2003-Nancy-Listening&Speaking by Nancy (Chunxi Dong) https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv en-us 2021-09-22 05:21:46 UTC 2025-02-05 14:52:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Independent study dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1784325374 This week I watched a movie called Billy Elliot, which took me 1 hour and 51 minutes. The film tells the story of a boy who was born in a poor family, overcame the difficulties of discriminatory and misunderstanding from both the his family and the society, finally became a ballet dancer. This movie is like the story of ugly duckling. The boy practiced day and night, falling and getting up again and again. It is his persistence that lead him to achieve his dream. His qualities are worth learning from. As President Xi said, when we are doing things,“Don’t forget why we started and move forward bravely.”

New words:
disgrace耻辱
barre扶手杆
whip抽打
bar栏杆
miner矿工
spin转圈
come to one’s senses恢复理智
punch用拳击
raffle废物
dip into浸入 稍加研究
stiff呆板的 僵硬的]]> 2021-10-01 14:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1784325374 Independent study dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1784338564 In week 2 I read an article and its topic is "Social Media Noise Over 'Mute Car'". After finishing the reading, I had some thoughts. I think setting mute car should be welcomed. Except for little children, there are always some adults who have really bad manners. They talk to their phones loudly for a long time, which can be really bothering. In fact, children’s behavior is a reflection of their parents. Therefore, mute car has become a necessary. However, the rules of it are still having some disputes and in progress.

New words:
year-end年底的
opt选择
mute无声的
declare公开宣布
antidote解决方法
ponder琢磨
plug in接通电源
authority当权者 权威
mode方式 风格
umpteen大量的
decibel分贝
doze off打盹儿
snore鼾声]]> 2021-10-01 14:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1784338564 The most sustainable city in China- Krista and Nancy dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1864432102 2021-11-03 12:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1864432102 Find 3 terms or concepts within my subject area and give them formal definitions and explanations. dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1864508298 2021-11-03 12:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1864508298 labor force issues-Nancy and Krista dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1881271612 2021-11-10 13:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1881271612 dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1883516506 2021-11-11 07:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1883516506 Discussions about advertising on children-Nancy and Krista dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902354890 2021-11-19 15:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902354890 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902417728 This week I learnt how to tell the word's characteristic by its form. For example, nouns usually end with '-tion', '-sion', '-ness'. Verbs end with '-en', '-ize', '-ise', '-ify'. Adverbs end with '-ly', '-wards'. Adjectives end with '-able', '-ful', '-al'.

I also learnt some idioms using the word money in English.

]]> 2021-11-19 16:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902417728 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902449860 1. Looking at some interesting ads and guessing their meaning.
2. Identifying different positions in a lecture. In a lecture, different subjects can have different positions. We need to stand on different positions even when analyzing the same problem.
3. Identifying supporting arguments
4. Learning to use different tenses to report findings. If the tense is past, maybe the report cannot be the support of the argument.

]]> 2021-11-19 16:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902449860 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902477621 1. Context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood. 
When we listen to a lecture or presentation, we can divide it into six parts, which are 'what, where, when, why, how and evaluation'.
2. Noun phrases: (article)+adjective+noun/ (article)+adjective +adjective+noun/ (article)+adjective+adverb+noun
3. Eco-city
Vocabulary: Environmentally friendly | Air and water pollution | Increasing demand for energy
Sustainable development | Effective solution | Waste land
Greenhouse gasses | Insulation and double glazing | Zero emissions
Solar power | Political support | Cleantech companies
Carbon neutral | Renewable energy sources | Urban development
High population density | Green coverage | Hydro power
Geothermal power | Fissile fuels | Energy consumption
Preservation of green spaces | Public transportation system | Waste management system]]> 2021-11-19 16:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902477621 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902517531 Emma Watson's Feminist speech at the United Nations
Nowadays, there is no country can yet say that it has achieved gender equality. However,both men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. Emma stood for this by launching a campaign called HeForShe as a feminist.She thought that it not only need women to be strong but also need to break the situation that men are being imprisoned by gender stereotypes.Only if everybody gets involved can the world become better and better.]]> 2021-11-19 16:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902517531 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902520127 We Are All Fighters
In the beginning of 2020, COULD-19 broke out all of a sudden. Millions of people passed away everyday. The whole world was in a panic. However, just as the lecture said, we are all fighters, Nothing can beat us down as long as we are united as one. Therefore, we shouldn't be afraid anymore, Instead, we should fight with the virus, doubts, fears, rumors and discriminations, and the world will become better soon.]]> 2021-11-19 16:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902520127 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902523111 The Greatest Showman
Born into poverty, Barnum married the daughter of a wealthy family, and started his own business after the company he worked for collapsed. Gathering the world's weird-looking people to form a circuswas became a success, and Barnum was rewarded with wealth and fame. During the process, he was confused by so many factors. However, in the end, Barnum got back on his feet and realized his dream. Although he seemed to lose everything, he didn’t give up and bounced back, proving that he was a success man by his actions.]]> 2021-11-19 16:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1902523111 Reflection of discussion dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935162856 This week we had a group discussion on the topic of industrial revolution. Our group talked about this from three parts, which are background information, the process and its effects on environment, economy and technology. I showed my opinion on part 1 and 3, including finding some information online, and adding some other points on other's opinions. In the future seminars,  instead of waiting for others to ask for my opinions, I should be more active and talk more. In addition, our seminar should begin with an outline, in case that different parts will be confused.]]> 2021-12-08 05:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935162856 Unit 6A, Task 5, p.79 Write a short paragraph summarizing your own stance on the Industrial Revolution. Choose from one or more of the following perspectives. (social political financial technical environmental) dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935166313 2. The industrial revolution mainly have positive influence from social perspective. First, it accelerated the process of urbanisation. Factories were gradually concentrated so that many industrial cities were formed. More and more rural populations moved into the cities, and the cities became increasingly important. Secondly, It caused two major changes in the structure of society, with the industrial bourgeoisie and the industrial proletariat becoming the two main classes in society. As the industrial bourgeoisie grew in economic power, they demanded more political rights.

But in terms of environment, the disadvantages overweigh the  advantages. The lands for production are largely needed, leaving a large number of animals endangered or already extinct. The biological chain was destroyed, which formed a vicious circle. In addition, industrial development has led to a dramatic increase in carbon dioxide, freon and carbon monoxide emissions, which seriously affected the air and water quality.]]> 2021-12-08 05:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935166313 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935594466 This week I learnt how to tell whether the opinion is the lecturer's stance or the authors' that are cited while listening to a lecture. Generally, if the stance is from the authors, the lecturer will add some words before showing these words. Here are some examples below.
  1. In the book I referred to earlier, somebody stresses...
  2. The authors see...
  3. Their argument is...
  4. They offer some statistics to support this.
  5. They're saying that...
  6. The authors are...
  7. They call this...

When I am doing the lecture, I should use different phrases when referring and responding to points of view.
]]> 2021-12-08 11:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935594466 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935594683 This week we had some seminars about junk food and the topic of "Should companies selling unhealthy products be
allowed to sponsor sporting events?". I learnt what should I do when given a topic. I also reviewed some transitional words and phrases which I should use in my seminars.
]]> 2021-12-08 11:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935594683 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935595912 This week I watched a film called "Wonder". The film tells about a boy who is called Auggie and has a facial deformity going to the primary school. Differing from other movies, Wonder showed the story from the perspective of different characters.And it really restored the school life we have experienced. There will be friends, bullies, and so on. But no matter how hard it is, we should always be brave and confident to our life and future.

New words:
hilarious 搞笑的
massive 大量的.
come up 发生
pursue 继买
bonus 奖金额外津贴
braid 辫子
ouch 响动
precept 认知
shut 取笑
tuna金枪鱼
gross 恶心的
slink 溜走
nauseous 令人作呕的
throw up 呕吐
plague 瘟疫
scholarship 奖学金
phony 假的
understudy 候补演员
swear 发誓
deformity 畸形
audition 面试 听觉]]> 2021-12-08 11:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935595912 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935596004 Film: Gifted
Mary is a girl who is very gifted in mathematics, and her uncle tries to let her live a normal life. But their peaceful life was broken by the arrival of her grandmother, who wants to give her the best education and make her one of the brightest people in the world. The film focuses on the child's education, and it calls for deep thought. In my opinion, I agree with the uncle, because it is important to give children a happy and normal childhood, or their character may be bad and even have psychological illness. The movie is moving and healing, and should be watched by all the adults that are raising children.

New words:
smother 使窒息，抑制
principal 校长
calculator 计算器
fruitful 多产的、富有成效的
cockroach 蟑螂
mosquito 蛟子
ranch 大农场、大牧场
load with 装载
authority 权力
pull rank 滥用职权
negligence 疏忽
potential 具有潜力的潜在的
tutor 导师
laundry 洗衣店
vindictive 怀恨的
emerge 浮现暴露
aumey 律师
screw up 拧紧，鼓舞
proceed 开始，继续进行
custody 保管，监护，拘留，抚养权
petition 请愿
entitle 给某人权利资格
infant 婴儿，幼儿，未成年人
client 客户
aversion 厌恶，讨厌的人
guardian 监护人
ma thematic 数学
characterize 具有…特性
coerce 强制，迫使
lawsuit 诉讼
episode 一段经历
singular 单数的，单一的，非凡的
radium 镭元素]]> 2021-12-08 11:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935596004 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935596083 Inside Out
The film is a cartoon. It talks about every person has five emotions in their brain controlling their minds. The movie is about one of the emotions “Joy” with the help of other emotions, finally finds back Riley’s happyness. The film shows our real life in a lovely way. And from it, I know that we should control our emotions properly, or we will hurt the people who really love us.

New words:
spit 吐痰 吐口水
bravo 喝彩 好极了
railing 栏杆扶手
core 核心 要点
organic 有机的 组织的 器官的
curse 诅咒 咒骂
roll 滚动 翻身
sass 顶嘴 说无理的话
defcon 戒备状态
exec 执行
dump 倾倒
stuff 东西 材料 填充物]]> 2021-12-08 11:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935596083 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935596150 This week I listened to a lecture called "Why Schools Should Start Later For Teens". The speaker is a sleeping researcher. However, just like the other mothers, she has to wake her son up early in the morning even though she knows that not enough sleep is bad to teenagers’ health. Therefore, she made a speech on the topic of this. She thinks that the time that the schools make is the main problem. So she thinks it is necessary for schools to start later for teenagers’ health.

New words:
pitch 运动场地 程度
reckless 鲁莽的 粗心大意的
rip 撕 锯
dump 倾倒 丢下
brutal 残忍的 野蛮的 不讲理的
genre 类型 体裁 样式
deprive 使丧失 剥夺
literally 按字面上来说
consolidation 巩固 团结
epidemic 流行病
pediatrician 儿科医生
minimum 最小 至少
hormone 荷尔蒙
puberty 青春期
melatonin 褪黑激素
equivalent 相等时 等价的
zombie 僵尸
irritable 过敏的 急躁的 易怒的
moodiness 喜怒无常的
chronic 慢性的 长期的 习惯性的
essentially 从本质上来说]]> 2021-12-08 11:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1935596150 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1939824003 This week I listened to a lecture called "We Are The World, We Are The Future". There is one sentence I would like to share,“ We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book, whose pages are infinite.” I like these words because they remind me that the future can be anything that I want it to be. We are like farmers, if we plant a good seed, we would reap a good harvest. But if we plant nothing, we will get nothing at all. Therefore, when facing the difficulties in life, do not doubt yourself. Just to be brave, and you can finally be the one that you want to be.

New words:
verse 诗 诗篇
infinite 无穷的 无尽的
reap 收获 收割
harvest 丰收
rosy 美好的 乐观的
cheek 脸颊
supple 柔软的 灵活的
grain 粮食
palm 手掌 棕榈树
eternity 来世 不朽]]> 2021-12-10 07:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1939824003 Independent listening dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1939826960 The Pursuit of Happiness
The movie is about a man who was on the on the verge of bankruptcy finally became a stock market trader through his efforts. I think it is inspirational. There are many difficulties on the road to success, and if we give up, we will lose everything. So we must put all the efforts into the thing we want to do. The happiness and success does not come to you, and it is the process that matters.

New words:
navy 海军历史片
daycare 日托
revolutionary 革命性的
luxury 奢侈 奢侈品
landlord grocery 伙食
micro 极小的 微观的
scanner 扫描仪
pregnant 怀孕
submit 使服从 主张
share a ride 搭车
procedure 程序 步骤
swim 使旋转
holy cow 我的天啊
flip around 掉头
shift 轮班
declaration 申报公告，申诉书
pursuit 追求]]> 2021-12-10 07:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1939826960 Describe a Chinese company that failed and give reasons zhaoy17 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1940573781 2021-12-10 15:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1940573781 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1941634041 This week I knew the importance of reflecting and how to do a reflection.I also listened to a lecture about motivation at work and learnt some signposting language from it. For example, when we are giving an overview, we can say "as we'll see from today's lecture...", "in today's lecture I would like to look at...", "in this lecture, I'll be focusing on...". If we want to sequence points, we can use the phrases like "First, we 'll look in more detail at...", "Then, we'll move on to look at...", "After that, we're going to see...", "And finally, I want to take...".]]> 2021-12-11 11:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1941634041 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1941648619 This week I learnt two types of listening, which are bottom-up listening and top-down listening. Bottom-up listening is to focus on the individual sounds and put them together to make words, and then phrases, clauses ,sentences and finally texts or conversations. Top-down listening is to use my own knowledge and background information to predict what might the lecture talk about before the lecture actually begins. These two kinds of listening are used for different aims. When we are listening for main ideas, summarizing or taking notes, we should use top-down listening. But if we want to listen for specific details, read list titles and authors, or do homework deadlines, we should use bottom-up listening.]]> 2021-12-11 11:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1941648619 Reflection dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1941661784 This week I learnt about perspectives. In a lecture, there will be different perspectives, so we need to distinguish them. In addition, when listening to a lecture, we should focus on some important words that show the speakers' stance, for example, "unlikely", "might", "could". If there are several different perspectives in one lecture, we should take notes of each of their stance and opinions.]]> 2021-12-11 11:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1941661784 Task 7, p.23 answer the questions about the UN zhaoy17 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1942725720 2021-12-12 14:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1942725720 Fast fashion dongc2 https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1969043665 2021-12-30 17:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dongc2/y76vhpq26bdhhhmv/wish/1969043665