#8 TED Talk

I am going to introduce you "What I've learned from my autistic brothers" from TED talk that was interested me.

【Vocabulary】
* impeccable * 完美的；無可挑剔的
- perfect, with no problems or bad parts
" His English is impeccable. "

* extraordinary * 非凡的；特別的
- very unusual, special, unexpected, or strange
" She has an extraordinary memory and can remember details and names that's I've long forgotten. "

* tantrum *  耍(孩子)脾氣
- a sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child's
" If she doesn't get her own way, she has temper tantrums. "

* prejudice * 偏見；歧視
- an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
" Laws against racial prejudice must be strictly enforced. "

* sacrifice * 犧牲；獻出
- to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person
" Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their families. "

#7 Steve Jobs’ Talk

Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

【Five good word】
1. * naively * 輕信的；天真的 (Cambridge Dictionary)
- too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. People are often naive because they are young and/or have not had much experience.
" I naively believed he was telling the truth."

2. * require * 需要；要求；規定 (Cambridge Dictionary)
- to need something or make something necessary
" Please call this number if you require any further information. "

3. * curiosity * 好奇心；求知慾 (Cambridge Dictionary)
- an eager wish or learn about something
" I'm burning with curiosity - you must tell me who won ! "

4. * devastating * 破壞性極大的；令人震撼的(Cambridge Dictionary)
- causing a lot of damage or destruction
" If the bomb had exploded in the main shopping area, it would have been devastating. "
- used to describe a person quality that has a powerful effect
" She had a devastating charm that few men could resist. "

5. * awful *  (Cambridge Dictionary)
- extremely bad or unpleasant 極壞的 / 惡劣的 (Bad)
" We had awful weather. " / " She'd been ill and she looked awful. "
- very great 極大的 / 很多的 (Good)
" I don't know an awful lot about art, but I'm learning. "


In Jobs speech, I learned the important thing is to love what you do. Although he didn't graduate and fired by his company, he never give up. He still learn something that interesting him. His spirit inspire me to find my interest in school or job and love what I do. I hope my life is meaningful and learn with a humble heart.

#6 English song

I will introduce you that my first favorite English song- John Legend - All of Me
【Lyrics】
What would I without your smart mouth?
少了你與我鬥嘴    日子該怎麼過
Drawing me in and you kicking me out
你時而黏著我    時而甩開我
Got my head spinning, no kidding
說真的    你令我頭昏眼花
I can't pin you down
我無法讓你對我下任何承諾
What's going on in that beautiful mind
你那美麗的心    到底相些什麼
I'm on your magical mystery ride
我在你迷樣的思緒馳騁
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me
頭昏眼花    不知所措
But I'll be alright
但我會好起來的

My head's underwater
我像浸了水一般
But I'm breathing fire
卻又滿腔熱血
You're crazy and I'm outta my mind
你如此瘋狂    讓我失去理智

Cause all of me loves all of you
因為我全心全意愛著你
Love your curves and all your edges
深愛著你身上的菱菱角角
All your perfect imperfections
你的所有不完美    對我來說是如此完美

Give your all to me, I'll give my all to you
把你的一切都交給我    我也會把一切獻給你
You're my end and my beginning
我的生命因你而開始    因你而結束
Even when I lose, I'm winning
即使落敗    有了你便是所有
Cause I give you all of me
我把一切獻給你
And you give me all of you, oh
你也把一切都交給我

How many times do I have to tell you
我要告訴你多少遍
Even when you're crying, you're beautiful too?
你哭喪著臉的樣子依舊美麗
The world is beating you down
這個世界讓你沮喪
I'm around through every mood
不論悲喜我都在一旁
You're my downfall, you're my muse
你能使我心灰意冷    也能幫我的慕斯女神
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
你使我難以專注    你是我生命中的節奏及藍調
I can't stop singing, this ringing in my head for you
我無法停止歌唱    為你寫的愛的樂章

My head's underwater
我像浸了水一般
But I'm breathing fire
卻又滿腔熱血
You're crazy and I'm outta my mind
你如此瘋狂    讓我失去理智

Cause all of me loves all of you
因為我全心全意愛著你
Love your curves and all your edges
深愛著你身上的菱菱角角
All your perfect imperfections
你的所有不完美    對我來說是如此完美

Give your all to me, I'll give my all to you
把你的一切都交給我    我也會把一切獻給你
You're my end and my beginning
我的生命因你而開始    因你而結束
Even when I lose, I'm winning
即使落敗    有了你便是所有
Cause I give you all of me
我把一切獻給你
And you give me all of you, oh
你也把一切都交給我
Give me all of you, oh
你也把一切都交給我

Cards on the table
我們亮出彼此的底牌
We're both showing hearts
敞開心扉毫無保留
Risking it all though it's hard
賭上一切    不畏艱難

Cause all of me loves all of you
因為我全心全意愛著你
Love your curves and all your edges
深愛著你身上的菱菱角角
All your perfect imperfections
你的所有不完美    對我來說是如此完美

Give your all to me, I'll give my all to you
把你的一切都交給我    我也會把一切獻給你
You're my end and my beginning
我的生命因你而開始    因你而結束
Even when I lose, I'm winning
即使落敗    有了你便是所有
Cause I give you all of me
我把一切獻給你
And you give me all of you, oh
你也把一切都交給我
Give me all of you, oh
你也把一切都交給我

【Introduce the song】
The singer is John Legend. " All of  Me " is a song from his forth studio album Love in the Future (2013). This song was inspired by his model wife Chrissy Teigen. He described himself to love in spite of all pay and acceptance, to pay all the efforts, all the time, effort, spirit, all life, and for the other half that he not only loved her advantage, but also love her shortcomings. And this song become his first number-one single in the United States.

【Three word】
1. * dizzy * 頭暈目眩的；(尤指女人)傻呼呼的
- feeling as if everything is turning around, and that you are not able to balance and may fall down
" It seemed to happen all of a sudden that made me feel dizzy and I just collapsed. "
- a dizzy person, especially a woman, is silly
" In the movie, she played the part of a dizzy blonde. "

2. * distraction * 心煩意亂；分散注意力的東西
- the state of being very bored or annoyed
" That dreadful noise is driving me to distraction. "
- something that prevents someone from giving their attention to something else
" I can turn the television off if you find it a distraction. "

3. * edge * 邊；(不愉快的事情)使某人發狂
- the outer or furthest point of something
" They built the church on the edge of the village. "
- an unpleasant event makes them start to behave in a crazy way
" She had been driven over the edge by the separation from her husband. "

【Why I like the song ?】
I loved to playing the piano, so I was attract by the song's rhythm. Then I saw the lyrics by this song, I love it. The lyrics is beautiful, especially, " Love your curve and all your edges / All your perfect imperfection "  is my favorite lyrics. It means you not only loved someone advantage, but also love someone shortcomings. Love someone shortcomings is difficult no matter lover, friend, family. It also difficult to me. The song teach me something that I need to change. That's why I really loved the song. Finally, I hope you guys can learn something from the song.

#5 All Ears English

One episode of my interest is : This Episode Will Be Music to Your Ears Because You'll Learn How to Add Color to Your Language.

Link : https://www.allearsenglish.com/aee-720-episode-will-music-ears-youll-learn-add-color-language/

Vocabulary
*spontaneously*  自發的；非籌劃安排的
- happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning.
" His jokes seemed spontaneous, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand."

Phrases
* Face the music * - It means accept something.
" I really don't want to do this project. Oh well, it's time to face the music and get started."
* Play it by ear * - It means do something spontaneously without a plan.
" Where should we go for dinner ? Let's play it by ear."

My comments
I think this episode will talk about how to learn English with song, so I choose it. But I didn't read clearly. In fact, it was talk about the conversational music phrases. Although, it was really different for what I want to learn. But it teach me some phrases can use when I was chat.

#2 Vocabulary Exercise

1. trade : the activity of buying , selling or exchanging goods within a country or between countries.
   *example : There has been a marked increase in trade between East and West.
     
2. campaign : a series of actions intended to achieve a particular result relating to politics or business, or a social improvement.
   *example : Police have launched a campaign to crack down on drug dealers.

3. imbalance : a lack of a fair or correct balance between two things, which results in problems or unfairness
   *example : The government must redress the imbalance (= put it right) in spending on black and white children.

4. contact : communication with a person, organization, country etc
   *example : Many of us have no direct contact with elderly people.

5. summit : an important meeting or set of meetings between the leaders of several governments
   *example : The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring.

#1 Greetings

Hello~everyone. My name is Samantha. I'm from Hualien and study in Taipei now. I'm twenty-one years old. My hobby is playing piano, swimming and listen the music. When I was young ,my dream is travel around the world that want to visit all kinds of culture in different country. My hometown is a big city, so our transportation always used motorcycle and car. We didn't have MRT. Hualien is a beautiful place. There have mountain and sea around you. In summer, we go to the river or beach to play the water and also go to the mountain to visit the view any time. So I'm glad to born in Hualien.