You’ll Never …

 

You’ll

never

get what you want in the competition

if

you

do not follow

the rules

of the game.

 

Kenley Fong

Hong Kong, 22.10.09

Perhaps, I am evil-eyed

 

Perhaps, I am evil-eyed

to see you have changed

a lot.

 

Perhaps, perhaps, you have not changed

at all. 

 

Perhaps,

 

perhaps, this is the you not in my

thought.

 

Perhaps.

 

Perhaps, this is evil-minded

of me to keep this talk.

 

 

Kenley Fong

Hong Kong, 22.10.09

An “s” for a third person singular verb?

  

Here is a scandal about Mr Tsang’s English.

 

“Bow Tie Keep Your Promise”

 

????????  Bow Tie Keeps Your Promise.

(Suggested by Mr Tsang – an “s” for third person singular verb)

(Mr Tsang did not know he has disgraced himself.)

 

????????  Bow Tie, Keep Your Promise!

(A command or request made by Hong Kong Pan-democracy camp)

 

????????  Bow Tie Keeps His Promise.

(A wish made by Mr Tsang when he explained away his “mistake”)

 

Hope Tsang’s scandal will raise our awareness of Learning good English as well as Keeping Promise!

An Open Letter from Professor Charles Kao – Nobel Laureate in Physics 2009 (By Mrs Kao)

Professor and Mrs Charles K. Kao wish to express their gratitude to their friends, all staff, students and alumni at CUHK, members of the media, and the people of Hong Kong, by the following Open Letter.

 

Since the announcement on 6 October 2009 that Charles has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics, we have received messages from friends from all over the world via the internet, fax, and email. We are overwhelmed by the sea of congratulatory messages from so many people, and the many requests for interviews from the media.

A Nobel Laureate of Chinese ethnicity is a rare event and we understand the outpouring of happiness and pride for our people throughout the world wherever they live. The Nobel Prize is an international prize and has been awarded for work done internationally.

Charles Kao was born in Shanghai, China, did his primary research in 1966 at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories (STL) in Harlow, UK, followed through with work in the USA at ITT, over the following 20 years, to develop fiber optics into a commercial product and finally came to CUHK, Hong Kong in 1987 to pass on his knowledge and expertise to a new generation of students and businessmen. Charles really does belong to the world!

In this open letter, we would like to thank all who have concern for his health. Unfortunately there is no cure at present for Alzheimer’s. Charles shares this problem of coping with Alzheimer with other eminent persons, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, to name a few. Charles keeps fit playing tennis and with other exercises. He does not smoke, he enjoys eating and drinking in healthy moderation and sleeps well too. The memory loss is getting more severe, but he enjoys life.

He is eminently proud of his past achievements and excited at becoming a Nobel Laureate – an unexpected award. The press and media have interviewed him and he is happy they have found all the facts they need. So he is more than ready to return to a quiet and undisturbed life now, and he asks that the media respect this.

Our greetings to everyone in Hong Kong, to staff, faculty and students past and present of CUHK, to all our very good friends and especially to our tennis friends. Thank you for all your good wishes and congratulations. Now you know who is responsible for the fiber optical cables that enables all the excessive information, both true and false, good and bad, that circulate on the internet.

Charles and May Wan Kao

13 October 2009

7A Weekly Plan (19-23 Oct 09)

7A Weekly Plan (19-23 Oct 09)

Date	Day	Prds	Content	Assignment	Deadline
19/10	B1	5	Past paper 2008-E (Review) Past paper 2007-E (Highlights) Bring Past paper 2007-E	Read Eng news Past paper 2007-E	21/10
20/10	B2	1-2	Past paper 2007-A Bring Past paper 2007-A	Eng Builder Read Eng news	25/10
21/10	B3	4	Past paper 2007-B (Q. 4) Submit Past paper 2007-E	Read Eng news Past paper 2007-B (Q. 4)	23/10
22/10	B4	1-2	Past paper 2007-C Complete Past paper 2007-C	Eng Builder Read Eng news	25/10
23/10	B5	3	Oral (My Gp) Bring Take-home Practice and Oral Ex Bk Prepare Take-home Practice	Read Eng news Prepare Take-home Practice	30/10
		4	Past paper 2007-B (Q. 3)	Past paper 2007-B (Q. 3)	27/10

5E Weekly Plan (19-23 Oct 09)

5E Weekly Plan (19-23 Oct 09)

Date	Day	Prds	Content	Assignment	Deadline
19/10	B1	2	Resource File: Tourism and customs in Hong Kong	Read Eng News
20/10	B2	5, 7	Success Set 3 Paper 1A	Eng Builder Read Eng News	25/10
21/10	B3	2	News articles on Tourism Success Set 3 Paper 2 Tasks 1-3 Review Bring Success Set 3 Paper 2	Read Eng News News Reaction	27/10
		5	Oral (My group: odd no.): T & P 5 Bring Take-home Practice and Oral Ex Bk Prepare Take-home Practice
22/10	B4	3-4	LE 4B Unit 6: Ecotourism (Passage)	Eng Builder Read Eng News	25/10
23/10	B5	7	One minute speech practice on Tourism	Read Eng News

2A Weekly Plan (19-23 Oct 09)

2A Weekly Plan (19-23 Oct 09)

Date	Day	Prds	Content	Assignment	Deadline
19/10	B1	7-8	LE Unit 2	LE Unit 2 Presentation: The Film I like Eng Builder	27/10    25/10
20/10	B2	4, 8	LE Unit 2 LE Unit 2 WS Submit VB Ch 3
21/10	B3	3, 6	LE Unit 2 Submit NEE Unit 6 Past perfect tense	Eng Builder	25/10
22/10	B4	7-8	LE Unit 2 Phonetics review (Bring handouts)	Phonetics Ex	27/10
23/10	B5	8	LE Unit 1 Writing Review Another World Ch 5 Submit Another World Ch 3-4 Ex and WS	LE Unit 1 Writing corr Another World Ch 5 Ex Eng Builder	27/10   30/10  25/10

2A Weekly Plan (12-16 Oct 09)

2A Weekly Plan (12-16 Oct 09)

Date	Day	Prds	Content	Assignment	Deadline
12/10	A1	4	Unseen Dict Bring Dict Bk Another World Ch 3 Submit Another World Ch 2 Ex	Eng Builder Another World Ch 3 Ex and WS	18/10 23/10
13/10	A2	4, 6	LE Unit 2
14/10	A3	6	LE Listening Unit 2	Eng Builder VB Ch 3	18/10 20/10
15/10	A4	7-8	LE Unit 2 Phonetics review (Bring handouts)	Phonetics Ex	20/10
16/10	A5	7-8	LE Unit 2 LE Unit 1 Writing Review	Eng Builder LE Unit 1 Writing corr	18/10 19/10

7A Weekly Plan (12-16 Oct 09)

7A Weekly Plan (12-16 Oct 09)

Date	Day	Prds	Content	Assignment	Deadline
12/10	A1	5	Past paper 2008-E (Review) Past paper 2007-E (Highlights) Submit Past paper 2008-B Bring Past paper 2007-E	Read Eng news Past paper 2007-C Past paper 2007-E	14/10 15/10
13/10	A2	1-2	Past paper 2008-B (Q. 1, 2, 3) More review on writing	Eng Builder Read Eng news	18/10
14/10	A3	4	Past paper 2007-C Complete Past paper 2007-C	Read Eng news
15/10	A4	1-2	Past paper 2007-A Bring Past paper 2007-A (Review on 20/10) Submit Past paper 2007-E (Review on 19/10)	Eng Builder Read Eng news	18/10
16/10	A5	3	Oral (My Gp) Bring Take-home Practice and Oral Ex Bk Prepare Take-home Practice	Read Eng news Prepare Take-home Practice	23/10

5E Weekly Plan (12-16 Oct 09)

5E Weekly Plan (12-16 Oct 09)

Date	Day	Prds	Content	Assignment	Deadline
12/10	A1	1-2	Success Set 1-2 and Set 4-2 Review Dict (Article on Joey Yung) (Originally scheduled on 9/10) Success Set 4-1B	Read Eng news Success Set 4-1B	16/10
13/10	A2	7	Success Set 1-1B Review More review on writing	Success Set 1-1B Corr Eng Builder Read Eng news	14/10 18/10
14/10	A3	2	LE 4B Unit 8: Advertisement (Passage)	Read Eng news
		5	Oral (My group: odd no.): T & P 5 Bring Take-home Practice and Oral Ex Bk Prepare Take-home Practice	Prepare Take-home Practice	21/10
		After school	Paper 2 Form Test
15/10	A4	4	Success: Set 3: Tourism and customs around the World Review on Religions (Topic discussed in F.4) News articles	Success: Set 6 Paper 1A Eng Builder Read Eng news	19/10   18/10
16/10	A5	4	LE 4B Unit 6: Ecotourism (Passage)	Read Eng news