2012年2月21日

Learner’s Word of the Day 22/2/2012

Fall for
fall for someone:
 to feel a strong attraction for (someone) : to fall in love with (someone)
 I fell for her in a big way. She's gorgeous! Ted fell for Alice and they decided to get married.
fall for something:
to be fooled by (something, such as a trick)
Surely, you don't expect me to fall for that! She fell for the excuse I gave her about getting stuck in traffic.

Stun
to surprise or upset (someone) very much
They were stunned by the news == the news stunned them. The angry criticism stunned them.
to cause (someone) to suddenly become very confused,very dizzy, or unconscious .
weapon that can stun people temprarily

2012年2月20日

A Document from MySkylines, Express Yourself - Issue 12

Good Habits & Bad
 Rather than sudden, grave resolution, your life is probably more affected by trivial, repetitive, un thinking behavior. Until the day you die, your body and mind will be governed by good habits and bad ones. These acts determine the quality of your existence. Everyone knows that bad habits are easy to form, since they are quite agreeable to man's lazy and selfish nature; but good ones are difficult to fabricate because they need perseverance and lack social reinforcement. but, nevertheless, though bad habits are hard to break, it is never too late to start making good ones--you just need determination and dedication. Doing something over and over again until you don't have to think about it is how actions become habitual in the first place.

2012年2月6日

An introduction of the Linko District where I live

    Where is the Linko? My friends or classmates asked me the most frequently. Some think Linko is located at Taoyuan, but it's a wrong answer. Linko is located in New Taipei City, part of is tableland, part of is hillside, and the rest is coastal land.

    The climate of Linkou is  more cool than most places in the greater Taipei area in the summer time, but in the winter the climate is wetter and colder. The traffic is getting convenient, already have highway and bus, and the MRT is going to run. You can drive car to any places through highway, you can go to the Taipei city by bus and MRT, you can easily go to the airport and Taiwan High Speed Rail Station by MRT.

    Linkou is a re-planning city, the roads are very neat and wider, and there has several big parks and lots of small parks,and the air is very fresh. So people live in Linko have larger space and less stress living environment.

    For me , Linko is a perfect place to live, the fresh air, larger space, neat roads and streets, parks, convenient traffic. There has Carrefour, Welcome where you can buy anything you need. There is a big hospital if we need medical care. 

    I live in a small community with only 66 families. My wife love this community, it's a Chinese style building with traditional decorations and there is a Chinese garden in the center of the community. There is a park on the opposite side of our community. Each room in our house has windows. Through the windows we can see a nice park and blue sky, feel very comfortable and sometimes you can also see a plane flying to Taipei City.