2010/01/13 Class Content

1. man eating fish
2. man eaten
3. be good at, 精通於
   It is easy to learn engineering english and it is hard to good at engineering mathermatics

2010/01/12 Class Content

Quiz 18

1. 在如此嚴寒的早晨，你怎麼能起得這麼早？
   In a such chilly morning, how could you get up so early?
2. 你為何選這門課？想得高分嗎？
   Why do you take this course? Do you want to get high grade, don't you?

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1. When the going gets tough, 環境越艱困
   the tough gets going. 硬漢越吃香
   the going, 環境
   the tough, 勇敢的人
   
2. Who can realize how a man explains why she went to a city
   where she didn't know what she wanted to buy with the money
   which she had earned when she was young?

2010/01/06 Class Content

Quiz 17

1. 每次我看到她，我都會認為她恍若下凡仙女
   Every time I saw her, I would think that she were a fairy whom God sent to this world.
2. 吃東西時，切勿狼吞虎嚥
   Don't devour your food when(while) eating.

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1. 6 W 1 H
   who, when, where, what, which, why, how
2. 我沒有筆寫
   I don't have a pen to write with.
   我沒有牙齒吃東西
   I don't have teeth to eat with.
3. Nobody knows who he is, when he came here,
   where he is from, what he is,
   which way he chooses,
   why he came here and
   how important he is compound sentence.
   合句, compound sentence
   複句(句中有句), complex sentecne
   
   
4. I know that the fish knows that I know that he is happy.

Homework #13

1. Write a complex sentence with 6W1H
2. A fairly intelligent fly, 寫一遍英文和中文翻譯

2010/01/05 Class Content

approach, 接近
reach, 到達
unreachable, 摸索不到
the unreachable star

1. What's up?
2. 0 and 1
   quiet v.s. noise
   frequence range: 0 ~ ∞

• A large spider in an old house built a beautiful web in which to catch flies.

• Every time a fly landed on the web and was entangled in it,

• the spider clevoured him, so that when another fly came along,

• he would thinkk that the web was a safe and quiet place in which to rest.

• One day, a fairly intelligent fly buzzed around above the web so long

• without

• lighting that the spider appeared and said, "come on down!"

• But the fly was too clever for him and said, "I never light where I don't see other flies, and I don't see any other flies in your house."

• So he flew away until he came to a place where were a great many other flies.

• He was about to settle down among them when a bee buzzed up and said, "Hold it! Stupid!

• That's flypaper! All those flies were trapped!"

• "Don't be silly," said the fly, "they are dancing."

• So he settled down and became stuck to the flypaper with all the other flies.

2009/12/30 Class Content

Quiz 16

1. 這位指導教授有廾個研究生，那位任他助教的研究生將於明年畢業
   The advisor has twenty graduate students. The graduate student who is his assistant will graduate next year.
2. 你的錢可能被偷，但無人能搶走你的知識
   Your money might be stolen, but nobody can rob you of your knowledge.

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Knowledge is knowing a fact,
wisdom is knowing how to use that fact.

2010 = twenty-ten = tw thound and ten

1. Hard work will give you power;
   being lazy will make you slave.
   Proverb 12:24
2. Your joy is your own; your bitterness
   is your own. No one can share them with you.
3. It is your own face that you see reflected in the water. It is your ownself that you see in your heart.
   水中現人影，心中映人性
4. A family without children is like a house without furniture.

Homework #12
寫 "The end of the world"的中英文歌詞
Ref: The end of the world

2009/12/29 Class Content

Chile, 智利
yawn, 打哈欠
stretch, 伸懶腰

1. A lazy man will never have money but an aggressive man will get rich.
2. Worry can rob you of happiness,
   but kind words will cheer you.
3. restrictive(限制) and non restrictive(非限制)
   口訣：有逗點(comma)非限制(非指定)
1. Mr. Wang who is my advisor gave me the homework assignment.
   句中無 comma (逗點) => 不只一位 Mr. Wang
2. Mr. Wang, who is my advisor, gave me the homework assignment.
   句中有 comma (逗點) => 只有一位 Mr. Wang
例句：My wife, who is now living in Hawaii, gave birth to a boy last night.

2009/12/23 Class Content

Quiz 15

1. 冬至是12月2日，當天晝最短夜最長
   Winter solstice is on December twenty second, durning which the day is (the) shortest and the night (is the) longest.
2. 一個沒有陽光的春天猶如一個沒有熱心的戀人
   A Spring without sunshine is like a lover without a worm heart.

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1. solstice, 至, 冬至
2. during
3. 神經系統處於高度和諧狀態
   the state of great harmony of the nerve system
   or
   the highly harmornic state of the nerve system
4. Silent night, Holy night
   All is calm, All is bright
   Round yon(der) Virgin Mother and child.
   Holy Infant so tender and mild
   Sleep in heavenly peace
5. Like the dew on the mountain
   Like the foam on the fountain
   Like the bubble on the river
   She is (Thou are) gone forever and forever.
6. The End of the world
   
   Why does the sun go on shining?
   Why does the sea rush to shore?
   Don't they know it's the end of the world?
   Cause you don't love me anymore.
   
   Why does the bird go on singing
   Why do the stars glow above?
   Don't they know it's the end of the world?
   It ended when I lost your love.
   
   I woke up in the morning
   and I wonder how everything's the same as it was.
   I can't understand, no I can't understand
   How life goes on the way it does.
   
   Why does my heart go on beating?
   Why do there eyes of mine cry?
   Don't they know it's the end of the world?
   It ended when I lost your love.

Homework 11
以 with / without 造句，各 2 句，類似 Quiz 15 的第二題

2009/12/22 Class Content

1. 問候語, How's going?
   可回覆 great, fantasity...etc.
2. 津波(海嘯), tsu na mi
3. Whe should treasure what God offers us.
   Whe should treasure what we have wihch was(has been) given by God.
   兩句意思相同，但上者為佳，下者過於囉唆
4. Law, 定理 (或用 Theorem)
   Principle, 原則
   Theory, 理論
   Snell's law is based on(the) least time principle.
5. His contribution in this field is priceless.
   priceless, 無價
6. What your advisor(adviser) assigned(assignes) you should be done well.
7. Why does my heart go on beating?
   Why do these eye of mine cry

2009/12/16 Class Content

Quiz 14

1. 他被認為是我們班上最用功的學生
   He is regarded as the best diligent student in our class.
2. 這個工作得以不做
   This work does not have to be done.

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1. A person's word can be a source of wisdom, deep as the ocean and fresh as a flowing stream.
   (一個人的)話語可為智慧的泉源，其深似海，清澈如溪流
2. (Light traveling from A to B ) needs two seconds.
   ( )內為主詞
3. River Road(戀故鄉)
   River Road, River Road winding to the sea.
   That's the road leading to home
   where I long to be.
   Long to see folks I knew, friends of long ago.
   Long to sit by my door in the sunset glow.
   River Road, River Road winding to the sea.
   Lead the way take me home where I long to be...
   long to, 渴望
   

Homework #10
寫上課講過的名言佳句，整段的第一句即可
寫滿一張 A4，不要寫歌詞

2009/12/09 Class Content

Quiz 13

1. 自然界有兩個基本原則，其一為最小能量原則，另依為最少時間原則
   There are two basic principles in nature. One of them is minimum energy principle. The other is least time principle.
   
2. 光從太陽到地球需時8分18秒
   It takes 8'18'' for light to travel from the sun to the earth.
   8'18" = eight minutes and eighteen seconds

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1. What is hard isn't fun. 難者無趣
   What is fun isn't hard. 趣者不難
2. Edelweiss 雪絨花, 火絨草
   即為電影真善美(The sound of music)中所唱的小白花
   Edelweiss, Edelweiss
   Every morning you greet me
   Small and white
   Clean and bright
   You look so happy to meet me
   Blossom of snow . May you bloom and grow
   Bloom and grow forever
   Edelweiss, Edelweiss
   Bless my homeland forever
   
   
3. When I worry and I can't sleep.
   I count my blessings instead of sheep and I fall asleep counting my blessings.
4. The direction of induced electromotive force is such as to oppose the cause producing it.

2009/12/08 Class Content

1. This year will some be at an e[]nd.
2. A new year will some be coming.
3. In the wake of(緊隨在...之後) Dubai's debt crisis, analysts are trying to predict the next big blow up.
4. least time principle
5. Mininum energy principle
6. gradient, 梯度

Homework #9

證明Snell's Law
If V₁ > V₂
than θ₁ > θ₂

2009/12/01 Class Content

1. Houses are built of brick and stone.
   But home is made of love alone.
2. Pride goes before fall.
   驕者必敗
3. who, whose, whom
4. For the want of a nail the shoe was lost.
   For the want of a shoe the horse was lost.
   For the want of a horse the rider was lost.
   For the want of a rider the battle was lost.
   For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
   And all for the want of a horse shoe nail.
5. The same revolution beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe the belief that the right of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

2009/11/25 Class Content

Quiz 11

1. 自從我們分手後，時間一直停滯不前
   Since we were apart, times has stood still
2. 所有閃爍的東西並非都是黃金=不要以貌取人
   All that glitters(is shining) is not gold.

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Never put of till tommorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日畢

1. symbol
2. signal
3. signify
4. negotiate, 談判

Homework #7
President John F. Kennedy- Inaugural Address
寫下10句自己認為良好的句子
並標註第幾段，不用寫中文

2009/11/24 Class Content

1. A good beginning is half done.
   好的開始是成功的一半
2. All is well that ends well.
   =All that ends well is well
3. Go all the way or don't go at all.
4. Since I came here, I have worked for my advisor.
5. We were apart.
   We have been apart.
6. For the want of a nail the shoe was lost.
   For the want of a shoe the horse was lost.
   For the want of a horse the rider was lost.
   For the want of a rider the battle was lost.
   For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
   And all for the want of a horse shoe nail.
7. Let us never fear to negociate.
   But let us never negociate out of fear.
8. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
9. To make a mountain out of a molehill.
   小題大作

2009/11/18 Class Content

Quiz #10

1. 凡該做的就該做好
   What should be done should be done well.
2. 我無法瞭解為何當我昨天最需要錢的時候，你竟然早花光了我所有的錢
   I don't understand why when I needed money most yesterday, you would have spent all of my money.

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1. Ask not what your country can do for you,
   ask what you cand do for your conuntry.
2. Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of tiger ended up inside.
3. There was a young lady of Riga who went for ride on a tiger.
   They returned from the ride with lady inside and a smile on the face of the tiger ended up inside.
4. A notable chef was not able to serve the meal because he has no table.
5. Life is an unceasing struggle.
   Work hard when young and never be idle.
6. Nothing is better than God.
   Nothing is worse than devil.
   If you eat Nothing, you will die.

Homework #6
找 I can't stop loving you歌詞
Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You Lyrics

2009/11/17 Class Content

he -> her -> here
he -> hear -> heard
he -> heart

weeping willow 垂柳

2009/11/17 Class Content

he -> her -> here
he -> hear -> heard
he -> heart

weeping willow 垂柳

2009/11/10 Class Content

Quiz #9

1. 昨天我若真是餓的話，我早就把它吃光了
   If I had been hungry yesterday, I would have eaten it up.
   
2. 明天你若真會死，你會不會今天花光你所有的錢自我享受一番
   If you were to die tommorrow, would you spend all of your money enjoying yourself.
   

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1. similie, 明喻, 直喻
   metaphor, 暗喻, 隱喻
2. Time does not exist in clocks and watches.
   God does not linger in temples and churches.
3. The humo(u)r of God.
4. greedy, 貪心
5. stingy, 吝嗇
6. priest, 牧師, 神父
7. preach, 講道, 說教
8. almighty, 全能的
9. enternal, 進入
10. prayer, 祈禱者(n.), 祈禱(v.)
11. pious, 虔誠

Homework #5
找兩首歌
1. Memory
2. The river never return
找"God has a sense of humor"主題的故事並用手寫下

2009/11/04 Class Content

Quiz 8

1. 我若是工程 師 我就會把它做得很好
   If I were an engineer, I would do it very well.
   
2. 明年七月三日我將已為這公司工作三年還會繼續做
   On July 3rd next year, I will have been working for this company for three years.
   

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1. similie, 明喻, 直喻
   metaphor, 暗喻, 隱喻
2. If I were a swallow(lark), I would fly high in the sky.
   = In reality, I am not a lark, therefore I can not fly high in the sky.
3. If I could graduate now, I could get the job.
   ( 與 現 在 事 實 相 反 )
4. If I had graduated last year, I could have got the job.
   ( 與 過 去 事 實 相 反 )
5. Do you understand what I say[]?
   Do you understand what I said[]?
6. If he were to come tomorrow, I would kill him.
   ( 與 未 來 事 實 相 反 )
7. Transformation
   (1) An absent-minded man is like a drunk driver.
   (2) A man with absent mind is like a drunk driver.
   (3) A man who is absent-mind is like a drunk driver.
   
8. I got out of the bed from the wrong side.
9. Houses is built of brick and stone.
   Home is made of love alone.

Homework #4
找"再別康橋"的中英文歌詞用手寫下來
再別康橋歌譜


P.1
P.2
P.3
P.4
P.5

2009/11/03 Class Content

1. Wind
   Who has seem the wind?
   Neither you nor I.
   Bout when the trees
   bow down their heads,
   The wind is passing by.
   Who has seen the wind?
   Neither I nor you
   But when the leaves hang trembling(fall from the trees),
   The wind is passing through.
   
   bow[] n. 弓
   bow[] v. 鞠躬
   
   
2. hang
   hanged     hanged     及物動詞
   hung         hung         不及物動詞
   
   shine
   shined       shined
   shone        shone
   
   lie
   lay       lain
   
   
3. Song
   You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
   You make me happy when skies are grey(gray).
   You never know dear, how much I love you.
   please don't take my sunshine away.
   The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
   I dreamed I held you in my arms.
   As I awoke dear, I was misstaken.
   So I hug my head and cried.