# 1 Self Introduction (revised)

Hi, my name is Janice Chen, a senior in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages of the NTUST. As a going-to-be graduate student, I feel anxious and depressed recently, just like everyone in this age would be. I keep reflecting upon myself what I have learned in these two years. Time flies, and the first thought coming up in my mind is, I have learned nothing special, but how to live independently and happily in a foreign country is a big issue in life lesson. The experience, with good and bad, happy and sad ones, makes me become a mature person. I believe this will be a relaxing and easy semester for graduate student, however, overwhelming for me. I doubt if I can clear away the uncertainty and find my own way out. This is a tough time for every graduate student, a struggle horning in every moment. I wish I have more time to prepare for myself, and bravely face the challenges afront me.

Two Useful Websites for students in the NTUST

I like MIT Open Courseware. It is a great and useful website for me to learn more beyond language learning. We, as Taiwanese students, should realize what other international students receive in their day-to-day course, and how much the professors push them to unlimited enlarge their horizon. We can not only train our listening ability, to measure how much we can comprehend the meaning through their speaking. It is a good training for Taiwanese students to know other learning environment created by foreigners in top-rank University. In MIT Open Courseware, there are a lot about technology, physics, and science subject, therefore, are suitable for students in the NTUST. An advantageous resource, most of the students studying these kinds of subjects cannot comprehend English well, consequently, MIT Open Courseware is a good tool for those students. As for students studying English, and language acquisition, Academic Earth is a good choice, for it provides some literature courses in Yale University for students in English Department. This is also a useful training for students in Taiwan to gauge their ability and comprehension of literature. Needless to say, the training of listening, speaking, writing and reading skills can be available to learn in the course, as well.

BBC Learning English Answer Key

This week,I posted a question below:

My name is Janice, a student at English Department in Taiwan.

I would like to ask if the phrase" make love" has other meaning, asie from sexual intercourse? Thank you

This is the question raised by my teacher, who has been dead for two years in Wenzao. As I was a third grade student in junior college, Miss Chou, teacher of my translation class, asked all of us if the phrase"make love" has other meanings, aside from sextual intercourse. Therefore, I decide to search for the answer from BBC Learning English.
Here are the replies :



Posted by Jang (U14853995) on Tuesday, 3rd May 2011
I'm not a native speaker but here's my penny's worth: no, I can't think of any other interpretation other than that you have already mentioned. I would also add that there's a difference between two people making love and just having sex. Lovemaking usually implies an intimate and emotional relationship between the parties. HTH


Posted by AussieLexie (U13880784) on Tuesday, 3rd May 2011

In some old literature you will find the term 'make love' used to mean ‘carressing’ or ‘whispering words of love’; in other words activities that might be part of a courtship but not including sexual intercourse.

However, these days ‘to have sexual intercourse’ is the common usage.



The two relies above really make me realize that the phrase includes other mearning, apert from sextual intercourse. It seems like in the past time, the phrase indicates more about spiritual relationship and companion. However, nowadays, people prefer to refer the words as having sex, which is quite skin-deep and not well-educated.