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Class: Introduction to Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology

School: The University of Queensland

Link: https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UQx+PSYC1030.1x+1T2019/courseware/9d927781d7fa47ca81de60429180ea9a/36d90d93a50b4271b046544ef5a43e61/2?activate_block_id=block-v1%3AUQx%2BPSYC1030.1x%2B1T2019%2Btype%40vertical%2Bblock%40f84c234df36446b1b0a82d9a3185e290

Comments:

In this website, there are many kinds of class can choose, and I think some type are very interesting and special such as Food & Nutrition、Health & Safety、History.

I choose this lesson because I am interesting in Psychology, I also like watching this kinds of drama.

I think MOOCs is a very useful website, I can watch the video anytime and anywhere. If I can’t understand what speaker talk about, it has Transcript on the right.

Pepper and carrot

Episode 8 Pepper's birthday party.

Pepper and carrots’ story is very interesting, and carrot is extremely cute!

I think it is more easier to learn English by comic book than English novels, because I would feel sleepy when I read a lot of word at the same time.

One more advantages of comic book are that when you don't know what the vocabulary is in the conversation, you can also through the pictures of the story to guess what the meaning of this word is. 

Bookbox

Santa's Christmas

link：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwdM8mBUxjM

Hustle noun

                         

mainly us energetic action

The team showed a lot of determination and hustle.

Reindeer noun

a type of deer with large horns that lives in the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and North America

Santa Claus travels in a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

Sort noun

a group of things that are of the same type or that share similar qualities

We both like the same sort of music.

About the story and my thoughts

When we were children, we all looked forward to Christmas. 

We loved and feel curious about Christmas Santa, because he always give us the gift we wanted, but we never saw him.

As we growing up gradually, Christmas was come, we were pretend to be asleep on the bed and saw someone gently opening the door, who put the gift into the Christmas stocking, when we look carefully, "Christmas Santa" is our father and mother!

Parents always give us our favorite and the best things, just like Christmas Santa in this video, but they would fall ill and feel tired sometime, at this moment, we can hug them and talk our gratitude to them.

It is the best gift for them.

English song

Song: Safe and sound

Singer: Taylor Swift

Lyrics:

I remember tears streaming down your face when I said I'll never let you go
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said don't leave me here alone
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight

Just close your eyes, the sun is going down
You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

Don't you dare look out your window, darling everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby even when the music gone, gone

Just close your eyes, the sun is going down
You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

Just close your eyes, you'll be alright
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

Vocabulary

Safe and sound 

not hurt or damaged

Three days later, the hikers were found safe and sound.

Raging on

 to complain to somebody about their behavior, work, etc.

My boss is always ragging on me

Lullaby

a soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep

She sang her baby a lullaby.

My comment

I know this song because of the movie-Hunger Game.

It is talk about human nature and decision, survive and liberty.

She sings the mood of all people in this movie completely.

I was attracted by the song when it first started playing, and it is always remind me of the story of the Hunger Games. 

TED

Topic: The lost art of letter-writing

Speaker: Lakshmi Pratury

Duration: 4:05

Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/lakshmi_pratury_on_letter_writing

Legacy noun

Money or property that you receive from someone after they die
An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy

Cyberspace noun

The internet considered as an imaginary area without limits where you can meet people and discover information about any subject

You can find the answer to almost any question in cyberspace.

Chronicle verb 

To make a record or give details of something

The book chronicles the writer's coming to terms with his illness.

Soul-searching noun

Deep and careful thought about your feelings, especially in relation to a moral problem or decision

After much soul-searching, he decided it was wrong to vote in the elections.

Penmanship noun 

Formal the art of writing by hand, or skill in this art

Children practicing their penmanship

Verses noun 

Writing that is arranged in short lines with a regular rhythm; poetry

She recited a verse from the Bible

Ashes noun

What is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, especially what is left of a human body after it has been burned

Her ashes were scattered at sea.

Craving noun 

A strong feeling of wanting something

I have a craving for chocolate

Comment:

Our life become more convenience by computers and cellphone now.

We use them to write paper、delivery message by email、keep a diary on blog like what l am doing now, but we also leave writing far away.

When l am was elementary school student, l write letters and exchanging diary with my friends.

We write everything we want, even it is a very boring and small things, however, we just feel funny, that because we all enjoy the process of writing.

We would contemplated which color of pen should be used, image the reaction of friends' after reading these letters.

However, it is really depressing that l seldom receive letters by others now.

l like writing, believe handwritten-words can represent a person's emotion and soul, you may feel he or she stand by your side, just like what Lakshmi Pratury said "when l take out his letters and read them, and the paper that touched his hand is in mine, and I feel connected to him"

# Using Dictionary

Drum up phrasal verb

to get support, interest, attention etc from people by making an effort

The organization is using the event to drum up business

Morph verb

to develop a new appearance or change into something else, or to make something do this

The river flooded its banks and morphed into a giant sea that swamped the town

Subsidy noun 

money that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc

Billions of dollars were given out in agricultural subsidies.

Rival noun

person, group, or organization that you compete with in sport, business, a fight etc

The fight started as an argument between rival gang members

Tout verb

to try to persuade people that somebody/something is important or valuable by praising them/it

She's being touted as the next leader of the party.

By Longman

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l'm come from Taoyuan and graduated from Taoyuan Municipal Chungli Home Economic And Commercial Vocational High School🏫

l'm major in Public Finance and Tax Administration right now.

l like 

👉listen music🎵

👉read novels📚 

👉watch Korea and Chinese drama, especially the topic of criminal and medical. 

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