The celebration is generally

served as the moment sharing

See Thanksgiving on p. 4

By CHRISTINA HE

AND IRIS MU

____________________

Thanksgiving Lunch at

Marina del Rey gave faculty,

staff, and students an opportu-

nity to get together for a tradi-

tional meal.

A Thanksgiving feast had

drawn almost every Language

Academy students’ eyes to

celebrate this traditional

American holiday on Novem-

ber 16. It was not only because

it was the first time most stu-

dents had the chance to cele-

brate Thanksgiving with Lan-

guage Academy faculty but

also because the amazing feast

was held on a luxury yacht at

Marina del Rey.

Thanksgiving is a cultural

tradition holiday celebrated

in the U.S., which is on the

fourth Thursday of Novem-

ber every year.

Ice Skating in Santa Monica Friday, November 30, 2012 Meet at 1:15pm (return by 5:30pm) As Los Angeles gets chillier and winter approaches, ice skating becomes a popular activity for friends and families. Join Silvia, Blaire and Luke in beautiful Santa Monica for a day of outdoor ice skating. Make sure to bring a scarf or jacket! To sign up, see Silvia in JEF 200B. Bring $5 cash for payment.

Group Picture Friday, November 30, 2012 Meet at 12:00pm Come be a part of the USC Language Academy Group Picture right after Oral Skills on Friday, November 30th in front of Doheny Library at NOON. Right after, students who signed up for the weekly activity will go Ice Skating at Santa Monica!

All Aboard for Thanksgiving Dinner

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Language

Labs

2/

3

Fabulous

Fabergé

4

Preparing a

Turkey

5

Party Ideas 5

Campus

Calendar

6

UP C O M I N G AC T I V I T I E S

The Academy News N O V E M B E R 2 0 . 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 5 5 , I S S U E 1 1

Check out The Academy News online: www.usc.edu/langacad.Go to “Student Information” and then click on “The Academy News.”

The Faberge Collection is on exhibit at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. See details on p. 4.

Students danced the Gangnam Style on the deck of the ship.

P A G E 2

Developing Your Writing

Style (Levels 1 & 2): Express your ideas clearly and show your personality in your writing and presentations. Learn how to include your views and experiences to make your sentences more interesting.

GRE/GMAT Preparation (Levels 4-6): Find out the best ways to succeed on the new exam.

IELTS Preparation (Levels 3-6): Learn how to do well on the IELTS exam.

Statement of Purpose Workshop (Levels 4-6): Learn how to write an amazing SOP for graduate school. Bring your draft statement of purpose to every session.

Speak English Fluently (Level 1-3): KNOW THE CODE! Maybe you can speak some English, but when you hear Americans talking socially, they use different English. This language lab will give you everyday English phrases so you can understand what Americans are saying, answer quickly, and make new friends.

Conversation Groups: Practice speaking English by level with USC students. This is an interactive discussion in which you will participate in groups about several interesting topics. This is your opportunity to practice and to ask questions to native speakers.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Time Location Description Facilitator

11-12pm

JEF 124 Developing Your Writing Style (Levels 1 & 2)

Heather

DRB 265 GRE/GMAT (Levels 4-6) James

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 1 & 2 Luke C.

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 3 & 4 Jackie

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Levels 5 & 6 Rachel

12-1pm

DRB 265 IELTS Preparation

James

JEF 124

Conversation Level 1-3 Jackie

JEF 124

Conversation Level 4-6 Luke C.

VKC 202 Statement of Purpose (Levels 4-6)

Marisa 1:30-2:30pm

THHB10 Developing Your Writing Style (Levels 1 & 2)

Heather

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Time Location Description Facilitator

11-12pm

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 1-3 Rachel

JEF Courtyard Conversation Level 4-6

Luke C.

JEF Courtyard Conversation Level 1-3

Luke C.

12-1pm

JEF Courtyard Conversation Level 4-6

Joyce

JEF 203 Speak English Fluently (Levels 1-3)

Diana

1:30-2:30pm VKC 202 GRE/GMAT (Levels 4-6)

James

FEATURED CONVERSATION GROUP LEADER: RACHEL

Hello! My name is Rachel. I have lived all over the US, but LA is my favorite city. I love strong coffee, dark chocolate, and hot sauce on pretty much everything; my hobbies include

painting (badly!), photography, and hiking in Griffith Park. I'm studying Political Science at USC, but I'm also very interested

in history and literature.

P A G E 3

Statement of Purpose

Workshop (Levels 4-6): Learn how to write an amazing SOP for graduate school. Bring your draft in-troduction to this week’s session. See more detailed description online.

Reading Power (Levels 1-3): Do you want to be-come a better, faster reader? Attend this lab to get tips and tricks on how to improve your reading skills.

IELTS Preparation (Levels 3-6): Learn how to do well on the IELTS exam.

Speak English Fluently (Level 1-3): KNOW THE CODE! Maybe you can speak some English, but when you hear Americans talking socially, they use different English. This lan-guage lab will give you eve-ryday English phrases so you can understand what Americans are saying, an-swer quickly, and make new friends.

Conversation Groups: Practice speaking English by level with USC students. This is an interactive dis-cussion in which you will participate in groups about several interesting topics. This is your opportunity to practice and to ask ques-tions to native English speakers.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Time Location Description Facilitator

11-12pm

JEF 124 Statement of Purpose (Levels 4-6)

Marisa

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 1 Megan

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 2 Anastasia

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 3 Luke P.

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Levels 4-6 Blaire

12-1pm

JEF 124 Reading Power (Levels 1-3) Marilyn

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 1,2 Anastasia

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 3 Luke P.

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 4-6 Blaire

FEATURED CONVERSATION GROUP LEADER: BLAIRE

My name is Blaire and I am the graduate assistant at the USC Language Academy. I am in my first year studying Public Diplomacy at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. In my free time, I dance, go to the beach, go to the gym, but most of

the time I am studying for school. I also really enjoy traveling, trying new foods (I am a vegetarian!) and meeting new people. I like to

talk about different cultures, politics, sports, arts and much more!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Time Location Description Facilitator

11-12pm

JEF 124 Statement of Purpose (Levels 4-6)

Jeminah

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Levels 1,2 Megan

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 3 Luke P.

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Levels 4-6 Blaire

JEF 124 Speak English Fluently (Levels 1-3)

Marilyn

12-1pm JEF Courtyard

Conversation Levels 1,2 Blaire

JEF Courtyard

Conversation Level 3 Anastasia

JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 4-6

Luke P.

1-2pm VKC 211 IELTS Preparation

James

P A G E 4

Thanksgiving Dinner at Marina Del Rey continued from p. 1

By CHRISTY ZHU

“Diamonds are girls’ best

friends.” This is a saying that

always indicates the relation-

ship between girls and their

jewelry. If you are interested in

or love diamonds and jewelry,

you should go to the Fabergé

exhibition, which is being held

in Bowers Museum, from June

23 to next January 06, 2013.

(20002 N. Main Street, Santa

Ana, CA 92706, parking for a

$6 fee.)

This exhibition shows mas-

ter jeweler and designer of Carl

Fabergé’s great works. Espe-

cially those meticulous craft

designs for the Tsars, every

piece is unique and legendary.

These artistic works involve

wide range jewelry, from ciga-

rette cases, desk clocks, picture

frames, vase to the eggs. Every-

thing you imagined can be dis-

played in this exhibition. The

eggs impressed me deeply.

Usually in Russian families,

giving an egg to the children as

a gift is a tradition for celebrat-

ing a festival or some important

dates. Actually these eggs are

not normal eggs for food; they

are the same size of egg-shape

boxes for packaging another

treasure gift inside. The most

famous eggs made by the brand

of Fabergé, for Alexander III

and Nicholas II of Russia,

which are referred to as the

“Imperial eggs.”

Sandy Bass, this exhibi-

tion narrator, said that among

the whole Imperial Easter eggs,

50 eggs were made by Fabergé

house, which was a large num-

ber. And by now, it is hard to

get a real Fabergé egg from the

market; if you got one from

San Diego or Los Angeles,

probably it was a fake Fabergé

egg. Why are the Fabergé eggs

valuable? Not only the back-

ground and history of individ-

ual Fabergé egg, but also their

exquisite workmanship are still

top - ranking. The enameled

colors on the jewelry are even

not available today. However,

rich people and imperial mem-

bers could pick the colors they

liked and made them as the

patterns or styles that they

wanted to. What a sweet ser-

vice they had! If you have free time, I

strongly recommend visiting

this exhibition. You will get

lots of interesting stories back

of the treasures and appreciate

the beauty of Fabergé.

The Exhibition of Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars

turkey and pumpkin pie

with the whole family.

Marina del Rey is lo-

cated in the west coast of

Los Angeles, near the LAX

Airport. It is the largest man

-made small craft harbor in

the world. Indeed, the mo-

ment our bus entered the

marina, the millions of deli-

cate yachts, lying silently

on waves, surprised us

greatly.

On the yacht, students

and faculty and staff sat

around the tables, talked to

each other and enjoyed the

scenery of the slowly mov-

ing yacht, with carefully

prepared 3-course meal,

including the most impor-

tant dish---turkey.

While enjoying lunch,

every student had a chance

to face the camera to ex-

press their appreciation to

their family, friends and the

things they cherished.

The most exciting part

on the deck was Gangnam

Style! Student dancers, who

came from China, United

States, Korea, Saudi Arabia,

and different places of the

world, participated eagerly

in Language Academy’s

version of Gangnam Style,

originally created by a

popular Korean singer PSY.

When the music started,

their imitative but unique

dancing steps made the

watching crowd enthusias-

tic. The dance was video-

taped and will be shown at

Closing Ceremony.

Christy Zhu said, “ I’m

really happy to have lunch

with everybody in Lan-

guage Academy. And

there’s so much fun in

Gangnam style, and it was

the funnest activity so far! “

Miya Cheng added,

“I’m so impressed by stu-

dents’ horse riding dance.

Their ‘Gangnam Style’ is so

infectious that I even

wanted to join in myself! ”

Hornblower Cruises cruised the marina during the meal.

Above: The first egg created by the House of Fabergé in 1885, which

was commissioned by Tsar Alexan-

der III.. Right: Sandy Bass stand-ing in front of the poster of Fabergé

exhibition.

P A G E 5

By CHRISTY WANG

The most traditional dish on Thanksgiving Day is roast turkey. People al-ways live with thankfulness when they prepare for Thanksgiving Dinner be-cause they want to thank god for giving them food and a good life.

It also reminds us that we should thank our rela-tives with a heart of grati-tude whom usually support us. When the father slice the turkey to his family, which is the happiness.

Delicious Roast Turkey Ingredients

Seasoning Salt—2 teaspoons, sea-

soning wine—3 teaspoons, ginger juice—1 teaspoon, garlic-10g, pepper corn--1 teaspoon, black pepper corn—1 teaspoon, lemon-1 teaspoon, soy sauce—3 teaspoons, star anise--2 pieces, rosemary—1 tea-spoon, green onion—3 ,onion—1, BBQ sauce--4 teaspoons, honey--4 tea-spoons.

Others:

Kitchen knife, toothpick,

aluminum foil, brush, oven.

Directions Cut the turkey feet and

clean the inside. Use salt to spread on

the turkey. Combine the seasoning

wine, ginger juice, garlic, pepper corn, black pepper corn, lemon juice, soy sauce, star anise, rose-mary, green onion and onion in a large stockpot for 30 minutes.

Use a toothpick to fas-ten the turkey legs.

Spread on BBQ sauce and put it into oven.

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F for 10 minutes.

Put the turkey into oven for 30 minutes. See Turkey on p. 6

Thanksgiving Dinner

Hold a Private Film Festival Just for You

By YIQING (CLAIRE) LIN

As an absolute indoor person, I

always dedicate my holidays to books, movies, or small groups of friends, and carefully avoid situations that may include crowds of exciting people (such as the early morning of the Black Friday, outside Target). If you haven’t planned anything for the coming Thanksgiving holiday, now is the perfect timing for you to try out the idea of spending holidays that I have been enjoying for so long: hold a private film festival just for yourself.

The idea of holding a film festi-val may seem fancy, but what you all need to do is just watch movies. However, it’s still a little bit more than choosing a random movie and watch-ing it in your pajamas: you need to have a theme, and a series of mov-ies that match the theme. For exam-ple, you can have a film festival under the theme of “Tim Burton’s Imaginary

World”, then films to be screened will be: Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the most recent Frankenweenie.

The theme for this film festival and the amount of films is 100% up to you. After all, this is your private film festival. For girls who enjoy romantic films, have a chick-flick themed film festival and schedule movies such as The Holiday, He’s Just Not That Into You, Days of Summer, etc. For those

who love Jane Austen’s novels, try watch movies such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice (BBC 1995 version, please) and Becoming Jane.

Watching movies under a certain theme, or having what I call a “private film festival”, is not only a gimmick that makes you feel better (you have to admit sometimes people feel left out when they stay at home and watch movies alone). The way you combine movies by different direc-tors, from different regions and in dif-ferent languages will give you a brand new view of them, especially for those you have watched for so many times. The more diverse or even weird but reasonable combina-tion you have, the more unique and interesting perception you will get.

I think I will have a “horror night” theme this year. What about you?

FILM

The Interrupters

Friday, November 30: 7- 10 p.m.

Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT)

Admission is free.

Reservations

required.

To RSVP, visit

“Events Calen-

dar” on the USC

website.

Critically ac-

claimed director

and USC School of Cinematic Arts

alum John Singleton will introduce a

screening of The Interrupters, an in-

credibly moving and surprising docu-

mentary that follows three “violence

interrupters” who work to protect their

communities from the violence they

once employed. From acclaimed direc-

tor Steve James and best-selling author

Alex Kotlowitz, this film is an unusually

intimate journey into the stubborn per-

sistence of violence in our cities. Shot

over the course of a year, The Interrupt-

ers captures a period when Chicago

became a national symbol for urban

violence.

MUSIC

Jazz Night with CreSCendo

Thursday, November 29: 7 to 10p.m

Ground Zero Performance Cafe

Free

The USC Thornton CreSCendo Vocal

Jazz Ensemble, led by Sara Gazerik,

headlines this ongoing series featuring a

variety of student jazz ensembles.

LECTURE

Can Business Models End Poverty

Thursday, November 29:

12:30 1:50 p.m.

Doheny Memorial Library 240

Free

Co-Sponsored

by the USC

Stevens Center

for

Innova-

tion and Los Angeles Community Im-

pact (LACI) B Lab certifies businesses

as B Corporations that meet rigorous

standards of social and environmental

performance, accountability, and trans-

parency. B Lab is to sustainable busi-

nesses as Fair Trade certification is to

coffee and USDA Organic certification

is to milk.

USC Language

Academy

Rossier School of

Education

Phone: 213-740-0080

Fax: 213-740-0088

Web: www.usc.edu/langacad

CAMPUS CALENDAR: November 21-30

The Academy News is a weekly newsletter pro-duced by students in the Journalism Elective of the USC Language Academy. All students in the Lan-guage Academy Program are encouraged to send news stories and photos to Sonja Lovelace at slove-lac@usc.edu.

Check out The Academy News online at www.usc.edu/langacad.Go to “Student Informa-

tion” and then click on “The Academy News.”

P A G E 6 N O V E M B E R 2 0 . 2 0 1 2

Turkey Continued from p. 5

After 30 minutes, take it out

and turn it over. Set the oven to 340 degrees F for 2 hours.

Put it into oven again. Then, a roasted turkey will

finish after 2 hours. You can enjoy the thanksgiving dinner with your family. I hope you will have a great time.

THE ACADEMY

NEWS STAFF

Editor: Christy Zhu

Assistant Editor: Christina He

Reporters: Ziad Almimony, Miya Cheng, Charles Hsieh, Cathy Huang,

Claire Lin, Panda Lin, Yvette Ling, Iris

Mu, Robin Nan, Moran Pei, Lien Phung, Christy Wang,

FREE EVENTS Enjoy free events on campus during the semester. Please go to the Arts and Events Calendar for more details at http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/32/feature/2819