對Lynn印象最深刻的是, 看她很嚴厲的proofread Joshua寫的搞笑 love letter. 然後發現Joshua臉上出現三條線.....

Kooper 全家報名(兩大一小),附車一台. Joshua辦的活動, 當然要熱烈支持啦.

Joshua是個熱情且幽默的人, 還不認識他的人, 可藉這個活動認識這位風度翩翩的帥哥喔.

simile: 明喻 metaphor: 暗喻 本體和喻體同時出現, 它們之間是相同的關係, 常用be, become. Here are additional examples of metaphor. 名詞用於暗喻: Failure is the mother of success. All the life about him was a dream. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. I would pitch in and work harder than ever and eventual...

Examples of Similes and Metaphors 1. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River. (Brian Broadus, Charlottesville) 2. Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut. (Sandra Hull, Arlingt...

Comparison between simile and metaphor: Per Collins Cobuild's definitions and examples, simile: an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. example1: She runs like a deer. example2: He is as white as a sheet. metaphor: an "imaginative" way of descri...

Words relating to slave:

- the abolition of slavery
- to abolish slavery
- to emancipate slaves
- the slave trade
- He is a slave to fashion.

If you couldn't find answer with collocation dictionary, you may check below on-line corpus made by Collins which gathers lots of contemporary writing. It is very helpful when you are writing.

http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx

相親- prospective marriage arrangement. Everybody has in their own mind the classic definition of 相親. The usual presence of elders as chaperone automatically disqualifies 相親 as a date. However, a couple may decide to date each other after that. The word "arrangement" generalizes the various situation...

令人感觸良多的文章. 如何去愛人,照顧人確實是需要教導 需要學習的

打小我的父母對我便是如此體諒, 也因此至今我仍不善於對父母表達愛,表達關心.
甚至可說有時候是不在乎,不在意.

在我期待孩子對我表達愛與關懷的同時, 我也該好好學習如何愛我的父母.

technobabel 寫:一起來跟 Steve Jobs 學英文單字

Wouldn't it be funny?
Pretty cool, huh?

Our group mentioned an analysis tool which might be helpful when we are going to make a decision. The tool is SWOT. Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia. SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a busi...

One question I had during the discussion was which word we should use when talking about 相親.

a blind date? or a matchmaking?

The next question is how to use it.


Anyone can help me on it?

It looks like our group used the wrong word as 互補的.
The word we used is "supplementary."
A dictionary says "Supplementary things are added to something in order to imrpove it."
One example usage it offers is "to take supplementary vitamins."

Hi Kate,

Thanks for your compliments. I never know that I am such a good man.

Kooper