This course aims at lifting learner’s spirits while they are poking their nose at the splendid, transcendent and insightful works by the prestigious saints, philosophers and literary writers. Reading of these works can have their mind broadened, purified, ascending to the truthdom, which guides us the way to understand life and death, what and how we should do to make our lives more meaningful and worthy. In addition, it is a good helping hand to those who want to improve the target language, especially writing skills, which embraces grammar analysis, sentence structures, paragraph segmentation, the use of main ideas and details, etc. The lectures go with songs, videos and practical writing in class, which makes every lesson interesting and fruitful. 本课程为学员提供了多篇由哲者及名家撰写之文章，同时亦介绍了一些经世读本，除了启发学员对生命价值之了解外，亦兴发其心志，使对真理与美善有所企仰。学员于阅览文章之际，当犹如在劳碌繁忙之生活里，稍停下来，享用一口清冽甘泉，净化心灵。 此外，它能帮助欲提高英语能力的人，特别于写作技巧方面，其中包括语法分析。句子结构，段落分割，主题思想及细节铺排等等。同时，课堂上配有歌曲、视频和实践写作，使每节课趣味盎然而富有成效。 Prelude The use of sensuous Language (i) The episode from the best seller “Salem’s Lot” by Stephen King (ii) Writing Practice 1. Ambition立志 a. Mapping out our own destiny is what ambition is about. Lai King Lau Going with the song: Let’s move on, to have our dreams actualized -- Blowing in the wind随风飘荡 b. The Essence of life is freedom and self-determination Lai King Lau c. Don’t let anyone steal your dream 坚持你的梦想 Johnna Parr d. The proper attitude towards life—to be self-confident The Sound of Music e. An Eagle mentality Lai King Lau 2. On Nature谈自然 a. Daffodils 水仙花 William Wordsworth b. On Nature and Human 人与自然 Ralph Waldo Emerson c. Moonlight over the Lotus Pond荷塘月色 朱自清 3. On Aspiration谈愿望 a. The Joy of Living Anonymous b. Summer Wine Bonus Track c. Spiritual Encouragement ~ To make your life an upbeat one, cherishing happiness and joviality in any place, at any time. Pope with the spirituality since Peter d. To open our mind and enjoy our lives Hendrick Willem Van Loon 4. On Love谈爱 Kahlil Gibran a. One Life, One Love William Shakespeare b. To Be or Not To Be William Shakespeare