Jacob Show

You Raise Me Up

Josh Groban " You raise me up"



When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up,To more than I can be.

Westlife - You raise me up

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Country Music

George W. Bush's favortie country song--Browned eye girl
by Van Morrison






Garth Brooks--Friends in low places


Friends in Low Places
Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots
And ruined your black tie affair
The last one to know
The last one to show
I was the last one You thought you'd see there
And I saw the surprise
And the fear in his eyes
When I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you
Said, honey, we may be through
But you'll never hear me complain
'Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh, I've got friends in low places
Well, I guess I was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, I've been there before
Everything's all right
I'll just say goodnight
And I'll show myself to the door
Hey, I didn't mean To cause a big scene
Just give me an hour and then
Well, I'll be as high
As that ivory tower
That you're livin' in
'Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh, I've got friends in low places

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Idioms from Angela's class

(alphabetical)
A
A piece of cake
Meaning:
To be very easy
If something is a piece of cake, it is very easy to do.
Example:
A: How was the driving test yesterday? Did you pass?
B: Of course! It was a piece of cake.

A peach
a very nice person
Example:
When I was sick last week, Susan visited me and bought groceries for me. She is a peach.

A lemon
something out of order; something that does not work
Example:
Only one of his inventions turned out to be a lemon.
Their new car turned out to be a lemon.

According to
from, as state by
Example:
According to my dictionary, you are using that word in your essay incorrectly.

About to
about to (do something)
on the point of doing something
Example:
She was about to leave when the phone rang.

All in all
in conclusion
Example:
There were a few problems, but all in all it was a well-organized seminar.

The apple of one's eye
Meaning:
Be loved very much by someone
If someone is the apple of your eye, you think he/she is very important to you, and you love him/her very much.
This idiom is used especially when someone is loved by an older member of his/her family. Example:
Erika is Mark's only granddaughter, and she's the apple of his eye.
Sarah's only son was the apple of her eye.

At heart
Inside
Example:
He sometimes seems quite unfriendly, but at heart he's a good person.

Above all
more than everything else; especially
Example:
I value my freedom above all things.
Sheila does well in all her school subjects, but above all in mathematics. Her math scores are always over 95%.
B

Bite off more than one can chew
Meaning:
To try to do something that is too difficult
If you bite off more than you can chew, you try to do more than you are able to.
Example:
She has bitten off more than she can chew again. She has agreed to finish 3 very difficult projects by the end of this year. Do your best. Do whatever you can, but don't bite off more than you can chew.

Bound to be
going to be
Example:
We are bound to be late if you don't hurry up.

Baloney
the polite form of B.S.
Example:
That's baloney. I saw you take the money with my own eyes.

Bring sth out
to produce something to sell to the public
Example:
They've just brought out a new, smaller phone.
Most automobile companies bring out new models each year.

Bring sb out
to make a shy person happier and more confident
Example:
Chris is very shy, she needs bringing out

Bring sth back
Return ;to return from somewhere with something
Example:
You can bring back the dress as long as you have sales receipt.
you can borrow my car if yo promise the bring it back by six.
Can you bring me back some milk?
Remember;to make someone think about something from the past
Example:
The photos brought back some wonderful memories.

Break sth off
to separate a part from a larger piece, or to become separate
Example:
He broke off a piece of chocolate.
to end a relationship
They've broken off their engagement.
After war began, the two countries broke off diplomatic relations.

Blow out, blow sth out
When sth blows out or you blow it out, it's extinguished.(match, candle, flame, lamp)
Example:
She was not able to blow all the candles out, so I helped her.

Become of sb/sth
If you ask what became of someone or something, you want to know where they are and what happened to them
Example:
Whatever became of that parcel you sent?
And Mickey Adams - I wonder what became of him.

Break in
When you break sth in, you use it until it's comfortable, it works properly or does what it's supposed to do
Example:
It's best to break a new car in by driving it slowly for the first few hundred miles.
I've been breaking the boots in since yesterday noon, and except for some lower shin pressure, they haven't bothered me at all.

C

Catch up
to reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else
Example:
Will Western industry ever catch up with Japanese innovations?
The student was absent from class so long that it took her a long time to catch up.

Can't do without
Example:
As a traveling salesperson, Monica can't do without a car.

D
day in day out
every single day
Example:
During the month of April, it rained day in day out.
His job is boring. He does the same thing, day in, day out.
E
F
Fishy
seeming dishonest or false, mysterious, suspicious
Example:
There's something fishy going on here.

For sure
certainly
Example:
I know for sure that Gene will move back to Washionton D.C. next month.

G
Go around
go round (BE ENOUGH) UK phrasal verb (US go around)
If there is enough of something to go around, there is enough for everyone in a group of people
Example:
We thought that we had bought enough food and drink for the party, but actually there weren't enough to go around.
Are there enough pencils to go round?

Go over
to be received in a particular way; UK phrasal verb; US (go down)
Example:
The teacher's organized lesson always go over well with the students

H

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Joey Show

Michael Learns To Rock----Sleeping Child



Joey, Matt Le Blanc the Italian hunk, is my favorite character of "Friends", Here we have "Joey show" season 01, Episode 13
Joey and the Taste Test

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Last Christmas

Since X'mas is coming, I wanna share a very old but nice MTV by WHAM !!
Last Christmas

Chorus:
Last christmasI gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This yearTo save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me babyDo you recognize me? Well
It's been a yearIt doesn’t surprise me
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying I love you
I meant itNow I know what a fool
I've been But if you kissed me now
I know you’d fool me again
Chorus
A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My God I thought you wereSomeone to rely onMe?
I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heartA man under cover but you tore me apart
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
Chorus x2
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover buy you tore him apar
tMaybe next year I’ll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone special.(return to top)

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Listening Log--A Must-See Movie "Cinderella Man" (2005)

Queen--we are the champions



Click here to see another movie trailer

Official Website

Cinderella Man
October 15,2005, 7:00-9:00p.m. Warner Village Cinema

Cast and Crew

Notes:

• Boxing-the story of an amateur boxing athlete " cinderella man", James J Braddock
• the Great Depression, this story took place in the middle of Depression-Era,1930-1940
• Championship
• Financial problem
• Family responsibilities
• Hardship, integrity,never-give up
• Hope, a second chance, opportunities, devotion, courage, destiny

Summary:

This movie based on a true story.During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him--his family--was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.

Personal Reaction:

My first impression to this movie is "sounds kind of girly movie" when I heard of its english title. I have no idea who Jim Braddock is until I saw this movie. It's really inspiring ,touching and meaningful that I even bursted into tears in the theater.^_^""

This man raised a nation's spirit, and gave us the strength to keep on fighting, He manages to salute middle class American values when the country is on its knee. He is grateful for opportunities and has a supportive wife and three lovable troublemaking kids. Finally he become an unrivaled champion in the boxing ring and inspire entire nation to carry on in a time of unrelenting hardships.

Today in Taiwan, we are kind of facing our "Great Depression"--the sagging economy, the "verbal battling" politicians who care only about their own/their party's benefits, the terrible fundamental education system, riddled with corruption....etc. We feel like this type of person to show up and lead us to raise our nation's spirit. Everyday, we rushed, we work hard, Aren't we just fight for something?? This time do we know what we're fighting for??

My Favorite dialogue in this script:

Jim Braddock: "You know,you could come and watch."

Mae Braddock:"No. You get hit...everytime, it feels like I'm getting hit, too."

~~~

Jim Braddock:" And, this time around, I know what I 'm fighting for"

~~~

Jim Braddock:"I guess I'm grateful for the opportunity." "I know that these days not everybody gets a second chance." "You know, I have a lot to be grateful for." " You know, I have three beautiful , healthy, troublemaking kids." "You know, I havethe prettiest wife a man could wish for..."

~~~

Jim Braddock:" I have to believe when things are bad, you can change them"

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New Friends and Old Friends

Alex Tu--That's what friends are for

Joseph Parry--Biography
Joseph Parry was born in a small terraced cottage in Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales in May 1841. He spent his childhood there but when he was 13 years old, his parents moved to America. They settled in Danville, Pensylvania, and it was here that Joseph Parry began writing music. He had many admirers in the States who contributed generously to provide funds for him to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1868 - 1871. In 1872, he moved to Aberystwyth and became the first Professor of Music at the towns University College. He lived in a house at the foot of Constitution Hill where a blue plaque has been placed in his memory. He remained in Aberystwyth from 1873 - 1877 and the place where he used to work - the University's music hall in Laura Place - has been named after him. After leaving Aberystwyth, he received his doctorate of music from Cambridge in 1878. He also taught at the Univeristy College of Wales, Cardiff, from 1888-1903.

New Friends and Old Friends
by Joseph Parry

Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test -
Time and change - are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship never knows decay.
For 'mid old friends, tried and true,
Once more we our youth renew.
But old friends, alas! may die,
New friends must their place supply.
Cherish friendship in your breast-
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.

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View With A Grain Of Sand

Atlantic Star--Always

Wislawa Szymborska – Biography

Wislawa Szymborska was born in Kornik in Western Poland on 2 July 1923. Since 1931 she has been living in Krakow, where during 1945-1948 she studied Polish Literature and Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. Szymborska made her début in March 1945 with a poem "Szukam slowa" (I am Looking for a Word) in the daily "Dziennik Polski".During 1953-1981 she worked as poetry editor and columnist in the Kraków literary weekly "Zycie Literackie" where the series of her essays "Lektury nadobowiazkowe" appeared (the series has been renewed lately in the addition to "Gazeta Wyborcza"-"Gazeta o Ksiazkach"). The collection "Lektury nadobowiazkowe" was published in the form of a book four times.Szymborska has published 16 collections of poetry: Dlatego zyjemy (1952), Pytania zadawane sobie (1954), Wolanie do Yeti (1957), Sól (1962), Wiersze wybrane (1964), Poezje wybrane (1967), Sto pociech (1967), Poezje (1970), Wszelki wypadek (1972), Wybór wierszy (1973), Tarsjusz i inne wiersze (1976), Wielka liczba (1976), Poezje wybrane II (1983), Ludzie na moscie (1986). Koniec i poczatek (1993, 1996), Widok z ziarnkiem piasku. 102 wiersze (1996) . Wislawa Szymborska has also translated French poetry.Her poems have been translated (and published in book form) in English, German, Swedish, Italian, Danish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Czech, Slovakian, Serbo-Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian and other languages. They have also been published in many foreign anthologies of Polish poetry.

View With A Grain Of Sand

We call it a grain of sand,
but it calls itself neither grain nor sand.
It does just fine without a name,
whether general, particular,
permanent, passing, incorrect, or apt.

Our glance, our touch mean nothing to it.
It doesn't feel itself seen and touched.
And that it fell on the windowsill
is only our experience, not its.
For it, it is no different from falling on anything else
with no assurance that it has finished falling
or that it is falling still.

The window has a wonderful view of a lake,
but the view doesn't view itself.
It exists in this world
colorless, shapeless,
soundless, odorless, and painless.

The lake's floor exits floorlessly,
and its shore exists shorelessly.
Its water feels itself neither wet nor dry
and its waves to themselves are neither singular or plural.
They splash deaf to their own noise
on pebbles neither large nor small.

And all this beneath a sky by nature skyless.
in which the sun sets without setting at all
and hides without hiding behind an unminding cloud.
The wind ruffles it, its only reason being
that it blows.

A second passes.
A second second.
A third.
But they're three seconds only for us.

Time has passed like a courier with urgent news.
But that's just our simile.
The character is invented, his haste is make-believe,
his news inhuman.
Translated from the Polish by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clara Cavanagh

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Music into meaning

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English Learning Websites

Caron Nightingale--Promise don't come easy

English
Listening & Speaking
1. Audio Bible
http://www.audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html

2.California Distance Learning Project
http://www.cdlponline.org/news.html

3.CNN Stories (Video &Quiz. Highly recommended)
http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html

4.English as Second Language
http://esl.about.com/library/courses/blcourses_upper_intermediate_listening.htm

5. BBC Radio Player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

6.Interactive Listening Comprehension Practice
http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/lcra2/lcra_index.html

7.Kids' Corner (Stories for Children)
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

8.Voice of America (News, Clear Audio )
http://www.voanews.com/index.cfm

9.Specialized English (British Accent)
http://www.spotlightradio.net/listen.php

10.Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (Good for Preparing "Listening Comprehension Tests")
http://www.esl-lab.com/

11.My English Tutor,ICRT (Speaking, A Good One)
http://www.myet.com.tw/TW/Index.htm

12.The English listening Lounge
http://www.englishlistening.com

13.Grammar in Context
http://eslgrammar.heinle.com/gic/home.html

14.Takako's Great Adventure
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/index.html

15.Cultural Debate Online:
http://www.teachtsp2.com/cdonline

16.American Rhetoric---Top 100 Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html


Reading
1.Aesop’s Fables
2.BBC Learning English
3.My Own Resources
4.John's ESL
5.Hans Christian Andersen 's Stories
6.On-line Lessons –Reading Skills

Writing
1.http://owl.english.purdue.edu
2.http://www.kyvu.org/writeplace/
4.http://www.engl.iastate.edu/OWL/writinghelp.html
6.http//www.usca.sc.edu/writingroom/handouts.html
7.http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts
8.http://johanson-ac-fall2005.blogspot.com/









Good Websites from Dr. Johanson
Language learning strategy
Introduction To Linguistics
Advanced Composition I (V)
Advanced CompositionII(V)
Oral Communication
Reading & Composition

General English Learning ...from Dr. J

1. http://itelj.org/ESL.html
2.http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
3.http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
4.http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz
5.http://elt.thomson.com/cgi-telt/course_products_wp.pl?fid=H2S&series_id=1000000421&subject_code=GMM01&discipline_number=301#
6.http://www.rong-chang.com/
7.http://www.esl-lounge.com/
8.http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

Listening Skills...from Dr. J

1.http://www.eviews.net
2.http://www.efl.net/caol.htm
3.http://www.manythings.org/el
4.http://www.themoonlitroad.com/index.html

OWL's (Online Writing Laboratories)...from Dr. J

1.http://owl.english.purdue.edu
2.http://swc.stanford.edu
3.http://www.mycomplab.com
4.http://writing.colostate.edu
5.http://web.mit.edu/writing

Websites for Children...from Dr. J

1.http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/wizard_websites/wizard.html
2.http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/index.html
3.http://eslkidstuff.com

I Love Linguistic!!

1.英漢語言學術語對照
2.Karen Chung'sLanguage and Linguistics Links

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My Favorite Quotes

Lisa Ono--Salade De Fruits

Dreams and Dreamers

I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
-- Willian Butler Yeats ( 1865-1939)

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
--Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Education and Learning

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
--Nelson Mandela (1918-)

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
--Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)

For a cultivated man to be ignorant of foreign languages is a great inconvenience.
--Anton Chekhow (1860-1904)

Friendship

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
--Henry Ford(1867-1947)

All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
--Viltaire (1694-1778)

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
--Proverbs 27:6 Bible

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A Brief History of the English Language

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Christianity

True Jesus Church

Purpose Driven Life

Interview With Jesus

WestLife--- Angel Click here for lyrics



Jaci Velasquez ---Fuego de amor(Fire of Love)


讚美之泉 from CJ, a sister in CHRIST---Stream(Fountain) of Praise


Amazing Grace by CJ


Amazing Grace ---Words by John Newton 1779
Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,
And Grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come.
'Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His Word my hope secures.He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun.

Mariah Carey - WHEN YOU BELIEVE



My Favorite Gospel Singer: Jaci Velasquez
De Creer En ti ( On My Knee)

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Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

With Dr. David W. Hang-韓偉 (趙建銘恩師韓毅雄's eldest son)
After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament(ACL,前十字韌帶) Reconstruction Surgery at the O.R.of Shin Kong Hospital.The surgery went perfectly well.My left palm was holding the patient's right hand because he was reviving from anaesthesia.
New Method of Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction






The Second International Symposium for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung, Taiwan 2005.4.30

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"Arthrex" German Consultant

Andreas B. Imhoff, M.D.Professor of Orthopaedic Sports MedicineDept. of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.University of Munich, Germany
He is real a good surgeon and also I proved that not all european are tall, hehe
His department httP://www.sportortho.de
About him

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Please Hang On There as possible as you can, My Friend "POWER" !!

Matthew Lien -- Very Much To Me

You are very much to me
In my life, in my heart, in my soul
You are very much to me
And I just wanted you to know
I only want to say
I want to say what I feel in my heart
That I am with you all the way
And there’s no doubt in my heart
That we should not be apart
You are very much to me
In my life, in my heart, in my soul
You are very much to me
And I just wanted you to know
And I just wanted you... To know


"The Moon Maid" gang

Our class leader"Power" is leaving us to work in MiaoLi county, I like power because he bravely raised his arm when xue jie Joanna asked "who do not work in the daytime?"maybe that minute he didnt realize that xue jie was picking the class leader for us,hehe!! but anyways after few weeks classes I was impressed by his responsible,enthusiastic and funny.(esp.that I will never forget"我聽說你=I listen you"and "Hou-Yi, is that you?")

Power's characters are just similar to mine,the way I used to be when I just got retired from R.O.C. Army, but I 've been "well-dyed" living in Taipei that now I look like a cunning businessman 一.一 }}
Dear Western Mother Queen,Power:
Wishing you all the best in your promising future and I will always be your friend wherever you are!!

"There are lots of disappointment and failure you may have to undergo before experiencing success!!"

"很多事情,錯過就沒有了,錯過了就是會變的~~~~緣份也是!!"
~~~~共勉之~~~

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Love!!

Love they say is patient ,Love they say is kind ,It sees beyound other's faults , For love they say is blind..Love does not diminish . Or rust and fade with years .But it will gain strength.From time , laughter , joy and tears .Love is God's own gift to us . A present from above.He gives us peace , He gives us joy ,But first He gave us Love...

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