Wednesday, June 20, 2007

2007/06/10 John's A10 speech

Facts behind the scene

Two weeks ago, one of the most popular news in Taiwan was happened in Lin-Kuo, Taipei County. Eight goats were killed in an animal farm. The first witness, who is a foreign worker of the animal farm, claimed that she saw the murderer. And it was a tiger! Wow! A tiger was wild living in Taipei. All of sudden, Taipei became a safari paradise. The Taipei County magistrate Chou-Shee-Wei went hunting for the tiger with a team. Normally we use powerful weapons such as rifles when go hunting. But according to the press, pistols and wood canes were the most powerful weapons in the team. They didn’t make it for the tiger. So they set up three trap cages. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe nearly everybody has seen trap cages for mouse. Trap cages with roast chickens inside as bates; was it a good idea for tigers?

No, it wasn’t. Tigers didn’t show up eventually. Actually, it was so understandable. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have watched discovery or animal planet channels, you will know what tigers eat. I am not an expert of tigers, but at least I know tigers hunt and eat larger animal such as horses, dears, and cows. Once there’s a tiger that eat roast chicken in the cage and get caught. I guess the other tigers will laugh at the tiger. Eat chicken in the cage and get caught? You lose tigers’ faces.

Instead of tiger, two dogs were caught in the trap cages. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the suspect no. 1, little white. The police accused little white was the murderer of the goats. They said little white was a feral, angry and bloody killer. He killed 8 goats in a night. I really wonder how they know this dog is the murderer. Maybe they have examined the dog already. “Hey, little white, where were you at the night the goats got killed?” “ Bark!” “Oh! Near the animal farm, right!” “Did you kill the goats?” “bark!” “why did you kill the goats?” “bark!” “oh, you were hungry!!!” Obliviously, not too many people believed little white was the murderer. It might because little white got innocent eyes. So the suspect no.2, little black, was considered more like the murderer of the goats. You can see the picture of little black; he doesn’t have the innocent eyes. And he looks angrier and more like bloody killer. Ladies and gentlemen, if you believe that, I will take that as a discrimination of skin color. Because the fact is both little white and black are too small to kill the goats. And little black is a cripple; he got only three legs functional.

It’s been eleven days after the goats got killed. Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard anything about this case from the newspaper, TV or radio news in these two days? I bet you haven’t. Why? I guess it’s not important anymore. This news doesn’t have journalistic value anymore. But the fact is the goats in the animal farm are still under the threat of being killed by other animals. And the owner of the animal farm will be still losing money. Do we really care the death of the goats?

As a matter fact, in November last year, goats in the same animal farm were also killed. Some toxic chemicals like dioxins have been detected from the goats in the same animal farm. According to the report of Department of Heath, the concentration of the dioxins in the goat was over the standard. Fifty goats need to be destroyed according to the food regulations. I know my English is not very good, but is the word ‘destroyed’ the same as ‘killed’ in this case? When dogs killed one goat, it is a murder. And when men destroy 50 goats, it sounds more like a number. Ladies and gentlemen, which one should we really care more? A murder or a number?

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

2007/06/05 Lillian's C9 Speech

Speech title: Gossip
Speech Project: C9 Persuade with Power
Time limit: 5 to 7 minutes

Can you tell me about this lollipop? It looks Cute? Look delicious? Make you want to try it? I tried it and it taste so bad. Do you believe it? Would you tell other people that it taste bad and don’t buy it? In nowadays, most of people believe what other people say about something or someone. Then pass this information to another people. The easy way to say that is gossip or better way to say it is to card about everything. I believe as a human being, we like to gossip of course I’m one of it. However when the main charter who we gossip on heard it, he or she might be hurt. Then what we get? It will ruin our relationship with each other; and I was one of example.
At high school year, I had a friend call Joyce. Even thought we were not close friends, but we still play together and said hi to each other. Something was change start with a guy call David. David was a transfer student. After him transferred to our school, Joyce kept saying I’m fat. She said “Lillian, you can keep going eating and then you will get fatter and fatter.” “Lillian, why every time I see you, you are eating.” or “Lillian, your stomach getting bigger and bigger, and you still eating.” Basically, I didn’t care, because I knew I’m fat. One day, a friend came over to me and said “Lillian, I think Joyce had quash on David? I even think that she was jealous on you, because you and David were too close. That’s why every time she said you are fat in form of him” I never though Joyce would say those thing for purpose. After that ever time she said that, I felt I was be insult. Then I began to dislike her. Of course after knew she was doing for purpose, I wasn’t talk to her again, didn’t even say hi. Every time when friends talk about Joyce, I would say “I didn’t like her, because she likes to insult me. The reason was because she jealous about me with David…………….” This ever ended until we graduate.
One year after graduate, I found out she and my boyfriend went into the same collage. One day my boyfriend came home and said “Did you know I met Joyce today and did you know what she said about you” I didn’t know what she said to him, but I want to tell him about what she had done to me in the high school. My boyfriend continued “She said, you are a nice girl, but you seems don’t like her. You like to say bad thing behind her back.” Said bad think behind her back. Well~~ I didn’t think I had said bad thing behind her back, beside she was insult me first. By the way I was telling the truth. Then we get into the fight. At the end my boyfriend said “Did you sure about her doing this because of her jealous? Did she have say she had quashed on David to someone else?” Well, I couldn’t answer it. Because everything I knew was heard from a friend, I didn’t ask her and I couldn’t make sure she had say it to other either. So, did she really do it for purpose? I asked myself again. This time I couldn’t answer it, but I know I might be wrong. I felt sorry what I had done to her and lost her as a friend.
My dear members, we always use our sense to believe someone or something, and then make a conclusion. We even believed what we hear form other people, and then add with what we saw. However not everything we saw won’t be true of what it means. Just like my story. Maybe Joyce didn’t mean to insult me. Maybe she tried to remind me not getting fat and to keep in shape. But I choose to believe what my friend said about her. Like this candy, it might looks cute, looks delicious, and makes you believe it will taste goo. However, we have to try it to find out the real answer.
Gossip may not be a bad thing; it was part of our life. It is an entertainment let our life have some fun or a topic for starting a conversation. If you don’t have a guts to ask the main charter for the truth, just shout up then be a listener. Don’t spray out as you mean it. Don’t make yourself as a big mouth person and hurting someone. If you real do it, then you will follow my step.

2007/05/01 Jason's A9 Speech

Speech title: Olive Oil
Speech Project: A9: A Fact-finding Report
Time limit: 5 to 7 minutes and 2 to 3 minutes question-and-answer period.

Executive summary:
Fact-finding reports are used to present information your audience needs to make a good decision. Keep the report focused; explain the sources of your information, and present facts clearly and quickly. Close with recommendations for action. Often these reports are followed by question-and-answer session, so anticipate possible questions and prepare your answers beforehand.

Objectives:
Prepare a report on a situation, event, or problem of interest to the audience.
Deliver sufficient factual information in your report so the audience can make valid conclusions or a sound decision.
Answer questions from the audience.
Since GNP increase our requirement for life quality is going up, 50 years ago people were full-up they feel satisfied, but now people not only require full-up if the food was not delicious they feel unhappy, even some people not only require delicious food they also require healthy food, because our lifespan is getting longer if you were alive but not healthy your life is not happy.
According to medical report, many people suffer from heart disease, and the main reason for getting heart disease is your eating habit you eat too much wrong things. So what is right thing? Some advertisement shows that olive oil can clean your artery heart disease protect your heart prevent. Is it truth? Yes, because it contain rich mono-saturated fatty acid and olive oil divide 4 levels “extra virgin olive oil “virgin olive oil “refined olive oil”pure olive oil” high level one has high nutrition and low level has low nutrition, most of restaurant use this one because is cheap, if you care your health you should choose extra virgin olive oil, cheap products have not good quality.
This recommendation came from advertisement, it’s absolutely right, but every thing has two sides not only has good part company only will tell good part to customer, because they tell you bad part you don’t buy it. Here is a report it shows the bad part, yes mono-saturated fatty acid can clean your artery, but it’s easy to mutate if heat the oil mono-saturated fatty acid will become free radical and then free radical will cause heart disease, when you cook will you heat oil? Yes, so you eat oil to prevent heart disease, bet actually it cause heart diseases. Do you still want to eat olive oil? Don’t worry if you don’t over heat it, it doesn’t oxygenate. When you cook you will heat oil if it doesn’t smoke, it still healthy, but if it smoke, it is unhealthy. When it smoke the temperature we call smoking point, every kind of oil has different smoking point, for “extra virgin olive oil” and “virgin olive oil” they are 180 degree, for “refined olive oil” it is 190 degree, for “pure olive oil” it is 200 degree. The smoking point is higher it is safer, so you see the cheap one is better then others, who say cheap products have not good quality.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you care your health you understand how to use the oil, through right way to cook, otherwise you must choose the oil depend on your cooking habit.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

2007/04/03 Jason's A8 Speech

Speech title: Puff Tasting
Speech Project: A8 The Demonstration Talk
Time limit: 5 to 7 minutes

Executive summary:
A demonstration is the most effective way to explain a process, activity or product. Demonstration can be done through body movement (showing a dance step or skiing technique), showing a physical object, or displaying a model. Carefully rehearse the demonstration and be sure the audience can see it. Anticipate any problems that may occur and plan how to handle each one.

Objectives:
Prepare a demonstration speech to clearly explain a process, product, or activity.
Conduct the demonstration as part of a speech delivered without notes.

Ladies and gentlemen, do you like eating? Yes, most people like eating just a few people they don’t like, but they still have to eat. Tonight I would to share my personal secret for tasting puff with all of you.
There are so many kinds of puffs in our world; I don’t have enough time to introduce them, so I only choose one to introduce to you. This puff is “crispy puff” some people call it “pineapple puff”, all of crispy puff looks alike only two things different, size and filling, any baker he can decide how big his puff is and what filling he want to fill with, some puff fill with whipping cream some fill with custard some taste like mousse some taste like ice cream, this one it taste like ice cream. Before you eat it, firstly you need to prepare some tools, oven tray gloves and tongs, and then we should preheat oven this action can help you to control baking time, if you don’t preheat you need to bake it longer and how much time you should spend? I don’t know that depend on your oven, some oven heat up quickly some ovens are slowly. Put puff on tray after oven is heated put tray in to oven bake for 3 minutes, this action can remake puff crispy, because air contain moisture if you don’t eat puff immediately when it just take out from oven, moisture will soften puff’s crust and then it don’t taste crispy anymore, so we should bake it again. One thing I need to remind you, you must store puff in freezer otherwise the filling’s quality will change.
We have several minutes to wait, so at this period let me tell you some knowledge about puff. Do you know where origin of puff is? France. Do you know how to say puff in French? "chou”. Why does French call it chou? Because chou means cabbage, puff’s appearance look like cabbage, so French call it chou and Japanese they steal word from France therefore Japanese call puff chou cream, why does it call puff in English? Oh…….I don’t know, but I tell you another meaning of this word, it can be a verb means inflation, so I guess maybe the reason is putt can puff up quickly like balloon, you can see inside of puff is empty.
Ok, time is up, Ladies and gentlemen, I promise this is best way to taste puff, would you like to try? Later you can practice and try it during intermission time.

2007/03/06 Lisa's C1 Speech

Speech title: Lisaness
Speech Project: (C1) Ice Breaker
Time limit: 4 to 6 minutes

This lectern is very familiar to me. Making speech in public is nothing new to me. But, this ice breaking really got me. Not until three days ago, have I started writing this C1 speech. Examine my life, organizing my history and revealing myself to you isn’t an easy job.

Anyway, I still have to do it, right? Well, let me start with my “Lisaness.” As you know, Lisa is my name, and the word ends up with ness is usually a noun. I saw this expression in a comedy called “You me and Dupree.” I thought it was a good way to say someone’s philosophy. So, what’s “Lisaness?” Have you heard of an idiom “Make hay while the sun shines?” That means “Enjoy your life while you still can.” That’s “Lisaness.” Let me tell you about myself, and then you will understand “Lisaness” better. I consider myself a very lucky person. I was born in a happy and normal family. They are very supportive with my decision. My father is a government worker, and my mother is a retired teacher. I have an elder brother who is a professor. But being a teacher used to be the last thing I wanted to do. Back in college, I was crazy for politics and stage play. I remembered once I was dragged for a long way and beaten up by the police in a student protest movement. I still thought I was doing a right thing and I had good time. Anyway, the ridiculous Constitution 100 and 101 have been eliminated and I have become what I am, a teacher.

I graduated from Fu-Jen University. My major was literature. Fourteen years ago, I started my teaching carrier and the school business, just like I said at the beginning. I always enjoy what I am doing. I treasure every moment at the podium and care about my students. That’s why they take my class seriously. My students adore me like a goddess, and the coolest part is the3 unbroken bond between my students and I. The other day, one of my college students asked for my opinions about his future and sex life. I couldn’t help thinking of what he was like when he was a third grader. To sum up, I have talent to catch the student’s attention, and be able to help them. That’s why my school is called the “Magic Lisa.”

Enough for my job, let me tell you some other amazing things. My husband is Japanese. I never expected to marry to a foreigner. I am someone who has too strong Taiwan awareness. I only like to use things made in Taiwan. However, things just happened. We fell in love at the first sight. We have been married for ten years. He can speak fluent Chinese and Taiwanese, but I cannot speak even one word of Japanese, though. However, my husband cannot agree more with my “Lisaness.” We share the same attitude toward life. We don’t want to grow old together. Instead, we both want to stay young forever. We also enjoy everything related to beauty. I am into interior designing, and he happened to be a handy person. Five years ago, the TV show, “生活智慧王” came to our home. It was quite an honor. My husband and I are family type people. Meanwhile, we never give up our crazy night life.

I am 36 years old. The age is never a taboo for me. I think if someone has confidence, it won’t be too late to fulfill anything. I joined a bikini contest three years ago. The rest of the contestants were at least 10 years younger. I still won the Championship in the end. I didn’t let my age to stop me. That’s “Lisaness.” I have two sons. One is a third grader and the other is a second grader. The older looks exactly like my husband, and I see myself in the younger one. They are growing up everyday. We are going to encounter different problems at different stage. But, one thing I can be sure is my love toward them and I will never change my “Lisaness.”