以前轉寄給人的

去年BBC的海嘯報導

Sri Lanka counts sea surge dead

Nearly 11,000 people died after sea surges struck long stretches of the Sri Lankan coast on Sunday, officials say.
Many more people are reported missing and about a million are homeless. The government has declared a disaster.

Among the dead are at least 72 foreign tourists, the chairman of Sri Lanka's Tourist Board said.

Although 1,600km from the earthquake epicentre, waves struck Sri Lanka with great force, sweeping far inland. A huge search is underway for survivors.

[more]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4127429.stm

去年CNN海嘯（ tsunami ）報導

Asia quake death toll tops 23,000
Monday, December 27, 2004 Posted: 11:12 AM EST (1612 GMT)


Rescuers load empty coffins bound for Phuket at Bangkok airport.
Image:


DEATH TOLLS
SRI LANKA
Sri Lankan military authorities report more than 10,000 people killed. Tamil Tiger rebels report 2,000 dead in the territory they hold in the northeast of the country.

INDIA
At least 6,200 killed by waves which flooded the southern coast, official media report.

INDONESIA
News agencies report more than 4,350 killed, many of them in Aceh in northern Sumatra.

THAILAND
Thai authorities report at least 866 people dead.

MALDIVES
46 people are dead and more than 70 missing, according to Hassan Sobir, the Maldives High Commissioner.

VIDEO
Thousands have drowned and thousands are missing after a tsunami strikes India.



COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Weeping residents combed through debris and stunned tourists wandered through litter-strewn streets on Monday, a day after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean from Thailand to Somalia, killing at least 23,000 people.

The giant waves -- caused by the most powerful earthquake on Earth in 40 years -- also left thousands injured and missing as well as hundreds of thousands homeless in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

[more]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/2...uake/index.html

中國生肖

Chinese Astrology - Predictions for 2005

Use Chinese astrology to find out what the fates hold in store for you in the Year of the Rooster



Chinese Astrology Predictions for 2005, the Year of the Rooster (February 9, 2005 - January 28, 2006)

(Predictions are courtesy of Chinese astrology expert Shelly Wu, author of "Chinese Astrology: Exploring the Eastern Zodiac")

[more]

http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blchi...trology2005.htm

中國新年由來

The Legend of Chinese New Year

A long time ago in China, there was huge, destructive monster named Nien that terrorized villages throughout China. He usually appeared at dawn of a new year looking for food because he was very hungry. During this time, people would hide inside their homes, afraid to come out. One day, by chance, a big piece of red cloth was hung from a tree limb. Upon seeing the cloth, Nien became afraid and ran away terrified, never to be seen again. To ward off further attacks, each new year, people gather together and celebrate the occasion with red and gold paper, firecrackers and prancing movements of a dragon and lion to keep Nien away.*

*Note; this legend has many versions

http://www.cbc.ca/bc/features/lunarnewyear/

中國新年

The Chinese New Year Season lasts for an entire month...


If you live in an area that has a Chinatown, chances are that at some point you've watched the Chinese New Year celebrations. However, Chinese New Year (also called the Spring Festival) doesn't begin and end on a single weekend.

Instead, it runs from the middle of the last month of the previous year (based on the Chinese calendar) to the middle of the first month of the new year.

By the time the New Year arrives, families have already spent several days preparing for the big event; cleaning the house, buying gifts, and cooking festive foods.

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chinesenew...yearlegends.htm

生機食品／飲食

Organic Food


Organic food benefits consumers and the environment as well. True organic food is produced without the use of chemical pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, fungicides, fumigants, chemical preservatives or additives, dyes, irradiation, and/or genetically engineered DNA.

http://environment.about.com/od/organicfood/index.htm

以下為 mar/26 2005 因speaking主題為您兒時所記得的故事
在google找到的相關故事五則，中國寓言故事的網頁

1..snow white 白雪公主
2.three little pig 三隻小豬
3.Little Mermaid 美人魚
4. Cinderella 灰姑娘
５. GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU 猜猜我有多愛你
（英語童書熱門發燒故事）
６ Chinese Tales　（webpage)


另外還有
＊. Olympic in 2004
＊.. 四書 + 道德經 的英文怎麼說?
＊. 書的簡介:巫婆一定得死--童話故事如何形塑我們的性格

Chinese Tales (webpage)
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hboperaplots.html



Learning English - Pronunciation tips
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learning.../minimal2.shtml


Analects of Confucius 論語 / Lunyu 論語
Great Learning 大學
Doctrine of the Mean 中庸
Mencius 孟子
Daode jing 道德經
Mengzi 孟子



Olympic in 2004
http://www.athens2004.com/en/


Cinderella 灰姑娘
http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/Cinderel...ella/test1.html

H. C. Andersen´s little mermaid 作者及故事簡單介紹

1.http://hjem.get2net.dk/OSJ_INDEX/hybenrose/havfruen/eng/fairytale.htm


2. http://hca.gilead.org.il/

The Little Mermaid Part One (長篇)

http://www.denmark.org/mermaid_June96/Captured.html

FAR OUT IN THE OCEAN THE WATER IS AS BLUE AS THE PETALS OF the loveliest cornflower, and as clear as the purest glass. But it is very deep too. It goes down deeper than any anchor rope will go, and many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live.

GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU

英文版
http://www.demyanova.netfirms.com/childsto...tales/quess.htm

中文版
http://www.fsvs.ks.edu.tw/dp90/13/p006-1.htm

by Sam McBratney
©1994 Sam McBratney

Little Nutbrown Hare, who was going to bed, held on tight to Big Nutbrown Hare's very long ears. He wanted to be sure that Big Nutbrown Hare was listening.

"Guess how much I love you," he said.

"Oh, I don't think I could guess that," said Big Nutbrown Hare.

"This much," said Little Nutbrown Hare, stretching out his arms as wide as they could go.

Big Nutbrown Hare had even longer arms. "But I love YOU this much," he said.

Hmm, that is a lot, thought Little Nutbrown Hare.

Little Snow-White

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm053.html

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Once upon a time in midwinter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from heaven, a queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood. As she sewed she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her needle. Three drops of blood fell into the snow.

The red on the white looked so beautiful that she thought to herself, "If only I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood in this frame."

The Three Little Pigs

http://www.shol.com/agita/pigs.htm


Once upon a time there were three little pigs and the time came for them to leave home and seek their fortunes.

Before they left, their mother told them " Whatever you do , do it the best that you can because that's the way to get along in the world.


The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do.

The second little pig built his house out of sticks. This was a little bit stronger than a straw house.

The third little pig built his house out of bricks.

One night the big bad wolf, who dearly loved to eat fat little piggies, came along and saw the first little pig in his house of straw. He said "Let me in, Let me in, little pig or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!"

"Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin", said the little pig.

書的簡介:巫婆一定得死--童話故事如何形塑我們的性格

http://www.lib.tku.edu.tw/opac/bib516476.shtml

白雪公主、睡美人、傑克與魔豆、小紅帽、灰姑娘等等這些都是我們耳熟能詳的童話故事。今天的童話故事是給小孩子讀的故事，然而過去卻不是。而這些看似千篇一律的童話故事，這些由「從前從前有個…」開始，到「最後終於過著幸福快樂的日子」作為結束的童話故事背後，有著什麼特殊或深層的涵義嗎？

在找考古題language learning 看到這篇有趣的
有興趣就看看吧



Learning languages 'boosts brain'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3739690.stm


Learning languages enhances the brain, scientists believe
Learning a second language "boosts" brain-power, scientists believe.
Researchers from University College London studied the brains of 105 people - 80 of whom were bilingual.

They found learning other languages altered grey matter - the area of the brain which processes information - in the same way exercise builds muscles.

Immigrants 'should try to feel British'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1699847.stm



UK Home Secretary David Blunkett has urged people from ethnic minorities to develop what he calls a "sense of belonging" in Britain.


In a newspaper interview, he says racism is often deep-seated and must be confronted, but immigrants who settle here must do their bit to ensure that future generations grow up "feeling British".

E-book revolution moves slowly


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/n...dia/1846985.stm


Sales of electronic books, or e-books, continue to grow despite many publishers shutting down their e-book divisions.


Publishing giants Random House and AOL Time Warner have shut down their e-book divisions and many in the industry were predicting the death of the new medium.

我也來推薦一個個人覺得非常好用的網站喔~~
是我在地球村的老師推薦給我的~~

http://freetranslation.paralink.com/remote.asp

免費的線上翻譯網站 真的非常非常好用!!
而且重點是它可以一次翻譯一整段文章 不用逐字翻譯喔~ :laugh

可能很多人都知道了，不過我還是再推薦一下
就是longman出版的英英字典-Dictionary of contemporary english
這本字典，對字詞的解釋滿清楚的，還有註明這是formal, informarl or spoken，美式還英式用法，裡面附的那張電子辭典光碟片很好用，除了和字典一樣的功能外，多了example bank，有從報紙或是書本中擷取下來的句子，還有一個activator功能，把所有相關的字詞放在一起做比較。
下面是longman提供的線上字典，雖然少了光碟片上多的功能，不過對於字的用法和解釋還是很有幫助，可以參考看看。
http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/


我自己是買了兩本英英字典。
一本是上面介紹朗文出版的，。
另一本是Collins 的Advance Learner's English Dictionary，這一本我比較少用，它的解釋比較且淺顯易懂，例句也非常多。

白癡學者 idiot savant

昨天讀書會中Jan提到的.....
拜了一下孤狗大神後查到
底下連結有稍作解釋
http://www.plim.org/2idiots.html

有關台灣的相關單字
原提供者tutupatty

Taiwanese Culture and Tradition

play Chinese chess下象棋 tea bag茶包 do tai chi打太極拳 tealeaves茶葉
do chi kung氣功 cheongsam旗袍 kung fu (or martial arts)功夫 bamboo竹子 Chinese (Taiwanese) Opera歌仔戲

Burning the Prince's Boat Ceremony王船祭
traditional puppets show布袋戲 county縣 dragon dance舞龍舞獅 firework煙火 extended family大家庭 Lantern Festival元宵節

family tree族譜 pomelo柚子 generation gap代溝 worshiper參拜者 in-laws姻親 Yenshui Fireworks Festival鹽水蜂炮祭典
food stand小吃攤 Yimin Festival義民祭 Dragon Boat Festival端午節

betel-nut girl檳榔西施 Mid-Autumn Festival中秋節 Dr. Sun Yat-sen孫逸仙
mooncake月餅 Formosan bleak bear台灣黑熊
rice dumplings粽子 plum blossom梅花 rice porridge稀飯 orchid蘭花 spring roll春捲 junk中國式平底帆船

soy bean milk豆漿 to feel the pulse把脈 street vendor 路邊攤
meditation靜坐 Tomb Sweeping Day清明節 moxibustion灸
night market夜市 herbs中藥 aborigine原住民 a sachet of powder藥包

Central Cross-Island Highway 中橫公路 karma 業報 chop圖章 Buddhism佛教 hot spring (or spa)溫泉 reincarnation輪迴jade玉 destiny命運 oolong tea烏龍茶 traditional Chinese jacket唐裝

Taroko Gorge太魯閣 silk絲 teapot茶壺 wood carving木雕 antique古董 character漢字 earthenware陶器 plum梅子
Mandarin國語 ceramic上釉的陶器 Hakka客家話 porcelain 瓷器

Pidgin English中文混合的英語 embroidered刺繡的 Taiwanese閩南語 calligraphy書法 acupuncture針灸 Chinese painting國畫
acupuncture points穴道 boiled dumplings水餃 scrape刮痧 New Year’s rice cake年糕 two-string fiddle二胡 procession出殯

rhino horn犀牛角 incense香 cram school補習班 lantern燈籠
lunar calendar陰曆 filling餡子(糕點類) mead蜜酒 pearl milk tea珍珠奶茶

有關台灣文化相關單字


來源：台北市政府探索館
http://www.discovery.taipei.gov.tw/index.htm

黑豆　black soybeans
枸杞　lycium chinensis a type of willow　
核桃 walnuts
花豆 runner bean
冬蟲夏草 chinese caterpillar fungus
白木耳 tremella
(字典找不到tremella但是有木耳一字：tree ear；wood ear）

紅棗　red chinese date(s)
綠豆mung bean(s)
黃豆soybean(s)
栗子chestnut(s)
髮菜black moss
薏仁pearl barley
木耳edible tree fungus
紫菜laver(or seaweed but 此字也可以叫海苔）
草鞋straw sandal(s)
木屐wooden sandal(s)
金紙業paper money burnt
榕樹banyan tree

另曾問過阿豆仔的問題
穴道　acupuncture　points

小紅帽



Little Red Riding Hood


http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html#grimm


Little Red Cap
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next. Once she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. Because it suited her so well, and she wanted to wear it all the time, she came to be known as Little Red Cap.

One day her mother said to her, "Come Little Red Cap. Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is sick and weak, and they will do her well. Mind your manners and give her my greetings. Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your sick grandmother."

The food pyramid

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/nutrition/.../nutrition.html

Mrs. Rollman's first graders want to teach you a

little bit about the foods that are good for you.

Click on the pyramid to learn about any of the food groups!

We hope to add to this web site later.

Qword
這是我之前上班用來偷背單字的軟體
我覺得還滿好用的
http://home.kimo.com.tw/qmanla/

是免費的唷~


另外可以上M$的網站download 英式發音
http://www.microsoft.com/MSAGENT/downloads/user.asp
點Text-to-speech engines
然後選British English 再按Text-to-speech engines

安裝完成後，在使用Qword背單字時
裡面就可以選擇英式發音了

IMDB
internet movie database http://www.imdb.com/

查詢電影、電視、演員相關資料很豐富的網站
上面竟然還可以查的到香港的電影
只是很多都是直接粵語音譯

要有英式發音還要另外再download兩個元件
MsReader 2.1
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/pc.asp

Text-to-Speech Package
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers...wnloads/tts.asp

把這幾個軟體安裝完成，再進入Qword，設定語音時，應該就可以看到多了兩個選擇
LH Michell
LH Michael