E-Concussion

THe photos I already sent you in a word file.


This photo was taken with my colleagues in Inventec
my previous company. We all graduated from NTUST so we were getting along with each other very well. And the topic of this photo was to pretend we were hooligans, thus we all held a stick of smoke by lips.

I went to a potential encourage course when studied in graduate school. This photo was about a training which we were asked to accomplish a mission impossible in 2 hours. We had to perform in front of many people like a famous band. And within 2 hours we had to prepare all the equipments, costumes, songs and everything…
I couldn’t believe it that we made it. We were so proud of ourselves and became more self-confident after that mission.


This photo was taken in 東華university. As you can
see there were 3 wooden sculptures behind us. And
my classmates and I just imitated the poses they did.
The left one looks like a sissy boy… ha ha.
The view there was fantastic. I seldom see this kind
of beautiful scenery in schools.


What! I was dancing the steel-pipe dance around a lady! Ha ha… please don’t envy me… ha ha...
I was playing a card game called King’s game.
Of course, I lost so I was punished to sacrifice my image. I am a gentleman not a gigolo. But it seems I was very professional in that dancing in the photo, right?

Dear all,

This week’s hostesses are Peggy and Sharon. Below are exercises we will do on 10/31.

The first one hour、we will do two parts、and we will also divide into two groups.
7:30~8:00 Reading exercise and sharing some skills.
8:00~8:30 Pronunciation exercise
8:30~8:35 Take a rest
8:35~9:30 Award prizes (Two groups)
Each of you have to give an award of the best XXX to each econcussioner
who comes to econcussion on 10/31 (ex. The best "Beauty" is Peggy. Sorry、it's just an example la…). Or you can even share the person
who doesn't come to econcussion. And explain the reason why you want to give this award to the person. If you don't know the person very well、please write down your first impression of the person.
Please prepare it before you come to econcussion. We will let
you write down in the first ten mins、then each of you will have 10 mins to share.

Let's enjoy it.

Looking forward to seeing you,
Peggy and Sharon

An unforgettable experience
Let me share this unforgettable experience, which was happened in a wonderful afternoon when I was 18 years old. As usual I went out to do some office works such as went to bank to save money . After I finished my tasks and ready to back to my office ,I took a taxi and told him “ please go to 復興南路和仁愛路交叉口” thanks then I just wait and took a rest on taxi, 15 minutes after I felt a little wired , why I still at this intersection and I was far away from my office .I just wondered maybe he didn’t go to the right direction but when he keep circling around Taipei city I really felt something strange .at that moment I felt a little scare and don’t know how to do . Suddenly ,one police man asked the driver to stop then asked him “ How can you drive without plate(車牌)” Actually I couldn’t remember what the taxi driver explained ,I just remembered the police man said “ girl , watch out ! Don’t take the taxi without plate, It is so dangerous for you, fortunately you are still in Taipei city, go back to your office right now!

I got down the taxi quickly and take another one to my office , I almost cry in that taxi and I really felt scare when I recalled police man said “ never take the taxi without plate , never !

Girls, remember don’t take the taxi without plate!! It’s quite dangerous!

Carey

We take turns playing each other.

1. What did you eat for breakfast?
2. How did you go to work?
3. what did you eat for lunch?
4. What is the best thing happened today?

Shavia:
1. bread
2. walked
3. sticky rice and a cup of soup
4. was assigned a new task

Joyce
1. sandwich
2. rode a scooter to work
3. a rice box (bento)
4. attend our English Club

Leo
1. milk and bread
2. went to work by scooter
3. fried chicken
4. got an order

James
1. spring roll
2. rode a scooter
3. a bento
4. don't need to go back company working

Paul
1. a half piece of toast
2. by bus
3. a rice box
4. sleep at home

Peggy
1.+3. a sandwich and milk for brunch
2. don't work now
4. come to E-concussion

Sharon
1. bun
2. by bus
3. beef noodle
4. meet a new friend

Carey:
1. tost and ice coffee
2. by bus
3. cake
4. meet Louise

Wally:
1. rice roll and soybean milk
2. lives in the company
3. a lunch box
4. got a Chinese painting

Louise:
1. nothing
2. by bus
3. vegetable, rice and meat
4. join E-concussion

Amy:
1. milk and cereal
2. by MRT
3. a lunch box
4. meet Louise

Vocabulary--translation
1. paparazzi was taken into custody
2. 井字鍵
3. 中秋節
4. octopus and squid
5. 詐騙集團


Phrase
1. asleep at the _ _ _ _ _ = not doing job very carefully
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ driver = the advice is either wrong or unwelcome
3. right up your _ _ _ _ _ _ = something is ideal for you
4. call _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ = gather
5. come _ _ _ _ _ _ = to think of an idea



Grammar
Passive Tense
1. He is writing the report now.
2. They are being helped by me.



Perfect Tense
3. 班已經好幾個月沒來讀書會了，他只喜歡跟我們出去玩。
4. 詹姆斯最近一直做傻事。
5. 里歐在服兵役前曾經跳過國標舞。




*****
The Answer Key:

1. 狗仔隊被拘禁
2. the pound key
3. mid-Autumn festival/Moon festival
4. 章魚和烏賊(也就是"魷魚")
5. the fraud gang

1. wheel
2. backseat
3. street
4. assemble
5. up with


1. The report is being written by him now.
2. I am helping them.

3. Ben has not come to E-concussion Club for several months cause he only likes to play outside with us.
4. James has been doing silly things recently.
5. Leo had played ballroom dance/international standard dance before he served in the army.

From: Shavia's book
Abraham Sung
Minerva Publications

~My neighbors~

Many of us live in housing estates. I live in one myself. The one thing living in a housing estate is that we have many neighbors.
Next to my house on the right lives a family whose parents seem to be always scolding the children. I do not know them very well because they always appear angry. Never a day passes without hearing the children crying and the parents shouting at the top of their voices.
On the other side of my house, however, lives a very quiet and polite family. Mr. Verghese is a quiet man who seems to manage his family very well. Though he has four children, which is one more than the other family, I never hear him scold his children. So his children never cry. What a wonderful family they are.
Further down the road is a family whose radio is switched on most of the time, except late at night. His immediate neighbors must have a tough time putting up with the noise of the radio.
Then there is a family whose members seem to live in a world of their own. Many times we have met along the road and not once has any of them even nod his or her head in acknowledgement. They are not blind or deaf. Yet they can walk straight past as if I am not there at all. I would not say that they are unfriendly. I guess they are simply not interested in knowing their neighbors.
On the opposite side of the road live Mr. Lim and his family. Mr. Lim is a bird-collector. So everyday a dozen or more birds sing melodious tunes right beneath his front porch. It is preferable to the blare of the other neighbor’s radio. However the bird droppings can give off an awful stench.
These are some of the neighbors living near me. There are others that I have yet to meet. However I am careful not to intrude on their privacy. The friendly ones smile or raise their hands. The not-so-friendly ones look away. I have to live among them, friendly or not.

Vocabulary:
1. housing estates: community
2. put up with: stand
3. acknowledgement: Recognition of another's existence
4. porch: roofed shelter over the entrance of a building
5. blare: loud and harsh sound
6. dropping: animal dung/shit
7. stench: foul/disgusting smell


~My classmates~

We are a noisy lot, that is what our teachers say about us. This is largely due to Ah Keong. He is the noisiest of us all. His voice is like that of a bull frog but volumes louder. It seems that he cannot talk softly. Actually he does not talk, he shouts. Perhaps his living with his family of ten children has something to do with it.
In this noisy bunch lives a boy who hardly ever opens his mouth. This is Padma, the boy who sits next to me. He is such a gentle and soft creature that one would think that he is a sissy. This is not so. No one dares call him one for he is a member of the school’s Karate club.
Then there is Doris, our class monitor. She sits right in front of the teacher’s table. She is such a model student that all the teachers love her. We all love her for she does not boss us around. She has given up doing that long ago. All she does is to make sure that the teachers have sufficient chalk and that the classroom is clean.
Right at the back of the class sits our class sleepyhead. Mat seems to need more sleep than others. He catches cat-naps in between lessons. The astounding thing is that he can fall asleep almost instantly. The moment the teacher leaves after a lesson, Mat’s snores start up and we know he is at it again. Remarkably he wakes up when the next teacher arrives.
Every class has a clown. Our class has Jack, otherwise known as “Jacko The Clown”. He is always up to some prank or other, putting tails on the boys’ pants, frogs in the girls’ desks and powdered chalk on the teacher’s chair. So when we hear a girl scream or see men-teachers strolling around with chalk on the seat of their pants, we know that Jacko has struck again.
The other classmates too have their own unique personalities. Each contributes his or her part to our class. All in all we are a group of young children who perhaps are a bit noisy at times, but on the whole are well-behaved and pleasant to be with.

Vocabulary:
1. lot: number of people or things of the same kind
2. bull frog: 牛蛙
3. chalk: similar colored substance used for drawing
4. astouding: shock with surprise
5. snore: snorting made during sleep
6. remarkbly: unusally, impressively
7. prank: piece of mischief
8. stroll: walk in a leisurely way; wonder


~An Forgettable Experience~

Carrying a passenger on a bicycle is an offence punished by law. Everyone knows that but still some of us do it.
I had done it many times before until something happened to teach me never to do it again. It was not the police. Rather it was an unforgettable, and unpleasant, experience.
It happened one evening when my friend Segaran and I wanted to go and visit another friend who lived some distance away. I had a bicycle. Segaran did not. So, as usual, he sat side-saddle on the horizontal bar of the bicycle while I pedaled. We had done it many times before, so it should not be any problem.
Near my friend’s house, we got onto a gravel path made slippery by the recent rain. Still we managed to wobble along, thoroughly enjoying the rough ride.
As we passed by a stream, I made the mistake of going too near the bank. The rain had softened the soil and it could not hold our combined weight. One moment we were going along merrily, the next we were tumbling head over heels into the stream as the bank gave way beneath us.
Splash! Splash! Splash! We plunged into the river bicycle first, followed by Segaran, then me. Normally the stream is only a few centimeters deep with clear water. When we fell in, it was a meter deep with foul black water. The water prevented us from getting badly injured but we also had to pay the price of gulping some of it. It tasted horrible. Segaran got the worst of it for being sandwiched between the bicycle and me, but it was not too bad. We had only a few cuts and bruises. Our pride was far more hurt.
We retrieved ourselves and the bicycle from the stream. We were both dirty and soaking wet. Obviously we were in no condition to visit anyone. So we decided to go home.
We walked all the way home. I had to push the bicycle because its front wheel was bent out of shape. From that moment I vowed never to carry anyone on a bicycle again. Never again do I want to be dirty and wet with cuts and bruises all over my body. Once was enough.

Vocabulary:
1. saddle: rider's seat on a horse, bicycle
2. pedal: work the part pused with the foot to control a machine
3. gravel: with small stones
4. wobble: move
5. bank: at the side of a river
6. tumble: fall
7. plumge: go down suddely