[WoW DJ Josh] Reached 1000th Visit! 突破1000人次來訪!

On April 25th, 2011, [WoW DJ Josh] had reached our 500th visit in just less than 1.5 month after this blog was launched. Today, on May 19, 2011, the blog has more than 1000 visits after another month. Thank you all for your support. I will continue to provide more interesting and intriguing content to you. Please feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think. Thanks.

2011年四月25日，[WoW DJ Josh 影音部落格] 短短的在上線後的一個半月突破500人次。今天2011年五月19日，不到一個月後，突破了第1000人次。感謝各位的支持與愛護。我會繼續用心的帶給各位更有趣，更有精采的內容給大家。也歡迎各位在部落格留言，讓我知道您的想法以及寶貴的意見。感謝各位!

[U.S. 美國] [Culture] American Football 美式足球

In Taiwan, most of people are confused between American Football and Rugby.

在台灣，很多人會將美式足球與橄欖球搞混了.

Generally, American Football is a sport that's only played in the North America.

一般來說, 美式足球只有在北美才看的到.

Although American Football is a modification of Rugby, they are two totally different sports.

雖然是橄欖球改良的運動，他們卻是兩個完全不一樣的運動.

The obvious distinction between American Football and Rugby is that American Football players do wear helmets while Rugby players don't wear helmets.

美式足球與橄欖球最明顯的特徵是美式足球要穿護具，而橄欖球不用。

Also, the sizes of the balls are very different as well.

而且這兩種球的大小也非常不一樣.

(Left: Football, Right: Rugby)

(左邊: 美式足球, 右邊:橄欖球)

Hopefully, next time when you see them, you can tell the difference.

希望下次看到的時候，你能夠分辨出來。

[U.S. 美國] [Culture] What Makes Us American

The USA is a muti-culture country, mixed with people from all over the world. So the question is, what makes America special? Perhaps, we can find out through this short video.

美國是個多種文化結合的社會，由來自世界不同國家的人組成的。一個問題來了：美國有什麼特別的？或許我們可以藉由這個短片找到答案！

[U.S. 美國] [Patriotic] Celine Dion - God Bless America

It has been almost ten years since 2001, when 9/11 happened.

自9/11事件發生之後，已經幾乎過了十年了。

Back then, I was only an 8th grader .

那個時候我也只不過是個八年級的學生。

Not only that it was my first year in New York, but it was also my first month in the U.S.

那不只是我在紐約的第一年，那更是我在美國的第一個月。

911 has changed so many peoples' lives, including mine.

911事件改變了很多人的人生，包括我在內。

Throughout these years, I've heard many songs that unites people's hearts during these tough moments, but this one is by far my favorite.

在這些年來，我聽過無數個可使人凝聚的歌曲，但這首歌是我的最愛。

In the video, Celine Dion sings "God Bless America" aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, a national salute to the US Military"

在這個短片裡，Celine Dion 席琳·狄翁登上杜魯門號航空母艦，唱著"God Bless America"向美軍致敬。

[U.K.TOP 英國流行榜] [Soul] Adele - Someone Like You

[U.K.TOP 英國流行榜][Hip-Hop] Tinie Tempah-Written in the stars

[U.K.TOP 英國流行榜] [POP] JLS - Eyes Wide Shut

[Short Film 短片] Pixar - Presto

Video - Presto - Pixar

[U.S. 美國] [Soul] Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You

[U.S. 美國] [Rock] The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You

[U.S. 美國] [Hip-Pop] Fort Minor - Remember The Name

[U.S. 美國] [R&B] Mariah Carey - Through The Rain

[U.S. 美國] [Culture] JK Wedding Dance 不一樣的婚禮

Have you imagined what you would be doing on your wedding day?
你曾經有想過你夢想中的結婚典禮會是怎麼樣的嗎？

Does it just involve walking down the aisle, receiving peoples' blessings, putting the rings on each others' fingers, being happily ever after, and anything else?

走上紅地毯，接受親友的祝福，套上戒指，迎向幸福美滿的未來，還有呢？

Here we are showing you something different! This is a clip of Jill and Kevin's wedding (A Real Wedding Video).

這裡有些不太一樣！這個影片可能顛覆你對婚禮的刻板印象。這是關於Jill和Kevin結婚的影片(真實影片)。

Jill and Kevin are from Minnesota, the U.S.

來自美國的Minnesota明尼蘇達州的Jill和Kevin

They met each other in their mutual friends' wedding in 2005.

2005年在朋友的婚禮認識的。

They fell in love, and they want to be with each other forever.

他們墜入愛河，並想要攜手終身，

However, they want to have a wedding entrance that's different than anyone else.

但是想要跟別人不一樣的婚禮。

This video was ranked the 3rd popular video on YouTube in 2009 and received 3.5 million views in the first 48 hours.

這個影片是2009年YouTube點閱排行榜第三名。在上傳後的48小時內，就有350萬人點閱。

Today, the video has 64 million+ view counts.

今天，已經有6400萬人點閱了這個影片。

Not only people donate money to them to fundraising for their wedding (so free wedding basically).

不只如此，有很多人想贊助這對新人的婚禮費用(據說他們這個婚禮不需要出到一毛錢)。

Jill and Kevin also donate the money they received to an organization. whose efforts are to end domestic violence, with $34,600 by 1,337 donors as of 9/29/10. 另外他們還捐出多得的募款給一個防止家暴的慈善機構。於2010年9月29日，以得到1337人的募款，並已捐出$34600美元，超過台幣100萬元。

Perhaps, just watching the wedding video, you can also the taste the bits of joy that Jill and Kevin share with us.

光是看著這個影片，或許你也跟我一樣，分享著Jill和Kevin帶來的喜悅！

JK Wedding Website (JK 婚禮網站) : http://www.jkweddingdance.com/

Background Music (背景音樂): Chris Brown - Forever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56zNzdz-eE8)

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

After listening to Glee Version of Teenage Dream, Adidas from 806 wants me to put Katy Perry's original version of Teenage Dream, since he said the original version sounds better. So, here it is!
聽過了Glee版本的Teenage Dream, 806 的阿貴要我把Katy Perry原版的Teenage Dream, 因為他比較喜歡原版的, 所以我也把它放上來!

Reached 500 Plus Visits in Less Than 1.5 Months! 賀! 不到一個半月已突破500人次!

Not too long ago, I had a discussion with the Director of Academic Office regarding the concept of having blogs for the students. After numerous trials and modifications, we finally launched "WOW DJ Josh" and "H.E.L.C.” on March 15th, 2011. Today, these two blogs will allow everyone to find out more about cultures in other countries and what is happening in H.E.L.C.


Starting from a simple concept "Music", I started gathering songs that I would like to introduce to students. Today, the blog not only provides music, but it also serves the community with music, animation, funny clips, and many other multimedia components. On April 25th, 2011, we reached our 500th visit in just less than one and half months. Given that the student body has only 726 people, including students and faculty members, this demonstrates that the blog has been a success.


In addition, the H.E.L.C. blog was first intended for the purpose of keeping track of the progress of students in class from a day-to-day basis. Today, this blog is now serving as a showcase platform, demonstrating the activities and the results happening in H.E.L.C., and furthermore, displaying more and more activities that are targeted at our local community. Also within one and half months, we have reached our 300th visit mark!


We sincerely appreciate your support and your comments. We hope to serve you better with whatever we can. Thank you!


在前不久跟教務主任楊主任討論過部落格的想法之後，在經過不斷的嘗試與修改之後，從3月15日正式第一次對外公開,到今天即將屆滿一個月的前夕，這兩個部落格已經成為很多人認識建華英語情境中心與學英語的管道。


"WOW DJ Josh 音樂網" 是以一個純粹以介紹音樂做出發點，到現在匯集各種不團國際文化的影音多媒體部落格，藉此同學多了個管道可以用英語體會不同的文化。從3月15日第一次正式發表, 到滿一個月的前夕, "WOW DJ Josh 音樂網" 已經衝破300人次，至今4月25日已經突破500人次!

另外 "HELC 英語情境部落格"原先規劃要記錄校內同學上課情形，到現在因為情境中心正值推廣全方面與社區結合的，英語情境中心也做為情境中心對外展示成果的平台。短短一個月時間，也衝破了300人次。以師生人數規模比例，成果顯著!

感謝各位對建華情境中心活動推廣的支持，也請多多來訪，給予指教!!

You Can Not Judge a Book by Its Cover 人不可貌相

Have you ever doubt yourself, even with the things you feel you were born to do?

你是否懷疑自己，即便是自己心中有強烈感動的事呢？

Here we have a short video clip of Paul Pott's singing audition from "Britain's Got Talent".

這裡我們有個短片關於Paul Pot 在英國的選秀節目 “Britain’s Got Talent.”

Paul is a mobile phone salesman from South Wales, United Kingdom.

Paul 是個英國南威爾斯小鎮上平凡的手機業務員。

At the very beginning of the video clip he says, "Day by day I sell mobile phones. My dream, however, is to spend the rest of my life doing something that I feel I was born to do."

他在節目開始的時候說的：“每一天，我賣手機。但是，我的夢就是用我剩下的一生，做我生下來我想做及應該做的事。

Paul continues, "Confidence has always been something that is difficult for me. It's difficult for me to have complete confidence in myself."

他說：“自信是對我來說非常困難的。我很難有很強的自信心。”

When Judge Amanda asks, "Paul, what are you here for today?"

裁判Amanda問他：“你今天到這來要做什麼？”

Paul replies, "to sing opera!"

Paul回答："我來這要唱歌劇"

After hearing Paul sing out his dreams, Simon Cowell says, "It was a completely fresh breath of air. You were absolutely fantastic."

結束的時候，就算是毒舌裁判Simon也都說：“這對我來講非常的新鮮。你表現的相當的了不起。”

Having the courage to live out his dreams, Paul Potts became the winner of Britain's Got Talent.

因著有勇氣活出他的夢想，Paul Potts成了Britain's Got Talent的贏家!

Do you have a dream that you wish to pursue but you doubt yourself?

你有你自己的夢想嗎？

Do you doubt how strong the dreams of others are?

你是否對身旁的夢感到不信任呢？

Whether we feel like Paul or we act like the audience who doubted his skills, we should all think twice before we throw away our dreams.

不管你比較像是短片裡的Paul，或是像一開始懷疑Paul的觀眾，我們也可以想想：我們是否對我們所接觸到的人，事，物，都有必要先三思，再下定論呢？

[Short Film 短片] Pixar - Lifted

This is the Oral Test week for 7th and 8th grades' English Scenario classes.
Here I have a video of an ET taking his exam.
Hope you like it, and Good Luck on your exam, everybody!

這禮拜是七年級和八年級情境課口試段考。
這裡我有個短片是個ET參加他的考試。
希望你們會喜歡並祝大家考試順利!

[Soft Rock] Bon Jovi - What Do You Got

Pixar - One Man Band

America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) - Jabbawockeez

"Jabbawockeez" is probably the most iconic America's dance group in recent years. Not just because they won the champion of a TV show "America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC)," it's also their style, their choreography, their team spirit, and their mysterious masks that make them so popular in the U.S. 

One of the crew members said, "The reason that we wear masks is because we want the audience to watch us as a group and not as individuals..." However, right before they went to the competition, one of their group member passed away, but it doesn't seem like that incidence discouraged them from being the top. 

Jabbawockeez 或許可以被喻為美國近年來舞蹈團體中最具代表性的團體。不單單因為他們贏到美國電視選秀節目“美國最棒舞蹈團體”America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) 的總冠軍，更因為他們的舞蹈風格，編舞，團隊精神，和他們神祕的面具讓他們在美國非常受歡迎。

其中一個團員曾說 “我們帶面具的原因是因為面具強迫觀眾注意他們是一個團體，而不是一個個的個體。雖然在選秀節目開始前不久，一個團員過世，但似乎沒有使他們覺得受挫而得不到冠軍。

Audition 初選

Theme: Gravity 

主題：重力; 地心引力

Theme: The Evolution of Pop 

主題：流行樂的進化

Challenge: Self-Porduced Music 

挑戰：自製音樂

Champion for Charity 

慈善冠軍賽

Pixar - For the Birds

Many people have asked me where they can find the "birds" video.
Well, here it is! It's from Pixar, the same company who filmed "UP."
Not only is this video clip cute, but it is also won one of the "Oscar-winning Best Short Animated Films."
Here it is. Enjoy!

有很多人問我要到哪裡才可以找到那小鳥的短片

這裡就找得到了！這個短片是由 “皮克斯動畫工作室” （也是拍“天外奇蹟”的工作室）所製作。

這部短片不只可愛，更拿下奧斯卡最佳動畫短片獎呢！

這裡就是那個短片了！Enjoy!

[Pop Rock] GLEE - "Teenage Dream"

Glee is a TV show about a high school singing choir, called the New Directions, that has very different people who all share the same passion for singing. Here! We have a clip by the New Directions. They turn many pop songs, both old and new, into choir style. In fact, Glee has become one of the most popular TV shows in the U.S. TV history. Hope you enjoy!

Glee 是一個美國的電視劇，敘述著一個叫“New Directions" 的合唱團。他們共同擁有的就是他們對音樂的熱忱。這裡我們有個 "New Directions" 的小短片。他們擅長的就是把流行音樂（不管新歌或老歌）以合唱團的方式表現。其實，Glee 已經成為近代美國電視劇史上最成功的電視劇之一。Enjoy!

[Country Soul] Adele - Make you feel my love

Every time when I listen to this song, 

it's a little bit sad, but it also has a little bit of sweet.

Try to understand the lyrics, what do you think?

每次聽到這首歌，總覺得有點苦中帶甜，甜中待苦。

試著瞭解歌詞，覺得如何呢？

[Pop] JLS - Everybody In Love

This group, JLS, is a men's group in U.K., and this song delivers a simple message - Love

This song is very cute song that I must say.

First time I heard this song was the time when I was studying abroad in London.

Since then, this song always have a special connection with me, including a lot of good memories. Hope you like this song too! =)

這是一個叫JLS的英國團體，這首歌傳達著一個簡單的信息 - 愛

我必須要說這首歌非常可愛。

我第一次聽到這首歌是在我到英國做交換學生聽到的。

從那之後，這首歌就對我意義非凡，有著許多很棒的回憶。

或許你也會跟我一樣喜歡上這首歌!

Plain White T's - Rhythm of Love

WOW~ It has been awhile since I posted the last video. Hurry!!

哇~太久沒有上傳了喔!趕快!!

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (New York City Video!)

Let me introduce Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind."
The song shows what New York City looks like day-to-day.
Here, I want to take this chance to proudly introduce you my second hometown, New York.
Hope you will like video! =)

Yael Naim - New Soul

One of my favorites, hope you guys will like it too!

Ingrid Michaelson- Be ok

Hope everyone is good so far this semester! If yes, awesome! If not, it's ok. Things will be better soon. Let's have a wonderful semester, alright? Cheers!

Michael Jackson ft. Akon -- Hold My Hand

Forever remember the "King of Pop," Michael Jackson!

Toy Story - You've Got a Friend in Me

Let me start with this song. This song is from the cartoon movie, Toy Story (Oh~ Love that movie!) I want to dedicate this song to many teachers and students I've been working with in the past few months. I truly enjoy being in Chien Hua Junior High School. Hope every one will have a wonderful semester as we start next week!

And...
Don't forget!
You have me Josh with you guys. "You've Got a Friend in Me!"

Let's be friends! =)

Bruno Mars-Just The Way You Are

Plain White T's - 1234

Happy Rabbit Year, Everyone!

New year, New idea, New concept! Here we have "WOW DJ Josh," a blog to provide you with the latest music. It's "Simply Josh and Music!" Hope that students and friends at Chien Hua Junior High can have another channel to be connected to other cultures. Here I want to share music with ALL of YOU!

"Want to know what music does Josh like? Want to know what is new? Want to know what is awesome music?"

Please follow this Blog! Hope you will all like it =)

新年快樂! 新的一年, 新的想法! 這裡我們有 WOW DJ Josh 部落格, 為的是給為我們建國中的同學及好朋友們能一起有另一個管道可以接觸國外的文化。這裡我要跟你們分享一些國外的音樂

"Josh 喜歡什麼樣的音樂?" "國外有什麼新的音樂?" "現在什麼音樂是最夯的呢?"

歡迎您常來! 並希望各位會喜歡!