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.

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.

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.

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
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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.

  

W3 Vocabulary in Ch2

Feature (n)

1. 1.     What does “feature” mean in the article?
2.                   A typical quality or an important part of something
3. 2.     “Feature” can be a verb. What does it mean?
4.                   To include someone or something as an important part
5.                   To make a prominent
6.                   

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?

A particular way of considering something

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?

being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual or special in some way

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 

Academic Reading: Week 1

   Ensure    /ɪnˈʃɔːr /

1.     What does “ensure” in the text mean? 

  Ensure    /ɪnˈʃɔːr /
  To make something certain to happen.
  To make sure, assure

2.      Write one synonym of “ensure”.

arrange, assure, certify, cinch,

3.      Make a sentence of “ensure”.

w      

W    Doing homework will ensure you are a good student.

4.      The meaning of “ensure” sometimes is similar to “insure”. However, “insure” has another meaning which “ensure” does not have. What is the different meaning?
e       Ensure is something you do to guarantee an event or conditions.  Insure is something when you guarantee it.
         Ex: I check the test to ensure completing before turning in for teacher.
         My friend insures her grade going up this month. 
 

 

Overlapping /ˈoʊ.vɚ-/

1. What does the "overlap" in the text mean?
 A flap that lies over another part.
The amount by which two things or activities cover the same area
2. Write one synonym and antonym of "overlap". (Make a sentence of each word, if need be.)
 Synonym: Intersection, convergence, crossing.
  Antonym :divergence
Every times, we discuss problems, we always have divergence from each other.
 I and my mother have overlap felling between us.
3. Make a sentence of overlapping (or "overlap"). 

There wasn't overlap between letters.


Survey ˈsɜː.veɪ/

1. What does "survey" in the text mean? 

 Look over carefully or inspect. 
 make a survey of; for statistical purposes
 hold a review (of troops)

2. What does "survey" in the following sentences mean:
 
The survey is about the best restaurants in Honolulu.

short descriptive summary about something,  
an examination of opinions, behaviour made by asking people questions
a detailed critical inspection 
 
John surveyed the attitudes of the college students toward the library service.  
to ask people questions in order to find out about their opinions or behaviour