2013年10月30日 星期三

Halloween - Exercises





An exercise for you or your kids. Enjoy!!!

adapted from VOA learning english

Halloween’s Real Horror? Its High Cost!
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/article/1776483.html
Text 1      Costumes, Candy and Mass Consumption

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A Pumpkin-Headed Halloween Scarecrow

costumes       pet   candy       all-time        scariest    scary       costly      appearance    pumpkin      princess           adults         character
decorations         dress             average        celebrants      millions
protective           dark


A. Next Thursday is the 1._______________ day of the year in America. No, it’s not tax day. It is Halloween!
                                               
B. Many people, young and old, are busy preparing. They are getting their 2. ________________ ready, looking forward to making a change in 3. __________________on the big day. Others are adding Halloween or seasonal 4. ________________around their home and buying  5. ______________. Like most holidays, Halloween can be a 6. ______________ event.

C. In fact, the National Retail Federation says Americans are expected to spend about $2.6 billion just for 7. _______________. It says the special clothing is not just for children either. Adults also 8. ____________ up and some of them even dress up the 9. ____________dog or cat!
                                               
D. The National Retail Federation gathers information about American shopping and sales of goods. It says Americans on 10. ____________will spend about $75 dollars for the holiday. This includes costumes, candy and decorations. The group says total spending is expected to be $6.9 billion.
                                                                    
E. That is a big number. But, it is less than the amount Americans spent last year. Halloween 2012 cost 11. ________________ about eight billion dollars.

F. The National Retail Federation says fewer Americans are expected to take part in the holiday this year. In 2012, the group says, 170 million people celebrated. That was an 12. _____________ high. This year, it expects fewer than 160 million people will mark the holiday.

G. And what are the 13. ________________ wearing this year? The group says the number one costume for young children is that of a 14. _______________. Animal costumes are next. Batman characters are rated third.The favored look for 15. _____________is the costume of a witch. Batman and vampires come second and third.
                                               
H. The 16. ________________ costume is most popular for dogs and cats.
                                        
I. One new costume this year is based on a 17. _______________ in the popular television show “Breaking Bad.”  The TV series is about a chemistry teacher who starts making the illegal drug methamphetamine to sell. The costume looks like the 18. ________________ suit and gas mask worn in the meth laboratory. But, we do not expect it to be seen on the average trick-or-treater!

Scary Songs

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Halloween night in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C.



J. We are going to stay with the Halloween theme as we listen to some 19. ____________ songs. We are not going to play “Ghostbuster” or “Monster Mash.” These are truly unsettling songs about the 20. _____________ side of humanity.





2013年10月22日 星期二

陝北高原organic蘋果






老闆由陝北自己耕耘了九年的果園,
親自帶來了兩盤富士蘋果,
果迷忙不迭舉行手機狂拍。
喜氣洋洋。










 喜見陝北高原蘋果

天水圍街坊忙拍攝




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2013年10月20日 星期日

Pat Heung Shui Lau Tin (4) 八鄉水流田 (四) 奇妙醉酒芙蓉


20 Oct 2013

奇妙醉酒芙蓉




含苞待放的芙蓉




早上雪白





中午轉粉红






黃昏轉深紅





「祖籍」中文大學,90年在中大取得一枝,

在同學任教的中學種植,

二十年仍蘩茂壯健,

三年前剪枝插種水流田,
茁壯成長。


姊妹們賞花怡情,

齊朌來日到水流田芙蓉園賞花,

要加倍努力種植了!



Pat Heung Shui Lau Tien 3


20 Oct 2013 



One sunny autumn morning 






Digging









Mixing compost with sticky hardened earth 




Sowing 




Providing shade with banana leaves 



From one to two to .......




He who works his land will have abundant food,
but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.
(Proverbs 12:11) 

Thanks be to the LORD. 



2013年10月11日 星期五

Violet Hill Path

Kent made this when he was recovering from his cancer treatment.


Hung Shui Kiu


Hung Shui Kiu at the turn of the millennium. The place is fast developing. A new commercial and residential centre is being planned and under construction.   




2013年10月6日 星期日

A visit to Tung Yu Primary School near Mongolia 2002

The Feeling for Children in Poverty-Stricken Areas in our Motherland Grew from this Visit





 A Report on a Visit to an Ethnic Primary School in Heilongjiang
It's been more than 10 years since we last went there. Would like to see the school again. 



Beijing Natural History Museum

A sample learning record - post museum visit by Kent and Chris in 2002



Butterfly Works 2002


In the summer of 2002, Kent had the happiest study ever of butterflies in Harbin, Heilongjiang and Chang Bei Shan. During the three-week stay, with his butterfly net and a permit from the Social Science Bureau, he had a marvellous catch from a sand bank in Shung Hwa Jiang. It was his masterpiece, and the last before he was diagnosed with cancer, in the Christmas of 2002. It has been 11 years that I can finally sit down calmly to look at his works again, and to share them with our friends in different parts of the world. This powerpoint is the first of the series of his works to be published in this blog.



KENT's Butterfly works 2002
NEB_English_butterfly works 2002