In this article, it mentioned story about families of girls switched at birth get $100 000 each. The father don't accept his daughter, Irina, because she didn't look like him. Then a ADN test showed the result that he or his ex-wife were not Irina's biological parent. An official investigation found out Irina's biological who raised Anna. Now they knew each of families raised switched daughter. Then they get a lot of money from court, but they feel sad and pained , because money can't ease the pain. For 12 years, they are close to each other and know clearly about the daughter who is not their biological daughter. Now, they will live with their biological daughter after 12 years.
I think this problem only in the movies,after I read this article. Now, I know everything will happen anytime, but I hope their kid not feel pained after they found biological parents. I wish they would be happy when they have two families.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
W2 Reading Journal: Fast Food with Effects for a Lifetime
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/466405/newspaperid/4056/Fast_Food_with_Effects_for_a_Lifetime.aspx
Today, people like eating fast food, but they don't know how much damege fast food does to their body. They can't see the dameges right away, but they will see it later. Sometimes, we eat fast food , it is not dangeous, but we can't not eat too much or usually. Specially, fast food isn't good for kids, because fast food leads to high levels of cholesterol. So it will be dangeous their health such as: high blood pressure, diabetes, a weakend immune system, and sometimes even lead to cancer. Today, people work too hard and no time to prepare healthy food for family or themselves. Fast food is a good chooice for them, but they should control eating fast food too much. Kids are easily addicted fast food, if you let them eat everyday. They will be obese. So their parent should prepare healthy food for kids, and know what kinds of food are good for thier kids.
Young people like to eat fast food, because they don't like to cook food at home. It will take too much time of them, so fast food is a good chooice for them.In United States, over 25 percent of Americanseat fast food every day, becasue some of them don't have too much time to get a meal from a sit down restaurant. So a lot of fast food restaurant open and serve.
If you like eat fast food everyday, you should control and stop eating too much, because of your health.
Today, people like eating fast food, but they don't know how much damege fast food does to their body. They can't see the dameges right away, but they will see it later. Sometimes, we eat fast food , it is not dangeous, but we can't not eat too much or usually. Specially, fast food isn't good for kids, because fast food leads to high levels of cholesterol. So it will be dangeous their health such as: high blood pressure, diabetes, a weakend immune system, and sometimes even lead to cancer. Today, people work too hard and no time to prepare healthy food for family or themselves. Fast food is a good chooice for them, but they should control eating fast food too much. Kids are easily addicted fast food, if you let them eat everyday. They will be obese. So their parent should prepare healthy food for kids, and know what kinds of food are good for thier kids.
Young people like to eat fast food, because they don't like to cook food at home. It will take too much time of them, so fast food is a good chooice for them.In United States, over 25 percent of Americanseat fast food every day, becasue some of them don't have too much time to get a meal from a sit down restaurant. So a lot of fast food restaurant open and serve.
If you like eat fast food everyday, you should control and stop eating too much, because of your health.
Monday, October 31, 2011
W2 reading journal: The 2-Year-Old Smoker from Indonesia
http://english.kompas.com/read/2010/05/22/03461757/The.2-Year-Old.Smoker.from.Indonesia-5
In my country, we don't have law about the age of smoker, so everybody can start smoking early. I think some ASIA country like Indonesia have same problem. So I cre about the young smoker, and this article is about 2 -years -old smoker.He's from a country where one third of the population is addicted to smoking and cigarettes can be bought for about a few cents. His father doesn't care about his health because he said,"I’m not worried about his health, he looks healthy,” Ardi Rizal started smoking when he was 18 months, and he's addicted now. Kids only play toys and eat candy, but Ardi Rixal wants to smoke cigarettes. He smokes an average of 40 cigarettes daily. His mom tries to stop bad habits, but she can't do it. When she didn't let him smoke, he cried and threw tantrums. They don't think why he can start smoking early, because they and their country are main reasons. We can see a lot of adults who are around children will smoke. It's will dangeous for their kids, but they don't care.
" The government is aware of the impact of smoking on health and has taken efforts, including lowering cigarette production, increasing its tax and limiting smoking areas." I think it's good, but people in this country should be controlled by themselves.
In my country, we don't have law about the age of smoker, so everybody can start smoking early. I think some ASIA country like Indonesia have same problem. So I cre about the young smoker, and this article is about 2 -years -old smoker.He's from a country where one third of the population is addicted to smoking and cigarettes can be bought for about a few cents. His father doesn't care about his health because he said,"I’m not worried about his health, he looks healthy,” Ardi Rizal started smoking when he was 18 months, and he's addicted now. Kids only play toys and eat candy, but Ardi Rixal wants to smoke cigarettes. He smokes an average of 40 cigarettes daily. His mom tries to stop bad habits, but she can't do it. When she didn't let him smoke, he cried and threw tantrums. They don't think why he can start smoking early, because they and their country are main reasons. We can see a lot of adults who are around children will smoke. It's will dangeous for their kids, but they don't care.
" The government is aware of the impact of smoking on health and has taken efforts, including lowering cigarette production, increasing its tax and limiting smoking areas." I think it's good, but people in this country should be controlled by themselves.
Friday, October 7, 2011
W7 vocabulary
Accumulate:
1). To collect a large number of things over a long period of time.
2). Synonym: collect, add up, accrue, increase.
Antonym: disperse,dissipate, lessen.
3).
1. Accumulate: countable
Increase: uncountable
2. They have similar meaning about to become large number of something. In my opinion, they have a little difference such as:" increase" is meaning become large in amount or size in any time( can be short time, or long time) and " accumulate" is in a long period of time.
4).
1. Increase
2. Accumulate
5).
I will accumulate stamps which are from another countries.
1). To collect a large number of things over a long period of time.
2). Synonym: collect, add up, accrue, increase.
Antonym: disperse,dissipate, lessen.
3).
1. Accumulate: countable
Increase: uncountable
2. They have similar meaning about to become large number of something. In my opinion, they have a little difference such as:" increase" is meaning become large in amount or size in any time( can be short time, or long time) and " accumulate" is in a long period of time.
4).
1. Increase
2. Accumulate
5).
I will accumulate stamps which are from another countries.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Romantic and Electronic Stalking
The details:
Benefit
For man and women: convenient to discussion forums devoted to meeting a mate by online
Online romance can be accomplanied by or lead to online stalking.
Technlogy : make electronic stalking is more sophisticated.
Cause harm:
For woman: be a hostile place for women, because female abuse can be found everywhere in Internet
Implied main idea:
Romantic and Electronic Stalking help people easy to be friends, but it should be control by company, because of the benefit of women.
Benefit
For man and women: convenient to discussion forums devoted to meeting a mate by online
Online romance can be accomplanied by or lead to online stalking.
Technlogy : make electronic stalking is more sophisticated.
Cause harm:
For woman: be a hostile place for women, because female abuse can be found everywhere in Internet
Implied main idea:
Romantic and Electronic Stalking help people easy to be friends, but it should be control by company, because of the benefit of women.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
W4 Vocab blog
Primitive:
(1) Primitive art: a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
(2) Primitive life: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and crudeness
(3) Primitive people: belongs to an early stage of civilization
(4) Primitive sculpture: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
(5) Primitive man: being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "
(6) What does “primitive” mean in the five phrases mentioned above.
relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system
(7) +: Yes
-: No
.
It can means that mainly or something in the first place... But in the article, it means " something in the first place, or in the beginning of something
(1) Primitive art: a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
(2) Primitive life: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and crudeness
(3) Primitive people: belongs to an early stage of civilization
(4) Primitive sculpture: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
(5) Primitive man: being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "
(6) What does “primitive” mean in the five phrases mentioned above.
relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system
(7) +: Yes
-: No
.
Primitive + N. | Positive | Neutral | Negative |
Primitive art | + | - | - |
Primitive life | - | + | - |
Primitive people | - | - | + |
Primitive sculpture | + | - | - |
Primitive man | - | + | - |
Primarily:
(1) What does “primarily” mean in the article. You may want to refer to the article to decide what it means.
It can means that mainly or something in the first place... But in the article, it means " something in the first place, or in the beginning of something
(2) Find a synonym of “primarily”.
in the first place chiefly principally mainly in the main(3) “Primary” is the adjective of “primarily”. One of its meanings is “happening first”. Compare “primary” and “primitive”. Do you think the two adjectives have the same meaning in this sense? Why?
Primary:most important element, or happening first.
Primitive: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style, belonging to an early stage of technical development In the article, 2 adjectives have different meaning.
1802,Humphry Davy was primitively invented the light bulb.
1955, Vietnamese primarily used the light bulb instead of candle.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
W3 Vocabulary in Ch2
Feature (n)
- 1. What does “feature” mean in the article?
- A typical quality or an important part of something
- 2. “Feature” can be a verb. What does it mean?
- To include someone or something as an important part
- To make a prominent
3. Make a sentence of “feature” as a verb.
The Birds's film features Tippi Hedren as a young wealthy socialite.
The new school features the most famous teachers.
4. Find a synonym and an antonym of “feature” as a verb.
Synonym: accentuate, advertise
Antonym: disregard, ignore, lack.
Perspective
1. What is the part of speech of “perspective”?
It's noun.
2. What does “perspective” mean in the article?
View
3. Find a synonym of “perspective”.
Overview,angle,aspect.
4. Make a sentence of “perspective”.
The Bird's film introduce California perspectives.
5. Read the following text from Journal of Environmental Health and think what “put…in perspective” means.
People tend to view factors that are beyond their control, such as pesticides on their food, as more menacing than known risks that they can control, such as smoking. In addition, most people find it difficult to place environmental risks in perspective, especially when the risk is relatively low. Clear communication and education are vital to help the public recognize the hazards, put them in perspective, and learn what can be done to reduce the risk to health.
Put sth in(to) perspective: to compare something to other things so that it can be accurately and fairly judged.
I think it means to help people know more about danger of their health, so they can control their habit to reduce the risk of health.
Unique
1, What does “unique” mean in the article?
2. Make a sentence of “unique”.
My hand book is unique, because it was made by my best friend.
3. Find a synonym and an antonym of “unique”.
Synonym: uncommon, only, singular
Antonym: common, normal, usual.
4. What is the noun form of “unique”?
Uniqueness
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)