Kim's ESL Blog
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
"Cây tre trăm đốt" translating "Bamboo tree with one hundred parts"
This is one of a Vietnamese fairy tale. Once upon a time, there was a poor boy who worked for his boss, his boss told him if he worked well, he'll let his daughter marry him. He really wanted to marry her so we worked very hard. He worked by himself and the boss don't have to find more slaves just only him. He worked hard because he wanted to marry the boss's daughter. Day by day, he worked and worked and he never sick. Many years later, the boss let his daughter marry to a rich boy and the poor boy was very mad. The rich boy is very show-off, evil and selfish. Then, he asked the boss why did he broke the promise between them? He said because he's so poor and that wasn't really true. He made a deal that if he can find a bamboo tree with 100 parts, he will let him marry his daughter. So the poor boy went to the forest to find it, but he kept finding but there's just only a bamboo tree with 40 parts at least. He sat down feeling hopeless and cried. The fairy appear and asked him why did he cried. The poor boy told the fairy all of the story and he told him to cut 100 parts.Then he told him if he said "put in together"it's will automatically turn to a bamboo tree with 100 parts and if he said "apart, apart" the bamboo tree will turn into 100 parts. He tried then it's work. He went back to the boss house, everyone who invited to the wedding was there. He went into the middle of the yard and lined up the 100 bamboo tree parts straight and said "put in together" it's turned to a tall bamboo tree. The boss was so suprised and he went closer, he was stuck on the bamboo tree, people looked at him and laughed, the rich boy and his dad went closer to help the boss but they got stuck too. Then, the boss told the poor boy to let him down and he promise will let them marry each other. He said "apart, apart" and the bamboo tree turned into 100 parts.After that, the poor boy and the boss's daughter live happily ever after.Characteristics that show this story is a fairy tale:
- The good guy got to married the boss's daughter not the rich boy.
- Began with "Once upon a time" and end with "happily ever after"
- The poor boy beat the rich boy.
- Magical bamboo tree with 100 parts.
- There's a fairy.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Feedback Sandwich
- I love my voice. It was loud and clear.
- I need to look at the audiences more.
- I talk more about each topics.
- I need to watch out for my hand gestures.
*Goal for Improvement*
Next time, I'll have to look at the audiences more and be confident.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
FAMILY
- With me, my family is the BEST. Family is where my dad, mom, my younger sister and little brother treat me nicely and care for me. My family are nice, lovely and super AWESOME !!!
- One day, if my family gone and leave me a lone. I might die because I'm only 11 years old and I can't take care of myself. I'll miss the caring and strict of my parents and the noisy and annoying of my sister and brother. The world will be awful without them.
- I love my family ! If you love your family, treat them as nicely as possible, because without them, you won't have love and can't feel love. Always remember, FAMILY is where you have love and it's the best place ever. If you lose it, you can't find a new one !
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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