New Train Service

I would like to introduce you to the fast train to Beijing and Shanghai.

It's like a hotel on wheels. It takes about 20 hours to Beijing or Shanghai from Hung Hom. The direct train service has a lot of facilities. The facilities includes in-room toilets, wardrobe spaces, safes, flat screen TV sets, muti-standard electrical sockets, and interal telephones.

The new train can carry 346 passengers on the beijing route and 376 on the Shanghai route. The train was made in Nanjing and can travel 167 kilometers per hour.

Three travel agents have aranged the train bookings to Beijing Olympics. Mr Leung, the MTRC manager of intercity marketing, said that the MTRC would increase capacity depending on demand.

What do I do to improve my vocabulary skills?

1. I would study vocabulary words when I read daily. I enjoy reading stories, so I will learn new vocabulary from the stories.
2. I would look up the meaning of words that I don't know from the context before I consult the dictionary. When I read a story I can guess the meaning of the words that I don't know. If I still can't get the meaning from the context, I will check in the dictionary.
3. I would learn that vocabulary by studying its collocation. If the vocabulary is a noun, I will learn its collocated adjective and adverb. If the vocabulary is a verb , I will also learn its collocated adverb and noun.
4. I would use the vocabulary in my speaking and writing. I would use the vocabulary word to speak to someone or on a writing project.
5. I would never give up even I may feel bored. Sometimes I feel like English is just a waste of time, but I would never give up learning new vocablary words.

Word Collocation - An effective Way to Learn English Vocabulary

VERB PHRASE

• verb + noun (e.g. enhance vocabulary, increase responsibility)
• verb + adjective +noun (e.g. sustain great interest, retain your responsibility)
• adverb + verb (e.g. carefully check, happily consult )
• adverb + verb + noun (e.g. naturally learn your vocabulary)

NOUN PHRASE

• adverb + adjective + noun (e.g. highly regarded principal )
• adjective + preposition + noun (e.g. serious in learing English)
• noun + noun (e.g. vocabulary book)

How Can Dogs Help to Improve English in School?

Learning English can be fun with a pack of dogs. To make learning more interesting, Ling Liang Primary School at Ma On Shan allowed dog owners to take their dogs into the classroom.

Students learned animal related words to improve their English. They spoke English to the dog owners about the dogs. They also talked to each other exchanging their experience in raising dogs.

The practice is useful to raise students' interest in dogs and English. Once students take a futher step to relate learning into their daily life, their English can be improved.

My Comments About The Best of Clavin and Hobbes

It's an interesting story, because Calvin is very funny.

Calvin told his dad some dumb lies that didn't really make sense. Calvin blamed Hobbes for tying him up for a ransome. How can Calvin tie himself up without the help of others?

Maybe Calvin and Hobbes were just playing and joking on each other.

Camp Poem

Finding the way to the right way
I like camp because it's fun
Nothing I really really like
Dealing with cabin mates
Interested in archery
Never scream at night time
God is always taking care of us
The sessions are great
Wonderful camp
Act in the right way
Yahooooooooooo, I love camp

Alezheimer Disease

Alzheimer disease is not a well known disease in Hong Kong. But it is getting more attention. More and more hospitals provide the related service to help old people who suffer from the disease. About 4.5 million people are suffering from the disease in American. Scientists estimated that about 222,300 of them live in Illionis.