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Intermediate English Conversation
May 28, 29 June 4, 5, 11, 12, 2012
III Ca & Cb
Final Presentations
Ms. Jessie Ho
30-50 Minutes/ Per Group
SP 114, Monday or Tuesday)
Instructions: Passion is the essence of talk. You are earnest in telling about your information, idea,
opinion, doubt and question in surpport of the presentation. Your warm appreciation will help much
in bringing about a perfect result which will satisfy the presenters a lot and will be grateful for your
feedback. Interaction moves the scenes forward; silence spreads doubt which might be discouraging
to the speaker.
So we suggest better management of the outline, question time and comments. If there are no
interaction, we don’t think the talk is a successful one.
Constant participation in class means a diligent student with an intellectual mind. You are still
young. Young people are eager to show their thoughts without flinching.
Guided topics
Public Speaking
1. Dale Carnegie’s How To Develop Self-Confidence And Influence People By Public Speaking
1 Developing Courage and Self-Confidence 2 Self-Confidence Through Preparation 3 How
Famous Speakers Prepared Their Addresses 4 The Improvement of Memory 5 Essential
Elements in Successful Speaking 6 The Secret of Good Delivery 7 Platform Presence and
Personality 8 How to Open a Talk 9 How to Close a Talk 10 How to Make Your Meaning Clear
11 How to Interest Your Audience 12 Improving Your Diction ( Traning )
2. ESL/EFL Teaching and Learning/ English Teaching and Testing in Taiwan/ China/ Club/
Activities/ Materials
3. Special trends in Modern Literature/ Comparative Literature/ Modernism/ Wikipedia definition
of Collaborative Writing/ Start recognizing post-modernistic symbols? / Literature born from
the chaos. Is it another symbol of postmodernism that we have just discovered in applied
literature practice? The main challenge in the future will be how to put it in the write,
"acceptable to all" context,/ Self Publishing/ Literature Visualization/ recorded storytelling,
popular movie stars children's literature reading video sessions, end big budget movie project,
over literature digitization and e-book publishing, to large international projects like it is project
Gutenberg for instance, Show, don't tell/ literature response /source
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Dusan_Knezevic
4. Follow-up stories from media in people, economic prospectives, social norms.
5. Meaning in Life
The Hours, **the book and the film; Why I am not afraid of the hours? Home
Art & Entertainment
6. Virginia Woolf and Feminist Movement; A Room of One’s Own : In this book, Woolf ponders
the significant question of whether or not a woman could produce art of the high quality of
Shakespeare. In doing so, she examines women’s historical experience as well as the distinctive
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struggle of the woman artist; Independence for women; What are women like?; Why has the woman
artist led a life of such “disorder”and struggle?; What does Woolf mean by the statement,”Who can
measure the heart and passion of a poet’s heart when it is caught and tangled in a woman’s
body”? A woman needs a room of her own she can set out writing to free her mind. What does
Woolf mean when she says, “There is no gate, not lock, no bolt that you can set upon the
freedom of the mind ”?
7. Feminist Men’s Movement: What are certain rights that men ask for? One accepts the feminist
condemnation of men as oppressors, while the other rejects it. Presently the most controversial issue
is joint custody of children in divorce. Men, feminists were claiming, had all the power, and no one
was willing to listen to the male spokesman, unless they first contoured their comments to meet the
perceptions of the women's' movement. For example, as one group facilitator's manual suggested, a
purpose of consciousness rising is, "To find non-oppressive and mutually beneficial ways of
relating to women or a specific woman companion, friend or wife." Young men who grew their hair
long, although they were sometimes called "sissies," helped set trends that were beginning to
question and redefine masculinity. Allegiance to the military establishment was no longer viewed as
manly. With more and more males open to redefining traditional masculinity, masculinity
should be redefined. What are men like? Virginia Woolf: There should be man-womanly
and woman-manly. The Men’s Movement Meninist
8. Workplace—It’s a Wrap. You’re Hired! Recruiters, get your popcorn. The YouTube generation is
discovering the video resume. TIME Digest. No.135, May 2007. PP. 108-109. Meet the
Challenge in the Future
9. The New Cancer Fighter (And Other Hot Drugs on the Way): From Exubera to Zostavax to
Miraviroc, the pharmacecutical pipeline is filled with promise. By Alice Park. TIME EXPRESS
No.123, May 2006. PP. 29-31.
Living with Cancer: The toll of the disease is still high, but more and more patients are fighting it to
a draw, enjoying one active, busy year at a time. TIME Digest, No. 135, May 2007. PP. 68-73.
Sensual Meditation
10. Inside the Heart: Here’s what happens when your heart malfunctions—and what doctors can
do to save your life. Time, May 10, 2004. PP. 44-46. (Heart Attack, Angina, Treatment, Stroke,
Congestive Heart Failure) What You Can Do. Stop Smoking, Lose Weight, Lower Cholesterol,
Control Blood Pressure, Don’t Count on Hormones, Reduce Stress.
Global Warming/Asia
11. What Now? Our feverish planet badly needs a cure. Climate change is caused by a lot of things,
and it will take a lot of people to fix it. There’s a role for big thinkers, power players, those with
deep pockets-and the rest of us. By Jeffrey Kluger. TIME Digest, No. 135, May 2007. PP. 13- 47.
We could be shortsighted and brutish, hungry for food, resources, land—and heedless of the mess
we leave behind trying to get them. Since 1750, human activities have overloaded carbon dioxide,
and the long-term solution is to reduce the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. “Building can use
passive as well as active energy,” ssays Thom Mayne of the firm Morphosis. Wal-Mart trys to
reduce packaging, waste and energy use. Some companies know there’s a virtue in going green.
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Alcoa, BP America, Duke Energy, General Electruc, Lenman Brothers, Caterpillar and PG&E.
Limit greenhouse emissions. Curb sulfur dioxide 對二氧化硫設限—the leading cause of acid rain
(1990).Arnold Schwarzenegger committed California to a 25% reduction in greenhouse gases by
2020. Between 1990 and 2004, energy consumption rose 37% in India and 53% in China. 31 Things
We Can Do. 1. Turn food into fuel, Ethanol 乙醇 is the alternative fuel . Biofuels: corn, soybean,
switchgrass 風傾草, municipal waste and used cooking oil. Most new cars are capable of running
on E10 (10% ethanol and 90% gas). 2. Get blueprints for a green house. 3. Change your lightbulbs
(the compact fluorescent lightbulb 精緻螢光燈泡). 7-watt CFLs are comparable to a regular
40-watt bulb. 4. Pay the carbon tax . 5. Ditch the mansion.Oversize houses require more energy to
heat and cool than smaller ones. 6. Take another look at vintage clothes 古董衫. 7. Hang up a
clothes line. 8. Ride the bus. 9. Move to a nigh-rise. Most walk, bike or ride public transit to
work—all more efficient transport than the best hybrids 混合動力車. 10. Pay your bills online. 11.
Open a windor. 12. Ask the experts for an energy audit of your home 能源檢查.13. Check the label
(gass mileage). 14. Skip the steak. If you switch to vegetarianism, you can shrink your carbon
footprint by up to 1.4 tons of carbon dioxide a year. 15. Just sau mp tp [;astoc bags. 16. Support
your local farmer. 17. Have a green wedding. 18. Remove the tie. 19. Shut off your computer. A
screen saver is not an energy saver. Shutting it off would reduce the machine’s CO2 emissions 83%,
to just 63kg a year. 20. Kill the lights at quitting time. 21. End the paper chase. 22. Think outside
the packaging. 23. Make your garden grow. 24. Geta carbon budget. 25. Fill’er up with passengers.
26. Make one right turn after another. 27. Plant a tree in the tropics. 28. Drive green on the scenic
route. 29. Consume less, share more, live simply.
The Global Business
The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) supports sustainability as
a critical focus of teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities worldwide
through publications, research, and assessment. Click here for the:
>Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire
>UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
12. Solar Flare:Shares of Twainese solar-cell makers are hot, for now. By Tim Culpan. TIME
EXPRESS, No. 123, May 2006. PP. 42-3.
13. Capital punishment in Taiwan, use of capital punishment by nation, Taiwan needs some more
time to abolish the death penalty, trend since 2005, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty,
Capital punishment debate stirs up Taiwan (Taipei Times, Mar. 2010)
Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng's resignation has toughed off a public debate over whether
Taiwan should abolish the death penalty. She stepped down because she would not sign an order for
execution of those convicts on the death row. Convinced that capital punishment violates human
rights, she has been campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty. She vowed not to sign one
single death warrant while in office.
14. A Backlash Against Globalization? Trade and cross-border investment are back in the political
arena amid worries about job losses and economic sovereignty. 全球化趨勢造成反撲? 隨著各國
憂慮失業問題加劇及經濟主權喪失 貿易與跨國投資兩項議題重返政治競技場 TIME
EXPRESS, May 2006. PP. 70-5 See Time Patrick Wood
Life/Health
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15. The New Science of Happiness—What makes the human heart sing? Researchers are taking a
close look. What they’ve found may surprise you By Claudia Wallis. TIME EXPRESS, April 2005.
PP. 51-61. From TIME, Vol. 165, No. 8.
The Real Truth About Money—Why we remain keen for cash even though it often gives us more
social anxiety than satisfaction By Gregg Easterbrook. PP. 62-67.
The Funny Thing About Laughter—It’s no joke: laughing may be one of nature’s cleverest tricks for
keeping us healthy and safe. By Jeffrey Kluger. PP. 68-72.
A Deeper Sense of Happiness—Buddhism teaches that the mind, not the wallet, is the path to
contentment By Pankaj Mishra. PP. 73-75.
New Talks Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy? On YouTube
Simulate, Synthesize, synthetic happiness vs. natural happiness. Freedom to choose is the enemy of
synthesizing happiness. The unanticipated joy of being totally stuck.
16. My Search for the Perfect Apple: Should it be organic? Should it be locally grown? Making
sense of food in 2007. TIME Digest, May 2007. PP. 75-89.
17. Cuddle with Care: Forget about bird flu—you’re more likely to get sick from a pet. By Joan
Capuzzi, V.M.D.別亂抱 寵物還比較容易讓你生病 PP. 108. Cat-Scratch Disease 貓抓症;
Toxoplasmosis 弓虫病; Salmonellosis and Campylobacterosis 沙門氏桿菌症及彎曲菌症
Ringworm 金錢癬; Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 多重抗藥性金黃色葡萄球菌 Time
18. Hormone Therapy Redeemed: After years of conflicting results, the treatment for menopause is
more or less back where it started. TIME Digest, May 2007. PP. 96-8.
19. What’s the Healthiest Breakfast? Here’s What the Experts Say Eating protein in the
morning can reduce cravings and hunger throughout the day
20. Ann Romney and Hilary Rosen Debate Motherhood: What American Women Really Think April
12, 2012 “We need to respect choices that women make.”(Mothers work or not work.)
Impromptu/Speech
How do young people prepare to meet the challenges in the future?
There should be minimum wages. Can you stay in one job for 5 years?
The Essence of innovation/cooperation in the Development of an Individual
**How I obtain all knowledge with my perfect study plan
**Cyber age
Debate
Resolved: That there should not be nuclear power plant in Taiwan.
Resolved: That we should take part in global community by the name R.O.C. (Against those who
suggest to join by the name Taiwan)
Negotiation
Negotiate with mainland China in foreign relations.
Story-telling or Drama
Your topics: Those topics related to your profession are welcome.
Teaching pronunciation, How to teach grammar to kidsMy life at Providence; Who is Osama Bin
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Laden? 9:46; The Best Book I Read This Year: My Father’s Tears and Other Stories by John Updike
1. Obama Urges N. Korea to "Pursue Peace"
By AP / BEN FELLER Sunday, Mar. 25, 2012 "to have the courage to pursue peace"
2. Can Trayvon Martin's Death Alter Our Race and Gun Cultures?
By Tim Padgett / Miami Friday, Mar. 23, 2012 an African-American 17-year-old, apparently doing
nothing more menacing than walking home from a convenience store, was shot and killed the
night of Feb. 26 by an overzealous neighborhood crime-watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., who
thought the boy looked "suspicious"
3. A Year After the War: Promise and Peril in Ivory Coast
By Kristin Palitza / Abidjan Sunday, Mar. 25, 2012
4. China Makes iPads. So Why Does It Still Cut Corners For Its Own Consumers?
By Knowledge@Wharton | March 23, 2012
5. The Rise of the Remote Worker, or How to Work from Home Without Getting Fired
By Dan Schawbel | @danschawbel | March 13, 2012 Is heading to the office necessary anymore?
According to a Cisco study, 70% of college students and young professionals say no.
Increasingly, and perhaps surprisingly, employers seem to agree. Studies show that 45% of
the U.S. workforce now has a job that’s suitable for full-time or part-time telecommuting.
6. The New iPad Is Out. What Now, Everybody Else?
By Harry McCracken | @harrymccracken | March 22, 2012
7. Study Finds Pattern in Male Baldness: Could There Be a Cure?
By Katy Steinmetz | @katysteinmetz | March 22, 2012 according to a recent study in the
journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers have identified a protein that appears
to play a role in male pattern baldness — and inhibiting that protein, they believe, may
allow dormant hair follicles to rise again.
8. Royal Wedding Crasher: Queen Elizabeth Drops in on Commoners’ Ceremony
By Nick Carbone | @nickcarbone | March 24, 2012 : Diamond Jubilee: 60 Years of Queen
Elizabeth II)
9. U.S. Could Bring Hate Crime Charge Against Trayvon Martin’s Shooter
By Associated Press | March 25, 2012
10. An Interview with Mark Zuckerberg 09:14
TIME managing editor Rick Stengel sits down with Facebook founder and CEO Mark
Zuckerberg at his company's Palo Alto headquarters
11. Working at Facebook: A Day with the Profile Team
Engineers and designers fine tune the new profile page at Facebook
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12.
SAT scandal shows tyranny of standardized testing By Nicolaus Mills, Special to CNN
13.
The 100 Most Influential People in the World
14. Will next French president rise to economic challenge?
15. Study: Playing a Video Game Helps Teens Beat Depression
16. Taiwan Inflation Rate 2012
INFLATION RATE DEFINITION
In mainstream economics, the word “inflation” refers to a general rise in prices measured
against a standard level of purchasing power. Previously the term was used to refer to an
increase in the money supply, which is now referred to as expansionary monetary policy or
monetary inflation. Inflation is measured by comparing two sets of goods at two points in time,
and computing the increase in cost not reflected by an increase in quality. There are, therefore,
many measures of inflation depending on the specific circumstances.
The most well-known are the CPI which measures consumer prices, and the GDP deflator,
which measures inflation in the whole of the domestic economy. The prevailing view in
mainstream economics is that inflation is caused by the interaction of the supply of money
with output and interest rates. Mainstream economist views can be broadly divided into two
camps: the "monetarists" who believe that monetary effects dominate all others in setting the
rate of inflation, and the "Keynesians" who believe that the interaction of money, interest and
output dominate over other effects. Other theories, such as those of the Austrian school of
economics, believe that an inflation of overall prices is a result from an increase in the supply of
money by central banking authorities.
(source: wikipedia).
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