23/07/2008
18/07/2008
Summary for The Englishtown
By dch1 in Just Notes No Comments Tags: englishtown
I have studied in the Englishtown for more than two weeks. I talked with many teachers in the Online Classroom. I feel less pressure than usual. There are some marks and the comments below:
you are speaking well in class, you have a solid vocabulary and you are developing your sentence building skills. Keep up the good work. (Laura_B)
Excellent! Great lesson here today! I had a fantastic time listening to you speak and thought your pronunciation was excellent! Keep working hard, and STAY SAFE! (Nick R)
You did a great job! Dominic, you are speaking in class with purpose and sound technique. You are making excellent contributions. Keep up the great work and I will see you again soon at Englishtown. (Ruth_B)
You did a great job! Dominic, your vocabulary is impressive and you have a good pronunciation. Just continue practicing your speaking as much as possible and you will continue to improve. (Aaron_B)
You have a good grasp of the topic. you are speaking in class with purpose and sound technique. You are making excellent contributions. Keep up the great work and I will see you again soon at Englishtown. (John_B)
I enjoy having you in class. You really come across positively. You are great fun to have in class and you give me the impression you are enjoying yourself.Keep it up, Dominic! (Daphene)
Excellent! Brilliant work Dominic! Your oral English is impressive, and I admire your enthusiasm in class! Keep up the good work, and hopefully we will meet again in the near future! (Vuyo B_SA)
That was a great class! thank you very much for this class, i really enjoyed your enthusiasm , and please i do urge you to keep up the good work at englishtown , have a great weekend, and i do hope to meet you in lessons to come, cheers (Jo_SA)
You did an excellent job Dominic. You speak clearly and with a good level of accuracy. Thanks for coming to the `phrasal verbs` class. (Judith)
You are making great contributions to the class discussion. Today`s class was a lot of fun and we treated a lot of different areas. See you again soon in class. (William_B)
Yes, I upgraded to the Level 5. But it is not difficult. Maybe I will try the Level 7 next week because I want to get more progress in three months.
I will also summarize some good points from the Englishtown.
On 17th, July: We talked about some different way of the work. The topic is called “Working at Home”.
There are some advantages to work at home:
– to relieve pressure of traffic (The conjection, which is stand for the traffic jam, would be slightly. )
– to save money for company
– We can enjoy our family time
– More secure for people (Accidents)
– Less stressful (Most of the people are afraid of the boss or the manger.)
Everything has two sides :-), Here are some dis-advantages:
– Poor connection problem (Because the ADSL is much slower than the works in Local-Network.)
– The employee may be lazy with their works: waste time, distractions, etc.
– There are less space to work. (There is a statistic. Because there are more bacteria in your Home if you work and sleep in the same living-room. )
– Maybe you cannot meet the deadlines
– Need more money to buy equipments. (In most of the company, you can share the copier, faxer, printer… with your colleagues. But if you work at home, you will need dedicated facilities. )
– It is not good for the appearance for a company. (Everybody has their own cell-phone, telephone number… And it is not convenient for a customer to memorize large number of this. )
OK, that’s all above. And there is another question for this: if you would like to work at home. What are the things would you like to set up?
Maybe the answer is: At least one cell phone or telephone, faxer, copier, PC are needed. Air conditioner and other electronic equipment (Water cooler…) are optional.
New words: Cluttered == Messy
I forgot there is another class. It is on 16th, July. It was called “Stay Safe”. Yeah, it is a important topic that I have learned that the China is much safer than Western Country. Maybe there are many people living on. And the population density of China is extreme high. Maybe that’s one of the solution to answer this question :-).
Let’s move to this topic.
New Words:
Precaution == to prevent.
Bungee, is one of the extreme sports.
Pretty Crime: It is a slightly (not big) criminal issues, pick pokets.
near death experience: it is very easy to understand. NO EXPLAINATION
Question: How to keep yourself SAFE?
– Protect your home from thieves, robbery or possible danger.
– Alarm System maybe work for precautions
Let’s move on our topics. On 18th , July. I had a topic named “My Neighborhood”.
NEW WORDS:
His letter irritated/’iriteit/ me a little. Irritate: means that something makes you angry.
amenity: feel comfortable.
Pawn Shop: It is a place that you can sell your goods for emergency. And you can get it back by buying it soon.
bustling: Adjective. Busy, active.
cosmopolitan: I think it is useful. Let’s see an example: New York is a very cosmopolitan city.
So, cosmopolitan stands for “international”.
The old couple sold that large house and moved into a small bungalow. bungalow: small house without the lifts or more than 2 floors.
OK, the main task of the lesson is to introduce your neighborhood. Here is the Screen-shots for the answer.
We were talking about “My Childhood” on 19th, July. Let’s see some new words as usual:
reminisce == remember
Does your husband do any chores after work? Chore == Housework (NOT Homework :-))
Buliding blocks, is a game that most of us played it in our childhood.
Spoil (a child)
On 20th, July, I participated with a “Phasal Verb” Class.
NEW WORDS:
Call off == cancel
Catch up == Keep time with Someone/ Something.
Strong minded person
Multination company
take after == behave like
OK, that’s it. I have finished it.
13/07/2008
Progress
By dch1 in Just Notes No Comments Tags: englishtown
I was using Englishtown more than 10 times. And I got much progress on that. I was very appreciated that there are many good teachers. Most of them a wonderful. They are kind, smart, easy-going and skilled.
Here are some feedbacks I got from them:
Excellent! thank you so much you are a brilliant student.please do keep up the good work and i hope you will pop up in my class again.this was a great class. (Lee_SA)
That was a great class! You are making great contributions to the class discussion. Today`s class was a lot of fun and we covered a lot of different areas. See you again soon in class. (Ben S_B)
Excellent! This was a fantastic lesson. I hope you enjoyed yourself. I`m particularly glad about your good efforts to practice your spoken English and really admire your confidence. Those were great contributions and can only encourage you to keep up the good work. Keep working on your pronunciation to perfect your diction. Best of luck in your studies. (Juliet_S)
Excellent! WELL THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT CLASS I REALLY ENJOYED TEACHING YOU TODAY. YOU REALLY PARTICIPATED WELL AND YOU SHOWED THAT YOU GRASPED THE TOPIC VERY WELL. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND I HOPE TO HAVE YOU IN MY CLASS SOON!! (Sue M_SA)
Keep up the good work! Dominic, well done and thank you for participating. Hope you had fun in class today. Remember practice makes perfect. Hope to see you soon. Regards, Haylee, RSA (Haylee M_SA)
I hope you enjoyed today`s class. Dominic, you worked well in class tonight discussing Comparatives and Superlatives. You are reading well in class but please remember that it is just as important to keep reading at home to improve your pronunciations and extend your vocabulary. Keep reading at home it is important. (Steve_B)
Well done and thank you for participating in my class! You read and speak very clearly and have great pronunciation. You have a great grasp of comparisons and so could express yourself rather well. You are a strong student and so should advance with ease. Thanks for your effort – hope to see you again in class soon! (Janet A_SA)
Excellent! A student that is not shy at all. He took an active part in the class. His pronunciation and sentence structure needs a bit of work. (Jacqui)
Some teachers said that pronunciation and sentence structure need to be progressed. But some of the teachers didn’t say that. I don’t know why, but I will practice more in the future.
OK! Let me summary the good expression and new words offered these days:
synonyms & antonyms: These has opposite meaning. A synonyms is a meaning of a word as same as another word’s meaning.
take credit: Mean that Sb. get reward or pay back from the work.
Co-worker: It is different from the word “co-operate”. But it has the same meaning as “work together” and “colleague”.
wander: It is a expression that means nothing to do(+about/off/over/through). It got similar to the word “laze about”.
chill out: It is equal to calm down.
tramp:The dictionary said: someone who has no home, job, or money and who lives outside
And there is a special expression in the sentence: B is the most interesting pictures amongst the there pictures.
I don’t know what is the difference between among and amongst. But I searched on the Internet. Some of the user said that the “amongst” is more stronger than “among”. In most of the cases, the word “amongst” can be replaced by “among”. This solution did not be verified. But this sentence was edited by a native speaker (Thanks for Janet). It is a superlative. And the sentence need to be supported by a strongest expression.
I catched a name of a grammar: adjective-comparative-superlative. Do you know what’s the Chniese meaning about these three words?
We talked about the travel today. And I also catched come argues from the packaged travel: 1. It can take you somewhere by bus 2. You cannot stop when you go some places of interest.
But all the Back-Packing are DIY.
natural surrounding: It is a good phase in the classroom. That means
And there is also a example about how to introduce yourself when you first meet someone or a group of people:
I come from xxx.
I am xx years old. I am able to xxx, and I was also responsible for …… I had greatly improved my xx skill at xxx.My skills are mainly relevant to xxx. Now ,I’m doing something in xxx.
As a xxx, I am responsible for xxx and xxx where or what can be ……
OK,as you know,
be experience in xxx.
be good at xxx.
be familiar with xxx.About my personal characters, I think I’m
active, self-motivated, warm-hearted, be confident, detail-oriented, be patient……I enjoy xxx. I don’t like xxx
I also see that the registation of Verycd forum has been opened up. I haven’t logon that forum for over one and half years.
12/07/2008
[原创]拆解超声波驱蚊器 & DVD-ROM外置USB光驱
By dch1 in Just Notes No Comments
先上图:
拆解淘宝上比较流行的超声波驱蚊器,黑胶封装,结构很简单。
运作起来,就是,两秒一个频率提升,不过用了两天下来,貌似蚊子还没有咬我
接下来就是DVD光驱,这个易碎贴是2006年的产品,但拆开后发现,完全的翻新货。大家买外置光驱要小心啊!仔细看光驱上的生产日期:October 2001
那芯片也很差劲,GL811芯片,还不是后来的GL811E,这样看来,兼容性很差了。
11/07/2008
Passed the Australian Visa
By dch1 in Just Notes No Comments Tags: englishtown, visa
I was told that I passed the Australian Visa. I wasn’t shocked cause most of the classmates can easily get the student visa. But it is really a good news, isn’t it?
I haven’t write the blog for almost two weeks. I was lazy these days. And I was trying to catch up with the trends—I installed a Vista Ultimate Version on my new laptop. And I maked the dual channel for the New device, I install 4GB ( 2GB * 2 ) in the computer.
Because of the Vmware Workstation, I need more RAM on my computer. I would to take experiments on Linux. I am sure it is full of fun.
Okay, I grabbed some good vocabulary and expressions from Englishtown.
Help sb. escape; forget about; Socialize ( Such as making friends, communicate with Sb, etc.)
And the Brainstorm of benefits for the Sports:
1.give you confidence
2.keep your body healthy
3.help to maintain your shape and keep fit
4.stimulates our thinking
5.make friends
6.train us to be articulate and pay attention
7.help us to relax, and it is fun
8.advance & go places
Can you translate the meaning of the sentence: “Can you spot the odd one out?”
Yes, that means you may be given more than three words, and choose the only one word which is different from other words. Let’s look a example: Chicken Duck Tiger
And one of the sentence to answer the question: “Tiger is the odd one out.”
In the chat room, I heard one of the student said: “I played football in my university years“
25/06/2008
New Battery and Modem
By dch1 in Just Notes No Comments
The new Li-ion battery has been delivered. I charged it at once. The brand name of the battery is Yoobao, one of the famous battery manufacture in Smart Devices.
And I also got a new Modem from the leaving of BJUT. The chip is much better than ZXDSL831, it is said that the new modem supports ADSL2+. But I didn’t feel any of the changes on it.
25/06/2008
[原创]Acer Aspire 4920G-811G25Mi新机初探+蓝牙实战
By dch1 in Just Notes, Life No Comments Tags: Acer
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已经是第三次拆开升级挡板了。的确,实践出真知,我的“拆功”越来越熟练啦。
简要回顾下这三次拆机经历:我的机器是6月22日到手的,当晚就将随机订购的2G金士顿内存插到了DIMM2上,欣喜地合上盖子,进系统后发现内存仍然是1G(应该是1G+2G=3G才对)。
第一次的失败直接导致了第二次的拆机。没错,就是为了内存。这次把内存都拔了下来(包括那条原厂1G的三星),重新用力重复一遍,这次成功认出3G内存!
问题到这一步本应该告一段落,但是这机器没有蓝牙但是有蓝牙按键让我觉得很不够意思,上淘宝,花了115(包快递)大洋买了个Boardcom 92045 2.0+EDR蓝牙模块,本来想去中关村花点钱让作坊装上,但是心里的DIY情绪顿时高涨,在充分了解了现有资料和确定战略战术后,第三次拆机由此开始。
按照已有资料表明,安装蓝牙模块不需要完全拆开所有面板,只需要卸掉一些螺丝,撬开卡扣,用牙签固定即可。工具主要有改锥,双面胶(用于固定),镊子(用于狭小空间内定位)【在这里,先赞一下ACER的塑料材质,那超强ABS工程塑料的形变能力真的很强,要是日用产品形变量能像这样,国产货就要大名远扬了。】,当然了,如果有长长的指甲,更好不过了。
后面的相册中有相关的图片,请查看。值得一提的是,蓝牙模块真的很小,和U盘比起来实在是微不足道了,所以,DIYer们要做到胆大、心细,用镊子和指甲时要考虑排线的脆弱性,当一个部位无法撬开时,应注意附近的螺丝,其他,总体还是非常简单的。
具体,请看图片,另外,百度上也有,我保存成了网页版本,欢迎大家直接下载! guide
目前,我从淘宝淘得的装备有:
笔记本EXPRESS USB2.0卡 T型EXPRESS USB卡 4口 NEC卡
(冲砖)特价卖 USB HUB 2.0NEC芯片 USB扩展口 可直接带移动硬盘
惠普HP 最新款12-15寸笔记本内包
酷奇硅胶键盘保护膜 宏碁ACER Aspire 4920G 专用 键盘膜
31/07/2008
[原创]拆解淘宝购买的1.8寸移动硬盘
By dch1 in Just Notes No Comments
该移动硬盘芯片是Initio(INIC-1511I),硬盘应该是CF接口的。