15 F Announcement Log C

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Exact Bellevue Grading Scheme Found-----Bellevue Exact Scheme: A- 88, B- 78, C- 68, D- 60 F-=20. But Proportional to GCC, Bellevue scheme slightly different: A-=92, B-=80; C-=68; D-=60; F-=20.
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* My Oral English Class is rather simple:
* 我的口语课原则其实很简单
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* 1) Students should write at least one short English diary every week. Diary entries are counted using "participation points", as soon as they are shared with the teacher and other students.
* 一，学生至少每周应写一篇短英语日记。只要学生一与其他学生及老师分享每周写的日记，就被算作“参与分”。
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* Diary topics should ideally be thoughts that you suddenly have inspiration for, or daily events and conversations you would like to express in English. Suggestions for diary topics are collected into a file called "Diary".
* 日记内容理想来说应该是你日常突然得到灵感的有思想性的东西，或你希望能够用英语表达或描述的日常事件或会话意思。提议写什么日记内容的各个点子，都被收集入一个叫做“英语日记”的文件里。
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* 2）Students should expose themselves to short English articles on magazines (National Geographic) or encyclopedias (Wikipedia) by writing these short paragraphs down onto the "diary notebook". When shared, counted as "participation points".
* 学生应当通过搜集 杂志上（国家地理）或百科上（维基）短小的，最好是带图的 英语文段 来增加自己的语感和理解能力。 每段文段写在“日记本”里，与老师分享就被算作“参与分”。
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* 3）Students should expose themselves to more standard English pronunciation by watching English videos (movies, TV series, news) every week. Watch them to satisfy your entertainment needs. Do not try to understand more than your capacity can understand. But, watch them in order to master the "feel" of standard English pronunciations (North American, British, Australian).
* 学生应当每周持之以恒地看适量的英语视频（电影，电视，新闻）。 本着满足你们娱乐，信息需要的心态去看它们。但是不要指望理解大大超越你们理解能力的词句量。 只是本着慢慢适应语感，模仿比较正宗的口音（美，英，澳）的目的去多看。 即使听不懂也多看。听不懂也当听音乐一样听。
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* 4）When -writing diary, -reading encyclopedia or magazine, -translating between English and mother tongue, please try to use tools such as - bilingual translators, - dictionary.com and thesaurus.com, - wikipedia, - seach engines like google, baidu, bing
* 当你-写日记，-阅读百科或杂志，-在英语与母语间互译 等的时候，学会大量使用以下工具： -双语互译工具（bing translator）, -dictionary.com 和 thesaurus.com 网上英语解释的字典 及 近义词反义词辞典， -维基百科， -搜索引擎如谷歌
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* 5）The best thing to memorize and recite out loud, are -idioms, -short phrases, -short sentences, -usages, -lyrics/speeches/quotes/poems because they are vehicles of usage and grammatical conventions.
* 学生最需要记忆并大声背诵出来的, 是-成语，-短语，-短句，-惯用语，-歌词/演讲/语录/诗歌 （五短） 因为这“五短”是语法及约定俗成的遣词法的载体。
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* The five types of short strings of words should be collected through magazine or encyclopedia reading, through videos and through diary writing with the help of dictionary tools. They should be written down on flashcards, not "word lists".
* 以上“五短”应当从杂志及百科的阅读中取得，从视频观看中取得，从日记写作中通过字典等工具取得。 “五短”应该被记录在 -乱序 和 -隐去母语 的 “闪卡”中，而不是记录在 -顺序 及 -有母语一一对应 的 “词列”中。
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* 6) Encyclopedic "trivia" should be learned through browsing online encyclopedia (Wikipedia) or through search engines (Google). Online info research is an important foundational skill. Awareness of basic knowledges like names of countries, food items, math functions is very important for you to become conversant in English.
* 百科“常识”应该从浏览百科（维基）及搜索引擎（谷歌）中取得。网上搜索信息是个重要基础技能。对这些百科常识的意识，比如说国名，食物名，数学符号名，是你英语具备会话能力的一个基本元素。
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* 7) Create your own conversational environment. (Best): Short questions and answers, speed dating format; (Next): Role-playing skits; (Last): Talk show.
* 自己营造会话环境，从最有效开始排列： （最有效）：以“快速相亲”为模式的两三人的简短速问速答； （其次）：角色扮演几个人自己创作的小情景剧； （最后）： 把一个“演讲”用“脱口秀”的自然形式演绎出来。
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QQ group is where all weekly instruction "handouts" and homework instructions are uploaded.
以上是你们班的“班号”及你们必须加入的Q群。 因为所有的每周课堂及课外作业指示“文件”都会上载到这个Q群上。
As your teacher, I will not send mass email to all students in the class like this. 
我下一次就不会像这样把一个email一气发给全班同学。 
I've learned last semester that I cannot expect * every student to check his/her own email for teacher's English-only instructions, * every student to visit his/her own QQ "Files" section to download weekly "handouts", * every monitor to email, explain in Chinese, or print for all 20 students in the class, * myself to email, print for 400 of my own students, * every monitor to understand all instructions by herself. 
我吸取了上学期的教训：我不能指望 * 每个学生都记得每周自觉在email收件箱里去读懂老师的全英文指示，* 每个学生都自觉浏览自己的QQ“群文件”并记得每周下载哪一个指示文件，* 每一个班长都向20位同学email，复印文件或用中文解释每周指示，* 我自己向x00位学生每周email, 打印所有文件， * 每位班长自己一个人就弄明白我的所有全英文指示。
Therefore, this semester, ideally, I only need to email 10 monitors out of my 10 classes. Each monitor only needs to email 4 Communication Assistants. Every Communication Assistant only needs to print for 4-5 neighbours. 
You can even want to try to make these work: * If a monitor thinks one Communication Assistant is the smartest at printing for the entire class, she can make him the "Official Printer" and have the class pay him; * If a monitor is experiencing email problems, or thinks one Communication Assistant is the most responsible in checking instructions weekly, explaining instructions in Chinese, or organizing a WeChat group for students who don't go on QQ, he can make her a General Communication Assistant and have me email her; * If a monitor thinks two or three Communication Assistants are friends she can see regularly and have lunch and meetings with, she can call regular meetings for this team of 3-5 people to help each other understand fully my all-English instructions, so that they can better explain to all classmates how to best achieve good "class grade level"; * You can perhaps create one Communication Assistant in each "Number Group".
I have given the monitor the power to pick 4 Communication Assistants, to connect your small team with all classmates, and to make this small team work collaboratively. It is up to you to figure out how to make things work the best.
因此， 理想情况是，本学期里我只需要向我x个班的班长发email或复印文件。一个班长只需要向四个联络专员email或复印文件。每个联络专员只需向四五个“邻居”email或复印文件。 也就是，你们每个人，只要做到每人负责好大概五个人的联络沟通，就能有效地把信息传达给全班。 每人起码做到收集好五个“邻居”的email, QQ,手机登联络方式，是否需要建微信群？ 等等。 不过当然可以收集更多人的联络方式，但起码五个人。怎样合理分配“邻居”，你们合作商讨决定。
班长甚至可以尝试以下方式： * 如果觉得某个联络专员最 善于 为全班人每周统一印文件，可以让他成为“首席复印官”，让全班人付钱，他每周带文件回课室； * 如果班长的email不能顺利收取老师的邮件，或觉得某联络专员最负责，最懂得每周阅读指示，用中文向全班解释，或组织微信群准时向不上Q的同学传递信息，那可以把她任命为“总联络官”，并把她的email也给我； * 如果班长认为有两三个联络专员是她的闺蜜，室友，每天都能一起吃饭开会，那她可以每周和这几个联络专员一起讨论一下怎样完全读懂我的全英文指示文件，以便再告知全班，怎样有效地每周学习，以争取“全班整体分”上一个档次；* 班长可以尝试在每个“数字组”里安插一个联络专员，那所有“数字组员”就是他们那个“联络专员”的“邻居”了。 
总之，我给了班长任命四位她最信赖的“联络专员”的权力，并且授权她将全班的“邻居”和这几位联络专员联系起来，并授权她与这几位联络专员合作研究出怎样有效地解决一个班的 沟通，理解，动员，互相辅导 需要。 
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I give challenges to my students. And these challenges don't mean that my teaching is problematic. 我的教学方法是：给学生挑战去解决。 而这些挑战，并不意味着，我的教学方法是有问题的。
Now the primary objective of Laoshi, is to discover those students who can *motivate themselves into solving problems, *who can change their reliance on their mother tongue or on their old learning methods, and develop applied English skills and skills to use new tools (such as Wikipedia), *who can come out of individual isolation, and collaborate with classmates (not necessarily those within a labeled "group") in order to master the technique of Brainstorming, AND to move these students into the Grade A category, and leave others in the Grades B and C categories. Please text classmates and ask them how they can help you.
现在你的老师的最重要职责，就是去发现 *那些能够主动施行解决问题办法的同学，*那些改变中文依赖性及旧学习方法依赖性，发展英语应用能力及新工具（如维基）应用能力的同学, *那些能抛弃自己闭门练习，采取与同班（注意，不一定是“同组”）同学共同练习掌握questioner questions的同学，并把这些同学提拔到A，而将其他（尤其是缺乏正确态度的）同学维持到B或C以下。
请各组组友自觉互相短信询问
So, if you failed to do what my learning method prescribes, and gets a B, it doesn't mean I have FAILED to give you an A. It actually means I want you to get B. 因此，如果你没有根据我要求你使用的学习方法，工具去参与本课的学习活动，因而得了B，这并不代表说我没有成功使你得到A。 这恰好表明：我希望你得B. 
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* 每位同学有义务通过短信自己的班长，联络专员或 left-right partner 来核实自己的每周对应的 Workshop (Ws) Handout 数目是否齐全。若缺了一份，自己有义务从QQ群“文件”栏里找到它，下载并打印。所有handouts 要每六周装订成册，在期末作温习材料。
* 班长，联络专员应在Q群里多聊天说笑，促进沟通积极性。
* 每班五个联络专员必须将大多数以 Ws 2 Tools 工具 ... 开头的文件的头一两页（具体看题头说明，有的文件不准你印第三页以后） 一色复印五-六份，分派给你在班里的五位“邻居”。“Ws2 Tools 工具”各文件，为每周固定作业的指示的来源。若没有这些工具，你每周作业参与分可能为0。
* 每个同学有义务在每周开课前读熟该周对应的 Ws (workshop) 的 handouts. 每人有义务在不懂时，短信你的数字组的联络专员，或班长，或 left-right partner, 以寻求中文解释。 
* 没读懂该周handouts指示，则可能导致你该周的参与分得 0. 
* 每个人在指定某周内，必须手头上有与该周对应的 Ws (workshop) 的handouts, 并带到课堂上。
* 每个人必须在上课前，短信自己的 left-right partner 或联络专员，以核实自己手头上是否带齐了该周必带的 Ws 的 handouts. 我会抽查。
* 以下为详细列出本学期每周具体与哪个 Ws (workshop) 相对应，以及每周每位同学必须做什么作业，必须打印哪个 Ws 的指示文件（handout） 的两个 文件 Ws 1 Intro 大家介绍 Grid 表格 E msword 及 Ws 1 Intro 大家介绍 F msword。 虽然该两个文件已经上载到Q群，但是重新作为附件在这里邮出。手头上没有的同学，必须下载并阅读它们。 我建议你们把这两个文件的文本，拷贝黏贴到email，邮给自己，以便随时上网阅读。因为，这两个文件，整个学期都必须经常读，你才知道每周做什么：
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How to make "neighbors" and "communication assistants" work?
please form a group with them.
I might suggest: 
1) make some of the "friends you already know", your "neighbors" who you print materials for and "neighbors" who you remind what to do as homework. these "neighbors" usually are the meeker, shyer students who cannot assist you as fellow communication assistants.
2) make some other "friends you know", communication assistants like you. These other "friends you know", should be strong, smart, able people that you can work in a "communication team" that can help the entire class.
3) I do have every single student, meet new friends in this class, and do activities with new friends all the time. 
However, you are allowed to print materials, and study after class, with friends you already know.
If you select several friends you already know: please form a group with them.
I might suggest: 
1) make some of the "friends you already know", your "neighbors" who you print materials for and "neighbors" who you remind what to do as homework. these "neighbors" usually are the meeker, shyer students who cannot assist you as fellow communication assistants.
2) make some other "friends you know", communication assistants like you. These other "friends you know", should be strong, smart, able people that you can work in a "communication team" that can help the entire class.
3) I do have every single student, meet new friends in this class, and do activities with new friends all the time. 
However, you are allowed to print materials, and study after class, with friends you already know.
The idea is: * the meeker and shyer "friends" will become "neighbors" who Communication Assistants want to help.
* The stronger, smarter, more extrovert and more helpful "friends you know", will become a team called "Communication Assistants" who can chat with each other to figure out how to manage the class, and then go out and print materials, and send my messages to their own "neighbors".
The ideal is: 到了本周末，全班每一个同学，都能够比较均匀地分配到五个"联络专员"的微信-email-短信-复印 小组 中
You can try naming the people you want in your group. Tell us their names here in the QQ group. Make sure they are around 5-6 people, and make sure you take people that other Assistants have not taken yet. 
Some "friends you already know"---you ONLY want to make them "neighbors".
But some "friends you already know":　You　actually want to make them "Communication Teammates". 
So, there are two kinds of "friends you already know"
Monitor has a list of all students' emails in the whole class. Now: A Communication Assistant will report to Monitor. And Monitor will give me his/her email tomorrow. 
The ideal is: 到了本周末，全班每一个同学，都能够比较均匀地分配到五个"联络专员"的微信-email-短信-复印 小组 中
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Participation is the key to passing this course.
At the end of the semester, most students, no matter what level you are at, will likely be given a decent Final Exam grade.
However, having a decent Final Exam grade does NOT mean you will pass Oral English class.
Because: Participation is the single biggest factor determining whether you get A, B, C or D. 
People who participate the most, learn the most. They should get A, whether or not they are at an advanced level of English proficiency or not.
People who excel on Final Exam, are simply people who are the most advanced in their English proficiency. If I simply rewarded these people, my class would be extremely discouraging for people of lower proficiency, who could benefit more by participating. That's why an oral English class, should not reward students based on their existing proficiencies, but on "how much they do in class". 
Monitor: Please translate the above passage and tell everyone!
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Semester schedule
		
“We will do these// I will introduce these”，下载并介绍	
Due 交作业截止日期，组表演日期	
Wk1	
9.7-9.11			
Wk2	
9.14-9.18			
Wk3	
9.21-9.25			
Wk4	
9.28-10.2			
Wk5	
10.5-10.9	
Wk2 Andy Krieger B, Wk2 Bonus Questions S, 
Wk2 Diary C, 
Ws 9 Flashcard Booklet Example NN, 
Wk3 Other Songs,
Ws 15 Talkshow 脱口秀 Advices 建议 HH - Copy		
Wk6	
10.12-10.16	
Ws 7 East-West (leo) 东西方差异 (狮子) Q		
Wk7	
10.19-10.23		
Ws 7 East-West (leo) 东西方差异 (狮子) Q	
Wk8	
10.26-10.30			
Wk9	
11.2-11.6	
Ws 10 Chosen Answers 你选择什么 AA	
Ws 9 Flashcard Booklet Example NN	
Wk10	
11.9-11.13	
Ws 11 Fake Company (libra) 虚拟公司 (天平) Ws 12 Real Companies (scorpio) 真公司(魔蝎) DD, Ws 11 Hot Social Topics (virgo) 社会热题 (处女座) CC	
Ws 10 Chosen Answers 你选择什么 AA	
Wk11	
11.16-11.20		
Ws 11 Fake Company (libra) 虚拟公司 (天平) Ws 12 Real Companies (scorpio) 真公司(魔蝎) DD, Ws 11 Hot Social Topics (virgo) 社会热题 (处女座) CC	
Wk12	
11.23-11.27	
Ws 13 Interview 求职面试 FF, 
Ws 13 My Disciplines EE, 
Ws 13 News Game 新闻报道游戏 Ws 14 News Show (sagittarius) 新闻联播(射手) GG	
Ws 11 Fake Company (libra) 虚拟公司 (天平) Ws 12 Real Companies (scorpio) 真公司(魔蝎) DD, Ws 11 Hot Social Topics (virgo) 社会热题 (处女座) CC	
Wk13	
11.30-12.4		
Ws 13 Interview 求职面试 FF, 
Ws 13 My Disciplines EE,
Ws 13 News Game 新闻报道游戏 Ws 14 News Show (sagittarius) 新闻联播(射手) GG	
Wk14	
12.7-12.11			
Wk15	
12.14-12.18		
Ws 15 Talkshow 脱口秀 Advices 建议 HH - Copy	
Wk16	
12.21-12.25			
Wk17	
12.28-1.1			
Wk18	
1.4-1.8			
Wk19	
1.11-1.15			
Wk20	
1.18-1.22			
Wk21	
1.25-1.29			
Fall Notes: Sept29 is 4th week.
Final exam will take place in the 19th week. 
Final exam design will be finalized and approved in 15th and 16th weeks. 
days are off from thur Oct1 to Oct7.
but Wednesday classes will come for make up class on sat Oct 10, which makes up for wed Oct 7.
day off on Fri Jan 1st. no need to make up that day.
final exam lasts from Jan11 till Jan24. 
all exam scores will be handed in on jan27 and holiday starts Jan28.
winter vacation runs for five weeks.
Note: Each “task” is given a Zodiac sign as its “label”: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces (羊，牛，孪，蟹，狮；处，秤，蝎，羿，羱，池，鱼)
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第九周：十一月十日： 怎样通过“头脑风暴”来进行脱口秀
“头脑风暴”是很有用的一种脱口秀准备方式。 没有它就不能作为一个小组来合作出一个脱口秀。
每个头脑风暴里，小组都先委任一个“问问题人”。
问问题人的工作最简单。他/她手里有一份“脱口秀指示”。指示上已经印好了该问的问题。她负责问。
每个脱口秀下，可能分成几个“话题”。比如说“社会热题”里面，就分成五六个“热题”，它们就是不同的“话题”。
问问题人先就“话题一”来问圈坐着的所有组友，先问“问题一”，从最左边的同学逐个问到最右边，问同一个问题，但每个组友可以说出稍微不同的答案，还可以有分歧，并辩论。
然后问“问题二”，又是从最左边的同学逐个问到最右边，问同一个问题，也可以有分歧，辩论。
这样，逐个逐个问题地问到最后一个问题。
当某个同学答不出某个问题时，问问题人的职责是鼓励该同学“快回答”，并鼓励其他同学“快帮他回答”。 不要鼓励答不出的同学查字典做笔记，这样拖延回答时间。 “帮他回答”的同学，反倒可以允许查字典帮他。
每组中最好只有一个“书记”来把所有同学对所有问题的答案，辩论结果写下。 这个“书记稿”就是脱口秀的原稿。 忌每个组友都做书记笔记，因为这样拖延回答时间。 忌问问题人作任何笔记，这样拖延问问题时间。 但是书记本身，也就是其中一个答问题的同学。
当然，“书记稿”要改，才能变成“脱口秀”的。 因为一个“脱口秀”就好像电视上对着摄像机的自然的对答和表演。 所以在台上，是不允许任何“问问题，头脑风暴”的。 在台上，全部人都是“表演者，主持人”。 这要讲得很清楚。
因此，“头脑风暴” 必须在课余时间进行，即使不能凑够全组同学，也必须凑够三四个组友。 这样才能充分地把一个“脱口秀”准备好。
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日记题目：
“我的伙伴选择了什么，十个会话的答案” “我的伙伴选择了什么” 是个课堂会话练习。 它的0,1,2 三个问答，组成了一个“会话”。 根据“话题”，有十八个不同会话。 两个伙伴要每次把这十八个会话完整地讲完（0,1,2问题都要问完），互相问。 每人要清楚地记着伙伴回答的其中十个会话。 把记住的伙伴回答的十个会话，写成日记，可以以后每节课上分享。 你们要经常和你的同班同学，室友，家里兄弟姐妹等，来进行这个活动。 这是我的课教你的，为数不多的会话练习之一。 
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头号风暴问题：
社会热题：  
*What does it mean? *Why choose it?  
*Why is it importanc or significance in today’s society?  
*Where did you first see it? Tell the story behind it.  
*Use an example to illustrate/explain it. Or you can tell a joke/story to show it.  
*Why does it exist?  
* What other hot social topics is this topic related to? Why?    
假公司：  
* What is its name? What is your company’s motto?  
* What is your company history? * Where is it located? * What does each group member do?  
* Who are the officials (CEO, CFO, Chairman of the Board, for example)? * What does it do?  
* What products and services does it sell?  * What do you do in the company? *  
* What are your business plans? How are you going to make your plans happen? * Why do you globalize?  * What are your competitors and challengers? * What will you do to meet these challenges? 
真公司： Why do you choose this company? * Tell us about its company history. * What industries and products is it in? * What is it famous for? * What is unique about its corporate culture? * Why did this company globalize? * What is its challenges/competitors? * What did your fake company learn from it? * Now move onto the second company...
Further ask: 
* What real world corporations/brands did your fake company learn from, in order for you to be successful? * Why learn from them to be successful?  * "What principles of successful businesses do youfollow? 
*If Chinese brands want to be successful, what should they do? * Is creativity, or productivity/cheap prices, more important for Chinese brands? Why?
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Diary：用大学生英语读了以下三个维基文，再用“中学生英语”复述给年纪小的小白
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* https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory
* Conspiracy theory
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory
* Conspiracy theory
#A conspiracy theory is a story that says that a group of people ("conspirators") have agreed ("conspired") to do illegal or evil things and hide them from the public.
#Conspiracy theories usually have little or no evidence.
#Many conspiracy theories say that certain historical events were actually caused by such conspirators.
#Some conspiracy theories are about the: Apollo moon landing,
#the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks,
#the assassination of President Kennedy and
#the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
#Other examples not relating to specific events are the Illuminati,
#Freemasonry-related conspiracy theories,
#and chemtrails.
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_conspiracy_theories
* Death of Diana, Princess of Wales conspiracy theories
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* https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theory
* Moon landing conspiracy theory
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
* Moon landing conspiracy theories
#The moon landing conspiracy theory (also known as Moon landing hoax or Apollo hoax) is the belief that men did not land on the Moon in 1969–1972 during the Apollo program and that NASA faked the evidence.
#Some conspiracy theorists believe the Skylab space station is also a hoax.
#This belief is considered by the scientific community and historians to be irrational.
#But on the internet, the debate can occur since it is easy for anyone to publish their ideas.
#There are subcultures within the USA and cultures around the world that believe that the Moon landings were faked.
#This view is claimed to have been taught in Cuban schools and wherever else Cuban teachers are sent (Nicaragua, Angola).
#It is also shared by the Taliban[8]
#and by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
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Diary: Read and write more 写感想，不要照抄 on conspiracy theories
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories
* 9/11 conspiracy theories
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories
* John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)
* New World Order (conspiracy theory)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic_conspiracy_theories
* Masonic conspiracy theories
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory
* Chemtrail conspiracy theory
* https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory
#According to a popular conspiracy theory, a chemtrail is a trail of chemicals left by an airplane at a high altitude. 
#The chemicals are said to be deliberately sprayed for reasons that are kept secret by the government.
#Most scientists and workers in the aviation industry say that the trails left by planes are just a form of condensation. #These are called contrails (condensation trails).
==Wk 10==
==Wk 11==
This Wikinews English file gets the latest updates from Wikipedia Current Events English
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events     ClickHole  http://www.clickhole.com/      Onion  http://www.theonion.com/ 
* The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports Russian airstrikes kill at least 18 civilians and wound dozens more in the town of Ariha in Idlib province in northwest Syria. Idlib is controlled by the Army of Conquest, a rebel alliance of mainly Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front. (Reuters) (The International New York Times)
* Wow: Chris Pratt Visited A Sick Fan In The Hospital But You Can Kinda Tell It Was Just To Check Out His Huge Tumor: Ever since 9-year-old Nathan Schneider was admitted to the hospital a month ago, he has been a truly brave guy. Doctors diagnosed him with a serious thyroid condition that resulted in the growth of a large tumor on his neck, but Nathan has kept his spirits up. When Nathan’s favorite actor, Chris Pratt, heard about his courageous story, he gave the young Guardians Of The Galaxy superfan the surprise of a lifetime: He stopped by Nathan’s room for a visit last week, although you could kinda tell it was just to check out the massive tumor.
* Grin Slowly Spreads Across Mom’s Face As Meal Revealed To Contain Healthy Ingredients. ‘The Mashed Potatoes Are Actually Made With Cauliflower,’ She Announces: Having waited until everyone at the table had finished their dinner Monday, a knowing grin reportedly spread across local mother Angela Hopkins’ face as she announced to her family that the mashed potatoes had in fact been made using cauliflower as a healthier alternative.
* Pope Francis' 2015 visit to Africa: Pope Francis arrives in the Central African Republic, the last stop of his six-day African tour, becoming the first modern pope to enter an active war zone as the country is in a state of civil war. (The Guardian)
* 2015年亞洲冠軍盃決賽尾輪喺廣州天河體育中心踢完，最後廣州恆大淘寶攞咗冠軍。 (FIFA)
* The Kindest Man Alive: Jon Hamm Made Crepes For A Beached Whale: According to eyewitness reports, no one knew what to do after the once-majestic ocean dweller emerged on the beach, but before those present could come to a consensus, Hamm appeared and began heating up a crepe pan on the spot. Sure, the crashing waves made it difficult for the pan to retain heat, but the Golden Globe winner selflessly used his body to deflect as much of the cold water as he could. And even as his eyes grew red and irritated from the saltwater, he kept a clear focus on the task at hand!
* Couple Never Dreamed They Would Be Able To Talk So Openly, Honestly About Cabinets: SAN DIEGO—Calling communication the cornerstone of their marriage, local couple Sam and Christina Garber confessed to reporters Thursday that they never dreamed they would one day be able to talk so openly and honestly about cabinets with each other.
* Conservative MP Philip Davies announces up to 100 prisoners serving life sentences in British prisons will be let out of jail at Christmas for a five-day break with their families. Last year a total of 1,347 prison inmates, including 93 lifers, were given leave. The move has caused outrage among justice campaigners. (Sunday Express)
* 法國巴黎發生炸彈襲擊，至少死咗128人，多人受傷。IS之後認咗係佢哋做嘅。 (BBC)
* A New Age Of Exploration: NASA Announced Plans To Launch A Rover That Will Spray Milk All Over Pluto By 2040: According to scientists at a press conference this morning, the mission of the rover, which NASA has named Orpheus, is to land on Pluto to assess the geological and atmospheric composition of the enigmatic dwarf planet, collect data on nearby celestial bodies, and violently dispense large quantities of milk in all directions.
* Bigot Annoyed Local Mosque Already Vandalized Before He Got There: Expressing frustration at not having left the house sooner, local bigot Doug Weber, 43, was reportedly annoyed late Monday night after discovering that the mosque he intended to deface had been vandalized before he got there. “Shit, somebody beat me to it,” said Weber, clenching his jaw and shaking his head as he scrutinized the graffiti-covered walls of the Muslim place of worship.
* Labour deputy leader Tom Watson demands party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who opposes PM David Cameron's (Conservative) proposed air strikes on Syria, to ensure MPs are given a free vote on the proposal this Tuesday. (The Independent)
* 由昂山素姬為首嘅國家民主聯盟，響2015年緬甸大選度贏咗大部份嘅議席。 (衞報)
* Andy Kaufman Is Still Alive, Unless He Was The Guy I Hit With My Car Last Night: Andy Kaufman is one of the most groundbreaking entertainers of all time, and despite his reported death from lung cancer in 1984, something about the story has never quite sat right with me. In fact, I actually believe that Kaufman is still alive and patiently waiting to pull off one of the greatest jokes the world has ever known, unless, of course, he was the guy I hit with my car last night.
* 42 Million Dead In Bloodiest Black Friday Weekend On Record: NEW YORK—According to emergency personnel, early estimates indicate that more than 42 million Americans were killed this past weekend in what is now believed to be the bloodiest Black Friday shopping event in history.
* U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, despite deep uncertainty over how many Labour MPs will back him, is planing to stage a parliamentary vote on British military action against ISIL in Syria this week. (The Guardian)
* 中國科學家屠呦呦、愛爾蘭科學家威廉·C·金比爾同日本科學家大村智榮獲2015年諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎。屠呦呦成為（1949年後）第一位榮獲諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎嘅中國大陸科學家同華人女性。(雅虎新聞轉載中時電子報)
* “Six years ago, I was carrying the turkey to the table when I slipped and fell and accidentally swallowed the whole turkey, which is why I don’t cook for Thanksgiving anymore. I wear non-slip shoes, and we eat raw turkey.”
—Martha Stewart 
* Lonely Nation Gathers Outside Window Of Happy Family Eating Dinner Together: Gazing longingly at the happy, loving family as they sat down to eat, all 315 million Americans gathered outside the dining room window of Edward and Karen Langhorne on Thursday night to watch the couple and their children enjoy dinner together, sources confirmed.
* Egyptologists announce that radar scans indicate an empty space behind King Tutankhamun's tomb. British archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Reeves speculates if a second chamber exists, it could be Queen Nefertiti's long-lost burial place. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty says work inside the tomb will not begin until all the data from the radar and infrared devices are carefully analyzed by Japanese experts. (Sky News) (CNN)
* 颱風彩虹殺到廣東沿海，粵西地區大面積受災，廣州部分地區無電，國家級文物餘蔭山房嚴重受損。(21CN新聞)(騰訊新聞)(南方都市報)
* Wow: Chris Pratt Visited A Sick Fan In The Hospital But You Can Kinda Tell It Was Just To Check Out His Huge Tumor: Ever since 9-year-old Nathan Schneider was admitted to the hospital a month ago, he has been a truly brave guy. Doctors diagnosed him with a serious thyroid condition that resulted in the growth of a large tumor on his neck, but Nathan has kept his spirits up. When Nathan’s favorite actor, Chris Pratt, heard about his courageous story, he gave the young Guardians Of The Galaxy superfan the surprise of a lifetime: He stopped by Nathan’s room for a visit last week, although you could kinda tell it was just to check out the massive tumor.
* Area Dad Thinks Refs Should Just Let Them Play Football: Facetiously questioning how the game had suddenly become a non-contact sport, local father Aaron Harper confirmed his belief Thursday that referees officiating a Thanksgiving game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions should just let them play football out there. “How are you going to penalize a guy for a clean play like that?” said the visibly irked 53-year-old, adding that the officials are ruining the game by making a big deal out of every little push and shove they see.
* A day after Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had harsh words for Russia, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, in an essay in the London Times, says the downing of the Russian jet, "was not -- and is not -- an act against a specific country. ... While the measures to defend our territory will remain in place, Turkey will work with Russia and our allies to calm tensions." (CNN) (Times of London)
* 一個美國聯邦嘅法官判咗《祝你生日快樂》之前華納察普音樂所持有嘅版權係無效嘅。(NBC News)
* I Zapped Myself, Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple Inc.: Let me tell you a secret, folks: I love to tinker. I’ll tinker with any gizmo or gadget I can get my hands on, and sometimes it leads to some pretty cool stuff. But sometimes it leads to bad stuff, too. For instance, I was just tinkering with a computer several moments ago, and would you believe that the damn thing zapped me?
* Police Took More From Citizens Than Burglars In 2014: Economist Martin Armstrong notes that $4.5 billion in personal property was seized by police in 2014 via civil forfeiture, the process by which a criminal suspect surrenders goods possibly connected to that crime, figures that well surpass the $3.5 billion in property stolen by burglars last year. What do you think?
* Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree imposing economic sanctions on Turkey. The sanctions include a ban on charter flights from Russia to Turkey, that Russian tour operators should stop selling trips to Turkey, and that imports of some Turkish products are to be halted. All work visas for Turkish citizens are cancelled.(Irish Times)
*  8月12日，天津濱海新區瑞海國際物流公司危險品倉庫，晚上10時50分起火，及後第一批消防員趕至進入倉庫救援，至11時34分先後發生兩次嚴重的強烈爆炸，釀成165死8失蹤798傷。[1][2]
* “We all know they’re more animal cookies than they are animal crackers, but I guess I’m the only one with the guts to say anything!”
—Yoko Ono
On animal crackers
* Parents Officially Designate Upstairs Television For Anyone Who Doesn’t Want To Watch Thanksgiving Football: Aiming to accommodate family members’ preferences and avoid any frustration, local parents Melissa and Ron Walters officially designated the upstairs television for anybody who did not want to watch the Thanksgiving football games on Thursday, sources reported. “You can use the TV in the guest room if you don’t want to watch football,” said Melissa Walters, allocating the nearly 20-year-old television as a secondary viewing option for those relatives, such as her nieces and Aunt Shelly, who had expressed irritation in the past at the television being tuned to the NFL games for the entire afternoon.
* South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports North Korea appears to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test that ended in failure with no indication that the missile successfully ejected from the vessel and took off. (Reuters)
* 3月8日，馬來西亞航空一架從吉隆坡飛往北京的波音777－200型客機於凌晨失去聯系，該機原定於當日6時30分抵達北京。機上有乘客227人（其中中國人154名、外國人73名），機組12人。
* “If you’re feeling anxious, just remember to breathe, unless the anxiety stems from the fact that you’re underwater.”
—Kirsten Dunst
On meditation
* Poll Finds 23% Of Americans Would Vote For Jeb Bush If Candidate Standing Right Next To Them In Voting Booth: According to a poll released Friday by the Pew Research Center, 23 percent of Americans would vote for Jeb Bush in the presidential election if the Republican candidate was standing directly beside them in the voting booth. 
* The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta calls for an ambitious and legally binding outcome at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
* “My ideal first date would have been taking my gal to sign the Declaration of Independence. But that happened already, and there’s nothing you can do about it except hope someone got a good first date out of it.”
—Casey Affleck
On regrets
* Above And Beyond: Obama Spent His Entire Morning Fishing Drowned Tourists Out Of The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: It looks like President Obama has really outdone himself this time. The president showed some real leadership this morning when he took time out of his busy schedule to roll up his sleeves and fish drowned tourists out of the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
* Astronomers Discover Previously Unknown Cluster Of Nothingness In Deep Space: Saying the finding would further scientists’ understanding of the most remote parts of the universe, NASA astronomers announced at a press conference Thursday that they had discovered a previously unknown cluster of nothingness in deep space. 
* The United Kingdom will host the next CHOGM meeting in 2018 as Vanuatu, which was to host the meeting, had its infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Pam earlier in the year. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
* Very Ethical: This Slaughterhouse Lets The Animals Get A Few Shots In Before They Kill Them: Whether or not you eat meat, one thing everyone can agree on is that when animals are slaughtered for food, it should be done in an ethical manner that minimizes suffering and preserves the creature’s dignity. That’s why one Nebraska-based farming company is introducing a humane new approach to slaughtering animals that could change the industry forever: letting the cows get in a few shots before they kill them.
* The Hardest Part Of Being A Parent Is Telling Your Son You Can’t Promote Him From VP For A Few Years: No one ever said having kids is easy. Trust me, as a father, I’m well aware of that. But what nobody tells you is that all those difficult parts of child-rearing—the sleepless nights, the endless demands on your time, the tantrums—while certainly trying, pale in comparison to the single hardest thing a parent can experience: the day you have to tell your son it’ll be a few years before you can promote him from VP to president.
* The United Kingdom's Minister of State for International Development, Grant Shapps, resigns amid claims he failed to act on allegations of in-party bullying of a young Conservative Party activist who committed suicide in September. (BBC)
* True Heroes: These Paramedics Wear Candy Necklaces For Injured People To Eat As They’re Carried To Safety: In Dutchess County, NY, one group of noble paramedics is taking saving lives to the next level. During every shift, the heroic EMTs from the Fairway Medical Center are going above and beyond the call of duty by wearing candy necklaces for injured people to chew on as they’re being tended to!
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