Week 11

Posted by Zakumi on April 26, 2014

Good news: NO oral English class next week due to the holiday!

BUT, if you still want to collect a mark towards your final semester grade, you may still make a comment! You can comment on the news by Tara. But please, don't give a verbatim (word for word) report about that, as your comment would then not be considered. use your own words please (and pse don't copy your classmates' comments).

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    • Zakumi May 4, 2014 14:18

      Thank you, Zhou Yuqi ... I'm happy to learn that some of my students wouldn't mind to see me again! Of course, I am also looking forward to see my students (my Class 12 students too) as I always miss them when there is no class (that is the truth!). :)

      Yes, I agree; maybe they should find another way of expressing their love. One of my Class 12 students suggested they plant 'love' trees! At least it would be more environmentally friendly. :)

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    • Zakumi May 4, 2014 4:35

      CC, so what will you do one day to romantically express your love for your lover/bf? Or what would you allow him to do to express his love romantically to you?! Why does China sound so unromantic?! Oh, and I don't think the scenery on the bridge is worse now; those locks actually make the bridge look better with more character! See the pictures I have posted above. :)

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    • Zakumi May 4, 2014 4:32

      Linlin, you didn't 'hear' the news, you 'listened' to the news as that is what this exercise is about!

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    • Zakumi May 4, 2014 4:53

      Wang Shuaitian, are you sure that Nan Shan tower is in Korea? Is it not in Taiwan? Btw, there can be many other ways too to express one's love in a romantic way; one must just be creative and innovative!

  • Zakumi May 3, 2014 3:38

    2394003426?profile=originalYou mean, the 'weight' of those padlocks have increased to 93 tons? Yes, that is a lot! But I learned that the average weight of an elephant is around 2 tons (about 2000 kg's). So, that means then that 93 tons would equal to about 46 elephants ..! Haha, it doesn't really matter, does it?! :)

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    • Zakumi May 3, 2014 3:45

      Mary, you were not supposed to READ the news, but LISTEN to it! It is a listening exercise and not a reading one! And by the way, the government shouldn't find all the solutions. Governments are not God to be the people's provider (though some governments falsely pretend to be)! The people caused the problem; so, maybe they can come up themselves with a solution!

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    • Zakumi May 3, 2014 3:42

      2393092134?profile=originalCynthia, they did not "put the love lock down the river" ...! They hung the locks up on the bridge fence and then threw the keys into the river! If they'd thrown the locks into the river, there would have been no problem with the weight on the bridge!

      It looked like this in this picture:

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    • Zakumi May 2, 2014 12:54

      Thank you, Hou Yan. Haha, it's not only those couples that think it is romantic; even others think that too (like some old teachers)! You'll be surprised what strange things people do to express their love! :)

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    • Zakumi May 2, 2014 12:51

      Thanks Kelly. But I don't think there are millions of padlocks on that bridge as it would then have collapsed long ago! maybe more like thousands! See the pictures! :)

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    • Zakumi May 2, 2014 12:46

      Thank you for a good comment, Ada. I however haven't read that the bridge is a historical site. No one really knows why they chose that bridge. Interesting what you mentioned about Huangshan. I didn't realize that something similar exists in China as China has never been known for romantic men! I guess it doesn't happen on the same scale as in Paris as it is far away in the mountains, right?! One of the students from Class 12 suggested the lovers start planting 'love' trees if they want to do something special! Yeah, love is a strange thing and sometimes people do strange things for love! :)

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