Assignment #7 English Song

 

 

Selena Gomez & The Scene - Hit The Lights

 

It's the boy you never told I like you
It's the girl you let get away
It's the one you saw that day on the train
But you freeked out and walked away
It's the plane you wanna catch to Vegas
Things you swear you'll do before you die
It's the city of love that waits for you
But you're too damn scared to fly

Hit the lights let the music move you
Lose yourself tonight come alive
Let the moment take you lose control tonight
Hit the lights let the music move you
Lose yourself tonight come alive
Let the moment take you lose control tonight

It's the time that you totally screwed up
Still you're trying get it out your brain
It's the fight you had when you didn't make up
It's the past that you're dying to change
It's all the money the you're saving
While the good life passes by
It's all the dreams that never came true
'cause you're too damn scared to try

Hit the lights let the music move you
Lose yourself tonight come alive
Let the moment take you lose control tonight
Hit the lights let the music move you
Lose yourself tonight come alive
Let the moment take you lose control tonight

It's a mad mad world gotta make an escape
It's a perfect world when you go all the way
Hit the lights let the music move you
Lose yourself tonight

So let's go go go go
All the way yeah let's go go go
Night and day from the floor to the rafters
People raise your glasses
We could dance forever

Hit the lights let the music move you
Lose yourself tonight come alive
Let the moment take you lose control tonight
It's a mad mad world gotta make an escape
It's a perfect world when you go all the way
Hit the lights let the music move you
Lose yourself tonight

My comment: This is one of my favorite English songs. One day I heard this song on the radio. I was attracted to the melody of the song. Then I serched this song on the Internet. I found the lyrics, and felt the lyrics touched me. The melody is inspiring. The lyrics says:
It's the time that you totally screwed up
Still you're trying get it out your brain
It's the fight you had when you didn't make up
It's the past that you're dying to change
It's all the money the you're saving
While the good life passes by
It's all the dreams that never came true
'cause you're too damn scared to try

Many people are afraid to try.  Didn't seize the opportunity, often miss the opportunity. We should bet it on one shot and be brave to any attempt. Don't hesitate. Like the lyrics said "hit the lights" light up your dream. Make ourselves dreams come true.

Assignment #6 Steve Jobs' Talk

Steve Jobs never graduated from college, but he has a huge achievement. He founded Apple, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

There was a speech that impressed me. “You've got to find what you love. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.” I am interested in accounting. I major in accounting at university. So I hope I can do the work about accounting in the future. After listening to Steve Jobs's speech, let me know I have to find what I love. I think love what you do and do the things you love.

Assignment #5: How do you like ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab as a language learning resource?

My English listening is poor. ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab is a good website. It offers three levels from easy to difficult articles. It also provides a lot of articles to let you choose. I think ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab is a useful tool for learning English listening. It takes me a little time to improve my English listening.

Assignment #4: Two clips from Randall's Cyber Listening Lab

1. Breakfast Recipes

mumble(verb)

Definition: to speak quietly and in a way that is not clear so that the words are difficult to understand.  

Example sentence: She mumbled something about needing to be home, then left.

mix up (phrasal verb)

Definition: prepare a food or drink by combining two or more ingredients  

Example sentence: Don't forget to mix up the eggs really well before you put them in the frying pan.

go wrong (verb)

Definition: to make a mistake or a bad decision

Example sentence: If you just follow the signs to the park, you can’t go wrong.

bruise (verb)

Definition: to develop a bruise or to cause someone or something to have a bruise

Example sentence: He crashed into a table and bruised his shin.

nasty (adjective)

Definition: bad or very unpleasant

Example sentence: She has a nasty habit of picking on people in meetings.

2. Snacks and Candy

buck (noun)

Definition: a dollar

Example sentence: Can I borrow a couple of bucks?

bummer (noun)

Definition:  a situation or event that is unpleasant or disappointing

Example sentence: Waiting all day at the airport is a real bummer.

cop (noun)

Definition: a police office

Example sentence: Quick, run - there's a cop coming!

tough luck (noun)

Definition: said to show that you have no sympathy for someone’s problems or difficulties

Example sentence: They lost a lot of money on their investment." "Tough luck - they should have been more careful.”

hit it off (verb)

Definition:  to like someone and become friendly immediately

Example sentence: I didn't really hit it off with his friends.

Assignmemt#3 Concordancer Exercise

1. dumplings

2. tzung-tzu /zong-zi

3. a large dumpling of glutinous rice

4. steamed rice balls with meat or vegetable stuffing

Assignment #2

Incognito

Definition: avoiding being recognized, by changing your name or appearance

Example sentence:The prince often travelled abroad incognito.

Astonished

Definition: very surprised

Example sentence:

I was astonished to see Miriam there.

They looked astonished when I announced I was pregnant.

The doctors were astonished at the speed of her recovery.

Moonlight

Definition: the pale light of the moon

Example sentence: The young lovers sat in the moonlight.

Rusty

(1)Definition:

metal that is rusty is covered in rust

Example sentence:

a rusty nail

a new metal that will never go rusty

(2)Definition:

if you are rusty, you are not as good at something as you used to be, because you have not practised it for a long time

Example sentence: My French is a bit rusty.

Occupied

Definition: describes a place that is being controlled by an army or group of people that has moved into it

Example sentence:

occupied territory

She spent two years in occupied Paris during the war.

#1 Greeting！

My name is Sharon Tsai. There are five people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my sister, my brother and I. I am a shy and introverted girl. I am a sophomore student. I like to listen to music and see a movie in free time. In the future, I want to be a government worker.