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Q5

1.      Chandler is going to propose to Monica and he makes a perfect plan.  However, Richard makes the things complex.  Richard tells Monica that he still loves her.  Chandler wants to pretend that he doesn't want to marry because he wants to give Monica a surprise.  But the thing is going out of control and it pushes Chandler has to propose to Monica right away without a plan.  In the end, Monica realizes that Chandler is just trying to surprise her so she decorates their house with endless candles. They are finally engaged in the extremely romantic atmosphere.  On the other hand, Ross breaks up with Elizabeth because he notices they don't have a big future and their age is really a problem. In addition, when Phoebe and Rachel see how happy Chandler and Monica are, they decide when they are old and still stay single, they will marry Joe and Ross.

2.      Chandler is my favorite character because he is humorous and kind.  I like Phoebe least because I usually can't understand what she is talking about.  She acts illogical.  However, I really like them all and they really give me a lot of fun.

3.      I think it is a very useful tool to improve my listening skill.  Friends provides us a easy way to contact Americans' daily English.  I can gradually understand the story lines, for example.  

 

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English Reading Journal 6
Book: Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Retold by: Ann Ward
Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
Publishing Company: Penguin Readers
Year of publishing: 1999
Word Level: Stage 3 (1200 words)
Number of pages:40

This novel is not my first choice. At first, I choose the Daddy-Long-Legs; however, I accidentally lost it so I have to find another one. Because I lost the book last weekend so I didn't have enough time to select the next novel, I chose Jane Eyre to replace it. I bought Jane Eyre in my senior high but I didn't read it at that time.
Jane Eyre is one of the world's greatest love stories. It described a lady who didn't have a happy childhood and had no family got a job to be a tutor in a country house called Thornfield Hall. She had a wonderful time and enjoyed her teaching and she fell in love with the master of Thornfield Hall named Rochester. They loved each other and they soon decided to get married. However, when they were in the church, a man disrupted the wedding and claimed Mr. Rochester had got a wife already and his wife is the man's sister. Mr. Rochester explained that he did got married fifteen years ago but his wife was crazy and she was dangerous and tried to killed other people so he locked her in the attic. After hearing that, Jane Eyre was heartbroken and she left Thornfield Hall without saying goodbye. However, when she finally returned to Thornfield Hall, she found the house was completely destroyed. Somebody told her that Mr. Rochester's wife set the fire and jumped from the roof and died. Unfortunately, because Mr. Rochester wanted to help her, he was very badly hurt. He could not get out of the burning house in time. When he finally came out, he was blind and he had lost one hand. Jane Eyre found Rochester and promised to take care of him forever. They got married three days later. Fortunately, two years after they were married, Mr. Rochester began to see again with one eye. He would never be able to see well, but he now could see Jane Eyre and their children.
This novel is very short and quite easy to read. What makes the novel special is it uses the first person to tell the story. In addition, the author applies many elements what happened in her life to this novel. Although it is one of the world's greatest love stories, I have to admit that I can't feel the strong love between Jane Eyre and Rochester and it doesn't touch me deeply in the heart. It is quite strange, ah?

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English Reading Journal 5
Book: The man in the iron mask

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Adapted by: Paul Mantell

Publishing Company: Random House

Year of publishing: 1998

Number of pages: 119

Classic

This novel has been adapted to a movie, with Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio who is the leading role. It was written by the great writer Alexandre Dumas who had written many famous novels.

The story was about Louis XIV, the king of France, who had an identical brother. Because they were twins, a possibility that a fight for the crown will occur when they grew up. Therefore, to avoid the civil war, the queen decided to send the other son, Philippe, away and tried her best to hide the boy's true identity. The boy was kind and smart and was unlike his twin brother, who was totally a tyrant. Then a musketeer named Aramis tried to let the good one to be the king. Although Aramis tried to make the plan work perfectly, he failed at last. In the end, Philippe accepted his fate and promise to wear the iron mask for the rest of his life and King Louis was a changed man from that event. He took full control of the kingdom and brought France to greater glory than it had ever known. To this day, people speak of him as "Sun King."

To celebrate the kingdom's glory, he built the fabulous palace of Versailles, grander ever than Fouquet's chateau at Vaux. It is still considered the finest palace in the world.

This novel is easy to read and because it is still a mystery, I think it will still be famous for a long time until the truth is found. I haven't seen the movie yet but I think it will probably be a good one to see. I will borrow it from the store during the winter vacation.

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Book:A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens

Retold by: A. Johnson and G.C. Thornley

Publishing Company: Penguin Group

Year of Publishing: 1996

Word Level: 2300words

Number of Pages: 135

I have finished reading this novel this week. Wow, I really have to say this is a great novel! Although I have read this novel in Chinese before, reading it again is also a very interesting thing.

It is very hard for anyone of us to forgive someone that really hurts you deeply. However, the kind Dr. Manette, who had been held in the terrible Bastille prison for many years, had forgiven the family he hated so much. How could he be so kind? If that happened to me, I think I can't just let it go and may think about taking revenge. It is too hard to learn to forgive someone although many people think they do have the ability. When I have finished reading the novel, I realized it was the strong love that makes the hatred disappeared. In addition, I realized that even it was very tough to do that, we should try because we can be much bigger ,stronger and wiser after we went through this kind of situation. Forgiveness is a profound lesson and we might spend our whole life to master.

The French Revolution is a heart-breaking war although the people were forced to fight. Many people died whether they are evil or not, many family were broken and many people became wild and crazy-they killed people because they wanted to. I hope the revolution will never come back and this kind of event will never happen in this world ever again.

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Group : Pony

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1. I have already used the methods such as " Plan your days" and "Chip away at big jobs". I think I don't use the "Plan your days" method well because I usually make a plan but don't accomplish it properly. As the article has mentioned, I didn't eliminate what need not be done, simplify what must be done and combine tasks whenever possible. Maybe those are the reasons why I usually can't keep my plan on track. In addition, I think I use "Chip away at big jobs" method well sometimes. If I use this method, I can be calm and confident when the due dates arrive just as the author said.

2. I think the methods such as "Take charge of your mind" , "Read for understanding" and "View frustrations as opportunities" are interesting and promising enough that I am going to try out. The plan for "Take charge of your mind" is I will leave the distracting circumstances and try hard to be full attention on my work. Although it is not easy to do this, but "Experience dose make it easier", however. The plan for "Read for understanding" is I will try to follow the steps when I start another reading and try to make it a habit. I know I won't use it well unless I really use it often. And the plan for "View frustrations as opportunities" is I will try not just to be frustrated and angry when I confront the difficulties. I will fix my mind to be more positive and try my best to think some ideas to solve this situation.

3. I have some questions about the "Keep a journal" method. The professor may have said so many things that are equally important, how can I choose the most important lesson I just learned? How can I know what is the most important lesson? In addition, can I still keep a journal when I am not understand what the lesson is talking about?

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Book:A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens

Retold by: A. Johnson and G.C. Thornley

Publishing Company: Penguin Group

Year of Publishing: 1996

Word Level: 2300words

Number of Pages: 135

I haven't finished this novel yet. Because I have read this novel in Chinese before, I am interested in reading it in English and it really gave me another feelings and different thoughts.

This novel is written by Charles Dickens who is known to be one of the most popular writers of all time. A Tale of Two Cities is a historical fiction. It is set in London and Paris at the time of the great uprising of the French Revolution. It was really a terrible period because there were battles everywhere, life was hard and many people died. We can always learn many things from the history.
Because I am familiar with the history of French Revolution, I can easily imagine the scenes which the novel has mentioned. Most of the books write the history about the government; however, I think this novel probably provides me a chance to see the revolution in a different way. It described what people did, what people thought and why they rose against the government at that time. It was sad because they were forced to fight for their living, the justice and so on.
I like this novel because it told us even the time was chaotic, there were not only depression and anger but also true love. I think that represents hope although the love brought to a death and sacrifice, it also brought to freedom. I think I will try as fast as I can to finish this novel.

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RJ2
English Reading Journal 2
Bookl:Macbeth
Author:William Shakespeare
Publishing Company: Penguin Readers
Year of publishing: 2004
Word Level: Stage 4 (1700 words)
Number of pages:54

This is my first time to read the novel of William Shakespeare and it is really interesting. When I am reading the novel, I realize that Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest and most powerful plays. It was first printed in 1623, and the story takes place six centuries earlier, in eleventh-century Scotland.

The story is about the fall of a fine man who has one terrible weakness-his political ambition. At the start of the play, Macbeth is a brave and loyal soldier who is be loved and be trusted by the kind and noble king. However, when he meets the three evil witches who predict that he will be king in the future, everything is changed. Macbeth and his wife start to make a plan to kill the king so that they can make the prediction come true. In addition, after they murder the king, they also commit crimes to let their position more safety-they kill the innocents. By the end of the play, Macbeth has become a lonely tyrant, who is hated by everyone and be killed and his wife has killed herself because of the guiltiness.

We can always learn many things from the history. It is very dangerous to be greedy because that kind of emotion will lead us to a path which is filled with schemes and fight. As the lines that Macbeth said" I have committed so many bloody crimes now that I cannot return to the person I used to be." We have to cherish the thing we owned, rather than eager for the thing that is not belong to us.

This novel is short but exciting because it is written in a form of a play. In addition, because every character has their lines, it is very interesting to imagine their talking and act. I really have a good time when I am reading the novel. It is so intriguing that I finish reading it as fast as I can.

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About Language Learning & Aquisition

• 1.When I am reading Advanced, I cannot realize the whole article without the translations sometimes, even if I can recognize every word. What can I do to get a better understanding ?
• 2.I know that interest is an important element when we are learning. Therefore, I want to know what can I do to make me like English much more?

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RJ1

English Reading Journal 1

Bookl:The Pelican Brief
Author:John Grisham
Retold by:Robin Waterfield
Publishing Company: Penguin Readers
Year of publishing: 1992
Word Level: Stage 5 (2300 headwords)
Number of pages:73

This novel has been adapted to a movie and it is a very successful film, with Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw who is the leading role.
It describes that there are two Supreme Court judges are dead and only the law student who is the only person that knows why the murder happened. She has uncovered a deadly secret and that leads to deadly deaths because the murder are involved too many things such as oil company, political scandals, money, president election and the president himself .There are people dead one by one just because someone wants to stop the investigation to go on. The beautiful and smart law student must to protect and hide herself, and the most important things is to stay alive to tell the press the truly truth. Luckily, the justice won at last and the law student has proved that she is right.
I think this novel is very interesting and mysterious. Each murder is frightening because the author describes it very well. I can imagine the scene vividly through his words. I like this novel and I think it is a really good choice. After finishing reading this novel, I think it has piqued the curiosity of me to watch the film version. I really want to know whether the movie can completely expresses what the book has told. In addition, I am happy to recommend this book to our classmates.
The only problem that I have confronted is there is too many names that I could barely remember them all! However, this novel is really worth reading!

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