Judy jabbed a jackal in a jungle in June.
Judy's didn't know the jackal was protected.
Judy was sent to the jail in July because of the jackal .
Poor Judy!
2010年7月27日 星期二
2010年7月20日 星期二
Gigi, the Girl
Gigi is a good girl.
Gigi is good to her grandparents.
Gigi is going to be a great girl.
Gigi is the great girl to her parents.
Geee!
Gigi is good to her grandparents.
Gigi is going to be a great girl.
Gigi is the great girl to her parents.
Geee!
Coco and her cat
Coco's friend, Cooco asks, "What are you cooking?"
Coco says, "I'm cooking cat's food."
"For your cat?", Cooco questions.
"Of course, I'll let my cat eat it at our canteen." Coco catches up calmly.
Cooco and et al finally carry the cat's food to the canteen.
Coco says, "I'm cooking cat's food."
"For your cat?", Cooco questions.
"Of course, I'll let my cat eat it at our canteen." Coco catches up calmly.
Cooco and et al finally carry the cat's food to the canteen.
Vivi volunteers to help violence family
Vivi volunteers herself.
Vivi volunteers to help the victims.
Vivi volunteers to help the victims of a violence family.
Vivi drives a van of vegetable to the family.
Vivi's charity act makes the victim family become volunteers.
Vivi volunteers to help the victims.
Vivi volunteers to help the victims of a violence family.
Vivi drives a van of vegetable to the family.
Vivi's charity act makes the victim family become volunteers.
Fred feeds flies with French fries
Fred fed flies with French fries.
Did Fred feed flies with the French fries?
If Fred fed flies with the French fries,
Where the French fires Fred fed fries with?
Did Fred feed flies with the French fries?
If Fred fed flies with the French fries,
Where the French fires Fred fed fries with?
2010年7月13日 星期二
Don Drives a Daewood car
Don drives a Daewoo.
Don doesn't like to drive the Daewoo to Disneyland.
Donald Duck of the Disneyland is what Don doesn't like.
Don won't drive his Daewoo to Disneyland.
Don doesn't like to drive the Daewoo to Disneyland.
Donald Duck of the Disneyland is what Don doesn't like.
Don won't drive his Daewoo to Disneyland.
2010年6月13日 星期日
Annika and Pauline
Why and how does Pauline affect Annika’s destiny?
Pauline is one’s of Annika’s best friends in Vienna. Pauline’s grandfather is the book keeper of a book shop, so Pauline always reads books. Through reading Pauline learns a lot of knowledge and she always use the knowledge to save Annika from danger.
Pauline ‘s knowledge from the books helps save Annika from danger. Pauline joined the plan saving Annika from Grossenfluss. She learnt from the book about how a man let his wife hide in a harp. Pauline then explain the plan according to the book in details. Her knowledge helps save Annika more smoothly.
And she helps change the destiny of Annika from being a No.127 student in Grossenfluss. At the beginning of the story , Pauline is described as a girl who found it difficult to leave the bookshop on her own and she was frightened by the open spaces and strange people. But at the last chapter of The Star of Kazan, Pauline became a brave girl who went to look for the midwife the stranger on her own. The midewire had helped Edeltraut to give birth to Annika. And Pauline realized that the midwife was a disable person who couldn't talk or move hands. So Pauline noticed that the midwife was not be able to sign her name on the document that Edeltraut had shown to prove Annika’s identity : Edeltraut was not the real mother of Annika. It helped the Professors save Annika . And it changed the destiny of Annika because if Annika know Edeltraut is not her real mother, she will not follow Edeltraut to return to Spittal again to let Edeltraut have a chance to trap Annika again.
As a conclusion, Pauline helps Annika a lot. She helps her escape e from Edeltraut who is a liar. She also changes the destiny of Annika from being No.127 in Grossenfluss. Most importantly she helps her find her real mother and be content with her identify. The friendship between them is a strong one. As the saying, “A friend in need is a friend indeed. “ Pauline helps Annika when she is in need. So, it can be concluded that Pauline is a true friend of Annika. .
2010年6月11日 星期五
Questions
Containing a sub-plot which is the premise for the real "Star of Kazan", the book is beautifully written with Eva Ibbotson's classic style and passion. It takes a rather clichéd descriptions but they gives it new depths. Use some examples to elaborate your points of view on it.
A subplot is a secondary plot strand that is a supporting side story for any story or the main plot. Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and place or in thematic significance. Subplots often involve supporting characters, those besides the main characters in the story.
An old lady who Annika befriended in the last days of her life leaves the girl a trunk of imitation jewels but they never arrive. Having made friends with Zed, a half-gypsy servant boy, the two of them find the trunk on a beach and the twists of the story start to unfold.
Aristocrat
1. Although the heroine is a girl and there is a tiny hint of romance here, this is suitably intriguing有魅力地to work as a story that would appeal to both boys and girls. Why?
Who do you think Annika is more fond of: Stefan or Zed?
2. Why and how does Pauline affect the destiny of Annika?
2010年5月28日 星期五
Study Plan
English I (Writing) 9 June, 2010
- argumentative essays
- letter of advice
- story descriptions
English III (Listening & Literature) 14 June, 2010
- Poem & Prose
- Novel
- Listening tasks
English II (Grammar & Reading) 15 June, 2010
- Reading Comprehension
- Reported Speech
- Passive Voice
- Conditional tenses
- Relative Clauses
- somebody, someone, anyone
2010年4月9日 星期五
2010年3月19日 星期五
Letter to Editor
Dear Editor,
I am writing to express my view the protection of environment the responsibility of individuals or of the Government.
I think that the responsibility is of both individuals and the government. As for the government, I think they have taken enough responsibility for protecting the environment. They have law and policy to prohibit littering and spitting in the public. They also have educated the public about protection of environment as individual responsibility. We are required to bring our own bags when we go shopping. This helps decrease the use of plastic bags.
For individuals, we have the responsibility too. We can help save water, energy, and even electricity. We also recycle papers, furniture, even some disposed items. This must be done individually.
If the government and individuals can co-operate with each other, the protection of environment will be much better. I hope my view will help us know more about the individual responsibility in protecting environment.
Yours faithfully
Coco Lin
I am writing to express my view the protection of environment the responsibility of individuals or of the Government.
I think that the responsibility is of both individuals and the government. As for the government, I think they have taken enough responsibility for protecting the environment. They have law and policy to prohibit littering and spitting in the public. They also have educated the public about protection of environment as individual responsibility. We are required to bring our own bags when we go shopping. This helps decrease the use of plastic bags.
For individuals, we have the responsibility too. We can help save water, energy, and even electricity. We also recycle papers, furniture, even some disposed items. This must be done individually.
If the government and individuals can co-operate with each other, the protection of environment will be much better. I hope my view will help us know more about the individual responsibility in protecting environment.
Yours faithfully
Coco Lin
2010年3月12日 星期五
Gerunds and to-infinitives
Gerunds and to-infinitives
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.
1. A: Where would you like to sit?
B: I'd prefer to sit (sit) by the window, if you don't mind.
2. I prefer shopping to visiting museums or art galleries.
I'd rather to paly(play) the guitar than sing.
3. I prefer taking (take) my own food to work rather than buy food there.
4. I'd rather you not to criticize (not/criticize) David. He's a friend of mine.
5. A: This hotel looks nice, doesn't it?
B: I'd rather not to stay ( not stay) in one so close to the station. It might be very noisy.
6. I prefer making (make) my own decisions to asking for advice.
7. A: Helen's working very hard for her exams, isn't she?
B: Yes. I'd rather she to work (work) in the library than at home though. We have to be quiet all the time.
8. A: Are you going to get someone to paint your flat, or are you going to do it yourself?
B: I'd prefer to do (do) it myself, but I haven't got time.
9. I'd prefer to go (go) out for a meal for my birthday rather than have a party.
10. My CD player's broken so the shop has offered to repair it. I'd rather they to give (give) me a new one.
11. Linda is always very quiet in meetings. She prefers listening (listen) to speaking.
12. Thank you for your order. However, we regret informing (inform) you that the shirt you ordered is no longer available.
13. A: Do you remember the walk in the mountains we did a few years ago?
B: Yes, I do. I remember seeing(see) a beautiful waterfall.
14. I can't go on pretend (pretend) that there's nothing wrong with me. I must go to the doctor.
15. I've been here three months and I start to understand (understand) the language better.
16. I can't stop worry (worry) about my interview tomorrow. I'm thinking about it all the time.
17. A: Did you remember to ask (ask) Dan to our barbecue on Saturday?
B: I did, but he said he couldn't come.
18. Do you regret not to finish(finish) your trip? If you're in a small boat, don't stand up. You risk turning (turn) it over.
19. After telling me about the music festival, Kirsty went on describe (describe) Sam's party.
20. Lucy refuses flying (fly) anywhere because she doesn't like planes.
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.
1. A: Where would you like to sit?
B: I'd prefer to sit (sit) by the window, if you don't mind.
2. I prefer shopping to visiting museums or art galleries.
I'd rather to paly(play) the guitar than sing.
3. I prefer taking (take) my own food to work rather than buy food there.
4. I'd rather you not to criticize (not/criticize) David. He's a friend of mine.
5. A: This hotel looks nice, doesn't it?
B: I'd rather not to stay ( not stay) in one so close to the station. It might be very noisy.
6. I prefer making (make) my own decisions to asking for advice.
7. A: Helen's working very hard for her exams, isn't she?
B: Yes. I'd rather she to work (work) in the library than at home though. We have to be quiet all the time.
8. A: Are you going to get someone to paint your flat, or are you going to do it yourself?
B: I'd prefer to do (do) it myself, but I haven't got time.
9. I'd prefer to go (go) out for a meal for my birthday rather than have a party.
10. My CD player's broken so the shop has offered to repair it. I'd rather they to give (give) me a new one.
11. Linda is always very quiet in meetings. She prefers listening (listen) to speaking.
12. Thank you for your order. However, we regret informing (inform) you that the shirt you ordered is no longer available.
13. A: Do you remember the walk in the mountains we did a few years ago?
B: Yes, I do. I remember seeing(see) a beautiful waterfall.
14. I can't go on pretend (pretend) that there's nothing wrong with me. I must go to the doctor.
15. I've been here three months and I start to understand (understand) the language better.
16. I can't stop worry (worry) about my interview tomorrow. I'm thinking about it all the time.
17. A: Did you remember to ask (ask) Dan to our barbecue on Saturday?
B: I did, but he said he couldn't come.
18. Do you regret not to finish(finish) your trip? If you're in a small boat, don't stand up. You risk turning (turn) it over.
19. After telling me about the music festival, Kirsty went on describe (describe) Sam's party.
20. Lucy refuses flying (fly) anywhere because she doesn't like planes.
Letter of advice
_____________________
Dear Coco
Can you give me some advice?
My parents are very strict and never let me go out in the evenings. They are worried I will get into trouble. My other friends are allowed to go out. I really want to spend time with my friends. But, I don't know how to persuade my parents to let me out, especially in the weekends.
I am worried that if I keep obeying them I will lose my friends. What do you think I should do?
Yours
Coco
______________________
Dear Coco,
I am sorry to hear about the problem between you and your parents.
I think that you need to understand your parent’s thought. Why they didn’t let you go out in the evenings is because they want to protect you. You may think that it is a usual thing to go out with friends. But from the view of your parents, they may think that going out in the evenings is somehow not an obedient behavior. A good teenage would usually go home after school.
My suggestion is you ought to sit down and talk with your parents. You should explain why you need to go out in the evening. It is because you want to have a better friendship with your friends. Your friend’s parent also let them to go out in the evenings.
You ought to know that if you do not go out with your friends, you won’t lose your friend. If your friends do not play with you anymore because you do not go out with them in the evening, they are not your true friend.
I hope my suggestion will help you. Write soon and let me know what is going on.
Yours
Coco
Dear Coco
Can you give me some advice?
My parents are very strict and never let me go out in the evenings. They are worried I will get into trouble. My other friends are allowed to go out. I really want to spend time with my friends. But, I don't know how to persuade my parents to let me out, especially in the weekends.
I am worried that if I keep obeying them I will lose my friends. What do you think I should do?
Yours
Coco
______________________
Dear Coco,
I am sorry to hear about the problem between you and your parents.
I think that you need to understand your parent’s thought. Why they didn’t let you go out in the evenings is because they want to protect you. You may think that it is a usual thing to go out with friends. But from the view of your parents, they may think that going out in the evenings is somehow not an obedient behavior. A good teenage would usually go home after school.
My suggestion is you ought to sit down and talk with your parents. You should explain why you need to go out in the evening. It is because you want to have a better friendship with your friends. Your friend’s parent also let them to go out in the evenings.
You ought to know that if you do not go out with your friends, you won’t lose your friend. If your friends do not play with you anymore because you do not go out with them in the evening, they are not your true friend.
I hope my suggestion will help you. Write soon and let me know what is going on.
Yours
Coco
2010年3月5日 星期五
This Week Lesson
1. Chapter 26 - 27 of The Star of Kazan (mark the main incidents/events that signify the develop of the story)
2. Letter of Advice to a friend (social worker about ways to improve the situation)
3. grammar exercises (finish the worksheets)
2. Letter of Advice to a friend (social worker about ways to improve the situation)
3. grammar exercises (finish the worksheets)
2010年2月19日 星期五
2010年2月12日 星期五
The Star of Kazan
Annika is a foundling being happily raised by an unusual family in Vienna. When her “real” mother arrives to claim her, things just don’t seem right. There is an adventure with a trunk full of clothes and jewels, a three-legged dog and a beautiful horse. Annika’s friends in Vienna and her new friend, Zed, help to solve the puzzle and free Annika from a terrible fate.
Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - search for family/history
Crime & Police story Yes
Story of - conman stealing/fraud
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Parents/lack of parents problem? - fighting with bitchy momma
Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - servant
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Austrian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany - Austrian
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - fancy mansion
Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
Homework:
Comprehension worksheet
Proofreading worksheet
Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - search for family/history
Crime & Police story Yes
Story of - conman stealing/fraud
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Parents/lack of parents problem? - fighting with bitchy momma
Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - servant
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Austrian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany - Austrian
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - fancy mansion
Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
Homework:
Comprehension worksheet
Proofreading worksheet
Plot Summary of The Star of Kazan
"Abandoned at birth, 12-year-old Annika has been raised as a servant in the Viennese home of three quirky--but loveable—professors (Emil, Gertrude, and Julius). Annika has two best friends (Stefan and Pauline), adores her surrogate mothers, Ellie (the cook) and Sigrid (the housemaid), and cultivates a special friendship with an elderly neighbor (La Rondine). Although these relationships bring Annika much happiness, she nevertheless secretly longs to be reunited with her birth mother.
One day, Annika's pie-in-the-sky dream comes true: a finely dressed woman arrives with legal documents which declare that Annika is not only her long-lost daughter, but a member of a wealthy, noble-blooded German family to boot. Frau Edeltraut von Tannenberg whisks Annika off to Spittal, a sprawling estate in northeastern Germany. As Annika attempts to adjust to life as an aristocrat, she befriends the stable-boy (Zed) and Spittal's prize stallion, Rocco.
It isn't long before Annika senses that something about Spittal is not quite right. The mansion is enormous—but decaying; the von Tannenberg family is glamorous and noble—but secretive. Annika soon discovers that the von Tannenburg fortune has been gambled away, but her new mother assures her that she has “a plan.” Frau Edeltraut departs on a few mysterious “business trips,” returning with a generous inheritance from a distant relative that ensures a future of leisure and luxury for the von Tannenberg family.
But when Frau Edeltraut ships Annika off to a miserably strict boarding school, Zed suspects that there is more to the von Tannenberg legacy than meets the eye. He bravely rides to Austria on horseback and discloses his suspicions to Annika's Viennese family. As Zed explains, there is reason to believe that Frau Edeltraut has intercepted a trunk of valuable jewels recently bequeathed to Annika by La Rondine.
At Zed's urging, the professors, Ellie, and Stefan travel to Germany and smuggle Annika out of the boarding school. Upon their return to Vienna, Pauline uncovers evidence that Frau Edeltraut is not Annika's birth mother, but merely a selfish woman so desperate to save her family's impoverished estate that she took advantage of an orphan girl's good fortune. In recounting this saga, Ibbotson subtly suggests that a family has more to do with love and genuine affection than bloodlines or lineage. As Annika learns, the family she longs for is, in actuality, the family she already has.
Extracted from the link AllReaders.com:
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_29296.asp
"Abandoned at birth, 12-year-old Annika has been raised as a servant in the Viennese home of three quirky--but loveable—professors (Emil, Gertrude, and Julius). Annika has two best friends (Stefan and Pauline), adores her surrogate mothers, Ellie (the cook) and Sigrid (the housemaid), and cultivates a special friendship with an elderly neighbor (La Rondine). Although these relationships bring Annika much happiness, she nevertheless secretly longs to be reunited with her birth mother.
One day, Annika's pie-in-the-sky dream comes true: a finely dressed woman arrives with legal documents which declare that Annika is not only her long-lost daughter, but a member of a wealthy, noble-blooded German family to boot. Frau Edeltraut von Tannenberg whisks Annika off to Spittal, a sprawling estate in northeastern Germany. As Annika attempts to adjust to life as an aristocrat, she befriends the stable-boy (Zed) and Spittal's prize stallion, Rocco.
It isn't long before Annika senses that something about Spittal is not quite right. The mansion is enormous—but decaying; the von Tannenberg family is glamorous and noble—but secretive. Annika soon discovers that the von Tannenburg fortune has been gambled away, but her new mother assures her that she has “a plan.” Frau Edeltraut departs on a few mysterious “business trips,” returning with a generous inheritance from a distant relative that ensures a future of leisure and luxury for the von Tannenberg family.
But when Frau Edeltraut ships Annika off to a miserably strict boarding school, Zed suspects that there is more to the von Tannenberg legacy than meets the eye. He bravely rides to Austria on horseback and discloses his suspicions to Annika's Viennese family. As Zed explains, there is reason to believe that Frau Edeltraut has intercepted a trunk of valuable jewels recently bequeathed to Annika by La Rondine.
At Zed's urging, the professors, Ellie, and Stefan travel to Germany and smuggle Annika out of the boarding school. Upon their return to Vienna, Pauline uncovers evidence that Frau Edeltraut is not Annika's birth mother, but merely a selfish woman so desperate to save her family's impoverished estate that she took advantage of an orphan girl's good fortune. In recounting this saga, Ibbotson subtly suggests that a family has more to do with love and genuine affection than bloodlines or lineage. As Annika learns, the family she longs for is, in actuality, the family she already has.
Extracted from the link AllReaders.com:
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_29296.asp
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