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這是Hannah的成績單，一戰成功背後有苦練的心血。 昨天收到Hannah的來信，經過她同意，我將她寫給我的信上傳跟大家分享。Hannah有上我的寫作與聽說課程，教練將學生的實戰成績公布，這麼做的目的是激發大家寫作的動力與決心。這些年來教寫作課程，發現一件事情，那就是 持續不斷交作業並且練習的同學，幾乎都能拿到25分以上 。同學們能拿到寫作項目的高分，歸功於勤練。教練的批改只是一個輔助的動力，所以大家一定要記得多寫作。 2/14出現的托福寫作獨立題考題，也包含在教練出版的寫作書裡面 ，這個題目看似簡單但是不好寫。教練將自己寫的範文提供給大家參考，也恭喜Hannah, 希望她GMAT也能拿到高分，最後申請進理想的學校。 34. What would you do to improve your health?  To watch t he kind of food you eat, increase the amount of exercise, or reduce the amount of stress.  Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 為了讓身體更健康，你會選擇怎麼做？是注意飲食？增加運動？還是試圖減輕壓力？請舉例說明你的選擇。 Outline Introduction Thesis Statement: Exercise is the best choice to improve my health. Body Topic Sentence 1: Food is an important factor in one’s health; however, not much choice. Detail/example: ü   busy lifestyle → have little choice ü   food choices are quite limited ü   exercise → controls weight and combats disease         Topic Sentence 2: Living stress-fre

                                                           下載情人節英文語錄請點我 一年一度的情人節又來了。每年教練都會上傳一些應景的肉麻英文給需要的人參考。雖說有戀愛過此生不算白活，但也請大家不要為了談戀愛把人生的所有籌碼都輸掉了。爛咖情人不要留在身邊，以免降低自己的格調。這邊跟大家分享幾個跟愛情有關的小小訊息，今年的情人節，請勇敢三振你身邊的爛咖情人，別再將就自己浪費生命了。 愛情魔咒如下：一日念三回，招來好桃花 Say this to yourself: I deserve better.                                  I won't settle, and I'm worth it. 6  Signs he'll never commit: 六個感情警訊 1. You don't know anything real about him. 2. He disappears for days and weeks at a time and then acts like it's no big deal. 3. He tells you marriage is not for him; or worse, he doesn't want a relationship.  4. He doesn't take you on real dates and never buys you a decent gift. (He's stingy when he's around you) 5. He won't introduce you to his family.  6. When you do see each other, he only wants to have sex.  6 Signs he's into you 他喜歡你的六個徵兆 1. He initiates. (他凡事主動) 2. He listens to what you say and remembers the de

台北市長柯文哲日前接見英國官員，受禮後的破銅爛鐵說引發各界討論與撻伐聲浪， 英國衛報報導此事卻將重點放在自家官員送禮不當而鬧出笑話。 下載文章請點我 之前我發文批評官員頭銜翻譯錯誤，英國自抬身價將來訪官員的層級提高。接著又批破銅爛鐵說。這次我將 英國衛報 the guardian 報導拿來與各位分享，大家可以透過時事來學英文。很多不錯的字詞如 gaffe, taboo, high-flying, off-the-cuff remarks, political spectrum 與 loose cannon 都可以學起來。 British minister in cultural gaffe after giving Taipei mayor ' taboo ' watch *Cultural gaffe 此指因不懂文化而造成的社交或外交失禮或是醜態 Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je receives a gift of a watch from visiting British transport minister Lady Kramer during a meeting in Taipei. Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty Images A British minister was left red-faced 尷尬或羞愧的 after giving the mayor of Taipei the gift of a watch – a taboo 禁忌 act in Chinese culture – only for him to joke he would “ sell it to a scrap dealer ” 賣破銅爛鐵的人 . Ko Wen-je, a high-flying 有雄心壯志的 surgeon and mayor of Taiwan’s capital 台灣首都市長 , made the remark 評論 after he was handed the pocket timepiece 懷錶 by British transport minister 英國國務大臣 ( 相當於美國的副部長 )Lady Kramer, who