Friday, May 6, 2011

3RD story book~

Mr Midnight~The legend of lady long neck


Vocabulary:
1.echoed~ the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped回声
E.g.His voice echoed in the big empty hall.


2.omen~ a sign of something about to happen征兆
E.g.Some magpies were singing in the tree when I left home for the first time, a good omen in Chinese culture.


3.defiantly~in a rebellious manner挑战地;大胆对抗地
E.g.She tilted her chin at him defiantly.


4.hiss~a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval);发嘶嘶声
E.g.The speaker was received with a mixture of applause and hisses.


5.hideous~so extremely ugly as to be terrifying令人惊骇的
E.g.They're not like dogs; they're hideous brutes.


6.enormous~extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree极大的
E.g.The implications are enormous.


7.utility~the quality of being of practical use功用, 效用
E.g.A fur coat has more utility in winter than in autumn.


8.crane~ large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world鹤
E.g.Crane is a kind of bird with very long legs and neck.


9.gulp~ a large and hurried swallow狼吞虎咽地吃
E.g.Amelia gulped down her coffee and rushed out.


10.eternity~time without end永恒
E.g.He waited for an eternity.


11.grip~the act of grasping紧握,紧抓, 抓牢
E.g.His grip weakened as he was tired.


12.interfere~come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle干预; 调停
E.g.As he is always interfering, I told him to mind his own business.


13.feeble~pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness;虚弱的, 衰弱的, 无力的
E.g.She replied in but a feeble voice.


14.dabble~ dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid涉猎;涉足;浅尝
E.g.She dabbles in painting as a hobby.


15.compose~ form the substance of组成, 构成
E.g.These twelve men are believed to compose the jury.


Summary...
Actually I didn't read whole of the story ==
Because there's a lot of exam recently~~
But I still got read half of it^^
It is tell about that a woman is hanged and now her avenging ghost haunts Ferlyn Tan s cellar. Soon, Ferlyn and her friends find themselves battling the horrors of the Undead as they investigate THE LEGEND OF LADY LONG NECK STORY TWO: A trip to the library unearths an ancient book that has Elsen Goh under its spell.
That's all~hahax



Sunday, March 27, 2011

Unified Test 2 Scope

A.     Comprehension (20%)
        (5 Subjective Questions)

B.     Vocabulary (20%)
        (Top 1 Standard: Unit 3 --pg32&33)

C.     Literature Component (20%)
        (Poem: 'He Had Such Quiet Eyes' -- 5 True/False Statements
                                                              5 Subjective Questions)

D.     Verb Forms (10%)
         1. The Simple: Past, Present, Future (Active & Passive)
          2. The Continuous: Past, Present, Future (Active & Passive)
          3. The Prefect: Past, Present
          4. The Perfect Continuous: Past, Present
          5. The Conditionals
          6. Gerund
          7. The Infinitives: Bare, To-infinitive

E.     Formation of Words (10%)
        Practice Session 5 & 7

F.     Rewriting Sentences (10%)
        Exercise B

G.     Grammar (10%)
          1. Countable and Uncountable Nouns (Top 1: pg16-17)
          2. Prepositions (Top 1: pg61-62)
          3. Subject and Verb Agreement

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Please dont see itXD

        Nowadays, I had been 16 years old already. There were a lot of teacher I had met during my school's life.All among of the teacher, I thought that my junior 2 English teacher was the most unforgotable teacher to me.

        She was a very-very-very kind teacher. However, her kind had caused us to bully her by making noises, change our seat without permission, sleeping during the lesson and other. I thought that I'm so sorry about her because actually she was really know to teach her student English very well.

       There was a most unforgotable incident had happened at that year. At that years'm mid year exam, both of our classmate were failed and took a bad score about it. Finally, we all changed our wrong answers into the correct's and then asked for the teacher why she marked our exam wrongly. After that, she gave us a lot of mark=.= Then all of our classmate had a great score about this exam.....

      However, we all were very love about her and hadn't do something which hurts her heart or damaging her. That was just because of our naughties for bullying her. I hope that she would not hate us very much at all.^^

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Vocabulary~Top 1 Standard English Page 32

1.imperative
very important and needing immediate attention or action vital 重要紧急的;迫切的;急需处理的 
Ex:Of the UN resolution, he said, "It is imperative that the international community continues to speak with one voice."


2.spirited
full of energy, determination or courage 精神饱满的;坚定的;勇猛的
Ex:"Today we are coming together for the same goal, to elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. I was honored to be in this race with Barack and I am proud we had a spirited dialogue," Sen. Clinton said.


3.engaging
interesting or pleasant in a way that attracts your attention 有趣的;令人愉快的;迷人的
Ex:The legislation decreed the death penalty for anyone engaging in illegal acts.


4.exhilaration
very happy不亦乐乎
Ex:The child was exhilaration. Whenever you praise him, he turns his head.


5.attachment
(to sb) (affection) (对某人的)爱慕之情
Ex:I have a sentimental attachment to my father's watch.


6.enclosures
(area of land) 围场
Ex:Once small wild cats are weaned, they can be moved outdoors into a natural-like enclosure.


7.resources
sources of energy; energy resources; energy; power sources能源
Ex:Inner Mongolia is rich in meadow resources.


8. crucial
 very important非常重要的
Ex: The loss of that point was crucial to the outcome of the match.


9.dyslexic
having difficulty at reading诵读有困难的
Ex:That dyslexic boy cannot read the book well.


10.burdened
to carry on the back背负
Ex:I take refuge at your feet, burdened with the weight of my sins.


11.fidgety
unable to relax or be still不安的,不沉着的
Ex:He felt fidgety and immersed his head in the cold water.

12.imparting
the transmission of information传达讯息
Ex:.Imparting family values is a long-term process.

13.convinced
 persuaded of; very sure确信
Ex:He was convinced of her innocence.

14.accompanying
 following as a consequence陪伴着
Ex:Today,Thanks for your accompanying me.

15.counsel
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action劝告
Ex:The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain.

16.spirited
lively and entertaiment精力充沛
Ex:Vincent is a spirited fellow.

17.exhilaration
happiness and excitement愉快的心情
Ex:Her mood could swing rapidly from gloom to exhilaration.

18.endeavours
effort尽力
Ex:.I will endeavour to do everything well.

19.spotted
saw认出,看见
Ex:I spotted him in the crowd.

20.implore
beg恳求
Ex:He implored forgiveness for what he had done.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

~~~4th blog~~~~

1. sweating
When you are very hot or afraid, little drops of water comme out of your body. This is to sweat.冒汗


2. boot
a strong shoe that covers the foot and ankle and often the lower part of the leg靴子.


3.whistled
Emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth口哨


4.terrace
a continuous row of similar houses that are joined together in one block排屋


5.bald
having little or no hair on the head秃头


6.hostage
a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking人质


7.declare
to say something officially or publicly宣布


8.hare
to run or go somewhere very fast飞跑


9.cypress
a tall straight evergreen tree泊树


10.steeply
abruptly险峻的


11.balcony
a platform that is built on the upstairs outside wall of a building, with a wall or rail around it. You can get out onto a balcony from an upstairs room.阳台


12.pavement
a flat part at the side of a road for people to walk on行人道


13.evidence
the facts, signs or objects that make you believe that something is true根据


14.quarry
an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed猎物


15.cellar
an underground room often used for storing things地下室


16.accent
a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country or area a person comes from腔调


summary:
         The golden head of Pharaoh Chefren IV, which was stolen from the Darna Municipal Museum, was still missing. The police under Inspector Roland were still looking for the head. Inspector Roland asked a custom officer to watch John Samuel Fame who crossed the frontier a lot for a mysterious business. He was the key of the missing thing because he was a friend of the thief, Emil Harker and the thief had already dead killed by his own friend named Ezra. Actually, the thief was a chief of smugglers. They were consisted of some people. They smuggled cars, but the custom officer did not know about it. The custom officers found nothing in Fame’s car at last.
Fame found a poem which showed where the golden head was. Fame asked Zara but she could not help her too. Ezra wanted the poem too. Still nobody could not explained the meaning of the mysterious poem. Fame knew that Ezra killed Harker. He followed him. Unfortunately, he was caught but he could escape.
The mystery of the poem was revealed. Fame and his friends Zara and Don looked for the place as the poem said. It was under the bridge in a quarry. They found it at last. They did not realize that they had been followed by Ezra, so when they found it Ezra pushed them to give the golden head to him by pointing a gun in front of them. Fame, Zara and Don were saved by Inspector Roland and friends. He shot Ezra and arrested his men. Finally, the golden head of Pharaoh Chefren IV could be returned back to its place.



I thought that this is story is quite boring==hahaXD
It tell us not to steal the things which don't belong to us
Because we will got its reaction of what have our done
I will remember this value forever 
This story also has a value of bravely to do something when we face a problem
There is all about my though about this story
Sorry that my Englsh is really not good..It was many mistake in this paragraph







Saturday, February 12, 2011

3rd blog...

Before the CNY festival, my classmate and I had borrowed a story book from the school library.
My story book's name is"The Secret Agent".
I had spent a lot of time for reading it><
The vocubulary which I have learnt from the book has type rightly at down.

  Vocabulary
1. vigilance: the fact, quality, or condition of being vigilant 警戒,警觉  
2. accentuate:to stress or emphasize 强调,使突出
3. husky: slightly hoarse or rasping 嘶哑的       
4. corpulent:physically bulky; fat 发福的,(指人过度肥胖)
5. perspiration:the act or process of insensibly eliminating fluid through the pores of the skin, which evaporates immediately汗
6. rigorous:severely accurate; scrupulous严密的,严格的
7. infatuation:the act of infatuating or state of being infatuated痴迷,痴恋
8. sarcasm:mocking, contemptuous, or ironic language intended to convey scorn or insult讽刺
9. venerate:to hold in deep respect; revere崇拜,敬重
10. cease:to bring or come to an end; desist from; stop停止做,不再继续
11. bourgeoisie:the middle classes中产阶级
12. legislation:laws, considered collectively立法


13. degeneracy:The state or property of being degenerate退步;退化


14. parlour:a room in a private house for sitting in, entertaining visitors, etc. (私人住房的)起居室,客厅


There also some expressive sentence includes in this book
Example:
-An impenetrable mystery seems destined to hang for ever over this act of madness or despair.
-Do not look down on their abilities, everyone has its own talent.
-Even the sky is falling down, I will not promise your condition!
-She is the dumbest person in this world, even a fool is smarter than her.


This is a story revolves around a beautiful, young wife, her simple-minded brother, and her devoted but tortured husband. The novel is a mixture of love , espionage, and mystery story.
This book is include of the simple sentence so I can understand what had happened in the story.
I think this is a well story for reading at free time.Whatever, it 's a sadness ending because the main character was left himself to avoid his wife for killed by somebody.


This is my thoughts to the book. 

Saturday, January 22, 2011

POst 2...

That's the first time use powerpoint to present our homework.
It's quite interesting!!
Although that spent me a lot of time for preparing..
But this really a great experience for me~

This time our presenter is our group leader - Elvin Chua
He's almost done all of our present work~haha><

I feel that using powerpoint to present our homework is a well learning's method~
Like!!!~hahax><
Hope my English can be more"pro"!!JIAYOU><