1. the skills in a good speech
*opening
1) I would like to tell you...
2) I would like to talk about...
3)I would like to share sth. with you.
*ending
That is all for my presentation/speech
Thank you for your attention/ Thank you for listening.
* reminders
1) wear a smile all the time during the speech
2) Don't repeat yourself.
3) Don't apologize.
4) If there is something embarrassing happened like sneezes or stammers during the speech, do not say I am sorry but excuse me.
5) Be aware of the intonation and stress in sentences.
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2.
Gladiator 神鬼戰士
*雷利史考特並不只想說個英雄故事而已，還想把它擴大為一樁「政治
寓言」。在強調「民主」遠好過「獨裁」的同時，他也很弔詭地承認「民粹主義」
的危險。民意如水：可載舟，也能覆舟。在暴君的耍弄之下，人們可以是「愚民」
，也可能是「暴民」，但大將軍的扭轉乾坤，利用的也是這群可以既愚且暴的人民
們的崇拜力量。
*Quote:
Gracchus: Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.
Falco: You really think people are going to be seduced by that?
Gracchus: I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it's the sand of the coliseum. He'll bring them death - and they will love him for it.
Commodus: You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness, courage, perhaps not on the battlefield, but... there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.
Marcus Aurelius: Oh, Commodus. You go too far.
Proximo: Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.
*connection to the news nowadays
《海峽兩岸服務貿易協議》（英語：Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement），或簡稱《兩岸服務貿易協議》、《兩岸服貿協議》或「服貿」，是海峽兩岸依據《海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議》（ECFA）第四條所簽署的服務貿易協定。
2011年3月，兩岸的經貿業務主管部門展開服務貿易磋商並達成共識。2012年8月9日兩岸兩會第八次高層會談，雙方同意在達成關於服務貿易協議文本和市場開放項目的共識後，簽署協議。2013年6月21日，兩岸兩會在中國大陸上海市舉行第九次高層會談並簽署該協議，也向外界公布了開放清單。
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Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. A black American teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester (Sean Connery), through whom he refines his natural talent for writing and comes to terms with his identity.
*幫助自己(別人)找到自己
* The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at unexpected time.
* Bitterly disappointed teachers can be either very effective or very dangerous.
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4.The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon is a 1983 novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which she relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine (often called Morgan le Fay in other works), a priestess fighting to save her matriarchal Celtic culture in a country where patriarchal Christianity threatens to destroy the pagan way of life.
*The epic is focused on the lives of Gwenhwyfar, Viviane, Morgause, Igraine and other women who are often marginalized in Arthurian retellings. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are supporting rather than main characters.
*The Mists of Avalon stands as a watershed for feminist interpretation of male-centered myth by articulating women's experiences at times of great change and shifts in gender-power. The typical battles, quests, and feuds of King Arthur's reign act as secondary elements to the women's lives.
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5. First Knight
Lancelot lives by the sword. In fact, they're next door neighbours, so teaming up to fight for money comes pretty naturally. Lady Guinevere, on her way to marry King Arthur is ambushed by the evil Sir Malagant. Fortunately Lancelot is lurking nearby and he rescues his future queen. They fall in love, but Guinevere still fancies the idea of wearing a crown, so she honours her promise to Arthur. Can Lady Guinevere remain faithful, or will this Pretty Woman become a lady of the knight?
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6.Arthurian Legend
*Excalibur
Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereigntyof Great Britain. Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone (the proof of Arthur's lineage) are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate. The sword was associated with the Arthurian legend very early.
Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone
*In Arthurian romance, a number of explanations are given for Arthur's possession of Excalibur. In Robert de Boron's Merlin, Arthur obtained the throne by pulling a sword from a stone. In this account, the act could not be performed except by "the true king," meaning the divinely appointed king or true heir of Uther Pendragon.---------------------
7. The Pulitzer Price
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical compositionin the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.[2] Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award.[3] The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.[3][4]
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8.The Raven
*Poe's poem
*The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland, playing in the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
*Paul Gauguin, Nevermore, 1897. Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm, P.1932.SC.163
The dinner held in honour of Gauguin before his departure for Tahiti in 1891 included the recitation of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The Raven (1845), in which the bird of the title, visiting a poet on a cold winter evening, repeatedly croaks “Nevermore”. Although Gauguin denied that the “bird of the devil” in the background of his painting bore any resemblance to Poe’s ominous creation, the inscription in the upper left is a clear reference to the poem and a reminder of Gauguin’s erudition and wide ranging interests.
Gauguin wrote to his friend and dealer Daniel de Monfreid that with Nevermore, he intended to use a ‘simple nude’ to suggest ‘a certain savage luxuriousness of a bygone age’. Gauguin viewed the painted surface itself as ‘luxurious’. His model was Pahura, his ‘vahiné’ (Tahitian wife). The setting however is not one of lust but of unease. Are the two figures behind the headboard innocent bystanders, lecherous visitors or malevolent spirits? Their status is left deliberately unclear.
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Word
1.democracy
bureaucracy → cracy = govern / manage
theocracy
* demo- : something kind of negative
e.g, demotion
2.locker 储物櫃
3.rice cooker 電鍋
4. manu- / mani- 有關手...
*manual 手工的 ; teacher's manual 教師手冊
*manufacture 製造業
*manuscript 手稿
*manipulate 操作
*manicure 美甲(指甲)
5. hermit 隱士
hermetic 與世隔絕的
6.shoot foul 罰球
7. se- apart from
*secluded 隔離的、隱退的
*seclusive 隱居的、隔離的
*segregate (segregate policy)
*separate
*selection
8.pitcher's mound 投手丘
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