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[Murphy Yang]

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Time：第113次例會，2007年06月30日（週六）下午2:30~5:30
Place：
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14:30~15:30 (Free Talks)
15:30~16:00(Speaker Session)
16:00~17:15 (Topic Discussion)
17:15~17:30 (Happy Time)

Host: Cathy Lin
Assistant Host: James Shi,Happy Chan

Topic: 6 Tips For Saving Gas(汽油) by: Jackson Porter

Source: Article City
http://www.articlecity.com/articles/aut ... 2127.shtml


In the past months we have seen the price of gasoline soar higher than ever before, and this can be hard on people who have a budget that is tight. Even though gas prices have come down a slight bit, you still will want to do everything you possibly can to save on the money you have to pay out for gas. There are a variety of ways that you can save gas, and save money.

Tip#1 - Start Carpooling

Carpooling is a great idea for fellow students and fellow employees both. If you can find people that are going to the same place you are you can save gas by riding together. It may be a good idea to trade off on who is driving from week to week so no one person gets stuck having to drive all the time. If you have to take your children to school or other functions you can also work on trading off with your friends and neighbors to take them there.

Tip#2 - Public Transportation

If it is possible you can take public transportation to work instead of driving your car. Not only will this save you money on gas, but you will also be able to relax and not worry about having to drive through all that rush hour traffic. You may even be able to fit in a quick nap on your way to work or on your way home.

Tip#3 - Price Shop

Often it may be so convenient to buy your gas at the small gas station just up the road, but to save some money on gas you may want to check the prices at other gas stations that are nearby as well. Even if the difference is only a few cents, after putting hundreds of gallons of gas in you vehicle each year, those few cents are going to add up to quite a sum of money.

Tip#4 - Get Moving

You can save some money on gas if you start walking to where you are going, or you can ride a bike as well. You will not have to worry about paying to park your car, and the exercise will be great for you body. If you are walking or biking you will not have to worry about those huge traffic jams either.

Tip#5 - Take Care of Your Car

It is always important to take care of your car so it gets the best gas mileage possible. Also be sure to plan where you are going before you go so you will not have to backtrack and waste gas. If you can, you should use your air conditioning as little as possible because using it takes more gas. Roll down your windows and you will use less gas.

Tip#6 - Check your Tires

It is important that you check the air pressure in your tires as often as possible. If your tires are too low, or the pressure in them is unequal it can make your car burn more gas. You should also be careful how you drive. If you take off from every red light very fast you are going to burn more fuel, so it is best to take off a little slower.

These are a few tips that can help the money conscious person to save money on gas. Even as gas prices drop, these tips can still help you to save more money. Conservation is important, so take advantage of these tips, save money, and save gas.

Vocabulary:

soar攀升 ; Carpooling共乘 ; fit in a quick nap安排打個盹 ; Price Shop 比價
; quite a sum of money好一大筆錢 ; Get Moving 動起來 ; backtrack走回頭路 ; take off 起動 動身 ;
fuel燃料 ; money conscious person注意錢的人 ;

Problems:

1 Why the price of gasoline soar higher than ever before? Is it very important to save money on gas? Why? How?

2 Do you agree with the 6 tips for saving gas? Are they useful? Why?

3 Do you know Greenhouse Effect [溫室效應] ? What is it?

4 Can we protect our Earth by saving gas from Greenhouse Effect? Why or why not? How?

5 Is it very necessary to buy a motorcycle or a car in Taiwain? Why?

6 Being a human,are you afraid of the situation on earth in the future? Why? How to save our world?

7 Is it a little serious but meaningful to discuss "gas" on Saturday? (Hope that no one farts too much this afternoon!) If the answer is "Yes",our pretty host,Cathy Lin will tell a joke for you!!!


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[jerry2508]

Yo, bro.

Have fun listening!

Click! click! Click into an audio world>>

http://blog.xuite.net/jerry25084266/playground/11854501

[Murphy Yang]

Article City
一個收集很多有關英文方面的好文章的!

http://www.articlecity.com/index.shtml

[Murphy Yang]

We can read this article with the song,''We are the world''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7fog5EjJTc

We are the world

"We Are The World", U.S.A. for Africa

There comes a time when we need a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all

We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone, somehow will soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth - you know love is all we need

( CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Well, send'em you your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us
By turning stone to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand

( REPEAT CHORUS )

When you're down and out
There seems no hope at all
But if you just believe
There's no way we can fall
Well, well, well, let's realize
That one change can only come
When we stand together as one

( REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE )


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To this day I just love to hear "We Are The World" - the melody is so simple but beautifully arranged and produced by Daddy Q. Okay, so it woud not hit the top 40 in the 90's, but re-produce it and replace the singers with those like Puff Daddy, R. Kelly, Mariah Carey, Madonna, etc, and chances are it's going all the way to the top! Here's a list of the singers next to their lyric from the 1985 version. . .

There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie)
When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)
There are people dying (Stevie Wonder)
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon)
The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers)

We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram)
We're all a part of God's great big family (Tina Turner)
And the truth (Billy Joel)
You know love is all we need (Tina Turner/Billy Joel)

( CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Michael Jackson)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Diana Ross)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson/Diana Ross)

Well, send'em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick)
And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson)
And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau)

( REPEAT CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Kenny Logins)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Steve Perry)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall)

When you're down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson)
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall (Huey Lewis)
Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
When we (Kim Carnes)
stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)

(REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE )

(additional ad-lib vox by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, James Ingram)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7fog5EjJTc

[Murphy Yang]

There was a sweet story in Happy English Club before!

Thanks Haapy,Cathy,James for their great efforts to our club!

We can't live without them!

[Wofy]

20070630, Speaker--Cathy Lin




20070630, feedback

[CarmenTao]

Thank you, Wofy! I can see my super big head in the last photo.

We had many new comers in this meeting. Hopefully they'll keep coming.

I was very impressed by Willie's feedback. It's a little bit like "globalization." Some people are anti-globalization and some are pro-globalization. If you once studied in the field of Social Sciences like me, you may have read some references about the debate.

Moreover, some people like the Wall Street Journal say there is no global warming. Although I don't agree with them for the time being, Willie's introduction of the figures in that novel has inspired me to find some books to read.

[Cathy]

We had lots of fun on that day. Hope to see you next time.

Cathy ~

[Wofy]

Well, The last photo wasn't taken by me.
Those photos around by frames were taken by Brady.
Besides, nobody knows whose head was that unless the owner tell us

Cathy, you look a little bit serious if you don't smile, but your smile is great.
Keep smiling.

by Wofy