Résumé Templates 美式履歷表範本

The Instant Résumé Templates website (http://www.instantresumetemplates.com) provides a whole series of American-style résumés (186 according to the web site) that can be used with just a little modification. If you are looking for a job, these templates can save you a lot of time.

Here are two templates that would be helpful for college students looking for their first job:

http://www.instantresumetemplates.com/preview/College_Student_Resume

http://www.instantresumetemplates.com/preview/Entry-Level_Resume

One especially thoughtful feature is that the site provides Microsoft Word .DOC files (97-2003 version), so they are usable with most word processors, even if you don't have Microsoft software.

Wizard of Oz: Which witch? [Updated] 英文學習技巧

Witches 用英文記英文(同音法) There are four witches in the Wizard of Oz. Who did what?
Four mnemonics (a mnemonic is a memory trick) to help you remember remember.

North = No / Nobody can hurt Dorothy (Because the Witch of the North kissed her)

South = Save / The Witch of the South said: “Your shoes can save you” (bring you back to Kansas)

More mnemonics appear below:

Wizard of Oz (Part 2) -- Dialog Writing

Please write your own dialog for pages: 7, 8 and 9 in the cartoon version.

These clips will help you:

The Ruby Slippers - The Wizard of Oz (3/8) Movie CLIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IErqIMLwtQ

If I Only Had a Brain - The Wizard of Oz (4/8) Movie CLIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauLgZISozs

More video clips appear below:

The Wizard of Oz (Comic)--Part 2

In this part, Dorothy puts on the magic shoes and leaves for the Emerald City. She makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. Please leave comments!

Wizard of Oz, Page 5 (Dialog and text: CC-BY-NC Robert MATTHEWS)

Wizard of Oz, Page 6 (Dialog and text: CC-BY-NC Robert MATTHEWS)

Pages 7, 8 and 9 appear below. Please add your own dialog in the comments below. Write your comments like this:

P. 6, frame 1: "The evil witch is gone. But her shoes are still here."

P. 6, frame 2: "They fit me perfectly"

P. 6, caption for frames 1 and 2: 

{Dorothy looked for the other witch, but she had dried up and blown away.}

{Dorothy tried the shoes and liked them. They felt just right}

We're Not in Kansas Anymore (Wizard of Oz) 美語典故

This is an American idiom. "We're not in Kansas anymore" means "We're in a strange situation. We are not sure what to do." "We're not in Kansas anymore" 是一句美國成語，意思是說情況完全變了，一時不知道該怎麼辦 

Kansas is in the Corn Belt, a very large flat place where American farmers grow lots and lots of corn.

Corn Belt: Public domain image

640px-Corn_fields_near_Royal,_Illinois CC-BY-SA

More details below:

The Wizard of Oz (Comic)--Part 1

The Wizard of Oz is a very famous American children's story: Dorothy, a young girl, lives on a farm in the middle of the United States. Kansas is a very flat, boring place. Sometimes there are dangerous storms called tornadoes in Kansas (the book calls these storms cyclones). Here is the beginning of the story:

Wizard of Oz, Page 1 (Dialog and text: CC-BY-NC Robert MATTHEWS)

You can read Pages 2 and 3 below:

Apology Letters

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When interacting with other people (personal mail) or other companies (business mail), we sometimes need to write Apology letters. Writing such letters is not easy, especially if English is not your own language. Letter templates can save you lots of time:

Complaint Letters for Business English

ComplaintLetter.net

Writing complaint letters or dealing with them is a necessary part of doing business. ComplaintLetter.net is a free website that saves you time by giving you ready-to-use templates for writing such letters. Not only are these letters free, they are also available in  Office 97~Office 2003 compatible .DOC format, so they can be read and edited even on older computers. Because there are so many letters (almost 200), I have selected and classified a small group of letters for business English purposes:

Airline-Related Letters (such as flights and luggage)
Product Complaints (such as damaged or defective goods)
Billing Problems (such as overcharging and credit card problems)

Click on the links below to download samples of these three kinds of letters directly from ComplaintLetter.net, or visit the site for more templates: