July 2009
11 posts
Weekly News
Darkness Falls in Asia During Total Eclipse, Luring Masses
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/22/solar.eclipse/index.html
-Do you ever seen a solar eclipse before?
-Do you interested in it? Why or why not?
-How long was the solar eclipse?
-In which part of earth had the full view of it?
-Is it a special one? What is the special about it?
weekly conversation reblog
Yu Yang:
Sorry,I spend more time for reading test. This is the only conversation I got with native speakers this week. I’ll try find some others next time.
ashort:
I believe you are reporting on the Farmer’s Market on the Southside for your Community Experience project. Did you talk with any other native speakers this week?
yyang:
I talked with many seller in a market on saturday...
Yu Yang:
You got good introduce,...
I did my interview in James’ Market on...
weekly conversation
I talked with many seller in a market on saturday morning. We talked about the market, how long they been here, and many things. I had a interesting experience in that market.
Weekly News
Killing of 3-year-old a mystery five years later
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/15/grace.coldcase.riley/index.html
weekly conversation
I met my new house owner Mr. Ivey at our new house on saturday. We talked about our new house renting and the problems. We had great talk.
weekly conversation
Conversation week 2
I met the Davis on sunday. We went a church and had lunch together. Then I play video games with their son and Mr. Davis. We had a conversation about food, video games. We had a great time.
Homework for Wednesday
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/30/air.crash.survivors/index.html
Questions:
What percentage of survivors were minors and four were crew members in total?
What kind seats are safer Noland said?
What the most important problem for the survivors when they ditching in the water?
Vocabulary:
extinguish- to make a fire or light stop burning or shining.
fatality- a death in an accident or a violent...
June 2009
3 posts
Conversation-week 1
On June 27th,I met Mr. Davis, his son, and Peter in Mr. Davis’ house. We had a dinner together. This is my first time meet Peter who is a psychiatrist graduated from VCU. We played WII games and talked about the games. We talked about Michael Jackson and some news. I asked Peter about the classes which he used to take.Mr. Davis has talked with me about where did Mrs. Davis and their...
How to improve my speaking ability
myself
Hi,I’m Yu Yang. I’m a fresh man studing in VCU. I’m taking the ELP classes now. I’m 19 years old.I’m from China.I like play basketball sometime, dirving, cooking, and computer stuffs.I came to US about a half year ago.I have learned some British English before I came here.
In what ways will learning English help your life?
I’d like talking with...