BBC Current News Event (Educational Purpose)

World Alert to the Spread Of Swine Flu

Click on the following news link, take a quick look of the news and write down your answer to the questions.

1.  How Many countries have found  confimred cases of the  epidemic?

2. What measures did the Mecixo government take to stop the spread?

3.  What preventive measures did the airport authorities take worldwide?

4. In world history, in which year did a flu pandemic cause the largest number of death tolls?

5. Is there vaccine for the virulent disease? Symptoms of the flu?

6. What good personal hygeine may help protect you?

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8020676.stm

Story Board: Being A Story Critic

Story-telling is a charming art! It is not a privilege only for the gifted; it can be fun for all who would like to give  it a try!

Now Try to read the story created by the following classmates and try to make an analysis of their stories.

08  Li-Shue and 09 Yi-Jie

10  Jiang Wan-Ting & 11 Yi Mong-ting

26 Hsie hsin-Ting & 27 Chian Yu-Juan

Story Analysis:

1. What is the setting of the story? When and Where?

2. Who are the major characters in the story and what are their major traits?

3. What is the major conflict or problem in the story? How is it solved? Or left unsolved?

4. Is there any question or points left undeveloped?  

5. What is the best part of the story?

Leave your comment as a reply to this post or the story post of the author.

Format:

Name: Mr. Yu     Number: 01

Story Analysis: String Puppet

1.  Modern times,  location

2.  ……

3. …….

4. …….

5. ……..

Standing one shoulder of Giants: Two Commencement Speeches

Before you get down to write down your advice for the freshpeople, you got to read and think how others have thought about this topic! Now the watch and read the following two speeches, and try to answer the questions. And think about what you have to say for your future lower classmates.

1. Steve Jobs’s commencement speech at Stanford Univeristy:

Read the speech and answer the following questions:

A. Please summarize one of Job’s three stories and the message he wants to share with the graduates through the story?

B. Where did he learn about the quote, “Stay hungry, stay foolish”? What does it mean to him?

youtube:

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

txt:

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

(source of picture: http://www.macuser.com/images/jobs_stanford.jpg)

 

2. J K Rowling’s Commencement Speech at Harvard:

Questions to answer:

A. Ms. Rowling confessed to be extremely anxious preparing for the speech. But when she tried to recall the one she had in her own cereomony, she felt much relieved. Why?

B. What was the first lesson she shared with the graduates? How did she support her claim?

C. What was the second? What personal experience was cited to illustrate her point?

Text and Video on the Website:

http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination

(Source of picture: http://slowmuse.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/image0012.jpg)