#6 What makes a good life

 What makes a good life

Ợ millennial---a person who was born in the 1980s, 1990s, or early 2000s

    Millennials have grown up with the internet and can't imagine a world without it.

Ợ hindsight---the ability to understand, after something has happened, why or how it was done and     

                        how it might have been done better

    They are ideas that, in hindsight, often seem hair-brained.

Ợ persistence---the fact that someone or something persists

    Most financial analysts have been surprised by the persistence of the recession.

Ợ tenement---a large building divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city, or one of the 

                      apartments

    Rapid development is replacing old neighborhoods and tenements with modern office buildings.

Ợ schizophrenia---the state of having qualities or attitudes that are different from each other and do

                                not work well together

    Lexington, as a prison and a hospital, was an expression of America's schizophrenia about how

    to treat addiction.

Ợ dedicated---believing that an activity or idea is important and giving a lot of energy and time to it

                        The Boy Scouts organization is dedicated to helping boys become moral and 

                        productive adults.

Ợ smooth---happening without any sudden changes, interruption, or difficulty

                    An efficient transport system is vital to the smooth running of a country's economy.

#5 Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

 My parents have taught me that don’t to put off anything until tomorrow since I was young. As the proverb said “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” I usually finish any task before the deadline. As a student, we should seriously finish our homework on time every day. Only in this way can we make good use of our time much better. However, we refuse to do something that we are not good at or those we seldom get a sense of accomplishment, such as preparing for exams. In order to avoid procrastinating, I try to extend the time of my tasks and write them down in my schedule to remind myself.

#4 Working for free

6 Minute English:Working for free

Vocabulary

𐐏Internship

Jane has a summer internship at a local TV station.

𐐏social mobility

Small amounts of social mobility in societies of strong ties rapidly reduce disparities.

𐐏to rule out

This recent wave of terrorism has ruled out any chance of peace talks.

𐐏established connections

We welcome all concerned parties to establish connection with us

𐐏well-connected

She was born in 1940 into a very well-connected family.

𐐏to open doors

All people must realise that the open door to freedom from food shortages lies in maximum production from our own soil.

𐐏Graduate

She is a psychology graduate of University of Pennsylvania.

𐐏Argument

I accepted his argument that taxation should be increased.

𐐏Profession

She intends to make teaching her profession.

𐐏Candidate

Milo was the strongest candidate for the job.

𐐏Career

It helps if you can move a few rungs up the career ladder before taking time off to have a baby.

#3 COVID: One year on

6 Minute English  Covid: One year on:

✔the keyword in the podcast:

1.pandemic: 

   →In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.

2.take hold:  

  →The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now.

3.wimpy:

   → Some people are horribly wimpy about sickness.

4.sheer: 

   → His success was due to sheer willpower.

5.kick in: 

   → Hence the special holiday offers about to kick in.

6.genome: 

   → For the last 20 years researchers have been able to calculate genome sizes and mutation 

        rates.

7.outbreak:

   → The system started to operate in late 1914, a few months after the outbreak of war in  

        Europe.

8.vaccine:

   → The vaccine brings hope to 1,300 young children struck down by the Hib form of deadly

        disease every year.

9.feeble:

   → He did not remember his sister at all, except as a tiny, feeble baby.

10.lockdown:

     → The school went into lockdown after the shooting.

11.death toll:

     → If the civil unrest continues, the death toll will rise.

12.spread:

    → News of the explosion spread swiftly.

13.zoologist:

     → It is written from the point of view of zoologists although it is biochemical in content.

14. virus:

      → Doctors fear that a new strain of the virus will appear.

15.virologist:

     → The world-leading virologist has joined the new EU COVID-19 advisory team.

#2 English Learning Podcast

✔The podcast name is Easy Stories in English

✔ Link to the podcast : 

   https://player.fm/series/easy-stories-in-english

✔ This podcast is about learning English in the natural way without studying 

   lists of vocabulary or complicated grammar rules. Every week,  Ariel Goodbody, 

   author and language teacher, will present a story adapted to your level of 

   English. The stories will be hilarious, dramatic, and entertaining, but never too

   difficult.

✔ Learning a language is hard. I recommend this podcast because of two reasons.

   One is the podcast's host uses the interesting short story, and we can get a 

   simple report card after listening that episode. The other one is that listeners

   can get the author's email newsletter which concluding the advice about how to

   study languages every two weeks. Plus, she will also remind listeners of the

   time of her livestreams, books and special events. 

 

#1 Greetings!

 

Hello!

My name is Wei Zhen. I graduated from National Taichung University of Science and Technology.I was born in a happy family, and have six members. I have two sisters and brother to accompany me to grow up. I have to prepare the important examination next year.When I have free time, I will prepare some finance licenses for graduation. During the studying time, I learn many knowledge to enrich my life.