#9 Assignment

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True happiness is not about becoming famous or getting rich. What really makes us happy is relationships. Interpersonal relationships require long-term efforts to achieve and maintain, and are also closely related to our lives.

Professor Robert's speech surprised me very much, because his findings are in line with my opinion. He scientifically confirmed my point that interpersonal relationships are very important to us. Before I watched his speech, I thought that family and friends are the most important things in our lives, because the satisfaction they give us (compared to such as playing games or watching movies) is not easy to achieve, but at the same time they won’t leave us casually, and everything I do, is all for my family, I hope I can make them live a better life in the future. I agree that interpersonal relationships play a very important role in our lives and will bring us happiness. After all, mental health affects physical health. I am gratefully for the family and friends that always by my side. I hope that we can maintain a good relationship for decades to come.

#8 Assignment

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I think I am definitely a procrastinator,because I procrationate all the times.As long as there is something appeals me more than  the things that I have to do,I would be more willing to do what attracts me,and it usually is watching drama,reading a novel or playing games.But at the same time,when there has something that I should done but not be done yet,that will makes me felt very anxious and nervous.The panic monster is always by my side.So unless I completely forgot that there is something I should done,I will finished everything before the deadline.But not everything has a deadline,the things that don't have deadline is like a chronic disease,and I seriously ill.How do I deal this big problem?I set a deadline for the things seems don't have the due date.Before the deadline coming may takes very long time,and they also will take a lot of time to finish it,I may spend a whole college career or ever the rest of my life.What makes me stop procrastinating is I understand  when I finished the things that I should do,I'm one step closer to my dream.

#7 TED TALKS Assignment

Maybe every person that in the world is a procrastinator, but what we must realize is that what really scares us is not the  thesis have to be submitted,or the tomorrow's exam, what we should be afraid of is when we're wasting time , Our lives are also getting shorten, the real instant gratification is to grasp the present and do everything that should be done.

Write down 5 keywords you learn from the talk:

revised

perplexed

gratification

fridge

spiral

 #6 TED TALKS Assignment

What really makes people achieve success is grit.Grit is unable to calculate,but can rely on the efforts of acquired cultivation.This video shows the importance of the grit.

Write down 5 keywords you learn from the talk:

perspective(n.)
the way you think about something.

grit(n.)
very small pieces of stone or sand.

perseverance(n.)
the quality of persevering when things are difficult.

inversely(adv.)
in such a way that one amount gets bigger as another gets smaller.


permanent(adj.)
lasting for a long time or for ever.

#5 Six Minute English assignment(2)

Q1:Do you have a smart speaker at home? 

A1:No and actually I never heard this until now.

Q2:What is a smart speaker?

A2:Smart speaker is a voice command device with AI and speaker appearance, It makes people can command appliances and electronics though voice.

 

Q3:How does a smart speaker work? 

A3:Use voice recognition technology and  Internet or Bluetooth to transmit voice to control appliances and electronic.

#4 Comment on the Taiwan's transport system

Problem:There are too many cars and scooters in Taiwan. Parking violation on the roadside not only affects the city but also lead to traffic jam.

Suggestion:I think we can follow Japan's policy. Japan's government requires a parking garage certificate to buy a car.

The parking garage proves that if you want to buy a car, you must rent or buy a parking space.

#3 Six Minute English Assignment(1)

freight: goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting these goods.

ex: The ship carries both freight and passengers.

definition:no

intervention:action taken to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse.

ex: Repeated interventions on the currency markets have failed to prevent the value of the currency falling.

definition:no

far-fetched: very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe.

ex:Her story about being chased away from school by wolves seems pretty far-fetched.

definition: no

magnetic: with the power of a magnet.

ex:no

(This vocabulary's example is too complex to understand.)

definition:no

mass-production: the process of producing a lot of goods cheaply using machines in a factory.

ex:Mass-production is reducing the cost of buying or leasing industrial robots.

definition: no

#2 Are the speaking and listening tasks difficult for you?  What are the challenges you often face when you listen and speak in English?

speaking的部份，A部分以外的題目都讓我覺得很吃力，也許是因為從小時候開始學習英文，就沒有習慣會試著應用之後與人對話，所以遇到需要有自我構思部分speaking的時候就會腦袋空白反應不過來，也說不出甚麼完整的句子，遇到外國人也是，都聽得懂但卻沒有辦法做出回應。至於listening就沒有speaking來的這麼讓自己害怕，因為大體都聽得懂，即使聽不懂也知道是因為不知道那是什麼單字，解決的方法就是多多充實自己的單字量，就比起speaking而言沒有讓自己這麼畏懼。

#1 My new plan this year

As I'm a "3 minute passion" person, I often give up what I want to do in a halfway, so for the new plan of 2019, I only have one goal that is to be persevere when I'm doing everything.I believe that if I achieve this goal, It  can brought a lot of changes to me and absolutely makes me better.