A Look Into the American Presidential Election (Educational purpose)
November 5, 2008 at 3:36 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Go to the link and try to answer the following questions.
The VOTE MAP: http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president
1. Look at the map and see how many popular votes went to Obama and Romney repsectively?
And their percentage? And what about the electoral votes they got respectively?
2. Click on any one of the red- and blue-colored state to see the popular votes going for each candidate and note them down in your response. And how many electoral votes each got from the winning state?
3. Look at the exit polls and see what we learn about the voter’s voting preference based on their background such as gender, age, income, areas of living, religion, or race. Please pick up two exit polls for your analysis and make a brief description of them in response.
Another side of the American Election: Yes or No–The Ballot Measures (Educational Purpose)
(Source of Photo: http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bfz2vv6Xk4a5/610x.jpg)
Along with the election, many states will also have a general ballot measure for the citizens to decide on certain issues, such as gay marriage, abortion, etc.
Now have a look of this section and pick an issue that interest you and make a description of the result of the ballot measure, and state your opinion on this matter in your response.
Click on the following website to look for more and write down your answer in comments on this posting.
Ballot Measure Link:http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/ballot
Wiki on Initiative and Referendum:
In U.S. politics, initiative and referendum is a process that allows citizens of many U.S. states[1] to place new legislation on a popular ballot, or place laws recently passed by the legislature on the ballot, and vote on it. Initiative and referendum, along with recall elections and popular primary elections, is one of the signature reforms of the Progressive Era. It is written into the constitutions of several states, particularly in the Western United States.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiative_and_referendum)
A Good Sense of Scent: Create A Fragrance of Your Own
How would you describe the sweet smell of a rose, the tender and comforting flavor of vanilla ice cream, or the bright and refreshing scent of peppermint? We often perceive the world through of sense of sight and touch, but rarely have we tried to capture the fleeting sense of smell around us in our lives. What would you put on the canvass when you are asking to paint the color of the smell of a grapefruit? How would you try to express yourself, inner thoughts, feelings, emotions, through certain scent or smell? Now go to the following website to look for inspirations to create your own scent. Choose either 1 or 2 to answer in your own blog!
1. Sparkle your imagination through perfumery:
Visit the following two websites, an online perfume shop and a certain British brand of Perfumery. Look for the perfume or cologne that attracts you. While browsing the following samples of Cologne, look for what their tasting notes, that is, the top note, heart note, and base note is respectively. Then imagine what kind of atmosphere, image, or aura the scent is intended to evoke and incense. create a post under the title as “Making Senses of Scents” on your own blog and talk about which perfume, cologne, or eau de toilette attracts you and which you would like to give as a present to someone special. Note down the names, the major notes of the scent, the aura or impression they evoke or create, and the reason why you choose them for yourself and someone special. If possible, insert the image of the fragrance or set up a link to its image.
i. The Perfume Shop: http://www.theperfumeshop.com/
ii. click on the following picture for a perfume brand.
2. A Scent of My Own: Look for Inspirations and create a scent of your own!
Go to the following site and see how certain fragrance is created based on the impression of some artist’s life and work. After the viewing, thinking about what you would like to create for yourself as a unique olfactory signature of yourself. How would you like yourself to smell like?
We all have seen the paintings of Da Vinci, Picasso, and Van Gogh, but once you decide to present what you have seen in their works through colors of scent, what would you do? Take a look of the following examples, and imagine if they smell right and true to the artists.
Some Fun fact about the sense of smelling!
http://www.senseofsmell.org/mss-fun-facts.php
Now stir your imagination and create a scent of your own!
Collocation Explorer and Collocation Search Tool
1. Google Search: “Quotation Mark”
Check how many hits and original text!
2. Collocation Explorer:
http://collocation.stringnet.org/
3. THE CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY
AMERICAN ENGLISH (COCA)
4. Cambridge Dictionary (Online)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
5.
6.Longman dictionary Online:
A Quote on Beauty
What do you consider to be beautiful? And how would you like to define the word “beauty”?
Search online for quotes on beauty that you find most close to what you think and list the reason why you choose the quotes. Post it as a comment to the title.
Examples:
Even I don’t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.
~ Cindy Crawford
It is great to know that even Cindy Crawford, one of the world top models, doesn’t look like what she appears on media. Her honesty gives a great relief to those who aspire to be as glamorous as her and are not granted the wish. Despite her frankness, Cindy is supposed to be far above the average even waking up in a messy look .
The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer.
~ Joan Collins
~ Joan Collins
This is exactly the reason why we need to cultivate inner beauty, which may last longer.
Another Lovely Quote:
Do you love me because I’m beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
~ Oscar Hammerstein, II
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” simply put.
College Entrance Exam and Application
101 年大學繁星、申請及登記分發錄取分數，網址如下,請高三同學參考
繁星 https://www.caac.ccu.edu.tw/star101/101s_z_result/p_html/statics/collegeList_1.php
申請 https://www.caac.ccu.edu.tw/caac101/101a_16h_Sieve/html_g/Standard/collegeList.htm
登記分發 http://www.uac.edu.tw/101data/1010806standard.pdf
101學年學測五標
| 101學年度學科能力測驗 原始分數與級分對照表 |
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國文 | 英文 | 數學 | 社會 | 自然 | |
| 級距 | 6.15 | 6.38 | 6.57 | 8.55 | 8.21 | |
| 級分 | 分數區間 | |||||
| 15 | 86.11 – 108.00 | 89.33 – 100.00 | 91.99 – 100.00 | 119.71 – 144.00 | 114.95 – 128.00 | |
| 14 | 79.96 – 86.10 | 82.95 – 89.32 | 85.42 – 91.98 | 111.16 – 119.70 | 106.74 – 114.94 | |
| 13 | 73.81 – 79.95 | 76.57 – 82.94 | 78.85 – 85.41 | 102.61 – 111.15 | 98.53 – 106.73 | |
| 12 | 67.66 – 73.80 | 70.19 – 76.56 | 72.28 – 78.84 | 94.06 – 102.60 | 90.32 – 98.52 | |
| 11 | 61.51 – 67.65 | 63.81 – 70.18 | 65.71 – 72.27 | 85.51 – 94.05 | 82.11 – 90.31 | |
| 10 | 55.36 – 61.50 | 57.43 – 63.80 | 59.14 – 65.70 | 76.96 – 85.50 | 73.90 – 82.10 | |
| 9 | 49.21 – 55.35 | 51.05 – 57.42 | 52.57 – 59.13 | 68.41 – 76.95 | 65.69 – 73.89 | |
| 8 | 43.06 – 49.20 | 44.67 – 51.04 | 46.00 – 52.56 | 59.86 – 68.40 | 57.48 – 65.68 | |
| 7 | 36.91 – 43.05 | 38.29 – 44.66 | 39.43 – 45.99 | 51.31 – 59.85 | 49.27 – 57.47 | |
| 6 | 30.76 – 36.90 | 31.91 – 38.28 | 32.86 – 39.42 | 42.76 – 51.30 | 41.06 – 49.26 | |
| 5 | 24.61 – 30.75 | 25.53 – 31.90 | 26.29 – 32.85 | 34.21 – 42.75 | 32.85 – 41.05 | |
| 4 | 18.46 – 24.60 | 19.15 – 25.52 | 19.72 – 26.28 | 25.66 – 34.20 | 24.64 – 32.84 | |
| 3 | 12.31 – 18.45 | 12.77 – 19.14 | 13.15 – 19.71 | 17.11 – 25.65 | 16.43 – 24.63 | |
| 2 | 6.16 – 12.30 | 6.39 – 12.76 | 6.58 – 13.14 | 8.56 – 17.10 | 8.22 – 16.42 | |
| 1 | 0.01 – 6.15 | 0.01 – 6.38 | 0.01 – 6.57 | 0.01 – 8.55 | 0.01 – 8.21 | |
| 0 | 0.00 – 0.00 | 0.00 – 0.00 | 0.00 – 0.00 | 0.00 – 0.00 | 0.00 – 0.00 | |
| 級分計算方式如下： | ||||||
| 1.級距：以各科到考考生，計算其原始得分前百分之一考生（取整數，小數無條件進位）的平均 | ||||||
| 原始得分，再除以15，並取至小數第二位，第三位四捨五入。 | ||||||
| 2.本測驗之成績採級分制，原始得分0分為0級分，最高為15級分，缺考以0級分計。各級分與原始 | ||||||
| 得分、級距之計算方式詳見簡章第9~10頁。 | ||||||
98-100 大學學測原始分數與級分對照表
100年大學繁星、申請及登記分發錄取分數，網址如下,請高三同學參考
繁星https://www.caac.ccu.edu.tw/star100/b_result_o/html/statics/collegeList_1.htm
申請https://www.caac.ccu.edu.tw/caac100/100a_Sieve_24/htmlr/standard/collegeList.htm
Talking about Love and Romance
Do you know how to talk about the romantic relationship in English? Here We are about to pick up some common phrases or vocabulary to get you to fall in love in English!
1. First, Let’s begin with a short video teaching you some idioms about a relationship:
http://www.engvid.com/7-common-english-expressions-love-relationships/
Be sure to take the quiz below the video.
Here are more idioms and examples for you to get familiar with those idioms again.
http://kerlynb.hubpages.com/hub/10-Love-Idioms-Explained-to-English-as-a-Second-Language-Learners
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/esl-love-and-marriage1.html
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/esl-love-and-marriage2.html#
2. Different ways to declare your love:
Here you will learn how to say “I love you” in different languages, and some creative ways to declare your love to someone!
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-romantic-words.html
3. 10 ways to say, “Sorry, I don’t love you anymore.”
There are always ups and downs in our lives, and so are there in a relationship. When the heat of love cools down, and moments like this is inevitable. So let’s face the music, and learn how to say the harsh words in a more subtle way!
http://www.englishtown.com/community/channels/article.aspx?articleName=7
4. “Do you still love me?”– Changes and stages of a relationship:
“Nothing gold can stay,” so does a romantic relationship. It may start with a bang, but it won’t stay there forever. There are always changes and stages for lovers to go through.
Think about what the stages of a relationship may be and write down the phrases or vocabulary you know to describe how one may feel, think, or act in each of them!
A little help for you:
Take a look of the animation that gives you a quick look into the topic!
http://thecoupleconnection.net/relationship_insights/changes-and-stages-of-a-relationship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz2iy5OhW7I&feature=player_embedded#!
As you may want to know more about the different stages of a relationship. Here is an article that goes into details.
http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Stages-of-Committed-Relationships&id=528343
NOW Work in groups and work out a quick-fix Vocabulary & idioms list on Stages of Love!
5. How to start a conversation with someone:
http://www.speakenglish.co.uk/phrases/dating_and_romance
http://www.speakenglish.co.uk/phrases/arranging_to_meet
Dating in English >> How Well Do You Know English Love Idioms:
http://www.englishtown.com/community/portal/friends/dating/free.aspx
英文作文寫作練習二 Topic for English Composition: Task 2 Letter Writing
One of the foreign friends you have met on Facebook is coming to visit Taiwan, and you volunteer to be his/her tour guide and show him or her around the city for a day. Now write in a letter to tell him or her what your tour plan is like and why these places or activities are chosen for her.
Be sure to follow the basic format of letter writing.
Examples here:
http://www.letterwritingguide.com/samplefriendlyletter.htm
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12258697/How-to-Write-Informal-Letters
(You may ignore the address and date)
Be creative, and work out a plan that would impress your foreign friends!
英文作文寫作練習一 Topic for English Composition: Task 1 Picture Writing
Use your imagination and create a story based on the following comic strip.
Be sure to give your story a complete beginning, climax (the turning point), and ending, which is not given here. Each picture should be covered in the story. Also, give details about the setting of the story (time and place) and the characters (name, profession, personality traits,.. etc.) No less than 120 words. Enjoy it and Have fun!
Create a story based on this comic strip and create an ending to the whole story. Make sure you give your story a complete beginning, climax, and ending. Each picture should be covered in the story. No less than 120 words.
