<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848</id><updated>2011-12-29T08:11:19.714-08:00</updated><category term='voiced online dictionary'/><category term='Happy'/><category term='EFT'/><category term='immigrant poetry reading'/><category term='HIV'/><category term='teen'/><category term='self affirmation'/><category term='movie speeches script'/><category term='網路聽故事'/><category term='student movement'/><category term='First book'/><category term='blog'/><category term='powerful vidoe messages'/><category term='survival'/><category term='AIDS'/><category term='creativity'/><category term='vibration'/><category term='fibroid tumor'/><category term='self help'/><category term='sex'/><category term='personal development'/><category term='第一本書'/><category term='quiz making'/><category term='newsheadline'/><category term='Power Point  student creations'/><category term='Africa'/><category term='personal stories'/><category term='部落格'/><category term='EFL  Free Clipart'/><category term='Abraham Hicks'/><category term='spiritual growth'/><category term='Jokes'/><category term='hero'/><category term='activist'/><title type='text'>English Reading Power</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>25</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-98934027213690723</id><published>2011-12-29T08:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T08:11:19.744-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daily Abraham Quotes</title><content type='html'>&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt; (function( ){document.write('&lt;div id="ahp_widget_div" style="font-size:16px;"&gt;Loading widget...&lt;\/div&gt;');s=document.createElement('script');  s.type="text/javascript";  s.src="http://www.abraham-hicks.com/Widgets/widget.js"; setTimeout("document.getElementById('ahp_widget_div').appendChild(s)",1);})( )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daily Law of Attraction Quotation&lt;br /&gt;You just cannot kill everybody who&lt;br /&gt;doesn't agree with you. You can't do&lt;br /&gt;it. You'll kill enough of them, and pretty&lt;br /&gt;soon, you'll be down to the nitty gritty&lt;br /&gt;that is just you guys, and then you'll start&lt;br /&gt;disagreeing with each other... In other&lt;br /&gt;words, you cannot get to where you want&lt;br /&gt;to be by pushing against what you do not&lt;br /&gt;want—it never, ever works.&lt;br /&gt;--- Abraham&lt;br /&gt;Excerpted from the workshop in Washington, DC on Saturday, May 7th, 2005 #302&lt;br /&gt;abraham-hicks.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-98934027213690723?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/98934027213690723/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=98934027213690723' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/98934027213690723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/98934027213690723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2011/12/daily-abraham-quotes.html' title='Daily Abraham Quotes'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-7954065442693252957</id><published>2011-12-02T21:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-03T02:07:14.304-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abraham Hicks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vibration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy'/><title type='text'>Abraham's Teaching -- 學會聽懂英文，最值得的經驗</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;學英文到底為了什麼? 每個人要找到自己的理由!&lt;/span&gt;  Here's my reason.&lt;br /&gt;Listen to this: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_93ZtB0Ffo&amp;feature=related"&gt; Amazing Abraham -- winning the lottery &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm so happy that I can understand this totally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Years of learning English paid off because I can understand this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy Abraham's teaching! Enjoy using English!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-7954065442693252957?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/7954065442693252957/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=7954065442693252957' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/7954065442693252957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/7954065442693252957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2011/12/abrahams-teaching.html' title='Abraham&apos;s Teaching -- 學會聽懂英文，最值得的經驗'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-5838744506604019616</id><published>2010-09-29T21:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T22:27:53.018-08:00</updated><title type='text'>勸歐巴馬的女兒 吃素</title><content type='html'>看看別人如何勸歐巴馬的女兒 來吃素! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://politics.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/04/28/malia-and-sasha-obama-urged-to-join-veggie-campaign"&gt;Malia and Sasha Obama Urged to Join Veggie Campaign - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-5838744506604019616?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/5838744506604019616/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=5838744506604019616' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/5838744506604019616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/5838744506604019616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2010/09/malia-and-sasha-obama-urged-to-join.html' title='勸歐巴馬的女兒 吃素'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-1690913723561671239</id><published>2008-12-04T01:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T01:46:53.437-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='activist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><title type='text'>Hydeia Broadbent, Living with AIDS,</title><content type='html'>Hydeia Broadbent，愛滋寶寶活到現在, 23 歲，她和媽媽寫書，紀錄與愛滋共存的奮鬥歷史&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reviewjournal.com/cgi-bin/printable.cgi?/lvrj_home/2002/Apr-18-Thu-2002/living/18512780.html"&gt;http://www.reviewjournal.com/cgi-bin/printable.cgi?/lvrj_home/2002/Apr-18-Thu-2002/living/18512780.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-1690913723561671239?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/1690913723561671239/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=1690913723561671239' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/1690913723561671239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/1690913723561671239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/12/hydeia-broadbent-living-with-aids.html' title='Hydeia Broadbent, Living with AIDS,'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-2127305619651758496</id><published>2008-12-04T00:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T00:59:33.627-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hero'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><title type='text'>16 歲青少年談愛滋英雄 Ryan White</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8222/rwpersonal.htm"&gt;http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8222/rwpersonal.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Jes. I am a 16 year old Junior at Patuxent Hish School in Lusby, Maryland. I do not have AIDS or HIV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first time I heard about Ryan White was in 1993. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;談到 Ryan White  (感染愛滋病毒，被退學) 如何爭取他上學的權利&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8222/rwtest.htm"&gt;http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8222/rwtest.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone. Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there. Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. There are no one hundred percent guarantees in life, but concessions were made by Mom and me to help ease the fear. We decided to meet them halfway:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Separate restrooms &lt;br /&gt;No gym &lt;br /&gt;Separate drinking fountains &lt;br /&gt;Disposable eating utensils and trays &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though we knew AIDS was not spread through casual contact. Nevertheless, parents of twenty students started their own school. They were still not convinced. Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I became the target of Ryan White jokes &lt;br /&gt;Lies about me bitting people &lt;br /&gt;Spitting on vegetables and cookies &lt;br /&gt;Urinating on bathroom walls &lt;br /&gt;Some restaurants threw away my dishes &lt;br /&gt;My school locker was vandalized inside and folders were marked FAG and other obscenities &lt;br /&gt;I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me. Even at church, people would not shake my hand.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-2127305619651758496?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/2127305619651758496/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=2127305619651758496' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/2127305619651758496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/2127305619651758496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/12/16-ryan-white.html' title='16 歲青少年談愛滋英雄 Ryan White'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-7161682980993378554</id><published>2008-12-04T00:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T00:40:22.685-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='survival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HIV'/><title type='text'>Photo Journal : My life with HIV</title><content type='html'>圖文一起看，很容易看，感染了愛滋病毒，並不是世界末日&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/africa_my_life_with_hiv/html/1.stm"&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/africa_my_life_with_hiv/html/1.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I found out that I was HIV-positive, I was training be a primary school teacher. I was aiming high.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-7161682980993378554?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/7161682980993378554/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=7161682980993378554' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/7161682980993378554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/7161682980993378554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/12/photo-journal-my-life-with-hiv.html' title='Photo Journal : My life with HIV'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-6794291392548311583</id><published>2008-12-03T23:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T00:35:06.159-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HIV'/><title type='text'>青少年愛滋病患... 吐露心聲</title><content type='html'>不要以為非洲才有愛滋病，來自英美的愛滋青少年 有的出生就有愛滋病，並非有危險性行為，年長一些，家長才告訴他們，看看 他們自己怎麼說? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.avert.org/ypstory.htm"&gt;http://www.avert.org/ypstory.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I first found out I thought it was only small villages in Africa that had  it but now I understand that HIV is all around the world. I have spent times in hospital but the doctors have told me that I have strong blood and I think I can have a long normal life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;非洲的人，也用英文，看看他們得了愛滋病，還可以結婚 ，不是世界末日&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.avert.org/africanstories.htm"&gt;http://www.avert.org/africanstories.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這個網站，有許多AIDS, HIV的訊息，&lt;br /&gt;還有資訊讓青少年探索自己的性傾向 (Gay, Lesbian, transexual)&lt;br /&gt;青少年對學校性教育的看法，還有訴說他們的第一次&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.avert.org/stories.htm"&gt;http://www.avert.org/stories.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First Time Sex Stories,&lt;br /&gt;Sex Educaiton- what people say&lt;br /&gt;這是難得的性教育網站&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-6794291392548311583?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/6794291392548311583/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=6794291392548311583' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/6794291392548311583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/6794291392548311583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html' title='青少年愛滋病患... 吐露心聲'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-4868937397117777259</id><published>2008-11-12T20:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T20:53:41.238-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jokes'/><title type='text'>笑話! 開心教材!</title><content type='html'>What did one eye say to the other?&lt;br /&gt;Ans:   Something between us  smells! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;更多笑話，請看 Yahoo! Kids &lt;a href="http://kids.yahoo.com/jokes"&gt;http://kids.yahoo.com/jokes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;畫面有趣精彩， &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How did the human race appear?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little girl asked her mother: 'How did the human race appear?' &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;The mother answered, 'God made Adam and Eve; they had children; and so was all mankind made.' &lt;br /&gt;Two days later the girl asked her father the same question. &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;The father answered, 'Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.' &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;The confused girl returned to her mother and said, &lt;br /&gt;'Mum, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, &lt;br /&gt;and Dad said they developed from monkeys?' The mother answered, 'Well, Dear, it is very simple. &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;I told you about my side of the family, and your father told you about his.' &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; --&gt; 曾看到另一個版本，father 和 mother 的講的內容交換。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-4868937397117777259?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/4868937397117777259/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=4868937397117777259' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/4868937397117777259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/4868937397117777259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-did-human-race-appear.html' title='笑話! 開心教材!'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-4046472477658397936</id><published>2008-11-12T20:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T02:13:36.738-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='voiced online dictionary'/><title type='text'>網上有聲字典 -- how to pronounce this word? the free dictionary.com</title><content type='html'>Here you go! (有英式/美式發音呦)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/launder"&gt;http://www.thefreedictionary.com/launder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 感謝上課的學員分享: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;上 google 搜尋  Chen ，google 會提供 Chen shui bian 陳水扁，選他，&lt;br /&gt;馬上 google 就回應 Chen shui bian money laundering   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;洗錢&lt;/strong&gt;的英文就不勞而獲了&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;但是 laundering 怎麼唸？甚麼意思呢? 用上面的  dictionary 去查一查，聽一聽，確認一 下 -- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;網路學習多便捷   ！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-4046472477658397936?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/4046472477658397936/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=4046472477658397936' title='1 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/4046472477658397936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/4046472477658397936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-pronounce-this-word_12.html' title='網上有聲字典 -- how to pronounce this word?&lt;em&gt; the free dictionary.com&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-2960960548746692351</id><published>2008-11-10T22:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T22:27:52.634-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='powerful vidoe messages'/><title type='text'>利用影音素材，加深閱讀功力！ Powerful video Messages!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.simpletruths.com/movies/index.asp "&gt;http://www.simpletruths.com/movies/index.asp &lt;/a&gt; 好音 好字 好滋養! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.doyouwalkthetalk.com/"&gt;http://www.doyouwalkthetalk.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.findingjoymovie.com/"&gt;http://www.findingjoymovie.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seearch on &lt;a href="http://Youtube.com"&gt;Youtube.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who I Am Makes a Difference&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where on earth is Matt?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google TECH Talk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TED Talk&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCamVx4fSQ"&gt;http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCamVx4fSQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Louise Hay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Last Lecture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zWBHFCmXM&amp;feature=related"&gt;http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zWBHFCmXM&amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Empowering Inspiring video messages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=sIRDCjAIZuI&amp;feature=related"&gt;http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=sIRDCjAIZuI&amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movie FULL CONFIDENCE: How to overcome fear? Veronica de Andres2/3&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-2960960548746692351?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/2960960548746692351/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=2960960548746692351' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/2960960548746692351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/2960960548746692351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/11/powerful-video-messages.html' title='利用影音素材，加深閱讀功力！ Powerful video Messages!'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-1344233117822717591</id><published>2008-11-10T21:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T22:02:27.392-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self affirmation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal development'/><title type='text'>滋養靈魂的英文 : Self-Affirmations --</title><content type='html'>甚麼英文最有用呢? 多年來，空中英語教室，TIME時代雜誌，等等成了許多台灣人學英文的補充教材，對我來說，最滋養靈魂的的英文，來自 Self-Help, Personal Development 個人成長有關的書籍或影音資料：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我用這些字搜尋 google: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Receiving Prosperity Louise Hay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;因為正好在讀 Louise L. Hay 的書，她在書中提到 "receiving prosperity" 這個態度太重要了，所以我就以此搜尋&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;找到了: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://freepdmaterial.com/"&gt;http://freepdmaterial.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;找了 Personal Development 個人成長資源的大本營， 太棒了!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在裡面又搜尋    free mp3 Louise Hay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;找到 &lt;a href="http://www.positivethinkingday.com/"&gt;http://www.positivethinkingday.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Positive Thinking Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professor Martin Seligman, a leading researcher in the field of Positive Psychology, has proposed that Explanatory Style greatly impacts the way an individual interprets problems. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seligman suggests that there are three general attributions: Personal, Pervasive, &lt;br /&gt;and Permanent. For example, if a pessimist got a ticket for speeding, they might view&lt;br /&gt; this one episode as a major failure: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personal: I’m stupid; I’m not good at driving. Why do I always go too fast?&lt;br /&gt;Pervasive: I’m horrible at all aspects of driving. I’m bad at parking and signaling too. &lt;br /&gt;Permanent: I’ll always fail to obey the speed limit and I will problem lose my license one day, perhaps forever. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A more optimistic view would include the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not Personal: The speed limit sign was not well posted and anyone could have made this&lt;br /&gt; simple mistake of going 10 miles over. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not Pervasive: I am a safe, careful driver in most situations. Perhaps I did make &lt;br /&gt;big mistake this time; however, it does not impact other parts of my life.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not Permanent: This is my first ticket and I can make sure I that I am more careful &lt;br /&gt;about going slower in the future. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free  mp3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ipopin.typepad.com/I_choose_to_create_a_great_day.mp3"&gt;http://ipopin.typepad.com/I_choose_to_create_a_great_day.mp3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I choose to create a great day &lt;br /&gt;I am in great shape and love my body &lt;br /&gt;I have what it takes &lt;br /&gt;Each day and in every way I feel better and better &lt;br /&gt;I succeed in all I do &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;有了滋養靈魂的英文， 不怕英文不持續進步！ &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;你拿甚麼滋養靈魂?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-1344233117822717591?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/1344233117822717591/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=1344233117822717591' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/1344233117822717591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/1344233117822717591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/11/self-affirmations.html' title='滋養靈魂的英文 : Self-Affirmations --'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-3955506839354781301</id><published>2008-11-10T21:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T21:19:27.816-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Power Point  student creations'/><title type='text'>閱讀 Brown Bear  Brown Bear 的教學影片</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.intime.uni.edu/video/023mile/2/default.htm"&gt;http://www.intime.uni.edu/video/023mile/2/default.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;小學老師讓學生自創類似 Brown Bear Brown Bear 的書&lt;br /&gt;利用 Kidpix 繪圖軟體，創作 （這個網站還示範了許多結合科技的語言教學實例)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這個作法，跟大一點的學生，用 Power Point 呈現自己的學習心得沒有兩樣啊!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;從小做起，相信&lt;strong&gt;做中學&lt;/strong&gt;的好處，不怕沒有效果，&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Power Point 是給學生用的，不只是老師可以用來呈現教材&lt;br /&gt;讓學生表達他們所學，給學生發表的空間與舞台 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-3955506839354781301?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/3955506839354781301/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=3955506839354781301' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/3955506839354781301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/3955506839354781301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/11/brown-bear-brown-bear.html' title='閱讀 Brown Bear  Brown Bear 的教學影片'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-7649926129794652055</id><published>2008-11-10T21:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T21:49:29.760-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fibroid tumor'/><title type='text'>子宮肌瘤 --與 creativity -- 英文資料的滋養</title><content type='html'>從自己身上的問題，尋找答案，過程中學到的英文，正滋養&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;因為我有子宮肌瘤，醫生說要拿掉子宮才是辦法，我非常惶恐，上網搜尋中文資料，找到都是令我害怕的醫學定義，情急之下，想起幾年前讀過的有關女人更年期的英文書，作者提到了創造力與子宮肌瘤的關係，現在如何利用 google 找出這方面的信息呢?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;首先: 我得知道子宮肌瘤怎麼說? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;進入 google 打 子宮飢瘤 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;找到  &lt;a href="http://ntuh.mc.ntu.edu.tw/obgy/CD/Gyn/Gyn_008.html"&gt;http://ntuh.mc.ntu.edu.tw/obgy/CD/Gyn/Gyn_008.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子宮肌瘤(Myoma Uteri)&lt;br /&gt;子宮肌瘤(leiomyoma, myoma, fibroid, fibromyoma )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;用自己理解的英文再以 fibroid tumor creativity 作搜尋&lt;br /&gt;找到了自己幾年前讀過的的女醫生的書&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Christiane Northrup,M.D. 的網站，她說 Fibroid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caroline Myss, Ph.D., teaches that fibroid tumors represent our creativity that has never been birthed. Fibroids may also result when we are flowing life energy into dead end jobs or relationships we have outgrown. Fibroids are often associated with conﬂicts about creativity, reproduction, and relationships. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have fibroids, ask yourself the following questions: What are the creations within me that I want to put out in the world before I no longer here? If anything at all were possible, what would my life look like? If I had six months to live, what relationships would I release from my life immediately? What relationships would I give more of my time and attention to? What relationships truly feed and nourish me? Which ones drain my energy? Write your answers in a journal. Discuss them with supportive friends. Deep within you, you have all the answers you need. You just need to be open to hearing them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.drnorthrup.com/womenshealth/healthcenter/topic_details.php?topic_id=64"&gt;http://www.drnorthrup.com/womenshealth/healthcenter/topic_details.php?topic_id=64&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這些話讓我穩定了下來，是從中文資料找不到的，是從醫生口中聽不到的&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;網站裡還提到，其他的治療方法，不一定非拿掉子宮&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;要說英文可以救命，就是這種時候了! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;相關滋養網站: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wheelsoflight.org/custom/index.cfm?ID=106473"&gt;http://www.wheelsoflight.org/custom/index.cfm?ID=106473&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fibroidtumorshealednaturally.com/wst_page6.html"&gt;http://fibroidtumorshealednaturally.com/wst_page6.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fibroid Tumors Healed Naturally&lt;/strong&gt; 正是我要聽的話! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is to be noted here that some new popular approaches, although a step in the right direction in that a woman gets to keep her uterus, are too new to be assessed as to the long term effect on a woman body. &lt;strong&gt;Women proceed with wisdom and caution when making your decisions concerning your body. Trust your own wisdom and get a good doctor willing to listen and work with you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     Hysterectomy is the number one surgery traditionally performed in the USA (and some other countries, too) for women with fibroids. A hysterectomy is the removal of a woman uterus (womb), along with different variations of whether or not the ovaries (hormonal related), cervix (lower, narrow portion/neck of the uterus that extends into the vagina) and other tissue around the pelvic (supporting structure of organs of the lower abdomen/stomach) area, fallopian tubes (tubes that connect ovaries to the uterus) and a portion of the vagina will be removed, too. Once a woman has a hysterectomy, although the fibroids in her uterus (the uterus itself is gone) and, thereby, the symptoms are gone, she loses her capacity to have children. Also, there are some reports of women losing their sexual desire; irritating, drying of the vagina area (painful sex); night sweats, etc. due to no more hormones (estrogen and progesterone), i. e. a woman could go immediately into menopause. This applies to certain types of hysterectomies. The various types are discussed in this chapter along with other methods, including myomectomy in which a woman keeps her uterus, but the fibroid(s) is cut out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     Even when fibroids are removed, they can, and often do, grow back. This is why the root cause of the problem must be addressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hartfordhospital.org/robotics/LearnAboutConditionsandProcedures/default.aspx?chunkiid=14846"&gt;http://hartfordhospital.org/robotics/LearnAboutConditionsandProcedures/default.aspx?chunkiid=14846&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn about the procedure of removing&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-7649926129794652055?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/7649926129794652055/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=7649926129794652055' title='1 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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term='student movement'/><title type='text'>野草莓學運 -- 從Wild Strawberry 開始搜尋</title><content type='html'>新聞標題，能搶眼，就是搶了注意力，抓到這種機會學英文，容易吸收&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;野草莓學運愈演愈烈，十日進行北、中、南視訊串連  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&gt; 從中找出能下手的英文，有哪些字? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wild strawberry student&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第一次進入google 搜尋:  打 "wild strawberry student" 因為不知道學運怎麼說? 就用 student 去試&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;搜尋結果: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dans180/3019503818/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/dans180/3019503818/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;University student sit-in protesters demand liberal changes to the Assembly &lt;br /&gt;Law to further safeguard Taiwan’s democracy, liberty and human rights at the&lt;br /&gt; Taipei Liberty Square days and nights since 2008/11/7.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the students also decided to name the title of their protest “Wild Strawberry Movement”; &lt;br /&gt;means "won’t bow to pressure" vesus so call “greenhouse strawberry generations” that &lt;br /&gt;are fragile and can hardly resist any pressure from the outside world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;自(2008/11/7)行政院大門轉到自由廣場(中正紀念堂前)靜坐的學生，昨晚(11/9)與台中、&lt;br /&gt;台南等地的靜坐學生一起透過網路連線，票選這次學運取名為「野草莓學運」，並強調學運主軸的十字宣&lt;br /&gt;言為「集遊法違憲，人權變不見」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;學生仍堅持過去提出的三點訴求，但將重點放在修改集會遊行法...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;原先的三點訴求為:「馬英九總統和行政院長劉兆玄必須公開向國人道歉。」&lt;br /&gt;「警政署長王卓鈞、國安局長蔡朝明，應立刻下臺。」&lt;br /&gt;「立法院立即修改限縮人民權利的『集會遊行法』」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taipei, Taiwan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/////////////////////////&lt;br /&gt;從上面的文字，我學到甚麼? 找到甚麼有趣的字彙? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;靜坐抗議學生  sit-in protesters&lt;br /&gt;wild strawberry vs. green straw berry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;再次進入google搜尋 wild strawberry vs. green strawberry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=784881"&gt;http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=784881&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All students around Taiwan launch a "Wild Strawberry Student Movement"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Students at the "Wild Strawberry Student Movement" not only use sit-in to&lt;br /&gt; draw the public awareness on the government's "evil law" but also use a &lt;br /&gt;high-tech means to draw a large number of students across Taiwan via &lt;br /&gt;Internet-based petitions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 12:30pm today, the student organizations around Taiwan will hold up &lt;br /&gt;banners and shout slogans reading "the Parade and Assembly Law is unconstitutional &lt;br /&gt;and suppressing human rights" together in different locations &lt;br /&gt;all around Taiwan aiming to make the movement spread to the entire nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我學到甚麼?&lt;br /&gt;學運 student movement&lt;br /&gt;學生善用網路做全省串連訴求 Internet-based petitions&lt;br /&gt;E Taiwan News 是報導台灣的英文新聞來源&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-3573038071126098076?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/3573038071126098076/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=3573038071126098076' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/3573038071126098076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/3573038071126098076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/11/wild-strawberry.html' title='野草莓學運 -- 從Wild Strawberry 開始搜尋'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-6552347065892195879</id><published>2008-10-27T18:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T18:51:18.258-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie speeches script'/><title type='text'>Movie Speeches ! -- A Beautiful Mind</title><content type='html'>American Rhetoric: Movie Speech 經典電影演說片段，不要錯過&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"A Beautiful Mind" (2002)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechabeautifulmind.html"&gt;http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechabeautifulmind.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-6552347065892195879?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/6552347065892195879/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=6552347065892195879' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/6552347065892195879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/6552347065892195879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/10/movie-speeches-beautiful-mind.html' title='Movie Speeches ! -- A Beautiful Mind'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-7409327155064709150</id><published>2008-10-27T01:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T01:42:59.245-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immigrant poetry reading'/><title type='text'>Maya Angelou's poem read by an immigrant student</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=vSU-SpGZV_w&amp;feature=related"&gt;http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=vSU-SpGZV_w&amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An immigrant  recited "on the pulse of morning' by Maya Angelou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch how  a non-native English speaking student  used  English to express himself...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here you can see Maya Angelou in 1993 Bill Clingon's Inauguration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=HDtw62Ah2zY"&gt;http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=HDtw62Ah2zY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here you can see the text of the poem itself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://poetry.eserver.org/angelou.html"&gt;http://poetry.eserver.org/angelou.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here on the pulse of this new day&lt;br /&gt;You may have the grace to look up and out&lt;br /&gt;And into your sister's eyes, into&lt;br /&gt;Your brother's face, your country&lt;br /&gt;And say simply&lt;br /&gt;Very simply&lt;br /&gt;With hope&lt;br /&gt;Good morning.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-7409327155064709150?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-4967423904991716373</id><published>2008-10-17T06:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T06:53:41.200-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EFT'/><title type='text'>EFT -- Emotional Freedom Techniques</title><content type='html'>EFT治療心理障礙，學習外語的時候，害怕失去原來的認同角色，不願意學得太像&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using EFT to learn foreign language pronunciation&lt;br /&gt; Hi Everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all have "comfort zones" in various areas of our lives.  Thus it is no wonder that Ragnar-Hagen Speicher, a native German speaker, had difficulty in pronouncing English words.  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/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://a4esl.org/c/qw.html"&gt;http://a4esl.org/c/qw.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;歌詞可以用來做 Quiz&lt;br /&gt;課文可以用來做 Quiz&lt;br /&gt;字典查到的解說可以用來做 Quiz&lt;br /&gt;還有電影台詞可以用來做 Quiz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;學生自己設計考題  學習效果大&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-6012336688034365436?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/6012336688034365436/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=6012336688034365436' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/6012336688034365436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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老師所提供的BLOGs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　來自 Argentina的 Patricia 老師 The English You Need &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;上面有許多文法 Power Point files ＜鼓勵學生自己製作 Power Point files &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;免費的圖片 free clipart 來製作 Power Point files&lt;br /&gt;Royalty-Free Clip Art Collection for Foreign/Second Language Instruction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj/FLClipart/default.html"&gt;http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj/FLClipart/default.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;她所使用的有課本，還有搭配的  網站看&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind/student_resources/level3.htm"&gt;http://www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind/student_resources/level3.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;利用歌曲做克漏字練習&lt;br /&gt;What a wonderful world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-wonderful-world-sing-along-and-try.html"&gt;http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-wonderful-world-sing-along-and-try.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-1474872483358590487?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/1474872483358590487/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=1474872483358590487' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/1474872483358590487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/1474872483358590487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/10/efl-blogs.html' title='EFL Blogs 好康多多'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-6484745325652495121</id><published>2008-10-02T21:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T22:17:35.078-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='部落格'/><title type='text'>Reading Power Blog - 跟我的只差一個字!</title><content type='html'>這個 Blog  是 &lt;a href="http://readingpower.blogspot.com"&gt;http://readingpower.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;嚇了我一跳，因為只差一個字 English.. 是 native speaker of English 的 blog&lt;br /&gt;要把科技融入語言教學，跟我的想法一樣!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;從這裡我發現了 好多有趣的語言學習網站：word of the day, 學單字&lt;br /&gt;如 fact monster &lt;a href="http://www.factmonster.com/wordoftheday?opt=c"&gt;http://www.factmonster.com/wordoftheday?opt=c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;如 fun brain &lt;br /&gt;  Diary of A Whimpy Kid &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&amp;ThisPage=1"&gt;http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&amp;ThisPage=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這些都是閱讀的好素材&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-6484745325652495121?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-3035442487190152783</id><published>2008-10-02T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T21:19:25.448-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='部落格'/><title type='text'>Sarah Palin's Blog -- 青少年氣息十足 --</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://sarahpalin.typepad.com/"&gt;http://sarahpalin.typepad.com/ &lt;/a&gt;   副總統候選人的辯論賽之前，Palin在Blog上所發表的內容:  讀了才知道這個人的真面目! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's the big day!!!  We've been practicing pretty much nonstop over the past week, I haven't hardly &lt;br /&gt;had time to breath much less blog.  I am pretty excited for tonight, and I bet you are too. &lt;br /&gt; But I hope you will keep a few things in mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. First and four most, look at who the moderator is: GWEN AWFUL! Okay actually her name is &lt;br /&gt;Eiffel, but you'll see why I gave her that nickname in a second. It turns out that she is writing a&lt;br /&gt;book and it's about OBAMA.  So we know she is going to be bias tonight.  It's pretty much like&lt;br /&gt; reverse racism, although not exactly (Obama and Eiffel are both black).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Remember that what you see tonight is not the "final product"! Even after this debate&lt;br /&gt; there is almost a month until the election, and then almost two more before John and I are sworn in!  &lt;br /&gt;Think about how far I have come in just one month, I should be 3x as good by inauguration! &lt;br /&gt;So if you hear one of my answers and find yourself thinking "hmm, that answer was just okay" &lt;br /&gt;try to imagine if it was THREE TIMES BETTER, because it will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Is Joe Biden going to be sexist? I can't say for sure yet but if he is it will be unfair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. To be honest I have not been feeling well today, I am going to buy some headache powder&lt;br /&gt; and see how things go but I may not be 100%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So just keep all this in mind, but overall I am really feeling good about the debate&lt;br /&gt; (Todd says he is "stoked", he might try to live blog it again like with my speech).  &lt;br /&gt;Ask any of my old debate opponents, they will tell you I have a few tricks up my sleeve! &lt;br /&gt; And also even though the moderator is Gwen Awful, I think there will probably be fewer impossible &lt;br /&gt;"gotcha" like asking me to name newspapers or old Supreme Court cases. The American People&lt;br /&gt; wouldn't stand for it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-3035442487190152783?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/3035442487190152783/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=3035442487190152783' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/3035442487190152783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/3035442487190152783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/10/sarah-palins-blog.html' title='Sarah Palin&apos;s Blog -- 青少年氣息十足 --'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-5507739263613668585</id><published>2008-09-29T23:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T00:18:03.202-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='網路聽故事'/><title type='text'>Caps for Sale --從一本出發</title><content type='html'>讀英文繪本，又可以看人說這個故事，閱讀結合網路的好處，就這個時代才有&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/zingertales/default.asp?storyid=32"&gt;http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/zingertales/default.asp?storyid=32&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;去聽聽這個故事 (五分鐘就聽完了)，練習邊看邊聽，再練習自己講故事。從一本出發，練得滾瓜爛熟，英文就更上層樓了&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;有一群人喜歡說故事 ， 他們的表演在網上可以欣賞&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/zingertales/zingertales.asp#Doc%20McConnell&lt;br /&gt;"&gt;http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/zingertales/zingertales.asp#Doc%20McConnell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About Frontline StoryTellers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Frontline Storytellers are a newly-formed group of PLCMC employees committed to bringing storytelling to everyone. Each of these storyteller talent to tell the tale is unique. Through workshops introducing the art of storytelling to prospective storytellers, this group offers mentoring relationships and opportunities for storytelling practice and initiatives at both branch and system levels. Ultimately, the Frontline Storyteller goal is to awaken the storyteller in everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/zingertales/default.asp?storyid=32"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9196124052596328848-5507739263613668585?l=englishreadingpower.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/feeds/5507739263613668585/comments/default' title='張貼意見'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9196124052596328848&amp;postID=5507739263613668585' title='0 個意見'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/5507739263613668585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9196124052596328848/posts/default/5507739263613668585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishreadingpower.blogspot.com/2008/09/caps-for-sale.html' title='Caps for Sale --從一本出發'/><author><name>Christina Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-332602284563768141</id><published>2008-09-29T23:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T23:37:13.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Free/Pleasure Reading -- 黃希敏教授的英語學習 Tips</title><content type='html'>台灣學生的托福成績在亞洲地區幾乎殿後根據資料顯示，台灣地區學生的托福(TOEFL)成績在亞洲地區排名相當落後，連越南都比不上，如今僅優於北韓。北韓是一個實行鎖國政策、不推行英語教育的共產國家，台灣學習英語卻宛如全民運動，再者，台灣本來就擅長以補習的死記方式來大幅提高考試成績，所以，若是談到英語文聽、說、讀、寫的實力，與別的亞洲國家比較起來，恐怕比考試成績還要慘烈。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;●台灣的英語文大多為「國王的新衣」台灣的英文，比起香港與大多數東南亞國家，都差上一大截，現在連大陸的某些地區都比不上了，有位朋友最近帶了美國紐約大學的教授去到上海，聽見當地二十幾歲年輕人講英語，標準而流暢的不在少數，令那位紐約教授大感驚訝，台灣整體英文程度低落，學得好的猶如鳳毛麟角，而所謂專家學者動不動就抬出「因為沒有英語環境」的藉口。其實在台灣要取得英語資源可說俯拾皆是，只不過，街頭巷尾充斥著的，是胡亂使用的英文以及劣質翻譯，如今，英文用得不像英文，中文也用得不像中文，兩者都在急速「文盲化」，舉例而言，前陣子，某電視台的娛樂節目上居然打出 “*most want to know” 的字幕，這就等於用中文寫出「*知道想最」，孩童耳濡目染的結果將是什麼？另外，華人愛面子，處處可見「高階英文班」的招牌，又喜歡賣弄學術名詞，其實連最基本的英文，用出來都是這樣不倫不類，還談什麼國際化？！在台灣，外行領導內行、官大學問大的自我陶醉情況，實在有如「國王的新衣」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;●問題究竟出在哪裡？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一. 以背誦單字、文法為唯一方法台灣一般人自認口語溝通能力雖差，但讀寫能能力尚可。事實上，台灣學子讀英文時誤解的地方很多，寫出來更如「高山滾鼓」，主要原因是：台灣英語教育多半囿於傳統學習模式，即以背誦單字、文法為唯一方法，以通過考試為目的，長此以往，將鮮活的語言製成了標本，導致學習效果幾近於零。黃老師說，「我一個兒子，回台灣幾年，開學前一天說了這樣的中文句子：『我很upset，因為我們明天有學校』(從英文We have school tomorrow直譯)。在台灣的學生，就算英文成績很好的，使用英文的時候，絕大部分都是這種不倫不類的句子，這是台灣英文教育幾十年來問題之所在──觀念不正確，誤以為只要背很多單字、文法規則，然後把單字加上文法規則就行了，很少人瞭解每種語文都有各自的表達習慣和邏輯觀念，並不是逐字翻譯就可以溝通的。」黃老師進一步說明，早年非常時興一本以audiolingualism為理論基礎的英文學習教材English 900，台灣在三十年前曾奉為英語學習的聖經。此書根據behaviorism (行為主義)，認為只要一直反覆句型就會熟練，就會自動產生language output。其實在學習一種語文的頭兩年，句型練習是必要的，練習多到一種地步，確能產生初步的語感，這是打地基，而如今，由於美國在七十年代開始提出『English 900不過是鸚鵡學話』的觀點，台灣也跟著全面停止English 900，結果連基本句型都失散了，所以英語學習比以前更糟糕，但是我強調，句型練習的學法只是基礎，大約兩年之後，就要開始加入不在句型範圍之內的道地用法，不能讓學生誤以為最基礎的一些句型就是學習英文的全部。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;二. 用中文思考；漠視上下文、字詞正確搭配的重要性舉幾個很簡單的例子：‧「營業中」：常見餐廳告示牌上寫著 to run business，實際上一個簡單的英文字open，便是正確用法。‧「簡介」：即令是首善之都的台北，在印製某些英文宣傳手冊時，也將profile誤用為brief introduction。‧胡亂搭配字詞，如 “*to learn knowledge" (正確為to gain/absorb/acquire knowledge); “*to learn information” (正確為to get/obtain/receive information)。‧以為一個中文字等於一個英文字，其實例如中文的「漂亮」，在英文裡有許多相對應的單字，而且用法各異，如pretty多用於較年輕之女性，good-looking則用於男女皆可，而attractive通常是指外表的漂亮，若要形容「個性迷人」，則用charming。其次，以為相同中文解釋的英文字可以互相換用，譬如「參加」一字，在中文裡，不論是會議、比賽、社團、聚會，都用「參加」這個動詞，但在英文裡，meeting, conference, seminar等需配用attend，活動 (activity)通常用take part in / participate in，而比賽、競賽 (race, contest) 需使用enter，台灣學生最習慣使用的join，其實只能搭配組織類名詞 (organization, club) 。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;三. 有了英語環境又如何？！黃老師說，數年前她曾參與一項大學生赴英遊學的團務，當地接待學校十分用心，每日於餐廳外公告英文的菜單，以便學生多融入當地的語文環境，得到最大的學習成效，然而一日當她問及學生早餐是否習慣食用cereal時，學生多半反應不過來她所指何物，良久才有一學生問到「妳是指『喜瑞兒』嗎？」黃老師用這個例子說明，長期考試英文訓練的結果，即便身處全英語的學習環境，也可如此「視而不見，聽若未聞」。另外，國內還有許多家長，以為把小孩送出國幾年就能學好英文，黃老師指出，她在美國二十多年的生活中，看了太多小留學生，少數專心向學的孩子確實能學得很好，但大多數的紈褲子弟，混了很多年，也只混到相當於美國文盲（能說不能寫）的程度，回到台灣卻容易騙吃騙喝，為什麼？又是因為台灣普遍英文水準低落，缺乏辨識能力。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;● 談談正面的例子：相反的，若是英語學習者擅於自我創造英文學習環境，不用出國，也能達到良好的學習效果。黃老師指出她十數年前於國內大學外文系任教時，發現一位學生英文程度高出同學許多，都可以當助教了，原先以為該生為美國華裔，但該生表示他是因為醉心於西洋音樂，每月大量閱讀英文音樂雜誌，也反覆聽取英文專輯，多年如此，於是就在不知不覺中，奠定了英文的深厚根基。黃老師也舉自己的例子說明自我創造英文學習環境的重要，在她負笈美國的第一個暑假三個多月中，大量收看電視訪談節目、連續劇，更到學校圖書館閱讀書報雜誌，每天英語文上花七、八小時，開學後，連美國教授都驚異於她整體英文能力的明顯提昇。因此，黃老師說，要有效學習英文，唯一的方法是創造虛擬實境，意即大量接觸、吸收有趣又有用的道地英文，培養真實的語感，使英語文成為一種直覺，而不是持續倚賴猶如數理演算分析的學習方式。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;● 首要之務為pleasure/free reading黃老師表示，pleasure reading是語文習得的重要input來源。美國提倡pleasure reading的起因是，大約十五年前教育學者發現孩童語文能力下降，因而推行閱讀活動，方法是各校每日挪出三十分鐘，讓學童挑選有興趣的書籍閱讀，但不進行任何的測驗或考試。該活動的提倡者是知名語言教育學者Krashen，他說pleasure reading是：「...沒有讀書報告、沒有閱讀測驗、不查字典...閱讀純粹是為了興趣。寫得一手好文章的人沒有老師催促也經常看書看得廢寢忘食，不就是同一回事嗎? ...當孩童看(母語)書看得入迷，就在不知不覺中吸收了所有的語言技能，用不著專家學者們擔心﹔當外語學習者看(外語)書看得入迷，自然就從『你好嗎?』程度一步步躍昇至專業水平，即使不繼續上外語課、在缺乏與外語人士交談的環境中，也能不斷成長」。黃老師表示她不盡贊同Krashen所提出的「英語習得自然順序」（「糾正無用」論），但對其所主張的free reading是心有戚戚的。黃老師說，國內傳統英文教育缺乏英語系國家中大約小三到高三這一大段的語文教育，尤其是課外讀物的閱讀和吸收，以致除了極少數有識之士之外，高中畢業生的英文溝通能力大約在小二程度，而一上大學就直接使用英美大學用書，英文系更是需要大量閱讀古英文，但是細究這些抱著一本本精裝原文書的大學生們，英文進步了多少？原先程度與教材相差太遠，連英美小學畢業程度都還談不上的人，如何能吸收大學原文書籍中的英文？結果就是：只會耍弄一些英文專有名詞，而原先低落的英文能力與學術英文混淆，成了四不像的怪物。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;● 慎選合適的閱讀材料這就是Krashen所提出的i+1（比原先程度只高出些微的材料才有用）重要性之所在，所以我們就聽說或讀寫兩方面而言，都需要慎選適當的材料，而學習材料中又以道地者為佳，因為由教師所編寫的材料往往流於簡化而失真，用處有限，所以在兩年的基礎教育之後，應該逐步加入道地材料，如果英文學了三五年後還在使用編寫的ESL/EFL教材，就等於一直在玩家家酒，那還不如節省點時間，去學別的技能吧！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;黃老師為各種程度的學生推薦了一些道地（或近乎道地）的英語材料：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 初級程度/兒童：聽說：兒歌、DVD卡通讀寫：英美童書、青少年讀物&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. 中級程度：聽說："Rebecca's Dream" (發行後稱 "Connect with English"，為美國當地移民通用的英文教材，仿電視肥皂劇，演出者為真正的電視演員，在美國公視上播放，其中語言的使用以及情境的呈現都相當真實，國內買得到)。讀寫：心靈雞湯、別為小事抓狂、讀者文摘、婦女雜誌(例如Good housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal)、 "Discover taipei"台北捷運雜誌。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. 高級程度道地材料：聽說：CNN互動光碟，DVD影片 (影片需慎選，一般以溫馨喜劇片為佳)。讀寫：Time、Newsweek、GQ、People、光華雜誌、美國暢銷作家散文、美國大學生自傳選等。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;而選擇道地材料的要點有三：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 對個人有趣且有用；&lt;br /&gt;2. 影音材料最好能具備英語字幕；&lt;br /&gt;3. 與自身相符或高出些微的程度。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;●學習語言是很輕鬆自然的黃老師最後表示，學習英文不應該「十年苦讀等於零」(某報標題)，也並非如市面上某些噱頭 (如「魔法」、「十天就學會」) 所言一蹴可及。正確的作法乃是：每天至少花半小時在適當的道地材料上不斷地聽、看、唸、說、記、寫，在耳濡目染中吸收及模仿，一兩年可見效果，如果經濟許可，請個一週一次的native-speaker家教（慎選有程度、有人品者）做互動練習，當然成就感更大，但是請注意，如果單單請native speaker教，自己沒有持續攝取好而多的input，則多半效果不彰，因為native speaker對於學生胡亂使用英文，多半懶得糾正，背後還有種「外國人嘛！懂一點就可以了」的心態，這樣學出來的英語文能上國際檯面才怪。黃老師指出，書林出版社有一本書採訪了台灣數十位英文高手，這些人的經驗絕大部分跟她的雷同，那也就是，學習英文並沒有捷徑，但是有一條簡單又直接的途徑，完全建立在common sense上，用不著研究又研究、統計加統計（舉目所及，不少以「似乎是」英文寫成的論文，充滿了洋洋灑灑的統計與研究，但文章本身充滿了英文錯誤，不就是最大的反諷？！）。「學習語言原來是很輕鬆自然的，過度複雜化的結果就是眼前所見──竹籃打水一場空。不過話說回來，也有人用自己的興趣和common sense，建立了相當深厚的英文實力，所以學英文到底會事倍功半還是事半功倍，完全看方向對不對」，黃老師下了這樣的結論。打破英文學習魔咒，創造英語之虛擬實境專訪北科大應英系黃希敏老師&lt;div 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Chang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08460964241254084439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196124052596328848.post-7251912841833409856</id><published>2008-09-29T23:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T23:19:37.965-07:00</updated><title type='text'>創意 ＆  閱讀的關係 by 洪蘭</title><content type='html'>2005/11/20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.sina.com.tw/3819/article.php?pbgid=3819&amp;amp;entryid=18355"&gt;http://blog.sina.com.tw/3819/article.php?pbgid=3819&amp;amp;entryid=18355&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;轉載【閱讀，讓你的腦更有創造力！】怎麼樣才可以使神經網絡很綿密呢？科學家發現最好的方法是閱讀。閱讀是主動的訊息處理歷程，而主動歷程會促使神經連接。我們實驗室用腦電圖儀（electroencephalograph, EEG）測量人在閱讀時大腦的事件相關電位（event-related potential, ERP）。我們發現受試者閱讀時，在極短的時間內，大腦中所有與這個字有關的訊息都會被激發（活化）。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;人人都想要有創意，但是創意從何而來？根據腦科學的研究與歷史上許多著名案例，都顯示創意不會憑空蹦出，而是有它一定的條件！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;撰文╱洪蘭&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;創造力是每個人都希望有，卻不是每個人都能有的能力。有人認為它全靠運氣，曾經有一首詩諷刺哥倫布說：「他出發時不知道要去哪裡，到了那裡也不知道究竟是哪裡，卻憑著這些不知道封了爵士。」創造發明固然有一些是運氣，更重要的是勇氣，必須有鍥而不捨的精神才會成功。在科學史上留名千古的發明家都是一分天才、九分努力的人，當蘋果掉在牛頓頭上時，他的先備知識使他可以想出萬有引力，在蘋果掉下來之前，牛頓已是很有名的數學家、物理學家了。成功沒有一蹴可及的事情，它一定是血汗累積的成果。過去我們都認為成功的發明家是最聰明、最有天才的人，在這裡，我想從神經機制來探討一下創造發明的本質，解開一些迷思。用閱讀活化大腦我們大腦有1012個神經元，每一個神經元又可以有1000個以上的連接，那真是非常錯綜複雜，令人眼花撩亂的通訊系統。我們可以把大腦的神經迴路想像成一個非常綿密的灌溉系統，農夫依需求鑿溝渠，引水來灌溉，耕種越多的地方灌溉系統越密。當上游水壩的水閘開時，蓄水湧出，流向各個溝渠，溝渠越長，分支越多，下游的水量越小，最後自然終止。在水流的過程中，如果別的水閘也正好打開，這個溝渠有別的水來匯合，那麼，下游的水會因為上游有別的水注入而變得豐富，它就可以流到更遠的地方，使得原來無水的荒田獲得灌溉。荒田裡有了水，就會長出作物。我們可以說，一個有創造力的人，大腦中的灌溉系統很綿密，同樣的水量，會因為溝渠連接得宜，匯集成能夠發揮作用的水量，灌溉到很多別人灌溉不到的田地，因而得到意想不到的收穫。不停有水流過的水溝不會淤積，但是一條許久不用的水溝卻會長草，當雜草繁茂後，大家就不知道這裡曾經有過一條溝了。大腦也是用進廢退，必須要不停使用，越用越靈光，如果不用，就像水溝長出草來，下次要用也沒得用了。一個有創造力的人就是能舉一反三的人，因為他的「田」常能有一些本來不是它自己水閘的水，溝渠越密，水量越多，出來的點子越多。那麼，怎麼樣才可以使神經網絡很綿密呢？科學家發現最好的方法是閱讀。閱讀是主動的訊息處理歷程，而主動歷程會促使神經連接。我們實驗室用腦電圖儀（electroencephalograph, EEG）測量人在閱讀時大腦的事件相關電位（event-related potential, ERP）。我們發現受試者閱讀時，在極短的時間內，大腦中所有與這個字有關的訊息都會被激發（活化）。例如，先給受試者看一個「時」字，然後立刻呈現另一個字「廟」，請受試者判斷「廟」是不是一個中文字，他的反應速度會比看一個跟「寺」不相干的字（如「柚」）來得快。因為「時」的意旁是「日」，聲旁是「寺」，在一剎那間，「日」和「寺」的意義都會被激發，而「寺」又會再激發跟它有關的其他連結，因為「寺廟」是個高聯結詞，所以「廟」的反應速度會較快。我們實驗發現這個促發效應（priming effect）會持續100毫秒。但若是給受試者看「猜」，然後出現「紫」這個字，判斷「紫」的反應速度仍然很快，不過「紫」必須在50毫秒內出現才行，因為這個促發效應50毫秒後就消失了。由於「青紫」是低聯結詞，而且「猜」不唸「青」的音，所以促發效應小，也就是說，如果在50毫秒內出現跟它有關係、但是關係不是那麼密切的「紫」，「紫」的判斷時間還是會快，但是若超過50毫秒才出現「紫」，這個促發就被壓抑下去了。這個實驗證實了在閱讀時，一個字所攜帶的訊息在極短的時間內會全都被激發，然後不正確的訊息會被抑制下去，只剩正確的反應出來。在大腦中，抑制（inhibition）的功能往往比興奮（excitation）更重要，這也是我們有時會說錯話、寫錯字的原因。當大腦中有一堆可能性冒出來時，要刪除不對的反應可沒有那麼容易，有時一不留神，錯誤的反應就會溜了出來，心理學上叫「說溜了嘴」（slip of the tongue），這個例子可以讓我們了解大腦內在神經的運作。神經迴路的活化其實就是聯想力，這個舉一反三的能力就會增加點子出現的機會，因此，創造力與閱讀可能是同一個神經機制，要提升創造力應該要從閱讀做起。在美國有一個測量創造力很好的方法叫「遠程聯想測驗」（remote association test, RAT），給受試者看三個不相干的字，如base、snow、 dance，要受試者盡快想出一個與這三個字都有關係的字。這個答案是ball，因為baseball（棒球），snowball（雪球），ballroom dance（交際舞），當受試看到base時，它會激發一連串與base有關的神經迴路，ball會被激發一次；看到snow時，ball又被激發一次。看到dance時，這個ball已被激發了三次，超越了臨界點，它就脫穎而出，受試者就會想到ball了。以前面的比喻來說，ball就是三條水渠的匯合點，水量大了，就能流到更遠的田地。從這個例子就可以看到創造力與閱讀的關係。創意科學家的必要條件大量閱讀增加的當然是背景知識，而有創造力的人通常都有寬廣的背景知識，但是不一定要很聰明。1960年諾貝爾生醫獎得主梅達華（Peter Medawar）曾經說過，一個人只要有好的普通常識（即背景知識）與一般的想像力，就可以成為一個有創意的科學家，你不一定要很聰明，但是你一定要「對某些東西很聰明」。聰明是天生的，我們沒有辦法改變，但是智慧是後天經驗累積的，是我們努力可以達成的。智慧使我們看到別人沒看到的東西（對某些東西很聰明）。現在幾乎所有的父母老師都拚命塞知識給學生，希望孩子因此而能有創造力，但是他們忘了，一個會動的腦筋比一個會背的腦筋更重要，當大腦塞滿死的知識而不會活用時，這些知識完全不能發揮舉一反三的功能，也就不可能有創意了。愛因斯坦說：「想像力比知識更重要。」因為知識是有限的，想像力是無窮的，有想像力的人隨時可以遨遊世界。想像力、邏輯推理和背景知識都是創造力的必要條件，但還有另一個條件，就是觀察力和正確解釋這個觀察到現象的能力。錯誤解釋觀察到的現象，會把科學帶到死胡同，陷入泥淖，它的傷害比其他條件的不正確都來得大，惟有正確解釋現象才會撥雲見日，使科學突飛猛進。伽俐略從望遠鏡中觀察到月球表面有陰影，但是陰影中有一些亮的光點，這個光點會逐漸擴大，最後跟其他亮的地方結合為一，他就推論月球表面一定是凹凸不平，像地球表面的山一樣，當早晨大陽昇起，照在山頭時，山頭是亮的，山腳下還是陰的，太陽越爬越高時，陰影逐漸退去，最後當太陽到達天頂時，整個山都是亮的。月球並不是像當時人所想像的是個平滑的圓球。現在太空人登上了月球，也讓我們知道，伽俐略的推論是正確的。 【本文出自科學人2005年11月號】&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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