2014年1月5日 星期日
Practicing My Poor English (13)
Dear teachers and students,
I've come here and I'm talking.
I'm looking at you and you're looking at me.
In this way every word of me going into your heart.
Some look at the floor while they're giving a speech.
Maybe they're shy.
It looks like that they're talking with the floor.
It makes the audience yawn.
While giving a speech, you should stand steady.
Don't swing or move around.
Your swinging will disturb the audience so they can't concentrate on your speech.
That's why you should stand steady.
Stand steady but not stiff.
You should be expressive.
If you're talking about mountain-climbing, it will be better to be being lively.
If you're talking about a great man, showing respect on your face will make the speech better.
You should make good use of your hands.
Your hands are good helpers.
You may raise you hands in a gesture of high when you refer to a high mountain.
You may stretch out your arms when you refer to the thick trunk of a tree.
You may shake your fist and say: 'Don't let them bully us. Fight back!'
It seems that some people don't know where to place their hands when they're talking.
Sometimes they place their hands in the trouser-pockets.
Sometimes they place their hands behind their backs.
Some may even forget their hands.
They place their hands on the table throughout the speech.
They don't know how to make good use of their hands for the speech.
It puts them at a disadvantage.
If your expressions of eyes, hands and body are good, your speech will be better.
That's all I have to say.
What are the red colour pieces?
Are they bits of beautiful sunset glow from the west?
Are they blushes on little girls' cheeks?
No. They're the inverted reflections of leon lights.
They're waving on the sea.
What are the glittering dots?
Are they bright stars in the sky?
Are they rolling eyes of little girls?
No. They're shining lamps below Victoria Peak.
What is the rotating circle?
Is it the full moon in the sky?
Is it the sweet smiling face of a young lady?
No. It's the light shed from a ferris wheel.
What are the waving ribbons?
Are they white clouds beside the Milky Way?
Are they of a young lady's long skirt?
No. They're waves on Victoria Harbour.
Lam and Zoeng were close friends.
They went together for outings frequently.
One day they were strolling in a mountain forest.
Suddenly they met a black bear.
It was a critical moment.
Zoeng climbed up a tree immediately.
Lam was unable to climb trees.
Zoeng didn't help him.
The bear was coming up.
Lam knew that he couldn't escape.
He lay on the ground and feigned death.
The bear went up to him.
It thought that Lam was dead.
It took a smell at him and then went away.
Zoeng saw that the black bear had gone far.
He climbed down the tree.
'What did the bear say?' he asked Lam.
Lam stood up and said: 'The black bear told me that don't be friends with a man who cares only for himself when danger comes.'
Interpersonal relationship needs to be dealt with carefully.
Some people get along very well and have strong emotional ties with each other.
It's not always by reason of benefits.
It may be because they treat each other with respect.
Sometimes a slightest disagreement can spoil a relationship.
We should know that people have different standpoints.
We have different judgments and so we behave differently.
Finding other people's behaviour or opinion different from themselves, some may condemn, ridicule or satirize others.
It's offending.
Some are not tolerant of different views.
They don't respect other people's views.
They are not democratic.
It's bad manners.
We all want to be respected.
We should respect others first.
How to respect others?
I think we should pay attention to the following points.
1. Having a good attitude towards others' opinions.
2. Being open to good suggestions.
3. If we disagree with others, explaining it properly, tactfully and frankly.
4. Not being a nuisance.
5. talking in a gentle way.
If you treat people in this way, people will respect you.
The lofty mountains are majestic.
They are imposing.
They are beautiful.
I feel myself insignificantly small.
I admire them wholeheartedly.
I really want to bring a mountain home.
I would like to daydream with it from time to time.
I would like to talk to it once in a while.
Majestic mountains!
I would like to have a mind as broad as you.
I would like to have a character as lofty as you.
I've come here and I'm talking.
I'm looking at you and you're looking at me.
In this way every word of me going into your heart.
Some look at the floor while they're giving a speech.
Maybe they're shy.
It looks like that they're talking with the floor.
It makes the audience yawn.
While giving a speech, you should stand steady.
Don't swing or move around.
Your swinging will disturb the audience so they can't concentrate on your speech.
That's why you should stand steady.
Stand steady but not stiff.
You should be expressive.
If you're talking about mountain-climbing, it will be better to be being lively.
If you're talking about a great man, showing respect on your face will make the speech better.
You should make good use of your hands.
Your hands are good helpers.
You may raise you hands in a gesture of high when you refer to a high mountain.
You may stretch out your arms when you refer to the thick trunk of a tree.
You may shake your fist and say: 'Don't let them bully us. Fight back!'
It seems that some people don't know where to place their hands when they're talking.
Sometimes they place their hands in the trouser-pockets.
Sometimes they place their hands behind their backs.
Some may even forget their hands.
They place their hands on the table throughout the speech.
They don't know how to make good use of their hands for the speech.
It puts them at a disadvantage.
If your expressions of eyes, hands and body are good, your speech will be better.
That's all I have to say.
What are the red colour pieces?
Are they bits of beautiful sunset glow from the west?
Are they blushes on little girls' cheeks?
No. They're the inverted reflections of leon lights.
They're waving on the sea.
What are the glittering dots?
Are they bright stars in the sky?
Are they rolling eyes of little girls?
No. They're shining lamps below Victoria Peak.
What is the rotating circle?
Is it the full moon in the sky?
Is it the sweet smiling face of a young lady?
No. It's the light shed from a ferris wheel.
What are the waving ribbons?
Are they white clouds beside the Milky Way?
Are they of a young lady's long skirt?
No. They're waves on Victoria Harbour.
Lam and Zoeng were close friends.
They went together for outings frequently.
One day they were strolling in a mountain forest.
Suddenly they met a black bear.
It was a critical moment.
Zoeng climbed up a tree immediately.
Lam was unable to climb trees.
Zoeng didn't help him.
The bear was coming up.
Lam knew that he couldn't escape.
He lay on the ground and feigned death.
The bear went up to him.
It thought that Lam was dead.
It took a smell at him and then went away.
Zoeng saw that the black bear had gone far.
He climbed down the tree.
'What did the bear say?' he asked Lam.
Lam stood up and said: 'The black bear told me that don't be friends with a man who cares only for himself when danger comes.'
Interpersonal relationship needs to be dealt with carefully.
Some people get along very well and have strong emotional ties with each other.
It's not always by reason of benefits.
It may be because they treat each other with respect.
Sometimes a slightest disagreement can spoil a relationship.
We should know that people have different standpoints.
We have different judgments and so we behave differently.
Finding other people's behaviour or opinion different from themselves, some may condemn, ridicule or satirize others.
It's offending.
Some are not tolerant of different views.
They don't respect other people's views.
They are not democratic.
It's bad manners.
We all want to be respected.
We should respect others first.
How to respect others?
I think we should pay attention to the following points.
1. Having a good attitude towards others' opinions.
2. Being open to good suggestions.
3. If we disagree with others, explaining it properly, tactfully and frankly.
4. Not being a nuisance.
5. talking in a gentle way.
If you treat people in this way, people will respect you.
The lofty mountains are majestic.
They are imposing.
They are beautiful.
I feel myself insignificantly small.
I admire them wholeheartedly.
I really want to bring a mountain home.
I would like to daydream with it from time to time.
I would like to talk to it once in a while.
Majestic mountains!
I would like to have a mind as broad as you.
I would like to have a character as lofty as you.
2013年12月23日 星期一
2013年12月4日 星期三
Practicing My Poor English (12)
My dear elder cousin Mei Lan,
A few days ago, I visited you and then we went out painting from nature.
While I was painting, I quietly looked at you painting at times.
You're a good painter.
I just don't compare.
I had learnt some painting techniques that day and I should thank you for your impressive hospitality.
Later on the same day, I saw some brick stoves under the beans canopy outside your house.
Are they for barbecue?
A few days later I'll go to Castle Peak Bay with my classmates.
We want to have a barbecue for lunch but don't have experience of cooking outdoors.
Could you tell me how to do it?
Wish you all the best!
Your younger cousin Cing Yi
The astronaut got out of the spaceship.
He was floating around in outer space which was full of stars.
What a marvellous feat!
Looking at the earth, it was tens of millions of kilometers away.
The dots were mountains; the lines were rivers.
Looking this part and looking that part, every part of the Earth was beautiful!
The majestic City Hall was erected on Edinburgh Place at the seashore of Central, Hong Kong.
We crossed the sea from Kowloon by Star Ferry.
After going ashore, we walked dozens of steps and entered a side entrance.
The view was very different from the outside.
There was a modern style garden.
A few short trees waving in the wind looked like greeting us.
Flower beds lay here and there.
The bright reds and vivid greens of the plants matched the mottled tiles of the path.
A stone bridge was built over a pond.
The structure was graceful.
The City Hall Low Block was in the east.
In the Low Block, there were exhibition rooms, lecture rooms, music halls and theatres.
Every day had new shows.
There were luxurious restaurants and coffee shops too.
The High Block was in the west.
It was grand, beautiful and stately.
There were lecture rooms, art galleries, exhibition rooms and a library inside.
The Library had a very good collection of books for the public's access.
After our visit, we went out of the back door.
Going through a tunnel, we saw an exquisite garden.
There was a fountain bright with many colours.
This beautiful place was called Statue Square.
Today is Lichun, i.e. the beginning of spring according to the traditional Chinese calender.
My father said: 'We Chinese have a common talk that eggs can stand on its end on the day of Lichun. Let's take a try.'
He gave me and my elder sister an egg separately.
We placed the eggs on the tabletop which was not so smooth.
We tried to make it stand carefully.
But every time we let go our hold, they fell over.
My sister was more careful and patient.
She tried again and again.
Finally, her egg stood actually.
She was glad.
She said to father: 'The common talk is true!'
Father smiled and said: 'Not only on Lichun, eggs can stand all the time, but no one try to do it patiently on other days. I told you the common talk, so that you would have had confidence in doing it. You did it patiently, so you succeeded.'
I asked Father: 'Why can the egg stand on its end?'
Father said: 'Let me put it this way. The shell of an egg usually has many small bumps and dimples. It can be made to touch a flat surface on three points at the same time. If the three contact points lies below the egg's center of mass, the egg will still stand after you let go your hold. But it is not easy to make it stand. You should be careful and patient. Some think that eggs won't stand in any case. It is unreasonable. If you're unreasonable, you won't find the truth. Some think that eggs can stand only on Lichun. It is superstitious. It goes against science.'
A few days ago, I visited you and then we went out painting from nature.
While I was painting, I quietly looked at you painting at times.
You're a good painter.
I just don't compare.
I had learnt some painting techniques that day and I should thank you for your impressive hospitality.
Later on the same day, I saw some brick stoves under the beans canopy outside your house.
Are they for barbecue?
A few days later I'll go to Castle Peak Bay with my classmates.
We want to have a barbecue for lunch but don't have experience of cooking outdoors.
Could you tell me how to do it?
Wish you all the best!
Your younger cousin Cing Yi
The astronaut got out of the spaceship.
He was floating around in outer space which was full of stars.
What a marvellous feat!
Looking at the earth, it was tens of millions of kilometers away.
The dots were mountains; the lines were rivers.
Looking this part and looking that part, every part of the Earth was beautiful!
The majestic City Hall was erected on Edinburgh Place at the seashore of Central, Hong Kong.
We crossed the sea from Kowloon by Star Ferry.
After going ashore, we walked dozens of steps and entered a side entrance.
The view was very different from the outside.
There was a modern style garden.
A few short trees waving in the wind looked like greeting us.
Flower beds lay here and there.
The bright reds and vivid greens of the plants matched the mottled tiles of the path.
A stone bridge was built over a pond.
The structure was graceful.
The City Hall Low Block was in the east.
In the Low Block, there were exhibition rooms, lecture rooms, music halls and theatres.
Every day had new shows.
There were luxurious restaurants and coffee shops too.
The High Block was in the west.
It was grand, beautiful and stately.
There were lecture rooms, art galleries, exhibition rooms and a library inside.
The Library had a very good collection of books for the public's access.
After our visit, we went out of the back door.
Going through a tunnel, we saw an exquisite garden.
There was a fountain bright with many colours.
This beautiful place was called Statue Square.
Today is Lichun, i.e. the beginning of spring according to the traditional Chinese calender.
My father said: 'We Chinese have a common talk that eggs can stand on its end on the day of Lichun. Let's take a try.'
He gave me and my elder sister an egg separately.
We placed the eggs on the tabletop which was not so smooth.
We tried to make it stand carefully.
But every time we let go our hold, they fell over.
My sister was more careful and patient.
She tried again and again.
Finally, her egg stood actually.
She was glad.
She said to father: 'The common talk is true!'
Father smiled and said: 'Not only on Lichun, eggs can stand all the time, but no one try to do it patiently on other days. I told you the common talk, so that you would have had confidence in doing it. You did it patiently, so you succeeded.'
I asked Father: 'Why can the egg stand on its end?'
Father said: 'Let me put it this way. The shell of an egg usually has many small bumps and dimples. It can be made to touch a flat surface on three points at the same time. If the three contact points lies below the egg's center of mass, the egg will still stand after you let go your hold. But it is not easy to make it stand. You should be careful and patient. Some think that eggs won't stand in any case. It is unreasonable. If you're unreasonable, you won't find the truth. Some think that eggs can stand only on Lichun. It is superstitious. It goes against science.'
2013年11月17日 星期日
2013年11月10日 星期日
Practicing My Poor English (11)
Surfing is an exciting and strenuous sport.
There are more people surfing in Hong Kong in recent years.
My elder cousin Ping is a good surfer.
Last weekend, his wife Mandy invited me to watch him surfing.
The sun shone bright on the billowing boundless sea.
I sat on a flat and smooth rock with Mandy on the waterfront.
We looked attentively at Ping's every single move while he was surfing.
Though I never thought of learning surfing, I wanted to take a good look at it.
Ping's surfboard was made of fiberglass and foamed plastic.
At the rear part of the board, there was a fin like the one on a shark's back.
At first, Ping waited with the narrow surfboard motionless.
When there were waves, he surfed on the board at the speed of about 20 miles per hour.
The waves billowed wildly on the blue sea.
They looked like steep slopes.
Ping moved faster at that time.
Surfing up and down, he went through the arch of a large wave.
Waves in front fell down, then waves in back rose up.
The surfboard splashed its way.
With a high speed, Ping showed good judgement in riding the waves smooth and steady.
The waves were beautiful, majestic, brisk and dangerous.
It looked like that they're luring or challenging the surfers.
The rushing, dashing, rolling and surging of the waves are the melody and rhythm of nature.
The scene was so grand and spectacular that nothing else could even be compared to it.
When Ping was back on the shore, he looked vigorous and bore the smile of a conqueror.
Today our school held an autumn tour.
The destination was Nam Wai in Sai Kung.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, we set off from school by bus.
Going along the winding Clear Water Bay Road, we arrived after 9 o'clock.
There was a thick forest.
Outside the forest, it was an autumn scene.
Far on the sea, there were many small islands scattered like chesspieces.
It was beautiful.
We placed our belongings and went to do what we liked respectively.
Some played badminton; some kicked shuttlecock; some had a barbecue; some collected shells on the beach; some played party games with teachers.
Happy times fly like a rocket.
The sun was setting and we had to leave with our teacher.
There are more people surfing in Hong Kong in recent years.
My elder cousin Ping is a good surfer.
Last weekend, his wife Mandy invited me to watch him surfing.
The sun shone bright on the billowing boundless sea.
I sat on a flat and smooth rock with Mandy on the waterfront.
We looked attentively at Ping's every single move while he was surfing.
Though I never thought of learning surfing, I wanted to take a good look at it.
Ping's surfboard was made of fiberglass and foamed plastic.
At the rear part of the board, there was a fin like the one on a shark's back.
At first, Ping waited with the narrow surfboard motionless.
When there were waves, he surfed on the board at the speed of about 20 miles per hour.
The waves billowed wildly on the blue sea.
They looked like steep slopes.
Ping moved faster at that time.
Surfing up and down, he went through the arch of a large wave.
Waves in front fell down, then waves in back rose up.
The surfboard splashed its way.
With a high speed, Ping showed good judgement in riding the waves smooth and steady.
The waves were beautiful, majestic, brisk and dangerous.
It looked like that they're luring or challenging the surfers.
The rushing, dashing, rolling and surging of the waves are the melody and rhythm of nature.
The scene was so grand and spectacular that nothing else could even be compared to it.
When Ping was back on the shore, he looked vigorous and bore the smile of a conqueror.
Today our school held an autumn tour.
The destination was Nam Wai in Sai Kung.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, we set off from school by bus.
Going along the winding Clear Water Bay Road, we arrived after 9 o'clock.
There was a thick forest.
Outside the forest, it was an autumn scene.
Far on the sea, there were many small islands scattered like chesspieces.
It was beautiful.
We placed our belongings and went to do what we liked respectively.
Some played badminton; some kicked shuttlecock; some had a barbecue; some collected shells on the beach; some played party games with teachers.
Happy times fly like a rocket.
The sun was setting and we had to leave with our teacher.
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