Disappointing ...

I have no idea what is wrong with me, I have been feeling so frustrated and depressed about the school I am working now, probably not the school itself but my boss. Forget about the salary and unfairness things, what I have heard really made me wonder where I am working, a school or a 營利事業單位. Of course, my boss wants to make a big profit from the business he is running, but where there is some certain conflict, he still thinks about money.

Lately, there have been a few kids getting sick because of "Enterovirus" (腸病毒), 2 kids in baby class, 1 or 2 in K1, and 1 in K2. The director thinks the current situation needs to be reported to Public Health Bureau, (衛生局) which I think it is the right thing to do.

2 days ago, when I went back to the office after class, I found my boss sitting in front of the PC, looking for something on line. The director came talk to him about this. His reply let me know what he was looking for; he was looking for the regulation of reporting this kind of disease, like how many students are really infected before we need to report it.

The director asked him if we were still going to have the activity for Mother's Day this weekend since the doctor felt that we should have it canceled ; and he replied, "Sure, it is fine. We still had our graduation when SARS took place." That really made me shocked already. The director then asked him if we should have all the students stay home until everybody is alright. My boss said, "If we really do it, we will be toasted." (Means we will have no money and no students, and the parents will know it.)

Come on, I really don't know what will be worse, letting parents know the real situation and have their kids stay safely at home or making money..... 知道太多真的不是好事,對人更失望罷了...

Grammar - Gerunds and Infinitives

上次我們說到一個句子裡只能有一個動詞，但是當要用到兩個動詞時怎麼辦? 第一個方法就是用"TO"把兩個動詞隔開，(動名詞/infinitives)；另一個方法就是把第二個動詞加上"ing"，(不定詞/gerunds)，這樣他就不是動詞囉。 但是不是高興怎麼用就怎麼用，有些動詞只能用"to"，有些只能加"ing"，有些是兩個都可以。

動名詞
1. enjoy - I enjoy working in my garden.
2. finish - Ann finished studying at midnight.
3. stop - It stopped raining a few minutes ago.
4. quit - David quit smoking.
5. mind - Would you mind opening the window?
6. postpone - I postponed doing my homework.
7. put off - I put off doing my homework.
8. keep (on) - Keep (on) working. Don't stop.
9. consider - I am considering going to Hawaii.
10. think about - I am thinking about going to Hawaii.
11. discuss - They discussed getting a new car.
12. talk about - They talked about getting a new car.

不定詞

1. want - I want to go to Chicago next week.
2. need - Sarah needed to go home early yesterday.
3. would like - She would like to have lunch with him next week.
4. would love - My dad would love to meet you.
5. hope - Sandy hopes to have a good job after she graduates.
6. plan - My sister is planning to have a baby.
7. forget - Tim forgets to bring his grammar book.
8. try - The baby is trying to walk without help.
9.decide - I decided to buy a new car.
10. offer - Tom offered to lend me some money.

動名詞或不定詞都接可以的動詞

begin / start / continue / like / love / hate / can't stand /


"GO + -ING"

GO可以加上動名詞來表示依些常見的活動
EX:
go boating / go bowling / go camping / go dancing / go fishing / go hiking
/ go jogging / go running / go sailing / go (window) shopping / go sightseeing
/ go (ice) skating / go (water) skiing / go skydiving / go swimming /

Belly Dancer - Rachel Brice - Lesson 5 - Reverse Body Roll

Hope you can enjoy belly dancing as well.

Community College - GEPT - Monday Class - April 6

Dear All,

These are the questions you may need when you are doing Writing 1 on our test book.

1. What day is it today?
2. How did you feel in the morning?
3. Why did you feel that way?
4. Did anybody talk to you?
5. What did you do on the day time? Did you just go to work?
6. What happened when you went home?
7. How did you feel when you saw it?


Your paragraph can start with "Today is my birthday. I was very excited when I woke up in the morning."

Community College - GEPT - Monday Class

Dear All,

Sorry for the late posting. Here is the possible answer of Writing 4.

Sandy had a test this morning but she didn't study for it at all. Last night, she watched TV and had a lot of snack all night. Awhile later, her friend called her and they talked on the phone for a long time. She had a lot of fun. She forgot about the test this morning completely. Today, when she got into the classroom, she finally thought about the test. She was very upset because she didn't know how to answer the questions.