RJ4陳佩宜

Name:The Witches
Author:Roald Dahl
Illustrator:Quentin Blake
Publishing company:Penguin Group
Year of publishing: 1998

This week I have read a chapter of the book. This time the author is talking about the coming of the summer holidays. His grandma share her childhood with the author and told him a lot of things she had done with her brother during the holidays. Being interested in the place where grandma was talking about, they decided to enjoy their holidays right there.
However, his grandma got pneumonia,which resulted in the advice gave from the doctor that she could not go so far until she got better. Because of what the doctor said, they changed their plan and enjoyed their holidays in a closer place. One day,to the author's surprise, his grandme gave him a present of two white mice. He likes them very much.
After arriving the hotel, they got some problem because of the special present. The manager in the hotel forbade him from taking out the mice from the cage. The mice couldn't be trained inside the cage, so he seek for a empty room prevent them form being seen by tje manager and his staff.However, when he hide bahind the back of the empty room, he saw a crowd of women walked in,all had hats on their heads.
I didn't read very hard during recent two weeks. I have some problem. I find that I have less interest on this book and I couldn't change my lack of tje habit of reading. I couldn't find the way for myself to enjoy what I read very much.I don't know where is the point I have to catch.Gradually, I feel boring and want to change another book to read. But can I really finish one book if I change another one? I don't know. How can I do to solve this kind of problem?

會計學系 陳佩宜 49777019

RJ4黃韻如

The Goalkeeper's Revenue and Other Stories Author: Bill Naughton Retold by Peter Hodson Publishing company: Helnemann ELT Year of publishing:1992 Word level: elementary Number of pages: 60 There are five stories in this book. "The Goalkeeper's Revenue" tells a story about Sim Dalt, an extraordinary goalkeeper. He helped his team to the final of the Mayor's cup. But he couldn't play in it because he was having difficulty in his school. He was fired by the team's captain, Bob. Since then, Sim had made up his mind to take revenge on him one day. He then found an interesting job - a goalkeeper at the Amusement Arcade and became the owner of it after a few years while Bob became a famous football player. Sim became very famous after Bob lose the football game to him and be asked to be the director of the football culb of Sim and fired Bob. The second story "Seven Oranges" is about Joe who stole seventeen oranges from the docks and was caught by a policeman. The policeman locked him in a hut and went to bring another policeman as a witeness. While he left the hut, Joe thought up an idea: he decided to eat all of the oranges include the pips and the peel so that there would not have any evidence. He did that and didn't have to go to prison but end up feeling sick. "A Bit of Bread and Jam" is a story about a lucky boy, Billy. One day, he did some shopping for Mrs.Hoskey and got a jam sandwich but Mr.Hoskey told him never eat them. The boys decided to fish carp which is difficult to catch. Billy took the sandwich as the bait and caught many carp. When they went home, they saw an ambulance outside Billy's home. His mother and the police were worried about him because the sandwich was poisoned. It was very lucky of he that he haven't eat it. "A Real Good Smile" is also a story about Billy. He left school at the age of fourteen. He wanted an ordinary job in a mill while his parents wanted he to work in the locomotive shed. Alf tought him what to do to make Mr.Bidwell, the boss of the locomotive shed like him. He must keep his hands out of pockets; he must stand up straight like a soldier; he must speak in a loud, clear voice. He practiced over and over again, but at the time he saw the boss, he forgot everything. The boss shouted at him and he said that he don't want a boss like him. Superisingly, he he got the job to work at locomotive shed because of his honesty. The last story is "Maggie's First Reader". Maggie was the best housewife in her street and she went to church with a prayer-book, but she couldn't read a word. One day Father O'Flaherty visited her family and asked his son to teach her to read. After she could read, she immersed in reading all day long, and even failed to do the housework. One day, she stopped reading because she was going to write a book herself. Her husband was beset about it. I can learn how to write a complete story in simple words and since each of the story is short, I can finish the stories without interrupted. But, I think I still wants to try some longer stories next time to find which of the type I would like most. This time I read the book in the morning before going to school in case that I end up read nothing on the day. I think it's a good way for me. Besides, it's quiet in the morning so that I can enjoy in it more. 49777011 黃韻如 [Jet]

Reading Journal 4林琦鎮

49777010林琦鎮 Reading journal 11/21~12/04 Book: Brind and the Dogs of War Author: Christopher Russell Illustrator: No Publishing Company: Penguin Group (Puffin) Year of Publishing: 2005 Word Level: Unidentified Number of Pages: 198 Finally, I have finished the book with such a great effort. The content of the story is really different from its title since it concerned with the wars between humans rather than dogs (dogs are only subordinate roles). (Please refer to RJ3 for the former part of the story.) When the girl recognized it was her father's brooch, Brind's master also recognized him but called him as a traitor. Maybe that's because he ran away from the battlefield even though he was actually trying to save his mastiff. The story turned out that Brind found his mastiff, and through a lot of tribulations (murder, conflagration, shipwreck) and the instigation of one disloyal servant, they went back to their hometown black and blue, but reunited and lived happily ever after. "Be nice but alert." The story provoked my awareness of being cautious, and taught me that the one you most acquainted with may be the biggest enemy. I also honored Brind's master that even though Brind was only a servant to him, he treated him whole-heartedly. Surviving in a world full of wars is really not easy. It required strength, wisdom, and friends, especially the latter. I love the book because it emphasized much on the importance of friendship. After reading two books, I really have questions about names used in the books. These books contain different kinds of names from various languages, and many vocabularies that are unrecorded in English-Chinese dictionaries. Where can I look them up? This time, I think I am more effective than ever since I read 124 pages. It really took me a lot of time to finish reading, but I am filled with joy. I got sense of accomplishment by completing such a task (though sometimes I feel tired of keeping reading). I am going to share the book to my friend who loves to research on war topics instead of my aunt since the part of dogs are too rare. (I intended to introduce it to my aunt before because she loves dogs very much.) My next book has not decided yet, but I think a book relates to detective and murder or supernatural may invoke my interest most. A story that narrates realistic incidents is not what I like.

RJ4孫滐

Book:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow
Author:J.K.Rowlimg
Publishing:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Page1647~295(~ch19)

Thanks to Kreacher's help, Harry finally found out that the locket
was now belong to Umbridge, who was one of the officer of Ministry of Magic.However. the ministry was under control of Voldemort.Therefore,they made a plan to slip into the ministry.To find other Horcruxs, they started wander from place to place.On their way, some argiments growing, and Ron even left the at last.What's woreis that Harry's wond even broke when they visit Gordic Hollow.It seems thatthe condion couldn't be even worse.

Ifound that it's hard to write Harry Potor's reading journal since it includes a lot of details which is very important in the following story.Should I just focus on the outline , or I have to mention the impotant details ?

COECO 4978003 孫滐
(剛剛忘了打名子，這是重寄)

RJ4李亭儀

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.

49777027 李亭儀

RJ4朱育瑩

The Moon Is Down Author：John Steinbeck Retold：M. J. Paine Series Editor：John Milne Word Level：Intermediate Year of publishing：First published in 1942 Publishing company：William Heinemann Ltd Number of pages：80 "The Moon Is Down" refers to a phrase spoken by Banquo's son Fleance in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The story details a military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia. It has been translated into many languages across the world. It was even made into a movie starring Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers and Lee J. Cobb in 1943 and it was also adapted into a play by the same name. In this story's beginning, the invaders arrived in town and the people were frightened. Nobody expected them. They soon killed local soldiers and took the town. Their goal is to control the coal mine and organize increased production and exportation of coal. The peace began to break up when a miner, who was a nice man in the town, killed one of the invader's officers with his pick because he forced him to work. They shot him and the town's people began to fight against them. We can view this story in two sides. One is the invaders and the other is the town's people. The people was stunned, confused and nothing they could do. Soon, their anger replaced their fear and a ragged resistance movement formed. The invader's commander tried to maintain peace without fights and troubles but failed. He followed orders from above and imposed repressive measures to keep the production going. In the end, all semblance of harmony is ended. The occupiers feel isolated and surrounded by hate. Coal production grinds to a halt due mostly to the fact that allied planes have been dropping dynamites for the people to use to sabotage railroads, food supplies, power sources, and the mine itself. The townspeople would rather starve and be killed than cooperate with the invaders. When I began to read this book, I guessed that the events took place in France or England during world war two, because I've studied their history about the revolutions in eighteen century. I knew what it is all about when I search it online. I like this book because it told me the spirit of the people： never give up. I think it's precious and a life philosophy. It's one of the study measures too! [JeT] 49777071 朱育瑩

RJ4洪上琄

I'm the King of the Castle
aurthor : Susan Hill
re-write author: Jim Alderson
illustrator: Bob Harvey
publishing company: Penguin Books Ltd
year of publishing: 1970
word level: level 2
number pages: 74pages

Edmund Hooper lived with his father in a big house which was owned by his grandfather. One day Mr.Hooper had to go to London. So Mrs. Kingshaw would look after him. Mrs. Kingshaw had a boy called Charles. He would play with Edmund. But Edmund didn't want a friend. He hated Charles. So he always bullied him. Because he knew Charles wae afraid of crows and moths, he often took them to scare him. Therefore, Charles also hated Edmund. He decided to leave the house. But Edmund had known Charles ' plan and would follow him. By the time Charles had reachd Hang Wood, he found that Edmund followed him. And then the storm came. They went round to get under bushes. Unfortunately. they were lost. In order to survive, they worked together. So Charles thought that they became friends. But after they were rescued and went home. Edmund still fought against him. Because of some arguments, they hated each other much more and even wanted to kill each other. At last, Charles could not stand any more. He decided to suicide. And Edmund won.

After I read this book, I felt uncomfortable. So I don't like this book. I think Edmund and Charles are evil and stupid. I can't identify with them. I am even afraid of what they did. Although they hate each other, I don't think each of them needs to die. I think there are many ways to settle arguments. For example, we need to understand others first and then communicate with them. If we just do what we want, it is easy to make fights and the situation will become more serious. So I think the behavior of Edmund and Charles is not sensuble.

This time I think I choose a wrong book, because I don't like a book which ends in a tragedy. I will abandon myself to sorrow. So I hope next time I can find a book more suitable top me.

49777051 洪上琄