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1212 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears (week14)
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  • under medication 服藥中
    I'm doing the drug. 吸毒
    take pills 吃藥丸

     
  • myth: something can’t figure out or something can’t understand.


  • expersition(setting. situation/ climate. character)-->conflict(internal or external)-->climax-->falling action(=anti-climax)-->denouement

  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

    expersition:
    It's the mother owl who woke the sun each day so the dawn can come
     
    conflict:
    mother owl didn't want to wake up the sun

     
     
  • You don't bite that kind of credo.
    (a formal statement of the beliefs of a religion etc 教義; 信條)

     
  • mosquito: a farmer digged a yam bigger than I am 
    iguana: I would rather be deaf-->two sticks
    Python: plot some mystery on me

     
  • the monkey killed the owlet
    ↓
    cron alarmed the monkey
    ↓
    rabbit startled cron
    ↓
    Python scared the rabbit
    ↓
    Iguana frightened the Python
    ↓
    mosquito
    *受到驚嚇不同的說法
    I was thrilled.
    I was mortified.


  • The 12 days of Christmas(cumulative song->progressive addition)

    On the first day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    A partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the second day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the third day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the fourth day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the fifth day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the sixth day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Six geese a-laying, 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the seventh day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Seven swans a-swimming, 
    Six geese a-laying, 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the eighth day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Eight maids a-milking, 
    Seven swans a-swimming, 
    Six geese a-laying, 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the ninth day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Nine ladies dancing, 
    Eight maids a-milking, 
    Seven swans a-swimming, 
    Six geese a-laying, 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the tenth day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Ten lords a-leaping, 
    Nine ladies dancing, 
    Eight maids a-milking, 
    Seven swans a-swimming, 
    Six geese a-laying, 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the eleventh day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Eleven pipers piping, 
    Ten lords a-leaping, 
    Nine ladies dancing, 
    Eight maids a-milking, 
    Seven swans a-swimming, 
    Six geese a-laying, 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree. 
    On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
    my true love sent to me 
    Twelve drummers drumming, 
    Eleven pipers piping, 
    Ten lords a-leaping, 
    Nine ladies dancing, 
    Eight maids a-milking, 
    Seven swans a-swimming, 
    Six geese a-laying, 
    Five golden rings, 
    Four calling birds, 
    Three French hens, 
    Two turtle doves, 
    And a partridge in a pear tree!