Story I:
Story II:
Story III:
Story IV:
Story V:
Story VI:
Story VII:
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Sunday, 19 February 2012
Weird interview question [Just for joke]
Guide to male expressions
"I'M GOING FISHING"
Means: "You boring woman, I'm going to drink myself dangerously stupid,and stand by a stream with a stick in my hand, while the fish swim by in complete safety."
"IT'S A GUY THING"
Means: "You women never understand, it's just fun. There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical".
"CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?"
Means: "Why isn't it already on the table?"
"UH HUH," "SURE, HONEY," OR "YES, DEAR..."
Means: Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response. If anything, it means; "I haven't heard what you said."
"IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN"
Means: "I have no idea how it works."
"I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE THINGS ON MY MIND."
Means: "I was wondering if that redhead over there is wearing a bra."
"TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD".
Means: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."
"THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR."
Means: "Are you still talking?"
"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS."
Means: "I remember the theme song to 'F Troop', the address of the first girl I ever kissed, and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I've ever owned, but sorry, I forgot your birthday."
"I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND GOT YOU THESE ROSES".
Means: "The girl selling them on the corner was a real babe."
"OH, DON'T FUSS, I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT'S NO BIG DEAL."
Means: "I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit that I'm hurt."
"HEY, I'VE GOT MY REASONS FOR WHAT I'M DOING".
Means: "And I sure hope I can think of some pretty soon."
"I CAN'T FIND IT."
Means: "Help, it didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless."
"I HEARD YOU."
Means: "I haven't the foggiest clue what you just said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don't spend the next 3 days yelling at me."
"YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE."
Means: "I am used to the way you yell at me, and realize it could be worse."
"YOU LOOK TERRIFIC."
Means: "Please stop trying on any more dresses, I'm starving."
"I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE."
Means: "No one will ever see us alive again."
"WE SHARE THE HOUSEWORK."
Means: "I make the messes, she cleans them up."
Sunday, 12 February 2012
[motivational short stories] The Elephant Rope
Let's share motivational short stories to enlighten our life - to boost our spirit up to deal with rough situations. Life is hard enough to deal with but there's always a way to pass it.
Thank you for passing by and enjoy your visit
The Elephant Rope (by Anon.)
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9 things i hate about people around me
1. People who point at their wrist asking for the time... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
2. People who are willing to get off their a** to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
3. When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too". Damn Right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?
4. When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they?
5. When people say while watching a film, "did ya see that?" No Loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor!
6. People who ask "Can I ask you a question?"... Didn't give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?
7. When something is 'new and improved'. Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it, couldn't be new.
8. When people say "life is short". What the hell??? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!!! What can you do thats longer?
9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come yet?" If the bus came, would I be standing here???
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Interesting Stories
i've just found this.. umm.... interesting stories,
Story 1:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to
the top of that tree," sighed the turkey,"but I haven't got the energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull.
They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull.
They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.
Moral of the story
BullShit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.
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Story 2:
A little bird was flying south for the Winter.It was so cold the bird
froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying
there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird
lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.
The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.
Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.
The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.
Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.
Morals of this story
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!
[POEM] Your laughs and giggles
hi guys i wanna share a poem with y'all!
Your laughs and giggles
when you laugh it feels like i could fly
when you laugh it feels like it's just only me and you
when you laugh it feels that my heart didn't lie
when you laugh it feels like i could spin the world
when you laugh it feels that my heart bursting to pieces
when you laugh it feels i could live forever
when you laugh i could never be sad
when you giggle i can't stop smiling
when you giggle i can't remember anything
when you giggle it feels that i'm flying
when you giggle it prevents me from crying
when you giggle i feel like screaming
when you giggle i feel i'm above anything
coz all your laughs make me feel like an angel holding my hands
and when you giggle i'm certain that you're the angel that was sent from heaven
Your laughs and giggles
Collection of SHORT JOKES!
PART 1
| Two cows are standing in a field. One says to the other "Are you worried about Mad Cow Disease?" The other one says "No, It doesn't worry me, I'm a horse!" |
| Teacher: Tell me a sentence that starts with an "I". Student: I is the.... Teacher: Stop! Never put 'is' after an "I". Always put 'am' after an "I". Student: OK. I am the ninth letter of the alphabet. |
| A man receives a phone call from his doctor. The doctor says, "I have some good news and some bad news." The man says, "OK, give me the good news first." The doctor says, "The good news is, you have 24 hours to live." The man replies, "Oh no! If that's the good news, then what's the bad news?" The doctor says, "The bad news is, I forgot to call you yesterday." |
| A: Do you want to hear a dirty joke? B: Ok A: A white horse fell in the mud. |
| If big elephants have big trunks, do small elephants have suitcases? |
| On a crowded bus, one man noticed that another man had his eyes closed. "What's the matter? Are you sick?" he asked. "No, I'm okay. It's just that I hate to see old ladies standing." |
| Teacher: What are some products of the West Indies? Student: I don't know. Teacher: Of course, you do. Where do you get sugar from? Student: We borrow it from our neighbor. |
| Teacher: Did you father help your with your homework? Student: No, he did it all by himself. |
| A: Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl? B: It's a girl. She's my daughter. A: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know that you were her father. B: I'm not. I'm her mother. |
| A snail walks into a bar and the barman tells him there's a strict policy about having snails in the bar and so kicks him out. A year later the same snail re-enters the bar and asks the barman "What did you do that for?" |
PART 2
| Man: I could go to the end of the world for you. Woman: Yes, but would you stay there? Man: I offer you myself. Woman: I am sorry I never accept cheap gifts. Man: I want to share everything with you. Woman: Let's start from your bank account. |
| Son: Dad, what is an idiot? Dad: An idiot is a person who tries to explain his ideas in such a strange and long way that another person who is listening to him can't understand him. Do you understand me? Son: No. |
| Two goldfish in a bowl talking: Goldfish 1: Do you believe in God? Goldfish 2: Of course, I do! Who do you think changes the water? |
| A: Hey, man! Please call me a taxi. B: Yes, sir. You are a taxi. |
| Teacher: "Nick, what is the past participle of the verb to ring?" Nick: "What do you think it is, Sir?" Teacher: "I don't think, I KNOW!" Nick: "I don't think I know either, Sir!" |
| Headmaster: I've had complaints about you, Johnny, from all your teachers. What have you been doing? Johnny: Nothing, sir. Headmaster: Exactly. |
| Mother: "Did you enjoy your first day at school?" Girl: "First day? Do you mean I have to go back tomorrow? |
| Patient: Doctor! You've got to help me! Nobody ever listens to me. No one ever pays any attention to what I have to say. Doctor: Next please! |
| Patient: Doctor, I have a pain in my eye whenever I drink tea. Doctor: Take the spoon out of the mug before you drink. |
| The doctor to the patient: 'You are very sick' The patient to the doctor: 'Can I get a second opinion?' The doctor again: 'Yes, you are very ugly too...' I use this joke for retelling in reported speech. |
101 things to do before you become old and boring
The List
1. Send a message in a bottle.
2. Run up an escalator the wrong way.
3. Make an origami crane.
4. Learn how to tell when someone likes you (and when they don’t)
5. Keep a dream diary.
6. Touch these poisonous creatures.
7. Prepare yourself for fame.
8. Learn to play an instrument.
9. Play a computer game to the end.
10. Have an embarrassing moment and get over it.
11. Get your school involved in a world record attempt.
12. Paint a picture good enough to hang on the wall.
13. Learn to whistle (and make other noises).
14. See a ghost.
15. Fart and burp.
16. Make a swear box.
17. Act in a play.
18. Win something.
19. Make a t-shirt.
20. Stay up all night.
21. Sleep all day.
22. Invent a secret code.
23. Learn to do a card trick.
24. Grow something from a seed.
25. Start a collection.
26. Help save the planet.
27. Turn back time.
28. Learn to do a party trick.
29. Climb to the top of a mountain.
30. Make a one-minute movie.
31. Host a party.
32. Visit…
33. Learn to bake a cake.
34. Hide a treasure and leave a map for friends to find.
35. Learn how to ask someone out (and how to dump them)
36. Start your own blog.
37. Write lyrics for a song.
38. Make a time capsule.
39. Be a genius.
40. Take care of an animal.
41. Learn to like these foods.
42. April fool someone.
43. Do something charitable
44. Teach your grandparents something new.
45. Invent a new game.
46. Go as fast as you can.
47. Make your own buttons.
48. Watch these films.
49. Read these books.
50. Pretend to be ill convincingly.
51. Save your allowance for a month and spend it all at once.
52. Learn to swim.
53. Succeed at something you’re bad at
54. Be a daredevil.
55. Invent a new trend.
56. Know who your friends are.
57. Plant a tree (and climb it when you’re older)
58. Start a band.
59. Camp out in the backyard.
60. Learn to live without something you love for a week.
61. Join a club.
62. Cook a meal.
63. List the things your parents say they’ll tell you when you’re older.
64. Make your bike or skateboard look cool.
65. Learn to juggle.
66. Have a snowball fight and fun in the snow.
67. Build the ultimate sandcastle and have fun in the sun.
68. Take part in a TV show.
69. Make a scene in a public place.
70. Spend Christmas in another country.
71. Do something nice without being asked.
72. See your music idol perform live.
73. Have a sleepover.
74. Become a spy.
75. Watch a tadpole grow into a frog.
76. Learn to say useful phrases in other languages.
77. Make your own greeting cards.
78. Hold a garage sale.
79. Build an igloo.
80. Start your own secret society.
81. Research your family tree.
82. Learn to skip stones.
83. Dye your hair.
84. Lobby your local representative.
85. Write a story and get it published.
86. Sing in front of an audience.
87. Learn to use long words (and drop them into conversation).
88. Blame someone else.
89. Learn to stick up for yourself.
90. Get from A to B using a map.
91. Send a valentine card.
92. Have your own plot in the garden.
93. Build your own website.
94. See your name in print.
95. Make a unique milkshake.
96. Glue coins to the floor.
97. Learn to take great photos.
98. Drive something.
99. Be vegetarian for a week.
100. Meet someone famous.
101. Decide what you want to be when you grow up.
[JOKE] Microsoft versus apple
Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees
are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three
Microsoft employees each buy tickets and watch as the three Apple
engineers buy only a single ticket.
"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a Microsoft employee.
"Watch and you'll see," answers the Apple engineer.
They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their respective
seats, but all three Apple engineers cram into a restroom and close the
door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor
comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and
says, "ticket please." The door opens just a krack and a single arm
emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The Microsoft employees saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea.
So after the conference, the Microsoft employees decide to copy the
Apple engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever
with money, and all that). When they get to the station, they buy a
single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the Apple
engineers don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket" says one perplexed Microsoft employee.
"Watch and you'll see," answers an Apple engineer.
When they board the train the three Microsoft employees cram into a
restroom and the three Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The
train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the Apple engineers leaves his
restroom and walks over to the restroom where the Microsoft employees
are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please"...
Personal note: I do use a Window-based PC
5 Essential Things to Include in your Cover Letter
1. Specific information
Many people send standard, generic cover letters to their potential
employers. However, such a letter does not help you stand out from
crowd. There are many applicants so you should be very specific and
really show why you are the best candidate for this specific position.
2. Information from the job advert
You should include information from the job advertisement. Indicate how
your experience matches that description. You could also add here how
you will fit into the company.
3. Highlight your strengths
Always highlight your strong points. State exactly what your strengths
are and why and how this will be useful in this position. You don’t want
to draw attention to your weakness. However, if there Is something
unusual about your experience or career move, you should use this
opportunity to succinctly explain these in a positive light.
4. Don’t appear too desperate
You should focus on your suitability for the position and how the
company will benefit from employing you. Any information about how badly
you need this job is irrelevant and won’t create a good impression.
5. Contact details
Although your contact details are on your CV or resume, you should
include this information briefly at the end of the letter. You want to
make it as easy as possible for the potential employer to find this
information and contact you.
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Defining Portfolio Assessment
What is a portfolio?
A student portfolio is a systematic collection of student work and related material that depicts a student's activities, accomplishments, and achievements in one or more school subjects. The collection should include evidence of student reflection and self-evaluation, guidelines for selecting the portfolio contents, and criteria for judging the quality of the work. The goal is to help students assemble portfolios that illustrate their talents, represent their writing capabilities, and tell their stories of school achievement... (Venn, 2000, pp. 530-531)
Process and product portfolios represent the two major types of portfolios. A process portfolio documents the stages of learning and provides a progressive record of student growth. A product portfolio demonstrates mastery of a learning task or a set of learning objectives and contains only the best work... Teachers use process portfolios to help students identify learning goals, document progress over time, and demonstrate learning mastery... In general, teachers prefer to use process portfolios because they are ideal for documenting the stages that students go through as they learn and progress (Venn, 2000, p. 533).
First, the teacher and the student need to clearly identify the portfolio contents, which are samples of student work, reflections, teacher observations, and conference records. Second, the teacher should develop evaluation procedures for keeping track of the portfolio contents and for grading the portfolio... Third, the teacher needs a plan for holding portfolio conferences, which are formal and informal meetings in which students review their work and discuss their progress. Because they encourage reflective teaching and learning, these conference are an essential part of the portfolio assessment process (Venn, 2000, p. 540).
- Promoting student self-evaluation, reflection, and critical thinking.
- Measuring performance based on genuine samples of student work.
- Providing flexibility in measuring how students accomplish their learning goals.
- Enabling teachers and students to share the responsibility for setting learning goals and for evaluating progress toward meeting those goals.
- Giving students the opportunity to have extensive input into the learning process.
- Facilitating cooperative learning activities, including peer evaluation and tutoring, cooperative learning groups, and peer conferencing.
- Providing a process for structuring learning in stages.
- Providing opportunities for students and teachers to discuss learning goals and the progress toward those goals in structured and unstructured conferences.
- Enabling measurement of multiple dimensions of student progress by including different types of data and materials. (Venn, 2000, p. 538)
- Requiring extra time to plan an assessment system and conduct the assessment.
- Gathering all of the necessary data and work samples can make portfolios bulky and difficult to manage.
- Developing a systematic and deliberate management system is difficult, but this step is necessary in order to make portfolios more than a random collection of student work.
- Scoring portfolios involves the extensive use of subjective evaluation procedures such as rating scales and professional judgment, and this limits reliability.
- Scheduling individual portfolio conferences is difficulty and the length of each conference may interfere with other instructional activities. (Venn, 2000, p. 538)
The 10 Secrets to Speaking English
I just wanna share an
interesting article I found in the internet a long time ago. I hope it
will be useful for you guys who wanna improve your English speaking
skill. Anyway, I'm really sorry if I've re-posted the article. I
particularly wanna share it to those who do not know yet
Source
The 10 Secrets to Speaking English
1. Self-Esteem
The most important aspect of speaking is having good self-esteem.
Self-esteem is how a person feels about himself. This includes
“self-talk”, how a person thinks or what a person says to himself. What a
person feels determines what he thinks, and what he thinks determines
what he says and how he says it. A person who feels good about himself
will say good things and speak well. A person who feels bad about
himself will think negative thoughts and not have self-confidence. Then
fear will cause a person to not speak. When most Chinese people are
asked how their English is, or if they are told their English is very
good, they immediately respond by saying, “Oh, my English is very poor. I
have no chance to practice.” A student of English should not say this
to himself or to others. A person who says it often enough will begin to
believe it and soon will be paralyzed and unable to speak. Students
will begin to forget what they know since the right brain cannot speak
or use the knowledge stored in the left brain. A person learning to
speak English must put the Chinese custom of modesty (saving face)
aside. When complimented, the correct response is “Thank you.” When
asked, “How is your English?” or criticized, a good answer is “I love to
speak English,” or “My English is improving,” or “I am working very
hard to improve my English.” These positive statements will reinforce
positive thoughts and good feelings. With increased confidence a person
will overcome fear and speak more freely. The mind is the most fantastic
computer in the universe. Saying or thinking negative thoughts will
short circuit the mind or give it deadly viruses.
2. Teaching Others
It is a known fact that the teacher learns more than the student. One
receives more when one gives. When a person only receives, he becomes
crippled and soon dies. First of all, a person who teaches someone else
to speak English forgets his inhibitions and concentrates on helping.
This is a key process in learning. The teacher actually receives more
than he gives. The teacher becomes better at speaking when he gives
others instructions and encouragement. Secondly, the person who speaks
is forced to utilize all the skills of speaking well. The brain is
forced to remember what is stored in the left brain, transfer it to the
right side, translate it from Chinese into English, and then verbalize
it. A teacher must speak to teach. The teacher hears himself speak and
recognizes needs and self corrects while teaching, correcting and
encouraging the student(s). It’s a great method and a self-motivating
process. For thousands of years, this method has been a powerful secret
to learning. Remember that teaching others stimulates improvement.
3. Singing Songs
Singing songs has magic that no other exercise can duplicate. A person
who sings English songs over and over again will automatically memorize
words and phrases. When someone says, “Let’s sing ‘Jingle Bells’ or
‘Happy Birthday’, immediately a person begins to sing the song exactly
right without even thinking about it. There is no hesitation, no
translation, no confusion. Also, singing allows for the practice of
saying words and, at the same time, practices pronunciation because
singers verbalize each word more slowly and exactly with the music.
That’s what music does for a person who wants to speak English. Good
songs with good words are a great aid to speaking fluently. It is
amazing how quickly singing helps a person to speak. Finally, the
Chinese language has many tones and in a way the language is sung. When
songs are sung in English, the brain can quickly connect the thoughts
and meaning with sound.
4. Talking to the TV & Radio
There are English speaking television and radio channels. Watching and
listening to them is important, but talking to them is even more
important. This may seem strange to family and friends, but it is almost
as effective as having a native speaker present. Listening is a great
way to learn, but speaking back and asking questions benefits the mind
and speaking mechanism as if a real person were there. True, the TV and
radio will not answer questions nor pause for comments. Nevertheless, a
person’s listening skills will improve and his ability to ask good
questions and give good answers will also improve. This is a good
method. This method will require concentration since people habitually
just “listen” to the radio and TV. Listening is good, but speaking is
better. It makes all the difference.
5. Reading Aloud and Reading A Lot
Good teachers always emphasize the value of extensive reading. It’s
through reading many stories and books that one absorbs the culture,
meaning, and beauty of a language. So the student must Read! Read! Read!
But in addition to just reading, students should read out loud. Little
children learn to speak by listening to their mothers read to them.
Mothers learn to read and speak better by reading and speaking to their
children. Together, both the reader and listener learn to tell stories,
adding drama and emphasis to words and expressions. It’s important to
read to others whenever possible. If there is no one to read to,
students can read to themselves. It’s important to read aloud a lot!
6. Calling Others on the Telephone
This is one of the most common and most helpful methods of improving
spoken English. First, language students must identify others who are
willing to speak to them in English on the telephone. These can be
friends, classmates, workmates or family members. Students can either
make surprise calls or make appointments to speak with a number of
people every day. At first, conversations may only last a few minutes,
but with practice, time spent speaking will increase. The value comes in
developing the ability to hear and understand the other unseen person.
Repeating parts of the conversation and asking the other person to
repeat parts of the conversation might prove useful. Soon the ear will
become accustomed and the speech will also improve allowing both parties
to better understand each other. This can be a fun and very useful
practice that exercises the brain, ears and tongue.
7. Group Participation
A student in a formal English class at a school, university, or training
company must participate. It is vital to ask questions, offer opinions
and actively contribute to the class’s speaking activities. It’s only
the active participant whose mind and mouth work together to speak and
improve speaking. The left brain of a passive spectator will record what
is seen and heard while the right brain weakens and speaking difficulty
increases. Also, a person cannot participate unless he attends. Active,
dedicated members of a class practice many of the skills necessary to
increase verbal speech.
8. Interpreting for Others
Interpreting is one of the strongest methods of exercising the whole
brain to improve speaking ability. Interpreters must draw on their left
brain reserves while exercising their right brain skills. It is similar
to teaching others, but even more powerful because the person
interpreting must hear in Chinese, mentally understand and translate
information in the mind, then almost instantly verbalizes these ideas
correctly in English. The more advanced the English speaking ability,
the better the interpretation. It is important to begin very early to
interpret, not waiting for proficiency in speaking. Interpreting is not
translating written documents which are mostly a left-brain skill.
9. Memorizing New Words and Phrases
In order to progress in learning to speak English, new words must be
added to the vocabulary. Always having a small list of words and using
them in every day conversation is vital to mastery. Speaking new words
in sentences will bring ownership. Doing this faithfully over a period
of a few years will build a vocabulary as large as most native English
speakers. More effective than just adding new words is adding entire
sentences. Great progress comes when quotes and phrases are not just
memorized but used in daily speech. The key is to Speak! Speak! Speak!
10. Read, Write, and Memorize Poetry
“Words do not convey meaning, they call it forth.” David O McKay. Like
music, poetry enlightens the soul while it exercises the mind in rhythm
and vivid imagery. By reading, writing and memorizing poetry, a person
is exercising one of the highest forms of spoken English. It energizes
both the left and right brain while it conditions thinking and trains
the tongue.
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10 Tips To Public Speaking !!!
Here are some tips from Toastmasters Class on how to speak in front of the public with confidence. I hope you will find it useful next time you stand in front of an audience:
Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial, but too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here are some proven tips on how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:
1. Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.
2. Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; Practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.
3. Know the audience. Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.
4. Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.
5. Relax. Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. ("One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand. Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.
6. Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.
7. Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They’re rooting for you.
8. Don’t apologize for any nervousness or problem – the audience probably never noticed it.
9. Concentrate on the message – not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.
10. Gain experience. Mainly, your speech should represent you — as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking.
COOL SITES for ENGLISH TEACHER
My 5 Tops cool sites in teaching english..
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7 Tips for speaking English Fluently
Always Study and Review Phrases, Not Individual Words
Never study a single, individual word. Never. When you find a new word, always write down The Phrase it is in. Always.
When you review, always review all of the phrase,.. not the word.
Collect phrases.
Your speaking and grammar will improve 4-5 times faster. Always write the
complete phrase.
Never again study a single word. Never write a single word in your notebook,
Learn Phrases Only.Phrases are GROUPS of words that naturally go together.
Don't Study Grammar
Stop studying grammar.
Stop studying grammar.
Right now. Stop. Put away your grammar books and textbooks. Grammar rules
teach you to think about English, you want to speak automatically-- without
thinking!
So Rule 2 is: Don't Study Grammar!
The Most Important Rule-- Listen First
What is the rule that Humberto found? Simple. The rule is listening.
Listening, listening, listening.
You must listen to UNDERSTANDABLE English. You must listen to English EVERYDAY. Don't read textbooks. Listen to English.
Its simple. That is the key to your English success. Stop reading textbooks.
Start listening everyday.
**Learn With Your Ears, Not Your Eyes
In most schools, you learn English with your eyes. You read textbooks. You
study grammar rules.
Spend most of your study time listening- that is the key to great speaking.
Slow, Deep Learning Is Best
The secret to speaking easily is to learn every word & phrase
DEEPLY. Its not enough to know a definition. Its not enough to remember
for a test.
You must put the word deep into your brain.
To speak English easily, you must repeat each lesson many times.
You must learn English deeply.
Learn deeply, speak easily.
Learn deeply, speak easily.
How do you learn deeply? Easy-- just repeat all lessons or listening
many times. For example, if you have an audio book, listen to the first
chapter 30 times before you go to the second chapter. You could listen
to the first chapter 3 times each day, for 10 days.
Use Point Of View Mini-Stories
I call these stories "Point Of View Mini-Stories". They are the most powerful
way to learn and use English grammar automatically.
Use Point of View Stories for Automatic Grammar
Use Point of View Stories for Automatic Grammar
You must learn grammar by listening to real English. The best way is to
listen to the same story... told in different times (points of view):
Past, Perfect, Present, Future.
How do you do this? Easy! Find a story or article in the present tense.
Then ask your native speaker tutor to write it again in the Past, with Perfect
tenses, and in the Future. Finally, ask him to read and record these stories
for you.
Then you can listen to stories with many different kinds of grammar. You
don't need to know the grammar rules. Just listen to the Point of View stories and you will improve grammar automatically!
Only Use Real English Lessons & Materials
You learn real English if you want to understand native speakers and
speak easily. Use real magazines, audio articles, TV shows, movies,
radio talk shows, and audio books.
Learn Real English, Not Textbook English
Learn Real English, Not Textbook English
To learn real English, you must listen to English that native speakers
listen to. You must watch what they watch. You must read what they read.
Listen only to real English
Listen only to real English
Listen only to real English
How do you learn Real English? It's easy. Stop using textbooks. Instead,
listen only to real English movies, TV shows, audio books, audio
articles, stories, and talk radio shows. Use real English materials.
Listen and Answer, not Listen and Repeat
Use Listen & Answer Mini-Story Lessons
Use Listen & Answer Mini-Story Lessons
In each Mini-Story Lesson, a speaker tells a short simple story. He also asks
a lot of easy questions. Every time you hear a question, you pause and
answer it.
You learn to answer questions quickly-- without thinking. Your English
becomes automatic.
How can you use Listen & Answer Stories? Easy! Find a native speaker tutor.
Ask him to use this method: Ask him to tell a story... and to constantly ask
you easy questions about it. This will teach you to think quickly in English!
You can also find Listen & Answer lessons. They will teach you to think quickly in English.
Natural Ways to Reduce Your Cholesterol
Looking after your body should be one of the things top of your mind from as soon as you are old enough to think independently.
If you treat your body like garbage, then the chances are that it will treat you back the same.
Now, of course, the human body is built to last and it can deal with being thrashed around a bit, but constantly abusing it, especially where there is no need is asking for trouble.
It is a fact that having high cholesterol has been linked to heart disease and so looking after you bodies cholesterol levels as well as your general health should be high on your priority list. No matter what age you are. You shouldn't wait until things start going wrong to begin caring for yourself. However, if you have healthy cholesterol levels, then it is wise not to take anything to reduce your cholesterol.
So, if you are looking to reduce cholesterol, how can you go about doing it naturally?
Your cholesterol levels are generally down to your lifestyle choices. There may be cases where there is another underlying factor and medical help is required, but generally it comes down to lifestyle choices.
The exercise you undertake and the food you eat are what directly affect the levels of good and bad cholesterol in your blood.
For those of you new to this, yes, there is 'good' and 'bad' cholesterol. The bad cholesterol (LDL) is the kind you find in your hamburgers and other meats, it comes from saturated fats. The good cholesterol is found in foods such as nuts and fish which contain unsaturated fats.
There's evidence that foods containing certain added ingredients, such as plant sterols and stanols, can reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood. These are often advertised as such along with other 'super foods'.
Sterols and stanols can be found in specially developed products, such as some spreads and yogurts.
Thus if you are looking to reduce cholesterol, then taking these products as well as eating more soy products and a super food, blueberries, can help you make progress to better cholesterol levels.
If you are looking just to maintain healthy cholesterol levels then eating lots more fish and adding some nuts and soy products into your diet, while cutting down on meat and other products high in saturated fats is the first move you should take.
In addition to taking more care and love with your diet, if you are not already doing so, then get your body moving every day.
You don't need to go to the gym, but just get on your bike or do some decent paced walking for 30 or 40 minutes a day.
Once you learn to do it right and get into the right habits, you will feel less inclined towards the lazy habits that lead to unhealthy and high in saturated fat diets and life styles.
If you are interested to learn more about reducing cholesterol, statins and Lipitor side effects then head on over.
Monday, 6 February 2012
So, you think English is easy, huh?
Read to the end and see if you still think so.
- The bandage was wound around the wound.
- The farm was used to produce produce.
- The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
- We must polish the Polish furniture.
- He could lead if he would get the lead out.
- The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
- Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
- A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
- When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
- I did not object to the object.
- The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
- There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
- They were too close to the door to close it.
- The buck does funny things when the does are present.
- A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
- To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
- The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
- Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
- I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
- How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet,
are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a
guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
"I wish nothing but the best for you"
"Someone Like You" [Taken from the lyrics of the song by Adele "Someone Like You"]
I heard that you're settled down.That you found a girl and your married now.I heard that your dreams came true.Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.Old friend, why are you so shy?It ain't like you to hold back or hide from the lieI hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,That for me, it isn't over.Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.I wish nothing but the best for you too.Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said:"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.You'd know how the time flies.Only yesterday was the time of our lives.We were born and raised in a summery haze.Bound by the surprise of our glory days.I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,That for me, it isn't over yet.Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.I wish nothing but the best for you too.Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said:"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead".Nothing compares, no worries or cares.Regret's and mistakes they're memories made.Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?[END]
There isn't any song lyrics or poems that could describe how i feel, but i was surprised at how close this song does and would in the future.
I wish I can say to both of us that i'm over you. That I'm ready to welcome you back in my life as my best friend again. But after a year of battling my own feelings and living my life without you, and finding myself still standing at the same spot, I realized some things that are more important than the battle.
No one knows the future. After eight years it starts to occur to me that I'd probably never be over you. That even if I find someone else who thinks I'm deserving, I'd probably still not be able to give him my heart completely as I've given it to you. There is no harm in hoping though. So yeah, as impossible as it may sound to me right now to stop loving you the way i've been, I still hope it'll come true.
More than that, I hope you read this. You know who you are. Be certain that this is for you. I know that I promised both of us (more to myself) not to approach you until my heart's completely changed. If you consider this as breaking a promise then I am truly sorry. But this might be my only chance to tell you, suppose I could never be your friend ever again. So if you could, please look at it as a one-way letter. For I'll only write the things that you must know and I do not at all expect any response from you.
If the day never comes when I can finally say I'm over you and I'd be happy to just be your friend, I am sorry. I'm sorry I can't keep my promise. I'm sorry I can't suppress my feelings while befriending you. I'm so sorry. I wish I'm stronger than this, I really am. I wish I could ignore my feelings and stayed with you as a friend. Guess I am that selfish. I'm sorry to have to disappoint you. Of course I know you'll be alright without me, you never needed me and you never will. For what it's worth I just want to apologize for failing our friendship. I want you to know I am blessed. Looking back at everything, there isn't any moment with you I did not cherish.
I've got a feeling you've found someone. Doesn't matter if it's true or not, it's just a feeling. All I want to say is that if it's true and there's any fear of hurting me in you to express your feelings to her or to the world about her, don't be. I'm not gonna lie and say i'm not gonna be affected by it, but what i'd feel is not and should never be your problem. We are free. You are free.
I'm holding on to the hope of our friendship. But if God shall not grant what I hope, then I hope you'd find this letter and accept my apology.
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