Teaching & Learning English
We’re often encouraged to step outside our comfort zones and explore the vast, irresistible world of exotic cuisines. However, when it comes to certain dishes, like fried frogs, the initial reaction from many is pure disgust. “How could anyone possibly eat that?” I wondered. The first time I saw this dish was at a hot … Read more
I’m sure that many people have tasted preserved eggs or 皮蛋(Pí Dàn). I find it very common for them to appear on the meals of Chinese people and many of them like the taste of it, including me. Pi Dan(I’ll call it this from now on) is made from duck eggs and basic substances. After … Read more
Regarding the topic of exotic food, I have to admit that I always ensure I eat ordinary food, so there aren’t many types of exotic food for me to talk about. However, around three years ago, while visiting my grandparents in Zheng Jiang, we went to a hot pot place. This is where my curiosity … Read more
Chinese people are known for eating weird foods, such as eggs baked out of children’s pee, scorpions, fried spider, chicken eggs that are hatched halfway, duck heads, tofu that smells like diarrhea, monkey brains, and even cows’ and sheep’s wiener. Chinese people are decomposers of animals. Me being a person that does not try … Read more
I’m not really a student. This is just an example 🙂 Having travelled widely, there are many exotic foods I could describe. In China alone, I have had the pleasure of eating barbecued scorpions, rabbit head hot pot, stewed dog, horse’s stomach, some unidentifiable green splat and the parts of a male sheep not shared … Read more
When in Rome, we do as the Romans do this is a regularly used term when we travel. Each country has its culture and traditions. Travelers often face culture shock when visiting other nations due to the sometimes stark contrasts in habits and behavior across different countries. However, for some people, that’s exactly why to travel. We … Read more
So it’s another seminar. It’s my biggest concern in this unit because I already did badly in the last seminar. However, I did say a few more sentences than in the previous seminar, even though the score still does not look very satisfying. Here are my opinions on the topics since I didn’t speak much … Read more
With the tremendous development of transportation and tourisms, vacations has became a popular relaxation that has almost became an essential. With this, numerous topics has been thrown out about this. For example, an old saying that is popular among travelers is: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” This expression refers to … Read more
Perhaps you had to face a dilemma where you had to decide between adapting to the habits of the indigenous inhabitants and sustaining your own habits when you first arrived at an unfamiliar place. You might have also visited a tourist place that is notourious for symbolizing an unpleasant historical event. These probable events precisely … Read more
Since the last seminar, I have been looking forward to the second one because it had a deep impact on me. However, the second seminar made me nervous as it came so quickly and I missed preparing for the lesson on Friday. As a result, the topic is not clear to me. Based on the … Read more
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” That was the topic of the seminar. This time, not being a host, I could participate in the conversation as everyone else did. In the seminar, we discussed adapting to another region or nation’s lifestyle or culture, such as dark tourism; whether to adapt to a place’s … Read more
Far across the distant galaxy, there is a little planet called Earth. There lived a student named Leo, who really enjoyed his recent ELL seminar. This is the best seminar in his MYP study; however, most of the ideas he contributed were ‘high-quality’. Bear in mind that he didn’t do any preparation before that thrilling, … Read more