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by 王瓊玉 2015-06-06 23:16:29, 回應(0), 人氣(2049)
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass 1

A narrow Fellow in the Grass
Occasionally rides -
You may have met Him - Did you not
His notice sudden is -

The Grass divides as with a Comb -
A spotted Shaft is seen,
And then it closes at your Feet
And opens further on -

He likes a Boggy Acre
A Floor too cool for Corn -
But when a Boy, and Barefoot
I more than once at Noon
Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash
Unbraiding in the Sun
When stooping to secure it
It wrinkled, and was gone -


A Narrow Fellow in the Grass 2

Several of Nature's People
I know and they know me -
I feel for them a transport
Of Cordiality -

But never met this Fellow
Attended or alone
Without a tighter Breathing
And Zero at the Bone.

A Narrow Fellow in the Grass: Introduction
"A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" is believed to have been written in 1865. A year later, it was published anonymously under the title "The Snake" in a journal called the Springfield Republican. The natural world is portrayed vividly throughout Dickinson's work, and this poem closely examines on of nature's most infamous creatures, the snake.

The poem begins with a description of the shock of encountering a snake. Although the poem's speaker never actually uses the word "snake," the scene is familiar enough for most readers to relate to it. The snake is almost magical as it moves, ghost-like, through the tall grass. The speaker sees only flashes of the snake's scaly skin, but there is evidence of its presence as the grass separates in its wake.

The poem goes on to illustrate how snakes can be deceptive. The word "barefoot" makes the speaker seem even more vulnerable to the serpent's potential threat. Mistaking a snake for the lash of a whip on the ground, the speaker reaches down to grab it and is startled to see it slither away.

The snake, one of the most notorious creatures in the natural world, has long been a symbol of treachery. Although the poem's speaker claims to be a lover of nature, it seems that the snake, while fascinating, is impossible to love. In fact, the speaker reacts to the snake as if it were a living manifestation of the terror of the unknown, for it is both startling and chilling.

A Narrow Fellow in the Grass: Summary 1

Lines 1-4: In the opening quatrain, Dickinson cleverly disguises the subject of the poem, a snake. This creature sounds harmless enough as it is introduced in line one. The term "narrow Fellow" is a nice use of colloquial language, "narrow," meaning small in width as compared to length, and "fellow" being a familiar term for a man or a boy, with an undertone that suggests commonness. The choice of the word "rides" is also interesting because it sounds like "glides" and "writhes" but gives the impression that the snake is being carried, or that it is floating along. In addition, the word can also mean torment, harass, or tease, and this definition fits the snake's reputation as a sly tempter. The speaker goes on to ask readers if they, too, have ever encountered snakes, noting that these "narrow fellows" always seem to take people by surprise.


A Narrow Fellow in the Grass: Summary 2

Lines 5-8: This second quatrain vividly describes the way a snake moves through tall grass. In line one, the grass is compared to hair and the snake to a comb moving through it. In line two, only part of the snake is seen, "a spotted shaft." The snake is long, slender, and marked with spots, and it is quickly glimpsed as it passes at the speaker's feet. After the flash of snake, the grass closes up and then is "combed" apart again...

A Narrow Fellow in the Grass: Summary 3

In "a Narrow Fellow in the Grass", Dickinson examines the fascination and fear that a snake can inspire in its onlookers. "Narrow Fellow"; the snake, a disturbing fellow. At first the snake is observed for his strange beauty and behavior. "Notice Sudden"; quick and sudden movement. "Grass divides as with a comb"; as the snake moves on, it divides the grass into half. His appearance is said to be "sudden", and as he moves in the field, "the snake divides as with a comb". "Spotted shaft"; the snake is long and spotted. "Whiplash"; regal power. "Unbraiding"; slithering movements His "spotted body" is projected as powerful when he is described as "a whiplash/unbraiding in the sun". "Closes at your feet"; comes near out feet. "Opens further on"; goes further away from human touch. However, a disturbing undertone is indicated in the snake's hidden and unpredictable movements.

The snake's home is remote from human inhabitation. "Boggy Acre"; marshy and cultivated land. His fondness for primitive swamps where no corn ever grows, hints at the snake's Biblical association with evil and desolation. A bare-footed child is introduced in the poem as a mask for the poet. The child stoops to pick up the lash of an abandoned whip, but the snake "wrinkled and was gone". "Nature's people"; other creatures of nature like birds and animals and people. The snake's elusive and slithering motion recalls the Biblical curse "upon thy belly thou shall go", and makes it alien and an object of terror. "Transport of cordiality"; feeling of understanding and friendship.


A Narrow Fellow in the Grass: Summary 4

The last two stanzas contrast the poet's love for other parts of nature with the terror she feels towards the snake. "Tighter breathing"; constricted breathing due to terror. The striking image at the close of the poem evokes the absolute horror and revulsion she experiences when she meets the snake. "Zero at the bone"; bone-numbing chill. From an interesting, mildly amused treatment of its external characteristics, the poem develops into the snake's association with man's fear of the unknown and evil itself.
by 王瓊玉 2015-06-06 22:28:17, 回應(0), 人氣(926)
Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during here lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.

Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886 - when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems - that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content. A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time 1955 when The Poem of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.

Dickinson's Life 1

Emily Dickinson can be seen as eccentric (my view) or as psychologically unbalanced or even crazy (less tolerant views). For example, from her late teens through her twenties she adopted the more childish spelling of her name, "Emilie"; her letters repeatedly express the wish to remain a child. She didn't learn to tell time until her mid-teens, because, she claimed, as a child she hadn't understood her father's explanation and didn't want him to know. She wore only white for almost her entire adult life. Of course there is a great deal of conjecture about her love life and her never marrying: are the references in her poems and letters to actual men whom she was in love with, or are the men and love imaginary? She became increasingly reclusive in her thirties until finally she almost never left the house. Her behavior at social gatherings in the Dickinson home, while she still attended them, was distinct. She asked whether a guest would rather have a glass of wine or a rose. One guest described her manner of appearing at such occasions:"a moment when conversation lagged a little, she would sweep in, clad in immaculate white, pass through the rooms, silently curtseying and saluting right and left, and sweep out again."     immaculate = spotless

As a recluse, she occasionally stayed in her room rather than meet even close friends and rushed away when strangers visited; sometimes she talked with friends while hidden behind a partially open door. She stayed in her room and listened to her father's funeral service, which was held on the lawn of her home. She stayed in the next room to listen to a young woman play her piano and then sent her notes of appreciation. Even when ill, including when she was dying, she kept aloof; her doctor had to diagnose her as she walked by an open door. This does not mean that she cut herself off entirely from people; she had an extensive and active correspondence and saw an occasional, special visitor; she loved her brother's children and lowered baskets of baked goods via a pulley outside her window for neighborhood children.

And throughout her seclusion, Dickinson wrote poetry in her room. Some critics speculate that her withdrawal enabled her to write her poetry; it gave her both the space to write (her room) and the time to write by feeing her from woman's duties. Not even her sister Lavinia, on whom she depended, knew the extent of Emily's writing, not until she came across over 1700 poems after Emily's death.


Emily Dickinson's Quotations

A word is dead when it is said, some say.
I say it just begins to live that day.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

Dying is a wild night and a new road.

I dwell in Possibility.

I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

by 王瓊玉 2015-06-04 22:32:08, 回應(0), 人氣(793)
Wine Tasting

by 王瓊玉 2015-06-04 22:23:45, 回應(0), 人氣(1360)
Wine Tasting

12. Alcohol by Volume(酒精含量) Alcoholic(酒精過多的) American Oak(美洲橡木) American Viti cultural Area,AVA(美國葡萄酒產區法) Ampelography(葡萄品種學) Appearance(外觀) Appellation(葡萄酒的產區) Appellation d'Origine Control(AOC)(受當地葡萄酒法規所管制的葡萄酒產區) Aroma(香氣、酒香、香味) Astringent(澀味)



by 王瓊玉 2015-06-04 10:15:01, 回應(0), 人氣(1222)

Wine Tasting

 


 一、酒杯
 一支合格的葡萄酒杯(Wine Glasses)還必須符合以下幾點條件:
1.無色(Colorless)
2.透明(Transparent)
3.沒有任何裝飾構造(Unadorned)
4.杯身構造均勻且壁薄(Thin-Walled)
5.杯口磨光平整(With a Cut and Polished lip)
6.杯身為鬱金香型(Tulip-Shaped)
7.高腳(Stemmed)
8.不含鉛(Made of Lead-Free Crystal)

5. 酒杯的材質
葡萄酒品評時所使用的杯子,對於品酒的結果會有非常重要的影響。選購葡萄酒杯時,有許多要點,首先必須避免含鉛的材質,玻璃加入氧化鉛後(SiO2),成為所謂的鉛玻璃,這種玻璃密度高,硬度低,折射率高,所以視覺上很容易讓人覺得像水晶一般光彩奪目,所以商人常稱之為水晶玻璃。


 
 
 
by 王瓊玉 2015-06-04 08:46:09, 回應(0), 人氣(1283)
Successful Exhibit Marketing 功的展覽行銷

Terminology

banner
橫幅,也稱布條,指的是懸掛在會展活動場地內的大型橫幅或標幟,有時是以雙語印製或書寫,

poster
海報,指的是各類會展活動,為加強宣傳和廣告周知而印製的印刷品 50x70  70x90 cm

floor plan
會場平面圖,指的是展覽會場中各個參展廠商攤位的位置,尺寸,規劃會場平面圖,也會顯示相關面積.

service provider
服務供應商,指的是提供各項會展活動的供應商,服務的內容可自花藝安排,交通規劃,保險,印刷服務表演團體安排
小型餐宴需求等. 
general service provider

contractor
合約商,指的是定有合約的服務商或供應商,主要是雙方為了得到較佳的保障,確認工作需求及價格優惠.

general contractor

supplier
供應商,指的是為會議展覽活動,提供各類服務或產品的廠商.

decorating
會場裝飾工作,指的是為了凸顯會展活動所需的氣勢或場面,所做的裝潢工作.
decorator 指的是會場不至人員或公司.

Reading

Exhibition is the best face-to-face marketing opportunity for companies around the world.

Provides outstanding sales, marketing, research, branding, financial and other rewards for companies
that understand some important exhibition marketing fundamentals.

Exhibition is the only sales and marketing medium that delivers prequalified visitor to company's
stand in a face-to-face selling environment, as they invest their time and money to be at the exhibition.

Truly an outstanding marketing opportunity.

Ranking and Participating an Exhibition


Step 1: Selecting the Right Exhibition for Your Company.
To choose the best exhibition that matches company's sales, marketing, branding, other objectives is
the first step toward success.

Few thoughts to facilitate selection process:

1. Evaluate according to its importance within that sector, as well as its local, national,
    or international appeal.
2. Review the audience profiles and demographics (metrics, data about the visitors,
    exhibitors, press, etc.).
3. Make sure company producing the exhibition has a good financial reputation.
4. The geographical area exhibition served matches company's marketing needs.
5. Evaluate exhibition's facility, particularly on its technology offerings.
6. Evaluate the support services offered at the exhibition.
7. Consider whether the time of year of the exhibition fits company's marketing plan, and
    political status of destination.
by 王瓊玉 2015-06-04 01:03:26, 回應(0), 人氣(1932)
Marketing a Convention 行銷會議

Vocabulary
1. adage 格言
2. multiple 很多的 多樣的
3. initial 起頭 縮寫
4. matrix 矩陣 相關的事物放一塊 MATRIX
5. affiliation 連鎖
6. preliminary 開始的
7. incorporate (INC) 聯合的 包含的
8. editorial 編輯的  社論
9. whilst / while 當~時
10. suitable 適合的
11. quarantine 隔離檢疫 isolation
12. specification 詳細描訴
13. decoration 裝潢
14. stationery  文具
15. preceding 在~之前

Terminology
invited speaker
特邀講座,一般大型且重要的會議,大多會邀請產業界頂尖的學這專家,或政府高層長官或業界鉅子來擔任特殊講座,如此可以增加與會或參展的興趣.

head count
實際出席人數,指的是各項會議展覽及活動實際出席的人數計算.

complimentary
禮遇安排,指的是提供服務或場地空間但不會收費. 如complimentary room免費房間.

attendance
出席人數,指的是會議,展覽及活動出席人數統計.目前各個會展活動都很重視整體出席人數,但由於恐怖主義氣氛升高,國際油價的持續高漲,金融海嘯的不景氣影響,出席人數都會受到影響.

Convention Bureau or Convention & Visitors Bureau, CVB 會展辦公室
會議旅遊局或會展辦公室,指的是由政府或民間共同組成的會展服務機構,主要的功能是一個國家或城市為了爭取國際會展活動,或提供會展活動在該國該城市舉辦時的各項配套服務所組成.

logo
大會標幟或識別標幟,如同每個組織,公司,城市或國家都會設計出代表此次會展特色的標誌.
Meet you in Tokyo 2010 (slogan)

DMC, Destination Management Company
目的地規劃公司,指的是一種結合會展,活動及旅遊服務的新興型公司,此類型專業策劃管理公司或工作室,主要以特殊,創新又具當地文化方針為策畫重點.


Reading
There is an adage in the meeting profession that all meetings,
NO MATTER HOW SMALL,
REQUIRE PROMOTION.

No matter how excellent the congress program or how exotic the destination,
without promotion the congress will not succeed.

Reasons why need promotion:
1. To maximize delegate attendance
2. To maximize sponsorship income
3. Maximize exhibition sales
4. Raise the profile of the convention and hosting organizer.
5. To obtain Government involvement and possible funding.
by 王瓊玉 2015-06-02 22:20:26, 回應(0), 人氣(696)
Would you like to start with a cocktail?
Can I get you something to drink?
Would you like to start with something to drink?
Yes. I'd like to start with gin and tonic/mojito/black Russian/bloody Mary/Negroni/
Long Island iced tea
.

What's in a screwdriver?
What's in a /an ___?
It consists of vodka and orange juice.

What is an old-fashioned?
It's made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar.
whiskey, sugar cube, Angostura bitters, ice cubes, water, orange slices, maraschino cherry

Would you like to start with cocktail?
Can I get you something to drink?
Would you like to start with something to drink?

Yes. I'd like to start with a gin and tonic.
Shirley Temple ( a nonalcoholic cocktail)
What does a screwdriver consist of ?
It consists of vodka and orange juice.

What is an old-fashioned?
It's made of rye, bitters, water, and sugar.
Would you like a Bloody Mary or Manhattan while waiting?
Shall I bring you an aperitif while you study the menu?
Can I serve you something from the bar.. a screwdriver or gin fizz?
May doctor told me to stop drinking.
Do you have anything nonalcoholic?
I never drink alcohol.
I don't feel like having anything alcoholic.
I never drink hard stuff. 酒精濃度高
Do you have something soft?
How about one of our nonalcoholic fruit cocktails?
Fine. I'll take a Jersey Lily.
No, thank you. I'll just have mineral water.

Tabasco / Worcestershire sauce. 郡

Words and Expressions

rye 裸麥
vermouth
bitter
highball
julep
fizz
rum 萊姆酒
creme de menthe
creme de cacao
liqueur
vodka
maraschino
Bacardi
Benedictine
bourbon
Scotch 蘇格蘭威士忌 Whisky
Campari
consist of
bartender
pick up
使興奮
velvet  天鵝絨
by 王瓊玉 2015-06-02 21:53:44, 回應(0), 人氣(736)
Recipes for Cocktails

Cocktail  Accessories
Cocktail Glasses
Cocktail Preparation - Margarita

1. cocktail accessories
2. shaker
3. bottle opener
4. bar knife
5. wine opener
6. wine rack
7. ice pail 冰桶
8. cocktail spoon
9. cocktail stainer
10. coasters 杯墊
11. shot measurer  shot杯  measuring cup
12. ice tongs 冰塊夾
13. ice shove 冰鏟
14. double jigger (=shot measurer)
15. ice bucket  tumbler  goblet  martini glass   margarita glass  

Cocktail Preparation / Margarita

1. First, take a cocktail shaker and fill it with crushed ice.
2. Next, add tequila, triple sec, lime juice, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and caster
   sugar to a cocktail shaker.
3. Rub lime juice around the edge of the glass.
4. Place the glass upside-down on a saucer of salt to achieve the salted rim effect.
5. Shake well to mix all the ingredients
6. Strain the shaken cocktail into a cocktail glass.
7. Finally, garnish it with a slice of lime.
by 王瓊玉 2015-06-02 21:38:16, 回應(0), 人氣(714)
Cocktails

Recipes for Cocktails

Many guests, especially women, like to start their meal with cocktail that does not contain alcohol -
a nonalcoholic cocktail.

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