失敗變成功

今早煎豆腐失敗，而炒出香噴噴的五香豆腐，老公說：好吃！有放肉嗎？ 

材料： 4塊豆腐、2大匙紅蘿蔔茸、1大匙香菜碎、水（1量米杯）
調味： 1小匙五香粉、2大匙醬油

做法： 把煎壞的豆腐直接在平底鍋中弄碎，繼續炒香片刻，加入水，紅蘿蔔和調味，以中火炒勻，再加入香菜，拌勻，把它弄平在鍋上，蓋上鍋蓋并熄火，五分鐘後起鍋。

圖片暫時弄不出來，抱歉囉！

What I feel for attending this computer class.

I am happy to be a student in this class. This is my first computer class in NOU. I am a Malaysian and I am not used to type in Chinese, therefore I write this assignment using English. Please forgive me, my dear teacher. My teacher is Mr. Lin. He is very gentle, kind and polite. For the past few lessons, He explained everything in details and repeated whenever we had any doubts.

What I have learned from the website is still not up to date. It is due to my equipment problem. I only have an i-Pad and a smart phone.  What I see from the program is different to what I have on my i-Pad. Therefore I have to try out on my own to get the work done. Anyway, I can understand the program, the lecturers or the speakers are well prepared for the class.

I will continue to study although behind the schedule. And nice to meet you all, my classmates.

我的中文打字很慢. 我的進度有點慢, 但我會努力去完成他. 網路上的課程非常好, 面授老師也很棒. 同學們也很熱心,真高興認識你們.

下雨的竹北路上

從手機上傳到Google+再貼在這。

Practice before test

Practice before test.  Trying, trying, trying...

STRESS

Waiting to sit for the computer test in the lab. 

Try to post another article from my gmail.

From my cellphone to my blog

Beautiful @@@@ day

From Mail to Blogger

These are my favorite food from Malaysia. Do you like them too?

同理心的力量

這是一個英語配音中文字幕，有關同理心的短片。
 “The Power of Vulnerability 脆弱的力量"作者 Dr. Brene Brown布蘭妮布朗博士的演講口白，英國插畫家Katy Davis的動畫作品。用詼諧有趣的插畫，講解「同理心」。
網路上有提供它的中英文字幕。按此連結！http://www.hopenglish.com/the-power-of-empathy?ref=bw

         So what is empathy? And why is it very different than sympathy? Empathy fuels connection. Sympathy drives disconnection. Empathy is very interesting.
        Teresa Wiseman is a nursing scholar, who studied profession, very diverse professions where empathy is relevant, and came up with four qualities of empathy: Perspective taking (the ability to take the perspective of another person, or recognize their perspectives as their truth), staying out of judgment (not easy when you enjoy this as much as most of us do), recognizing emotion of another people, and then communicating that.
       Empathy is feeling with people. And to me, I always think of empathy as this kind of sacred space when someone's kind of in a deep hole, and they shout out from the bottom and they say, "I'm stuck. It's dark. I'm overwhelmed." And then we look and we say, "Hey," and climb down, "I know what it's like down here, and you're not alone."
      Sympathy is, "Woo! It's bad, ahuh? Now, you want a sandwich?"
      Empathy is a choice. And it's a vulnerable choice because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something in myself that knows that feeling. Rarely, if ever, does an empathic response begin with "at least." I had a...yeah, and we do it all the time, because, you know what, someone just shares something with us that's incredibly painful, and we're trying to silver lining that. I don't think that's a verb, but I'm using it as one.
      We're trying to put this silver lining around it, so "I had a miscarriage." "At least, you know you can get pregnant."; "I think my marriage is falling apart." "At least, you have a marriage."; "John's getting kicked out of school.", "At least, Sarah, he's an A-student."
      But one of the things we do sometimes in the face of very difficult conversations is we try to make things better. If I share something with you that's very difficult, I'd rather you say, "I don't even know what to say right now. I'm just so glad you told me," because the truth is rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection.

水果英文詞彙

Fruits 水果

apple(s) 蘋果 ； avocado(s) 酪梨
banana(s)香蕉
carambola(s)/star fruit(s) 楊桃； cherry (cherries) 櫻桃；coconut(s) 椰子
durian(s) 榴連
fig(s) 無花果
grape(s) 葡萄； grapefruit(s) 葡萄柚 ； guava 芭樂
honeydew(s)/muskmelon(s) 哈蜜瓜
kiwi(s) 奇異果
lemon(s) 檸檬； lichee(s)/lychee(s) 荔枝； lime 酸橙(柑)； longan(s) 龍眼 ； loquat(s) 枇杷
mango(s or es) 芒果； mangosteen(s) 山竹； melon(s) 甜瓜
olive(s) 橄欖； orange(s) 柳橙
papaya(s) 木瓜； passion fruit 百香果 ； persimmon 柿子； pitaya(s) 紅龍果 ；
peach(es) 桃； pear(s) 梨； pineapple(s) 鳳梨； plum(s) 李子/梅子
rambutan(s) 紅毛丹
shaddock(s)/pomelo(s) 柚子； strawberry (strawberries) 草莓 ； sugarcane(s) 甘蔗； sweetsop(s)/sugar apple(s)/custard apple(s)/sakya(s) 釋迦
tangerine(s)/mandarin orange(s) 橘子
watermelon(s) 西瓜 ； wax apple(s)/bellfruit(s) 蓮霧

與 fruit 有關

Fruit
名詞。
1. 果實；水果；果類
單數複數同形，不加s；若加s 指不同種類。如： fish. fishes 指很多種類的魚。

例句：
He does not eat much fruit. 他不大吃水果。
Miss Lee eats a lot of fruit every day. 李小姐每天吃很多水果。
Would you like some more fruit? 你想要再來一些水果嗎？
We need some more fruit. We haven't got any bananas or oranges. 我們需要多備一些水果，我們還沒有買到香蕉和橙。
There was a bowl of fruit on the table. 桌上放著一盤水果。
Do you like this fruit? 你喜歡這種水果嗎？
The potato is a vegetable, not a fruit. 馬鈴薯是一種蔬菜，不是一種水果。
Apples are fruit. 蘋果是一種水果。
Apples, oranges, strawberries, and bananas are kinds of fruit/are all fruit. 蘋果，橙，草莓和香蕉都是水果。
Fruit is good for the health. 水果有益健康。
Would you like fruit or cheese after your main course? 吃過主菜後，你要水果還是乳酪？
The drink is made from four tropical fruits. 這種飲料是用四種熱帶水果做成的。
a fruit bowl 果盤
a fruit flan 水果餡餅
dried fruit 乾果
soft fruit (英) 無核小果
Strawberries and raspberries are soft fruit(s). 草莓和木莓都是無核小果。
fruit farm/orchard 果園
fruit bat (flying fox) 狐蝠/水果狸
fruit cake 果子蛋糕
fruiterer 水果商
fruit fly 果蠅
fruit salad  (英) 水果沙拉 (美) 水果凍

2. 結果；效果
His failure is the fruit of laziness. 他失敗是懶惰的後果。
The old man was enjoying the fruits of his life's work. 那老人在享受他一生工作換來的成果。
It was a tragedy that he died before he could enjoy the fruits of all his hard work. 這是一個悲劇因為他還沒能享受到自己辛勞工作的成果。
Their plans haven't borne fruit (=had a successful result). 他們的計劃毫無結果。

形容詞。
fruitful land 很多水果的地=肥沃的土地
Mr. Green has a fruitful garden. 格林先生擁有一個結滿水果的的院子。
A successful plan is fruitful. 成功的計劃是會產生好結果的。
Your work here has been very fruitful.  你在這裡的工作相當有成果。
It was a very fruitful meeting; we made a lot of important decisions. 這是一個非常有成效的會議； 我們在會上作出了許多主要決定。

fruitless 較少水果=無結果的；徒勞的；不成功的
a fruitless effort 徒勞
a fruitless tree 不結果的樹
So far the search for the missing boy has been fruitless. 到目前為止，尋找失蹤男孩的工作還是沒有結果。

動詞。
結果實
The apple trees are fruiting early this year. 今年這些蘋果樹早結果。

備註：
fruit machine (英) or one-armed bandit (英） slot machine (美) ： 吃角子老虎(機)

台北捷運上學英文

乘搭捷運時，不一定只能滑手機，車上的看板上常傳遞民眾一些有用的詢息，像這個海報，我們就可以學習很多英文詞彙和句子，你覺得呢？

介紹英文繪本： Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

這是一本小孩會喜歡的書，我上一門志工課時，老師介紹的。

麥克兒童外文書店的售價最低，單書新台幣166元，書和CD賣302元。

FIVE-LITTLE-MONKEYS-....

該店在Yahoo奇摩上對這本書的內容介紹如下：

這首大家耳熟能詳的童詩韻文，被Eileen Christelow利用滑稽的插畫，充滿想像力的文字，做了最好的詮釋。她不但將這篇與五隻猴子有關的每一句內容都做了有趣的圖解，更具創意的是，她將這首韻文加上前言和結局，變成一個有故事性的、活潑搞笑的故事。孩子們不但可以藉著重複語句練習英文口語的韻律感，老師更可以將此書的內容，改編為小劇本，讓孩子們在課堂中做角色扮演，或是做為英文成果發表會的腳本。

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

It was bedtime. So five little monkeys took a bath. 

Five little monkeys put on their pajamas.

Five little monkeys brushed their teeth.

Five little monkeys said good night to their mama.

Then five little monkeys jumped on the bed!

One fell off and bumped his head.

The mama called the doctor. 

The doctor said,“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So four little monkeys……jumped on the bed.

One fell off and bumped his head.

The mama called the doctor. 

The doctor said,“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So three little monkeys jumped on the bed.

One fell off and bumped her head.

The mama called the doctor. 

The doctor said,“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So two little monkeys jumped on the bed.

One fell off and bumped his head. 

The mama called the doctor. 

The doctor said,“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So one little monkey jumped on the bed.

She fell off and bumped her head.

The mama called the doctor. 

The doctor said,“NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!”

So five little monkeys fell fast asleep.

“Thank goodness!” said the mama. "Now I can go to bed!"

透過繪本

透過繪本

透過繪本，讓親子時間增加，關係更親密。

透過繪本，讓孩子享受父母的愛和服務。

透過繪本，讓孩子學習認識自己。

透過繪本，讓父母通過孩子的反應來暸解孩子的內心深處。

透過繪本，讓孩子看到外面的世界。

透過繪本，讓孩子多學些道理，懂得愛與分享。

透過繪本，讓孩子喜歡閱讀和提昇學習的興趣。

透過繪本，讓孩子...

My Computer Class

Nice to meet you all.
很高興認識你們

自我介紹

Something about me ...

Hi, I am Nicole Loh. Nice to meet you online. I am a Malaysian Chinese, but now settle down in Taiwan. I was a high school teacher when I lived in Malaysia. At the moment, I work as a private tutor.  Besides working, I spend my time in charity work. I used to help and serve the new inhabitants in HsinChu county. Most of them are from Mainland China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, and Indonesia. 

I enjoy cooking and eating. I am not a very good cook, but my hubby and friends enjoy my cooking very much. I am not a full vegetarian, but I try to be meatless. It is partly because of I am a Buddhist and for my health concern. 

I love reading very much. I have a small library at home. It is about 5000 copies of books, fiction and non-fiction. They are in Chinese, Malay and English. I used to play card games with my friends and students. I like to solve jigsaw puzzles and Sudoku. I have a collection of those games too in my toys room.

If you are having the same hobbies as me, I wish we can be friends. Waiting for your responses. Thank you and good day!

Edelweiss （小白花） 歌曲和歌詞

Edelweiss 小白花

Edelweiss...
Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever...

Edelweiss...
Edelweiss...
Bless my homeland forever...
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever...

Edelweiss...
Edelweiss...
Bless my homeland forever... 

職業英文詞彙

Occupations 職業

barber 男性理髮師(只服務男顧客)；beautician 美容師；

carpenter 木匠；cook 廚師；

dentist 牙醫；driver 司機；

electrician 電工技師；engineer 工程師；

farmer 農夫；fireman 消防員；fisherman 漁夫；

hairdresser 美髪師；

lawyer 律師；

mailman (美) / postman (英) 郵差；merchant 商人；

nurse 護士；

pilot 飛行員；physician 內科醫生；policeman 警察；

reporter 記者；

sailor 水手；salesclerk (美) / sale assistant (英) 店員；secretary 秘書；serviceman 軍人(通稱)；storekeeper (美) / shopkeeper (英) 店主；surgeon 外科醫生；

tailor 裁縫師；teacher 教師

多義字： calf

多義字： calf

calf   /kæf/ 

(noun名詞, plural複數 calves /kævz/)

         1.       the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal. 小牛






















 

          There is a calf in the meadow. 草地上有一頭小牛。

2.       the young of certain other mammals, as theelephant, seal, and whale.  
         大型動物如象、 鯨、海豹之幼獸

3.      leather, calfskin. 小牛皮

         a book bound in calf 用小牛皮裝訂的書 (calf-bound book)

         calfskin boots 小牛皮靴

          4.


Informal. an awkward, silly boy or man. 笨拙的男孩或男人

          5.     a mass of ice detached from a glacier, iceberg, or floe.  






                  從冰河、冰山掉下來的浮冰

 6.     the fleshy part of the back of the human legbelow the knee. 小腿肚

        

         He kicked me in the calf. 他踢了我的小腿。

         Idioms

         7.      in calf, (of a cow or other animal having calves) pregnant. 懷孕的(母牛)

         8.      kill the fatted calf,

















                  to prepare an elaborate feast in welcome or celebration.  盛宴款待









    

人體英文詞彙

Human Body 人體

head 頭

hair 頭髮

face 臉

eye(s) 眼睛 

ear(s) 耳朵

nose 鼻

mouth 嘴/口

tongue 舌頭

lips 唇

tooth/teeth 牙齒

chin 下巴

jaws 顎

neck 頸

throat 喉

shoulder(s) 肩

back 背

chest 胸部

arm(s) 手臂

hand(s) 手

finger(s) 手指

waist 腰

leg(s) 腳

knee(s) 膝
lap(s) 大腿

calf/calves 小腿

foot/feet 腳

toe(s) 腳趾

heart 心臟

lung(s) 肺臟

stomach 胃

家族英文詞彙

Family 家族

great-grandparents 曾祖父母/外曾祖父母
great-grandfather 曾祖父/外曾祖父

great-grandmother 曾祖母/外曾祖母

grandparents 祖父母/外祖父母

grandfather 祖父/外祖父

grandmother 祖母/外祖母

great uncle 伯公/叔公/舅公/丈公

great aunt 姑婆/姨婆

parents 父母親

father 父親

mother 母親

uncle 伯父/叔叔/姑丈/舅舅/姨丈

aunt 姑姑/阿姨/伯母/嬸嬸

father-in-law 公公/岳父

mother-in-law 婆婆/岳母

sibling 兄弟姐妹
brother 哥哥/弟弟

sister 姐姐/妹妹

spouse 配偶
husband 丈夫
wife 妻子

cousin 堂兄弟姐妹/表兄弟姐妹

brother-in-law 姐夫/妹夫/小舅子

sister-in-law 嫂嫂/弟婦/大伯/小叔/大姑/小姑

children 孩子
son 兒子

daughter 女兒

son-in-law 女婿

daughter-In-law 媳婦

nephew 侄子/外甥

niece 侄女/外甥女

grandchildren 孫輩

grandson 孫子/外孫

granddaughter 孫女/外孫女

great-grandchildren 曾孫輩/外孫輩

great-grandson 曾孫子/外曾孫

great-granddaughter 曾孫女/外曾孫女

英文發音不好，怎麼開口說英語？

英文發音不好，怎麼開口說英語？

發音不好，還是能說英語！

請問 

（1）每一個會講華語的華人都發音標準嗎？

（2）外國人說不標準的華語會讓你完全聽不懂嗎？

答案是： （1）不是 （2）不會

所以即使你英文發音不好，你還是可以開口說英語。多練習，才會有進步的空間！

發音標準的確可以增加你說話內容的清晰度，但切記表達和溝通的能力，不完全依據你的發音，太多的因素會影響它，諸如肢體語言、說話的音調速度、文化的認識等。因此太過執著於100%正確的發音，而忽略其他的因素，不會是促進語言能力提昇的推動力，反而會成為它的絆腳石。