Listening Skills for Practical Applications

Troubled Kids, At-Risk Animals Bond

2007-05-28T01:25:00.000-07:00

(CBS) Some 30 miles north of Los Angeles, in Santa Clarita, Calif., Ellie Laks and partner Jay Weiner have devoted their lives to giving abused and unwanted farm animals a second chance. And now, those animals are helping kids who've had troubled lives.
Click here to watch the video, and read transcript.

Emotional Intelligence

2007-05-28T01:23:00.001-07:00

Judd: How a $10 net can stop a killer

2007-05-16T08:33:00.000-07:00

CNN 360, Click here to watch the video

ROBERTS: Most people know Ashley Judd s an actress, but she is also an expert on simple things that could save millions of lives from the ravages of malaria, things like mosquito nets.

Ashley is the spokeswoman for Malaria No More, a group working to eradicate the deadly disease. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that a child in Africa dies from malaria every 30 seconds. That means that by the time that this segment is done, six children will have died. Think about that as you watch.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ROBERTS: What compelled you to get involved with this project, with this issue?

ASHLEY JUDD, ACTRESS/ACTIVIST: Well, 3,000 children dying a day of a mosquito bite is not acceptable to me. Malaria is preventable and treatable. And I'm very grateful to help be a part of the solution, especially by letting Americans know that for only $10, they can help a poor African buy a bed net and help save their life.

ROBERTS: Do me a favor. Explain what a bed net is and how that can help a child or adult save their life.

JUDD: A bed net is a simple technology. It is made out of muslin. It's one of those romantic things you saw billowing in "Out of Africa", for example. I have one here.

It has a simple loop which is attached to a ceiling and then it is generously sized so that it can completely surround a bed or perhaps the floor, on which the vulnerable person sleeps. It can accommodate more than one person.

And while they are under it, they are protected from the female mosquito, which carries the parasite that causes malaria. Again, it is very simple.

It is also pretreated with a long lasting insecticide, so this net can prevent malaria for up to five years. And it's so simple, but unfortunately, they're really not accessible right now to, especially, the rural Africans who most desperately need them.

And so the 25th of April is malaria awareness day in the U.S., the very first one. And all of us have the opportunity to help contribute these nets.

ROBERTS: You, the first lady, Laura Bush, also recently asking people to contribute $10 to buy these bed nets.

Do you find it difficult, though, to get Americans interested in a disease that doesn't really touch their lives -- there's not much incidence of malaria in this country -- and a disease that's prevalent in places that at least a half a world, if not more, away?

JUDD: Well, having the opportunity to talk on a show such as this is really helpful for raising awareness. And I believe, as President Truman said, that when Americans are given the facts they will do the right thing. And helping an African to prevent malaria is absolutely the right thing.

We're very fortunate in this country malaria was eradicated in 1951. The CDC, Center for Disease Control, actually is the result of our initial effort to eradicate malaria.

But Africans, unfortunately, don't have that opportunity right now. The infrastructure is poor. And it's -- you know, Malaria is this insidious, self-perpetuating poverty trap. There is $12 billion a year economic loss due to malaria, but it would only cost $3 billion a year to protect Africans from malaria.

ROBERTS: You've got the 360 soapbox beneath your feet now. What do you want Americans to do on the 25th?

JUDD: I want Americans to check out MalariaNoMore.org. I also want them to check out FiveAndAlive.org. I want them to reach deep into their pockets, get out that $10. Think of it as the cost of a pizza and for that, they can save an African's life.

ROBERTS: Ashley Judd, good to see you. Thanks very much. Appreciate it.

JUDD: Thanks so much.

Available at CNN.com, click here (scroll down to the bottom of the page)

The Age Of Warming

2007-05-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

60 Minutes Goes To The Bottom Of The World And To The Top of A Glacier To See The Fastest Warming Place On Earth

(CBS) If you were waiting for the day global warming would change the world, that day is here. It’s happening, far from civilization’s notice, in a place about as remote as you can get.

Scientists believed Antarctica, at the bottom of the world, was too vast, too remote, to be bothered by climate change any time soon. But now glaciers are setting speed records for melting. Whole colonies of penguins are disappearing. Why does it matter? Antarctica is a climate giant, driving ocean and wind currents worldwide, with enormous potential to raise sea levels.

To find out what’s happening down south, 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley set out on an expedition; the first stop was the high mountains of Patagonia in Chile, where you can actually see a new age beginning.

Click here to watch the video, and read the transcript

It's Better to Give than to Receive

2007-05-16T08:23:00.000-07:00

Files to Download

2007-05-16T08:01:00.000-07:00

5-1 Main Ideas/Details

Reacting to listening [1], [2], [3]

Part 2
[1], [2], [3]

You will be this land

2007-05-09T20:26:00.001-07:00

May 08 Make-up class

2007-05-07T00:11:00.000-07:00

We will have a make-up class on May 08, 8:20-9:50 pm, Q304 (for May 2 class).

AYeh

Nor'easter

2007-04-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

From CNN, click here to read the news. This page also contains links to videos including 'What's a Nor'easter?'

Chapter 4: The Eye of the Storm

2007-04-18T07:45:00.000-07:00

Download Chap. 4 audio

2007-04-18T07:35:00.000-07:00

4-1 Main Ideas and Details

Reacting 1
Reacting 2
Reacting 3
Reacting 4

Listening2

Nor-easter (MP3 file)

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Early to Bed, Unit 3

2007-04-16T01:04:00.000-07:00

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Unit 3 Download

2007-04-16T00:53:00.000-07:00

Listening1

Reacting 1
Reacting 2
Reacting 3
Reacting 4

Listening 2

Pronunciation

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Files to download

2007-04-03T01:43:00.000-07:00

Chap 2
2-1

Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 3

Kilimanjaro

Thoughtgroups

Voice Discussion about Movies on overcoming obstacles

2007-03-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

Click here to join the voice discussion on Chinswing!

Artist loses hand, feet (CBS)

2007-03-28T05:14:00.000-07:00

Chapter 2, The Achilles Heels

2007-03-28T05:13:00.000-07:00

Online English Reading Help

2007-03-27T22:36:00.000-07:00

ESL Reader is an Online Reading Help for students learning English as a Second Language (ESL). Use it to speed up your reading time and improve reading skills. Anytime you need to read online text in English, copy that text and run it through ESL Reader. It will make each word into a link so you can easily look-up word definition or translation simply by clicking on it.

Click here to try it out.

March 27 Make-up Class

2007-03-19T22:54:00.000-07:00

The make-up class on March 27 is going to be at Room Q304 at 8:20 pm

Aiden

New Classroom

2007-03-15T04:05:00.000-07:00

The new classroom that we will be using for this semester is at Q304. We will be using this room from March 28 onwards.

The classroom for March 27 make-up class is yet to be announced.

Aiden

Unit 1, News Resisters

2007-03-14T22:14:00.000-07:00

Are you a News Resister?

2007-03-14T04:08:00.000-07:00

Join the online discussion, click here.

Permits to Prevent Fortune-Telling Scams Audio Forum

2007-03-06T22:52:00.000-08:00

Go to Chinswing and join the audio forum. You need to sign and log in. Chinswing is a free site. Please do not forget to put your student number in the text box.

1. Have you or anyone you know ever been to a psychic, fortune-teller or card reader? If so, what happened?

2. Do you think they are all fakes, or do you think some of them really have special powers? Explain.

3. Would you feel safer going to one that is licensed by your city? Why or why not?

Permits to Prevent Fortune-Telling Scams

2007-03-06T22:49:00.000-08:00

Watch/Listen/Read the News by Rusty Dornin (CNN San Francisco)

Click here

Vocabulary and comprehension questions are available on the above link (see left bar)

Welcome Message [Spring 2007 students]

2007-03-06T22:17:00.000-08:00

Yvonne's recording: mountain climbing

2007-01-05T15:49:00.000-08:00

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Subject: mountain climbing
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:15:50 +1300

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Money Matters Unit 6

2007-01-03T02:33:00.001-08:00

Yvonne's Voice Recording

2007-01-02T22:19:00.000-08:00

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High Tech, Low Tech, Chapter 5

2006-12-26T17:56:00.001-08:00

bottled water chapt 4

2006-12-26T17:45:00.000-08:00

Unit 4 Listening for Personal Opinions

2006-12-26T17:43:00.000-08:00

Check your class standing

2006-12-26T00:22:00.000-08:00

You may download your grades. Click here.

Video: CNN Student News

2006-12-19T22:10:00.001-08:00

Click here to watch the video.

After watching the video, go to mychingo.com and record your answer to the following questions (or click the Leave me message link on the right panel of this blog):

What do you think might motivate someone to climb a mountain? Does mountain climbing appeal to you? Why or why not? What, if any, personal goals do you have to accomplish? To what extent do your goasl involve risk? Explain.

Reminder: Make up Class on 12/12

2006-12-06T20:18:00.000-08:00

This is to remind you that we will have a make-up class on Dec. 12 at Rm 306.

A.

Roads to You Tour

2006-12-06T20:17:00.000-08:00

Unit 4

2006-11-29T00:14:00.000-08:00

How do you find true love?

2006-11-18T03:35:00.000-08:00

Click here to view powerpoint presentation with audio. Right click mouse and select 'save as' to download file to your computer.

Powerpoint on Slideshare does not have audio.

Emma's Midterm

2006-11-16T19:21:00.000-08:00

Listen/watch the news 'The Language of the Internet' and write a sentence outline of its content.

Click here to watch. (Make sure that you have Adobe Flash player installed).

Type your work and submit it on 11/22 (leave it in my mailbox).

Aiden

Oral presentation on Nov. 16

2006-11-14T23:01:00.000-08:00

Oral presentations on Nov. 16

Powerpoint presentation (with audio) on the following topics

1) What is life like for the elderly in Taiwan? Do they live with their children and grandchildren, or live far from or near their children? discuss the lifestyle of the elderly.

2)Looking into the different Taiwanese ways of finding true love. Manner of presentation is based on the video material "True Love"

3) Discuss the divorce rate in Taiwan. Why do you think people get divorced? Why do married couples do if they're having problems?

Asking for question

2006-11-13T07:51:00.000-08:00

Dear Aiden, good day

I am PE4C Vicky Chen,we have a question , can we hand record CD next week?

Best Regards

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3 strikes law

2006-11-06T07:49:00.000-08:00

dear Aiden, this is the assignment of 3 strikes law.im sorry upload the home work so late, i have the pc problem. in my opinions,i dont agree send nonviolent criminals to prison for their rest of lives.Because its not fair . the offence may be punished by law ,only if they commit a serious crime.I think the govement should make another law which suitbable for the minor criminal. thanks for the listening.

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assignment

2006-11-01T07:50:00.000-08:00

Dear Aiden. I am Gabriel. My school no. is 2092200107,and my e-mail is gabriel660527@yahoo.com.tw . I am sorry to finish my first assignment so late.I think I am too foolish to use computer for sending messages in internet. so,I want say thank for my dear classmates Effie because she is so kind and tell me how to use computer to send my homework.Thanks!

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Chia-Pei

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The three strikes law

2006-11-01T07:39:00.000-08:00

Dear Aiden: I am Sandra, school number:2092200149. I had sent "The three strikes law" on October 17. I am sorry. I forgot to leave message, so it is difficult to find my file. Please you could check again. Thank you!

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What makes us tick?

2006-10-31T23:26:00.000-08:00

Links to Lesson, What makes us tick?

Heart site

From the heart

Heart health center online

Three Strikes Law

2006-10-24T10:07:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden, I am Carol Li. My school No:2092200064. Three Strikes Law Should Support or Not? About this question in fact, I am following with the three-strikes law. I think when a person commit a crime over and over. It means he has addiction of crime. The three-strikes law is reasonable because it gives people more than twice opportunities to improve themselves. So, when the person is a three-striker, he should be locked up for his whole life. On the other hand, judges and prosecutors must be judge prisoner carefully, especially other cities or countries because they may have different behavior or nationality of local people.

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Mei-Hui

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Three Strikes law

2006-10-24T07:38:00.000-07:00

Three Strikes law

Dear Aiden, I am Rick. My school number: 20921200097. In my opinion, this three strikes law can make the criminals stay in cold. Why I say that? Because, if you do it three times of any crime things, you will stay in the jail for 25 years. But is other way. If you just steal litter things for three times. You will be using this three strikes law. For this nonviolence criminal. I think is not fair. Because is just steal things not killing.

Three Strikes law

2006-10-23T10:45:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden, I am Eva. My school number:2092200084 In my opinion, I think that the Three Strikes law shouldn't be used to send nonviolent criminals to prison. There are three reasons. Firstly, the Punishment must be in proportion to the crime. Secondly, because the law increases the length of sentences, it has raised the average length of stay for the prison population. The government needs more money to build new prisons, and as inmates age, the cost of housing them increases due to age-related illness and the associated health care costs. Finally, it will make the high tax for the citizens. There are no advantages between the government and nonviolent crimes. In conclusion, it's a very severe law, the one that takes away a person's freedom for life. It's not something to be applied just because we're mad at bad behavior. Only violent crimes are serious enough to warrant such a drastic sentence.

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2006-10-23T08:39:00.000-07:00

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sorry about to later to hand it...2091200097 Rick Wen

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three strikes law

2006-10-22T06:42:00.000-07:00

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the strikes law

2006-10-22T06:26:00.000-07:00

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becky

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Sample Sentence Outline

2006-10-20T00:59:00.000-07:00

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Ming's assign

2006-10-19T18:20:00.000-07:00

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ming http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/66417.abb22030cc7 Your friend's message: Three Strikes Law Failures Hello, Aiden: In my opinion:It is fair to send Three strike in prison serving life term because they were not fist time to do burglary. When they commited the first time for burglary, they Should had had the regration for it and corrected their fault. Besides, the goveronment gave them two times chance.They did not repent and start anew. Therefore,I think when they are out of prison, they will do burglary again. They may kill people while doing burglary, so the best way to Three strikes is life term.

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Vanice's Assignment, self-intro

2006-10-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

vanice huang has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

vanice huang's Album - October 07, 2006

Dear Aiden,I am Vanice.I am sorry to upload this late,however, I am so happy I completed my assignment finally!! My school number is 2091200103 ,and e-mail address is twins7816@yahoo.com.tw.

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Dear Aiden. I am Vanice. My school no. is 2091200103,and my e-mail is twins7816@yahoo.com.tw . I am sorry to finish my first assignment late.I want to thank my dear classmates Rachel and Effie because they are so nice and help me to finish my homework.Thanks!

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The Three Strikes Law from Doris

2006-10-18T10:10:00.000-07:00

In my point of view, I don't believe that nonviolent criminals should punish by sending them into prison for rest of their lives. Yes, they made a mistake that is for sure. But they don't have to pay for rest of their lives to regret and correct their mistakes. Most of criminals grow up in a bad condition. They made a mistake when they were young. Sometimes they want to have brighter life, but there are too many temptations, or the environment limited that causes the criminals did it again and again. Put them in the jail is not a best way to them. They also need someone to help them to go the right way and support them after they go back to the society. Maybe some of them will do it again and again. But I still want to believe that the human nature is goodness.

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3 Strikes Law

2006-10-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden. I'm Charlie. It's glad to have another special experience of this recording assignment. I think it's not appropriate to send the nonviolent criminals into jail for their whole life because they didn't commit a very serious crime. Therefore, I suggest the government may put those nonviolent criminals in jail for an extremely long period of time instead of a whole life, or they may assign them to help our society. For instance, the prisoners can help cleaning the street or use their talents to do some help. These are my opinions. Thank you very much!

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assignment on 12 Oct.

2006-10-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden, Here is Ann(2092200159). First, I want to say sorry for my mistake. It is that I had sent my assignment on 16 Oct. to wrong email box. (I sent it to aidenyeh@yahoo.com) Hope you can forgive me. Second, I re-record the assignment of the three strikes law and whish you can accept it. Sincerely, Ann Chung

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Iris(2091200075)

2006-10-18T06:44:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry,Aiden. I am Iris(2091200075).My microphone has some problem. I can't record any voice, so I have to do this assignment in typing...

To mention the Three Strikes law, I don't agree with it because I think it couldn't prevent crimes usefully. Actually, lots of criminals don't care about being put into jail, and some of criminals even commit crimes purposely in order to enter jail because they have no ability to earn living. Therefore, they commit crimes again and again. If every one of those criminals were put into jail for life, the government would spend huge budget to support those criminals' lives. It's not good for a country's finance. Besides, some criminals have family who need to be taken care. If those criminals were put into jail for their lives, their families would lose care forever. Therefore, I think the Three Strikes law shouldn't be used to send nonviolent criminals to prison for the rest of their lives.

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Three Strikes Law

2006-10-18T06:34:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden, I am Carol Li. My school No:2092200064. The Three Strikes Law Should Support or Not? About this question in fact, I am following with the three-strikes law. I think when a person commit a crime over and over. It means he has addiction of crime. The three-strikes law is reasonable because it gives people more than twice opportunities to improve themselves. So, when the person is a three-striker, he should be locked up for his whole life. On the other hand, judges and prosecutors must be judge prisoner carefully, especially other cities or countries because they may have different behavior or nationality of local people.

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Mei-Hui

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Emma Kuo shared an album with you

2006-10-18T04:16:00.000-07:00

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Emma Kuo

Hi, This is Emma Kuo. This is my first time to put my picture on public and on the internet. I fell a little nervous and shy. I wonder about what peple think from this picture. Then, I wonder whether the picture could reflact true me or not. What do you see from it , guy? Do you like it? I know you will.

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Three Strikes law

2006-10-18T03:47:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden: My name's Yube Wang and school number is 2092200068. This is the answer about our homework.

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Yube

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-10-18T02:54:00.000-07:00

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Three strikes law.

2006-10-18T02:25:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden,I am Rachel. My school NO: 2092200078. About this question,my answer is I agree with the three strikes law should be used to send nonviolent criminals to prison for the rest of lives. I think everyone should be punished for their faith. The most important thing is that they've got the chances for twice,if they do the same thing on the third time.That's mean they're didn't think that's wrong and maybe they will be violent criminals next time.

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Rachel

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Three Strikes Law Record

2006-10-18T01:55:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden:

My name is Claire Chou. My school number is 2092200131.

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Assignment for October 25

2006-10-18T00:01:00.000-07:00

1. Listen to the audio file and write a sentence outline. You need to state the main idea, jot down details i.e. examples given, reasons given, issues discussed. You don't need to write a transcript but you need to present a detailed outline in the order in which they were presented in the audio material.

2. Write a brief essay (about 350 words) discussing your opinions and answers to the questions below. Make your writing as professional as possible. Support your arguments with facts, make your arguments as valid and reasonable as possible.

Essay questions:
In facing your own old age, would you choose to live in a nursing home or with your children? Discuss the differences between the lifestyle and social position of aging parents in Taiwan and in the United States.

Click here to download the material. Right click mouse, select 'save as' to download the file to your hard drive. MP3 file.

In-class discussions for 10/18

2006-10-17T23:58:00.000-07:00

Discussion questions:
1. Do all the members of a family live together in Taiwan? Do children leave home at a certain age, or do they live with their parents when they get married and have children?
2. What happens to old people as they begin to require care? Do their children take care of them, or do they live in nursing homes?
3. Is the attitude toward older adults in Taiwan different from that in America?

Links for 10_18 lesson

2006-10-17T23:30:00.000-07:00

Types of Housing/Cost

Copeland Oaks in Ohio (with video)

Queen for a Saturday (CBS)

Listening for straw man arguments

2006-10-17T22:58:00.000-07:00

pages 32-33

1. Strawman argument: The elderly live great distances from their children.

Fact: 60% of the elderly live with or within ten minutes of their children.

2. Strawman argument: The elderly are alienated from their children.

Fact: In the survey, 50% of the elderly had seen their children within the last 48 hours, and 78% had seen them within the last week.

3. Strawman argument: The majority of elderly people rarely see the siblings.

Fact: In the survey, 43% of elderly women and 34% of elderly men had seen their siblings within the last week.

4. Strawman argument: In the US, families no longer care for their elderly members. Fact: Only 5% of the elderly are cared for in institutions, and most elderly people living with their families are there because they are sick.

Three Strikes Law record

2006-10-17T11:05:00.000-07:00

School No.:2092200165 Name: Sherry Chen

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vicky chen

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The three strikes law

2006-10-17T10:15:00.000-07:00

Hi,

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Recording voice for Assignment of Three Strikes Law

2006-10-17T10:08:00.000-07:00

Hi Aiden This is Sylvia. First, I apologized that I could not record and send my voice to answer the question of Three Strikes law. Therefore, I send my opinion on your blog. In my person opinion, I half-and-half agree that nonviolent criminal should be send prison for the rest of their lives. If someone were the first of nonviolent crime, he or she would need one more chance to mend his or her nonviolent behavior. On the other hand, if the nonviolent criminal were a recidivism, the criminal 100% should be used to send to prison for their rest of lives. Even though nonviolent criminal could not harm others people's life, however they bring the alarm of abashed for the people who live nearly with he or she. In brief, in the different situation, using appreciated law is justice for nonviolent criminals. Sincerely, Sylvia

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Three Strikes Law record

2006-10-17T09:55:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden: my name is vicky chen school no is 2092200162 This is my record ,if you can't get it. Please tell me. my e-mail is 7399613@yahoo.com.tw

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handing the assignment about the Three Strikes law

2006-10-17T09:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Aiden, I'm Stacy. It's time for us to practice both of our oral and computer skills again. I agree with that the Three Strikes law should be used to send nonviolent crimianls to prison for the rest of their lives even they're nonviolence criminals. Because of they've got the chances to amend crime for twice. If they do the same thing on the third time. That means they never deem they are wrong. They have to pay the price for that. That's no excuse to send them free.

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3 strikes law

2006-10-17T08:26:00.000-07:00

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Grades

2006-10-17T02:57:00.000-07:00

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The Three Strikes law

2006-10-16T19:50:00.001-07:00

Dear Aiden, Hi, I am Karen Lin, I have tried again and again to record my voice, but the microphone doesn't wrok. Therfore, I can only write my opinion to you, I am so sorry, I am not good to computer. For the Three Strikes law,I think the nonviolent criminals should be send to prison for the rest of their lives, because if the judges just send them to prison for few years, once they get free,they seldom repent and start anew, they usually offend again and again. Moreover, they may commit a high crime and bring more problems to the society. I believe finally,the Three Strikes law will deter the nonviolent felons. If the government cannot think a best way to solve the problem that how to stop the nonviolent felons. We have to ust Three Strikes law to punish and deterthem. Yours sincerely, Karen October 17,2006

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Assignment for 10/11/2006

2006-10-05T21:17:00.000-07:00

Listen to the audio material and take down notes. Type and submit your work on 10/11. Emailed assignments won't be accepted.

Deadly School Shootings Point to Untreated Mental Problems By Rosanne Skirble Washington04 October 2006

Tips on taking notes:

Listen for the main idea and details.
Jot down keywords and phrases
Jot down names of places, people, dates and state their relation to the main idea/message

We will discuss this report in class.

A.Yeh

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Source:
American LifePeople, Places & Issues in the News Across America

Sandra shared an album with you

2006-10-03T09:44:00.000-07:00

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Sandra's traveling world

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http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/71469.58cffb90a70/2378312 Dear teacher: I am Sandra, school number:2092200149 I am happy, I finish,but my voice didn't be record, I confused.My listening is poor, I hope that I could learn many listening skills in this semester. Thank you!

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-09-29T03:16:00.000-07:00

eva has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

eva

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hi, i am eva. i am very great to share this photo with you. this is my first year in wenzao, and i hope all my classmates can graduate from school successfully.

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EFFIE shared an album with you

2006-09-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

Effie HSU has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

EFFIE

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Your friend's message:
It’s apologetic for uploading late. Dear Aiden: I like to your smile way, and I really enjoy in your class. There are points why I attend your class. I hope I could improve my listening in this semester, and pass all exams. I’ll do my best!^^

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Fwd: Wenzao UE3B speech homework by Linda Chen (1093200117)

2006-09-28T02:52:00.000-07:00

From Linda

Chen Linda <chen.linda@messages.springdoo.com> wrote:

From: "Chen Linda" <chen.linda@messages.springdoo.com>
To: <aidenyeh@yahoo.com>
Subject: Wenzao UE3B speech homework by Linda Chen (1093200117)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:30:38 +1200

TEXT: I think my strengths as a speaker are I always have enough preparations before my speech and I have collect enough information to support my idea in the speech. However, I get nervous easily and I always stutter when I get nervous, that is a problem for me to clearily deliver the information I want to include in my speech. Because of my nervous, I can not have a strong eye contact with the audiences while I delivering my speech. So the three primary aspects of speechmaking I think I have to improve the most are to increase my self-confidence, and by improving my self-confidence I could also couquer my nerous while I am giving my speech. The third is I need to have strong eye contact with the audiences in order to know if they understand my speech or not.

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Copy of: Re:thanks Yvone

2006-09-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

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Here is confirmation of your Springdoo to:
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Hey Aiden: Yahh! I made it! It's so happy to hear my voice. The morden technique can bridge the gap between teachers and students in this information age. Thanks for your encourage that we need to practice and use our English all the time. Have a nice day, Yvonne

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-09-26T10:14:00.000-07:00

Carol0206 has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

Carol Li

Hi~ Dear Aiden How do you do? This is Carol Li. My school No. is 2092200064. Blog is new fashion and very interesting. I spent a lot of time to watch other's. That's good and fun. See you tomorrow and have a good day~

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Your friend's message:
Nice to meet you .My name is Carol Lee . I am from department of English 4 B. I was born in 1981 and I have 7 families. First pic is my dear mon and baby sister. We took the pic when we went to the township-鹿港 . Second pic is my friend and I , we went go the 清境farm at this summer vacation. I am glad to know you and my classmates at this course and also I wish I can improve my English.

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Check your assignment status

2006-09-25T23:49:00.000-07:00

You can help me doublecheck and update the Grades file by downloading it from the Links area (see sidebar, under Links)

The first assignment was to create your bubbleshare album, record your self-intro and post it on the blog.

Half already submitted their work, while the other half- hmm, still have not submitted. Since this is outside the classroom online work, you could still post your self-intros here. However, you will receive a grade for late submissions.

Please note that I don't accept late paper assignments- so better keep this in mind.

Aiden

Thanks Rachel and Iris

2006-09-25T23:34:00.000-07:00

Thanks Rachel and Iris for sending in your self-introductions. It was great to hear your voices online!

I hope that the other half of this class upload their introductions. As they say, it's better late than never!

aiden

Rachel & Ann

2006-09-23T23:15:00.000-07:00

rachel chang has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

Rachel & Ann

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Hey Aiden:Nice to meet you. My name is Rachel Chang, my school No. is 2092200078, and my email address is: wishstar817@yahoo.com.tw.

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Iris Chen

2006-09-23T03:42:00.000-07:00

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Iris Chen's Album - September 23, 2006

Good evening, Aiden. I'm Iris Chen. My school number is 2091200075. Nice to meet you.

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Hey Aiden:Nice to meet you. My name is Iris Chen, my school No. is 2091200075, and my email address is: chen680829@yahoo.com.tw.

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4 audio tracks

2006-09-21T01:37:00.000-07:00

4 tracks ready for download.

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Thanks Doris

2006-09-21T01:16:00.000-07:00

Thanks for sharing the pictures of your family. And thanks also for adding in your audio recording. Well done.

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a voice mail from Stacy

2006-09-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

Stacy's message

aiden's response

Thanks for sending me your audio message. I hope next time you could record your video. It would be great to see your pretty face online :-) aiden

Yvonne Kuo's album

2006-09-20T05:16:00.000-07:00

Yvonne Kuo has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!
Yvonne

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Your friend's message:
Hey Aiden: How do you do?:) I made my blog it,finally. however,you can not hear my beautiful voice. Anyway, can I try it due to next week? My name is Yvonne Kuo, my school No. is 2092200158, and my email address is: yvonek@ebtnet.net Sincerely, Yvonne Kuo

Thanks for sharing your photo. I hope that you could add your audio recording soon.

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-09-20T05:13:00.000-07:00

doristseng has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

My Family

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Dear Aiden: I hope this message find you as well. This is Doris Tseng. My school No. is 2092200100.

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-09-20T05:10:00.000-07:00

Charlie Kang has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

Charlie Kang's Album - September 19, 2006

Hello! This is Charlie speaking. I am from department of English 4 B. My job is an elementary school tutor. I also work for an insurance company. I will try my best to study in this class, and I hope I can improve my listening ability a lot. Thank you very much!

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-09-20T02:18:00.000-07:00

Ming has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

ming

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Your friend's message:
I am Ming. School nummber:2092200112 my adress:2092200112@student/wtuc.edu.tw I have tyied to record my vioce for many days, but it does not work.I will do recording again and sent it to you.

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Vocabulary for Chapter 1 New Challenges

2006-09-20T02:04:00.000-07:00

Page 3, Click on the words below to check their meaning and pronunciation

Collage

deja vu

linguist

paradox

imitation

association

fluently

transform

buy

innate

Download the audio recording for Lesson 1

2006-09-20T01:43:00.000-07:00

You have 7 days to download the audio material for lesson 1. This is a MP3 file so you could add this audio to your mo3 player. The listening is a bit long, so I suggest that you listen to it again and again until you get the gist of the recording.

Lesson 1
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3

Track 4

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aiden

Leave me a voice message.

2006-09-20T01:28:00.000-07:00

I think it would really be great if we could communicate with each other using the voice message board. All you have to do is click on the Chingo voice message available on the blog. You could also try springdoo.com. Use the blog email address at yehaiden.listening2006@blogger.com I hope to hear from you soon! aiden

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-09-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

SylviaHuang has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

Sylvia's Album

1&2=This is not a drawing.Here is ou-wan-ta.What a wonderful view in Taiwan! 3===It's me.Sylvia 4===It's a beautiful day on 08/02/06. 5===cutey penguin in NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY& AQUARIUM.

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Your friend's message:
Hi Aiden, I am Sylvia from PE4C.My student ID#2092200147.I wanna let you know that I can not record my voice on the"audio caption".However,I do my introduce at album's profile. Thanks Sylvia Huang

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Your friend shared an album with you

2006-09-18T20:42:00.000-07:00

Emily Jheng has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

EmilyJheng

These are my friends and family.

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Your friend's message:
Dear Aiden: I am Emily.This is my bubbleshare's url. http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/65279.872d374c169/overview My school NO. is 2092200137. My e-mail is kakuse1984@yahoo.com.tw I think I can learn many things from you. I look forward to your class.(^-^)

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Vicky's Album

2006-09-18T09:09:00.000-07:00

Vicky Chen has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

Vicky Chen's Album - September 18, 2006

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Your friend's message:
Dear Aiden: http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/66238.7110b7bf831/share I am Vicky Chen. This is my album. My class is PE4C. My school number is 2092200162. If you can not see it, please e-mail me. Thank you. My e-mail:7399613@yahoo.com.tw

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Karen's album

2006-09-18T08:24:00.000-07:00

Karen Lin has shared a photo album with you. Click the following link to check it out!

my photo

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Your friend's message:
Dear Aiden: I am Karen Lin and my school No. is 2092200148. This is my album at bubbleshare.com. The url is http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/65558.9e9fe14b6db. If you can't see it, please email me at karenaccess505@yahoo.com.tw Sincerely, Karen Lin

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