A. Thoughts
-relates to characteristics in the story
1. Since Wang Lung is a farmer, he correlates the weather with his life deeply. For example, a wind blew smoothly and has a rain on his marriage day. He thought it is a fortunate omen because the most important thing to him is a fruitful harvest.
2. An old man totally depends upon his son for support. He does not make food by himself and bothers his son until a son makes food for him.
3. Wang Lung tends his father with filial piety but sometimes feels annoyed with him. For instance, he said, “that old head thinks of nothing except his eating and his drinking.” Besides, there is also a sentence which narrates his feeling: “it was the last morning he would have to prepare food for the old man.”
4. Wang Lung expects that he could enjoy a comfort and take a rest if he gets married since his wife would work for him. It means that he is thinking about all things which he can get from his wife. He never thinks about how he could do for her comfort and pleasure.
-relates to the phases of the ages in the story
5. Tea was very valuable at that time. An old man said that “Tea is like eating silver”. It was an impressive part because I could know how expensive and precious tea was.
6. At that time, in China, social classes existed. The old lady, an owner of a woman was included in the highest class and Wang Lung and his wife are included in a low class.
7. A man and a woman can get married without meeting each other. Wang Lung and his wife did not see each other even once before they got married. I was surprised at it because in modern society, people usually decide their marriage after meeting and getting to know each other.
8. There was not a wedding ceremony which is celebrated in front of people. Wang Lung’s ceremony was very simple. They went to the temple and lighted the sticks of incense. It was all for his ceremony.
9. At this era, Chinese women have to bind their feet.
10. Women were not treated on the same value as men. Women were not respected.
B. Questions
1. How could social classes be divided at that era in China?
2. What were wedding customs at that era in China?
3. Why didn’t the woman in the story(O-lan) bind her foot?
4. Why doesn’t the woman express herself?
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Vocabulary-spoonerism
1. The word and its part of speech: spoonerism (noun)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) spoonerisms
3. Definition:
a) the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
Spoonerism often happens when we are tired or speak quickly.
2. Other forms of the word:
a) spoonerisms
3. Definition:
a) the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
Spoonerism often happens when we are tired or speak quickly.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
Vocabulary-simile
1. The word and its part of speech: simile (noun)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) similes
3. Definition:
a) a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Compare metaphor.
b) an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
The boy described a brave prince in the fairy tale, “the sleeping beauty” using a simile “brave as a lion.”
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word: 
2. Other forms of the word:
a) similes
3. Definition:
a) a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Compare metaphor.
b) an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
The boy described a brave prince in the fairy tale, “the sleeping beauty” using a simile “brave as a lion.”
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
Vocabulary-portmanteau word
1. The word and its part of speech: portmanteau word (compound noun)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) portmanteau words
3. Definition:
a) A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
She told me that smog is a portmanteau word of smoke and fog.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
2. Other forms of the word:
a) portmanteau words
3. Definition:
a) A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
She told me that smog is a portmanteau word of smoke and fog.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
Snuba is a portmanteau word, combing the words scuba and snorkel.
Vocabulary-palindrome
1. The word and its part of speech: palindrome (noun)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) palindromes
3. Definition:
a) . a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
"Madam, I'm Adam" and “A man, a plan, a canal, panama” are famous palindromes.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
a) palindromes
3. Definition:
a) . a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
"Madam, I'm Adam" and “A man, a plan, a canal, panama” are famous palindromes.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
Vocabulary-onomatopoeia
1. The word and its part of speech: onomatopoeia (noun)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) onomatopoetic
b) onomatopoetically
3. Definition:
a) the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
b) a word so formed.
c) Rhetoric. the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
Arf, yelp, and woof are examples of onomatopoeia which represent sounds of dogs.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
2. Other forms of the word:
a) onomatopoetic
b) onomatopoetically
3. Definition:
a) the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
b) a word so formed.
c) Rhetoric. the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
Arf, yelp, and woof are examples of onomatopoeia which represent sounds of dogs.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
Vocabulary-malapropism
1. The word and its part of speech: malapropism (noun)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) malapropisms
b) malapropistic
3. Definition:
a) an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
b) an instance of this, as in “Lead the way and we'll precede.”
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
I want to have a confidence with her that decerns her much.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
2. Other forms of the word:
a) malapropisms
b) malapropistic
3. Definition:
a) an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
b) an instance of this, as in “Lead the way and we'll precede.”
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
I want to have a confidence with her that decerns her much.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
Friday, August 29, 2008
Vocabulary-colloquial
1. The word and its part of speech: colloquial(adjective)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) colloquially
b) colloquialness
c) colloquiality
3. Definition:
a) characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
b) involving or using conversation.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
A book written in a colloquial style is more vivid than a literacy style.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
2. Other forms of the word:
a) colloquially
b) colloquialness
c) colloquiality
3. Definition:
a) characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
b) involving or using conversation.
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
A book written in a colloquial style is more vivid than a literacy style.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:
a book : Colloquial Korean
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Vocabulary-coinage
1. The word and its part of speech : coinage(noun)
2. Other forms of the word :
a) coins
3. Definition of the word :
a) the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
(www.dictionary.com)
b) an invented or newly created word or phrase.
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word :
People make a lot of coinage in the rapidly changing world.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understangding of the word.
2. Other forms of the word :
a) coins
3. Definition of the word :
a) the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
(www.dictionary.com)
b) an invented or newly created word or phrase.
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word :
People make a lot of coinage in the rapidly changing world.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understangding of the word.
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(The word hobbit was a coinage of J.R.R.Tolkien.)
Vocabulary-affiix
1. The word and its part of speech : affix(noun)
2. Other forms of the word :
a) affixes
b) affixable
c) affixal
d) affixial
3. Definition of the word :
a) Something that is joined or attached.
b) Grammar. a bound inflectional or derivational element, as a prefix, infix, or suffix, added to a base or stem to form a fresh stem or a word. (http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word :
Both uncomfortable and unnatural have the same affix, un.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word.
2. Other forms of the word :
a) affixes
b) affixable
c) affixal
d) affixial
3. Definition of the word :
a) Something that is joined or attached.
b) Grammar. a bound inflectional or derivational element, as a prefix, infix, or suffix, added to a base or stem to form a fresh stem or a word. (http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word :
Both uncomfortable and unnatural have the same affix, un.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word.
Vocabulary-acronym
1. The word and its part of speech : acronym(noun)
2. Other forms of the word : acronyms
3. Definition: a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words. (http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word :
SARS is an acronym for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word.
2. Other forms of the word : acronyms
3. Definition: a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words. (http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word :
SARS is an acronym for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Common conflict(s) children have with their parents?
I think that children have several common conflicts with their parents. There are some kinds of conflicts which are come from the generation gap. For example, some children have a problem with their appearances. Parents want them to be neat while they like popular fashion styles. Besides, some parents do not understand that spending time using computers and do not allow children to wander out of home late at night. However, children are somtimes opposed to parents' orders.
In my opinion, these conflicts are not serious problems because they can be solved by talking and mutual understanding.
In my opinion, these conflicts are not serious problems because they can be solved by talking and mutual understanding.
My name
Since I am a Korean I have two names. First one is Hye Won Hong which my family and Koreans use, and another one is Grace Hong for a school life. Hye Won means “a graceful and pretty girl”, and my grandfather made it for me. In fact, my English name, Grace comes from the meaning of my Korean name. My parents made it for convenience because Hye Won is very difficult to pronounce for foreigners.
When I was young, I got a nickname from my Korean name. In Korean, a carrot is called “Hong Dang Mu” and my last name is Hong accidentally, so my Korean friends usually called me “a carrot.” I did not like it whenever I was called “a carrot” but my friends always say that it really is a cute nickname.
Anyway, I like both of Korean and English names, because my grandfather and parents made it after serious considerations. Moreover, I think they have good meanings.
When I was young, I got a nickname from my Korean name. In Korean, a carrot is called “Hong Dang Mu” and my last name is Hong accidentally, so my Korean friends usually called me “a carrot.” I did not like it whenever I was called “a carrot” but my friends always say that it really is a cute nickname.
Anyway, I like both of Korean and English names, because my grandfather and parents made it after serious considerations. Moreover, I think they have good meanings.
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