Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Student Writing - A Musician from Hong Kong

 History of me
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I have been studying piano for more than twenty years. I heard about the piano when I was four.  A classmate of mine in kindergarten who started learning piano at the age of four influenced me in learning piano.  Her father gave her a piano as a gift at her birthday party which made me wish to have a piano as well. 
At the age of eight, I finally started learning piano and owned my first piano. At the beginning, I studied and practiced really hard, but after a couple of years, I felt tired of playing it. In the following few years, my parents continued to force me to practice piano. Finally, I reached the Advanced Diploma level of piano in 1996.
In 1997, I attended a music foundation course in one of the universities in Hong Kong. The two year course provided me with a lot of musical knowledge, including western music history, music analysis, coral singing and performance techniques.  All of these reactivated my interest in music and also exposed me to the musical world on a higher level.
I graduated from a university in the UK in 2003, majoring in music. After that, I came back to Hong Kong and started my career. I am currently a performer, an educator, and a music producer. I enjoy my work and would be very happy to share my experiences in music with everyone.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Lucky Suit

Vocabulary:
Permanent record, disciplinary actions, commendations, suit, team work, handsome, iron, ruin, exceptional candidate, handsome, blame, sportswriter, p.s.
Questions:
1.       Who is Robert talking to when he says, “I hate you.”?
2.       What is the kind of attitude the FBI looks for?
3.       Who sent the FBI man a fax?
4.       Why did she send it?
5.       What happened to the suit when Marie was ironing it?
6.       What is a “lucky suit”?
7.       The fax says Robert might be distracted during the interview.  Why?
8.       What does the FBI man ask Robert to do at the end of the interview
9.       How is Robert feeling?