Friday, September 24, 2010

Words and Phrases Related with "Food"

  • diner
  1. person eating dinner.
  2. dining-car on a train.
  3. (US) small restaurant, usu beside a highway
  • hole in the walls
  1. BrE informal a machine in or outside a bank from which you can obtain money using a special card
    =
    ATM, cash machine cash machine
  2. AmE a small dark shop or restaurant
  • greasy spoon
  1. a small cheap restaurant that mainly serves fried food.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Archaeology

There are some key words well related to archaeology(考古學):

excavate(=to dig out something buried under earth) => excavation

artifacts(=something made by human)

imprint(=the mark made by pressing on an object)

decay(=rot)

plaster(=a substance used to cover walls and ceilings with a smooth, even surface. It consists of lime, water, and sand.)石膏

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Onomatopoeia (擬聲)

Onomatopoeia means the description of the sound made by animals or anything. There are some examples for that:

  • roar (lion)            
  • hoot (owl)
  • chirp(bird)
  • hiss(snake)
  • meow, purr (cat)
  • bark(dog)
  • buzz (bee)
  • hum(fly, mosquito, bee)

Monday, June 28, 2010

Basic financial abilities and career quadrants

There are four important financial abilities which we need to learn before mastering the ability of controling finance:


  1. Accounting : to learn some basic mathematical skills concerning accounting
  2. Investing: to get the experiences of investing in appropriate items 
  3. Markets: to know the flow of markets 
  4. Laws: to avoid any damages from ignorance of regulations in your own country

According to Robert Kiyosaki, the categories of career can be divided into four quadrants:

E     |    B                   E: Employee            B: Business owner
-----|------      ==>     
S     |     I                   S: Self-employed     I : Investor

The left quadrants are quite different from the right due to the way you get your salary. You have to get the only money while working personally if you are in the left quadrants; however, if you are in the opposite side of quadrants, that means your money can grow by its own certain operation.  

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Compare and contrast living at home and in the dormitory (Final)

        There are plenty of differences between living at home and in a dormitory. For instance, there are financially, emotionally and geologically different conditions and even privacy issues between the two choices. 

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Compare and contrast living at home and in a dormitory (draft)

        There are plenty of differences between living at home and in a dormitory. For instance, there are financially, emotionally and geologically different conditions and even privacy issues between the two choices.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Reasons I major in EE, minor in AFL (Final version)

      It has been almost three years ever since I entered National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. In the very beginning, I made a quick decision to major in Electronics Engineering. As I was a sophomore, I made up my mind to minor in Applied Foreign English. As to me, in practice, there have been several motives playing vital roles in affecting what I have chosen to major or minor in.