From someone's blog

• "Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.
• Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly.
• Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.
• What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.
• Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. "
  
  Presentations: Repackage Your Words
  Paraphrase. Don't read the words on a PowerPoint slide verbatim. This causes the audience to feel patronized and become resentful. To avoid the verbatim effect, paraphrase or juxtapose the words on the slide or use synonyms. For instance, if the slide title reads, "Significant Revenue Growth," say, "Our revenues have grown impressively since last year…"Your audience will appreciate the effort.

Margaret Thatcher 3

Perhaps the biggest excitement of my early years was a visit to London when I was twelve years old. I came down by train in the charge of a friend of my mother's. Arriving at Kings' cross where I was met by Reverend Skinner and his wife, family friends, who were going to look after me. The first impact of London was overwhelming. King's Cross itself was a giant bustling cavern. The rest of the city had all the dazzle of a commercial and imperial capital. For the first time in my life I saw people from foreign countries. Some in the traditional native dress of India and Africa. The sheer volume of traffic and of pedestrians was exhilarating. They seemed to generate a sort of electricity. London's buildings were impressive for another reason; begrimed with soot, they had a dark imposing magnificence which constantly reminded me that I was at the centre of the world. I was taken by the Skinner's to all the usual sites. I fed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. I rode the Underground, a slightly forbidding experience for a child. I visited the zoo where I rode on an elephant and recoiled from the reptiles: an early portent of my relations with Fleet street. And I went to look at Downing Street. But unlike the young Harold Wilson, I did not have the prescience to have my photogragh taken outside No.10."

Margaret Thatcher 2

Methodism itself, of course, has in the form of the Wesley hymns, some really fine religious poetry.
It was, I confess, the musical side of Methodism which I liked best.
Our church had an exceptionally good choir. Every other year we would perform an oratorio:
Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation or Mendelssohn's Elijah. We were a musical family. From the age of five my parents had me learn the piano. My mother played too. Sadly, at sixteen, I found it necessary to stop music lessons when I was cramming for my university entrance. And I still regret that I never took up the piano again.

Margaret Thatcher 1

Narrator: In this next short talk, Margaret Thatcher, the future Prime Minister of England, reminisces about her family and her childhood, and she and her family's love of music. She vividly describes her first awe inspiring visit to London. Her smaller city background had not prepared her for the many wonders of London, including a first walk past by No.10 Downing Street (the Home of the Prime Minister) little knowing that someday she would be living there.

"Age 10, I was the proud winner of a prize at the Grantham Eisteddfod for reciting poetry. In the first years of the war I would go out as part of a concert party to the surrounding villages, and recite from my Oxford Book of English Verse. A book which even now, is never far from reach.

Song Meiling 2

Nevertheless, when the greedy flames of war inexorably spread in the Pacific following the perfidious attack on Pearl Harbor, Malaya and lands in and around China Sea and one after another of these places fell, the pendulum swung to the other extreme.

Doubts and fears lifted their ugly heads and the world began to think that the Japanese were Nietzschean Supermen, superior in intellect and physical prowess.

A belief which the Gobineau's and the Houston Chamberlain's and their ex-pupils, the Nazi racists had propounded about the Nordics.

Again, now the prevailing opinion seems to consider the defeat of the Japanese as of relative unimportance and that Hitler is our first concern.

This is not borne out by actual facts. Nor is it to the interest of the United Nations as a whole to allow Japan to continue not only as a vital potential threat but as a waiting sword of Damocles ready to descend at movements' notice."

bear - borne

Song Meiling 1

"You, as representatives of the American people have before you the glorious opportunity of carrying on the pioneer work of your ancestors, beyond the frontiers of physical and geographical limitations. Their brawn and thews braved undoubtedly almost unbelievable hardships to open up the new continent.
The modern world knows them for their vigor and intensity of purpose and for their accomplishments.

You have today before you, the immeasurably greater opportunity to implement these same ideals and to help bring about the liberation of man's spirit in every part of the world. In order to accomplish this purpose, we of the United Nations must now so prosecute the war that victory will be ours decisively and with all good speed.

Sun Tzu, the well known Chinese strategist said 'In order to win, know thyself and thy enemy.' We have also the saying 'It takes little effort to watch the other fellow carry the load.' In spite of these teachings from a wise old past which are shared by every nation, there has been a tendency to belittle the strength of our opponents. When Japan thrust total war on China in 1937, military experts of every nation did not give China even a ghost of a chance. But, when Japan failed to bring China cringing to her knees as she wanted, the world took solace in this phenomenon by declaring that they had overestimated Japan's military might......

From the Kitchen to the Frying Pan

Song Meiling, Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Clinton

Narrator: Hello, readers, this is Listening to celebrities, a publication of Crazy English. In this Chapter, we will discuss Song Meiling, Margaret Thatcher and Hilary Clinton. The first chapter is entitled "from the Kitchen to the Frying Pan".

The first talk is by Song Meiling and these are excerpts from her very good speech to the U.S. Congress (February, 1943). This was part of a broader effort on the part of she and her husband (Chiang Kai - shek) to obtain the support of the American people and the American government for China, in China's fight against Japan. In fact most of the money, guns and food supplied by America was either taken for the Kuomintang leaders personal use or it was used to fight Mao. Only very little of this money was used against the Japanese. Nevertheless, this was however, an inspiring and great speech.

Definition of craziness

• "Crazy " stands for the human spirit of transcending oneself.

• It stands for the single-minded pursuit of dreams.
• It stands for the total devotion to your work.
• It stands for the passion of commitment to reach the goal.
• Once you have the craziness, you can achieve anything you want, let alone learning english.

2007-03-01 06:49:00 FROM Mr. Li's Blog

• A Healthy New Me! (Written by Mr. Li)
• It’s extremely important to always have a goal.
• I have a new goal this month.
• I am going to totally improve my health.
• I must do this for myself.
• I must do this for my family.
• I will try to think positive thoughts every day.
• I will exercise every day.
• I will take good care of teeth.
• I will keep my body and hair clean.
• I will eat nutritious food.
• I will drink enough water.
• I will drink at least eight glasses a day.
• I will go to bed early and get up early every day.
• I won’t stay up late studying, working or fooling around.


• I won’t drink.


• I won’t smoke.


• I won’t do anything to harm my body.


• I wish everyone would join me in my goal because everyone should care about his health!


• We shouldn’t take our health for granted.


• If you destroy your health, you have nothing left.


• Keeping good health is always easier than regaining your lost health.

老爸训诫

可爱老爸命令我毕生谨记三点：

1 复杂问题简单化！
2 从众，而出类拔萃！
3 吃苦耐劳！

我最爱老爸老妈，也爱自己。

实现了一定给你跪下！

• 2007 four months!


• four years: come on! & including one year of Korean


• one year : investment banking system & ENGLISH never stop!


• years: MBA


• WISDOM of apprentice: how to combine the factors of business, finance, media, people effectively.


• ......

The Milestones of Li Yang Crazy English

• 1988年, 经过4个月脱胎换骨残酷自律强行蜕皮的奋斗，背诵复述了十几本原版英文书，实现了英语学习质的飞越，疯狂英语由此诞生。(20岁)

• 1990-1991年，一年多时间每天清晨在单位九楼顶大喊英法德意语。进一步实践用疯狂英语的方法学习其他外语，是李阳疯狂英语发展的里程碑！(3年内)
• 1992-1993年，在广东人民广播电台对面的流花湖公园再次大喊英语近半年，苦练英语播音和广告配音，完成了人生的第三次超越。(事业起步......)
• 1992年至1995年，一系列重大涉外活动的翻译任务，以及重要国际会议的同声传译工作，并同时担任美国驻广州领事馆特邀翻译，如为美国前国务卿黑格将军翻译等，被誉为“万能翻译机”。(才能!!!)
• 1996年，创办了“李阳•克立兹文化传播有限公司”，开始正式走上规模化运营的道路。“克立兹”是“crazy”的汉语音译，表示“克服困难、屹立于此时此刻”(创业......)

辉煌应该是从92年开始的吧，92年我还在幼儿园哩。好敬佩十年前叱咤风云的李老师啊。或许应该再去一次camp，重新审视这位巨人。好像是不该对吃过这么多苦的人不敬来着，即使光阴已经磨圆了伟人的棱角。

About Education

• educational history / educational background / major / minor / educational system / academic year / semester / term /
• curriculum / academic activities / extracurricular activities / physical activities / recreational activities /
• educational highlights / curriculum included / specialized courses / courses taken / refresher course /
• special training / social practice / part-time jobs / summer jobs / vacation jobs / off-job training / in-job training /
• rewards / scholarship / fellowship / prize fellow /
• excellent League member / excellent leader / student council /
• supervisor / post doctorate / doctor (Ph.D) / master / bachelor / graduate student / undergraduate student / abroad student / government-supported student / commoner /
• extern / day-student / boarder /
• intern /
• auditor / guest student /

From Mr. Li

亲爱的朋友们，每天都感到强烈的使命感，每天我都在同自己进行最残酷的战争

真正的全球精英都在日夜兼程、全力以赴地改造和提升自己。

想成功吗？对自己再残酷一点，再严格一点！

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve.
Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle.

• I want to be a winner!我想成为赢家！
• I want to speak good English!我想讲一口流利的英语！
• I want to be good at whatever I am doing!我想做好我正在做的任何事！
• So I must suffer!所以我必须吃苦！
• I must feel pain!我必须感受痛苦！
• I must feel the burn!我必须感受燃烧！
• I must sweat!我必须流汗！
• I must endure hurt!我必须忍受伤害！
• I must cry out!我必须大喊！
• I must pay the price!我必须付出代价！
• I must do something everyone hates to do.我必须做每个人都不愿意做的事！
• I must try something difficult.我必须尝试困难的东西。
• I must do what I'm afraid to do.我必须去做我害怕的事情。
• I must accept the challenge.我必须接受挑战。
• I know only harsh training and intense life can bring out my full potential.我知道只有艰苦的训练和紧张的生活才能发挥我的所有潜力。

I Enjoy Losing Face, Because I Enjoy Making Progress.

To Amy

Study Plan in March, April, May and June:

It is Feb. 26th, 2006 today, only several days before my study trip to Shanghai. In the English learning journey, I have still lots to gain.

Key points: vocabularies, reading speed, essays, presentations.

Some courses have to be done before June as long as you are learning translation skills: Principles of Economics; Accounting 1; History after 1500;

Forgive me for disappearance after March 3rd from my private blog. dear Amy, Cheep Up!

Diana

• indiscreet: He assured her that he would be discreet. I stood back at a discreet distance.
• discreet jewelry
• publicize:
• inevitable: It's inevitable that doctors will make the occasional mistake. Disease was an inevitable consequence of poor living conditions. One day the inevitable happened and I got a speeding ticket.
• overwhelming:
  1 having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react: an overwhelming sense of guilt She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him. She found the city quite overwhelming when she first arrived.
• 2 very large or greater, more important etc than any other: There is overwhelming evidence that smoking damages your health. An overwhelming majority of the members were against the idea. The proposal has been given overwhelming support. The British Air Force succeeded despite overwhelming odds against them. —overwhelmingly adverb: Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill.
• attach

Diana

Narrator: Diana, married into the British Royal Family. Because she did not herself come from a royal family she could never have become a Queen, but she was made a princess. Her own family was wealthy and she had always had a lush life. Her flamboyant lifestyle after her marriage to the Prince created a lot of ill will among the more conservative members of the Royal Family, especially the Queen and her mother, the previous Queen. Many of the British public, especially the younger people supported her and believed that her way of living was more in keeping with modern times. Her indiscreet love affairs were widely publicized in the British press. She divorced the Prince and became even more active and visible. She was killed in a car accident in Paris, France.

"When I started my public life 12 years ago, I understood the media might be interested in what I did. I realized then their attention would inevitably focus on both our private and public lives. But I was not aware of how overwhelming that attention would become, nor the extent to which it would affect both my public duties and my personal life. In a manner that's been hard to bear. Obviously I attach great importance to my charity work, and I intend to focus on a smaller range of areas in the future. Over the next few months I will be seeking a more suitable way of combining a meaningful public role with hopefully a more private life."

2002 by CE, Inc.

2007-02-26 10:31:14

Assume that people are good until you actually and specifically learn differently. And even then, know that they have potential for a change and that you can help them out.
Always try to make the first move to like and get along with others. Sincerity can make a big difference. Be kind. Be generous. Be forgiving.
Written by Mr. Li
I believe in you, you are the best.

Vivian Leigh

Narrator: Vivian Leigh was British but she was born in India. She is most famous for her portrayal of Scarlett O' Hara in Gone With the Wind and also for her lead female role in A Streetcar Named Desire with Marlon Brando. Here she receives her Academy Award as Best Actress for her role in Gone With the Wind. She also gives credit to the famous film director producer, David O. Selznick.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please forgive me if my words are inadequate in thanking you for your very great kindness. If I were to mention all those who have shown me such wonderful generosity through Gone With the Wind, I should have to entertain you with an oration as long as Gone With the Wind itself. So, if I may, I should like to devote my thanks on this occasion to that conversant figure of energy, courage and very great kindness in whom all points of Gone With the Wind meet, Mr. David Selznick."

2002 by CE. Inc

Vivian Leigh

• narrator
• portrayal: the way someone or something is described or shown in a book, film, play etc
• Vivian Leigh
• Marlon Brando
• David O. Selznick
• Gone With the Wind
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• inadequate
• generosity
• entertain:

1 [intransitive and transitive] to amuse or interest people in a way that gives them pleasure
entertain somebody with something
She entertained the children with stories, songs and drama.
A museum should aim to entertain as well as educate.
2 [intransitive and transitive] to invite people to your home for a meal, party etc, or to take your company's customers somewhere to have a meal, drinks etc:
Mark usually does the cooking when we entertain.
Do you get an allowance for entertaining clients?
3 entertain an idea/hope/thought etc formal to consider an idea etc, or allow yourself to think that something might happen or be true:
She could never entertain the idea of living in the country.

• oration: a formal public speech
• conversant:

1 formal having knowledge or experience of something
conversant with
Staff members are conversant with the issues.
2 American EnglishSLL able to hold a conversation in a foreign language, but not able to speak it perfectly
conversant in
Kim was conversant in Russian

Comments Collection from Mr. Li's Blog

"English is just a language, it is a means of communication and definitely not Rocket science. Practice is the key, try to start with a blog in english, begin with a small story, join english comunities on internet. Internet enables the use and the opportunity practice. Buttom line : USE IT !"

"All in all,Crazy english is more than one way to learn english, it is a way that stimulates many fans of english fans.I guess that many guys have the thought that they would feel terrible when Mr Li's blog would not be updated even for just a few days. from this, i t is easy to see that there are english guys needing the encouragement, someone may consider learning english as just learning english, but I believe it involves the spirit and the philosophy of becoming successful, you achieve success in learning english, and you use this into seizing other things, I mean by learning you not only get the way that fits you but also the precious experience and hard races you push f0rward! I need breakfast, see you !"

Thank you for encouragement

[size=24]Best wishes for the coming new year!Believe in yourself! You can work miracles![/size]

I can't thank you more. ^-^ God bless you:

The ten-day winter camp is surely one of the most valuable experience for me. It's interesting, though sometime a little bit boring and terrible to be frank. I explore more about the world and as well about myself. I haven't found myself before with some unique and fantastic characters and personalities like audacious apprehensive ingenious and etc. Now I am brave and confident enough to ignore bad words because I suddenly find actually in this complex but wonderful world, seldom could probably know the truth lying behind . As for me, with intense ambition, I will work harder looking up to Mr. Li as my admiring example. And I really appreciate it. I hope I am to be the one who could create miracles in future.

And I trust Love makes the world go around

Kim's Notes

And I'd like to add one more important piece of advice to Teacher Li's wisdom...Never, ever complain that you cannot learn English well! Every time you say or think this negative thought, you make it harder for yourself to succeed! Every minute you spend doubting yourself could be spent learning a beautiful new word or sentence! If you find yourself feeling down, try visiting this blog to boost your spirits!

an advice from Kim in Mr. Li's blog on July 2nd, 2006

An Interesting Tip

"If you want to earn more, learn more.If you want to get more out of the world, you must put more into the world. For, after all, you will get no more out of life than you put into it."

　　

What purpose do over-ordering, noisy drinking and spitting serve? There are definitely more meaningful ways to celebrate festivals and important occasions. Waste should not be a part of any tradition or celebration. People should not feel proud to look at a table overflowing with dishes, they should feel ashamed at the waste.　　
Why do we so often see full restaurants, but not see people exercising? We need to make exercise and healthy lifestyles part of our culture. We don't want China to be known as a country of drinkers, smokers and overeaters.

Elegance, Class & Grace

Among numerous beauties, I admire Audrey Hepburn most. Just as someone said, "Her appearance, clothing and hair styles were an inspiration to millions of American girls and young women. Hepburn accepted her Academy Award in her usual gracious and self-effacing manner":

2002 by CE, Inc.

Narrator: Sounds different? Yes, it's Hepburn's voice. Hepburn was vivacious, elfin, beautiful and portrayed whimsical young woman very effectively. Her appearance, clothing and hair styles were an inspiration to millions of American girls and young women, including Jackie Kennedy (Jackie and Hepburn even resembled each other). Here Hepburn is accepting her Academy Award in her usual gracious and self-effacing manner.

"It's too much. I - I want to say thank you to everybody who these past months and years have helped, guided and given me so much. I'm truly, truly grateful. I'm terribly happy."

Narrator: Here is a sound from Hepburn, quotation from the second sound track of the movie "Roman Holiday"

Interviewer (in the movie scene):"Which of the cities visited did your highness enjoy the most?"

Hepburn:"Each in its own way was unforgettable. It would be difficult to - Rome, by all means Rome. I will cherish my visit here, in memory - as long as I live."

Regard him as my superstar

• resolve: a strong determination to succeed in doing sth. The recent events strengthened her resolve to find out the truth.


• willpower: the ability to control your mind and body in order to achieve sth that you wanna do. It took all his willpower to remain calm.


• terrific: very good especially in a way that makes you very excited and very happy. That is a terrific idea; very large in size or degree. He drank a terrific amount of beer.

very good: excellent, fantastic, wonderful, great, terrific, neat American English, superb, amazing, outstanding, brilliant, impressive, fine, first-class, out of this worldof good quality: high quality, top quality, superior, deluxe, classymorally good: decent, virtuous, respectable, honourable British English/honorable American English, upright, beyond reproach

• vigorous: using a lot of energy strength or determination: Vigorous efforts are being made to find a solution to this problem. (vigorously)


• nourish: to give sb or other living things the food or other substances they need to live, grow and stay healthy. A well nourished baby. The cream contains vitamin A to nourish the skin. We need to nourish our hopes and dreams. (nourishing)

One difficult article per day

The best way to strengthen your resolve and increase your will power is to thoroughly read one difficult article a day. Difficult articles will increase your vocabulary, improve your reading comprehension and supply you with valuable sentence patterns and grammar to enhance your spoken English. This terrific habit will also give you a strong sense of achievement and encourage you to improve other areas of your life. Once you train yourself to make your difficult article a part of your daily routine, you will even grow to enjoy it. Reading difficult articles is just like vigorous exercise. At first it is extremely hard, you need to push yourself to finish. Eventually, just as your body grows used to the sweat and effort, your mind will also adjust and welcome the challenge. In fact, people who exercise regularly feel terrible when they don't have an opportunity to exercise! You can develop the same kind of relationship with difficult articles! You can use them to nourish your mind and your spirit until you reach the point where you feel lost without them.

Written By Mr. Li http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/49f6a593010007ht

methodical/ precise/ punctual/ temperate/ sensible

• methodical: a methodical way of doing sth is careful and uses an ordered system: He always checks every detail in a methodical way: She's a methodical person. (methodically)


• precise: precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct: "She is a lot older than you, isn't she?" "Fifteen years, to be precise." ; At that precise moment, she walked in. The precise cause of the disease is unknown. The precise nature of their agreement. A precise careful woman.


• punctual: She is always punctual for appointment. the punctual payment of invoices. (punctually/punctuality)


• temperate: a type of weather or a part of the world that is never very hot or very cold. Behaviour that is temperate is calm and sensible.


• sensible: reasonable, practical, and showing good judgement: It's sensible to keep a note of your passport number. (to be sensible instead of sensitive: a people who is reasonable and show good judgement) : Eat a sensible diet and exercise daily. A woman in sensible shoes. He was very sensible of the difficult situation she was in. (sensibly)

expressive/faithful/genteel/ingenious/motivated

• expressive: showing very clearly what sb thinks or feels: her wonderfully expressive eyes; Her poem is expressive of calm days and peace of mind. (expressively/expressiveness)


• faithful: remain loyal to a particular person, belief, political party etc or continuing to support them: years of faithful service to the company. (faithfulness)


• genteel: polite, gentle, or graceful: She broke into a genteel run. (genteelly)


• ingenious: an ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas: an ingenious device


• motivated: very keen to do sth or achieve sth, especially because you find it interesting and exciting: The students are highly motivated. (economically motivated/ financially motivated/ politically motivated)

aspiring/audacious/diplomatic/energetic/dependable

• aspiring: hoping to be successful in a particular job, activity or way of life: the aspring young writers; the aspiring middle classes. (aspire)


• audacious: showing great courage or confidence in a way that is impressive or slightly shocking: The risk involved in such an audacious operation. (audaciously)


• capable: having the quality or ability needed to do sth: I am perfectly capable of looking after myself; able to do sth well: a strong, capable woman (capably)
• diplomatic: concerning or involving the work of diplomats: She was hoping for a diplomatic post in the Middle East. dealing with people politely and skillfully without upsetting them: They were always very diplomatic with awkward clients. (a diplomatic answer) (diplomatically/diplomat)


• energetic: having or needing a lot of energy or determination: be energetic in doing sth (energetically)


• dependable: able to be trusted to do what you need or expect: our most dependable ally (dependably/dependability)

Vocabularies Trip

Excellent Personalities：

1. amiable: friendly and likeable: The driver was an amiable young man. (amiably/amiability);



2. amiacable: an amicable agreement, relationship etc is one in which people feel friendly towards each other and do not want to quarrel: an amicable settlement that was acceptable to both sides;

1. apprehensive: anxiety about the future, especially the worry that you will have to deal with something unpleasant or bad: feeling a little apprehensive about the treatment; I waited apprehensively for his reply. (apprehensively/apprehension)



2. preoccupied: thinking about sth a lot, with the result you don't pay attention to other things: He's completely preoccupied with all the wedding preparations at the moment.

similar words: anxious, concerned, apprehensive, uneasy, bothered, preoccupied, stressed (out)