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I choose the course of introduction to financial and managerial accounting.
I found the topics inside the course are similar with the topics that I have learned, but there are some differences between course content, and there are many professor's lecture notes we can download to learn.
I think this is very convenient, and MIT is a great teaching platform. 
In addition, I can learn different courses on the website, and I also can strengthen my English proficiency.

ESL Podcast 998– Meeting a New Neighbor

1. settling in

     -to become familiar with somewhere new, such as a new house, job, or school, and to feel comfortable and happy there

2. the scoop

    -the latest information about someone or something, especially details that are not generally known

3. take a rain check

    -to refuse an offer or invitation but say that you might accept it later

4. keep to myself

     -to spend time alone, not talking to other people very much

5. appointing

     -to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility

6. social secretary

     -the person who organizes social activities for an organization or for another person

7. sort sth/sb out

     -to deal successfully with a problem, a situation, or a person who is having difficulties

8. fend off

     -to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person

9. reputation

    -the opinion that people have about what someone or something is like, based on what has happened in the past

10. busybody

       -a person who is too interested in what other people are doing

    

Studio Classroom

1. be tired of

    I'm so tired of doing the same job, day after day.

2. on the outside looking in

    You should invite the new guy to the party instead of leaving him on the outside looking in.

    

3. sidewalk / pavement

4. break out of

    She needed to break out of her daily routine and do something exciting.

5. free up

    I need to free up some time this weekend to finish the report.

6. weary

    She suddenly felt old and weary.

7. flurry

    A flurry of shots rang out in the darkness.

8. snarl

    The dog snarled at us.

9. otherwise

    I like working outside when it’s warm, but otherwise I stay indoors.

10. freeway

      an accident on the freeway

      

   

Steve Jobs' speech

After listening to  Steve Jobs's three stories, I think I more like the first story.

Although many things had happened in his childhood, these things did not affect him.

He had his own dreams, and he stepped by stepped to complete.

So he could be successful and had big career and big achievement.

This story made ​​me learn a lot of things, and how to accomplish my dreams in the future.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

1.hectic

very busy; full of activity

ex:Today was too hectic for me.

2.Precinct
a part of a city that has its own police station; the police station in this area
ex:The murder occurred just a block from the precinct.

3.bizarre

very strange or unusual

ex:a bizarre situation/incident/story

Dictionary Exercise

unveil

1.unveil something

to remove a cover or curtain from a painting, statue, etc. so that it can be seen in public for the first time

ex:The mayor unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital.

2.unveil something

to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time

ex: They will be unveiling their new models at the Car Show.

incubator

a piece of equipment in a hospital that new babies are placed in when they are weak or born too early, in order to help them survive

ex: Their baby was so small she spent three weeks in an incubator before going home.

I prefer to use Oxford Advanced American Dictionary, because it looks very clear, and has no excessive advertising. It has clear definition, and its sentence very simple and easy to learn. 
So if I want to inquire word mean in the future, I will still use this one.

Greeting

Hello everyone, my name is Andy. There are three people in my family, i am only child in my family. I am studying at National Taipei College of business, and then my hobby is dancing, it helps me maintain my strength and endurance and is a good way to relieve any frustrations which I have from school.