Assignment 8. Listen to ESL Podcast 528

delight (verb)

/dɪˈlaɪt/ v [T]

to give someone great pleasure or satisfaction

Peter's success at college delighted his family.

retire (verb)

/rɪˈtaɪər//-ˈtaɪr/
to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health

Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity.

to stop taking part in a race or competition because of illness or injury

She retired from the competition after pulling a leg muscle.

offer (verb)

/ˈɒf.ər//ˈɑː.fɚ/
to provide or supply something

It's an organization that offers free legal advice to people on low incomes.
It says in the guide that this area of the countryside offers some of the best walks in England.

require (verb)

/rɪˈkwaɪər//-ˈkwaɪr/ v [T]

to need or make necessary[+ object + to infinitive]

Please telephone this number if you require any further information.

Skiing at 80 miles per hour requires total concentration.

honour (noun)

be pround of something

in honour of sb/sth

be/feel honour bound to do sth

It's a dailog about job, talking wth your boss.

I think it will be helpful for us while we are finding a job

Assignments 7 ： Steve Job's talk

biological (adj)

[before noun] related by birth
She decided to search for her biological mother after her adoptive parents died.

connected with the natural processes of living things

Eating is a biological necessity!

intuition (noun)

an ability to understand or know something immediately without needing to think about it, learn it or discover it by using reason
I can't explain how I knew - I just had an intuition that you'd been involved in an accident.

devastate (ver)

1. to destroy a place or thing completely or cause great damage

2. to make someone feel very shocked and upset

apologize (verb)

to tell someone that you are sorry for having done something that has caused them problems or unhappiness
I must apologize to you for my lateness.

convince (verb)

to persuade someone or make them certain

It's useless trying to convince her (that) she doesn't need to lose any weight.

farewell (noun)

when someone says goodbye

We said our sad farewells and got on the bus.



good sentences：

have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become


you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards

ASSIGNMENT_6：Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

A Healthy Lifestyle

Level:	Topic:	Type:	Speakers:	Length:
medium	health, exercise	conversation	man - woman	01:18

note:

suggest = advise some thing to do

organize = build a team or group

out of shape = not healthy


World of Computers

Level:	Topic:	Type:	Speakers:	Length:
medium	computers	conversation	two men	01:19

note:

hi tech = high tech

website = webpage

information = 資訊

we'll be in touch = good bye

Assignment 5

Day/Date Time Begin Time ended
22/10th Nov. 11:00 11:37
23/10th Nov. 11:37 12:02
Program/Station/Title:Decorating for the Holidays


Your Notes:

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22/10

Foreigners love'in decorating their place in different way

grill=燒烤架

grill out=戶外烤肉

bonfire=大型營火

They usually cook food with bonfire while celebrating.

Candy cane = 拐杖糖

lane = 街


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23/10


Halloween: trick or treat. You can dress in scary decoration to get some candy.

snow ball fight = 打雪仗

sled = 雪橇

sledding 進行式

Question: Is there any rule governing the use of "big" and "large"? If yes, what is it? Use evidences to explain the major difference between the two words. Please limit your answer to 70 words.




Ans:

According my researching on

the research result is.....

about "big"























about "large"


















According to the result:

We found that "large" usually use on describle some thing's size, amount.

For example, large space, large house.


And "big" also can describle size and aount. But it has more meaning .

For example , "big brother" means the eldest brother.

"big success" means the great victory.



When you don't which word should be used, you can choose "big".

Because "big" can instead of "large" in almost situation.

vocabulary

interact

intr.v.

相互作用
To act on each other



representation
象徵

Something that represents, as:

1. An image or likeness of something.
2. An account or statement, as of facts, allegations, or arguments.
3. An expostulation; a protest.
4. A presentation or production, as of a play.

digital

數位

Computer Science Of or relating to a device that can read, write, or store information that is represented in numerical form

Assignment 2-Dictionary Exercise

Field hockey
/ˈfi:ld//ˈhɑ:ki/

陸上曲棍球
[noncount] US + Canada : a game that is played on a field in which each team uses curved sticks to try to hit the ball into the opponent's goal —called also (chiefly Brit) hockey


Archery
/ˈɑɚtʃəri/

箭術,箭藝;射箭運動
[noncount] : the sport or skill of shooting with a bow and arrow —often used before another noun

shot put
/ˈʃɑ:t//ˈpʊt/

鉛球,擲鉛球比賽
an athletic event in which people compete by trying to throw a heavy metal ball (called a shot) as far as possible


Gymnastics
體操;體育

1 [noncount] a : physical exercises for developing strength and balance

▪ They limbered up by practicing some gymnastics on the mat.

b : a sport in which athletes are judged on how well they perform various physical exercises on a mat or on special equipment
▪ She won an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.
▪ He teaches gymnastics at the local high school.


Diving

潛水;跳水
[noncount]
1 : a sport or activity in which people dive into water from a diving board or a platform ▪ He won a gold medal in diving.

2 : a sport or activity in which people swim underwater while using special equipment to breathe
▪ He likes deep-sea diving.
▪ We went diving on the coral reef. —often used before another noun
▪ diving equipment ▪ diving lessons


badminton

羽毛球
[noncount] : a game in which a light feathered object (called a shuttlecock) is hit over a net by players using light rackets



Martial arts

武術
[count] : any one of several forms of fighting and self-defense (such as karate and judo) that are widely practiced as sports
▪ He was trained in the martial arts.


javelin
(運動所用的)標槍[C];擲標槍項目

1 [count] : a long spear that people throw as far as they can as a sport 2 the javelin : an event in which people compete by trying to throw a javelin farther than everyone else



Equestrian

騎馬,騎術
[count] : a person who rides horses


Boxing

拳擊
[noncount] : the sport of fighting someone with your hands while wearing very thick gloves —often used before another noun
▪ a boxing glove
▪ a boxing match
▪ the heavyweight boxing champion of the world

Intoduction

Hello! My name is James,Chinese name is Zih-Jie Li. I came from Tainan. I study in NTUST. And I major in Electronic Engineer.

My hobbies is going window shopping, surfing on interner and reading navels

Sometime I would watch movies with both Chinese and English subtitles onPPS. The horror movies and action movies are really interesting me.