# 4 Steve Jobs’ Talk

#6 TED talks

This video is different from other TED video. This video's main character is a person who  is not the celebrity of a certain field. They are the staff of TED. The video is a kind of musical. Because of that, I am interested in this video.

#5 Love and loss

When I was a junior high school student, my father died in a car accident. At that time, I was collapsed. Though it is hard to believe that my father was gone, I have to be strong and take care of my family. After undergoing these hard time ,I start to concern about my family, getting close with they. The relationship between my family and I become more and more close. When going home on the weekend, I always spend most of time accompanying my family. By doing that way, I feel strong love among me and my family.

#3 Podcast

Listening is a very important and useful skill, but most of us do not concentrate on this. In our country, the teachers always focus on grammar, vocabulary, and reading. Wanting to improve our listening skill, we have to practice in our own. because of this reason, the teacher tell us this Podcast which is good for us to practice ourselves. This website is different from others which I used before. Podcast helps someone who is a learner from the first stage to practice, because the speed is not too fast for a beginner to catch what they are talking about. I also think Podcast as a beginning tool. It is good for us to spend about thirty minutes practicing listening , also  learning new vocabulary.

#2 Dictionary Exercise

1.commuter
    definition: a person who travels into a city to work each day, usually from quite far away
There are many commuter who go to downtown on the first train every morning.

2.psychological
    definition: connected with a person’s mind and the way in which it works
Some people have to deal with psychological problems.

3.reinforce
    definition:to make a feeling, an idea, etc. stronger
The experience reinforced my sense of loss.

4.analyse
    definition: to examine the nature or structure of something, especially by separating it into its parts, in order to understand or explain it
He analysed the various factors.

5.swap
    definition:to give something to somebody and receive something in exchange
I'll swap you my hat for shirts.

Before these class, I always look up the bilingual dictionary such as google or Yahoo.This calss suggest us to use monolingual dictionary which we can improve our English. During reading this kind of dictionary, I'll know how to explain the word and what is similar to the word.

#1 Hello~everyone

Hello everyone, I'm Stephanie. I major in Department of Finance. Listening to music is my hobby. Especially English songs. Listening to music can make me feel more energetic whenever I was tired or sleepy. Further more Bruno Mars is one of my favorite singers. His voice is so special that I can not help but admire him. Music is like a spiritual medicine which makes me relieved and always cheers me up when I am down.

The reason why I take this class is due to my deep passion for English. I am atteched to English, and always be an active and aggressive learner. During this class of this semester, I hope to improve my English skills such as listening and writing.