Life English 新開了生活英文標題

※ The view of Charles River at BU Bridge.





After getting rid of formal English,such as TOEFL or GMAT, I should 

learn some of life English.How did I get life English? Besides talking 

with Americans, watching TV and movies is also good way to get it, 

so I put an sub-topic, life English,under the main topic,English. It is 

useful to have communication withAmericans. good luck, everybody.



在擺脫正式英文後，像是托福、GMAT，我開始學習一些生活英文。要如

何學到生活英文呢？我想除了與美國人多多聊天外，看電視與看電影是不

二法門。所以我在英文的大標題之下放了生活英文的小標題還寫一些生活

用的英文，在跟美國人聊天這是非常有用的。這各位使用愉快。





Today, I just gave everyone a little examples.

今天就給大家牛刀小試一下。



<EX1> Mike is after Mary.

          麥克在瑪莉後面。(X)

          麥克正在追求瑪莉(O)



It is confusing, right? I learned it from movies. They used it often,

so I thought most of you should know this. Especially you are in the ages

when you are talking about love or having relation with your lovers.

這個很讓人混淆，對吧？我從電影上學到這個句子，而且他們很常使用，

所以我想對於大多數的你們應該要知道這個東西 ，特別是你們都在討論愛

情或談戀愛的年紀中。 

RUTH&#39;S CHRIS

In some week in March, there was a restaurant week in Boston, 

so I, Chris, and Hui planed to go to RUTH'S CHRIS to have steaks.

In normal time, eating a steak cost me at least 40 dollars, but in the

week, I can have the same one and just spend 20 dollars.



在三月的某一周，波士頓有各餐廳週的活動，所以我，克里斯，慧就計畫

到茹絲葵大啖牛排。在平常的時間，吃一客牛排至少要40美金，但是在這

一週，我只要花費20美金就可以知道一模一樣的牛排。







Now, let me present the steak,and please do not drool. First of all,

it was an appetizer, looking like curry rice, but the taste  made me 

carzy because it was really delicious.



現在讓我來呈現這個牛排餐，請不要流下你的口水。首先第一道菜是開胃

菜，他看起來很像咖哩飯，但是這個味道讓我太瘋狂了，因為實在太美味

了。





The next was salad. I am the guy who does like to eat vegetable, but

I finished this salad. Looking at this salad, it had sweet vegetable oil.

It was attractive, wasn't it?!



下一到菜是沙拉。我是不愛吃蔬菜的傢伙，但是我也把這沙拉吃光光了，

看看這沙拉，上面還有一層甜甜的蔬菜油，真是誘人啊。







The main dish,USDA Prime Ribeye, was coming. When I first ate it,

I cannot say any word because nothing can interrupt me to enjoy 

this beef. My friend said that this beef was cooked in 400 C 

temperatory so that the beef can keep its sweet sauce.



主菜來了，那就是美國頂級肋眼牛排。當我吃第一口的時候，我說不出

話來，因為沒有任何是可以中斷我享受這牛肉。我朋友說這牛肉在攝氏

400度下烹烤，所以可以保有甜美的肉汁。 







Soup is creamed spinach. It was a little salty, and had strong cream

flavor. If you don't like spinach, do worry about it because this soup

does not have strong spinach flavor. By the way, this soup won't let 

you become strong Popeye.



湯是奶油波菜湯。喝起來有一點點鹹味，不過也有很濃郁的奶油香。如果

你是不喜歡波菜的人，不用擔心太多，因為這個湯沒有很強烈的波菜味。

還有喝完後，你不會變成強壯的大力水手。







The last one is dessert. I forgot it name. One is sweet yellow cream

with some fruit and mint. Another one is chocolate cup filled with 

chocolate cream. Both of them are sweet.



最後的是點心，我忘記點心的名字了。不過其中一個是甜甜的黃色奶酪，

配上一些水果和薄荷葉。另一個是巧克力做的杯子，填充巧克力奶油。

兩者都很甜。

Positive thought 正面思想

※我的攝影作品之一：綠島





Recently I incidentally saw a book, The Secret. I remembered 

I heard my friend that he saw this book before. He commented 

that this book is thoughtful but all rubbish. Although I have this

book, I chose the video of the book to watch, so I downloaded it 

with Chinese and English subtitle.



最近在誤打誤撞之下看到了一本書 ── 秘密，記得在出國前聽朋友

說過這本書，他的評語是很有道理，但都是廢話。雖然最近重拾這本

書，但我選擇了下載影片來看，聽說更簡單易懂。於是我下載了中文

與英文字幕來觀賞。



After watching this movie, I think that it is important to think 

positively, but it is not work just to think positively. I have a

positive-thought of my future, but I finally got nothing at all. Then,

I found that I have lacked positive actions wihch go after positive 

thought. Althought I always have positive thought, I sometimes did 

the negitive actions. It is hard to undertand, right? OK, I can give    

you an example.



看完之後，真的覺得正面思考很重要，但不僅僅是只有正面思考就能

發會作用，因為我向來是很正向思考自己的未來，但是到頭來卻都是

空，後來我發現自己欠缺的是正向思考後的正向行動，雖然我都一直

都是正向思考，但是有時候的行動卻是負面的行動，很難懂吧。我來

舉個例子吧。



Planning my future, I often wanted myself to touch the goals 

according to my ages. For example, graduating in 22, having

military service in 23, studying abroad in 25, getting a job 

in 27,getting married in 28, and having my first child in 30. 

How wonderfulthe furture plans  are. I always think the future

 I planed before I sleepeveryday,and it is just a nice "dream". 

I, even if having positvethought, give myself a route for retreat

when I acted, but I have not gone forward without giving me the 

ways to go back. Moveover, I always give me too reasons and 

excuses why I did not achieve my goals, and I cannot face myself

honestly. How pathetic I am.



在計畫未來上，我常常設定自己在幾歲達到甚麼樣的目標，例如我在

大學就計畫說，22歲畢業，23歲服兵役，25歲出國念書，27歲工作，

28歲結婚，30歲有了第一個孩子，多麼有計畫性的未來，我在每天睡

前都在冥想我身處在未來的情境，真的很棒的「夢」。但是有正向思

考的我，在行動上總是會給自己留後路，而不是斷後路的往前衝，或

是在未達成目標時給自己太多理由跟藉口，總是沒辦法誠實面對自己。



All right, from now on, what I will give myself the first goal is 

to write down the goals. I will set up the short term goals that I can

do it day by day. The second goal is to kick out my enemy - excuses. 

The final goal is to live happily everyday, and this happiness comes 

from the true heart not comes from the substances because I found

that the first step of learning English well is to live happily everyday.



好的，現在給自己的第一目標就是寫下目標，一天一天設定短期目標

達成。第二目標，剃除自己最大的敵人 -藉口。第三目標，快樂的過

每一天，不是物質的快樂，是內心真正的快樂，因為我發現快樂過每

一天是學好英文的第一步。

Don&#39;t look back in anger 別憤怒回顧過去

I have not written something in my blog for a week.

I found an interesting thing happening in my blog.

When I wrote article in English, the number of people who 

watched it was decreasing. However, if I wrote one article 

in Chinese, the number of reading times of the article is tree 

times than the articles in English. 



我已經一周沒有更新部落格了，不過這周我發現有趣的事。

當我用英文來寫部落格，瀏覽人數就一直在遞減，不過在眾

多英文中我寫了一篇中文，那篇中文的瀏覽人數居然是英文

文章的三倍之多。



OK! Now going back the topic I want to present to you.

This song is really nice to listen to. I also posted the lyrics 

of this song. I hope all you guys will love it. Enjoy it!



好的，該進入今天的主題了，這首歌真的很好聽，我也把歌詞

給寫出來，希望你們會喜歡。



Oasis-Don't look back in anger 


Slip inside the eye of your mind
Don't you know you might find
A better place to play
You said that you'd once never been
All the things that you've seen
Will slowly fade away

So I start the revolution from my bed
Cos you said the brains I have went to my head
Step outside the summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace
Take that look from off your face
You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

So Sally can wait, she knows its too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger I hear you say

Take me to the place where you go
Where nobody knows if it's night or day
Please don't put your life in the hands
Of a Rock n Roll band
Who'll throw it all away

So I start the revolution from my bed
Cos you said the brains I have went to my head
Step outside the summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace
Take that look from off your face
You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

So Sally can wait, she knows its too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger I hear you say

So Sally can wait, she knows its too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger I hear you say

So Sally can wait, she knows its too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away
Don't look back in anger
Don't look back in anger
I heard you say
At least not today

DST Started 日光節約時間啟動

※ This squirrel lives in Harvard University.





DST (Daylight Saving Time) started today,so the time 



of eastern time is slower 12 hrs than the time of Taiwan. 



If you forgot what DST is, please review this article,



http://www.wretch.cc/blog/lovesky6/22978111



because I mentioned it before.



Anyway, when my friends you got busier right now, please 



do not forget to contact your friends even if you are busy



in your jobs,family,school works, or marriages.I have already



prepared a lot of beautiful cards if you say hello to me, I will



mail a card to you.

 

Finally, may all of you have a good moond.



日光節約時間今天開始了，所以我這邊的時間跟台灣時間剛好相差

12小時。如果你已經忘記什麼是日光節約時間，請複習以下文章。

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/lovesky6/22978111 ，因為我之前有

在我的blog提過。



最後，給我現在所有忙碌的朋友們，在忙碌之餘，別忘了跟朋友們

聯絡一下，即使你們忙碌於工作、家庭、學校課業、或者結婚。同

時我也已經準備了一堆明信片或卡片，如果你們有跟我聯絡，我會

寄張卡片給你們的。(這不是利誘XD)



最後祝你們大家友好心情。

I am extremely tired and almost exhausted.

※ My first time ski on 01/24/2009





Recently, I have looked for a house, striven to study TOEFL,



and coped with the CELOP  crazy homework.



I  sleep over midnight almost every day and get up at 7:30 in the morning.



I also reduced most of my social activities because I really need more time 



to finish those heavy work.



I started to find a cheap, wonderful ,and comfortable bedroom to live  near BU



because I wanted to save more time to have more sleep or I could probably fall



unconcious when I walk on the street.



Owing to the insufficient time in which I prepared the test, my morning class 



teacher recommanded me to talk to the director of Celop my situation. 



She said I might start to my master major if the director wants to be my sponsor.



Anyway, I still should study hard because I want to get a high score in TOEFL to 



prove I have sufficient English ability.

The Sacred “Rac”

※ I stood on the frozen Charles River. Actually, it is dangerous.





Under the line, there is my midterm reading exam.

When I first time to reading, I thought it was a serious article.

Today my teacher taught me this is an ironic article.

You do not know! OK, finishing reading it, I will write why it is ironic.

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        An Indian anthropologist, Chandra Thapar, made a study of foreign cultures which had

customs similar to those in his native land. One culture in particular fascinated him because it

reveres one animal as sacred, much as the people in India revere the cow.





        The tribe Dr. Thapar studied is called the Asu and is found in the American continent north of

the Tarahumara of Mexico. Though it seems to be a highly developed society of its type, it has an

overwhelming preoccupation with the care and feeding of the rac – an animal much like a bull in size,

strength and temperament. In the Asu tribe, it is almost a social obligation to own at least one if not

more racs. People not possessing at least one are held in low esteem by the community because they

are too poor to maintain one of these beasts properly. Some members of the tribe, to display their

wealth and social prestige, even own herds of racs.





        Unfortunately, the rac breed is not very healthy and usually does not live more than five to

seven years. Each family invests large sums of money each year to keep its rac healthy and shod, for

it has a tendency to throw its shoes often. There are rac specialists in each community, perhaps

more than one if the community is particularly wealthy. These specialists, however, due to the long

period of ritual training they must undergo and to the difficulty of obtaining the right selection of

charms to treat the rac, demand costly offerings whenever a family must treat an ailing rac.





        At the age of sixteen in many Asu communities, many youths undergo a puberty rite in which

the rac figures prominently. Youths must petition a high priest in a grand temple. They are then

initiated into the ceremonies that surround the care of the rac and are permitted to keep a rac.





        Although the rac may be used as a beast of burden, it has many habits which would be 

considered by other cultures as detrimental to the life of the society. In the first place the rac breed

is increasing at a very rapid rate and the Asu tribe has given no thought to curbing the rac

population. As a consequence the Asu must build more and more paths for the rac to travel on since

its delicate health and its love of racing other racs at high speeds necessitates that special areas be

set aside for its use. The cost of smoothing the earth is too costly for any one individual to undertake;

so it has become a community project and each member of the tribe must pay an annual tax to build

new paths and maintain the old. There are so many paths needed that some people move their

homes because the rac paths must be straight as possible to keep the animal from injuring itself. Dr.

Thapar also noted that unlike the cow, which many people in his country hold sacred, the excrement

of the rac cannot be used as either fuel or fertilizer. On the contrary, its excrement is exceptionally

foul and totally useless. Worst of all, the rac is prone to rampages in which it runs down anything in

its path, much like stampeding cattle. Estimates are that the rac kills thousands of Asu in a year.





        Despite the high cost of its upkeep, the damage it does to the land, and its habit of destructive

rampages, the Asu still regard it as being essential to the survival of their culture.



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Still not realize it.

Asu ----> USA

Arcs----> cars

Get it ?!

Goodbye my friend

※ Kiwhan, he is a smart guy. 

     He is studying in the top of university in Korea and has double majors.





03/01

This is second snow storm I met in Boston.

At this night I got the text message from my Korean friend- Kihwan.

He said he will leave US in Monday morning.

He wanted me do my best in Boston and  hoped one day we could meet again. 

Then we can talk about the memory we had in Boston.





I remembered that days when my Boston friends left were snowing.

It makes the leaving air sader. It also makes people lonely.

Although I experienced the situation many times, I still have this feeling.

Maybe I am the kind of people who are sensitive and take friends as first.

This is why some people told me I put friends in my mind first. 





In this month, not only Kiwhan will leave Boston but Lee will leave to Seattle.

Both them are my best Korean friends, and it means I will have fewer friends in Boston.

anyway,I will always remember you.

All my Boston friends but you are not here.

test

測試照片能不能看到

如果可以看到照片，請回覆YES,I CAN.



# test #



test 

test

Memory Impact

※ This picture was taken in BU library.





What is the memory impact?



I created and defined it by meslf.



Memory impact is that the memory which is happened wonderfully 



or horribly in one's life made one feel extremely painful when the 



enviroment is same, but the people or the situations were different. 



I sufferred it today. Because I went to NESE, Harvard Sq., Central Sq.,



Newbury St., and many places I went before near the Cambridge.



My memory was impacted by the memory recall.



I knew the feeling was not good, but I will conquer it one day. 



外國念書就是這麼苦，送一個一個朋友走，又要重新認識朋友，

有時還得忍受孤獨；忍受獨自奮戰考試。留學就是這麼苦，要不

就扛起它、承受它。受不了這個苦就打包回台灣，結束夢想！