#10 Edx

Course: JPC111x Japanese Pronunciation for Communication
School: 日本早稻田大學
Instructor: 戶田貴子

#8 TED Talk

The art of misdirection


5 words I learn

1. unorthodox(adj.)非正統的
   unorthodox opinions or methods are different from what is usual or accepted by most people
   
   example:Her unorthodox views tend to attract controversy.
2. misdirection(n.)誤導
   The action or process of directing someone to the wrong place or in the wrong direction.
   
   example:The wrong or inappropriate use or application of something.
   
3. perceptive(adj.)感性的
   someone who is perceptive notices things quickly and understands situations, people’s feelings etc well – used to show approval
   
   example:a perceptive young man
4. surveillance(n.)監視
   when the police, army etc watch a person or place carefully because they may be connected with criminal activities
   
   example:They were under constant close surveillance day and night.
5. steer(v.)引導、轉向
   to guide someone’s behavior or the way a situation develops
   
   example:Teachers try to steer pupils away from drugs.

#7 Steve Jobs’ Talk

Link: Steve Jobs’ talk

Good words/sentences

1. stumble(v.)絆倒
   to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall
   
   example:In her hurry, she stumbled and spilled the milk all over the floor.
   
2. renaissance(n.)再生、復興
   a new interest in something, especially a particular form of art, music etc, that has not been popular for a long period
   
   example:a renaissance in wood carving over the last few years
   
3. naked(adj.)赤裸裸
   not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes
   
   example:The children ran naked through the yard.
   
4. poetic(adj.)詩意的
   relating to poetry, or typical of poetry
   
   example:poetic expression
   
5. idealistic(adj.)理想主義
   believing that you should live according to high standards and principles, even if they cannot really be achieved, or showing this belief 
   example:idealistic young doctors

Inspire me

Steve Jobs talk about his three stories in his life, and it does inspire me. I always know what I loved to do.I love painting, but I don't know what I want to do. All right, I really love painting, but I not sure if can help me find my job that I love to do.

Then Jobs say "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.". My job really will fill a large part of my life, so I'm not going to do the job I hate. And I won't lose my faith.

#6 English song ?

#Video

GReeeeN / 愛唄 (English cover)

#Original  

GReeeeN - 愛唄

#Lyrics

Hey, darling, so dear to me

Now, can you try to take me seriously?

Though I know it’s kinda tacky and

You’ll probably laugh at me

But I just don’t know what to say to you

Other than to tell you I love you

There you go, laughing at me again

Making me feel like a fool

Tell me, are you happy?

Is this the road you choose?

Tell me, am I good enough for you?

‘Cause darling, all I know is

*Whether laughing or crying as long as you’re with me

Just being beside you is all I ever need

You give me a reason to keep on looking up

So I’ll give you my heart, as I sing this song of love

Hey, remember that day we met?

What was it that we were talking about?

When I first saw you so long ago

Too shy to ask you out

Well, ever since then look at what we’ve been through

And though we’ve even had a fight or two

Every day we spend together

Brings us closer, me and you

Under this big sky

We found each other here and we

Fell in love, oh, tell me that we’ll be

This way forever

*repeat

I hope you can forgive the constant worry I bring you

The days we’ve spent together are full up to the brim

And every day that I have got you by my side

The feeling’s growing stronger every minute that goes by

I’ll raise my voice high and offer you this silly song

And swear to God above I love you more than anyone

‘Cause I just want to let you know

I’ll hold your hand and won’t let go

As long as my voice lasts, until the day it dies

I’ll keep singing love songs right here by your side, my dear

And when I am old and my voice starts to fray

With my hand in your hand, right next to you I’ll stay

Darling, just saying thank you will never be enough

I wanna spend our lives together, sharing everything

The tears and laughs and joy and sorrow every single day

Forever after, it’ll be the two of us

Darling, so hand-in-hand, let’s sing a song of love

#Briefly introduce the song

Actually the song is Japanese song it named 愛唄. It's song by GReeeeN the group of pop music in Japan. The song is covered by 渡辺レベッカ ☆ Rebecca Butler Watanabe.

She is bilingual singer-songwriter(Japanese and English)and song translate covers.

#Three words or I learned

1. tacky(adj)俗氣的 of cheap quality or in bad style
   
   example:The shop sold tacky souvenirs and ornaments.
   
2. brim(n)邊沿 the top edge of a container
   
   example:She filled each glass to the brim.
   
3. silly(adj)愚蠢的 stupid in a childish or embarrassing way
   
   example:I feel so silly in this outfit.

#Why I likes the song?

In fact, I like the Japanese song but the assignment is English song, so I choose Rebecca translate cover and her translate is most closely the original meaning. 

Her singing is also beautiful so I choose her cover version. The song meaning is beautiful and touch me. Everybody can listen the original version, it really touch you.

GReeeeN is famous in Japan. Theirs song is almost inspire and touch me, so they are also my favorite JPOP group.

#5 All Ears English

AEE 710: Yeah Right! Absolutely! Totally! How to Use These Words to Support the Speaker in English:https://www.allearsenglish.com/aee-710-yeah-right-absolutely-totally-use-words-support-speaker-english/?doing_wp_cron=1492069260.2933089733123779296875

#The words and sentence structures I learned：

1. enthusiastic(adj)：熱情的
   
   definite：feeling or showing a lot of interest and excitement about something
   
   example：All the staff are enthusiastic about the project.
2. overwhelming(adj)：壓倒性
   
   definite：having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react
   example：She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him.
3. versus(prep)：對抗
   
   definite：used to show that two people or teams are competing against each other in a game or court case
   
   example：The New York Knicks versus the LA Lakers.

#My comments：

This episode is talk about how to use these words to support the speaker. Almost people can use these words like as totally, exactly, definitely, absolutely, right, etc. But these words can be used in different situation and stand for different mean. 

Actually I know these words meaning. But I don't know how to use these words on different situation.This episode help me how to use these words.

Lindsay and Michelle speak too fast to hear completely, but I often hear Lindsay to speak "exactly" in conversation. That's interesting.    

#3 Six Minute English

I choose the episode which talk about tea's story. The title is "How do you like your tea ?". This title attract me because I like to drink tea anytime.

Tea is grow in mountainous areas of China and several thousand years ago. There are stories when you ate the younger leaves and it had an interesting effect on you. It make you just kind of sanative.

When tea first arrived in Britain in the 17th century it was expensive and only elite afford to drink it.

Alice asked a question that it is "Where was the teabag invented? Was it in...".
Then the answer is in the 20th century US by the Thomas Sullivan. 

Although I don't understand tea's history and type, I still love drink tea. In fact, I love drink Assam black tea and Darjeeling black, that they flavor is so pretty. 

#2 Vocabulary Exercise

1.dispute (noun)a serious argument or disagreement

   example:The firm is involved in a legal dispute with a rival company.

2.fade (verb)to gradually disappear

   example:Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade.

3.amid (preposition)while noisy, busy, or confused events are happening - used in writing or news reports

   example:The dollar has fallen in value amid rumors of weakness in the US economy.

4.leverage (noun)influence that you can use to make people do what you want

   example:Diplomatic leverage by US.

5.agenda (noun)a list of problems or subjects that a government, organization etc planning to deal with

   example:Measures to combat terrorism will be high on the agenda.