Jia Chen's Note on CALL

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address 1.diagnose(v.)診斷 【be diagnosed with cancer】 -->to recognize and name the exact character of disease or a problem, by examining it. ex:The specialist(n.)專家；專科醫生 diagnosed cancer. 2.hitchhike(vi.)〈美〉〈口〉作搭便車式的旅行 -->to travel by getting free rides in someone else's vehicle. ex:I would never hitchhike on my own. 3.dogma(n.)(尤指宗教的)教義、教條 -->a fixed, especially religious, belief and  set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without any doubts. ex:I cannot accept the dogma of this church. 4.sedate(v.)給...服鎮定劑 -->to cause a person or animal to be very calm or go to sleep by giving them a drug. ex:When I saw him after accident he was still in shock and was heavily sedated. 5.intuition(n.)直覺 -->(knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts. ex:Often there's no clear evidence (one way or the other)無論如何 and you just have to base you...

P!nk-Perfect Made a wrong turn, once or twice Dug my way out, blood and fire Bad decisions, that's alright Welcome to my silly life Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood Miss, no way it's all good, it didn't slow me down Mistaken, always second guessing Underestimated, look, I'm still around Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel Like you're less than, Fuckin' perfect Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel Like you're nothing you're fuckin' perfect to me You're so mean when you talk About yourself, you are wrong Change the voices in your head Make them like you instead So complicated, look how big you'll make it Filled with so much hatred, such a tired game It's enough, I've done all I can think of Chased down all my demons, see you do the same Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel Like you're less than, fuckin' perfect Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel Like you're noth...

AEE 702: You're Welcome, Sure, No problem-What's the difference?  How to respond to "Thank you": ● "You're Welcome" 【 語調有所不同，可以用來提醒別人有禮貌 ( 謝謝 )】 --> Formal/big deal(watch someone kids)/maybe for older generation ※ " You’re so/very welcome" --> extra welcome/sweet/cute/polite/have a nice rapport with a person something I hear women say more, kind of cute and polite 【 strongly contrast 】 ● "Sure" --> casual/used between strangers/could be impersonal/ fast-paced ● "Of course" -->  could be more heartfelt or more meaningful. This is used when a friend thanks you for being a shoulder to cry on. _________________________________________________________________________ ● "No problem/Not a problem" -->it might be younger/quick conversation/teenagers maybe/ This is casual. ● "Don't worry about it" -->a light favor you do for someone/it’s a same thing like yo...

I think that most of people really care about their appearances and I do either. So, that is the reason why I chose the subject " The way we look ". (http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-151231) Starting from the question, from a study done in UK, which physical attribute were men most likely to say was their favorite? A) their hair B) their face C) their height. My answer is different with Neil. His answer is A) their hair, but mine is C) their height. As far as I know that foreigner usually taller than Asians. In the other hand, most of them have thin hair. I assume that Neil pick A) their hair because he doesn't have thin hair.LOL. The content also talked about either men or peacock cares about their appearances. In the past, appearance stands for attractiveness or does your gene strongest enough?Nowadays, people can do plastic surgery, we all have the chance to be prettier, to have slend...