大葉大學國際語言中心 4th newsletter

DAYEH UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES NEWSLETTER Green Tea Jelly

Volume 1, Issue 4

18 October, 2013

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!

Blancmange in Mango Sauce

Rose Jelly

Burnt Cream Pudding Baron Huang 黃婉妮 Fruit Pudding

(a third year Leisure and Recreation Management student at DYU) reviews a Kaohsiung restaurant’s desserts

Recently, I visited a very famous dessert shop in Kaohsiung. Luckily, I was able to visit it on a weekday when it was not too busy.

Handmade Biscuits (Cookies)

Chocolate Puff

Fruit Mousse Cake

This dessert shop is an allyou-can-eat buffet. The handmade desserts are really very attractive and tasty. I high recommend that you eat here on your next visit to Kaohsiung.

The restaurant: 芙羅果子蛋糕吃到飽 地址：高雄市三民區瀋 陽街81號 電話：07-313-5483

Miniature Chocolate Mousse Cake

Cost: $199 NT / 人 Chocolate Mousse Cake

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PENGHU: THE NEW, THE OLD AND THE ANCIENT Just behind Mos was an old Japanese colonial era building with a beautifully majestic looking tower (as you can see in the photo on the right).

My first stop after arriving in Magong (Makung), Penghu was breakfast at the new Mos down by the harbour with a great view of a harbour pier and out to sea (as you can see from the photo above).

The tables here were particularly noteworthy (as you can see from the starfish, coral, seashells and sand under the glass table top in the photo below).

馬丁老師 Martin Murray, editor (主編) of this newsletter and ILC English teacher (in photo on the right)

Penghu also has some of the oldest and most ancient buildings in Taiwan (R.O.C.) Hidden inside a maze of narrow lanes and alleys in one of the many small villages on the main island of Penghu I found a small courtyard house of particular historical significance.

This was once the home of one justifiably proud Penghu gentleman who passed an imperial Chinese exam. His degree is displayed above the main central door of his courtyard home (as you can see in the photo below and on the top of the next page).

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I could not resist taking a peek inside one of the round windows into the courtyard (as you can see in the photo below).

This courtyard house was little more than a ruin when I worked in Penghu (2008— 2010) at National Penghu University 國立澎湖科技大學.

I am really very happy to see it renovated so beautifully. ___________________

LIVING AND STUDYING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN Frank Chang 章愷峰 (a first year student of Industrial Design 工業設計學系 at DYU) tells us about his study trip to the UK

Upon reaching Heathrow airport, London, UK, I am filled with excitement. Yet I am here for study and will stay with a host family in Brighton.

In the host family there is a pretty kitten named Tom. The house is filled with the most lovely old wooden furniture. However, I will be staying with several other students in a bathroom sized attic in the

house’s roof. This room is so small I only just manage to step in! I drop my backpack and other luggage, jump into a shower and get ready for my first day on campus at an English language school in Brighton, UK. My school lies next to the gorgeous pebble beach of Brighton Pier. I pranced through the campus gate, beside many other new students. There were students speaking French, Czech, German, Spanish, and various other tongues.

On campus, I forced myself not to speak Mandarin Chinese by staying with

classmates who could not speak it in order to improve my English conversation skills which led me to make a lot of new friends from around the world.

Most of the time, we study together, eat together, shop together, and at night even party together! We never stayed in Brighton on weekends but would go out to explore the UK. During our time on the train, we would skim through travel guides looking for more places of interest to add to our itinerary.

Over several weeks, we explored Oxford, Cambridge, Stratford, and of course London. A London walk at sunset on the banks of the River Thames passing Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, and a few contemporary structures was my most memorable hour’s walk ever!

Overall, Britain is a place full of excitement and well worth exploring.

Why not book yourself onto a flight and spend your next holiday on an English language study tour in the UK? ___________________

LONDON: A CITY OF WONDERS Flora Mary Wang Tzu-Shin 王姿心 INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE CENTRE Room J314 Foreign Languages Building, Dayeh University, 168 University Road, Dacun, Changhua, 51591, TAIWAN (R.O.C.) Phone: +886-4-8511888 Fax: +886-4-8511666

langcntr.dyu.edu.tw/newsletter

(a part-time English teacher at the ILC) shares her thoughts on London, UK

I

know Taiwan, I know London. Taiwan is

my home but London is my city.

If someone asked me “Which world city do you like the best?” I would quickly and without any hesitation reply “London!” It is a wonderland.

Every street corner you turn and everywhere you step is full of historical wonders. ____________________

Call for newsletter contributions from students and staff Submissions should be original, include original photographs and be e-mailed to the editor: martin@mail.dyu.edu.tw Photo:

The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Palace, London, UK

THE THREE CUP CHICKEN THAT ISN’T Hung Wei-chun 洪偉峻 (a third year student of Biology 生物學 at DYU) shares a story that may change your eating habits

Three Cup Chicken

Frog Legs

Chicken Legs

You may be surprised to learn that in some parts of Taiwan Three Cup Chicken is sometimes made from frog, not chicken. Some say this is because in the past, when many Taiwanese families were quite poor, some very hungry children went out into the fields to catch frogs for dinner.

Cambridge Dictionaries Online!

Upon eating this new and unexpectedly tasty dish one child exclaimed “It tastes just like chicken!” and ever since this frog dish has sometimes gone under the tonguein-cheek name Three Cup Chicken.

Next time you see this dish on a menu do make sure you try some. It really is more delicious than chicken. ____________________

Except for the substitution of frog for chicken this dish is the same as the original Three Cup Editor: Good restaurant Chicken after which it is menus clearly label these named. It is cooked in a dishes (as above) avoiding pot spiced with garlic, any chance of confusion. ginger and basil leaves.

BRITISH & AMERICAN ENGLISH

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/