Assignment #10 EDX

Innovation and Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards 
https://www.edx.org/course/innovation-competition-succeeding-ieeex-standards01-x-0

Institution: IEEEx
Subject: Engineering

Assignment #9 TED Talk

What's wrong with our food system

https://www.ted.com/talks/birke_baehr_what_s_wrong_with_our_food_system/transcript?language=en#t-40000

1.toxicity(n.):the level of poison contained in a drug, or the ability of a drug to poison the body.
EX:The toxicity of the drug severely limits its use.

2.inflammation(n.):a red, painful, and often swollen area in or on a part of your body.
EX:Aspirin reduces pain and inflammation.

3.conventional(adj.):traditional and ordinary.
EX:I prefer a more conventional style of dress.

4.irradiate(v.):to treat with light or other types of radiation.
EX:The cells are irradiated so that they cannot reproduce.

5.pesticide(n.):a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms.
EX:The pesticides that farmers spray on their crops kill pests, but they can also damage people's health.

Assignment #6 Steve Jobs’ Talk

Talk script: 
http://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/

Good sentences :

1.Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

2.If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.

3. All fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. 

Words :

1.pop out 

a way of describing the way you look when you are extremely surprised to see something or someone.

• EX:When she saw the amount written on the cheque, her eyes nearly popped out of her head.

2.relent

(to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before)

• EX: The security guard relented and let them through.

3.curiosity

an eager wish to know or learn about something

• EX: She decided to call her ex-boyfriend out of curiosity.

4.intuition

an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts

• EX:Often there's no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgment on 

5.calligraphy

(the art of producing) beautiful writing, often created with a special pen or brush

• EX:There's some wonderful calligraphy in these old manuscripts.

Inspirational  thoughts

I think Steve Jobs' lecture at Stanford University is very memorable.Steve Jobs was a special and great person.He had a lot of unique ideas and opinions. We could get and learn many knowledge, and try to do something adventure. We always think that studying is so important and is a thing we must have to do. But in fact, so many things we can’t learn from books, a lot of things we learn from experiences. So we should challenge ourselves! We should overcome that difficult things and solve the problems in a good way. 

I am most impressed by the third story - about death."If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." Everyone always think that we are far away from death, but death doesn't say when it comes. If you can come over every day as the last day, I believe you will have more substantial and more serious every day. And you will follow your mind, to make the best decision. 

Although Steve Jobs had gone from this world forever, but his achievements will always live in our mind. We will remember he, he let the science and technology becomes more advanced, giving us a better life. 

Assignment #5 English song

Shalala lala

Singer : Vengaboys


Introduction of the singer :
The Vengaboys are a Dutch Eurodance group based in Rotterdam.

Lyrics :

There's a boy in my mind and he knows I'm thinkin' of him
All my way to the day and the night the stars shine above me.
He's been gone for some time but I know I truly love him.
And I'm singing a song, hoping he'll be back when he hears it.

[Chorus]

My heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning.
Oh oh oh shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine.
Shalala lala, shalala lala in the evening.
Shalala lala shalala lala just for you.

If your love's gone away just like mine you feel like crying.
Sing along maybe once maybe twice, let's try it together.
Some sweet day no one knows he'll return and you'll be happy.
Shout it sweet in a song, listen to your heart it is singin'

[Chorus]

My heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning.
Oh oh oh shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine.
Shalala lala, shalala lala in the evening.
Shalala lala shalala lala just for you.

If your love's gone away just like mine you feel like crying.
Sing along maybe once maybe twice, let's try it together.
Some sweet day no one knows he'll return and you'll be happy.
Shout it sweet in a song, listen to your heart it is singin'

[Chorus]

My heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning.
Oh oh oh shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine.
Shalala lala, shalala lala in the evening.
Shalala lala shalala lala just for you.

Three words :

• alone : He watches TV when he is alone at home.
• shine : The stars were shining in the sky.
• go away :Let us go away from here.

comments :

I heard this song at first when I was in senior heigh school.Our class practice singing this song every day because of the English song contest. Everyone thinks this song is easy to sing.The song sounds sprightly and pleasing. I like the melody and the meaning of this song. When I hear this song,I feel enjoyable. The lyrics are simple, but the meaning is very important.This song is about a love story.It describes the girl misses the boy so much, And she expresses her thoughts by this song.It is my favorite song,so Today I still often hear and sing this song. 

Assignment #4 Six Minute English

How to prepare for an exam

Set out a timetable for your study and write down how many exams you have and the days on which you have to prepare exams.Practice old exams is one of the most effective ways to prepare for exams.

To explain an answer to a question that will help you to get it clear in your head.

Read through the entirety of your notes before the exam. It will refresh your memory of the material and help you remember what you learned. It will also help to make you aware of all the information in your notes. 

Assignment #3 ESLPod.Com

ESL Podcast 1247 – Doing Meal Planning 
https://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=18941617

My comments: 
ESL Podcast is designed to help me continue to improve my English.There are many  interesting conversations and discussions in this website. The contants are not complicated for me. They provide English at a slower speed and use everyday phrases and expressions so I am able to understand what they say.In addition,they explain what these expressions mean and how to use them.
TO put the words of  definition will be better.I think if i practice listening English everyday is  very helpful.

Assignment #2 ESL Cyber Listening Lab

1.prank(開玩笑、惡作劇) EX：Children like to play pranks on people.
2.decent(相當好的、合適的) EX：My mother always cooks a decent meal in the evening.
3.trim(修剪) EX：I ask the barber for a trim.
4.in charge(有責任的) EX：The case is in charge of me.
5.fancy(華麗的、精緻的) EX：The store sells fancy fresh fruits.
6.butcher(屠宰、搞砸) EX：The tailor  brutchered this suit carelessly.
7.adjustment(調整) EX：When there are conflicts,we work out adjustments and accommodations.