advance, just bring your joyful heart and join us!

See you then,
Joyce & Peggy

Daymaker

I hope everyone can set a goal that is to be a Daymaker
The meaning of Daymaker is make people happy , no matter you know them or not ex. your friends ,cutomers,family even strangers

I read this article from internet the author is 朱平 the boss of AVEDA
I think if everyone can have this kind of thought, our world will getting better and better

below is the link of this article
Share with you

http://tw.fashion.yahoo.com/blog/spY4gGBJcv_UBvCMHE6mgQ--/article/?mid=331


Yours
Carey