1. 自介：
我們是小型英語口說圖書會，因為人少所以可以暢所欲言、充分練習。
目前固定成員有4人(剛好2男2女)，預計再招募2人。
沒有規定出席次數，盡可能參加就好。
2. 對象：
想講、敢講、心胸開放的人，不限性別、年齡、宗教...。
請站內信提供Line ID 聯絡。
3. 目標：全英語口說，可暢所欲言，分享觀點。
4. 原因：上週有成員出國退出，所以再度招募。
5. 地點：大慶車站星巴克 (每次聚會都有空位，還沒遇過客滿)
6. 時間：每周六晚上7-9點; 若不足3人參加則取消或延期到週日。
7. 方式：輪流當主持人，事先挑選主題、閱讀素材(非必要)、和討論題目。之前三周的
題目如下。
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11/30 Sat. 7 P.M. Starbucks
Hong Kong Democracy Backers Win Big as Voters Flock to Polls
is.gd/5tYFhn
This week we gonna talk over what happened in HK, and how would they
influence us?
Q1. How much do you know about what happened in HK and why so? Are you pro or
against them?
Q2. The news says the election suggested that the public continues to back
the democracy movement, even as the protests have grown increasingly
violent.
how do "you" interpret the election results, and what's the next step you'll
take if you were the following roles: a peaceful citizen, a protester,
pro-democracy party politician, pro-Beijing party politician, Xi, Trump,
Tsai, Han and Soong.
Q3. How do you see what happened in HK will influence its neighbor districts
or countries? Try to imagine if you are leading one of the neighbors, what
would you like to see it end in HK?
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12/14 Saturday 7pm
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
https://cn.nytimes.com/education/20190417/stop-asking-kids-what-they-want-to-be-when-they-grow-up/zh-hant/dual/
Q1: Have your parents or adults around you ever asked you this or similar
questions when you were little?
If yes, what have you answered? And what's the ir reactions followed by
your answers?
If not, what do you think they haven't done so as most people usually
have done?
Q2: The reporter criticized this question for not helpging but misleading
kids 'cause
1) It forces kids to define themselves in terms of work.
2) Searching for the answer could makes kids feel lost and confused.
3) Careers rarely live up to your childhood dreams.
Do you agree or not with the comments and why?
Q3: It mentions a equation: happiness is reality minus expectations. We're
better off going in with a realistic preview of what works really like, warts
and all, and lowering expectations to erase the gap between what we wanted
and what we got. Do you agree or not with the comments and why?
Q4: Do you find differences betweens these 2 questions? Which questions you
might use for your kids in the future?
1) “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
2) "What kind of person you want to be when you grow up?"
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12/21 Saturday 7pm
Global Refugees Crisis
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syrian-refugees-libya-two-years-alan-kurdis-death-a7925616.html
Q1. What do you think about the refugees crisis?
Q2. Are you worried about all the job opportunities natives could lose to a
refugee?
Q3. Do you think supporting refugees is a burden for a country?
Q4. If you are a president, will you receive refugees?