A letter to an Italian restaurant owener

Last Saturday night, you took your date to an Italian restaurant for a romantic dinner. You were very disappointed by its food and service. Write a letter of complaint of 150-180 words to the restaurant’s foreign owner. In your letter, provide the following information:

Why you are writing this letter?
What happened and when?
What complaint you had about the food?
What you think the owner should do and why?

Dear the owner of the restaurant,
The letter I wrote is about my unpleasant experience in your restaurant last week. That was my first time to try Italian food in your place. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a miserable memory. The day we went was for the date with my girlfriend. Although I made the reservation about two week ago, we had still waited for one hour to get in. When I was walking in, the carpet was slippy and I almost stumbled on the staircase. In addition, the silverwares were full of scratch and looked like hundred years old. The light was dim and blinking. I couldn’t feel any romantic atmosphere a good restaurant supposed to have.
The services were poor either. We finally got the order after a continuous calling. Again, we were disappointed to the over-cooked meats and wrong orders.
The food didn’t satisfy us either. How could the bland soup tasted like water? And the steak was too hard to chew. It tasted just like a flat tire. The desert was the only thing we didn’t complain about. I insist your reply to my complaints. I suggest you should really consider the improvement of both the food and service of the restaurant. By doing so, you will have more customers and I’d like to come back sometimes in the future.

article sharing --Freedom from Fear-- Declaring War on Extortion Rings

Dear all,

There's the article I'd like to share to you folks. It's about the news of 詐騙集團. There are some useful vocabs we can learn from. Check out and enjoy it. One thing to remind, for the terrible mistake on the pre-test been made last week. We have to take it AGAIN ! It's on tomorrow morning at 11:00. Hopefully you all get the information. For more info, please call KO-JEN.

good day

robin

Freedom from Fear-- Declaring War on Extortion Rings

In the middle of April when Su Jia-chyuarn became the new interior minister, he immediately put primary emphasis on a full-fledged assault on extortion rings that fake kidnappings to extort ransoms. He invited the heads of the High Court Prosecutors' Office, the National Police Administration, the Criminal Investigation Bureau, the Bureau of Investigation, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications' Directorate-General of Telecommunications, and the Ministry of Finance's Bureau of Monetary Affairs to attend a focus meeting on the issue. A nationwide sweep will aim to restore to the public lives free of fear.

for more:

http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/show_issue.php?id=200459305062E.TXT&table=2&cur_page=1&distype=

you can also have the Chinese version !

picture description -- garden

There's a woman in the picture picking flowers in an indoor garden. Although I don't the name of flowers, they are beautiful. It's getting more and more popular for people live in a city to have a small garden to grow something they like. They may not really have it, yet they rent it from landowners. It's a trend that people want to grow vegetable or fruits their own which without the worry of chemical remains toward those they buy in stores. Also, some love the way to be a farmer and specialize the farming stuff.
It's hard to make a farmer dream come true in a city. However, there has been a change these years. Many people are willing to rent a little farm and take care of it. For them, there's a fun to dig and seed. The triumph of having their crops grow through their cares is tremendous. It requires a great effort to grow crops. First, you need to water them and arrange/set a well-organized place for them to grow. To fertilize crops from time to time is necessary for them need enough nutrients to grow well. Once you reap your crops well-grown, you would be in love to be a farmer. --city farmer

picture description --gift unwrapping

The two kids in the picture seems to unwrap their gifts in boxes. It's always exciting to open a gift for a surprise. We give the gift for someone we admire or love and appreciate his or her goodness. Parents might have many chances to buy gifts for their children. Kids love the gifts! The secret in a gift is always worth to wait and look forward to. Although some don't indulge children with fancy gifts, others feel positive to give the gifts as a reward.

For me, I sometimes buy gifts for kids as birthday present or prize when they perform excellent. Kids are sensitive to be aware what gifts they have from the one who gives them. While they are unwrapping a gift, there are different reactions there. While some tear it carefully and preserve the gift well, others are hunger to dig the gift out without a mercy. (the opener)

picture description --escalator

escalator
In the picture, there are two men on a escalator. You can see the equipment set in places such as department stores and MRT stations. It's a thoughtful design for people to get upward and downward with less effort. Also, it provides efficiency for busy and lazy people. Although some argue that it could be dangerous to hurt people when they accidentally fall on the stairway, many experience its benefits for most of time.
The escalator in the picture is long and deep. It saves time to go down from the other end above through a escalator. There's a rule when people take the escalator. It's polite to stand on the right side and make the room for someone who can move through on the left. For a security concern, people are not allowed to run or jump on the moving stairs. I enjoy taking the escalator. I like the feeling it moves me from up and down in a stable way.

good stuff sharing !!!

有一本書或許對寫作考試有幫助
大家可以參考看看
雖然書名是針對托福考試
但我覺得此書對寫作可以建立概念
且有100篇作文可以參考
而且是外國老師編寫的
句子用法或會更貼切
書名是電腦考托福寫作突破2003-2005 哈佛留學書店
ps我不知近年是否有出新版的(如2006-........)
有興趣的同學可以去書店找找
From Crystal

1、美國托福名師親自撰寫的寫作步驟、策略與忠告。

2 、考前準備的關鍵單字、句子與片語。

3、100篇托福寫作範文。

4、了解電腦考托福寫作4大類型。

5、了解電腦考托福寫作5大準則。

6 、了解最佳的電腦考托福寫作文章結構。

more info:

http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010267970

writing practice for GEPT --animals in zoos

Animals in a zoo

I think most of people have experience to visit a zoo and surprised how cute and different they are from mankind. For safety concern, animals in a zoo were limited in a cage or a closed space. There always have pros and cons about the limit of wild animals in zoos. While some think it’s worth to sacrifice a few animals freedom and bring the most benefits for mankind to visit them, others protest against this kind of torture to animals. In my opinion, I think people shouldn’t locate animals in zoos for their convenience to visit animals.

If you enough attention to animals in zoos, you can find their boring faces and gestures. They were forced to leave the forest they supposed to stay and brought to the world we live. Although they are treated well in zoos, all they can do is just move back and forth around their tiny space. For our convenience to get close to them, animals in zoos become victims in jails. In a long run, I think this is some kind of torture to those animals. They should release to the jungle they suppose to be and enjoy their lives.

For people’s need to watch animals, there are many excellent animal films made by expert can to use for educational purposes. People don’t have to grab animals into zoos. They can go to the mountains or national parks to experience the wild animals. Once we can show our respect toward animals from not getting them in zoos, we become mature and intelligent. (animal lover)

山崩（Landslide）

I think this may help you folks a bit to get the idea of landslide.

山崩（Landslide）

山崩通常指的是快速的塊體運動，亦即土石或岩塊因為重力作用以及常因水的潤滑而發生快速的下滑移動或墜落。山崩的種類依運動的形 式可分為：岩石墜落（rock fall）、岩屑墜落（debris fall）、岩石滑動（rock slide）、岩屑滑動（debris slide）、崩移（slump）、泥流（mud flow, 即一般所稱的土石流）、土流（earth flow）或岩屑流（debris flow）、岩石崩瀉（rock avalanche）、岩屑崩瀉（debris avalanche）、及雪崩（snow avalanche）。

此圖片為山崩示意圖，由左至右可看見岩（土、泥）流、岩石（屑）滑動、岩石（屑）墜落。 圖片出處：Plummer et al. (1991) Physical Geology.

picture description -- environmental study

In the picture, there are people in mountains to collect something. It looks like teachers bring students for some kind of wild field study. For this kind of study, people may collect leaves or insects, or observe creatures in a ecology system. It's always has an educational meaning for students. By observing the beauty of nature, students learn the treasures we have needed more protections. Also, the result of collect in a wild field study could be made for materials for more people to learn.
I have a such experience from my junior high. The teacher brought us to Dan-shui river bank to observe the ecology system. We saw the forest of mangrove growing along the river and mud skippers and crabs living there. It was a great chance to learn so much from the trip and the concept of environmental protection sprouted from then on. -- Friday night

department stores in Taipei --1:30 speaking presentation

There are many department stores in Taipei. What do you think of these department stores? Do you ever go to them? Are there too many department stories?

I think these department stores bring the fashion and high-quality of products in Taiwan. Those department stores are usually well-designed to stimulate purchases. Although some think the prices they provided are too expensive to accept, they do offer luxurious and high-end products to satisfy certain rich people.

Some go to department stores simply for experiencing its atmosphere. They cannot afford most of products in stores. Others go visiting there once in a while when they need some fancy gifts for love ones or important customers. Within the on-sale season, many people flock there for a real bargain.

I seldom go to department stores for my little interest in shopping. I don’t admire branded commodity, especially with super-high prices. I’d like to window-shop rather then purchase there. Also, I do think it’s a waste of money to spend so much money in department stores.

The department store satisfies people admires to dream about international branded products and have chances to get one. It provides options for people who are wiling to pay money to get high quality and branded products.

Crystal

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衝刺GEPT時 偶爾也需休息一下

英語課本其恐怖之一頁
用普通話讀D中文

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n i c e － 奶 死

b u s － 爸 死

M a r s － 媽 死

g o s h － 哥 死

c h e e s e － 姊 死

t h i s － 弟 死

m a i d s － 妹 死

w a s － 我 死

y e a s t － 姨 死

g o e s － 舅 死

t r e m b l e s － 全 部 死

s e a l s － 笑 死

h a m s － 喊 死

m o l l u s c － 無 聊 死

h a r s h e n s － 開 心 死

f a i l u r e s － 快 樂 死

b e a r s － 悲 哀 死

K i s s － 激 死

d o s e － 都 死

他爸爸看完立刻死亡~~~



I’m sorry

好學的小明,什麼時候都找機會跟人講英文練習練習.

一天,小明不小心在街上撞到了一個外國人.

小明立即把握機會:"I'm sorry!"

外國人:"I'm sorry too!"

小明不甘示弱"I'm sorry three!"

外國人:"What are you sorry for?"

小明:"什麼!Four我呀!I'm sorry five!"

外國人:"Are you sick?"

小明:"Six我!I'm sorry seven.."

外國人:"$%*%#%

Dear all,
This website allows you read the well-written articles in English and Chinese translation is available. The best part is that you can learn vocabs in English by simply click the color-marked words. Give it a try and you'll love it. robin

女鑑識員、男芳療師，只是職場上性別板塊大挪移的小縮影。近3年，包括國軍戰鬥部隊第一位女上校丁良箴、首位領有專業證照的奶爸吳奕樟、調查局第一位高階女性首長吳莉貞、販售調整型內衣的男性林志全、台電首位女總工程師杜悅元、急診室裡的男護士高瑞良……，「超性別演出」每天在職場舞台上不停展現，後現代「職變」成形，一場內爆革命已然掀起。


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