SLA Junior Seminar 12: My Fair Lady

"You're no gentleman, you're not, talking about things like that! I'm a good girl, I am." (p12)

     Eliza Doolittle is a poor girl who lives on selling flowers. She is beautiful and smart; however, she has a strong London accent. She comes to Professor Higgins asking for learning pronunciation. The gentleman uses various ways to teach her, though the process is hard, they do achieve great success. When they come to the embassy ball, Miss Doolittle charms everyone with her beauty.

     Henry Higgins is a phonetic professor, attracted by Eliza Doolittle's voice. He bet his friend that Eliza could be treated as ladies. He trained Eliza strictly. He disliked young girls originally, but after getting along months with Eliza, he found that he couldn't live without her.

     In this story, I appreciate Eliza Doolittle better. Eliza knows the chance that is all her hope. And her hope will be a great motivation. Therefore she never complained about her difficulties and under self-esteem, but still leaded a happy and confident life.


                                                 

SLA Junior Seminar 11: The Road Ahead

How will our lives be in ten years' time?

What will we be doing and seeing?

     There is no one but knows this man of the cover. He is a computer genius, a person who is eager to learn and make progress but does not obey the rules, a guy with advanced consciousness, a business leader who can unite a group of elites and occupy the world's high-end market for the sake of the Microsoft, and a successful business owner. One of the richest and most generous people in the world is my impression of Bill Gates. 

     Bill Gates was born in a family of lawyers and teachers, so he received a very good education when he was a child. His friends all admired his talent and speaking skills. Bill Gates was so interested in computers that he made a decision to set up a company with his close friend Paul Allen. 

     After reading this book, I feel that we should play our strong points and should not learn from our own weaknesses. In that way, we can not only learn our own weaknesses, but also restrain our strengths from developing. 

SLA Seminar Junior 10: The Turn of the Screw

Suddenly, I looked up and saw a face at the window. It was staring at me through the glass. (p11)

     The protagonist of the story,  a twenty-year-old woman who has been put in charge of educating and supervising Flora and Miles in an old country mansion. On several occasions after her arrival, the governess sees the ghosts of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. Who are they? Quint is a former valet at Bly. The governess believes Quint's ghost is haunting Bly with the intention of corrupting Miles. On the other hand, the governess's predecessor, Miss Jessel is planning to ensnare the young children's young soul.

     Why does only governess see them? What would the governess going to protect two children?