Giving directions
Last weekend when I was on the street a Foreigner stopped me to ask directions. Even Though I listen to the English radio station quite Often, but when the man spoke I still had trouble Listening to him; he spoke so fast! I was so excited And nervous that I to k a long breath before I could answer. Actually my mouth could not talk fast enough for all the words going through my head. I took my pen and a piece of paper out to draw a rough map for him. After a few short remarks of thanks and cou...
Giving directions
Last weekend when I was on the street a Foreigner stopped me to ask directions. Even Though I listen to the English radio station quite Often, but when the man spoke I still had trouble Listening to him; he spoke so fast! I was so excited And nervous that I to k a long breath before I could answer. Actually my mouth could not talk fast enough for all the words going through my head. I took my pen and a piece of paper out to draw a rough map for him. After a few short remarks of thanks and cou...
The Department Store
During the hot summer we often go to the department store to enjoy the air-conditioning, to window-shop, and to see people. Taipei has a lot of new department stores throughout the city, and each one is a little different from the others. Some department stores are very large and some smaller. Some are quite far from our house and two are very close. There are a bowling alley, a children's playground, a supermarket, and movie theatres in some large department stores. In a department stor...
The Department Store
During the hot summer we often go to the department store to enjoy the air-conditioning, to window-shop, and to see people. Taipei has a lot of new department stores throughout the city, and each one is a little different from the others. Some department stores are very large and some smaller. Some are quite far from our house and two are very close. There are a bowling alley, a children's playground, a supermarket, and movie theatres in some large department stores. In a department stor...
A Phone Call
I was tired with preparing for the Joint College Entrance Examination the other evening. And having been alone for several hours, I was eager to have someone to chat with me about anything but examinations. So I telephoned my best friend Mary, who was also busy preparing for the joint entrance examination. On the telephone, I told her that I missed her very much. And I invited her to have a cup of coffee with me in a coffeehouse near her home. But to my surprise, she declined and said that sh...
A Phone Call
I was tired with preparing for the Joint College Entrance Examination the other evening. And having been alone for several hours, I was eager to have someone to chat with me about anything but examinations. So I telephoned my best friend Mary, who was also busy preparing for the joint entrance examination. On the telephone, I told her that I missed her very much. And I invited her to have a cup of coffee with me in a coffeehouse near her home. But to my surprise, she declined and said that sh...
Confucius
Twenty-five hundred years ago life in China was very hard. Most of the people were hopelessly poor. Into these times one of China's great leaders was born. He was Confucius. Confucius came from a noble family, but his parents were poor. His father died when Confucius was only three years old. The boy was a good and obedient son to his mother. He grew up to be quiet, thoughtful, and studious. As Confucius watched the people around him, he became eager to help them. At last he left his fam...
Confucius
Twenty-five hundred years ago life in China was very hard. Most of the people were hopelessly poor. Into these times one of China's great leaders was born. He was Confucius. Confucius came from a noble family, but his parents were poor. His father died when Confucius was only three years old. The boy was a good and obedient son to his mother. He grew up to be quiet, thoughtful, and studious. As Confucius watched the people around him, he became eager to help them. At last he left his fam...
Communication
When men began to like together in small communities, they it was necessary to find ways of sending messages from one community to another. Even in earliest times there were several different ways this could be done. Really rapid communication was not possible until electricity was put to work. In 1844 the first electric telegraph was constructed. Thirty years later the telephone was invented. Soon a whole succession of inventions was produced: the wireless telegraph and the radio, the motion...
Communication
When men began to like together in small communities, they it was necessary to find ways of sending messages from one community to another. Even in earliest times there were several different ways this could be done. Really rapid communication was not possible until electricity was put to work. In 1844 the first electric telegraph was constructed. Thirty years later the telephone was invented. Soon a whole succession of inventions was produced: the wireless telegraph and the radio, the motion...
