Chameleon is a kind lizard, live on the trees. They catch the branch with their toes and tail. When they want to capture the insects, they will put out their sticky tongue. They immediately draw back thier tongue and swallow the captive.

Chameleon's tongue is as long as its body. They put out their tongue and draw back at an extremely fast speed. Chameleon has a particular feature that their body will turn into white color while they are afraid , and when they get angry, their body will change into black color. Nevertheless, usually, the color of the chameleon is green or brown color. They are able to alter their body color to protect themselves.

Natural Aromatic

Some think that and plants can protect people from suffering disease. Therefore, some people like carry vanilla and plants. Furthermore, people also think that some plants can repel evil spirits, for instance,the garlic is considered a tool to avoid vampire.

There is a conventional fragrant ball that is made of orange with Clove. Inserting the clove into the orange creates a wonderful and balmy flavor. The most important is that it become a natural anthelmitic and popular in England.

In fact, we can dry the plants with fragrant and put it in the room. The room will full of natural aroma. I t is not only economic and eco-friendly. The most significant is that it is good for our health.

One Important Decision in My Life ( I )

Is diploma important for us? In my opinion, yes, it is. I worked for a medium-sized electrical company as a sales assistant in 1998. This is my first full-time job. I learned experience from this company a lot. However, I know this job is not what I want, what I love. I always think so, “How I can get a better work?” And “How I can find a job I am Interested?”
On that time, I had a High School degree only. Therefore, I decided to get a college diploma because I believe that only have a higher degree and can make it. However, I have problems. First, I cannot go to school during the day because I need to work. Second, I am unable to enter the college through the entrance examination because I am not good at other subjects except English and Chinese. Third, I am old at that time.

One Important Decision in My Life ( II )

Luckily, during that time, there is a college called “Opening Learning", which is an education by using TV, Radio and can obtain college diploma. The most attractive reason is that it does not need “Entrance Examination". I determinedly go to “Open Business College Affiliated with National Taipei College of Business " and choose Applied Foreign English as my major. Actually, this education is good for people who are unable to study due to various factors and is eager to study further. The most important is that people can get the college degree and achieve their dream. I am the example. When I was in High School, I had the dream - go to university. So, I must finish it in my life. This school is my only chance to get it. That is the reason I determinedly made the decision.

It is tough for me to go school on weekends because my two kinds are too young to take care of themselves. Besides, I need to get up early to watch TV for study and then go to work after that. However, Owing to my familys’ support completely, I can get the diploma smoothly after three years. I appreciate all of my family, including my husband, my older brother and my sister in law. Always, I think that I am a luck guy. After I get the college degree, I find my favorite job and my pay is higher than before. The most important is that I can make a living by using my only ability -English.

Cobra

Cobra is also a poison snake. He always lift its neck up and looks terrible. They mainly distributed over the desert and the tropics region of Asia and Africa. The most conspicuous is its neck that can expand to threaten its foe. Cobra's venom is the severe neurotoxin. It is deadly when be bitten by Cobra. However, Cobra is a very important part in Ancient Egypt. A lot of portrait of head of Pharaoh has a decoration of Cobra.

Snake

All snake are meat eater. They smell thing with their tongue, not nose. While Their tongue can help with seeking thing for eating. They can open their mouth wide and swallow the animale which is larger than its body. They not chew the food with their teeth, but to eat it at one swallow. Most snakes are posison. They bite other animales by its sharp poison fang and inject the venom into the animales. The game must be died of poison.


Rattlesnake is the most poisoned snake in South America. They have clappers at the end of its tail. He always put his tonuge out and hiss. In particular, its tail will send out noise during scramble.

The Power of Power Yoga

About ten years ago, every day I feel tired and sleep during my working hours and after work and even if I sleep over ten hours a night. I thought if I am sick, but I know it is not. So I decided to do exercise to increase my physical strength.

One day I saw a TV program and it was introducing the advantages of power yoga. It is said that the power yoga can make you relaxed, relieve your stress, and increase your immunity. I am so surprised that power yoga has so many benefits. Magically, I feel energetic after I practice it, and I do not need coffee to refresh my mind.

I would like to share two my favorite postures with you. In power yoga, there are two tips. The first one is inhale with nose and inflate your belly. The second one is exhale with mouth and shrink your belly. Keep the two rules in mind and you can do it well. The first posture is breathing. This motion not only can solve the problem of your constipation but also can eliminate the fat around your belly. One of my classmate lose about 7 kilogram within 2 months.
The second posture is standing by one leg. This motion can train the muscle of your thigh. If you have strong thigh, you can walk long. If not, you will feel tired after a short distance walk.

Finally, what I want to say is we work from Monday to Friday and study on weekends, so we are under high pressure now. So we must try to keep a good condition, by doing so, we can get the university degree smoothly.

Chameleon

Chameleon is a kind lizard, live on the trees. They catch the branch with their toes and tail. When they want to capture the insects, they will put out their sticky tongue. They immediately draw back thier tongue and swallow the captive.

Chameleon's tongue is as long as its body. They put out their tongue and draw back at an extremely fast speed. Chameleon has a particular feature that their body will turn into white color while they are afraid , and when they get angry, their body will change into black color. Nevertheless, usually, the color of the chameleon is green or brown color. They are able to alter their body color to protect themselves.

Aquatic Plants

Aquatic plants grow in the river, pound and lake. They usually are under the soil of the water. Their stems will stretch out of the surface of the water, the leaves and flower will expand as well. There are many types of aquatic plant. Some has wide leaves, some are long and narrow.

In Taiwan, one of famous aquatic plants named Victoria amazonica. It has huge leaf, like a round plate. The diameter of its leaf can up to two meter. Therefore, it is known as the king of the aquatic plants. Currently, there are three categories in Taiwan. They are Victoria amazonica, Victoria cruziana, and Victoria mattogrossensis.

Pumpkin Boat

This is a folk story of  Madagascar. One day, one pumpkin fall into the river. A crowd of animales jump onto the pumpkin. They make a  boat by gnawing off  half the pumpkin, then. After that, they sit in the pumpkin boat and play there. While the boat float downstream on the sea, one of the mice get hungry and secretly bite off a piece of the bottom of the  pumpkin.  So, the boat come out a hole and water penetrate through the hole and into the boat. Finally, the boat sink. These animales strive to swim toward the shore. After they reach to the shore, they run after the hateful mouse and try to hit it. The mouse is a fast runner, so they are failed to catch him. This mouse run into a small hole and hide himself.  

Tradition

Africa is famous for its traditional handcraft. They good at producing pretty mask, and using colorful material for making handcraft. Besides, there are a lot of excited festivities in Africa.

In African, masks are considered an important art. For hundreds of year, African use mud, woods, bronzes and golds for making fabulous makse. Each mask stand for the carven art of Africa. The type of mask

and totem are various. Masks usually used in particular ceremony.

One of famous festivals in Argungu, Africa is Fishing Festival. Negiria men will held the Fishing festival once a year. They use sun-dried calabash to catch jumbo perch. Furthermore, the calabash also is an important tool in the daily life in Africa. They use it to carry water or milk.

Venice of Africa

The city - Venice is very famous in Italy, while in Africa , there is a Venice as well. It is Gang Weiai, located in the west of Africa.

There are  nearly 30,000 residents in this village.  Villagers are friendly and enthusiasm. The house was built on the river by using stakes to support. In rainy season, these houses will not be flooded when the water rise sharply.

The main transportation here are boat and canoe. Children are used to live this kind of lifestyle. Gang Weiai is a village that make a living by fishing. The local people buy vegetables, fruits, flour and clothes and so on from the dealers who row across their house. This village now has became a tourist attraction.

Lifestyle V.S. Environment

With the problem of Global Warming getting worse and worse, I tried to change my lifestyle as simple as possible. Such as, change the consume habits - what I drive, what I buy, what I use. These small changes can reduce the emission of the carbon dioxide, and are good for our environment.

In our daily life, there are many simple things we can do to protect our environment. First, in the aspect of transportation, I try to ride bicycle for a short distance instead of riding scooter, and try not to drive car, but take the public transportation. For example, I always take train, bus or M.R.T. when I go to Taipei city. It is not only convenient but also can save time for seeking parking lot.

Second, I always try to use eco-friendly products. For example, I use fiber bag when I go to the market, and use less plastic bag. Besides, I also try to buy organic produce. Since there are too many chemicals in our modern life and they will pollute our environment. In addition, I try not to buy over-packed goods to reduce the garbage.

Third, I try to unplug when the electronic devices are not used. This way can save energy and electricity. The most important, it can save money. In sum, our environment is very closed to our lifestyle. I believe that only we change our lifestyle, we could have a good environment.

Africa

In some certain area of Africa, people use modern agricultural implements to cultivate their farmland. However, most of farmers still use simple tools. In the east of Africa, people plant peanuts, corns and millets, but in the warm and humid area, they plant bananas and  rice. Coffees, cocoa bean , coco and cotton are the most important aricultural produce are succeed in distributing over the world.

Ostrich is the popular animal in the south of Africa. People raise ostriches to get ostrich egg , feather and ostrich meat. Therefore, people are courteous to them, for instance, they build straw shed for jennies to lay eggs.

The ostrich has so tremendous body that people can sit in the back of the ostrich, like riding a horse. Sometimes the ostriches will kick forth and back rudely when they are in bad mood.

A Proud Fish

This is a folk story of Senegal. One big and proud fish who hates to live with small fishe in a small river. These small fishes also dislike the big, egotistic fish. Therefore, they suggested that the big fish swim to the ocean and live with the other big one. The big fish think that it is exactly a good idea and he should find a more specious place for himself.

Finally, he entered the ocean. Unluckly, he felt scared and shuddered while he saw a lot of big fishes in the ocean. Since these fishes are more larger than him over hundreds and thousands of times. He had no choice but to get back to his small river, and told these fishes that he will not be proud no longer.

There is one old saying - a big fish in a little pond get into the ocean, it will become a small one. It implys that we must be modest when we are under pride or success.

Meteors V.S. Crater

Meteor is a bright star which always fly into the night sky quickly. It might be the small planet or the gravel of comet. While the meteor get into the Earth's aerosphere, it will get burned and last about one or two seconds. That is the right time that you see the meteor with a shining tail in the night sky.

The crater was formed when the small planet hit the Earth. One of the famous tourist attractions - Arizona, is located in the southwest region of the United States, is a crater. It is said that it was formed when the crater fall into Arizona.

Here is the experiment on making artificial crater. First, pour flour into a washbasin. Second, drop a small plastic ball into the washbasin, and it will cause a hole. Third, take out the small ball and you will find the hole which was formed when the plastic ball fall from the high way. The hole is just the crater.

Travel

There are many reasons for travel, such as for leisure, for visiting friends or relatives and for business. Today, I would like to share my experience of exhibition to Hong Kong for business.

My ex-company always participates in trade fair 4 times a year on a regular basis. In my opinion, it is a tired matter, but it is a good way to improve my English in Speaking & Listening. Since visitors come from all over the world and you will learn different way of expression from different countries.

Here are the most common questions that visitors will ask on the shows.

1. What is the price?

2. What is the M.O.Q.?

3. If I send my artwork to you, can you do it for us?

4. What is the packaging?

5. What is the lead-time?

6. Is the product RoHs compliance?

7. Can I get one free sample?

8. How many discounts can you offer if I order 100,000 pieces?

9. Can you do Logo printing?

10. What is the mould charge if we do our own design?

One of the benefits from the travel is you can visit the country, shopping or window shopping after work. Now, I would like to introduce two must-eat food in Hong Kong.

1. Guilinggao : You will find it at this shop, named Hui Lau Shan. This is a famous shop, which sell cold drinks, ice cream, and ice with fruits. There are 50 branches in Hong Kong. It is said that it made of Chinese medicine and is tonic and nutritional.

2. 燉奶 : It made of fresh milk, albumin (egg white) and sugar. First, boil the ingredients for 30 minutes and then pour it into a small bowl and steam for 15 minutes. One bowl cost about HK$16. It is expensive, but you must try. You can find it at Causeway Bay and Yau Ma Tei.

Solar Energy

In my opinion, Solar Energy will be more widely used in the near future. Recently years, there are many products, which generate electricity by using Solar Panel, for instance solar flashlight, solar energy bicycle, solar energy charger and so on. The solar energy charger has been launched into the market already. It is convenient for people to charge for mobile phone, MP3 players, i-pod, and other small electrical equipment. The most important is that the small-scale panel is cheap, not expensive. That is the reason why I think the Solar Energy will be more widely used than other alternative energy sources. Furthermore, it would be popular in the near future.

Introduction of Myself

I grew up in the countryside. There are seven members in my family, my parents, two older brothers, one younger sister ,one younger brother and me. My parents make a living by farming. They are busy everyday. So, when I was seven years old, my father teach me how to cook rice by using wood/lumbers; and further, when I was 11 years old, my mother teach me how to cook dishes. After that I cook dinner for my family almost everyday. Therfore, my father is proud of me. He think that I am a good helper of my mom and he is love me very much.

Speaking of my career, to tell the truth, I did not find my favorite job until I am 30 years old. Since I get marry early and become a houswife for seven years. However, I enjoy the time of being a housewife because of my two lovely kids.
So, when I want to go for a work , I am aware that I did not have any skills because school I studied is Common High school, not Vocational High School. And I have a High School diploma only. So, I decided to study further, the only subject I am interested is English. So I choose Applied Foreign English at Open Business College Affiliated With National Taipei College of Business to get the College degree. After three years, I make it. And I am so happy. In the meantime, I finally know what I want to do and what job I love. That is my existing job- export business. Up to now, I have engaged in exporting business for almost 9 years . I always think that God is nice to me. At least, I can make a living by using my only ability -English.

What I want to share with you is interest is a key point for us to learn one thing. If you know what you want, what you love, just go for it. If not, keep going, one day, you will find it. Always some people find it early, but some do not. No matter it is early or late, when you find it, you could do a great job.