David Liao's Blog

A: Have you ever overslept?
B: Yes, I have. I overslept yesterday.
A: Why did you oversleep?
B: Well, before I went to sleep, I had forgotten set my alarm clock.
A: Why did you forget set your alarm clock.

Watch these two video then write two article with past continuous. simple past and past perfect.

Cook or kill?

  A man wanted to cook dinner for his girlfriend.  He arrived at his girlfriend's apartment, and he found the key. Then he unlocked the door. Next he entered the apartment.  After that he started to cook.  While he was finding a knife, the girlfriend's cat jumped up on the counter.  At that time his girlfriend was coming home, and the cat spilled the tomato sauce on the floor.  Then cat jumped on the floor in the tomato sauce. When his girlfriend was walking into her apartment, she saw the man was holding the cat and he was holding the knife which is covered with tomato sauce.  Maybe his girlfriend was thinking that the man wanted kill her cat.

1. Teachers & tutors
Most teachers have worse hours than tutors.
Most tutors have better hours than teacher.
Most teachers have as much work as tutors.
Most tutors have not as much work as teachers.

Write two short paragraphs about someone bugs you. In the first paragraph, describe the situation. In the second paragraph, say why this situation is difficult for you and describe a situation you would prefer.

  I can't stand it when I am sleeping, and someone calls me late at night.  I can't fall asleep easily. If I awake from a deep sleep, I really hard to fall asleep again. so if you have something important, please call me earlier or later.

  I've been this situation once. When I was sleeping my classmate called me at 2:00 AM.  He told me he couldn't go to work the next day.  I know that was very important, but at that moment I couldn't do anything for him.  I asked him if he could call me in the morning next time?  I had to tell my boss in the morning.  If I called my boss at that time, he might kill me.

Describe your favorite way to cook. Use sequence adverbs.

Carrots, Potatoes, pressed tofus stir-fried pork

First, prepare some ingredients:

1 carrot, 1 Potato, 5 pieces of pressed tofu.

2 or 3 sliced pork marinated with soy sauce 10 minutes.

Write two short paragraphs about where you live. In the first paragraph describe your neighborhood, and in the second paragraph describe your home.

  I live a big community on a mountain in Xindian. There is only one convenient stroe in my neighborhood. There isn't enough much public transportation and parking. The sidewlks should be cleaner. There aren't any restaurants in my neighborhood, but there is a park in my neighborhood. Children can play in the park. It is really quiet and safe. I think my community is not perfect, but it's good enough for me.

  I living in a old apartment. There is enough closet space for me, but there is not enough closet space for my wife, and the bathrooms aren't modern enough. I have a stove, washing machine and a refrigerator. They all work pretty well. My kitchen and dining are are big enough for me. My walls were just painted 2 years ago, so I feel my living rooms is comfortable enough. Due to living on the mountain, My rooms are really bright, but they are really cold and damp in winter.

This is my first time to write article. Maybe it's not perfect, but I think I did my best.

Write two paragraphs about a problem in a city you know. First describe the problem and the suggest solutions.

  I think there is too much bad media outlets in Taiwan. They broadcast news every hour. There is too much society news, and there isn't enough international news, economic news, and so on. The news is always full of politics, gossip, and violence. The worst thing is they sometimes make fake news to get higher ratings.

  I think there should be fewer news channels and political talk shows. The NCC should be define what time  they can broadcast news, not broadcast it every hour. The NCC must penalize the media for making fake news stories. The news channels should have more kind of news, such as art news, technical news, and so on, not just society news. If the news contain violence or sex, they should broadcast these shows after 10:00P.M.