Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows part 2 [Video Sharing]

Comment :
I have already watched the last Harry Potter's movie. I would like to share this video--these scenes is my favourite part. Honestly, I think Snape is pitiful that likes he never get anything he wants even the girl he loves, Lily, who finally become James's wife, the boy who always bullies him in Hogwarts. I was touched when he said: "You have your mother's eyes." His love for Lily made him have the strength to protect Harry Potter despite of he wasn't his real son. Snape is a real man who doesn't know how to express himself because he doesn't care whether the others dislike him. He is a great person in my heart. I have also watched the other version of Snape's memories, but I think this video is more suitable to share.

About Sarah Chang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Chang

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/arts/music/22chang.html?ref=sarahchang

Vocabulary :
1. penchant (n.) : an inclination or liking 偏爱
2. scheduled (v.) : make a schedule 列目录
3. recital (n.) : a public performance of music or poetry, usually given by one person or a small group 音乐演奏会
4. pension (n.) : an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to sb who is considered to be too old or too ill to work 退休金
5. broadcasting (n.) : the business of making and sending out radio and television programmes 节目制作和播放
6. dominated (v.) : to control or have a lot of influence over sb/sth, especially in an unpleasant way 支配
7. investment (n.) : the act of investing money in sth 投资
8. mounting (adj.) : increasing 增长的
9. intensity (n.) : the strength of sth 强度
10.dynamics (n.) : changes in volume in music 力度变化
11. premiere (n.) the first performance 首次公演
12. clattering (v.) : hard objects clatter to knock together and make a loud noise （硬物碰撞）发出响亮的撞击声

Comments :
Sarah Chang is the violinist I admire the most. I really love her music expression.

Mr Midnight #62 by James Lee

1. The Tomb Of Dr Theseus
Charlotte Seet, a schoolgirl who enjoy reading scary story. She and her friends never go into the cemetery behind their school but it's not because they're afraid of ghost, but just out of the respect for the people buried in there. One day, they decided to go to the new part of the cemetery to investigate what is inside the tomb. They went to a scientist, Dr Theseus's grave. He was a scientist who devoted his life to the study of immortality. When they met him, he claimed that his muscle had lost their ability to work but their minds remained as sharp as ever. He kept on experimenting about immortality and he wanted Charlotte and her friends to be his 'guinea pigs'. Finally, they escaped from the destiny of death.

Vocabulary :
1. grinned (v.) : smile broadly, esp. in an unrestrained, forced, or stupid manner 勉强地露齿而笑
2. loony (n.) : a lunatic 疯子
3. shuddered (v.) : feel strong repugnance etc. 厌恶
4. sarcasm (n.) : such a remark 讽刺话
5. shriek (v.) : a utter a shrill screeching sound or words, esp. in pain or terror 尖叫
6. probed (n.) : a penetrating investigation 细查

Comments :
I think immortality is terrible. I won't have the courage to imagine when I live until very old. My face must be full of wrinkle. Then I will be a bored person who cannot do anything without the other person. So, I just consider the serum of immortality won't be needed.

2. Don't Let The Eagleheads Find You
The girl, Gwyn Lim discovered that the birds around them have all gone. She suspected that they had gone missing. Owen and Aaron didn't pay attention to her words because this is such a foolish talks. Finally they noticed the strangeness and they all saw the terrible eagleheads which only they could see. The eagleheads started staring at them and threatened them to help the eagleheads to steal the missing ring which originally belonged to their kings.

Vocabulary :
1. concrete (adj.) : based on facts, not on ideas or guesses 确实的
2. mythical (adj.) : existing only in ancient myths 神话里的
3.slanting (adj.) : not straight or level 不直的
4. relic (n.) : an object, a tradition 遗物
5. scowl (v.) : to look at sb/sth in an angry or annoyed way 怒视（某人或某物）

Comments :
I think the eagleheads are very foolish. They try hardly to find the almost useless ring. I just don't understand why they have to do this.

The Fisherman And His Soul by Oscar Wilde

Every evening the young fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw is nets into the water. Every evening he went out upon the sea, and one evening the net was so heavy that he could hardly draw it into the boat. He pulled and puled at the thin ropes, and at last the net rose to the top of the water. He saw a beautiful mermaid. She was lying asleep. The fisherman put his arms around her. Suddenly, she woke, she struggles to escape but he held her tightly to him and would not let her go. She began to weep and beg him for letting her go back to her old and lonely father, the king side. He promised to let her go but she would need to come and sing to him.

Vocabulary :
1. glisten (n.) : a sparkle 闪光
2. terror (n.) : extreme fear 恐惧
3. sorrow (n.) : mental distress caused by loss or disappointment etc. 忧伤
4. trembled (v.) : shake involuntarily from fear, excitement, weakness, etc. (因恐惧等) 颤抖
5. shore (n.) : the land that adjoins the sea or a large body of water （海, 湖的）滨，岸
6. naked (adj.) : without clothes; nude 裸体的； 无点缀的
7. veiled （v.) : partly conceal 隐藏
8. pigeon (n.) : a dove 鸽子
9. merchant (n.) : a person showing a partiality for a specified activity or practice 入迷的人
10. grief (n.) : deep or intense sorrow or mourning 忧伤
11. entrance (n.) : a door, passage, etc. by which one enters 入口

Sentences :
1. Her ears were like sea-shells, her lips like sea-coral, and the salt glistened upon her eyelids.
2. Each day the sound of her voice became sweeter to his ears.
3. Stand on the sea-shore with your back to the moon, and cut away your shadow from around your feet.
4. Give me your heart to take with me.
5. I can go away for one day, and then I can return again to my love.

Comment :
Actually I really don't know who is the right one and who is the wrong one, so I don't know who is the one I want to support. This is a strange story that I cannot understand its moral value. In this story, the fisherman fell in love with the beautiful mermaid then he tried hardly to 'remove' his soul from him. I think he is a cruel man who can abandoned his soul mercilessly who had already accompanied him for so many years. In the end, the soul who without a heart had become an evil  then the little mermaid died also. Maybe the fisherman was too selfish for his true love then caused his soul becoming an evil who enjoy hurting people. I think one should consider the feelings of the other when they want to do something.