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親愛的高二同學:

在過了一個還算長的暑假之後，又要開始新的學期了。

有鑑於閱讀英文小說除了可以增加寫作能力之外，更希望培養同學一生的閱讀習慣，這學期的英文小說閱讀計劃要開始囉。

三月底在比利時安特衛普中央車站，路人大跳《真善美》主題曲「Do Re Mi」。這也
是當地的一個節目，為了尋找重拍新版「真善美」的女主角，而想出來的噱頭。

最近老是聽到一些"靈異"的故事，讓原本就很膽小的我實在心理萬分恐懼，

連單獨坐電梯也不敢(我家住在12樓)，好慘。

不過看完以下的事件之後，你要說是"靈異"也好，"歷史的巧合"也好，

反正看完不會讓膽小的人害怕就好。

History Coincidence                                 歷史的巧合

Have a history teacher explained this----- if they can.       

                        如果能夠的話 , 歷史老師會解釋這些嗎?

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.                 

                      亞伯拉罕林肯在 1846 年當選美國國會議員進入國會

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. 

                      約翰甘迺迪在 1946 年當選美國國會議員進入國會

Both were particularly concerned with civil right.

                       他們二人都非常關注民權

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. 

                      他們二人的夫人都曾在入主白宮時期失去過她們的孩子

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.                     兩位總統都在星期五遇刺

Both Presidents were shot in the head                       兩位總統都在頭部中槍

Now it gets really weird.                                           現在要說的才真不可思議

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.                林肯的秘書名字叫做甘迺迪

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .               甘迺迪的秘書名字叫做林肯

Both were assassinated by Southerners.                   兩位總統都被美國南方人刺殺

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.  

                     兩人遇刺身亡後總統繼任者都是南方人而且都姓詹森

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808. 

                                林肯的繼任者安德魯詹森出生於1808年

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.    

                           甘迺迪的繼任者林登詹森出生於1908年

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.  

                          暗殺林肯的刺客約翰沃克斯布斯生於1839年

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. 

                               暗殺甘迺迪的刺客李哈維奧斯華生於1939年

Both assassins were known by their three names.     

                          廣為人知的是兩名刺客的名字都有三個字

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.              

                          兩個人的名字都由十五個字母組成

Now hang on to your seat.                       現在坐好你(妳)的椅子

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'        

                                林肯是在名字叫做′福特′的戲院被暗殺的

Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'

                            甘迺迪是在′福特′汽車公司生產的林肯′牌轎車上被暗殺的

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.

                                                刺客在戲院裡暗殺林肯後逃走躲進一間倉庫裡

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

                                          刺客躲在倉庫裡暗殺甘迺迪後逃走躲進一間戲院裡

 Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.            兩個刺客都在審判前被刺殺

 And here's the kicker...                                                             最厲害的是...

 A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland

                                                    林肯遇刺前一周曾待在馬里蘭州夢露市

 A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

                                              甘迺迪在遇刺前一周曾和瑪莉蓮夢露在一起

Hey, this is one history lesson most people probably will not mind reading!

                                         這是一堂大多數人都不介意去讀的歷史課!

 WHO FIGURED THIS OUT?                 誰會理解?

 INCREDIBLE                                         太不可思議了!

有名的脫口秀主持人"Larry King"，訪問了"貓"劇的女主角"Elaine Paige"。

因為最近有一個出名的英國大嬸"Susan Boyle"在英國的才藝節目"Britain's Got Talent"，唱了一首令人刮目相看的歌曲。

大家都說她的聲音很像Elaine Paige，而且大嬸的偶像正是Elaine。所以這一下子，沉潛已久的女歌手，又被大家拿出來討論，紛紛應邀許多談話性節目。

請先看完以下的對談，然後在回答影片之後的問題。

在上三民高中英文第六冊的第十二課 "Have a Good Gour Years"，看到了這篇不錯的補充資料，有時拿出來回味一下，會對自己有很大的幫助喔。 (紅色的字是我的評論)

微軟創辦人比爾蓋茲(Bill Gates)曾提及人生雖美好，卻充滿著挑戰。進而提出有11條或許學校並沒有教，但學生應該謹記在心的法則：

1. Life is not fair—get used to it!

(by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

 "What I Want for You — and Every Child in America" 

12/17去了一趟高師大附中，會中許多老師都希望能拿到我訓練學生閱讀的檔案。

所以我就乾脆PO在部落格中給大家分享啦。

祝大家教學愉快！

雖然目前美國大選的投票結果還沒出來，不過我覺得Barack Obama真是一個了不起的演說家，看他說話不疾不徐，演講稿的文字又是如此精湛，可以媲美Matin Luther King。最近剛好教到學生金恩博士的著名演說"I Have a Dream"。我準備上課時補充一篇Obama的演說，順便讓學生了解領導者的風範。

彷彿"I Have a Dream"就相等同於Martin Luther King，也就是這篇演說Barack Obama確認了他的競選口號"Yes, we can."先上完演說的內容，再搭配Youtube的影片，希望學生能學到不僅只於課本的東西。

I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire.

(以下文章節錄自The China Post)

Canada’s globe-trotting circus group “Cirque du Soleil” finalized an agreement with Taipei City where its debut performance in Taipei would take place early next year, announced Jacques Cartier, vice president of the group.

以下文章節錄自Taipei Times，我設計了幾個閱讀測驗的題目，一方面讓學生了解時事英文，另一方面能訓練閱讀的技巧。

The melamine scare widens as the chemical has been found not only in instant coffee, milk tea, puddings, chicken-and-corn soup and ready-to-serve packs of healthy grain drinks, but also in cheese powder packs offered by a local pizza franchise.

(圖片來源：維基共享資源)

為了讓學生更了解日本動畫大師"宮崎駿"，我設計了這張Worksheet讓學生自己動手寫，把描述人物的要點及方法，記載在這個表格中，以加強學生學習印象。