Defeat Never Never Land

...Strong wind blew in their faces just like depression punching their faith.
Ken shouted: "why are we here?" Bo answered: "To strengthen our minds and bodies!" Ken shouted again: "bullshit!! i want to give up!" they had a quarrel with each other. After the fight they decided to split up. Ken ran eastwards with his upset mind while Bo ran westwards with his anger.

There was an extreme running race held every year. Thus Ken and Bo participated in the game. They had had huge confidence to win the race 3 days ago. Actually, they just won the "through the south pole" game 6 months ago. Would they fail this time?

3 days later, Ken dehydrated. he was in a dangerous situation. He thought he might die under the burning sun. He lay down in his simple camp without hope but despite their argument it seemed there was some telepathic bound between them. Bo felt something. He ran for 2days and found water. He knew he would finish the game and win the price. But Bo could not leave his partner. He decided to go back in order to find Ken because he had the strong feeling that Ken was suffering. He ran through endless desert and fought with the cruel sun. After hundreds of kilometres, he found Ken in a tattered dirty camp that was covered in sand and Ken was almost dead as well as dull and dry.

Bo kept on calling Ken:" Ken , are you there ? Are you alright?" and kept on digging for Ken who was buried under the hot heavy yellow sand. Ken could not believe that someone called his name. It was just like a weak light passing through a deep dark adyss. He used his last energy to yell:" Here!!...I...". He wanted to yell more and more words but he could not do it. Eventually, Bo heard that. Bo heard the sound which was almost blown away by the wind. He dug more and harder. When he saw Ken's face, he prayed that Ken was still alive. He dug Ken out and held him tightly. He whispered beside Ken's ear:"I am here, Ken!! We are alive!!!"

After he had given him first aid, Bo didn't expect that the situation was so terrible. He checked his backpack. There was only water for 5 days, a dozen chocolate bars, 11 fish cans and 2 emergency medication boxes. He had to decide which way was more safely. Was it safer to go to the destination of the game or to find an oasis? This difficult choice made him had a anxious. Ken saw Bo's worried face and said:" What's wrong, Bo?" Bo did not want Ken to Know that they had supply problems. Bo lied:" Nothing!! Everything is under control!!" To be honest, Ken knew it was just a friendly lie.

19. Feb Emphasize

A: Did you enjoy your holiday, then?

B: Yes, it was absolutely wonderful.

A: Great!

B: At the first hotel we stayed in, they put us in a room having a sea view, which was exactly what we wanted.

A: Nice, what about the little island you went to? That must have been absolutely quite and it’s supposed to be very beautiful, isn’t it?

B: That’s exactly what we thought before we went and we liked it. The beaches were absolutely amazing, and there was all beautiful sight in the evening. We were there just for a couple of days before we went back to the mainland and rented a luxury cottage.

A: Wow, was that other better?

B: Yes, there is anything you want just in the cottage.

A: Didn’t you go there for the bird sanctuary, though?

B: Yes, actually we spent a couple of days bird watching, and that was by far the most interesting part of the holiday.

A: Perhaps you should go there again next year.

Cottage – a small house, especially in the country

Loaf – an amount of bread that has been shaped and baked in one piece

Sanctuary – an area where birds or animals are protected and encouraged to breed

19. Feb Vocabulary: collocations (body)

1. Hold your breath when you are feeling anxious.

2. Drum your fingers when you are impatient.

3. Shrug your shoulders when you don’t care.

4. Wrinkle your nose when something smells bad.

5. Crack your knuckles to annoy other people.

6. Purse your lips when you are annoyed.

7. Clench your fist when you are angry.

8. Twist your ankle if you step awkwardly while walking on rough ground.

9. Pull a muscle while playing a sport e.g. football

10. Raise your eyebrows to show disagreement.

11. Shake your head in disbelief.

12. Lick your lips when something is tasty.

Anxious – feeling worried or nervous

Shrug – to raise your shoulders and then lower them to show that you do not know or care about sth

Wrinkle – to make the skin or your face tighten into lines or folds; to form lines or folds in this way

Knuckle – any of the joints in the fingers, especially those connecting the fingers to the rest of the hand

Annoy – to make sb slightly angry; to make sb uncomfortable or unable to relax

Purse – a small bag made of leather, plastic, etc. for carrying coins and often also paper money, cards, etc. used especially by women; to form your lips into a small tight round shape, for example to show disapproval

Clench – when you clench your hand, teeth, etc. or when they clench, you press or squeeze them together tightly, usually showing that you are angry, determined or upset

Fist – a hand when it is tightly closed with the finger bent into the PALM

Twist – to bend or turn sth into a particular shape; to injure part of your body, especially your ankle, wrist or knee, bending it in an awkward way

Ankle – the joint connecting the foot to the leg

Awkwardly – make you feel embarrassed; difficult or dangerous because of its shape or design

Rough – having a surface that is not even or regular

Eyebrow – the line of hair above eye

Memory

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
Life was beautiful then
I remember
The time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every street lamp
Seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And a street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies
Another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with my memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is
Look a new day has begun ...

Pavement – a flat part at the side of road for people walk on

Lamplight – light from a lamp

Withered – dried up and dead plants; looking old because they are thin and weak and have very dry skin

Moan – to make a long deep sound, usually expressing unhappiness, suffering or sexual pleasure

Lamp – a device that electricity, oil or gas to produce light

Beat – to defeat sb in a game or competition; to avoid sth; to hit sb/sth many times, usually very hard

Fatalistic – showing a belief in fate and feeling that you can’t control events or stop them from happening

Mutter – to speak or say sth in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about sth

Gutter – (of a flame or candle)to burn in an unsteady way

Give in – to admit that you have been defeated by sb/sth; to agree to do sth that you do not want to do

Dawn – the time of day when light first appears

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今天去某家潛水公司打零工，用來換兩支氣瓶的免費潛水，划算不划算呢?我想這就見仁見智了!工作內容不外乎整理裝備，打掃，餐廳整理等等清潔性工作，做起來很簡單，不過也很無聊，換得兩支氣瓶跟免費中餐，對我來說其實算是划算了，如果自己報名單日旅遊，好處是想休息就休息，凡事有人照料。

打零工以後才發現要聽懂多樣英語人種的英文還真是困難，各種口音都有，還要懂得猜猜看，在英文還不太好的狀況下，常常有牛頭不對馬嘴的狀況，客人要GOLD(澳洲啤酒)，你會拿COKE給他@@，客人說「What snacks do you have?」，你會先想到「snakes?」然後又自作聰明的回答「Just one kind of snickers here」..............，當場就留下一隻烏鴉飛過那個阿兜仔的頭上，甚至連個sea sick都不知道是什麼了@@，很多單字都知道，可是當外國人稀哩呼嚕一股腦的把幾十個字丟到你耳裡時，那些單字就巧妙的消失在你的腦海中了。。。

今天海況不佳，浪高1m，航程中顛簸不已，有好幾個人來買暈船藥，還有兩三個手上拿著嘔吐袋備用，原本以為不會暈船的我，竟然也暈船了，大約航行九十分鐘後，我就開始不舒服想吐，不知道是因為肚子不舒服（昨天晚上德國朋友下廚，煮了鮭魚大餐。。。），還是因為在船上工作的關係，身體冒汗想吐，心裡想著快呀快到達潛點，supervisor卻催促著做這做那的，我只好跟他說，我想吐啦。。。他就以極為迅速的動作到旁邊拿了個嘔吐袋給我，然後繼續叫我做這做那@@。好在過不到十分鐘，潛點就到達了，開始著裝。。這次我沒帶自己的裝備，因為想說幫他們工作，當然就用他們裝備囉！不過公用裝備就是只能堪用，三用表只有殘壓表還活著，二級頭吸起來不是很順暢，BC很小件，面鏡也很小而且視野不佳，唉。。下次我會帶我自己的面鏡去打工的。。

剛剛打了半小時的潛水報告，結果firefox當掉，真是「暗」到爆，很精彩的說，有海龜餵食，看見真Nemo。。。。算了。。改天再補。。

終於有心情，有時間來補文章了，可是有點懶，寫些重點就好，哈哈。
第一隻其實沒有什麼特別的東西，能見度依然不佳，不過特別的是，我沒有穿防寒衣就下去，因為水溫真的很高呀。。這次的潛伴是一同在船上打工的一位英國人，是個master，技術不錯喔，下水前還跟他朋友說，他都用自然導航，他還真的都認得路呢。。
第二隻就很精彩了，一下去沒多久就遇見海龜，還不只一隻呢，有個日本教練拿著珊瑚殘支在餵食海龜，所以我就有樣學樣的找了些東西來餵食海龜，海龜真的很可愛，不過他吃一吃還咬到我手上來了，讓我嚇了一跳。當卡通裡面看到的生物活生生地在你面前，而且距離很近，有種難以言喻的感覺，感覺就像是全世界都縮小到只有你跟海龜，靜靜地，看著他優雅的身態，你會想要永遠待在這裡。。。。

回程的時候，撇見True Clown Fish，也就是真的Nemo，馬上衝過去好好端詳一番，有種感覺浮上心頭，Finding Nemo的小丑魚比較好看耶！！！！哈哈。。。儘管如此，他還是所有小丑魚裡面最好看的了。。

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