Travelling and filming to capture the stories of discrimination around the world remains one of the best memories in my career.
When covid hit us early last year, I thought about these Badjao children, who had all these while lived in impoverished conditions even before covid struck.
They struggled with having clean water and didn’t have have access to drinking water. And now I think about how are they even gonna disinfect?

I think so often, ‘these kids, how are they now? 😓😢’

#lucena #quezon #badjao #oranglaut #documentingmydocumentary

#zoom公開課
【你還在用「同義字字典」(thesaurus)嗎？】

不少英文老師喜歡建議同學使用「同義字字典」，但站在資深語言「學習者」的角度，我今天想要來「反推」同義字字典。而與其說反推，應該是說我覺得大多台灣學習英文者的問題，同義字字典都沒辦法解決。

同義字字典的不好用之處在於，其實英文裡非常少「同義字」，更多的是「類義字」。但英文程度要相當不錯，才能夠在使用時做正確的判斷，不然很容易 #挑錯字，用出很怪的句子。

例如，現在很多人在討論打疫苗的「不良反應」(adverse reactions)。有兩位同學不知道怎麼說，便去找了同義字字典。

✔︎ A 生：看到不良，想到 bad。於是同義字字典 (thesaurus) 給他 atrocious, awful, dreadful, rough, poor 等等的同義字，A 生就造了 poor response.

✔︎ B 生：看到不良，想到 negative。

B 生程度好一些，用 negative 去找，拿到了 adverse, gloomy, pessimistic, unfavorable, weak 這幾個同義字。

🁢 運氣好一點，他會選到正解 adverse. 但運氣不好，他會找到 unfavorable。學英文看運氣膩？

對學習者來說，用語料庫學習「搭配詞」才是能夠最緊急救火的。我們來看看 adverse, unfavorable 這兩個所謂的同義詞，是否真的同義吧。

・adverse effect 負面影響 / adverse reactions 不良反應
・unfavorable conditions 不利的條件 / unfavorable weather 不良於做某件事情的天氣

adverse 真的有等於 unfavorable 嗎？

同義字字典的好處主要有兩個：
✔︎ 把文字用美（very poor 變成 impoverished、disappointed 變 dismayed 這種）
✔︎ 考單字一堆的 GRE, LSAT, SAT, ACT 考試

但在把房子 #裝飾漂亮放上軟裝前，大多的人都還在打地基、蓋房子呀。根本連門跟地板都沒有。

了解問題、學習痛點，再用正確的學習方法學習，你的英文就能突飛猛進，不用再羨慕那些英文很好的人了。

在 6/23 我將藉由 Zoom 帶來我教學生涯上最經典的改變ㄧ生英文文法、搭配詞公開課。如果你/妳的英文 #已經有些底子（建議多益 500 分以上），但覺得自己碰到學習的瓶頸，歡迎來參加喔！

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Describe a historical figure that you find the most impressive. (Mô tả một nhân vật lịch sử bạn thấy ấn tượng nhất). Đề này tương tự đề IELTS Speaking Part 2 describe a person you admire nhé. Nào cùng tham khảo bài nói nhé!

? Tổng thể bài nói về nhân vật lịch sử có Part 1-2-3 đây nha: https://bit.ly/3wvFn2z

If someone asks me about one historical figure that I like the most, it will definitely be President Ho Chi Minh. I am sure that President Ho is admired and loved not only by Vietnamese people but also residents in other countries around the world. He is a prominent leader and he led many resistances that defeated foreign invaders to bring peace and protect national sovereignty.
(Reason) President Ho is well known for leading a simple life and spending all his life fighting for the happniess of Vietnamese people and the independence of the nation.
(Example) He was born into an impoverished but intellectual family in Nghe An province so he could understand the misery and poverty that were caused by war to Vietnamese people. Therefore, at a very young age of early twenty, he decided to go to some foreign countries to find a way to save the country. He went through a lot of ups and downs but with his decisiveness and patriotism, he came back to Vietnam with innovative ideas to improve the policies as well as eliminate invaders.

President Ho had achieved a lot in his life of doing politics; however, he never thought for himself only, he helped other people till the end of his life. Now there are many memorials of President Ho in different countries for people to honor one of the greatest men in the world’s history.

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? Chuỗi bài học ngữ pháp chuyên sâu: https://bit.ly/39lov2m
? IELTS Speaking band 7+ |New Sample Test with subtitles: http://bit.ly/2JG8n1y
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? Lộ trình tự học 0 lên 5.0: http://bit.ly/2kJtIxy
? Lộ trình từ học 5.0 lên 6.5: http://bit.ly/2lVWV8H

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Xem thêm các khóa học theo lộ trình tại đây nhé:

? KHÓA HỌC IELTS MỤC TIÊU 5.0-5.5: http://bit.ly/2LSuWm6
? KHÓA HỌC BỨT PHÁ MỤC TIÊU 6.0-6.5: http://bit.ly/2YwRxuG
? KHÓA HỌC TRỌN GÓI 7.0 IELTS CAM KẾT ĐẦU RA: http://bit.ly/331M26x

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IELTS Fighter - Tiên phong phổ cập IELTS cho người Việt
HỆ THỐNG 25 CƠ SỞ TOÀN QUỐC

► HÀ NỘI
CS1: 254 Hoàng Văn Thái, Thanh Xuân
CS2: 44 Trần Quốc Hoàn, Cầu Giấy
CS4: 388 Nguyễn Văn Cừ, Long Biên
CS3: 456 Xã Đàn, Đống Đa
CS5: 18 LK6C Nguyễn Văn Lộc, Hà Đông
CS6: 737 Quang Trung, Hà Đông
CS7: 22 Nguyễn Hoàng (gần bến xe Mỹ Đình)
CS8: 107 Xuân La, Số nhà D21, P. Xuân Đỉnh, Q. Bắc Từ Liêm

► HỒ CHÍ MINH
CS9: A11 Bà Hom, P13, Q6
CS10: 94 Cộng Hòa, Tân Bình
CS11: 85 Điện Biên Phủ, Bình Thạnh
CS12: 18 Phan Văn Trị, Gò Vấp
CS13: 350 đường 3/2, P12, Q10
CS14: 66B Hoàng Diệu 2 Thủ Đức
CS15: 129 Nguyễn Thị Thập, Q7
CS16: 926B Tạ Quang Bửu, P5, Q8
CS17: 386 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, P5, Q3
CS18: 76 Trường Chinh, P. Tân Hưng Thuận, Q.12
CS19: 316 Võ Văn Ngân, P. Bình Thọ, Tp. Thủ Đức

► BÌNH DƯƠNG
CS20: 9-11 đường Yersin, TP. Thủ Dầu Một

► ĐÀ NẴNG
CS21: 233 Nguyễn Văn Linh, Thanh Khê
CS22: 254 Tôn Đức Thắng, Q. Liên Chiểu
CS23: 226 Ngũ Hành Sơn, P. Mỹ An, Q. Ngũ Hành Sơn

► HẢI PHÒNG
CS24: 428 Lạch Tray, Ngô Quyền

► BẮC NINH
CS25: 498 Ngô Gia Tự, Phường Tiền An

► ĐỒNG NAI
CS26: R76, Võ Thị Sáu, phường Thống Nhất, TP. Biên Hòa

► NGHỆ AN
74 Đường Hermann – P Hưng Phúc – TP Vinh

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- Cùng tham khảo bài mẫu: Describe a historical figure that you find the most impressive. (Mô tả một nhân vật lịch sử bạn tháy ấn tượng nhất)

? Link full chủ đề: https://bit.ly/2VSf5YR

If someone asks me about one historical figure that I like the most, it will definitely be President Ho Chi Minh. I am sure that President Ho is admired and loved not only by Vietnamese people but also residents in other countries around the world. He is a prominent leader and he led many resistances that defeated foreign invaders to bring peace and protect national sovereignty.
President Ho is well known for leading a simple life and spending all his life fighting for the happniess of Vietnamese people and the independence of the nation.
He was born into an impoverished but intellectual family in Nghe An province so he could understand the misery and poverty that were caused by war to Vietnamese people. Therefore, at a very young age of early twenty, he decided to go to some foreign countries to find a way to save the country. He went through a lot of ups and downs but with his decisiveness and patriotism, he came back to Vietnam with innovative ideas to improve the policies as well as eliminate invaders.

President Ho had achieved a lot in his life of doing politics; however, he never thought for himself only, he helped other people till the end of his life. Now there are many memorials of President Ho in different countries for people to honor one of the greatest men in the world’s history.

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Subscribe IELTS Fighter nhận thông báo video mới nhất để không bỏ lỡ các video bài học thú vị, ngay tại link này nhé:
https://www.youtube.com/IELTSFighter
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Tham khảo thêm video từ vựng hay khác:
? Khóa học IELTS Listening online: https://bit.ly/37GITOc
? Chuỗi bài học ngữ pháp chuyên sâu: https://bit.ly/39lov2m
? IELTS Speaking band 7+ |New Sample Test with subtitles: http://bit.ly/2JG8n1y
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Theo dõi lộ trình học tập vô cùng đầy đủ để các bạn có thể học IELTS Online tại IELTS Fighter qua các bài viết sau:

? Lộ trình tự học 0 lên 5.0: http://bit.ly/2kJtIxy
? Lộ trình từ học 5.0 lên 6.5: http://bit.ly/2lVWV8H

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Xem thêm các khóa học theo lộ trình tại đây nhé:

? KHÓA HỌC IELTS MỤC TIÊU 5.0-5.5: http://bit.ly/2LSuWm6
? KHÓA HỌC BỨT PHÁ MỤC TIÊU 6.0-6.5: http://bit.ly/2YwRxuG
? KHÓA HỌC TRỌN GÓI 7.0 IELTS CAM KẾT ĐẦU RA: http://bit.ly/331M26x

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IELTS Fighter - Tiên phong phổ cập IELTS cho người Việt
HỆ THỐNG 23 CƠ SỞ TOÀN QUỐC

► HÀ NỘI
CS1: 254 Hoàng Văn Thái, Thanh Xuân
CS2: 44 Trần Quốc Hoàn, Cầu Giấy
CS4: 388 Nguyễn Văn Cừ, Long Biên
CS3: 456 Xã Đàn, Đống Đa
CS5: 18 LK6C Nguyễn Văn Lộc, Hà Đông
CS6: 737 Quang Trung, Hà Đông
CS7: 22 Nguyễn Hoàng (gần bến xe Mỹ Đình)
CS8: 107 Xuân La, Số nhà D21, P. Xuân Đỉnh, Q. Bắc Từ Liêm

► HỒ CHÍ MINH
CS9: A11 Bà Hom, P13, Q6
CS10: 94 Cộng Hòa, Tân Bình
CS11: 85 Điện Biên Phủ, Bình Thạnh
CS12: 18 Phan Văn Trị, Gò Vấp
CS13: 350 đường 3/2, P12, Q10
CS14: 66B Hoàng Diệu 2 Thủ Đức
CS15: 129 Nguyễn Thị Thập, Q7
CS16: 926B Tạ Quang Bửu, P5, Q8
CS17: 386 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, P5, Q3
CS18: 76 Trường Chinh, P. Tân Hưng Thuận, Q.12

► BÌNH DƯƠNG
CS19: 9-11 đường Yersin, TP. Thủ Dầu Một

► ĐÀ NẴNG
CS20: 233 Nguyễn Văn Linh, Thanh Khê
CS21: 254 Tôn Đức Thắng, Q. Liên Chiểu
CS22: 226 Ngũ Hành Sơn, P. Mỹ An, Q. Ngũ Hành Sơn

► HẢI PHÒNG
CS23: 428 Lạch Tray, Ngô Quyền
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?Fanpage:https://www.facebook.com/ielts.fighter
?Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ieltsfighter.support/
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#IELTSFighter

Mafia Definitive Edition (เฉพาะภาคแรก)
ซื้อได้ที่ https://store.epicgames.com/legendauser/mafia-definitive-edition

MAFIA: TRILOGY (รวมสามภาค)
ซื้อได้ที่ https://store.epicgames.com/legendauser/mafia-trilogy

Mafia: Definitive Edition is an action-adventure video game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K Games. A remake of the 2002 video game Mafia, it was announced in May 2020 and was released on September 25, 2020. The game is set within the fictional city of Lost Heaven (based on Chicago) in the 1930s, and follows the rise and fall of taxi driver-turned-mobster Tommy Angelo within the Salieri crime family. The game received favorable reviews from critics, with praise for revitalizing the story, performances, and graphics, although the dated action animations were criticized.

In 1930, during the ongoing Great Depression, impoverished taxi driver Thomas "Tommy" Angelo is strong-armed by two members of the Salieri family - Paulie Lombardo and Sam Trapani - into helping them escape an ambush by members of the Morello Family. While Tommy is compensated for his help, his actions lead him to losing his job when the Morello family target him in an act of revenge the following day. Seeking help from Don Ennio Salieri, Tommy agrees to be a part of his organisation, befriending Paulie and Sam, and becoming romantically involved with Sarah, the daughter of Salieri's bartender. The three men work together to contribute to Salieri's rackets, overseen by Salieri's consigliere Frank Colletti, including protection and bootlegging. In time, Tommy marries Sarah and begins a family with her, all the while working up in the ranks by impressing Salieri.

In 1933, Don Salieri becomes increasingly concerned when Don Marcu Morello begins putting pressure on him, ambushing their operations with bribed police officers and gaining the support of a corrupt prosecutor whose son has been killed by the Salieri family. Tommy finds himself forced to counter these attempts to prevent the organisation being financially weakened. When Salieri assigns him to eliminate an informant at a brothel, he is advised by Sam to spare them instead, allows them to escape in exchange for their silence, covering up his actions. When Frank disappears along with the organisation's account books, Tommy is instructed to locate both, and quickly learns that Morello planned to use the FBI to take down his rival. Convincing Frank to reveal where the books are, Tommy allows him to leave the country with his family, and covers up his actions once again.

In 1935, with prohibition ended and both Mafia families moving out into new rackets, Don Morello attempts to assassinate Salieri, whilst he and Tommy are dining at a restaurant. In retaliation, Salieri declares war and begins weakening Morello's position, damaging his rackets and reducing his influence on law enforcement. Eventually, Tommy works alongside Sam and Paulie to take down Morello, killing him by shooting down a plane he attempts to use to flee the city. By 1938, the Salieri family control the city's rackets, neutralizing anyone who attempts to stop them. Tommy, Sam and Paulie find themselves tasked with recovering a shipment of impounded cigars that had been smuggled into the city, informed that they hide a consignment of diamonds in them. Although the group manage to successfully recover the cargo, Tommy is shocked to discover that Salieri lied, and that the cigars concealed a consignment of drugs.

Disillusioned by the revelation, Tommy convinces Paulie to go ahead with a bank robbery that Sam had advised against. Although the pair manage to complete the job, Tommy finds Paulie murdered in his apartment the following day. When he goes for a meeting with Sam to discuss this, Tommy finds that his efforts to conceal his actions were uncovered by Salieri, and that Sam was ordered to execute him and Paulie for this and the bank job. Left with no choice, Tommy survives the attempt on his life and kills Sam upon learning that Frank and his family were murdered by Salieri's people. With his former allies against him, Tommy goes into hiding and contacts Detective Norman for help, providing his story of his actions. In exchange for testifying against the Salieri family, Tommy requests his help in protecting his family, which Norman agrees to out of respect for being a family man himself.

In 1951, Tommy and his family live under witness protection in Empire Bay, after Don Salieri and his organisation are arrested and tried for their crimes. A few days after his eldest daughter is married, in which he highlights how family is the most important value to a man, Tommy is visited by Vito Scaletta and Joe Barbaro, who murder him on behalf of Salieri, leaving him to die in his front yard. As his family surrounds him in shock, Tommy tells them all that they are now safe, before succumbing to his wounds.