#4 Comment

This is my first hearing about the NTNU Concordancer and Collocation Retrieval System(CCRS). It's quite interesting that you can search the different common usage of foreigners' language while it just list them on the board. I can know immediately when I want to see if my article is correct or not, but I'm not easy to create a sentence which I have no idea about that. However, a dictionary will be much useful when I try to link some synonyms together. After all, I think those tools are good enough for a learner to use, while they need to know the best usage of these tools. Lack of knowledge about vocabulary is my greatest difficulty when I used these tools. It let me feel nothing to do from these tools, and I might miss some wrong to exam.

#3 Large v.s. Big

When it comes to depart with "big" and "large", it's difficult for us who using the Chinese dictionary to explain. However, there is some rule whenever we use this two words.
"Big" is often talked about the greatful of a thing or an abstract situation, such as a big conference, a big festival or a big pig something like that.
"Large" is used to describe the amount or quantity of something like money or other objects, and it'll be quite concreted and countable for instance. For example, they can be a large expenditures, a large sedan and a large waterfall. In addition, "large" may be much formaller than "big".

#2 Dictionary Exercise

From this homework, I found out that there has lots of English materials on the Internet. I am glad of attending this class, or I might have missed those things at all.
I like Merriam the best, because of its speed and typesetting. Oxford might be too slow, and Cambridge's component is just quite simple I guessed.

Those Link is listed as below:

1. Cambridge
2. Merriam
3. Oxford

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• athletic

Cambridge

Show phonetics
adjective
1 STRONG strong, healthy, and good at sports

2 SPORT [always before noun] relating to athletes or to the sport of athletics

Merriam

ath·let·ic

Pronounced:
/æθˈlɛtɪk/

Function:
adjective Meaning:

1 always used before a noun a : of or relating to athletes ▪ the national athletic association ▪ They each received an athletic scholarship to the school. b : of or relating to sports, games, or exercises ▪ Students can get discount tickets for all athletic events. ▪ His athletic career spanned three decades. ▪ the college's athletic department/director ▪ She has great athletic ability.

2 always used before a noun : used by athletes : used during or for sports, games, or exercises ▪ athletic socks/gear/shoes ▪ the school's athletic field

3 [more ath*let*ic; most ath*let*ic] a : strong and muscular ▪ She's tall and has an athletic build. b : active in sports, games, or exercises ▪ He's very athletic.

—ath·let·i·cal·ly /æθˈlɛtɪkli/ adverb ▪ She's tall and athletically built.

Oxford

ath•let•ic /letk/ adj.
1 physically strong, fit and active: an athletic figure / build a tall, slim athletic girl
2 [only before noun] (BrE) connected with sports such as running, jumping and throwing (= athletics): an athletic club / coach
ath•let•ical•ly /kli/ adv. ath•leti•cism /letszm/ noun [U]: She moved with great athleticism about the court.

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• muscular

Cambridge

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adjective
1 STRONG having firm, strong muscles
muscular legs/arms

2 OF MUSCLES relating to muscles
muscular aches/pains

Merriam

mus·cu·lar

Pronounced:
/ˈmʌskjəlɚ/

Function:
adjective Meaning:

1 : of or relating to muscles ▪ muscular strength/weakness ▪ a muscular injury

2 [more mus*cu*lar; most mus*cu*lar] : having large and strong muscles ▪ a muscular athlete ▪ He has a muscular physique. ▪ His legs are very muscular.

—mus·cu·lar·i·ty /ˌmʌskjəˈlerəti/ noun [noncount]

Oxford

mus•cu•lar /mskjl(r)/ adj.
1 connected with the muscles: muscular tension / power / tissue
2 (also informal muscly /msli/) having large strong muscles: a muscular body / build / chest He was tall, lean and muscular.

#1 Self-Introduction

My name is Hsin-Mei Li with the English name called Mary-- It's really simple to remember and use, isn't it? Machnical Engineering is my major, and it's the second year now. I grew up and educated in Banciao in Taipei county untill graduated from high scool. Though there's part of Taipei in geographical, it's quite a small town that I think. Recently I rent a house near MRT Wangfong Station with my sister so as to commute faster and save the money from transportation. I hope I could get rid of the second year of college sooner, so that I would be much freer from studying.