Archive for the ‘How2say It in English’ Category
Some bad guys cook dogs.
February 24th, 2006
Dogs are our friends so I do not eat dogs any more. ( I used to live in a place where people raised dogs as food just like cows or pigs).
There is a Chinese saying to describe those ungrateful guys as “Trusted aides are eliminated when they have outlived their usefulness.”
兔死狗烹 tu4 si2 gou3 peng1 (Click the Chinese to go to the Yahoo dictionary for the sound of this Chinese idiom.
When I was a little boy, I was deeply touched by a story about a loyal hound who died of exhaustion after saving its master from drowning in the river. Some day, I really want to keep a dog for myself, because I believe it will be my best friend. No, I’ll never cook it. I’m a civilized person now 
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Learn English from great speeches
January 16th, 2006
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” —- Martin Luther King, Jr
I really love the great speeches like this above. You can find the full text of it here or listen to the mp3 of his address here: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm
His speeches are so dynamic that you should listen to them from time to time to learn how to speak. Go to his official site for more. (Listen to the speech in its Flash introduction and enjoy.)
At whitehouse.gov, you can find lots of President’s Radio Addresses with audio and scripts which are really good materials to learn good English: Bush’s radio address on Jan 7th, 2006 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060107.html
His address on Christmas Eve. And other addresses in archives.
Tools to Learn English
January 16th, 2006
Dictionary and Reference books:
(type in a strange word, and you may get the pronunciation and definitions in many languages, including English, Japanese, Chinese, etc. and much more..)
Free Desktop Tools:
( great dictioanary for your desktop. Remember to set a good hotkey and then after you run it, highlight the word you need to lookup and press the hot key. I set Ctrl+Q as my hot key and it works well)
Sites to Learn English for Free
January 16th, 2006
Free Resources To Learn English:
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