Assignment #4 Breaking News English：Walking 4,000 steps a day linked to longer life

🏃Walking 4,000 steps a day linked to longer life🏃

This news is about how many steps need to take every day. There been studies that have shown that walking 10,000 steps a day can keep us healthy and make us live longer, but a new study looked at the exercise data of 225,000 adults around the world, with an average age of 64 an different level of health. Data show that walking 4,000 steps a day can help us live longer. Reduce the risk of dying from diabetes, heart diseases and other life-threatening conditions. Taking an extra 1,000 steps a day reduces the risk of premature death by about 15%, so people should walk more often.

 

Walking 4,000 steps a day linked to longer life

Assignment #3 All Ears English：Happy Housewarming！

AEE 1740: happy HOUSEWARMING!

HOW TO BE THE BEST GUEST AT A PARTY

vocabulary

reflect (verb)

    if a surface reflects light, heat, sound, or an image, it sends the light, etc. back and does not absorb it.

    反射（光、熱、聲等)）； 反映，映出（影像）

❗He saw himself reflected in the water.

pride (noun)

    a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get because you or people connected with you have done or got something good.

    自豪，得意

❗She felt a great sense of pride as she watched him accept the award.

relevant (adjective)

    connected with what is happening or being discussed

    有關的；相關聯的；切題的

❗Education should be relevant to the child's needs.

 sentence

This is a great spot for ...

    這是一個...的好地方

❗This is a great spot for entertaining, parties, relaxing.

Assignment #2 6 Minute English：Should we fear chatbots？

VOCABULARY

interact (verb)

    to communicate with or react to.

    交流, 相互作用

• We are studying how these two chemicals interact.

reveal (verb)

    to make known or show something that is surprising or that was previously secret.

    揭露, 透露

• Her biography revealed that she was not as rich as everyone thought.

predict (verb)

    to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience.

    預言, 預料

• It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.

clever (adjective)

    having or showing the ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily.

    聰明的, 機靈的

• Judy has never been vert clever, but she tries hard.

reliable (adjective)

    someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it  works or behaves well in the way you expect.

    可信賴的, 可靠的

• Kevin is very reliable - if he says he'll do something, he'll do it.

Link： BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Should we fear chatbots?

Assignment #1 Greeting posts

HELLO！My name is Rebecca.

I study in the Department of Data Management at NTUB.（National Taipei University of Business）

I come from Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is a windy city.

Welcome everyone to come and play in my hometown.

One of my hobbies is shopping, because it can make me feel happy and relieve stress.

So I will go shopping in Zhongshan in my free time.

This is my photo.