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【科學新知】情境範文：現代通訊
        1These days, email, which is short for electronic mail, is a huge part of our everyday lives. 2But it may surprise you to know that the history of email goes back a lot further than the great Internet boom of the early to mid nineties. 3Electronic mail actually predates the Internet itself, and in part inspired how the Internet was created.

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【歷史與考古人類學】情境範文：聘金(dowry)的習俗

這篇文章是之前本來要刊登在聯合報上的專欄，不過之後又先暫停這個計畫了。
快到指考了，寫作總是一個很難的部份，尤其動詞是大家最容易犯的錯誤。
參考看看囉。
 

 TOEIC Bridge 在考試的內容複雜性及深度上都較TOEIC 來的要淺易的多，所以非常適合初學或是中等程度的英文學習者來檢視自己學習英文的成果。然而考試的結果與學習的目標是環環相扣的，換句話說，透過準備TOEIC Bridge 的過程來嘗試在TOEIC Bridge中得到高分，正是增進自己英文能力的好方法之ㄧ。
 
    雖然TOEIC Bridge的考試題目只包含了「聽力」與「閱讀」兩部份，但是英文學習本來就包括了「聽」、「說」、「讀」、和「寫」四種能力。因此要增進英文能力不可能只片面地強調「聽力」與「閱讀」的能力，必須全面性地從四種能力提升來下手。

六月七日這一天我在聯合報上得知，美國總統歐巴馬到了密西根州的卡拉馬助夫高中，對畢業生進行樂一場畢業典禮的演講。
他給了學生三個忠告，我覺得很適合在上課跟同學們分享，尤其我的學生也是高中生。
這篇演講稿的內容兼具歐巴馬慣有的風趣幽默，以及沒那麼八股。
雖然這類的演講基本上都是勸人立志行善，但聽著總統先生娓娓道來，卻也覺得很有道理呢。

House MD
Episode 1, Season 3                “Meaning”                                Date: 5/6
Synopsis:
A paralyzed husband and father living with brain cancer, drives his wheelchair into a pool at a family BBQ. Everyone, but his son, thinks that it was suicide from the pain, but Dr. House will stop at nothing to figure out his true ailment. At the same time, House and staff deal with another baffling paralysis case involving a young woman who, although paralyzed below the neck, can still feel pain and touch.

Three’s Company
Episode 4, Season 2                                         Date: 3/11
Synopsis:
A conflict over lack of privacy comes to a head after Janet brings home a boyfriend, and roommates Jack and Chrissy have to cool their heels at the Regle Beagle pub. Jack goes to the pub where the trio's landlord, Stanley Roper and his wife also are spending the evening, and makes a date with a beautiful girl, Veronica. Janet is furious when Jack and Chrissy choose an inopportune moment to barge into the apartment where she is entertaining her date, Alex. Later, Jack gets Janet and Chrissy to agree to an "unbreakable rule" on taking turns using the apartment privately. Jack soon regrets this rule when Veronica calls to change their date night.

期待已久的課程終於要開始了，我也就把交付給學生的資料準備好了。
我讓學生先看一次帶有中文字幕的影集，然後發下資料，再讓他們看一次帶有英文字幕的影集，最後就是要完成他們的回家作業囉。
Three’s Company
Episode 6, Season 1                                                       Date: 3/4

這學期高一跨班選修我開了"看影集學英文"的課程。光聽標題就很有趣，但準備起來也是要煞費一 番功夫。
首先買了坊間的一些書來參考，想要知道課程該如何設計。接下來就是要設計整學期的課程囉。
為了不讓同學覺得課程無聊，我除了介紹一些自己喜歡的影集之外，也讓他們來分組介紹一些學生喜歡看的影集。(畢竟差了10歲嘛!?)

Here's your report format. There are three pages for your book report.
You'll have to hand in your assignment by this Wednesday.
Page 1.
  Introduction