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1. The major line is about Chandler proprosing to Monica.  He had been planning it for a long time, but he missed the chance to propose to her at the restaurant because they ran into Monica's ex-boyfriend Richard.

However, he tried another method by pretending he hates marriage just to make Monica sad and then give her a surprise.  Unfortunately, Richard came back to Monica and told her he still loves her.  Monica was in a dilemma and she had to think things over.  Untill Chandler knew what happened, he finally found out how serious this situation is.  He went to find Monica, but Joey had already told her the truth.  Beyond to Chandler's expections, Monica proposed to Chandler and they got engaged at the end.

2. My favorite character is Rachel, because she always looks so serious but actually talks with a sense of humor. She has a lot of emotional expression in the movie which makes her funny and adorable.  The character I like least is Chandler.  Maybe its because I hadn't see impressive funny scenes in the movie.  

3. I think it helps a lot in my listening skills. In the beginning I may have to rely on English subtitles a lot, but at the end of the semester, I can know about 90% what the characters are talking about without looking at the subtitles.     

 

 

 

 

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Book: Lord of the flies

Author: William Golding

Publishing company: Penguin Group

Year of publishing: 1997

Number of pages: 272

This story is about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island. There are three main characters is this story, which are Jack, Piggy, and Ralph. Ralph is the one who tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, but there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the island's wild pig population. Soon Ralph's rules are being ignored or challenged outright. Piggy is the kid who everyone picks on, the misfit, but very logical and applies sense to the tough situation they are in. Jack, is Ralph's fiercest competitor, the redheaded leader of the pig hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages.At first, the boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain signal fires. They also try to run a form of government, which is considerably hard when no adults are there to enforce the rules and as result chaos breaks out. When the boys were thrust into this sort of situation it caused them to grow and mature very rapid. Unfortunately, some of the boys begin to turn into a tribe of savages, it shows the dark side of reality and forces us to except the truth is that even the most innocent will fall to evil one day.

First, I have to thank Willy for lending me this book. Because of some reasons, I wasn't able to finish the last book. Instead, this story is quiet interesting. It shows the weaknesses and evils of mankind that have caused trouble and conflict in our world. The author wanted to show readers that the only difference between human beings and beasts is that we are governed by laws and civilization, without which we do become savages. After reading it, I think it teaches me an important lesson about human nature.

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Book: Can You Keep A Secret 

 

Author: Sophie Kinsella

 

Publishing company: The Dial Press

 

Year of publishing: 2004

 

Number of pages: 355

 

     This story is about an optimistic girl Emma, who has kept her job at Panther Cola for nearly a year and hopes for a promotion to marketing executive.  Unfortunately, things don't go quite as planned, and on her unusually turbulent return flight from a disappointing client meeting, in a terrified state, she confesses her innermost secrets to the good-looking American stranger sitting beside her. When she shows up at work the next morning, she is horrified to discover that the man is Jack Harper, American CEO of Panther Cola!  He knows everything, including that she hates her job and that she is not quite sure she loves her boyfriend, but Jack does not fire her on the spot.  Instead, he gives her advice about her personal life, which she finds infuriating... 

     I think this story is quite interesting and funny, which makes me doesn't want to put it down and what will happen next is unpredictable.  Emma is such an adorable girl.  She always do many silly things that makes me laugh.  Sorry to say that I haven't finish the book, so I still don't have enough feelings from this story.  Maybe next time when I finish it, I can realize what the story is really going to tell us about. 

 

      

 

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Book: The Nanny Diaries

Author: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

Publishing company: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Year of publishing: 2005

Number of pages: 368

Continuing with the story last week, Nanny, the nanny in Mrs. X.'s house, finally became friends with the naughty little boy Grayer. After handling the relationship problem with Grayer, Nanny thought her work would be easier. On the contrary, more and more problems kept popping up. Mr. and Mrs.X always quarrel about little things that made the atmosphere quite nervous at home. To Nanny's surprise, she found out that Mr. X was having extramarital relations with his colleague! She was facing the dilemma of telling Mrs.X or not. Another problem is that she was in love with Mrs.X's neighbor, the boy who she calls him "Harvard Hottie", but due to the rules she was not allowed to have a boyfriend while being a nanny. The other problem, also the most significant one is Nanny's mother is coming to New York to visit her and she lied to her mother that she was working in a business company. All these problems were driving her crazy!

After deep thinking, she wondered if she was really suitable for this job. Maybe she wasn't that suitable, but because she was the only person Grayer could relied on, she decided to stay. To let Grayer happy, she broke many house rules, not knowing there were Nanny cameras watching her. When Mrs.X found out, she was fired... She feeled released, but sorry to Grayer.

She expressed her madness to Mrs.X by recording a video, telling Mrs.X she should take care of her own children instead of engaging parties everyday and her house rules would not let Grayer have a happy childhood. Mrs.X seemed to be touched by her words. She wrote a letter to thank Nanny for letting her realize the importance of family relationship. She devorced with her husband and there were no more nannies for Grayer anymore, because Mrs.X decided to raise him up by herslf. On the other hand, Nanny found another job she really liked. On the conclusion, both of them began a whole new happy life.

This story tells us money is not omnipotent. Maybe we are not nobles, but we can still have a happy life. We can have more time with our parents and feel love from them. We don't have to observe so many rules which we just need to be ourselves. After reading, I think it is not necessary for us to admire the upper classes, because being rich doesn't mean there will be no problems. However, maybe more. I think being an ordinary people is more comfortable the the rich, so we should cherish the love we have now.

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Book: The Nanny Diaries

Author: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

Publishing company: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Year of publishing: 2005

Number of pages: 368

Nanny, born in an ordinary family in New Jersey, came all the way to New York for school work. After graduated from NYU, instead of finding a job related to what she learned in university, she decided to be a "nanny". This turning point not only changed her career, but also changed her whole life and values. She got the job from the wealthy X family, living in Manhattan, which has a four-year-old boy Grayer waiting to have a new nanny. At first, she thought this would be an easy job. On the contrary, the work was so tough for her to imagine. Getting used to the upper class family is the first challange for an ordinary girl like her, such as so many rules, so many luxuries...and so on. Coming up next is a four-year-old naughty boy challanging her patience by driving her crazy. She did not quit, but tried to makes friends with Grayer...

I have to apologize I haven't read as much as usual in the last two weeks because of preparing the mid-term test last week. Talking about so far I've read, I think this story shows clearly about the upper classes life. We may not have a luxurious life like them, but by reading through the story, we can imagine ourselves having lots of Prada, LV, Dior clothes and a whole room for shoes which already satisfied me by daydreaming! Grayer may be the naughtiest boy I have ever seen that made me respect Nanny a lot for standing him so long. This book decribes every character very carefully during their conversation. I think the author is trying to mock wealthy mothers who are always busy shopping and going to parties. Instead of taking good care to their own born child, they would rather give the responsibility to the nanny. In the end, the poorest person is not the nanny nor the parents, but the children. In conclusion, we can have a deep feeling about the importance of parents love in this story.

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After reading this article, I think it is quite usefull for me to improve my English skills in a more efficiency way. Above all these methods, I have applied "Capture insights" and "Listen actively". When I'm studying, I used to highlight important keywords or words I have to look up the dictionary. I think this kind of habit is very helpful when preparing tests because it can let me look through significant parts quickly. The other advantage is that I can have a double look at the words I don't know in the beginning and try to remember it.

In addition, I love listening to English songs and watching English movies. Although I may not to able to get every word, I can approximately know what the outline is talking about. The more I listen, the more my listening skills improve. I think ICRT is a perfect material for everyone to make progress at their listening skills, which contains all kinds of topics. Maybe next time I can try taking notes while listening as the author recommended.

I think "Plan your days" is the most important, also most urgent one for me to try out. In senior high school, most of our time are usually scheduled by teachers or parents. This has a very big difference with university, which we have to plan our time all by ourselves. I have participate in many after school activities, so how to deal with my time becomes a challenge. I'll try to make a list of things to do and classify them according to importance just like the author suggested. Then, I'll make a whole week schedule to remind me what I should do everyday. Besides, keeping up with my schedule is also important.

The other method I am trying is "Chip away at big jobs". I should quit the habit of accomplishing things right before the deadline. Just like the author said "Some tasks are just too big to accomplish at one time." I should try to break big projects into a number of parts and spend a little time on it everyday so that I won't have to panic when the deadline is around the corner.

In conclusion, I have a question about these methods. About "Study efficiently", I think studying alone in a suitable place can let me concentrate more on schoolwork, but when I have questions I have no idea to look for help. I don't know if it is good for me to study with others to answer my questions because I might lose concentration. Is it helpful for finding someone to study with me?

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Book: Night At The Museum

Author: Leslie Goldman

Screen Story and Screenplay by Thomas Lennon&Robert Ben Garent

Publishing company: Barron's Educational Series

Year of publishing: 2006

Number of pages: 139

I'm glad I've finish the whole book because I usually won't have the persistent to finish it. Continuing with the story in RJ1, Larry found out that he had been tricked by the retired nightguards. They took away the Tablet of Ahkmenrah, which gives life to everything in the museum at night. Larry couldn't let them do this or every exhibition in the museum would be "dead" forever. He also wanted to prove this kind of miracle to his son Nick although he already thought his dad was crazy. Therefore, Larry cooperated with everything in the museum just to prevent the retired nightguards from taking away the tablet. They may not be as strong as them though they were made in wax, but they still tried many ways to defeat the thieves and they made it! Nick believed what his father said in the end. He was so proud of his father. Larry, also proved that he wasn't a loser and winned Nick's heart.

After finishing this book I think I'm touched. There is nothing we can't do if we think its important. Larry may not be a successful entrepreneur like Nick's soon-to-be stepdad, but he tried his level best at protecting everything in the museum. Although he is only a nightguard, I still think he is a successful person. No matter what kind of career you do, if you can deal well with your work then you are the winner.

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About Language Learning & Acquisition

1. Is it necessary for us to learn phonetics just to improve our speaking ?

2. Instead of text books, can we improve our grammer by reading articles written by native speakers?

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Reading Journal 1

Sorry, I forgot to tag my name & ID in the last article !

Book: Night At The Museum

Author: Leslie Goldman

Screen Story and Screenplay by Thomas Lennon&Robert Ben Garent

Publishing company: Barron's Educational Series

Year of publishing: 2006

Number of pages: 139

I haven't finish the whole book yet, so I'll just share the chapters I've read far away. This book is about a father Larrey, who is out of work and definitely urgent to find a job just to make ends meet. He lives with his only son Nick, also his best friend because he was divorced. However, his ex-wife is now living with her fiance Don, who is a rich guy and a successful person. Therefore, it is easy to comprehend that Larrey doesn't want to lose Don, especially when he is his son's soon-to-be stepdad. He tried lots of ways no matter legal or illegal to convince investors to support him some money. Unfortunately, nobody seems to trust him. At the moment he was almost becoming a failure, good news pop up - he got a job, a mysterious job. The job was a night guard at the museum which seems quite easy but actually not. He was totally shocked at the first night, because everything in the museum comes to life! He finally realize what the retired night guard said "Do not let anything in or OUT." (To be continued...)

I think this is an interesting novel to read. It describes every character so clearly as if they were real. I can see the love Larry gave to his son and it touches me. For example, most of the power for him to find a stable job comes from his son. This is not only a funny story, but also a story talking about love between the grownup and the child. The description of every exhibition is quite exciting when coming alive and I think that part is worth reading because it'll make you unable to stop your laughing.

By the way, choosing the right book is important. The more it interest you, the more you can persist in reading. Take my book for example, it makes me want to know whats going to happen next, so I would go across it whenever I'm in a free time. As you read through, you will feel comfortable instead of boredom!

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