Smells Like the Teen Spirit

 I can tell you your GEPT: pcowsill@gmail.com. I need a Chinese name and student number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

June 22, 2021 Final Exam

About the Final Exam

We will have the final exam next Tuesday (June 22) at 15:30. I will send you an invite to Google Meet at 15:10. 

1. We will have a dictation part. I speak and you write down what I say. You can ask "Could you please repeat that?" You can also ask "How do you spell __________?"

2-3. We will have something related to grammar and vocabulary. 

4. We will have a writing section. 

5. Study these words: bargain, rip-off, merchant, antique, Vietnam, take off, depart, reservation, cardigan, liberal, conservative, escalator, loafers, blazer, belt, pajamas, nightgown, souvenir, cruise, Hawaiian, Oahu, incredible, hardly ever, rugby, surf, avoid, athletic, the track (for running), lift weights, stay in shape, colosseum, Chile, skiing, Parthenon, Empire State Building, shorts, sweatshirt, turtleneck, shorts, seafood, flats (footwear)

On the Bogavilla Trail in Aninuan, Philippines: http://patrick-cowsill.blogspot.com/2012/01/bogavilla-trail-aninuan-mindoro.html

The Russian Rocket

Pavel Bure starred in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks in the nineties. He is from Moscow, Russia. This is a ranking of his greatest goals, according to a YouTube poster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj0GLq3Q64M

Fight for Your Right to Party

PART I

First. Go to YouTube. You must find a song you like. But it must be either a Beastie Boys song or a Red Hot Chili Peppers song. Choose one song. Answer these questions with a sentence:

1. What genre of music is the song?

2. Where do the singers come from?

3. What happened in the music video?

4. What is the mood of the song?

5. What musical instruments did you see them play?

6. Why do you like this song?

7. What is the song called?

PART II

First. Go to YouTube and watch this skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uJA-1-zWo   or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uJA-1-zWo

Then answer the following questions with a complete sentence:

House Sitting -- Saturday Night Live

1. What happened to the protagonist's neck?

2. Why is she so excited (30 seconds)?

3. Is the remote (control) hard to use?

4. Who phoned?

5. Why does he/she continue to call?

6. How does the woman with whiplash feel after she answered the phone?

7. What was the conclusion?

8. What genre is this program?

PART III

Do page 112, A GRAMMAR PRACTICE and send me a photograph.

If you do all three parts and prove it to me, I will give you 30/30. Remember to put your name and the class time 3:10 to 5:00 in the subject of the email and send to: pcowsill@gmail.com

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2003/04/04/0000200835

The Parlors of Heaven

 This was one of the finalists from this year's Milky Way photography contest.