I really like this great topic! And I think English is such a sensible kind of living language, where some new words are continually added in while some old ones are quietly obsolete and go out of use. It mainly depends on if people keep using those words or not. Still remember ten more years ago, w...

翻錯. by far: 顯然地 ; so far: 到目前為止,或是在一定程度範圍內。Meanwhile, it's a really cool way to say "a better bad idea" and "the best bad idea". Learning spoken English from movies is by far a good idea, just be careful not to get lost in translation.

I did some rough googling, but not sure about the correctness: sense of direction: awareness of one's orientation; sense of locality ; sense of the relative position of get lost: lose one's way ; be lost/disoriented; to go astray; to stray ask for directions: ask the way; look for guidance; inquire ...

I’m not sure what’s wrong with my "inner GPS", but my brain does equip with a DGS -“direction guessing system”-. Whenever I get lost driving, the system will activate automatically & unconsciously, and during the process, it is always quite thrilling and exciting for there is a fifty-fifty chance of...

Tina, Thanks for those amusing photos above. And it's so good to see all you guys who joined the meeting tonight. I did hear quite a few great ideas and interesting jokes. Thanks for your great inputs! Turnout: Chris,David,Iris,Jospher,Kooper,Morris,Rock,Rosie,Sabrina,Steve,Tina,Wen-han. (Please fee...

Ditto!! and thank you too Tina, for giving me the chance to dig and think more about this speech and about Ellen. By the way, i just looked up a dictionary which is fortunately not written in Australian, Macmillan, for the word "cliché". It says: a phrase or idea that is boring because people use it...

Iris, There you go! And, I hope the title "A speech for common cement" won't associate me with a lowbrow (Maybe I really am a shallow one....haa....,talk about being true & honest). Seriously, I kind of feel that it's equally hard to talk about serious topics in English and to crack a really funny E...

A 2009 commencement speech by Ellen DeGeneres Hi folks, I’m not sure if this commencement speech has been talked about or not. But if it has, let’s just have another look at it since it is really humorous and contains a true success story of the speechmaker Ellen DeGeneres. Hopefully this clip belo...

Iris, I must read the article later, but I'd just like to say "see you next Tuesday evening" first. Maybe we can also shoot the breeze at pre-meeting hour as usual, and I will have to bounce earlier, since "nine-ten" has almost become my middle name....Haa....

Hi Stacy, I especially like the dialogue and punch lines in the video "Passive-Aggressive Pam" which is full of American humor. Their conversation contains a lot of Americanisms that are really good for us to pick up. So, thanks for that! Hi Tina, "barbed words" is ok too I supposed. There always ar...

Hi Kooper, Thanks! And I dug out the other one that is more to my liking: Waking up grumpy. (I'm so lazy for long phrases....haa....) By the way, I also looked up some words from our meeting last night. Share 3 of them below. **tip-off / tip off (密報/向....密報) **has an acid tongue / to give someone ac...

It's a really good topic with concise references and down-to-earth questions. See you then!

Ha, Luis, Thanks a lot for those vedios! They surely are good stuff for me/us to train for better listening comprehension.(So-called comprehensible input). And, yes Iris, you're right! The old lady asks for repetition and says the interviewer has an accent. But why I feel her own accent is even thic...

Wow! Tina, you're always so studious! Way to go! I myself don't even start to memorize them.......feel ashamed already. Thank you to give me the opportunity of hosting the meeting since I haven't done public speaking for a while. More & more like to do free talking than public speaking. As for emigr...

Session I: Different varieties of English Please watch the short videos below and pay some attention to the speaker’s accent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRrp83jCuQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T97l02CPZnw Questions for Discussion: 1. English is very diversified. There always are different ...