L'amore e cieco

I felt like that I almost become a preposition geek.

Recently I have been working on my expert preposition, the topic is about prepositions. After serveral discussions with groupmates, we all have the same conclusion -- we are too brave!

Even we read tons of papers, we can't not be 100% sure about what we are going to present. The most difficult part of presenting prepositions is to explain. In Taiwan, students are spontaneous to memorize the usages of different prepositions, teachers usually tell students to memorize them also. Therefore, even I know which preposition I should use, I don't know how to explain the reason. 

The news about deadly shootings at Virginia Tech is very shocking. There were thirty three people died on Monday, the most serious massacre in the United States.

This kind of circumstance has happend frequently, the well-known one was in 1986. A United States Postal Service employee suddenly went crazy, shot and killed people in the post office. Hence, "going postal" becomes an idiom for describing a person who turns to be very angery and kill people.

In the aftermath of the shooting, many Asian students left from Virgina Tech, especially Korean students, because they were afraid of discrimination. 

America is a melting pot. You probably can hear at least two languages when you walk on the street, or you can see different racial people.

One of my friends even had said that he was motivated by the language diversity and wanted to pick up at least one other language beside English.

Then, one day in class, professor raised a question, which group of people only speaks one language?

The Alameda is where I live. It is a very beautiful place.

My friend told me that Alameda is a very common name for streets in America. Its origin is from Spanish. It means a walking street. Usually  there are a lot of trees on the Alameda, or there might be a park on the Alameda. It is true in where I live, and there are trees along the street and two parks nearby. 

If the circumstance is true in everywhere in America, then people who are looking for a new place can take the Alameda into consideration. Or the new arrivals can check and choose to live on the Alameda.

Daylight saving time starts today.

When I was enjoying the Sunday morning on the bed, my roomate shouted in front of my door, 'Stacy! It is 11:35, not 10:35. Daylight saving time starts today, it is very late now! You...."

I woke up and checked the alarm and cellphone! Good! I had pulled out the plug again and turned off the cellphone. I wasted all the morning because of my sleep and DST.

Once, I told my friend I didn't used to wear "短褲."
What I said was "short pants" at that time, and unfortunately it is uncommon and consided to be wrong.
My friend told me that people usually say "shorts," and that's it.
Therefore, pants and shorts are different, and "short pants" means another thing.
 

Spring is coming in the United States, the TV news broadcast.
On Feb. 2nd, Groundhog Day, the groundhog was not scared by its shadow and didn't run back into its hole. 
It means the early spring is coming.

I found this vocabulary, lazy Susan, very interesting, so let's play a puzzle.
Clue 1: It is a useful instrument related to cooking and dinning.
Clue 2: its' shape is rounded.
Clue 3: I see a note in restaurant, it says "don't play the lazy Susan"
Think for a second, then check the answer below.

When I checked "Restroom" in longman's online dictionary,
it was so surprising that there is no word explanation.
Then, I checked other online dictionaries, the word do exist.
So, what is the difference between a restroom and a bathroom?

how would you explain the meaning?
I have heard someone said that I want that so bad.
It is so interesting that I have never thought of this usage.
It might have a different meaning in another sentence, 
for example, she is so bad. 

The title of Harry Potter 7 came out today.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

This should be the final book, and I am looking forward to it.

BBC news collected 100 things we did't know this time last year,
some of them are so interesting that I would like to introduce.

3. While it's an offence to drop litter on the pavement, it's not an offence to throw it over someone's  garden wall. 
I can't stop laughing, the behavior is more like Asian people might have. 

Both “will” and “be going to” are future tense; however, the meaning has a slight difference. 

When a person asks what your Xmas plan is and you already had a plan, which one will you say?

A. I am going to Las Vegas.

B. I will go to Las Vegas.

Condoms 'too big' for Indian men 
這則來自BBC的新聞標題讓印度男人糗了  XD

根據受訪者超過1000名印度男性的調查結果指出, 
國際標準規格的保險套對大多數的印度男人來說, 太大了

On the test day,
your classmate tells you he has butterflies in his stomach.
Butterflies?!
You might wonder what he is talking about.

R:"Hey!I heared you got a wristband from a friend."
S:"Yep, he made a wish that he hoped I will be fine."
"That might be why I haven't had any serious illness during these years."
R:"Whoops! Knock on wood quickly."

Do you know the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
They are seven constructions built by ancient people.
They are interesting and unbelievable at ancient time, and even now.
Most of them are destroyed, only the Great Pyramid of Giza still exist.

Tongue-in-cheek looks exactly like what the person did, but not that serious!!
Usually with smiling eyes.

If you want a long baby, go find a tall man.
If you want a thin baby, go find a thin woman.
Recently, scientists found out that how men and women possibly affect their babies' appearance.

When you say MP3, how do you say?
When you say P10, how do you say?
When you say T7, how do you say?
Have you ever notice the way you express them?