Posts Categorized: English

13/1/2010 9:00 – 10:30

1. morning rush hours 7:30-9:30 am
   evening rush hours 5:00 – 8:00 pm
   (peak hours)
   YiShun station is where the MRT begins.
   I can get a seat easily.
   8:30: half past eight
   mid night
   7:45: quarter to

12/1/2010 3:30 – 5:00

1. I get bored.
   I get frustrated.
2. I toss and turn in bed.
   sculpture – sculptor
3. earthquake
   proof
   Taipei is below sea level.
4. You grill(boil, fry,stir fry, deep fry, saute, deep fry) meat with frame.
   barbecue(outdoor)
   You

12/1/2010 1:30 – 3:00

1. Do you have a strong will-power?
   I have a strong will.
   I review my work after every class.
   I tend to forget what I learn.
   I find it difficult to remember.
2. I learn to cook Chinese

11/1/2010 11:00 – 12:30

1. Immediate or nuclear family
   father, mother, children
   Extended family
   grandparents
   uncles
   aunts
   cousins
   nephews
   nieces
   in-laws
2. vacation holiday
   vacant 空位
   vacancy
   recreation
3. You could get a nervous breakdown.(mental breakdown)
4. We have to meet stringent deadlines.
   You

11/1/2010 9:00 – 11:30

1. nut change -> move a new house
   chip board
   It’s not durable.
   Do you have to assemble the furniture yourself?
2. mutton – goat
   lamb – sheep(not ship)
3. ground floor(England)
   1st flour is a void deck.
   miscellaneous

8/1/2010 9:00 – 10:30

1. It is subsidized.
   You get a subsidy.
   Do they get subsidized meals?(USA: food vouchers)
2. private instruction in swimming
   private tuition in swimming
   talent needlework(sew)
3. I went to a co-educational school.
   29 tonite tonight
   m2u -> IUV

7/1/2010 11:00 – 12:30

1. general question
   specific question
   personality
   generous generosity
2. people kind
   stingy stinginess
   mean meaness selfish
   miserable misery miser
   courteous courtesy
   polite politeness
   rude rudeness
   bad mannered ill mannered
   chatty chattiness
   talkative chat shows(TV program)
   loquacious
   quiet thoughtful(vice

7/1/2010 9:00 – 10:30

1. I rent an apartment.
   condominium flat
   The living and dinner room is quite big.
   Bed room is small.
   The value has doubled.(trebled)
   75000 protests against the government
   How to improve their standard of living?
   The cost

6/1/2010 3:30 – 5:00

1. We went to Penang over the New Year break.
   We flew by SIA.
   The flavour is different.
   You can suffer from food poisoning.
   rubber, oil palm ->plantation
   The get tired and jaded.
   You rest and