College English (Week 5 – Oct. 13)
Date / Schedule / Activities10/13 / Movies
Nobel Prize / 1. Review
2. Class introduction and practice
(1) Listening & speaking (Oscar Academy Ceremony)
(2) Reading & writing (Nobel Prize)
3. Feedback
Review
Entertainment-- Adapted from 10分鐘聽懂ICRT
On Words
1. suave 文雅的
2. super talented 非常才華洋溢的
3. sizzling 熱力十足的
4. take … by storm 使神魂顛倒
5. undeniable 無可挑剔的
6. artist 藝人
7. Broadway 百老匯
8. silver screen 銀光幕
9. collaborate 合作
10. campaign 宣傳活動
11. version 版本
12. album 專輯、相本
13. band 樂團
14. Billboard chart 告示牌排行榜
15. compilation 合輯、精選輯
16. hit 暢銷曲
17. lead singer 主唱
18. lyric 歌詞
19. record label 唱片公司
20. release 推出（的單曲）
21. singer-songwriter 創作歌手
22. single 單曲
23. songwriter 詞曲創作人
24. soundtrack 原聲帶
On Sentences
1. Janet Jackson recently released her latest single.
珍娜傑克森最近推出了她的最新單曲。
2. His previous album has sold millions of copies worldwide.
他的上一張專輯在全球累積了數百萬張的銷售量。
3. The album went multi-platinum with over two million copies sold.
這張專輯賣出了超過兩百萬張，寫下了多白金的紀錄。
4. The soundtrack debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
這張原聲帶一進榜就衝上告示排專輯排行榜第五名的位置
5. Savage Garden released its self-titled debut album in 1997.
野人花園在九七年推出首張同名專輯「野人花園」。
Full Text for Commercials
Being suave, sexy, and super talented, Marc Anthony took the 90’s by storm with his sizzling music and undeniable acting talent. Having appeared on Broadway and the silver screen, he has also collaborated with artists like Tina Arena and Jennifer Lopez. Just recently, Marc appeared in a TV commercial for the popular “I Love New York” ad campaign, in both the English and Spanish versions.
Music Time -- Hero
Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vByOKe0Uk2w
With lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhrIfaPKxw
There's a hero if you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid of what you are.
There's an answer if you reach into your soul
and the sorrow that you know will melt away
And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.
So, when you feel like hope is gone
look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you.
It's a long road when you face the world alone,
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold.
You can find love if you search within yourself
and the emptiness you felt will disappear.
And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.
So, when you feel like hope is gone
look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you.
oh, ohhh,Lord knows dreams are hard to follow,
But don't let anyone tear them away.
Hold on, there will be tomorrow,
In time you'll find the way
And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.
So, when you feel like hope is gone
look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you
that a hero lies in ... you
mmmm that a hero lies in.....you.
On reading & Writing
themes & topic sentences
University degree in the past
The role of university degree at present
Transition: a leading question
Education
Entertainment—Movies (Oscar Academy Ceremony)
Adapted from:
1. 82nd Academy Awards http://oscar.go.com/
2. Oscar 2010 Nominees (Video clips of most importants categories) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5w2jGRMglU
3. Sandra Bullock winning Best Actress (7:00--)
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=-hTTwSQPmMo&feature=channel
4. Jeff Bridges winning Best Actor (7:10--)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AAZCNd3Cj4
5. Kathryn Bigelow winning the Oscar® for Directing
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=e-DPBOTlSWk&feature=channel
6. "The Hurt Locker" winning Best Picture
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=RziREMIxmN8&feature=channel
On Words
1. Oscar Academy Ceremony 奧斯卡頒獎典禮
2. Nominate, nomination, nominee 提名
3. red carpet 紅地毯
4. trophy 獎杯
5. recipient 獲獎者
6. the awards 獎項
(1) Actor/actress in a Leading Role
(2) Actor/actress in a Supporting Role
(3) Animated Feature Film
(4) Art Direction
(5) Cinematography
(6) Costume Design
(7) Directing
(8) Documentary (Feature)
(9) Documentary (Short Subject)
(10) Film Editing
(11) Foreign Language Film
(12) Makeup
(13) Music (Original Score)
(14) Music (Original Song)
(15) Best Picture
(16) Short Film (Animated)
(17) Short Film (Live Action)
(18) Sound Editing
(19) Sound Mixing
(20) Visual Effects
(21) Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
(22) Writing (Original Screenplay)
On Sentences
1. The winner is … = The Oscar goes to …
2. Gladiator, starring New Zealand-born actor Russell Crowe, took home five Oscars at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards.
由紐西蘭出生的男星羅素克洛所主演的「神鬼戰士」，在第七十三屆奧斯卡頒獎典禮抱走五項大獎。
3. Ethan Hawke was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Training Day.
伊森霍克以在「震撼教育」一片中的表現獲得最佳男配角的提名。
4. The Lord of the Rings led the nominees with 13 nominations.
「魔戒」以十三項提名獨佔鰲頭，領先群雄。
Group project on Oscar (Oct. 20)
Please select one of the above-mentioned clips (3-6), dictate, finalize the script, and act it.
Reading & Writing Practice – On Nobel Prize
http://www.taipeitimes.com.tw/News/front/archives/2010/10/09/2003484913
Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE: Despite Beijing’s anger, the DPP, the KMT and President Ma Ying-jeou all issued statements congratulating the dissident on his award
BY MO YAN-CHIH AND VINCENT Y. CHAO / STAFF REPORTERS, WITH AP, OSLO
Protesters demonstrate outside the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong yesterday demanding the release of jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波), a key participant in the “Charter 08” initiative, was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for using non--violent means to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland, igniting a furious response from China, which accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of violating its own principles by honoring “a criminal.”
Chinese state media immediately blacked out the news and Chinese government censors blocked Nobel Prize reports from Web sites. China declared the decision would harm its relations with Norway, while the Nordic country responded that was a petty thing for a world power to do.
Hours after the announcement, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) congratulated Liu for winning the prize and called on China to address human rights issues with a more liberal attitude.
In a written statement, Ma described Liu’s winning the award as bearing “significant historical meaning” for the development of human rights in China, as well as Chinese communities around the world.
“We expect mainland China to address the issue of human rights with a whole new attitude, solve major human rights incidents with honesty and confidence, and treat dissidents with more tolerance,” Ma said.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) also congratulated Liu.
“Freedom, democracy and human rights are universal values, and Mr Liu’s winning the award at this time bears significant meaning,” KMT spokesman Su Jun-pin (蘇俊賓) said.
Presidential Office spokesman Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) said Ma reiterated comments made previously on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre that, in addition to economic development, China should seek breakthroughs in the development of human rights.
This year’s peace prize followed a long tradition of honoring dissidents around the world and was the first Nobel for China’s dissident community since it resurfaced after the Chinese Communist Party launched economic, but not political, reforms three decades ago.
Liu, 54, was sentenced last year to 11 years in prison for subversion. The Nobel committee said he was the first to be honored while still in prison, although other winners have been under house arrest or imprisoned before getting the prize.
Chinese authorities would not allow access to Liu yesterday.
His wife, however, expressed joy at the news. Surrounded by police at their Beijing apartment, Liu Xia (劉霞) was not allowed out to meet reporters. Instead, she gave brief remarks by phone and text message, saying she was happy and that she planned to go today to deliver the news to Liu Xiaobo at the prison, 500km away.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry lashed out at the Nobel decision, saying the award should have been used instead to promote international friendship and disarmament.
“Liu Xiaobo is a criminal who has been sentenced by Chinese judicial departments for violating Chinese law,” the statement said.
Honoring him “runs completely counter to the principle of the prize and is also a blasphemy to the peace prize,” it said.
The Dalai Lama also issued his public congratulations to Liu Xiaobo.
“I would like to take this opportunity to renew my call to the government of China to release Liu Xiaobo and other prisoners of conscience, who have been imprisoned for exercising their freedom of expression,” the spiritual leader said.
In a statement, released minutes after the announcement of the award, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said it welcomed the decision to award Liu Xiaobo, adding that it was “deeply concerned” about the state of human rights in China
“Democracy, freedom and human rights are universal values,” the DPP said. “Liu [Xiaobo’s movement] was a call on the Chinese government to realize human rights and start democratic reform, leading to a democratic constitution.”
The party also said the government should redouble efforts to try to export democratic and human rights values to China through greater cross-strait exchanges.
Vargas Llosa of Peru wins Nobel Literature Prize
POWER AND STRUGGLE: Writer and journalist Mario Vargas Llosa, who once ran for president, said that the award was a recognition of Latin American literature
AFP
This year’s Nobel Prize winner for literature, Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, stands in front of a portrait of him by Colombian artist Fernando Botero Angulo as he visits an exhibition about his work, Mario Vargas Llosa, La liberte et la vie, at the Maison de l’Amerique Latine in Paris on Sept. 13.
Photo: AFP
Mario Vargas Llosa, a giant of Latin American literature whose political ambitions saw him run for president of his native Peru, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature yesterday at the age of 74.
Vargas Llosa, long tipped to win the award, is best known for works such as Conversation in the Cathedral and The Feast of the Goat, but is also a prolific journalist, still writing for Spain’s El Pais daily.
Vargas Llosa has won a string of major literary awards, including the most prestigious of all for a Spanish-language author, the Cervantes Prize, and had often been tipped to win the Nobel prize but said he had no inkling that he would win this time round.
“I didn’t even think that I was one of the candidates,” he told Colombia’s RCN radio in an interview in New York shortly after learning that he had received the prize.
“I think it is a recognition of Latin American literature and literature in the Spanish language, which is something that all of us can be happy about,” he said.
Announcing the award, the academy hailed “his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt and defeat.”
Born in Arequipa, Peru, Vargas Llosa grew up with his mother and grandfather in the city of Cochabama, Bolivia, before moving back to Peru in 1946.
He then became a journalist, moving to France in 1959 where he worked as a language teacher and as a journalist for Agence France-Presse and for French television.
His first major success came with the novel The Green House, which appeared in English in 1966. He has since continued to produce a string of bestsellers, many of which deal with political themes and the troubled history of Latin America.
He ran for the Peruvian presidency in 1990 on a center-right ticket, but was badly beaten by Alberto Fujimori, who later fled the country after a string of political scandals.
Disappointed by his defeat and upset at the dictatorial turn of Fujimori’s 1990 to 2000 regime, Vargas Llosa took on Spanish nationality in 1993 — a controversial move that angered many Peruvians.
In 1994, he was elected to Spain’s Royal Academy of Language, the final authority in Spanish-language grammar and vocabulary.
Unlike other literary figures who seek to avoid the limelight, Vargas Llosa embraces contemporary affairs with gusto. He writes regularly for newspapers and magazines and travels frequently for research and to deliver lectures.
“A writer must never turn into a statue” he said in an interview last year.
“I have never liked the idea of a writer stuck in his library, cut off from the world, like Proust was. I need to keep a foothold in reality, know what’s going on. That’s why I do journalism,” he said in an interview last year.
Fellow Latin American authors said the award was very deserved.
“This is very good news,” fellow author Carlos Mueller said.
Another author, Leonardo Martinez Ugarte, said: “I have a love-hate relation with Llosa because I do not agree with his politics but as an author, I have to take my hat off to him.”