Early Admission to University

More than 400 students with excellent results in the HKCEE were admitted to university under the Early Admission Scheme (EAS) last year. The top 420 HKCEE scorers will be allowed to skip Form Seven and start their university courses in September this year.

I would rather study one more year without skipping Form Seven at secondary school. I don't want to miss out the study that I will do in Form Seven with my school classmates. The study, I believe, will equip me with more basic knowledge for my future university study.

Comprehension Skill

I've found my comprehension skill is weak. I read very slowly. Whenever there are new words in the passage, I slow down to guess the meaning. And if I can't, I just leave it.

Today, I think I've learnt to improve my reading by doing three different things. Firstly, I learn I can read something that fits my English level. Secondly, I learn to time myself when I read. So, it helps increase my speed of reading. Thirdly, I learn that I can repeat reading anything that is an interest to me.

To conclude, I must learn to understand and remember when I read. This helps improve my comphrehension skill and learn new words. To make sure I can remember what I read and I can read faster, I should re-read as much as I can.

New Verbs I Learnt Today

1. I can only imagine how to drive a car because I am too young to drive.
2. The book covers a lot of interesting information about animals.
3. Teachers usually instruct students to finish their homework.
4. Children are not permitted to swim without adults.
5. I like to observe the animals in the zoo.
6. My mother empties the bins every night.
7. Salt can help to preserve food.

Happy Lunar New Year

I wish you …

A year of joy,
A year with more friends,
A year of more fun,
A year with better exam results,

A year of health,
A year of wealth,

Yeaaaah!
You'd have the year of Rat with everything turning out great.

Word Pronunciation

Word Pronunciation I would like to be able to pronounce new words.I hope I can spell words when I hear the sound of the words.

This week I'd learn to pronoun words. I'd also learn the IPA sounds to pronounce words. I'd use the website introduced by Miss Terri to learn English pronounciation.

This is a new experience to me. I am sure I would be more confident to speak English if I know exactly how to pronounce words.

Word Pronunciation

This week I learnt to pronoun words. I also learnt the IPA sounds to pronounce words. Iused the website introduced by Miss Terri to learn English pronounciation.

I would like to be able to pronounce new words.

I hope I can spell words when I hear the sound of the words.

Vocabulary I learnt this week

I learnt the meaning of the word "breed" and check the meaning from the dictionary link:
http://cdict.giga.net.tw/ breed
(vt.)繁殖,飼養;教養,撫養(vi.)繁殖品種,種類
Synonym: produce; hatch; bring up; nourish; train; instruct.

bet 打賭,賭注(vt.)(vi.)打賭(v.)(vbl.)打賭

I also checked the word "burst" from the google link:
http://www.google.com/ 網路上查詢burst在 英文的定義結果：
break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"

• break: force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
• explode: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"
• move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"