Happy 4ever - Blessed be Your name

Buffalo Gals

這是一首我很愛很愛的歌,

想要教很久了~ 可是我卻還編不出我自己覺得滿意的舞

歌曲介紹 :

This song was published in 1844 with the title Lubly Fan. It was written by one of the first black-faced minstrels, Cool White (John Hodges). Allen and John Lomax believe it was a traditional tune, known before Cool White published the music. It was popular in minstrel shows throughout the United States and the location was changed accordingly to New York Gals, Charleston Gals, etc. Buffalo, therefore, refers to the city rather than the animal.

In Collection of North Carolina Folklore, Frank Brown suggests it may have its inspiration from an English singing game, Pray, Pretty Miss and that the tune is close to that of an old German music hall song, Im Grunewald, im Grunewald ist Holzauktion. Other scholars have suggested the song originated around the Erie Canal.

The song was also a hit in 1944 as Dance with Dolly.

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精采對話 - Before Sunrise

Celine : You know my parents have never really spoken of the possibility of my falling in love, or geting married, or having children. Even as a little girl, they wanted me to think of a future career, as a, you know, as a interior designer, or a lawyer, or something like that. I'd say to my dad, "I want to be a writer. and he'd say journalist. I'd say I wanted to have a refuge for stray cats, and he'd say veterinarian. I'd say I wanted to be an actress, and he'd say TV newscaster. It was this constant conversion of my fanciful ambition into these practial, money-making ventures.

女主角Celine講出她父母對她的期望及她自己心中對父母期望的感觸

我也有同樣的經歷, 老爸曾希望我成為律師, 但我想的卻是家庭主婦 .... 機車咧

Amanda 教英文 - Asking questions

這一篇是要來解決很多人跟外國朋友 (不論熟識或陌生) 社交時, 務要了解的一個重點

如何問問題 ? Asking quesitons.

我一直很重視學習一個語言就要了解該語言的文化背景

這才能很切實又正確的使用這個語言

今天我要來說明一下一般來說我們在與人社交時, 在會話中會出現哪些問題 ...

We often start conversations with strangers by asking them questions.

下面的幾個topics就給大家一些ideas.

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Amanda 教英文 - 怎麼作自我介紹

Introducing Yourself

身為英文老師的Amanda, 寫了這個部落格這麼久了, 也該貢獻一下自己的小小專業啦

今天就來點入門基本功吧~ (高手們請多包含)

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心情大好

Overwhelmed!