2011年11月28日月曜日

Week9

Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/


Topic: "Onling Dating is changing how we flirt" and "Twitter celebrates its fifth birthday"


Key words:  socially acceptable(seen as approved of by other people)                   
replicate(imitate or make happen in a similar way)                   
flirting(taking and behaving in a way that makes someone think you are sexually attracted to them)
anthropologist(researcher who studies people, society and culture)
single(not married, not currently in a romantic relationship)
medium(means used to communication)
strike up a conversation(start to talk someone)          
chance encounter(meeting between two people which is not arranged)
seize the day(take advantage of the situation or take action)
insomnia(medical condition which causes people to have difficulty sleeping)
about right(close to the truth)
means(way or method)
putting out(here, publishing)                    
out there(here, online ore on the internet)                    
walk this little line(achive a balance or strike a balance)
Raiting of the site: a little bit easy
Time spent doing activity: 40minutes.

Comment: Both of two topics was interesting.                
 It is easy to remember the words

2011年11月21日月曜日

Week8

Site: http://australianetwork.com/englishbites/episodes.htm

Topic: Episode30,13,15

Key words learned: by far=by a long way=to a large degree(very far)
                               mint=coin(a lot of money)
                               fuss=tumult(get upset)
                               lay back=relax and casual
                               malarkey(joke)
                               go out=die out(go out of fashion)
                              
                            
Comments: a little easy
Time spent doing activity: 60min

2011年11月14日月曜日

Week7

Site: http://www.elllo.org/

Topic: About Grades

Key words: binary=two
                  detriment=disadvantage(bad point)
                  easy on(not strict)      

Raiting of the site: a little bit difficult

Time spent doing activity: 50minutes.

Comment: This topic was interesting.