Writing Practice~ Focus on "Voice"

Task : describing how to open the laptop, power up and open Safari.

"To be honored, to stand in front, and speak with all of you, It is my pleasure. Half centuries ago, when there were no internet, no one even knows how to use a computer. But now, things have change. In the modern Technological Era, I have a dream. I hope all of you go to buy a Taiwanese laptop. I have a dream. I hope all of you use your left arm to open the screen of the laptop. I have a dream. I hope all of you raise up your right index finger with me, point at the sun, then push the power bottom on the laptop. I have the dream. I hope you'll have tolerance and patience waiting for the turn-on process with me. I have a dream. I hope your mouse is movable then,click on the Safari image on the desktop. I think we could do this. We must to be together. We must to unite. I hope my dream will come true someday! "

Can you guess whose voice is it???
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Answer is down here: Martin Luther King Jr.
please high light the words...

Sacrisfice

We finished watching a movie called "Grizzly Man" last Friday. The movie was about a guy tried to become a grizzly. In the beginning of this movie, where he talks to the foxes and the grizzlies, I think this guy is crazy. It is my first time to see a guy could be that enthusiastic at animals. However, after watching the whole thing, I started thinking this guy is a hero. In the book of Ishmael, it tells people that the man of destiny is to educate. I think this guy named Timothy has done his destiny. He sacrificed himself for bear. He is dead physically, but not mentally. There is a scene where his ex-girlfriend wore his watch; it represents that his soul is still with us, he still reminds us do not kill grizzlies. His death aware people that grizzlies are also like human being; we got to stop hunting them. He finished his destiny of man; protecting animal. So, what's your destiny of man?

Reading Practice~ Focusing on "Voice"

Practice number one- I read a story called "The Alien Encounter". It was written by Kirby Belle. I found out the ending of the story was a little bit confusing, but the beginning was very interesting; it grabbed my attention. By reading the first paragraph, I am able to figure out the author must be very romantic, because he used a lot of adjectives to describe the sights. For example, “The Street was bathed in a ghostly light." However, from the ending, the author sounded a little rush. In general, the story was exciting, can not hold to read the ending. The author's mind must be very fantastic and creative.

Practice number two- I was laughing when I read this story called "The Lady By The Pond". It was written by Robert Copple. I think this author would probably be a teenager. I was so fascinated in the middle where he described how the woman looked like, and I also can feel the same way as author when the woman disappeared. I like this story. It reflects how boys are like when they got a cruse on a girl in the first sight!

Pola Bear

We watched the movie called "Arctic Tale" last class. The movie was really funny and cute. The director used humor and cute animals to tell a serious story to children. It is a stunned lesson to educate our next generation and aware ourselves. This Arctic movie makes me think about the global warming; the masterwork made by us. We are deforesting, over-emitting CO2, polluting water and air. The Arctic land is getting smaller. The most funny scene was the walruses were letting out gases. But the point of the scene was trying to show that the land is decreasing, walruses can only crowded together. The ice land is getting thicker than thicker, so the walruses are easier to run away from the polar bears. It is really interesting to watch the little polar bear, Nanu with his mother adventure in the melting Arctic. IPPC said after 30 years, the north is going to be a ocean, the polar bears will also be gone. By that time, the sea level will increase 7 meter high. Many things on earth will also disappeared in our hands. If we can control the emission of CO2 right now, at least we can extend more time to find a better solution. So, let's ride bicycles!!

Why Do We Blog?

These are notes I took from the article of Why Do We Blog?
These are the four reasons I agree

Reason 1. Let your voice to be heard.

Reason 2. Making connections around the world. Socialized!!

Reason 3. "But blog writing is like going off for a walk with no predetermined finish time or route, sometimes the walk is through the fields, sometimes along the streets." It's easier than writing, because you can type without thinking, very free.

Reason 4. It's faster and easier to get feedbacks from the readers. It might be corrections of grammar errors. And sharing ideas, the way of thinking. Punditry!!!

Movie Review from "Fast Food Nation"

We finished watching a movie called Fast Food Nation. This movie describes a dark side of how McDonald's has became one of the world biggest cooperation. It how the cows were killed by the men. This film has also made me refuse to eat beef, but then I realized that we are also animals like tigers and crocodiles. Man also needs to kill animals for food in order to survive. The world has changed, nobody really thinks like that anymore. Man kill animals for money; and money will never been fulfilled. So the more people kill, the more money people make. This phenomenon will never end until the end of the world.

Expeditionary Questions

1. Do we have an ethical responsibility toward animals?

Yes, I think we do have an ethical responsibility toward animals. Human is a species in the animal kingdom. So, how come human could have the responsibility toward themselves but not animals. The behaviors of animals are really close to human being's. They also have intelligence quotient, just like us. These two examples can explain why we should have an ethical responsibility toward animals. Human are animals, we evolved from them. However, we should have, but we are not having an ethical responsibility toward animals. If we had, then we would not catch the animals in the cage and eat them. We will become vegetarians!

2. Do animals have emotions? Give examples if possible.

Yes, I do believe animals have emotions. From the long-term research of Jane Goodalls, she finds out that chimpanzees have identical emotions as human have. They cry, love, hug, kiss and scratch each others' back. In the film called Extinct, the gorillas ran out and tried to save the old man. That is emotion! I used to hear cats crying in my backyard. They cried loudly and sadly. One day, I brought a fish can for one of the cats, and it smiled to me. I was impressive. And then, it started singing to me in front of my house.