A Daily Quotation

ThinkExist Dynamic daily quotation

Monday, April 27, 2009

#7 Find a talk, a commercial, or a presentation from YouTube that interests you and add a hyperlink to your blog

David After Dentist


What's medicine the dentist gives him? I don't remember trips to the dentist being that fun. He just look like a drunk!!
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Lisa Wong Wins 60th Narcissus Pageant



This amazing talent act you may have seen it on TV show in Taiwan. That's right!

He is 范學文.

On the weekend, you should go to taipei city hall near the VieShow ciema to see his live show. You can encourage him by putting money into a bucket.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

#6 ESL Podcast 466- Having a Good or Bad Bedside Manner

This is a conversation about doctors and use a lot of vocabulary that doctors might use when you go to visit them.


1. cut out: be created to do something.

2. bedside manner : the way how doctors threat and communicate with their patients .

3. callous: without considering anther person's feelings.

4. turn for the worse: be getting worse. <=> better

5. blurt sth. out:to say something without thinking about it first and how it will sound to the other person.

6.dianosis: is doctor's conclusion about what the medical problem is. It's the doctor's idea about what the problem with your healthy is.

7. soften the news/below: to make it nicer and easier to accept. tell someone something in such a way that it doesm't upset them.

8.prognosis: is the doctor opinion about how your health will change in the future.
if you have a good prognosis that means you will be healthy.
9. reassure: make them feel better about something. similar to confort.

10. feel sorry for Sb.:is to understand the person's difficulty or to empathize with someone.

11. faze sb.: you are surprise because someone else wasn't affective by something or didn't have strong reation with something that he should have reaction to.

12.hysteric: is when you have uncontrol emotions. You can't stop crying because the emotions is so strong than you.

13.compassionate: to be nice or caring to someone.

14. against sb. nature : is something that you can't do, because is not part of your personality.

15. anything but : to emphasize the next word by saying definitely not true.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Tips for Saving Gas

This article is very useful for me. Because I need to ride a scooter for commute from home to school. The gasoline costs a lot of money. With those tips, I will change my driving for saving some money!


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Learn from "Tips for Saving Gas"

Words
1. country: countryside that away from city.
2. gasoline: refer to the liguid gas that a fuel only for your car.
gas: a fuel you put into a car or the fule you might use to stored in your kitchen or your hot water heater at home.
3. mileage: the total number of miles or distance you can go on one gallon of gas.
4. shade: is a part where there are shadows.
5. usage: how much something is use.
6. hood: is a front part of a car metal part cover the engine and mashine in the car.
7. evaporation: happened when you turn ligul into gas.

Phrases
1. Do you often have to fill(加汽油) your gas tank?
2. Cut back on(=reduce) your electronicity usage, and you will save money each month.
3. Light-color car which throw back(=reflect) the heat.
4. Shut it off = Turn it off

Gammar
1. along with (= in addition to)
(I can't catch the example >"<) 2. up for (informal) = you want/able to do something.
ex: Do you up for a movie? Yes, I'm up for it.
up to = You have strength that is necessary for doing something.

My first english presentation...

I was too nervous at the final part of the presentation! I almost forgot what should I say and how to make an end! Becouse time was going out, I couldn't calm down in that situation. Maybe I should not ask teacher that how much time I have. I apologize to my partner for the awful ending. >"<
However, this is an unforgetable experience for me. I learned how to present it better next time. Just be more relaxed.
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A YouTube Downloader supplement:

You can cut a video by YouTube Downloader! When you just want to show an important part of a video for viewers. You can convert the video formats and cut video at the same time.

Step1: Select the box of the cut video function.



Step 2: Set the start time and the end time of the video that you want to cut.






Monday, April 6, 2009

#5 ESL: Meeting Single & Leisure Activities

1. We could whip something up together. whip something up (ph.) : to prepare quikly.
2. "I thought you said before that you quit your job."
3. Getting together with friends on group date.
4. "School is so crazy these days"
5. "10:30 . . .Midnight. It's all the same."

These sentences are useful for me. I can use them to express my feelings easily and clearly.
I can't wait to learn more from ESL.