Week 10

Surf the website of Oxford University Press and read the journals hoping to improve my web journal writing and be prepared for the final test.

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/news/research/main.html

Week 9

Read a book names The Shakespeare Curse.

Here's the synopsis:

A brutally murdered body is discovered on a remote Scottish hillside ? with a mysterious ancient knife beside it. The victim was a beautiful young woman, throat slashed by an unknown assailant. The circumstances of the murder suggest ancient Pagan sacrifice. Then a trench on that same hill is found filled with blood. The shocking discoveries all seem to be linked by the ancient curse of Macbeth. From the streets of New York to the twisting corridors of Hampton Court Palace to a remote loch in the Scottish Highlands, the race is on to stop a deadly modern serial killer who will doanything to uncover priceless ancient treasures... A thrilling, action-packed page-turner, The Shakespeare Curse blends present-day crime with fascinating revelations from the life and work of Shakespeare. It is one of the most eagerly-awaited novels of 2010.

But I found it a bit hard to follow the writing of the owner, Carrell. But it's definitely a good book to read.

Anyway, I still prefer the movie version.

Week 8

Listened to the BBC podcast online and really like this interesting topic:

A History of the World in 100 Objects

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ahow

It contains 100 episode in the series and have some description when I linked it to google reader.

Nice!

Week 7

I didn't attend the oral hour today as I am not feeling well.

Thus, during my SALL hour, I watched movie as it's not too demanding for me.

The movie I watched is New York, I love you. Of course, I have watched it without the subtitles and found that it actually helped as I feel that I am able to listen and catch up the speed and accent of the native speakers.

Interesting movie to recommend.