Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on August 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Democracy and Dirty Money in Taiwan
You have to love what’s happening in Taiwan. Yeah, I know the story is in Beijing with the Olympics and all that, but the former President of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, has just been banned from leaving the island and the Swiss are investigating a bank account that contains $20 [...]
Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
stall, skulk, sneak, linger, chute, cellar, step out of line, unhitch, pantyhose, hang out, transvestite, disgruntle, seething, muttering, glaring, sweeping, stroll, interloper, patron, lo and behold, Mutiny on the Bounty, breech, jerk, item(花邊)…
Mentioned a good movie: 慾望街車(A Streetcar Named Desire) .
Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
This article spent two times to understand by Prof. Lee.(2008/3/6 and 3/13) I learned something about Indian movies. And have some google search: Calgary, Rubenesque, Scandinavian, Istanbul.
Quoted from Prof. Lee :”You live with what you’re born with. And try to make the best of it.”
Vocabulary: wintry, spool(錄影帶), be spliced(剪接), nuance(細微), heart-wrenching, leading man, expat, [...]
Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
consumerism curdles(結凍，酸，壞), melancholy days, Groucho Marx, shut-in(關在家裡的人), proportion(程度), won’t go into it(不談), buck(元), rotgut, bender, promptly, grouchy, lactose intolerant, buttermilk, solemn, sardonic, croon, handy(容易), bloodhound(獵犬), write dryly, as president, Ms., …
Name: Nickname/Female
John: Jack/Jackie(Jaqueline(F.))
Richard: Dick
William: Bill/Billie, Willie
Ellizabeth: Liz, Lizzie, Beth, Betty
Charles: Chuck
Edward: Ted, Ed, Teddy
Paul/Paula
Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on January 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The Boston Globe
This article spent 2 times to have the exposotion by Prof. Lee. (2007/12/27 and 2008/01/03 7:00pm) I attended at 1 time(first).
anticipated in(預期), rock history, legendary, tuned, break(/e/) through, barricade, subversive, accused of, adolescence, sonic voyage, once(一旦), traded in(交易), frontman, mine, Arabic ruba’(quarter tone), Persian Koron(neutral third), lay down a tight groove over which the frontmen can let [...]
Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on December 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Whose WOOds these ARE i THInk i KNOW.
His HOUse is IN the VILlage THOUGH;
He WIll not SEE me STOpping HERE
To WAtch his WOOds fill UP with SNOW.
My LITtle HORse must THInk it QUEER
To STOp withOUT a FARmhouse NEAR.
BetWEEN the WOOds and FROzen LAKE
The DARkest EVEning OF the YEAR.
He GIves his HARness BElls a SHAKE
To ASk [...]
Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on December 19, 2007 | No Comments »
aliens(外星人), go off(離去), raspberry Bermuda shorts, pale pink polo shirt, a mane of tawny waves, squint(chin tilted, eyes narrowed), frayed the hems, all of these(這麼多), far-flung, by dusk, wind-up, rake a comb, Del’s, leaning, scratchy(刺人的), thin pale hair, groan, blurt, aloft on, doe-eyed girl, rage, swollen, invade, take up, wire-rimmed glasses, tie-dye, back of my head, [...]
Posted in English Classroom of P.H.C. Lee on December 13, 2007 | No Comments »
“Charlotte’s Web” By E.B. White
reciting contest May 2 2007
“Variations” by WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.
“First Day of Cool” By BRIDIE CLARK
“The Curse of Entitlement” By Will Leitch
“Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening” By Robert Frost
“Our Lean Summer” By James P. Othmer
