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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
教學卓越計畫: 英文著作導讀會
主題: 從蝴蝶夫人到蝴蝶君: 六個版本比較
法國外交官Galimard，在看了由一名中國京劇花旦Song所演的蝴蝶夫人後深深愛上她。然而，兩人20年的愛戀背後卻隱藏著秘密與危機。Galimard直到被法國政府逮捕後才發現，Song是個利用他竊取法國情報的的共產黨間諜，而且，這個他深愛的人，是個男人…。《蝴蝶君》(M. Butterfly)是知名劇作家黃哲倫（David Henry Hwang）的作品，根據京劇演員時佩璞的生平改編，以普契尼的歌劇《蝴蝶夫人》(Madam Butterfly)作為顛覆的原型創作而成
主講人: 國立台灣師範大學英語系 張瓊惠教授
時間: 5月5日 (四) 下午1:10-3:00
地點: 人文大樓4F 18 English Corner
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
英文讀書心得徵文
教學卓越計畫 1-2
讀書心得徵文
主辦單位：台北大學語言中心
參加資格：台北大學在學生
內容：任挑一本英文書籍，類型長短不限，以英文寫作
字數：500字以上
截稿日期：2011/05/20（五) 中午12：00
參加辦法：有興趣者請在期限內把英文讀書心得電子檔Word 2003寄到
s49782038@webmail.ntpu.edu.tw，標明 “英文讀書心得徵文—系級學號姓名”。
截稿後將會請評審老師逐一批改，並擇期公布優選讀書心得，
張貼在各大網站及專屬部落格。
特優：2000元 (一名)
優等：1500元 (一名)
佳作：1000元 (一名)
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Monday, December 27, 2010
【教學卓越計畫 2-2】英文讀書心得徵文(2)比賽得獎名單
恭喜以下三位優秀同學得到99學年度第一學期第二次英文讀書心得徵文比賽
特優: 經濟系2B 張文瑄 "The Devil and Miss Prym" (獎金 2,000元)
優等: 法律四 杜郁芳 "The Last Song" (獎金 1,500元)
佳作: 應外二 熊舒陽 "The Kite Runner" (獎金 1,000元)
評審老師:
東吳大學英語系 馬健君教授
台中教育大學英語系 廖美玲教授
※得獎作品將公告在專屬BLOG:http://lc-guide.blogspot.com
※得獎同學會另行通知
語言中心將擇日舉行頒獎
特優: 經濟系2B 張文瑄 "The Devil and Miss Prym" (獎金 2,000元)
優等: 法律四 杜郁芳 "The Last Song" (獎金 1,500元)
佳作: 應外二 熊舒陽 "The Kite Runner" (獎金 1,000元)
評審老師:
東吳大學英語系 馬健君教授
台中教育大學英語系 廖美玲教授
※得獎作品將公告在專屬BLOG:http://lc-guide.blogspot.com
※得獎同學會另行通知
語言中心將擇日舉行頒獎
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Bluest Eye - 張婉儀
The marigolds are nowhere to be found in Lorain, Ohio in 1941, not because the seeds were planted too deeply but something terrible happened to Pecola Breedlove. The land is being hostile to certain kinds of flowers to keep them from being alive, just like the society to certain kinds of peoples.
Pecola, an 11-year-old African American girl, is living a hard life. Pecola’s father, Cholly, is a man of drunkenness and violence. Her mother, Pauline, looks down on and feels ashamed of her own family. Sam, Pecola’s brother, keeps running away from home in response to the disharmony in the house. The Breedlove family are labelled as the ugly one. Being neglected and humiliated, Pecola, who lives without self-esteem, fervently longs for a pair of blue eyes, blue enough to run away from unfairness, to raise affection, and to embrace the happiness.
Looking into Pecola’s haunted eyes, eyes haunted by the blue eyes, Cholly feels helpless. Racism deprives Pecola of the happiness she deserves as a child. Cholly himself is impotent as a father. He rapes her own daughter out of a combination of love and hate. After he rapes her for the secod time, Pecola is pregnant and moves to the edge of the town. No one shows compassion for Pecola except for Claudia and Frieda. They try to look for eyes creased with concern, but in vain. At last, they decide to make a miracle, planting flower seeds. If the flowers bloom, the miracle will happen, and Pecola's baby will survive. However, the marigolds never bloom.
Everyone is born with his/her own unique beauty. However, people are always obssesed with fashion and internalized by some kinds of popular ideology of the society, for example, the grade school reading primer Dick and Jane, decribing an model bourgeois family, contrasted to Pecola’s existence; in Pecola’s case, the blue eyes of the white people, or simply whiteness. For Pauline, whiteness is beauty, which is why she loves the white girl more than her own girl, revealing her earnest assimilation to the white bourgeios culture. And for Pecola, blue eyes mean acceptance. Both of them are internalized and huanted by the white-oriented ideology. They are the victims of racism.
However, not every sin comes from the outside world. Claudia’s self-assertion is a perfect contrast to Pecola’s self-abhorrence. Claudia’s parents are stern but loving. Her mother takes good care of her when she is ill. Her father stands out for her when she is in difficulty. Familial, or more specifically, parental support, that Pecola lacks of, still counts. Claudia is well-raised. She does not follow like a sheep, and she approves and accepts her own culture by showing her severe loathing for Shirley Temple and white baby dolls. It seems that Pecola’s tragedy could be predictable from the very beginning.
In The Bluest Eye, prejudice of skin colors has ruined the fairness. Everyone is created equal and should not judged by their colors. People are not supposed to depreciate themselves because the bluest eyes may not see the fairest world.
Pecola, an 11-year-old African American girl, is living a hard life. Pecola’s father, Cholly, is a man of drunkenness and violence. Her mother, Pauline, looks down on and feels ashamed of her own family. Sam, Pecola’s brother, keeps running away from home in response to the disharmony in the house. The Breedlove family are labelled as the ugly one. Being neglected and humiliated, Pecola, who lives without self-esteem, fervently longs for a pair of blue eyes, blue enough to run away from unfairness, to raise affection, and to embrace the happiness.
Looking into Pecola’s haunted eyes, eyes haunted by the blue eyes, Cholly feels helpless. Racism deprives Pecola of the happiness she deserves as a child. Cholly himself is impotent as a father. He rapes her own daughter out of a combination of love and hate. After he rapes her for the secod time, Pecola is pregnant and moves to the edge of the town. No one shows compassion for Pecola except for Claudia and Frieda. They try to look for eyes creased with concern, but in vain. At last, they decide to make a miracle, planting flower seeds. If the flowers bloom, the miracle will happen, and Pecola's baby will survive. However, the marigolds never bloom.
Everyone is born with his/her own unique beauty. However, people are always obssesed with fashion and internalized by some kinds of popular ideology of the society, for example, the grade school reading primer Dick and Jane, decribing an model bourgeois family, contrasted to Pecola’s existence; in Pecola’s case, the blue eyes of the white people, or simply whiteness. For Pauline, whiteness is beauty, which is why she loves the white girl more than her own girl, revealing her earnest assimilation to the white bourgeios culture. And for Pecola, blue eyes mean acceptance. Both of them are internalized and huanted by the white-oriented ideology. They are the victims of racism.
However, not every sin comes from the outside world. Claudia’s self-assertion is a perfect contrast to Pecola’s self-abhorrence. Claudia’s parents are stern but loving. Her mother takes good care of her when she is ill. Her father stands out for her when she is in difficulty. Familial, or more specifically, parental support, that Pecola lacks of, still counts. Claudia is well-raised. She does not follow like a sheep, and she approves and accepts her own culture by showing her severe loathing for Shirley Temple and white baby dolls. It seems that Pecola’s tragedy could be predictable from the very beginning.
In The Bluest Eye, prejudice of skin colors has ruined the fairness. Everyone is created equal and should not judged by their colors. People are not supposed to depreciate themselves because the bluest eyes may not see the fairest world.
Harvest - 張儀安
A very good friend of mine had strongly suggested that I read this book, “ Harvest” by Tess Gerritsen, ever since she started the book. She told me that it was the first book in so many years that made her felt that she would rather die of exhaustion than put the book down. I just had to see for myself. And after the first few chapters, I can tell that my friend is not exaggerating at all.
This book revolves around a second-year medical resident, Abby Matteo, who seemed to have a bright future because she was just tapped as a potential recruit for the hospital’s cardiac transplant team. But all dreams for a great future popped like a bubble when she made the decision to give the only available heart to a poor fourteen-year-old boy who was the first alternative rather than a rich old lady whose husband has seemingly all the power in the world. This move started all her troubles, and the dirty truth behind the whole system is unveiled. Abby and her friend vowed to discover the truth. However, just like every dirty system in the world, this doesn’t allow anyone disturbing its existence either. And as the main characters dig deeper and deeper into the core, they’re also digging their tombs bigger and bigger. Finally, they’ve uncovered the shocking truth, all the people that they trusted, even the husband of Abby, are the masterminds behind the whole scheme. Even though both of the main characters survived at the end of the day, it still leaves me panting and gasping at every turn of a page.
After reading this book, it leaves me thinking. Is it really true that rich people can get away with everything just as long as they chuck in stashes of cash? Although in the very end, the rich wrongdoers were rounded up, but if it wasn’t for Abby Matteo and her friend’s determination to dig up the truth, it wouldn’t have happened. What if in real life, there really are places where dirty activities is happening and there is nobody there to speak up for us? Will we, people who are less financially powerful, become sitting ducks when we accidentally get in the rich and wealthy’s way? These are all very scary thoughts, however, it is very likely that these things really are going on around the world, and yet, there’s hardly anything we can do to change it. After reading this book, I’ve grown more certain of my decision to major in law, and I’ve vowed to dedicate my career to uncovering the deepest and darkest secrets of mankind.
All in all, this book is definitely a wonderful read. It didn’t become “the phenomenal New York Times bestseller” for nothing. I would most certainly recommend it to anyone who has a lot of time on his or her hands. Why? Well, this book isn’t one that you can stop whenever you want. You would stop only when you finish it, plus, there is no guarantee that you would read it only once. Trust me, this book, is just that good!
This book revolves around a second-year medical resident, Abby Matteo, who seemed to have a bright future because she was just tapped as a potential recruit for the hospital’s cardiac transplant team. But all dreams for a great future popped like a bubble when she made the decision to give the only available heart to a poor fourteen-year-old boy who was the first alternative rather than a rich old lady whose husband has seemingly all the power in the world. This move started all her troubles, and the dirty truth behind the whole system is unveiled. Abby and her friend vowed to discover the truth. However, just like every dirty system in the world, this doesn’t allow anyone disturbing its existence either. And as the main characters dig deeper and deeper into the core, they’re also digging their tombs bigger and bigger. Finally, they’ve uncovered the shocking truth, all the people that they trusted, even the husband of Abby, are the masterminds behind the whole scheme. Even though both of the main characters survived at the end of the day, it still leaves me panting and gasping at every turn of a page.
After reading this book, it leaves me thinking. Is it really true that rich people can get away with everything just as long as they chuck in stashes of cash? Although in the very end, the rich wrongdoers were rounded up, but if it wasn’t for Abby Matteo and her friend’s determination to dig up the truth, it wouldn’t have happened. What if in real life, there really are places where dirty activities is happening and there is nobody there to speak up for us? Will we, people who are less financially powerful, become sitting ducks when we accidentally get in the rich and wealthy’s way? These are all very scary thoughts, however, it is very likely that these things really are going on around the world, and yet, there’s hardly anything we can do to change it. After reading this book, I’ve grown more certain of my decision to major in law, and I’ve vowed to dedicate my career to uncovering the deepest and darkest secrets of mankind.
All in all, this book is definitely a wonderful read. It didn’t become “the phenomenal New York Times bestseller” for nothing. I would most certainly recommend it to anyone who has a lot of time on his or her hands. Why? Well, this book isn’t one that you can stop whenever you want. You would stop only when you finish it, plus, there is no guarantee that you would read it only once. Trust me, this book, is just that good!
The Fall of the House of Usher - 鍾錦樑
The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, and it sees from the first point of view, the Narrator. The Narrator surprisingly got a letter from his boyhood mate, Roderick Usher, invited him to accompany him. As the Narrator arrived the House, strange things started to creep out. Roderick's sister Madeline was severely sick and died at the first few days of the Narrator's visit. Soon he found out Roderick was suffering from unknown mental illness. After buried Madeline in the family vault under the House. Roderick kept fearing that they buried her alive. One day, when the Narrator tried to read a story to calm Roderick, spooky noises echoed around the House and push the whole storyline to the climax. They were horrified to see Madeline stood there at the threshold, with a freshly bloodied white gown. She cried and rushed toward her brother and then the Narrator saw two corpses on the ground. He dashed out the House and witnessed the House felt apart and devoured by the tarn.
After reading Poe's works, I fall in love with his delicate depictions of human mental process, mostly madness. The horror elements in his stories are mysterious and fascinating. We can never tell what is actually right but everyone can have his own interpretation. In this one, Poe uses mirror to create the ambiguity between life and death, sanity and madness, man and woman. When Madeline was alive, the description was ghost-like. After Madeline was dead, the description became vividly alive. It seems like death brought her strength to fight back. And the Narrator entered the House with awe as well as fear. Roderick's illness somehow frightened him as well as inspire him. Maybe the Narrator was undergoing psychological change. I cannot tell whether he was mad or not. It has many possibilities await to be uncovered. As twins, the Roderick and Madeline somehow shared a connection, both alike and different. Roderick's self-fulfilling prophecy gave Madeline the power to break the tomb. They cannot be separated as individuals. The traditional identity of man and woman chained both of them. Roderick was talented while Madeline was weak and self-closing.
At the same time, the title can refer to the actual collapse of the House and also the “fall” means the fall to the evil. In the middle of the story, a verse called “The Haunted Palace” indicated the evil things penetrated the palace like a ghastly river. And the king – Thought was decayed by the evil. The final story which the Narrator told Roderick was a foreshadow of the ending. The fall of the shield refers to the fall of the House. Poe's depiction foreshadowed the fate of the House and the people who lived in. He created dreary but interesting elements to support his story. Although many critics criticize Poe's similarity plot designs in every work but still, he is one of the greatest American writer in history. Poe opened a window to the dark but he didn't block the light. He left us to explore its wonders.
After reading Poe's works, I fall in love with his delicate depictions of human mental process, mostly madness. The horror elements in his stories are mysterious and fascinating. We can never tell what is actually right but everyone can have his own interpretation. In this one, Poe uses mirror to create the ambiguity between life and death, sanity and madness, man and woman. When Madeline was alive, the description was ghost-like. After Madeline was dead, the description became vividly alive. It seems like death brought her strength to fight back. And the Narrator entered the House with awe as well as fear. Roderick's illness somehow frightened him as well as inspire him. Maybe the Narrator was undergoing psychological change. I cannot tell whether he was mad or not. It has many possibilities await to be uncovered. As twins, the Roderick and Madeline somehow shared a connection, both alike and different. Roderick's self-fulfilling prophecy gave Madeline the power to break the tomb. They cannot be separated as individuals. The traditional identity of man and woman chained both of them. Roderick was talented while Madeline was weak and self-closing.
At the same time, the title can refer to the actual collapse of the House and also the “fall” means the fall to the evil. In the middle of the story, a verse called “The Haunted Palace” indicated the evil things penetrated the palace like a ghastly river. And the king – Thought was decayed by the evil. The final story which the Narrator told Roderick was a foreshadow of the ending. The fall of the shield refers to the fall of the House. Poe's depiction foreshadowed the fate of the House and the people who lived in. He created dreary but interesting elements to support his story. Although many critics criticize Poe's similarity plot designs in every work but still, he is one of the greatest American writer in history. Poe opened a window to the dark but he didn't block the light. He left us to explore its wonders.
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