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a. The Little Mermaid - Pat of Your World
Maybe he's right
Maybe there is something the matter with me
I just don't see how a world that makes
such wonderful things could be bad
Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's
complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
The girl who has everything?
Look at this trove
Treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here you'd think
Sure, she's got everything
I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want thingamabobs?
I've got twenty!
But who cares?
No big deal
I want more
I wanna be where the people are
I wanna see, wanna see them dancin'
Walking around on those, what do you call
'em?
Oh, feet!
Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Strolling along down the, what's that word
again?
Street
Up where they walk, up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free, wish I could be
Part of that world
What would I give if I could live out of
these waters?
What would I pay to spend a day warm on the
sand?
Bet'cha on land they understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
(it means to be blamed 剛剛才被爸爸罵)
Bright young women, sick of swimmin'
Ready to stand
And ready to know what the people know
Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
What's a fire and why does it, what's the
word?
Burn?
When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore
up above?
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world
b. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 這個名字是個嘲諷 ( pun, mock)
→ 一點也不 wonderful, Oz 也不是 Wizard
c. 老師的 ppt
西雅圖的重要地標 space needle
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and an icon of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors, when nearly 20,000 people a day used its elevators.
In the first book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), the walls are green, but the city itself is not. However, when they enter, everyone in the Emerald City is made to wear green-tinted eyeglasses; this is explained as an effort to protect their eyes from the "brightness and glory" of the city, but in effect makes everything appear green when it is, in fact, "no more green than any other city". This is yet another "humbug" created by the Wizard. In this book, the Wizard also describes the city as having been built for him within a few years after he arrived. It was he who decreed that everyone in the Emerald City must wear green eyeglasses, since the first thing he noticed about Oz after he landed in his hot air balloon was how green and pleasant the country was.
Enough is a 2002 American thriller film directed by Michael Apted. The movie is based on the 1998 novel Black and Blue, by Anna Quindlen, which was a New York Times bestseller. It stars Jennifer Lopez as Slim, an abused wife who learns to fight back. Enough garnered generally negative reviews from film critics, although several aspects of the film including the actors' performances were praised.
(電影情節也有出現 space needle ，之所以到西雅圖是因為西雅圖是溫暖的希望之城)
SUNY 紐約州立大學
CUNY 紐約市立大學
U of NY 紐約大學 (私立) → 學術地位最高
Tins man needs heart. (Because he has hollow heart)
→ 出場必備 油壺、斧頭、時鐘
Scarecrow needs brain. (出場音樂：If I had a brain)
(西遊記→觔斗雲 綠野仙蹤→cyclone, winged money 神隱少女→隧道，火車，白龍)
旅行文學最主要的目的是「朝聖」和「回家」
Twister is a 1996 American disaster film starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as storm chasers researching tornadoes. In the film, a team of storm chasers tries to perfect a data-gathering instrument, designed to be released into the funnel of a tornado, while competing with another better-funded team with a similar device during a tornado outbreak across Oklahoma. (向綠野仙蹤致敬)
在電影中，Dorothy 穿的是紅色的鞋子
在小說中， Dorothy 穿的是銀色的鞋子 (silver can symbolize the magical power)
Scarecrow : I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful things right?
→ 嘲諷沒有腦袋的人會做出傷天害理的事情
d. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of, once in a
lullaby
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are
blue.
And the dreams that you dare to dream
really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star, and wake up
where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away
above the chimney tops...
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow, why can't, why
can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the
rainbow,
Why, oh, why can't I?2. extra information
a. 美國一學分要自修三小時
美國大學殿堂每門課至少淘汰三分之一學生，「這是對品質負責」。但反觀台灣，大學課程太好過關，就連台成清交等頂尖大學也都如此，他直言：「但老師真的教得那麼好嗎？該擔心的是，大學品管是否出問題」。
「台灣與美國的一流大學有什麼不同？美國一學分就要自修兩到三小時，老師要驗收、否則是失職。」美國學生一學期很少選超過十五學分，因每週得自修四十小時；但台灣大學生每學期甚至可選三十學分，每天自修十五小時嗎？簡直是不可能的事！」
b. 美國大學生沒有學到基本能力
part of the context :
"Growing
numbers of students are sent to college at increasingly higher costs,
but for a large proportion of them the gains in critical thinking,
complex reasoning and written communication are either exceedingly small
or empirically nonexistent," according to an excerpt of the book
published in The Crhonicle of Higher Educaiton.
"These findings are sobering and should be a cause for concern."
"These findings are sobering and should be a cause for concern."
The
study, carried out by New York University sociologist and education
expert Richard Arum and University of Virginia sociologist Josipa Roksa,
attributed much of the problem to easy courses and lax study habits.
US
students today "define and understand their college experiences as
being focused more on social than on academic development," they wrote.
In
a particular semester, 32 percent of those surveyed did not take any
course with more than 40 pages of reading per week and 50 percent did
not take a single course in which they wrote more than 20 pages.
The
study cited another report as saying that students now spend just 12 to
14 hours studying each week, 50 percent less than full-time college
students did a few decades ago.
c. Korean Sparkling 30-second commercial (2009)
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