Tv series: Ally Mcbeal (First episode of the second season)
Linguistic evidence:
1. We're adjourned.---to suspend the business of a court.
2. How could he and I possibly work out?---end stisfactorily
3. Maybe tomorrow? Sure!---(another way of saying yes)
4. The last thing you want is to be in love with someone you can't love.

Cultural evidence:
Unisex---restroom shared by male and female

How video facilitates my English learning---
pronunciation,
listening skill,
common usage of words and expressions

Song---Yellow by Coldplay!

1. How much do you know about blog reading via RSS?
a. explanation of Wikipedia
b. own knowledge about RSS (teacher's information)

2. Choose one blog which you are interested in, and describe about it.
a. interested in "ESL"---http://toshuo.com (Doubting to Shuo)
b. owner: Mark, an american ESL teacher. He shares about his
teaching experience in Taiwan

3. Music---Scientist by Coldplay
(poor quality...and small voice...)

Time to improve the improper usage of words!

1. Congratulate should collocate with...?
2. Studying v.s. learning... How to distinguish these two words?
3. "Get" honor? What are the verbs that collocate with honor?
4. Synonyms for "proud"?

writing problems?

1. don't know how to say certain words? e.g. 潛移默化?
try Babel Fish!

2. always use the same words? e.g. use "weak" all the time?
try Onelook! (Encarta---thesaurus)

3. don't know the right collocation? e.g. damage "of " or damage "to"? collocate+?
try research.iwillnow.org!

4. any other problems?
Don't forget your most powerful and useful friend: Google!

His song was supposed to be my background music!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well...never mind, I will invite him, no, I mean insert his song
in my next podcast.
Wait and SEE!!

http://www.englishcaster.com/bobrob/ The Bob and Rob show

Serious part---word use and grammar
1. Make v.s Do
2. Past simple v.s Past perfect

Funny part---Cultural difference, special word use, interesting facts.
1. Rock---This podcast rocks! (Well...take it as an example sentence...)
2. Dodgy---doggy?
3. Bank holiday---holiday for bankers?
4. Off license---No liquor at off licenses after 11 in UK!
5. Automobile and Car

Well...I'll try to sound better next time!

 

A bit noisy...