July 2019 - You Write

Stories for Children - 儿童故事

July 30, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Have you ever thought about writing out your own stories for your children or your grandchildren? I have and here in this article I am sharing my own experience with you in this regard. 你有没有想过为你的孩子或孙子们写自己的故事？在这篇文章中，我已经和我在这方面分享了自己的经验。 Let me start by illustrating how I write out a story using the information available from the internet. 首先让我使用互联网上提供的信息选择出一个小故事。 I start with the aim of my story and my target audience. 我从故事的目标和目标受众开始。 MAIN AIM: To provide entertainment for children and at the same time to develop their listening and speaking skills in the English Language. [The principle here is that if they listen to the […]

Hawkesbury Riverboat Postman

July 25, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Do you know that there are communities along the Hawkesbury River in Sydney, Australia, where the only mean of access is by boat? It was Tuesday 16th July 2019. The four of us - Gong Gong (78), Por Por (80), Becky (14), Jimmy (12) took a leisurely morning tour on the Riverboat Postman down along the Hawkesbury River. Boarding time 9:30am - 10:00am Cruising time 10:00 am to 12:30pm. Morning tea and Lunch supplied with ticket prices of $48.00 per senior adult and of $18.00 per child 14 years or under. NOTES for younger ones: Boat terms for beginners and […]

Wordscapes - Vocabulary 建设我们的英语词汇

July 22, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

This post is the story version of an earlier posting and is meant to encourage the development of English vocabulary for students learning the English Language. Chinese and Thai translations follow every paragraph. 这篇文章是早期文章的故事版本，旨在鼓励学生学习英语的英语词汇的发展。中文和泰文翻译遵循每一段。 โพสต์นี้เป็นเวอร์ชันเรื่องราวของโพสต์ก่อนหน้าและมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อส่งเสริมการพัฒนาคำศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษสำหรับนักเรียนที่เรียนภาษาอังกฤษ การแปลภาษาจีนและไทยปฏิบัติตามทุกย่อหน้า As soon as the Wordscapes APP opened up to Level 192 with the display of the six alphabets (D, E, S, I, R, E) and the crossword-like table (see diagram below), Granddad George gave the first word: DESIRE which was correct. Immediately, George regretted this as it was the expressed wishes of all the four adults (George, Grandma Marge, Dad Dan, and Mum May) […]

Food Outlets in Sydney

July 20, 2019 FLAI40 2 comments

When compared to food outlets in Auckland, there are two aspects that we find annoying in food outlets in Sydney. The first is the fact that the food outlets are not rated for hygiene standards. The second is that not all food outlets have toilets within their premises. 与奥克兰的食品店相比，我们发现悉尼的食品店有两个方面令人讨厌。首先是食品店的卫生标准没有政府的检查证书。第二，并非所有食品店都在其场所内设有厕所。 During our recent stay in Sydney, we have visited many Chinese and Asian food outlets and we can recommend the following places as worthwhile restaurants to have your meals: 在我们最近在悉尼逗留期间，我们去了许多中国和亚洲的食品店，我们现在可以推荐以下地方作为值得光顾的餐馆： (1) Cantonese Style Dim Sim or Yam Cha: 广式点心或饮茶： Dim Sum (in Hong Kong) or Dim Sim, or Yam Cha: https://youtu.be/q-ltG6v6vAw […]

A Chinese Story - 一个中文的故事

July 17, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

NOTE: This is an article that forms the reading material for those who are learning Mandarin in our online free course. It is also the reading material for those Chinese new migrants residing in New Zealand or in Australia who are learning the English Language. Use the form herein to contact us for the exercises and the lessons via social media (Messenger, or WeChat or WhatsApp). 注意：这篇文章构成了在线免费课程中学习普通话的人的阅读材料。它也是居住在新西兰或澳大利亚的中国新移民学习英语的阅读材料。使用此处的表格通过社交媒体（Messenger，或WeChat或WhatsApp）与我们联系，以获取练习和课程。 There are shortened Somewhere out in the wild, there is a forest named Fantasy Forest by all the monkeys of the land. The monkeys in this Forest have somewhat developed a higher level of […]

Yellow Bananas of Hong Kong

July 16, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

The term ‘yellow banana’ refers to a person who is ‘yellow’ on the outside but is ‘white’ on the inside. So ‘yellow bananas’ are people who belong to yellow people’s race biologically and white people’s race mentally. Before I air my views on the subject of Hong Kong’s ‘Yellow Banana’ people, let us read the message of Francis C W Fung, Ph.D., the Director General of World Harmony Organisation in San Francisco, California, to the ‘Yellow Bananas of Hong Kong. The message is headed as “Hong Kong, Wake Up!” “Hong Kong’s past success is pure luck. It was due mainly […]

Spelling Drill - Yr 6

July 15, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

We have collected a series of spelling words for your child to fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow each group. Group # 1: healthy diet energy muscle limb exercise physical activity stretch competition champion frequent regular injury leisure stamina sugar vitamin agility protein carbohydrates tournament Fill in the blanks below with the words above: (1) If you want to be fitter and __________, you need to __________ ___________. You should also have a good __________. (2) To keep in good __________ shape, you need to use all your muscles. If you do this, you shouldn’t have too […]

The English Language is Fun

July 15, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

This article is primarily meant for those students in primary schools. It is concerned with developing the vocabulary in the use of English words. Language. It is aimed at illustrating that learning the English Language is fun. First up, let us start with an APP called “Wordscapes” is available for download free of charge. This word game comprises a series of words that we are to form from five or six letters given to us. Those words are to be formed by letters inserting into crossword-like boxes. Let us look at one example below: Here there are six alphabets given […]

Cockatoo Island, Sydney 悉尼的鹦鹉岛

July 11, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

“Where shall we go today?” I asked. “Cockatoo Island,” came the answer from my eleven-year old grandson. So, the three of us, Lin, I and he set off on our way, first to Circular Quay by train and then off to Cockatoo Island on a ferry from Pier 5. “我们今天要去哪里？”我问。 “鹦鹉岛”来自我十一岁的孙子的答案。所以，我们三个人 - 我的妻子，我和孙子就出发，首先乘火车去环形码头，然后乘坐5号码头的渡轮前往鹦鹉岛。 On the ferry, there were two groups of kindergarten kids, all chattering with excitement. They were looked after by teachers and parent-helpers. I began to feel excited too. I was expecting some sort of Disneyland or Fantasy World ahead of us. “I shall then be doing the […]

Maths Tuition, Year 8 - Algebra

July 8, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

How can we explain or demonstrate the concept of Algebra to the young ones in the kindergarten? One way is to have a teacher standing in front of them. Tell them that this is Mr. Francis. Pause. Then Mr. Francis dresses up in front of them in an animal’s outfit and becomes say “an elephant”. Say: Mr. Francis is now an elephant. Ha, Ha, Ha. Mr. Francis takes off the elephant outfit in front of them and puts on the outfit of a kangaroo. Say in front of them: Now Mr. Francis is a kangaroo. Pause. Mr. Francis takes the kangaroo […]

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