I used MOOCs before this class to help me learn something. I think it is useful tool for learning something, because I can decide on my study-time by myself. And I can get resources from all over the world not only Taiwan. Thus, if you want to learn something I recommend you can use MOOCs to help you, it is really convenient.
✰ stratospheric⇨ adjective informal very high or great ◎The project had proved a stratospheric success. ✰ perspective⇨ noun a particular way of considering something ◎Her attitude lends a fresh perspective to the subject. ✰ characteristic⇨ noun a typical or noticeable quality of someone or something ◎Sentimentality seems a characteristic of all the writers of that period.
My Comments
Perhaps because we are in a highly competitive environment, sometimes we are eager to succeed. But we seem forgot that our life is a marathon not a sprint, and the enemy of this race are not others but the ones who are unwilling to move forward yourself. Therefore, I believe if you are willing and persistent, you will become a successful person.
I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day (Night and day)
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly hoo
See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me, ho oh
If I can see it hoo, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
Oh, I believe I can fly hoo
Hey, 'cause I believe in me, oh
If I can see it hoo, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it hey
I believe I can fly hoo
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly (I can fly)
I believe I can fly (I can fly)
I believe I can fly (I can fly) hey
If I just spread my wings (I can fly)
I can fly (I can fly)
I can fly (I can fly)
I can fly,(I can fly) hey
If I just spread my wings (I can fly)
I can fly (I can fly)
(I can fly)
(I can fly)
Song Story
Kelly wrote this for Space Jam, which was a kid's movie starring Michael Jordan in a world of cartoons (including Bugs Bunny). The song was much more popular than the movie and became an inspirational anthem often played at weddings and used in video tributes.
Speaking to The Boombox, Kelly revealed his creative process for this song: "When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago - he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was. [Eventually] he let me know what it was, we went to a screening to watch it and that's when I ended up coming up with 'I Believe I Can Fly.' I knew from the first melody that was gonna be the song that was gonna take me out of R&B and into another genre of music."
Kelly added that the Notorious B.I.G. came around while he was writing the song and immediately saw its hit potential. "I was in a hotel in a deep sleep, so I kinda dreamt that melody," he recalled. "I went down to the lobby and had the security unlock the piano because it was locked. I started messing around with three-finger chords to give myself a guide with the melody. And I started hearing… [hums the melody of 'I Believe I Can Fly']. I had a lot of 'duh duh duhs' before I actually wrote what it is. But after spending two hours at that piano, watching a whole 'lotta women and men coming in back and forth, I was over in that corner on that piano. By the time Biggie came in [the hotel] it was like two hours later, I had [begins singing] 'I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky, I think about it every night and day, spread my wings and fly away' - I had about that much. He was like, 'Oh, B, that's a big hit, son.' And it ended up being exactly that."
✨Award: 1997 Grammy Best Male R&B Vocal Performance / Best R&B Song / Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
Why I like the song?
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.——Charles Chaplin , American actor
I'm not a confident person, but I agree completely that people must trust yourself. It’s impossible to be a successful person if you merely keep the faith and don’t do anything, but when you believe in yourself, you can gain more strength to persist, and more courage to face and break through difficulties. Therefore, I listen some inspirational song when I began to deny myself.And this song is one of them. It conveys to people that if you believe in yourself, you can do it! It is a very positive song.
Learning
✰ awful⇨ adjective extremely bad or unpleasant ◎The last six months have been awful for her. ✰ everlasting⇨ adjective lasting forever or for a long time ◎I wish someone would invent an everlasting light bulb ✰ verge⇨ noun the edge or border of something ◎They set up camp on the verge of the desert.
✰ trim ⇨ v. to make something tidier or more level by cutting a small amount off it Collocation v.+n. fat → Trim away all fat and skin from meat before cooking. adv.+v. neatly → He wears his socks high and his beard neatly trimmed . ✰ specialize ⇨ v. to spend most of your time studying one particular subject or doing one type of business Collocation v.+n. knowledge→Do you have specialized knowledge you want to share?
✰ jell ⇨ v. to gel
✰ prank ⇨ n. a trick that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage Collocation v.+n. play →I only played fairly minor pranks on April 1 st. adj.+n. harmless→Harmless prank or violent revenge?
✰ guarantee⇨ n. a promise that something will be done or will happen, especially a written promise by a company to repair or change a product that develops a fault within a particular period of time Collocation v.+n. offer→We therefore offer a money back guarantee. issue →They also issued limited guarantees for the value of coins they had graded.
adj.+n.
mutual→ There are many benefits to an economy based on mutual guarantee.
“Technology comes from human
nature.” I believe everyone familiar with this slogan. In order to more
convenient life people tend to invent something to help themselves. And I think
Internet is absolutely one of the greatest invention for humans. It lets
information and resources can be delivered quickly and immediately nowadays. Although
this may cause many people to have "Internet Addiction Disorder", but
In my opinion, if without Internet many modern habits and business models will
also disappear, such as on-line shopping and live stream etc. Therefore, it can’t
be denied that Internet has truly changed our lives.We seem can't live in a
world without it! ✪Tools 1.Google translate (blue) 2.Cambridge Advanced Learners’ Dictionary(green)
Facebook boss apologises in UK and US newspaper ads Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken out full-page adverts in several UK and US Sunday newspapers to apologise for the firm's recent data privacy scandal. ✰ scandal ⇨ n. (an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval Collocation v.+n. avoid → Jacobi wanted to avoid a public scandal. He said Facebook could have done more to stop millions of users having their data exploited by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica in 2014. ✰ exploit ⇨ v. to use something in a way that helps you Collocation v.+n. bug → They can also be realised byexploiting software bugs. weakness → She exploited Eloida's weakness and used her. adv.+v. successfully→At Pwn2Own, Chrome was successfully exploited for the first time.
"This was a breach of trust, and I am sorry," the back-page ads state. ✰ breach⇨ n. an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship Collocation n.+v. go →The world is not perfect , and breaches are still going to happen. v.+n. seal →Together they sealed the breach. Christopher Wylie, says the data of about 50 million people was harvested for Cambridge Analytica before the rules on user consent were tightened up. ✰ harvest⇨ v. to pick and collect crops, or to collect plants, animals, or fish to eat Collocation v.+n. honey →I've been harvesting wild honey.
But Dr Kogan has said he was told by Cambridge Analytica everything they had done was legal, and that he was being made a "scapegoat" by the firm and Facebook. ✰ scapegoat⇨ n. a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done Collocation v.+n. become →I could easily have become a scapegoat. find →To cover his own tracks, he tells Riley to find a scapegoat, and Riley immediately names Ray.
adj.+n.
convenient →That is a convenient scapegoat, brilliant if it were true.
the biography of Stephen Hawking Stephen enjoyed math and science in school where he earned the nickname "Einstein." ✰ nickname ⇨ N. an informal name for someone or something, especially a name that you are called by your friends or family, usually based on your real name or your character. Collocation v+n. earn → He earned the nickname "Air Jordan" and "his Airness". receive → Lillardreceived the nickname "The Midnight Express" by the media. He enjoyed being a member of the school's boat club as well as classical music. ✰ music ⇨ N. a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening to it. Collocation v.+n. compose → He has also composed music for film and television. record→ Anita also continued torecord new music. adj.+n. pop →She likes pop music and is a fan of Madonna. n.+n. lover→He was also a great music lover. Despite the initial grim diagnosis from his doctors, Hawking has lived a full and productive life with the help of science and modern medicine. ✰ grim⇨ adj. worrying, without hope Collocation adj.+n. determination →No words, no threats, no waste of energy, just a grim determination to do or die. Prior to this it was thought that black holes could not get smaller because nothing could escape their enormous gravity. ✰ prior to sth⇨ ph. before a particular time or event A credit check is necessary prior to activation. The book became very popular selling millions of copies and remaining on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for four years. ✰ selling⇨ n. the activity of making products and services available so that people buy them Collocation v.+n. became→This became a best seller selling over one million copies. do →Who is doing this selling at the market open? n.+n. album→It is also the fastest selling albumin history.
