July 2009
19 posts
Best wishes for all...
Good luck to you too!!!!
bia2009:
Hello dear people,
I will be absent in our last Speaking Class, but I would like to say bye bye. It was a great time, and it was a pleasure share that moments with you. You are wonderful people, and I am so glad for know you!
For who is leaving (Sara, Francisco, Jihye, and Hyunju) I hope you had a great time in US, and you are ready for next phase in your...
Study: Texting while driving more dangerous for...
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/28/texting.driving.dangers/index.html
Vocabulary:
Texting:chatting or sending messages via cellphone
disproportionately :not proportionate, out of proportion,as in size or number
undistracted:not disturb
tremendous:extraordinary great in size, amount, terrifying
legislator:a person who gives or makes laws
no-brainer:not use brain
Questions:
-What...
Speaking Reflexion
I went to Walmart on Friday night. I didn’t feel well so I was looking for buy soup can. And then i met “Mike” at the shelf. He is working at Walmart. I asked him what is the favorite soup can. He answered me that “Campbell” is very popular. I asked him that had he ever made his own soup. He said never. He told me that most of soup that he had always came from can....
NEWS_HW:Mother Daughter killed by officer at...
ULUTH, Ga. – Police say a 75-year-old woman and her daughter were shot to death at a suburban Atlanta home after the younger woman pointed a gun at an officer.
Gwinnett County police spokeswoman Cpl. Illana Spellman says an officer responded to a 911 call from Barbara Baker on Tuesday night. Baker reported that her daughter, 51-year-old Penny Schwartz, had threatened suicide and said she wanted...
Its very interesting that you interviewed with...
Hi Adrian, Your speech is clearly. Could you tell...
Hi Fabiola; It’s very interesting!! I want...
What do people think about the legal age of...
Speaking Reflexion
I spoke with my friend “Alex” yesterday. We talked about Harry Potter. He just seen this new one that just came out but I didnt see it yet. He told me that he has the same birthday as Harry Potter. And he said everyone think its the cool things if you are harry fan. I told him that I re-watched Harry Potter many times espescially the first and the second one. I like when they still be...
Military Developing Half-Robot, Half-Insect...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532511,00.html
Vocab
metamorphosis: A change in the form and often habits of an animal during normal development after the embryonic stage. Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog
sophisticated:Having acquired worldly...
Speaking Reflection HW#3
I spoke with my friend “Dylan” yesterday on the phone. We talked about vegetarian things. He said that he dont eat meat because he loves animals and he said that he don’t eat living things. I answered him that I loved animals but I still eat meats. He told me that he started to be vegetarian about 3 years ago and he is the only one in the family that being vegetarian. He said...
HW_Wed_Cybercriminals Steal $415,000 From County...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530273,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/crime
Vocab:
hacked :to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code
mule : person who smuggles or delivers illicit substances (as drugs)
wire transfer : Transfering money via online
re-routed :to backtrack or retace or taken somethings
one-time password :...
Important! party
I would like to come, but Can I bring my friends?
greatsanfrancisco:
If u want to join to the party 17th july, please go to the next website, join in, and add yourself into the list
http://greatsanfrancisco.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/13129359
If u have any problem to add ur name, just write me
HW_Conversation with native speakers
On the Independence day, I went to outlet at Williamsburg for shopping and then went to Colonial Williamsburg for seeing the fireworks. I met “John” there. John works in Newyork City but now he is in Virginia for vacation. He told me that he was born in Taxas but raised up in Virginia. He used to live in Richmond for 2 years. He said he likes Richmond because it is a small city that...
Monday_HW
I met the native speakers on Thurday last week. They are the student of World studies class. I met four of them. At first time when I was there I felt nervous because I was afraid that they couldn’t understand me or didn’t get what I tried to say because my pronunciation is very bad.
I spoke with two guys who sat in the front of the room. Theirs name were Toby and...
News_Oregon man upset by McDonald's order calls...
By Margy Lynch KATU News and KATU.com Staff
CLACKAMAS, Ore. - A man upset at the way McDonald’s employees handled his order was charged after allegedly calling 911 repeatedly on Friday to report the restaurant had robbed him, authorities said.
Jeremy Lloyd Martin, 23, was charged with improper use of the 911 service, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. He spent a night in...
June 2009
5 posts
WatchThis is the vids that I recording while I visited the little aquarium in DC.
Nui
Who Am I?
Hi,
My name is Nui. I come from Thailand. Now I am an english program student at VCU. I have been here for six months. My main purposes of studying at here is for improving my english skills. After finish the english program maybe I will do master degree in the field that I am interesting in or maybe I will back to my home.
For me at this moment I think my goals in the future is about I will...