Past Perfect Plus Pronunciation
She _______________ (bake) a lot before she ______________ (open) her shop.
She had baked a lot before she opened her shop.
Before emoticons were invented, we represented this emotion by typing a colon, a dash and a capital O together (:-O) on a computer keyboard.
Surprise / Shock
This symbol came from Roman gladiatorial games and was later used in WWI and WWII for the "all clear" sign.
The 'thumbs-up' symbol.
This presenting pair proposed a symbol featuring Rozzum Unit 7134 to symbolize a restriction on running in the hallway.
Roxy and Sonja
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, alongside Genevieve von Petzinger's geometric signs. Name three animals depicted on the walls of the cave.
Cave lions, Mammoths, Woolly Rhinoceroses, Cave Bears, Horses & Bison, Megaloceros (Giant Deer), as well as Ibex, reindeer, red deer, aurochs, panthers, owls, wolves, foxes, and hyenas.
What two words does the short vowel sound in 'often' match up with?
not and lock
Genevieve von Petzinger named one of the geometric signs 'Pectiform.' What is it an abstract representation of?
a comb
What is the national symbol of Singapore called, and what does it represent, or symbolize?
The Merlion. Its fish half represents Singapore’s origins as a fishing village, and its lion half represents Singapore’s former name, which meant “Lion City.”
To be more thoughtful toward other people in public spaces, this pair proposed a restriction on showing the middle finger.
Livy and Amber
Name three things we should observe when looking at abstract art.
Color, Shapes, Composition, Texture, Title, Context/Intent, Personal Interpretation
You ___________ (enjoy) the movie because you __________(read) the book.
You enjoyed the movie because you had read the book.
Genevieve von Petzinger named one of the geometric signs 'Scalariform.' What is it an abstract representation of?
a ladder
What is the national bird of Taiwan, and what is the national flower?
Plum blossom (梅花)
Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (臺灣藍鵲)
This presenting pair proposed a "wash your hands" symbol for their sign giving public health advice.
Joanne and Ryan
In her 1931 wedding portrait painting, Frida and Diego Rivera, what is the reason that Frida Kahlo depicts herself holding her husband's hand with the lightest possible clasp?
Because she understood that Diego belongs to nobody. "Being the wife of Diego is the most marvelous thing in the world ... I let him play matrimony with other women. Diego is not anybody's husband and never will be, but he is a great comrade."
What two words do the short vowel sound in the word 'pull' match up with?
looked and would
We got this symbol from its use in WWII, a symbol for binding together against German occupation, connected to Johan Vaaler. What country is it (and he) from?
Norway
This symbol evolved from Libra Pondo (pound weight) in Roman times, which was written with lines across l and b.
The pound/number/hash sign.
For a sign showing where people can do particular activities, these students combined three popular Tainan pastimes: fishing, smoking, and praying.
Inspired by a trip from Paris to Geneva, Chinese-French artist CHU Teh-chun 朱德群 painted Evocation Hivernale C, a powerful abstract depiction of what scene?
A snowstorm in the Alps, Europe's highest mountains.
We ____________ (get) into the restaurant only because we ____________ (reserve) our places.
We got into the restaurant only because we had reserved our places.
Where do we get the check mark ✓ , the at @, and the Bluetooth symbol from?
Check mark: represents the letter V in Latin, and stands for the word veritas, meaning true.
The @ symbol may have been the letter e with the letter a inside of it to represent the words each at.
Bluetooth symbol: a combination of King Harald Bluetooth's initials, H and B in old Norse writing. King Harald united Denmark and Bluetooth connects devices.
This symbol came from the Ancient Greeks to represent the Silphium plant, which was used for medicine.
The heart symbol.
For a sign asking people to respect the environment, these students proposed a symbol that shows clearly it is not appropriate to kill animals in the forest.
Chelsea and Yu-Le
Inspired by an incident while portaging during a childhood canoe trip, Mr. James adopted this insect as his totem animal—a creature of spiritual significance and his personal emblem.
The dragonfly