Yesterday was a rainny day, and I was unhappy.
Many activities, tests, reporters, and works were chasing behind me.
Sometimes, I feel that I am out of breath.
I fell out with my friend yesterday.
I can not bear the mode which she talked with me.
After I told her she made me uncomfortable, we had a chat until AM1:00.
We talked a lot, and we be friends again.
After solving the problem, I feel so relaxed, even though there still are many tests wait for me.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
BUSY
These days, we have the second midterm.
We had an exam almost every week.
I am so tired that can not to post many literary works.
Next week, I have a report to make.
The article is The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to introduce NO.
Years ago, many people considered NO is a harmful substance.
Now, we know the NO equals to EDRF, the enzyme in human's body.
Anyhow, I hope we can make a perfect report.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Unit 7 Language and literature - Hamlet
1. What are the major characters in Hamlet and what are their relationship?
2. What does the name Cain imply and how?
3. How did Hamlet make a pun of “lie”?
4. Why did tanner last longer?
5. Do you think it is correct for Hamlet to take a revenge for his father?
6. Who was Yorick? And how differently Hamlet and Gravedigger think of him?
7. Who was Horatio and what was his role in Hamlet?
2. What does the name Cain imply and how?
3. How did Hamlet make a pun of “lie”?
4. Why did tanner last longer?
5. Do you think it is correct for Hamlet to take a revenge for his father?
6. Who was Yorick? And how differently Hamlet and Gravedigger think of him?
7. Who was Horatio and what was his role in Hamlet?
Unit7 part1 Ouestions
What is the evolution of language from old English, Middle English and Modern English?What are their features?
Old English developed from the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages, was characterized by limited vocabulary with word endings that identified the gender, number and case of words. Middle English was distinguished by a large influx of French words into the language, and the shift to more simplified word forms. Modern English featured a move toward standardization of the language by formalizing both usage spelling.
In the 17th and 18th century, why did some writers hold a low opinion of English? How did English writers at that time solve this problem?
They felt that because French and Latin followed specific patterns and rules, these languages were more prestigious than English. Such writers concluded that the corruption they saw in their native tongue could be improved by standardization of the language.
What is the purpose of English academy?
Move toward standardization .
Describe prescriptive and descriptive grammar.
A few of the rules proposed in the prescriptive grammar texts of Dryden’s time were changes in the use of double negatives, contractions, and spellings. Such rules are known today as prescriptive grammar. Writers of this second kind of grammar texts objectively described the rules native speakers seemed to follow. This kind of grammar was referred to as descriptive.
Give me some examples of the debate between the prescriptivists and the descriptivists.
Prepositions show up quite regularly at the end of sentences. Prescriptivists aiso view the usage of “ain’t” as a contraction of “am not” as inelegant and wrong, whereas many dictionaries list “ain’t”, indicating the word is used by speakers of English. The prescriptivists also disallow regional usage that does not follow the standard rules of English.
Is corruption of the English language a problem? What are the opinion of prescriptivists and descriptivists?
The descriptivists’s answer is that English is changing, as all languages must, but that such change is not a corruption of the language. Living languages must change, adapt, and grow. Whether change is good or bad is not the question, descriptivists say, because change is inevitable. The only languages no longer in flux are those no longer in use.
Old English developed from the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages, was characterized by limited vocabulary with word endings that identified the gender, number and case of words. Middle English was distinguished by a large influx of French words into the language, and the shift to more simplified word forms. Modern English featured a move toward standardization of the language by formalizing both usage spelling.
In the 17th and 18th century, why did some writers hold a low opinion of English? How did English writers at that time solve this problem?
They felt that because French and Latin followed specific patterns and rules, these languages were more prestigious than English. Such writers concluded that the corruption they saw in their native tongue could be improved by standardization of the language.
What is the purpose of English academy?
Move toward standardization .
Describe prescriptive and descriptive grammar.
A few of the rules proposed in the prescriptive grammar texts of Dryden’s time were changes in the use of double negatives, contractions, and spellings. Such rules are known today as prescriptive grammar. Writers of this second kind of grammar texts objectively described the rules native speakers seemed to follow. This kind of grammar was referred to as descriptive.
Give me some examples of the debate between the prescriptivists and the descriptivists.
Prepositions show up quite regularly at the end of sentences. Prescriptivists aiso view the usage of “ain’t” as a contraction of “am not” as inelegant and wrong, whereas many dictionaries list “ain’t”, indicating the word is used by speakers of English. The prescriptivists also disallow regional usage that does not follow the standard rules of English.
Is corruption of the English language a problem? What are the opinion of prescriptivists and descriptivists?
The descriptivists’s answer is that English is changing, as all languages must, but that such change is not a corruption of the language. Living languages must change, adapt, and grow. Whether change is good or bad is not the question, descriptivists say, because change is inevitable. The only languages no longer in flux are those no longer in use.
Monday, May 14, 2007
The Summary of Unit7-1
Fixing the English Language
The English language first developed from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. One of the major changes in the language from Old English to Middle English was the influx of French words into the language. During the shift from Middle to Modern English, spelling and grammar rules were introduced to standardize usage. Writers who supported this standardization of the language held the opinion that, compared to Latin and French, English was inelegant due to its lack of rules.
These writers set down prescriptive rules of grammar and spelling for others to follow. However, some modern linguists argue that grammars should describe the actual usage of the language rather than force rules upon native speakers of the language. The debate between prescriptive and descriptive grammar continues.
The English language first developed from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. One of the major changes in the language from Old English to Middle English was the influx of French words into the language. During the shift from Middle to Modern English, spelling and grammar rules were introduced to standardize usage. Writers who supported this standardization of the language held the opinion that, compared to Latin and French, English was inelegant due to its lack of rules.
These writers set down prescriptive rules of grammar and spelling for others to follow. However, some modern linguists argue that grammars should describe the actual usage of the language rather than force rules upon native speakers of the language. The debate between prescriptive and descriptive grammar continues.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Mothering Day
History of Mothering SundayMost Sundays in the year churchgoers in England worship at their nearest parish or "daughter church".Centuries ago it was considered important for people to return to their home or "mother" church once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone would visit their "mother" church, or the main church or Cathedral of the area. Inevitably the return to the "mother" church became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home. (It was quite common in those days for children to leave home for work once they were ten years old.)And most historians think that it was the return to the "Mother" church which led to the tradition of children, particularly those working as domestic servants, or as apprentices, being given the day off to visit their mother and family.As they walked along the country lanes, children would pick wild flowers or violets to take to church or give to their mother as a small gift.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Pricilla's Day
Finally, we finished the first midterm.
This blog was wasted for one month.
I think I should paste some writings.
May 4, is Pricilla's birthday.
We bought a wisp of cake, and took many pictures to commemorate.
These are part of pictures:
Saturday, April 14, 2007
POEM
A Deux
I pinch your arm,
You twist my legs,
I make you cry,
You make me beg,
I dry your eyes,
You wipe my nose,
And that's the way
The kissing goes
You twist my legs,
I make you cry,
You make me beg,
I dry your eyes,
You wipe my nose,
And that's the way
The kissing goes
This poem is a couple's story.
They are jangling, and fighting.
Even though they pinch each other, they still in love with each other.
Because the last sentence is "The kissing goes."
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A Winter's Tale
Yesterday the feilds were only grey with scattered snow,
And now the longest grass-leaves hardly emerge;
Yet her deep footsteps mark the snow ,and go
On towards the pines at the hill's verge.
I cannot see her, since the mist's pale scarf
Obscures the dark wood and the full orange sky;
But she's waiting, I know, impatient and cold, half
Sobs struggling into her frosty sigh.
Why does she come so promptly, when she must know
She's only the nearer to the inevitable farewell?
The hill is steep, on the snow my steps are slow-
Why does she come, when she knows what I have to tell?
And now the longest grass-leaves hardly emerge;
Yet her deep footsteps mark the snow ,and go
On towards the pines at the hill's verge.
I cannot see her, since the mist's pale scarf
Obscures the dark wood and the full orange sky;
But she's waiting, I know, impatient and cold, half
Sobs struggling into her frosty sigh.
Why does she come so promptly, when she must know
She's only the nearer to the inevitable farewell?
The hill is steep, on the snow my steps are slow-
Why does she come, when she knows what I have to tell?
The poem symbolizes sadness.
Poet used grey, pale, dark, and orange colors to show his mood.
And the sentence" She's only the nearer to the inevitable farewell "
is the center of the poem.
These are the information of English study group which I paticipated.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Joke
A Busy Patient
Patient: Doctor, I feel so weak.
Doctor: Okay, let me check.
Patient: What's wrong with me?
Doctor: You are physically exhausted. You need more nutrition.
Patient: How can I get enough nutrition quickly? I am a very busy man.
Doctor: Intravenous drip.
Patient: How long would it take?
Doctor: A couple of hours.
Patient: (Points to the intravenous drip bottle)
May I drink it? I can finish it in three minutes.
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Salt and Blood Pressure
Father: Shut up! Don't tell your father how to manage our business. I have eaten
more salt than you have rice!
Son: Yes, sir. But no wonder your blood pressure is getting so high.
http://spcedu.tkblind.tku.edu.tw/~bill/en3.htm
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One day, when Harry was using the toilet at a gas station, the man in the next stall suddenly asked, "Hey! How are you doing?"Harry thought it was a little strange to talk to strangers when he was on the toilet, but he also felt that it would be rude if he didn't answer, so he said, "Not bad, how about you?" The man next door asked again, "So, where are you going?" "Oh, I'm going to south on business, "Harry answered. He felt more comfortable this time. "And you?" The man in the next stall got silent for a while, and then he said, "I'll have to call you back later. There is a crazy man next to me that keeps answering my questions before you do!"
http://www.hle.com.tw/bookmark/jhs_en/05/06.htm
Patient: Doctor, I feel so weak.
Doctor: Okay, let me check.
Patient: What's wrong with me?
Doctor: You are physically exhausted. You need more nutrition.
Patient: How can I get enough nutrition quickly? I am a very busy man.
Doctor: Intravenous drip.
Patient: How long would it take?
Doctor: A couple of hours.
Patient: (Points to the intravenous drip bottle)
May I drink it? I can finish it in three minutes.
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Salt and Blood Pressure
Father: Shut up! Don't tell your father how to manage our business. I have eaten
more salt than you have rice!
Son: Yes, sir. But no wonder your blood pressure is getting so high.
http://spcedu.tkblind.tku.edu.tw/~bill/en3.htm
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One day, when Harry was using the toilet at a gas station, the man in the next stall suddenly asked, "Hey! How are you doing?"Harry thought it was a little strange to talk to strangers when he was on the toilet, but he also felt that it would be rude if he didn't answer, so he said, "Not bad, how about you?" The man next door asked again, "So, where are you going?" "Oh, I'm going to south on business, "Harry answered. He felt more comfortable this time. "And you?" The man in the next stall got silent for a while, and then he said, "I'll have to call you back later. There is a crazy man next to me that keeps answering my questions before you do!"
http://www.hle.com.tw/bookmark/jhs_en/05/06.htm
Unit2 (2)
Article: Quantum computer
How it changes the future ofcomputers?
What's Moore's law?
The data density of storable information on a silicon circuit,
and the corresponding computing speed, is doubling every
18 to 24 months. And he predicted that by 2015.
What is a Quamtum computer?
In a quantum computer, information would not be stored
as strings of "1"s and "0"s, but as a series of quantum
mechanical states: spin directions of electrons or polarization
orientations of photons.
What are the two obstacles of quantum computing?
The slightest outside disturbance.
Error correction schemes developed for classical computers
will not work for subatomic computers.
How to overcome this problem?
Scientists are working on a method of spreading information over several qubits.
How does slow and frozen light advance the possibilities of quantum computing?
To imprinted on the atoms' states when the pulse is halted.
How it changes the future ofcomputers?
What's Moore's law?
The data density of storable information on a silicon circuit,
and the corresponding computing speed, is doubling every
18 to 24 months. And he predicted that by 2015.
What is a Quamtum computer?
In a quantum computer, information would not be stored
as strings of "1"s and "0"s, but as a series of quantum
mechanical states: spin directions of electrons or polarization
orientations of photons.
What are the two obstacles of quantum computing?
The slightest outside disturbance.
Error correction schemes developed for classical computers
will not work for subatomic computers.
How to overcome this problem?
Scientists are working on a method of spreading information over several qubits.
How does slow and frozen light advance the possibilities of quantum computing?
To imprinted on the atoms' states when the pulse is halted.
Unit2 (supplemental Reading)
Who is Ivan Goldberg?
He is a psychiatrist and clinical psychopharmacologist working in New York.
How does he build up the website PsyCom.net?
He poke fun at the AmericanPsychiatric Association.
What is IAD and its symptoms?
IAD is Internet addiction disorder.
Symptoms: important social and occupational activities are given up or reduced
because of Internet use.
dreaming about the Internet.
having uncontrolled movements of the fingers as if typing.
What is the new name which Goldberg to IAD?Why?
The new name is pathological Internet-use disorder.
The term IAD makes it sound as if one were dealing with heroin, a truly addicting substance.
He is a psychiatrist and clinical psychopharmacologist working in New York.
How does he build up the website PsyCom.net?
He poke fun at the AmericanPsychiatric Association.
What is IAD and its symptoms?
IAD is Internet addiction disorder.
Symptoms: important social and occupational activities are given up or reduced
because of Internet use.
dreaming about the Internet.
having uncontrolled movements of the fingers as if typing.
What is the new name which Goldberg to IAD?Why?
The new name is pathological Internet-use disorder.
The term IAD makes it sound as if one were dealing with heroin, a truly addicting substance.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Superstar
Yesterday, I saw a superstar, Yenzi.
She is so thin, and not very tall.
If you don't recognize her, you won't
want to see her again.
She looks commonly.
One of my friends likes Yenzi very much,
and I will show of it to him!!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Unit2 (1)
What is Internet addiction?
Spending much time to surf the Web or to use computer too much time is Internet addiction.
What are the symptoms of Internet addiction?
1 Desiring to get online constantly.
2 Needing to use the Internet for longer periods of time in order to find satisfaction.
3 Feeling of restlessness or irritability when not online.
What are some examples of Net Compulsion?
1 compulsive online gambling
2 cybersex compulsion
3 online auction addition
4 obsessive online trading
What are the major factors contributing to Net Compulsion?
1 accessibility
2 control
3excitement
What is the function of Internet-addiction center?
Be opening across the United States to help self-confessed addicts,
with a focus on dressing the underlying problems which may have
contributed to Internet overuse in the first place.
I think students only can online to kill time in C.G.U.
Because of the inconvenient traffic.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Catch a cold
These days, I got a cold. I had a stuffy nose and severe cough and I feel sleepy all day.
Today, It rains heavily. Unfortunately, I forgot bring my umbrella. After eating lunch,
I got wet in the rain. Arriving at dorm, I was so bear. I took the wet clothes away, and
went to bed to sleep.
Today is not my day!!!
Today, It rains heavily. Unfortunately, I forgot bring my umbrella. After eating lunch,
I got wet in the rain. Arriving at dorm, I was so bear. I took the wet clothes away, and
went to bed to sleep.
Today is not my day!!!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
poem
The watch
I wakened on my hot, hard bed,
Upon the pillow lay my head;
Beneath the pillow I could hear
My little watch was ticking clear.
I thought the throbbing of it went
Like my continual discontent.
I thought it said in every tick:
I am so sick, so sick, so sick:
O death, come quick, come quick, come quick,
Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick!
.......................by Frances Cornford(1886-1960)
The poem expressed that people have no choice to face the death.
First, the sentence,"Upon the pillow lay my head", symbolized passive life. Second, poet used "so sick" thrice to make readers feel the man was so weak. Finally, "come quick" appeared many times, and emphasized the man's fear and nerve.
I wakened on my hot, hard bed,
Upon the pillow lay my head;
Beneath the pillow I could hear
My little watch was ticking clear.
I thought the throbbing of it went
Like my continual discontent.
I thought it said in every tick:
I am so sick, so sick, so sick:
O death, come quick, come quick, come quick,
Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick!
.......................by Frances Cornford(1886-1960)
The poem expressed that people have no choice to face the death.
First, the sentence,"Upon the pillow lay my head", symbolized passive life. Second, poet used "so sick" thrice to make readers feel the man was so weak. Finally, "come quick" appeared many times, and emphasized the man's fear and nerve.
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