enhance my english

Dear Teacher,

I really want to say sorry that I didn’t perform good enough to share with your thought clearly or express my mind smoothly. My English ability maybe is so poor that beyond your imagination before.But what I really want to be is “Be a well communicative guy like you.” I should be condemned about my fault about ignoring my demanding endeavor. Especially, when you ask me about “Do you keep studying in Vocabulary and grammar”? I will try to progress in my oral ability and all others which I believe it is what I dream to do! I do hope to make the small talk better! Looking for your suggestions all the time~ Hope everything is fine! Thank you so much for your consideration.

Your best regard, Prometheus 2005/10/30

Happy Halloween!

Today’s new oral vacabulary
You cost how much XXX
It will only cost you…
regardless what they focus is…
dried plum 酸梅蜜餞
gourmet 美食家
prescription 近視度數
fluency 流暢(英文基本程度好的人不一定說畫會流暢 但一定進度會很快)
inform s.o. of s.t. 告知
develop photo 洗相片
customize 良身訂做
Teacher’s birthday: Dec. 13
thoughtful

Today, I rush to ask her for a recommandation letter.　Of course, I could practice my English ability as usual. At first
Note:
1. I need to print out the letters she wrote and email me at night, and date her at ten to eleven tomorrow.
2. She really good at memory ability! ex: The past episode of me…high school, religion, friends…
Do people who are good at English have to good at memory ability first? haha! I got to try hard to enhance mine!
3. I found my expression ability didn’t improve to much if I didn’t keep
a) write down the correct usage she just taught me at that moment.
b) learn some most frequently used grammar or sentense well.
c) read articles and absorb
4. Buy one book for record our speech
5. I need to buy one book to practice my grammar and organization ability!
ex: One book that I had ever used in High school.

Record:
1. take it for granted 理所當然
2. psychosis 精神病/ the X-ray department 放射科/
3. I won’t do s.t. UNTIL…
4. pimples 青春痘…有些單字久不用真的會連怎麼說都忘記了

Improved:
1. I start to express my idea well, but it is still far away from a good one.
2.

Drawback:

We keep chat at 4:00 pm in the afternoon! Mainly, we talked about the meaning of “Peroid of element,” “the begining of life on the earth,” “hyperthyroidism” and “organic molecular.” I think this conversation is probabily the only subject I could smooth express and teach in English for her as best as I could.
B.T.W. she says she found a good places for her to stay alone in NCKU, beacuse of my introduction for the restarunt there! That is real great situation for chating and practicing my oral ability. I never believe that I could got such kind of great chances! haha

We talk about a new schedule of our talking. And she also effort to correct my expression without reseverance. I found a little improvement of my oral ability already! hee hee However, there is a long distance to communicate without hesitatation. Cheer up for myself! Of course, I had asked her about the way to get rid of this drawback! She hope I can read more articles, like Time magazine, and keep perseverance to understand the usage of every word! Like Chinese motto say, 學以致用~ I will do my best to develop my ability!!!

This is our second talk in this semester, but it’s the first time we talk in Starbucks~~ I hope I can keep this time wasting record, although it is the best way to memorize the experience in this small talks^^ Besides, I do happy to have this chance in my life, really thanks for Teacher’s generousness.

The way we talk…
1. We talk freely. There is no topic, assumption, hostility, but full of “well suggestions, 2. correcting tips, sharing, friendship, honor, thankfulness.”
3. She is really generous and patient to bear my fault and correct my words.

Teacher’s habit…
1. She is a busy Teacher. I think it is better for me to email my questions for her.
2. She is an outstanding English Teacher I had ever seen. Also she is a great fault finder!!!
3. She own excellent memory ability and always remember what I tell her before.
4. I still don’t know what she will mind or feel embarrassing about.

The point we had talked about…
1. living in Boston in Summer vacation.
2. my episodes in love experience.
3. her favorite coffee is Latte, and I choose little hot Caramel Macchiatto.
4. where to go for this talk next time.

The sentence or words I learn…
1. I like to meet people, not know people. Also I can get familiar with them.
2.Some meaning is already included in the specific words.
Ex: The professor reply -and say…that
3. liberal
4. pronunciation
5. too many………

Questions I want to ask next time…
1. Green Card…? How to get that?
2. How to correct my burbling habit? I will hesitate about what I want to express, and this questions is also the same while speaking in Chinese.
3. I have too many ideas want to discuss with Teacher. But in this period of 40 minutes, I can’t just discuss the important points.
4. It is difficult for me to organize the complete sentence and clearly speak out each words clearly.
5. my goal to take GRE and TOEFL!
6. I forgot to give DVD disk for Teacher today. Although I am not sure if she will like this “soap.” We both hate Korea very much!

My gain during talks this time…
1. This is the first time we chat here face to face, so there are quite many gains!!!
1. My knowledge is too slim.
2. Need to improve the usage, grammar, pronunciation in the sentence. How?
3. I often speak the wrong words between ”she and he.” Haha…
4. I do need to organize what I wan to say before I start a conversation!
5. too many……..

My tremendous ambitions…
1. Try my best to overcome the new TOEFL and be a communicative guy.
2. Meet people who are also friendly as me easily!

p.s. Wow… It spends so much time to record this conversation. Hope I can do this much more efficiently.