Saturday, June 26, 2010

Global Warming ( 二 )

Also, we can change our shopping habits to reduce carbon footprint. First of all, buy local fruit and vegetables. If possible, try to grow simple leafy vegetables yourself, such as, in the front of your balcony. Second, reduce your consumption of meat. Third, buy organic produce. Finally, don't buy over packaged products.

The most important is that it is our  responsibilities to protect our earth. So, we can combine with the community of power to slow down global warming. The more people are aware of the issues of global warming the more we can reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide.

Global Warming ( 一 )

In Taiwan, the most impression on global warming is that it is getting more and more hot. However, the summer is coming a little bit late. As you know, it is going to July, but the weather does not like summer season. For other countries, for instance, there are 35, 000 people died due to high tempreture in Europe. Moreover, there are more hurricanes, floods, droughts and wildfire will happen in the future. The worst is the polar ice caps melting, so the polar bears need to swim long distances to reach ics floes. If not, they will be drowned.

What can we do to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide to stop global  warming. Actually, in our daily life, there are many simple ways to reduce the carbon footprint. First, for short distances, we can try to walk or bicycle, not drive. For long distances, use public transportation, such as trains, buses and M.R.T. If you had no choice but to drive car, you can try to buy a highbird car for replacement. Since it still can reduce the emission of carbon dioxide and lower air pollution.

Neat People Vs. Messy People

What is the difference between neat people and messy people? Neat people are often trying to keep their desk neat and clean, but messy people’s desk is terrible mess. Always, there has a pile of stuff on the
desk. According to reports, why the messy people do not want to clean up. The key reason is that they have more important things need to do. In their opinion, mess is not an important matter. In contrast, neat person
cannot stand any mess. In daily life, neat person always organize things well and locates everything in the right place. For instance, hang the hats on the hanger; place the books on the shelf by its category. For messy
person, they are always out of order. Such as, garbage is out of the trash can, clothes are everywhere and so on. To sum up, it does not mean that neat people are smart and messy people are stupid.

English Reading Class

In my opinion, comprehension is a key point of reading. There are a lot of reading strategies, for instance, Activate prior knowledge, Summarize the gist, Using Visualization and so on. I think using visualization is very important for me. When you can draw pictures for each paragraph , you can realize the whole text. Besides, you can tell others what the story you are reading is. Surely, reading strategy depend on each person favor. so, chose a suitable reading strategy is very important.

The most efficiency method in my English reading class is cooperative learing. In traditional English reading calss, always teacher translate the text , students copy the translation. We do not need to use our brain and mind, whereas cooperative learing is active. Each group, each crew can discuss and share their own ideas and translate the text. It not only can understand other people's concept but also can translate the text in better smooth words.

Forthmore, this method can push yourself to forward and strive to learn due to peers stress. This is the great harvest I learned from English reading class. That is the reason why I love our English reading class. If you can combine the ideal reading strategy with the cooperative learing, I think your English will improve a lot.

Preserve White Radish in Salt

Preserve white radish in salt is a household and must-have dish in countryside. Making it is easy and just needs simple ingridients. First, wash the white radish and then cut it into two pieces. Second, put them into a glass or plastice container and stay for one night. Next morning, pour out the salty water, then put the ingredients into the container in order, for example, the first layer is white radish , the second is suger, the third is salt black bean.  Finally, close the lid and stay for a long period. You can enjoy it when they are getting soft. It is a delicious side dish for congee. In additian, it can be mixed with grinding meat and became a fabulous main dish which stimulates your appetite

Saturday, June 12, 2010

What Is Reading?

Simply, reading is to increase your own knowledge. Reading is comprehension of words and signs. The key point is to bring up the interest of reading. It is a easy matter. What you want to do is to keep curious and ask why often. As curious will drive you to find the answer, and you will try to read and find it from books. It is hard to express how happy you feel when you find it.

Reading can create your personal logical thinking except for getting knowledge. Besides, it will work on your studying and increase your own professional knowledge. Moreover, it not only can create your imagination but also can guide you to judge wrong and right. Many experts believe that people can experience ambitions and beliefs over the characters in the book by reading biographies and historical books.

There are many ways of reading and strategies. The most important is to find the reading method which suit yourself. Finally, you should enjoy it.

Reading Strategy : Visualization


Reading is not just pronouncing words—it requires understanding. Most experienced readers use a variety of strategies to understand text. The topic of our reading strategy is visualization.

What is visualization ? Comprehension is a very important goal of reading. Visualization is a means of learning comprehension. Students need to learn to visualize the text as they read. By doing so, they will paint a picture in their head of what is going on in the text. This is important because it will help students to remember the story and comprehend the book.

The Visualize Strategy involves creating a vivid image in your mind based on what you read. Visualizations can include sights, sounds, smells, tastes, colors and feelings—anything that makes the scene more real. It is a very important thing that we do in our brains. When we hear things, we have this great ability to see things in my head. For example, when I say “Steve is riding a bicycle. He sees a kite flying high in the sky. " In your head, you might visualize a boy, a bicycle , and a kite. Visualizing is fun, because we get to use our imagination.

If students are able to visualize what they are reading, they will comprehend more information. Moreover, visualizing works differently for each person. Be creative in how you construct your mental images. You can even invent details that seem to fit with the scene the writer has created. Use all of your senses to bring the scene to life in your own way.