Banning cellular phone in class
According to decreasing of the cell phone's price, many people have a cell phone. So far elementary students have one . Both the primary students and the teenagers don’t know the correct etiquette to use. Now, from elementary school to high school, there are battle with using a cell phone. It is important to prohibit using a cell phone in class as well as to ban it using from driving and to forbid using it when an airplane takeoff.
In a school, using a cell phone is out of all knowledge . Needless to say cheating in a test, they take a candid shot in class . Using cell phone in class interrupts learning and getting lost the self-control only thinking send a message or playing a game. Also, those actions get interrupt other students to study.
Most of teachers said that they could not concentrate on the lesson due to the sound of cell phone bell and recipient signals of some messages. They advised that the students of observation to a cell should fall down the thinking power. They could not concentrate in class and then their score of the test should be bad . According to an expert, students lacking of the self-control happen to the symptom of intoxication. As they cannot sleep comfortable , they are deep-seated tired. Some students said that what they use a cell phone secretly is wrong because of cheating their consciences.
Many s chools are looking for various ways to ban it in class. At some school, if the teachers find that students use cell phone in class, they take it away from them for 7days. At other school, when the students go to their school, they should be turn off their cell phone. 
Furthermore, not to use it in class, as soon as getting into their classroom, they keep it under special place until after school. At Yongho High school in Goonpo, they block to bring their cell phone with agreeing both students and school. On entrance ceremony, they pledge not to smoke and not to bring a cell phone at school. This is welcomed by their parent.
It is time to get rid of cell phone in class. There must be complete study mood in class. The school rules should be made a more robust regulation of using it in class. A cell phone is just the communication way and is not the goods to disturb studying right. All of parents should join to prohibit it using in class. The place to study is regarded. All of student should concentrate on their right of learning.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Banning cellular phone in class
Monday, June 23, 2008
banning handguns
banning handguns
* Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado: April 20, 1999
- 11:10 A.M.: Two students arrive in separate cars.
- 11:14 A.M.: They go to the cafeteria and leave large bags.
Inside the bags are bombs. Return to their cars.
- 11:19 A.M.: They take guns out from under their coats.
They begin firing at the building and students.
In less than an hours, they have killed 13 students and staff. injured 21 others.
They then kill themselves
Seriousness of the problem
- 1800s(the Wild West) : undeveloped and underpoliced. the days of cowboys and guns
※ Now(modern, industrialized country) : people have guns
- Since 1963 : guns have killed more Americans than were killed World War 2
- More than 70 million handguns are in circulation
※ About 2 million handguns are manufactured every year.
-In 1998 : Guns were the cause of death in 52% of the 17,000 murders in the United States.
Reasons for the lack of handgun control
1)NRA(the National Rifle Association) is the strongest, most effective
lobbying organization in Washington,D.C
- people can own guns for hunting deer and other animals.
- opposes government control over guns, including handguns.
- at election time in helping to defeat politicians who support gun control
2)Modern society seems to it self as a continuation of the “Wild West”
- “good guys” must be able to protect themselves “bad guys”, the criminals.
- The good guys buy guns for self-defense
- People for gun control point out the good guys, their children get killed with same guns.
3) Some people like handguns- for hunting, for defence, for crime.
- handguns are small and can be kept hidden when not in use.
- can be used at a distance from the victim.
- the users of the handguns is at a safer range and less involved.
The nation needs new laws to get rid of handguns.(Solution of problem)
1)The new laws must be federal laws
2) must ban handguns altogether except for use by authorized official.
3)The penalty must be severe for criminal use of a handguns.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Defining Han-gul
There are about 5,000 languages spoken in the world today. Language is not only a communication method but also a cultural heritage containing the nation's history and spirit. Koreans use unique alphabet called Han-gul. Han-gul is the letters of which alphabet represent individual sounds or phonemes. It is considered one of most scientific writing systems in the world.
Han-gul was created under King Sejong during the Choson Dynasty (1393-1910). In 1446, the first Korean alphabet was proclaimed under the original name “Hunmin chong-um”, which literally meant "the correct sounds for the instruction of the people." Before Han-gul was created, Koreans spoke to communicate in Korean. However, they had to write in Chinese because of absentness their letters. Therefore, King Sejong invented Han-gul to contribute to a better life for the sake of ordinary people. Han-gul is simple and easy to learn and write.
When first proclaimed by King Sejong, Hunmin chong-um had 28 letters in all. Today, Han-gul, with only 14 consonants and 10 vowels, is capable of expressing virtually any sound. The 24 letters are as follows. Consonants: ㄱ(k), ㄴ(n), ㄷ (t), ㄹ (r or l), ㅁ (m), ㅂ (p), ㅅ (s or sh), ㅇ(voiceless), ㅈ (ch), ㅊ (ch'), ㅋ (k'), ㅌ (t'), ㅍ(p'), ㅎ (h). Vowels: ㅏ(a), ㅑ (ya), ㅓ (o), ㅕ (yo), ㅗ (o), ㅛ (yo), ㅜ (u), ㅠ (yu), ㅡ (u), ㅣ (i) . The reason consonants and vowels were separated was due to their differing functions when two letters were combined to form a syllable. Consonants resemble a person's speech organs. The shape of each letter is based on the form of different sound articulation units. Other consonants based on the strength of the sounds.
It is recognizing about Han-gul is an outstanding scientific letters in worldwide. In 1994, Discovery magazine described Hangul as the most logical language writing system in the world. The simplicity of Han-gul led Korea to become one of the most literate countries in the world. U.S. novelist Pearl Buck said that Han-gul is the simplest writing system in the world. Even though Han-gul is a system of phonetic symbols, it is categorized as new level of feature system, the first and the only in the world. On Oct. 1, 1997, UNESCO designated Hunmin chong-um as world archive property. Koreans commemorate the creation of Han-gul every year on October 9.
Currently, Han-gul is spoken by 48 million people in South Korea, in addition to 24 million in North Korea and several million Koreans living in other countries like China(1.9 million), the United States(1.5 million), Japan(710,000), and the former Soviet Union(450,000). In terms of user's population, the Korean language is in the 12th place among several thousand languages in the world including Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German, French, and Malay-Indonesian. According to recently statistics, Han-gul is being taught in about 50 American and Canadian universities, with more being added each year. It is also taught at more than 20 universities in Europe, East Asia, and Australia.
Han-gul is one of most scientific language in the world. Korean should maintain their nation's identity by keeping Han-gul. Also, as Korea plays a greater role in world economics and politics, it is becoming more and more important for the international community to understand the Korean people and Han-gul. Korean can be proud of Han-gul.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
The effects on my life of taking a Global Business Course
The effects on my life of taking a Global Business Course
The change of the life pattern gives us different thoughts and various experiences. I have worked enthusiastically as a public servant for 20 years. In those periods, I never hadan opportunity to learn for along-term without working. On the morning of March 31, 2008, at the University of Seoul, I started to take an English course; a Global Business Course. I have experienced of a change of my daily life, changing of the view about the work and changing of my method of studying.
One of various changes in my daily life is much more time to takes care of my children than before. When I worked in my office, I always went out the first man at my house. I prepared breakfast in early morning and I didn't have it and didn’t care my children. After taking this course, because I don't have to go to school early, I have breakfast with my family. Besides, I can help my children going to school. After the arrangement of the morning affair, I leave my house joyfully. Also, as I come back home regularly, I can communicate with my children any time or pick my children up finishing their late lessons. Sometimes, I have a free time on Saturday and meet my children’s teacher to talk about their school life or future.
The points of the view about the work has changed. In my office, I worked to consider team’s opinion and helping each other toward same goal. When I planned this course, I tried to be organized well and to achieve the goal of my company.It should be considered not as a part but as a whole. However, since I attend to as a student in this course, I get changing the view of this course. I think the need of individual’s advance aim in addition to contributing the company’s role. To succeed in this course, it is important to consider about the personal specific point. When I go back to my office, I will work to consider not only the result of the project but also the progress and detail situation.
My method of an English studying is getting changed. Before knowing this course, I thought that the most important skill is the speaking in English. But I changed my mind after attending this course; learning writing, reading, business conversation, pronunciations, etc. I knew all of the ways are necessary to improve English. I will try to study in various parts simultaneously. What just one food have is as bad as to overeat. I should to take foods all around. Like have the food, I must study English all way at once; to listen, to read, to write, and to speak
The effects of taking this course on my life get changing as an attentive mother, changing of the view of the work and changing of my method of studying. Even though I have pleasures and stresses different during the education from working in my office, I will enjoy this time as I received it in compensation for my efforts
Monday, June 9, 2008
Protests turn violent as South Korea beef crisis mounts
Protests turn violent as South Korea beef crisis mounts-International Herald Tribune, June 8, 2008
SEOUL: South Korean protesters fought with the police, tried to overturn riot-control buses and smashed their windows Sunday amid a deepening political crisis over U.S. beef imports, hours after their president appealed to Washington for help in easing growing public anger.
A pledge from President George W. Bush on Saturday to address health fears over beef appeared to do little to calm the protesters' ire at President Lee Myung Bak of South Korea for agreeing to an import deal.
The violence occurred early Sunday after a crowd estimated by the police at about 40,000 rallied Saturday night in central Seoul against an April agreement that they say fails to protect against beef potentially tainted with mad cow disease.
The demonstrators attacked police riot buses lined up to barricade streets on a key central artery, throwing objects, using ladders to smash windows and trying to overturn the vehicles. Clashes ensued, with protesters hitting the police with sticks and officers striking back with riot shields. Some demonstrators were injured and taken away in ambulances. Officers also suffered injuries, and 11 protesters were detained for questioning.
The protests followed a familiar pattern - a largely peaceful main rally that turned violent as crowds thinned and the remaining protesters confronted the police.
Lee's fledgling government has been battered by daily protests over the April 18 agreement to resume U.S. beef imports - banned for most of the past four and a half years over fears of mad cow disease.
The largest crowd yet - which the police estimated at 65,000 - rallied Friday night.
Late Saturday, Lee's office said that Bush had pledged to come up with measures to ensure that beef from older cattle - considered at greater risk of mad cow disease - is not exported to South Korea. Bush made the remark during a phone call with Lee, the government said.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment on South Korea's statement.
In Washington earlier, a White House spokesman, Gordon Johndroe, said Bush had assured Lee that the U.S. government "is cooperating closely with the South Korean government and ready to support American cattle exporters as they reach a mutually acceptable solution with Korean importers on the beef trade."
Lee remains caught between a pledge to his country's most important ally and South Koreans' anger over the agreement. Protesters claim that Lee ignored their concerns about food safety and gave in to U.S. demands to help ensure passage in Congress of a bilateral free trade deal struck last year.
Both the South Korean and U.S. governments have repeatedly said that American beef is safe to eat. Protesters demand that the agreement be scrapped or renegotiated to prohibit imports of beef from cattle 30 months of age or older.
Lee said Friday that demanding a renegotiation would trigger a trade dispute with Washington that could affect South Korea's export-driven economy.
U.S. beef has been largely banned from South Korea since the first case of mad cow disease in the United States was discovered in late 2003. Two subsequent cases were found.
Scientists believe the disease spreads when farmers feed cattle recycled meat and bones from infected animals. The United States banned recycled feeds in 1997. In humans, eating meat products contaminated with the illness is linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and fatal malady.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
For studies in English, Koreans learn to say goodbye to dad
For studies in English, Koreans learn to say goodbye to dad
South Koreans now make up the largest group of foreign students in the United States (more than 103,000) and the second largest in New Zealand after Chinese students, according to American and New Zealand government statistics. Yet, unlike other foreign students, South Koreans tend to go overseas starting in elementary school — in the belief that they will absorb English more easily at that age.In New Zealand, there were 6,579 South Koreans in the country's elementary and secondary schools in 2007, accounting for 38 percent of all foreign students
there are also "eagle fathers," who visit their families several times a year because they have the time and money. Those with neither, who are stuck in South Korea, are known as "penguin fathers."
Living apart for years strains marriages and undermines the role of a father, traditionally the center of the family in South Korea's Confucian culture, education experts and psychologists said. Some spouses have affairs; some marriages end in divorce. -International Herald Tribune, June 8, 2008
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: On a sunny afternoon recently, half a dozen South Korean mothers came to pick up their children at the Remuera Primary School here, greeting one another warmly in a schoolyard filled with New Zealanders.
The mothers, members of the largest group of foreigners at the public school, were part of what are known in South Korea as "wild geese," families living separately, sometimes for years, to school their children in English-speaking countries like New Zealand and the United States. The mothers and children live overseas while the fathers live and work in South Korea, flying over to visit a couple of times a year.
Driven by a shared dissatisfaction with South Korea's rigid educational system, parents in rapidly expanding numbers are seeking to give their children an edge by helping them become fluent in English while sparing them, and themselves, the stress of South Korea's notorious educational pressure cooker.
More than 40,000 South Korean schoolchildren are believed to be living outside South Korea with their mothers in what experts say is an outgrowth of a new era of globalized education.
The phenomenon is the first time that South Korean parents' famous focus on education has split wives from husbands and children from fathers. It has also upended traditional migration patterns by which men went overseas temporarily while their wives and children stayed home, straining marriages and the Confucian ideal of the traditional Korean family. The cost of maintaining two households has stretched family budgets since most wives cannot work outside South Korea because of visa restrictions.
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In 2006, 29,511 children from elementary through high school level left South Korea, nearly double the number in 2004 and almost seven times the figure in 2000, according to the Korean Educational Development Institute, a research group that tracks the figures for the Ministry of Education. The figures, the latest available, did not include children accompanying parents who left South Korea to work or emigrate, and who could also be partly motivated by educational goals.
South Koreans now make up the largest group of foreign students in the United States (more than 103,000) and the second largest in New Zealand after Chinese students, according to American and New Zealand government statistics. Yet, unlike other foreign students, South Koreans tend to go overseas starting in elementary school — in the belief that they will absorb English more easily at that age.
In New Zealand, there were 6,579 South Koreans in the country's elementary and secondary schools in 2007, accounting for 38 percent of all foreign students.
"We talked about coming here for two years before we finally did it," said Kim Soo-in, 39, who landed here 16 months ago with her two sons. "It was never a question of whether to do it, but when. We knew we had to do it at some point."
Wild geese fathers were initially relatively wealthy and tended to send their families to the United States. But in the last few years, more middle-class families have been heading to less expensive destinations like Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Now, there are also "eagle fathers," who visit their families several times a year because they have the time and money. Those with neither, who are stuck in South Korea, are known as "penguin fathers."
The national experience is considered enough of a social problem that an aide to South Korea's president recently singled out the plight of the penguin fathers.
President Lee Myung-bak said he would start to address the problem by hiring 10,000 English teachers. "This is unprecedented," he said. "Korea is actually the only country in the world undergoing such a phenomenon, which is very unfortunate."
South Korean students routinely score at the top in international academic tests. But unhappiness over education's financial and psychological costs is so widespread that it is often cited as a reason for the country's low birthrate, which, at 1.26 in 2007, was one of the world's lowest.
South Korean parents say that the schools are failing to teach not only English but also other skills crucial in an era of globalization, like creative thinking. That resonates among South Koreans, whose economy has slowed after decades of high growth and who believe they are increasingly being squeezed between the larger economies of Japan and China.
It could take years to see how well this wave of children will fare back in South Korea, especially since they are now going overseas at the elementary level. But earlier this decade, when the wild geese children tended to be high school students, many succeeded in plying their improved English scores to get into colleges in the United States or other English-speaking countries, education experts said. For others, their years overseas was a roundabout way to get into top South Korean colleges, like Yonsei University in Seoul, which increasingly offer courses or entire programs in English.
For New Zealand's public schools, which charge foreign students annual tuition of $8,700, South Koreans provide an important source of revenue. The economic benefits have helped offset resentment toward an Asian influx that has remade many schools in Auckland, the country's largest city, lending an Asian character to the business district and raising home prices in the wealthier suburbs.
At Remuera Primary, Kim said she believed that English fluency would increase her sons' chances of gaining admission to selective secondary schools in South Korea and ultimately to a leading university in Seoul. Her husband, Park Il-ryang, 43, graduated from a little-known Korean university, and he said that the resulting lack of connections had hampered his own career.
Before coming here, the parents had sent one son, Jun-sung, now 10, to evening cram schools and their other son, Jun-woo, now 8, to an English preschool. Parents in their apartment building talked incessantly about their children's education.
Even so, the sons were not making sufficient progress in English, the parents said. They hired a private English tutor to supplement the supplementary cram schools. "We didn't think the cram schools were doing any good, but we were too insecure to stop sending them, because the other parents were sending their children," Kim said.
At their house recently, the sons peeked through the living-room blinds to see whether their neighbor, Charles Price, was free to play. In no time, the boys were coming and going, barefoot, between the houses, carrying "Bionicle" action figures.
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The parents were pleased that their sons had integrated well into the neighborhood and school, and were now even speaking English to each other. But Kim was worried that her younger son was making shockingly simple mistakes in his spoken Korean and might not form a solid "Korean identity."
Striking the right balance would be critical to the brothers' re-entry into South Korea, with its fierce competition to get into the best schools.
South Korean women's rising social status and growing economic power have fueled the wild geese migration, according to education experts like Oh Ook-whan, a professor at Ehwa Womans University who has studied the separated families. Conservatives have criticized the wild geese mothers for being obsessed about their children's education at the risk of destroying their marriages. The women's real intention, they say, is to get as far away as possible from their mothers-in-law.
The mothers say they are the modern-day successors to one of the most famous mothers in East Asia: the mother of Mencius, the fourth-century Chinese Confucian philosopher. In a story known in South Korea, as well as China and Japan, Mencius's mother moved to three neighborhoods before finding the environment most favorable to her son's education.
"I don't know why Mencius's mother is so revered and why we wild geese mothers are so criticized," said Chang Soo-jin, 37, who moved here with her two children nearly two years ago. "Our coming out here is exactly the same as what she did."
Here, the English skills of her 6-year-old daughter, Amy, have improved so much that she now has the reading abilities of an 8-year-old, said her teacher at Sunderland, a small private school where all 16 foreign students come from South Korea.
Yet Amy's father, Kevin Park, 41, was not totally convinced that the benefits had been worth splitting up the family. He had reluctantly agreed with his wife's decision to come here with the children and then extend their stay, twice.
After his family left Seoul, Park, an engineer, moved into what South Koreans call an "officetel," a building with small units that can be used as apartments or offices. Hearing about wild geese fathers becoming dissolute living by themselves, he stopped drinking at home.
"I'm alone, I miss my family," Park said grimly in an interview in Seoul. "Families should live together."
Living apart for years strains marriages and undermines the role of a father, traditionally the center of the family in South Korea's Confucian culture, education experts and psychologists said. Some spouses have affairs; some marriages end in divorce.
"Even if there are problems, some couples choose to ignore them for the sake of their children's education," said Choi Yang-suk, a psychologist at Yonsei who has studied wild geese families in the United States and Canada.
Here, Park Jeong-won, 40, and her husband, Kim Yoon-seok, 45, an ophthalmologist who was here on a visit, said their marriage had grown stronger despite living apart for four and a half years. Every reunion, they said, was like a honeymoon.
But while Park said she talked to her husband a couple of hours daily by phone, she said her son and daughter never asked to talk to their father. He, in turn, never asked to talk to his children, the couple said.
"We may be a strange family," Park said.
Dr. Kim said his own father had always been too busy with work to spend much time with the family, and on weekends woke up at 4 a.m. to play golf.
"Maybe that's why, now that I'm a father, I have a similar relationship with my son," he said.
Asked whether she missed her father, Ellin, 11, said: "I don't miss him that much. I see him every year."
"Do you think that's enough?" her mother asked, a little surprised.
Ellin corrected herself and said she saw him twice a year.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
To reduce a divorce
To reduce a divorce
people should prepare the attitude thoroughly how to live in a marriage before married. After married, they should recognize the difference from each other and make up for their weak point together.
Most of married couples have considered getting a divorce once or several times during the married life. Before people married, all of them understood just a “love”. But they should solve some problems which it happens from their life. Even so, all married couples having some problems could not get divorce. To reduce a divorce rate, people should prepare the attitude thoroughly how to manage their marriage before married. After married, they should recognize the difference from each other and make up for their weak point together. In the light of these preparations, who will not live with getting marriage until an old age?
If people determine to marry, they should think possible situations during their marriage life. Two persons should become the owner of family; to share various household, to adjust other relative, to take care of their child, and to spend time with their family. To teach the ways how to good couple and parent, there are the ways how to control their family that is so called ‘a father school’, 'a mother school', and ‘a couple school’. It is the place teaching a duty and a role for a preliminary father(mother) or couples who already gets married. Whether they learn by themselves or learn by school, they should prepare to keep happy marriage life for themselves.
And then they should recognize the difference. There are original different from a man and a woman. As they have a different way of thinking, they solve the problem differetly. Also, because they feel a different emotional expression of the love or complain, they sometimes misunderstand each other. For example, in generally when a man has a problem, he gets off a conclusion quickly and think to solve the problems. In the contrast, a woman considers until background. When the similar situation happens, she is angry with concerning old fault. It is to reduce the divorce rate that they understand this gap and narrow it to communicate continually.
After understanding their difference, they could supply their weak points each other. They get known their weak point from he numerous collisions or without any troubles. So they rarely think to separate even if they will get angry. Recently, as to a survey, there are also couples to get remarrying the original partner as same as divorce ones. As soon as they separate with their family, they recognize the family’s value. Even though late, they start over again their relations. If they become the strong supporter who is filling with the weak point, the divorce could be assuredly reduced.
It designated “married couples’ day” on May 21st every years. It means two (man and woman) combine with one(couples). In my opinion, the divorce ratio will reduce if people should prepare the attitude thoroughly how to live in a marriage, to recognize the difference from each other, and to make up for their weak point together. In conclusion, to practice three options, it will be not only reduced a divorce ratio but also improved a family’s value.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Line gragh discription(rewrite)
Line gragh discription It started at 30 in Jun 2007 and show maintained up and down the price at 30 in Dec 2007. It reached a peak about 37 and slighty fell down about 34 and this price maintain during 2 month, then recovered rapidly about 36 in Jan 2008. After recovering, it decreased suddenly about 27 until Fer 2008. Finally it fluctuated more and less until Jun 2008.
This graph shows of the trend in guilty crime between January and May.
In Jan, even though the numbers of crime started about 420, it decresed continuously until Apr and leveled at 370. And then, to May, it has maintained about 370
The graph shows the number of cell phone use between 1996 to 2002. The total cell phone use has been rising steadily since 1996, except for a two-year period (1999 and 2000, this period of the numbers drop slightly.) And the use for women and men seems to be quite similar with very small different between them.
Down Jones Industrial in DAJA started at 2,000 in 1965 and increased steadily at 4,000 until 1995. Then it elevated up dramatically to about 12,000 in the DJIA until 2000. From 2000 to 2003, there was an abrupt drop to almost 8,000. After a slit drop, it has recovered to about 11,000.
People in a store entered 2 persons at 10:00 am. It increased dramatically 22 persons at 1:00pm. And at 3:00 pm, the number of person decreased sharply, then maintain steadily 4 persons until 6:00pm.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Perfectly Clean Face
Perfectly Clean Face
To keep your youung face health, cleansing is more important than a make-up. Cleansing is arguably the most important part of your basic skincare routine. Whether you’re young or old or man or woman, you can do your skin a big favor by cleansing correctly. Proper cleansing gets rid of old skin cells, dirt and dust, grime, make-up and bacteria, and keeps skin pores free of clogs and able to breathe freely. Cleansing also aids circulation and prepares the skin to receive applied nutrients and lipids. I will give you a tip of the correct cleansing by three steps.
First of all, as the step of the preparation, wash your hands cleanly. Don’t wash your face by the dirty hand. Surely, wash your hands thoroughly before you cleanse your face, or you will be dirt skin. Always cleanse with tepid water. Hot water dries and damages skin over time, and cold water as well as lukewarm water won’t dissolve and take away embedded dirt and grime. If it will use to extremes, your skin became on the charge. And a too-rich cleanser can clog pores, while a too-dry cleanser can irritate the skin.
After washing your hands, the next step is the rubbing of your skin. Put your hands on the cleansing cream or lotion. Afterwards, wiping with the cleansing cream or the lotion, and then, always have to wash your face completely with tepid water. Absolutely, the bubble needs to be made enough. The bubble is made of the foam rubbing on your hands together instead of rubbing on the face. This action is important to just remove the dust on your skin without a trouble. When it is scrubbed by fingers, you needed gentle circular massaging strokes and moving upward on the face and neck. Even though suitable scrubbing is enough to improve circulation as well as loosen grime and old surface skin cells. But too much scrubbing will stretch skin and irritate it, especially the delicate skin around the eyes.
Finally, rinse with lots of tepid water. Cleanser residue can clog pores and attract dirt. Gently blot off excess water with a soft towel. You shouldn’t scrub dry or drag towel along skin. And then follow immediately with a water-based toner and a moisturizer appropriate for your skin type to seal in surface moisture and offer nourishment when skin is receptive.
How changeable your face clean! I hope you don’t surprise at brilliant face. But, this information is my recommendation, and if you have some trouble on your skin, you should replace standard medical care or advice. In general, to cleanse is more important than to make-up. Therefore, the habit of right cleansing will maintain a youth skin.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The life cycle of a plant
The life cycle of a plant
Stage 1: Seed is planted
First, a seed is planted in the ground. It needs Water, Oxygen and Warmth (WOW) if it is to successfully develop into a flowering plant.
Stage 2: Seed begins to expand
When a seed begins to expand, we say, germination has begun. The cotyledons store food for the baby plant inside the seed.
Stage 3: roots and leaves develop
When the seed starts to germinate, the first thing to come out is the main root. The skin starts to split and the tiny shoot straightens, carrying the cotyledon[s] with it. The main root gets bigger. Subsequently, leavers developed
Stage 4: Flowers appear
Then, the mature flower contains the parts of the plant which enable it to reproduce.
Stage 5: pistils of flowers receive pollen
In order for the plant to be able to reproduce the flower needs to be pollinated.
*Methods of Pollination
In this point, mature flowers produce pollen which is dispersed through a variety of means.Bees can help flowers make seeds. Bees usually look for pollen and sweet juice. Every flower has pollen, although some flowers don't have sweet juice. A stigma is the female part of a flower that receives the pollen. In other words, when a bee gets pollen from a flower, the pollen sticks to the bee.
Stage 6: fruit forms
Afterwards, seeds form in the ovary and the ovary swells and ripens. A ripened ovary is known as a Fruit, So the pips inside an apple are actually seeds.
Stage 7: Seeds fall
Later, the fruit of the plant will eventually dry out and burst open, releasing the seeds into the environment, where they are dispersed by the wind, insects, and animals such as birds and bats.
Stage 8: plant dies and decomposes
Finally, the fertilized seeds fall to the ground and the lifecycle starts all over again.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Main website address: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/23/healthscience/jetlag.php
Article title: Coffee and naps not helping your jet lag? Try starving instead.
Brief summary of the article
In according to Dr. Clifford Saper of Harvard Medical School, a period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to keep this new clock. They would be awake and alert and ready to go an hour or two before a meal was due to appear to have maximal chance of getting the food. This is built into the brain. The problem is, nobody knew how it worked. While skipping meals before a long flight or night shift has not been proven to work in humans, it may be worth a try.
Word list
- Manipulating : to make the change
- Engage : to adjust
- scarce : kind of lack
- Shift : to transmit
- Primary : basic
Definitions (your guess) through context
- manipulates
His trict was manipulated
- engage
I have engaged
- scarce
- shift
- primary
Use the words in an original sentence (it can also be variations of the word)
- it seems a second clock takes over when food is scarce, and handing this clock might help travelers adjust to new time zones.
- A period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to connect this new clock.
- Because the body's clock can only move a small amount each day.
- Saper and colleagues knew that when food was limited
- When they put it into a small region of the hypothalamus that serves as the body's main clock, the mice adjusted to a light-based schedule for waking and sleeping.
Reuters Published: May 23, 2008
CHICAGO: Starving yourself before a long flight may help prevent jet lag, according to U.S. researchers.
Normally, the body's natural circadian clock in the brain dictates when to wake, eat and sleep, all in response to light. But it seems a second clock takes over when food is scarce, and manipulating this clock might help travelers adjust to new time zones, the researchers said Thursday.
"A period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to engage this new clock," said Dr. Clifford Saper of Harvard Medical School, whose study appears in the journal Science.
"Because the body's clock can only shift a small amount each day, it takes the average person about a week to adjust to the new time zone," Saper said in a statement. "And, by then, it's often time to come home."
Saper and colleagues knew that when food was scarce, animals were able to override their normal biological clock to improve their chances of finding food.
Studies have shown that mice fed only during the time when they normally sleep shift their body clocks to this new schedule.
"They would be awake and alert and ready to go an hour or two before a meal was due to appear to have maximal chance of getting the food," Saper said by telephone. "This is built into the brain. The problem is, nobody knew how it worked."
He and his colleagues set out to find this mechanism. They used a group of mice that had been genetically engineered to lack a master gene called BMAL1 that regulates the body's clock. They put this gene into the shell of a hollowed-out virus that acted as a vector to deliver the gene only to brain cells they were interested in studying.
When they put it into a small region of the hypothalamus that serves as the body's primary clock, the mice adjusted to a light-based schedule for waking and sleeping, but not eating.
"If you don't wake them up, they will starve to death," Saper said.
However, when they restored the gene only in a section of the hypothalamus that helps organize waking and feeding schedules, the mice adjusted to the eating schedule, but not daylight.
Saper said that these same clock genes were known to be in all mammals, including humans.
While skipping meals before a long flight or night shift has not been proven to work in humans, it may be worth a try.
"I'm certainly going to do it the next time I go to Japan," he said.
the south of the Han River/ the north of the Han River
the area's south of the Han River/ the area's north of the Han River
After 1960's, it was developed with the new place where the south of the Han River in Seoul, and then the area’s value has risen gradually. The south of the Han River has developed like a modern city. On the other hand the north of the Han River has developed like a traditional culture. I will explain the differences of both areas of the Han River. And I will search both areas similarities that should have developing together in Seoul.
There are many differences between the culture of south and the north of the Han River in Seoul. It seems like to have the difference of the cultures between Seoul and localities. First of all, because of being made new circumstance in south by intentionally; the straight roads, convenience new apartments, good training institutes and various cultural facilities, the south of the Han River is more popular than the north of the Han River. Also as the part of the global business, COEX, international convention center, lots of first-rate hotel, and Teheran Road located in many big scale buildings, are located in the south of the Han River. The south is more international than the north of the Han River.
Another difference is that two areas differ from the educational environment. The south of the Han River has more various institutes than the north of the Han River. As those of the south have the detail programs that are adjusted for student’s level. The south is superior to the north in a teacher’s ability too. In according to recent report, the middle school students’ English score in the south is higher than that in the north. In the south a middle school’s average score is 97. This is higher by 13 to 10 than Seoul average(87), Pusan average(85) ,and Deagu average(84). In the north B middle school’s average score(82) is lower by 15 than in the south's that. The third differences, as a result of in this education environment, two areas have been widening the distinction of the housing price. Even though in the same condition, the south’s house is sold even more expensive than the north’s.
But there are also similarities that should have developing between the south of the Han River and the north of the Han River in Seoul. I think, two areas will try to balance the difference of the culture’s merits. Each of two cultures has some unique. The south has a character of modern city. And the north has a character of the historical and traditional city. Recently, as the city government official’s real estate policy that will develop in the north, the north’s house price is higher than the former’s that.
The north’s Yongsan, and Ganghwamun will be changed into the business area like Teheran Road. It is necessary to remodel their unique culture and to adjust to new changed situation. To be attractive Seoul, both areas should be to make up for the weak points in the present condition and to develop for the unique of cultures
There are many differences and a few similarity in the south of Han River and north of Han River. Although two areas have some differences, the gap of the both become narrow more and more. Repeatly, it is getting closer to both areas that had the gap of culture, educational circumstance and real estate. And then both areas will be in harmony with their different culture. It is one of the method that the identity of Seoul's brand will be made.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Comparision
Comparision
1) 비교급의 구문「A ~+비교급+than+B」의 비교급 구문은「A가 B보다 더 ~하다」라는 의미를 갖는다.
• This game is more exciting than that one.
• She is more beautiful than her sister.
• I can speak English more fluently than my brother.
※ 비교급 구문의 than 이하에서 앞부분과 중복이 되는 말은 생략하는 것이 원칙이다.
• Mike likes me better than Ed (likes me).
• He is happier than (he was) before.
※ 비교의 대상이 되는 것은 문법적으로 동등한 것이어야 한다.
• The climate of Korea is milder than that of Canada.
cf. The climate of Korea is milder than Canada. (X)
2) 비교급의 강조 much, far, even, still, a lot 등을 비교급 앞에 쓰게 되는데「훨씬, 더욱」의 의미를 갖는다.
• It was much worse than I thought.
• His picture is far better than mine.
• She acted even more cleverly than usual.
3)「the+비교급」형태
(1)「두 개 중 더 ~한」의 의미로 쓰일 때는 비교급에 the를 붙인다.
• This is the heavier of these two bags.
• This computer is the better of the two.
(2) the greater part of ~ (대부분의 ~),
the latter part of ~ (~의 후반부),
the younger generation (젊은 세대),
the upper class (상류계층) 등과 같이 비교의 대상이 없이 막연히 그룹을 지어
「~한 편의 것」이라는 뜻으로 쓸 때는 비교급 앞에 the를 붙인다.
• His family belonged to the upper class.
• The latter part of his play was so boring.
(3)「the+비교급」의 형태로 쓰이는 관용적 표현들
◎ as + 원급 + as ∼
• EX)Yu-mi is as tall as Mi-na.
• EX)I run fast. + In-ho runs fast, too.
→ I run as fast as In-ho.
※as ∼ as의 부정문은
EX)She is as old as Yu-mi. → She is not as old as Yu-mi.
EX)I study as hard as Tom. → I don't study as hard as Tom.
◎ one of the ＋ 최상급 ＋ 복수명사 <가장 ∼한 중의 하나>
• Seoul is one of the largest cities in the world.
◎ 비교급 ＋ than any other ＋ 단수명사 = 최상급
• She is taller than any other girl in her class.
• = She is the tallest girl in her class
◎ the+비교급, the+비교급 (~하면 할수록 더 ~하다)
• The more, the better.
• The higher we climb, the colder it becomes.
• The more we know about him, the better we can understand his novels.
◎ all the+비교급+for/because of = so much the+비교급+for/because
• I love her all the more for her beauty.
• I like him all the better because of his honesty.
◎ not more than(기껏해야, =at most)
• not less than(적어도 ∼이상, =at least),
• no more than(겨우, =only),
• no less than(∼만큼, =as much as)
※not은 강한 부정어이다.
• She is very poor; she has not more than $500.
• She is very rich; she has not less than $500.
• He gave me no more than $500.
• He gave me no less than $500.
◎ no longer(더 이상 ∼아니다, =no more)
• cf.not longer(길이가 더 길지 않다)
• He is no longer a young man.
라틴계 비교급 : superior to / inferior to / senior to / junior to
• He is superior to me in English
Saturday, May 17, 2008
If I have no child
If I have no child
In Korea, an ordinary married woman who have to care her child and to work in office need time to use for herself and for her husband. They should take care of their child every day. So they are tied down at home and in the office, even though their husband’s help. Most of woman have the more responsibilites than their husband. Woman’s life is all covered with their child. 
It would be luxurious and reasonable to imagine returning to the time before having a baby. 
Without a child, in particular, woman’s daily routine would be very different. In my case, without the child, some raining morning, it would have the time to drink coffee without any interrupting. This would enjoy the romantic mood with my husband. Also, every morning, I would jog nearby my house to do well in my health. In special day, I would make a match of with my husband’s suit. All of this would gain to me the time for myself.
In my office, I would accept a special project without any anxiety when a boss asks me to carry it out. Because of lack of time, I often rejected the special project. Addition to, when I finish my work, I would do not worried about my home. And after work, I would have an appointment with my colleague or my friends freely.
Preparing dinner would have together. And I would talk about a lot of the interest. If I need the time to study in English or job concern’s study, I would study an institute until late. On special night, I would enjoy drink a wine with my husband under the candlelight at a romantic restaurant. And in a weekend, I would travel without any preparations. I would use the money to the trip on abroad with my husband instead of wasting the cost of child’s education.
On the whole, life would be romantic and luxurious like a movie because I would do not care of my child. Without a child, I would consider about my life and my husband life rather than child’s future, education, health, etc. It would be possible get well my life and my husband life.
About mobile phone(rewriting)
Rewriting
Because time changes rapidly, people want to know new information more and faster. Mobile phone is a useful device that they can use anywhere and anytime.
Before mobile phone is used widely, people send the personal message by the beeper. The beeper gives from a one-way to a one-way text service even though a portable device. It is rarely used today. Recently, the world’s major company of mobile phones is Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, etc.
First of all, mobile phone has many functions that people need. Needless to call, It can send messages and to receive, to take a picture, to listen to the music or other mp3 file, to play game, to find internet information, to schedule arrangement, to service bank’ affair, to pay the bus fare and to find their kid’s location. The mobile phone has functions of various electronic devices: telephone, camera, video, MP3, electronic dictionary, calculator, clock, game machine, GPS, etc
It is also possible that a mobile phone has useful functions. The mobile phone has the convenient function to multitasking anytime and anywhere. In my case, mobile is a part of my life. I wake up to hear mobile alum and to confirm today’s memo in it. And then when I go to work, I listen to the music or English through my mobile in the subway. Sometimes, I check my child’s location to know where he is. Without the mobile phone, my life style would be very confused. . Even though it has many useful functions, some people are worried about the security. So it have security device like a personal identification number to reduce the anxiety about losing personal information.
The mobile phone can communicate easily anytime and anywhere. It is as small and portable device as to handle in one hand. According to their taste, the shape and color of mobile phone has changed and verified. It has the shape of the folder, the slide, PDA, the touch screen, even the watch, etc. And it has various colors to can be satisfied with a lot of people’s taste. Also it is a flat and has a small screen to watch the TV to call video seeing the partner’s face.
Nowdays mobile phone is necessary for crowded modern people. Furthermore, the useful mobile is getting more convenient and variety in function than now by peoples’ need.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Active/Passive
Active/Passive forms
They destroyed the buliding.
>The buliding was destroyed.
The news surprised me.
>I was surprsed by the news.
Somebody cleans this room every day.
>This room is cleaned every day.
How do people learn languages?
>How are languages learned?
People warned us not to go out alone.
>We were warned not to go out alone.
Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
> The computer is being used at moment.
They have built a new hospital near the airport.
> A new hospital has been built near the airport.
We gave the police the information.
> The police were given the information.
>The information was given to the police.
I enjoyed taking the children to the zoo.
> The children enjoyed being taken to the zoo.
They saw him climbing over the fence.
> He was seen climbing over the fence.
His colleagues started to respect Tim.
>Tim started to be respected
Thursday, May 15, 2008
If I were
If I were
1. audio, mobile phone, hair dryer, computer,
2. If I were man, I would join the amy.
3. If I were a silgle, I would have the time just for my self.
4. If I were a ankerwoman like Barbara Ann Walters, I would talk to many people in formal on TV. 
5. If I were a bird like Ficedula parva albicilla, I would fly to anywhere and see the world on the sky.
Ficedula parva albicilla
Diane Sawer
Hall of Fame
Life is short, Just do it
Barbara Ann Walters
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
homestay benefit
homestay benefit
First, Homestay can have an instant network.
During staying foreigner's , we are familiar with host's family, their neighbor,and their relatives.
Because Homestay' family have many relationship, we give a chance to meet many foreigners easily without trying any effect.
Also we have a roommate in same space. We communicate with our roommate about different life, culture and other things.
Due to homestay, we meet to many foreigners without any intention every day for 24 hours.
If we maintain good relation, we will get advance the relation from an instant network to close friendships.
Security and the knowledge that you will always be looked after as though you are part of the family
•The ability to practice your English language with your host family and their children
•Learn Western culture and understand a new way of life
•Be sure that your host family will also help with study patterns and assistance in finding information for your school projects
•Should you become sick or ill, your host family is there to assist you
•Take part in normal everyday activities with your host family such as shopping, sports, visits and excursions
•Be secure that you will have regular substantial and nourishing meals every day
•Communicative English competence and higher education skills at University
•Independent thinking
•Considered decision making
• Cross-cultural understanding and flexibility
Monday, May 12, 2008
The World Ceramic Exposition
The World Ceramic Exposition
The World Ceramic Exposition
The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation (WOCEF) was founded for the purpose of pioneering new fronts for ceramic art in the 21st century, as well as providing a basis for the Icheon, Gwangju and Yeoju regions to grow and develop into the centers of the international ceramic community
Sunday, May 11, 2008
About mobile phone
Mobile phone is a useful device that they can use anywhere, anytime.
Recently, to change the time rapidly, people want to know the more and faster new information. Mobile phone is a useful device that they can use anywhere, anytime.
First of all, mobile phone is gathered conveniently what to need. There are many uses of mobile phone. To say nothing of a call, it is to send messages and to receive, to take a picture, to listen to the music or other mp3 file, to play game, to find internet information, to schedule arrangement, to service bank’ 
affair, to pay the bus fare, to find their kid’s location. The mobile phone mixed up various electronic manufacture; telephone, camera, video, MP3, electronic dictionary, calculator, clock, game machine, GPS, etc.
It is also possible that the mobile phone get to effect conveniently, easy and safety. First, the mobile phone has the efficiency to multitasking anytime, anywhere. In my case, it identifies the mobile with me. I wake up to hear mobile alum and to confirm today’s memo in it. And then when I go to work, I listen to some music or an English expression by my mobile in the subway. Sometimes, I check my child’s location to know what to happen. Without the mobile phone, my life style would be very confused. Second, the mobile phone can communicate easily anytime, anywhere. It is as small and portable device as to handle in one hand. Even though have many useful, lots of people are worried about the security. Third, it have security device like a personal identification number to can reduce the anxiety about personal information’s loss. 
According to their taste, the shape of mobile phone has changed. It has the shape of the folder, the slide, PDA, the touch screen, even the watch, etc. And it has various colors to can be satisfied with a lot of people’s taste. Also it is a flat and has a small screen to watch the TV to call video seeing the partner’s face.
Before mobile phone is used widely, people send the personal message by the beeper. The beeper gives from a one-way to a one-way text service even though a portable device. It is rarely used today. Recently, the world’s major company of mobile phones is Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, etc.
Nowdays mobile phone is necessary for modern people crowded schedule of life. And it is getting more convenient and variety in function than now.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
preliminary writing
Cancer
*definition
1 [C or U] a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death:
2 [C] a harmful activity that spreads quickly:
Drug abuse is a cancer which is destroying our society.
3.noun [C or U]
the fourth sign of the zodiac, relating to the period from 22 June to 22 July and represented by a crab, or a person born during this period
* view of the doctor
What is cancer?
Cancer is a disease of cells. It is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to metastasize (spread).
Cancer is also called malignancy. A cancerous growth or tumor is sometimes referred to as a malignant growth or tumor. A non-malignant growth or tumor is referred to as benign. Benign tumors are not cancer.
Cancer is not one disease. It is a group of more than 100 different and distinctive diseases. Cancer is NOT contagious.
Cancer can involve any tissue of the body and have many different forms in each body area. Most cancers are named for the type of cell or organ in which they start. If a cancer spreads (metastasizes), the new tumor bears the same name as the original (primary) tumor.
Cancer is the Latin word for crab. The ancients used the word to mean a malignancy, doubtless because of the crab-like tenacity a malignant tumor sometimes seems to show in grasping the tissues it invades. Cancer may also be called malignancy, a malignant tumor, or a neoplasm (literally, a new growth).
=Signs and symptoms
Roughly, cancer symptoms can be divided into three groups:
1)Local symptoms: unusual lumps or swelling (tumor), hemorrhage (bleeding), pain and/or ulceration. Compression of surrounding tissues may cause symptoms such as jaundice (yellowing the eyes and skin).
Symptoms of metastasis (spreading): enlarged lymph nodes, cough and hemoptysis, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver), bone pain, fracture of affected bones and neurological symptoms. Although advanced cancer may cause pain, it is often not the first symptom.
Systemic symptoms: weight loss, poor appetite, fatigue and cachexia (wasting), excessive sweating (night sweats), anemia and specific paraneoplastic phenomena, i.e. specific conditions that are due to an active cancer, such as thrombosis or hormonal changes.
Every symptom in the above list can be caused by a variety of conditions (a list of which is referred to as the differential diagnosis). Cancer may be a common or uncommon cause of each item.
Signs and symptoms
Roughly, cancer symptoms can be divided into three groups:
2)Local symptoms: unusual lumps or swelling (tumor), hemorrhage (bleeding), pain and/or ulceration. Compression of surrounding tissues may cause symptoms such as jaundice (yellowing the eyes and skin).
Symptoms of metastasis (spreading): enlarged lymph nodes, cough and hemoptysis, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver), bone pain, fracture of affected bones and neurological symptoms. Although advanced cancer may cause pain, it is often not the first symptom.
3)Systemic symptoms: weight loss, poor appetite, fatigue and cachexia (wasting), excessive sweating (night sweats), anemia and specific paraneoplastic phenomena, i.e. specific conditions that are due to an active cancer, such as thrombosis or hormonal changes.
Every symptom in the above list can be caused by a variety of conditions (a list of which is referred to as the differential diagnosis). Cancer may be a common or uncommon cause of each item.
* view of the patient
* view of the young child whosee father is dying of cancer
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Last weekend
Kenny's wedding ceremonyLast weekend, I had special experience. I attended to my English teacher, Kenny's wedding ceremony; Korea traditional wedding is attractive spectacle to me.
It was strange weather. In the morning, it was sunny day, But before the ceremony just start, it was raining. and then during the ceremony it was heavy raining. Marvelously, as soon as the ceremony it was clear sky. Oh, dear!
In my oppinion, as to be grown up well the plants in the spring, it is need sufficent water. Therefore, this ceremony was blessed and the bride and groom will be happy forever. Even though it was a heavy rain during the ceremony, all of people including the Kenny and his wife delighted all the time in wedding ceremony.
Koean traditional cecemony was complex in order and interesting.
Briefly put in order the ceremony.
The ceremony started the Korean traditional percussion quartet,"Samulnori" to celebrate and add to it.And then both of mother light a candle on the wedding table. Later on the order, Kenny entered riding in a sedan chair with hidden his face the back of the fan. After entrances of Kenny, beautiful bride entered hidden her hands back of traditional fabric.
First, the groom walked to the east side of the wedding table. Then the bride walked to the west end.
The bride and groom then faced each other across the wedding table. The helpers washed the hands of the bride and groom. The washing of their hands symbolized cleansing themselves for the ceremony.
With the aid of her helpers, the bride bowed twice to the groom. With the aid of his helpers, the groom bowed back once to the bride. The bride then bowed two more times to the groom, who bowed back once more. They finished by kneeling down and facing each other. The bowing represented the promise of commitment to each other.
Second, this part of the ceremony had two main variations, due to regional differences. The first variation had the couple drinking from the same cup, with their assistants passing it back and forth between bride and groom. The second variation had them drinking from separate halves of a gourd. The drinking signified the destiny of the new husband and wife, as well as their harmony together. Using two halves of the same gourd further symbolized that the bride and groom each made up one half and only together could they be considered whole.
Third, as soon as the congratulator shouted the well wishing remark;" Pray to make a living well and to have 12 babies", Kenny's friend let fly the chickens.
A male and female chicken (one wrapped in a blue cloth, the other in a red one) sit on or under the wedding table. One meaning is the symbolism associated between roosters and the morning. The crowing of the rooster marked the beginning of the day, a bright, fresh start, just like the marriage should be. The crowing of the rooster also told the evil spirits that day was coming and they had to disappear. The rooster in the wedding ceremony marks a hope that evil spirits will go away and not trouble the new couple.A secondary meaning represents the hopes that the couple will have many children, very important in a traditional agrarian society. As productive chickens made many eggs, thus should the new bride produce many children.
Finally, the groom and bride joined together and bowed three times: once to their parents, once to their ancestors, and once to the guests.
After bowed, the groom and bride had walking on the unfolded carpet in the middle of the ceremony. The same time, all of congratulator throw some rices and red-bean to pray for the groom and bride future(IT IS VERY INTERESTING).
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Adjusting to marriage
Adjusting to marriage
There are the kinds of adjustment that a newly married people must make a happy marriage life. They faced the problems by a stranger in a new culture. they need to understand what are the major adjustment, how to adjust their conflict of opinions. There are four important factors that may adjust the process of the marriage life; professional adjustment, social adjustment, personal adjustment and emotional adjustment.
First, professional adjustment being controlled their time in the office all day must share and change. For example, it's time to finish work, they want to leave at the office ASAP. According to their temper, they have the different ways to overcome this problem; to go out silently without the word " See you tomorrow", to hurry out like being some problems to their home, to leave fairy to say " Go back home ahead".
Second, social adjustment need to arrange their relationship with friends, relatives, and colleagues. The less to meet to attend, the more to meet their relative. For example, they must to attend the ceremony their relative's wedding instead of the friend's birthday.
Third, personal adjustment need to make lots of efforts each other. As it were, before they married, all of the habit is no problem. But they to make happy their home, should to take after their partner in habit. For instance, as soon as wake up read the newspaper for ten or fifteen minutes in the bathroom every morning. they are busy together every morning, if one stay in the bathroom, the partner shouldn't use bathroom and then they should adjust the times. in addition to the detail adjustment, one sleep always on the bed, in the opposite, the other sleep on the floor of a room.
Finally, it is most difficult to adjust emotional difference. Before married, they were angry and complain whenever it happen some problems and to quit their office. But after married, they have a family responsibility and put up with the situation.
Most of married people realized that they adjust their profession, sociality, personality and emotion according to these factors. In fact, these changes are similar to make gradual progress together. To make their sweet home, they should accept the variation of four factors joyfully.
Business English Idioms
way, war, time, no, see Idioms
1. My father is so set in his way that he refuses to recognize my brother's ability.
2. If you really want to be a musical singer, I won't stand in your way any longer.
3. It's a long way to the top if you want to rock'n rall.
4. The question of your poll is still way off from what you actually should be asking.
5. We’ve both come a long way since I first met you as a junior office.
6. A punishment reinforce to a criminal can be one way
7. Every day we are bombarded with a great deal of information.
8.This young star has her sights set on someday conquering the States and even giving acting a try in the future.
9. To speak correctly in the business is a real minefield.
10. He upsets everybody with his arrogant attitude. He's his own worst enermy.
11. I can't afford to spend any more time on housework.
12. We can save 1 hours if we take a subway. due to blucking the entrance to International Marathon
13, I value the time I get along with my children.
14. I don't want to waste time watching on TV.
15. I like to spare a couple of hours a week to walk near by my house with my husband.
16. They have no idea when it's coming back on.
17. It is no joke. I really want to travel with you.
18. Swimming is no picnic to peaple likeMary who has a weak chest.
19. No doubt about our winning the game, so get some sleep.
20 Since her face is well known to movie fans all over the world, there would be no point in her traveling incognito.
21. I can't see the point in another day. When nobody listens to a word I say.
22. Is it time to change your point of view?
23. I put the right blinker on because my right light was stuck.
24. Before all of the students got the picture, the teacher had to explain the problem over and over again.
25. this mystery will not be cleared up until we find who stole the key.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Kenny's wedding ceremony
Korea traditional wedding ceremony
"Congratulations"
I had special experience. I attended to my English teacher, Kenny's wedding ceremony; Korea traditional wedding is attractive spectacle to me.
Even though it was a heavy rain during the ceremony, all of people including the Kenny and his fiance delighted all the time in wedding ceremony.
The ceremony started the Korean traditional percussion quartet,"Samulnori" and then both of mother light a candle on the wedding table. Later on the order, Kenny entered with hidden his face the back of the fan. After entrances of Kenny, beautiful bride entered hidden her hands back of traditional fabric.
First, the groom walked to the east side of the wedding table. Then the bride walked to the west end.
The bride and groom then faced each other across the wedding table. The helpers washed the hands of the bride and groom. The washing of their hands symbolized cleansing themselves for the ceremony.
With the aid of her helpers, the bride bowed twice to the groom. With the aid of his helpers, the groom bowed back once to the bride. The bride then bowed two more times to the groom, who bowed back once more. They finished by kneeling down and facing each other. The bowing represented the promise of commitment to each other.
Second, this part of the ceremony had two main variations, due to regional differences. The first variation had the couple drinking from the same cup, with their assistants passing it back and forth between bride and groom. The second variation had them drinking from separate halves of a gourd. The drinking signified the destiny of the new husband and wife, as well as their harmony together. Using two halves of the same gourd further symbolized that the bride and groom each made up one half and only together could they be considered whole.
Third, as soon as the congratulator shouted the well wishing remark;" Pray to make a living well and to have 12 babies", Kenny's friend let fly the chickens.
A male and female chicken (one wrapped in a blue cloth, the other in a red one) sit on or under the wedding table. One meaning is the symbolism associated between roosters and the morning. The crowing of the rooster marked the beginning of the day, a bright, fresh start, just like the marriage should be. The crowing of the rooster also told the evil spirits that day was coming and they had to disappear. The rooster in the wedding ceremony marks a hope that evil spirits will go away and not trouble the new couple.A secondary meaning represents the hopes that the couple will have many children, very important in a traditional agrarian society. As productive chickens made many eggs, thus should the new bride produce many children.
Finally, the groom and bride joined together and bowed three times: once to their parents, once to their ancestors, and once to the guests.
After bowed, the groom and bride had walking on the unfolded carpet in the middle of the ceremony. The same time, all of congratulator throw some rices and red-bean to pray for the groom and bride future(IT IS VERY INTERESTING).
It was very singularity that it was raining during the ceremony but stopped raining as soon as the ceremony finished.
Friday, April 25, 2008
An international language.
Important international language
English has become an important international language.
First, it is important in international communication. For example, airline pilots speak to communicate in English in order to fly without an accident. For instance, because each contries need to go on smoothly at the world markets. provide los of information about the politic, economy, culture, technology, sport, etc through the world wide TV news or international newspapers in English; generally using the worldwide'languge.
Second, English is important in business and trade. English is widely used in international business. Recently, English has become more important as the globalization has been fueled rapidly and the international economic organization such as World bank or the Common Market has been made to contribute to growth and control of the international business. Also owing to the increasing chances of international business such as trade negotiations or international currency exchange, the importance of English is creasing together.
Finally, English is important in international relations. If you want to work for Organization of American States, UN or World Court, excellent English skill is inevitable. Also when countries are concluding international treaties or diplomatic arrangements, English is used for official language. If the officials aren't good at English, the country can get worse results than they expect.
Nowadays, English is the key to success in some aspects. Whatever we do, we have to get the English skill in addition to our own field.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Conflicts between family members
mother & mother in law
When I had a miscarriage in third month of pregnancy being tied from my work and my whole body aches with weariness,
my mother said
"Quit working, Take care of your health by yourself. You are more important than a baby."
my mother-in-laws said
"You'd better take a some rest time to be restored to health, and then get pregrent as soon as possible."
Annie's Mailbox
Jealous hubby
Dear Annie: My sister won dancing lessons for two. Her husband couldn't go because of his work schedule, so she asked me. I agreed and asked my husband if he'd like to take the classes along with us, but he wasn't interested.
Sis and I really enjoyed the lessons. Since we weren't a couple, we were paired with different men who didn't have regular partners. I danced several times with "Joe" and we made a good team. Another session is scheduled to begin, and Joe wants me to sign up as his partner so we can enter competitions at local studios.
Here's the problem: My sister isn't able to attend the next session because she is helping her daughter for a few weeks. My husband is adamantly opposed to my staying in the class with Joe now that my sister won't be there.
I explained that all the lessons and competitions are held in studios with several other people present and it won't be any different than the lessons I've been taking all along. I told my husband he could come and watch, but anything that doesn't include a football doesn't interest him.
I am a 46-year-old grandmother of two. Joe is 12 years younger and in a relationship with someone. I've offered to introduce my husband to Joe, but he says no. At first I was upset because I enjoy the dancing so much. Now I am furious that my husband doesn't trust me. Should I go ahead with the lessons anyway or sit at home in front of the TV with my mate? -- Ready To Dance with the Stars
Dear Ready: It's unfair of your husband to object when he won't take the time to attend a lesson or meet Joe. Are you justified to continue? Sure, if you don't mind making Hubby jealous and think you don't respect his wishes. Or you can simply wait until your sister is available to rejoin the sessions. It might help to put your dancing shoe on the other foot and ask yourself how you'd feel if he danced exclusively with another woman. Then make up your own mind.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
presentation(body)
Sonway Solatr Electronic's Sales by product
Continuously, I'd show the second part of the presentation;
It is nearly triples of original year's sales product as to 3 items.
In 1982, we producted just by solar unit.
4 years later, in 1986,
As we added to automatic generator, we had double growth of sales product.
In 1990,we had gradually improvement same percents of two items sales ratio.
Finally in 1994, we increased sales product with diversification into energy accessories.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Slang
Common American Slang Expressions
1.ace
He's an ace reporter.
☞ very good
2.action
Do you know where the action is in this town?
☞ excitement
3.airhead
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
☞ stupid person
4. awesome
What an awesome sunset.
☞ great
5. bad
Wow, that was really a bad movie.
☞ intense
6. beat
After working all day I am really beat.
☞ exhausted
7. beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
☞ B.M.W. car
8. big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
☞ talk too much
9. big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
☞ big issue
10. blow one's cool
Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
☞ become angry
11. blown away
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
☞ greatly impressed
12. bomb
The movie was a bomb.
☞ bad
13. couch potato
He is a couch potato.
☞ lazy person
14. cram
I need more time to cram for the test.
☞ study hard
15. deep pockets
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
☞ is a good source of money
16. face-off
The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
☞ confrontation
17. far-out
This music is really far-out.
☞ great
18.get it
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
☞ understand
19. get with it
If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
☞ hurry up
20. go bananas
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
☞ go crazy
21. go down
What is going down?
☞ happening
22. keep one's cool
He kept his cool when his house burned down.
☞ remained calm
23.mellow
You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
☞ calm down and relax
24. nick
The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
☞ arrested
25.nip
He took a nip out of the bottle.
☞ a quick drink
26.peanuts
I am not going to work for peanuts.
☞ practically no money
27.sack
When did you hit the sack last night?
☞ go to bed
28. take a hike
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
☞ leave
29. bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
☞ taken out of the game
30. rocks
Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
☞ with ice
concern sites
Saturday, April 19, 2008
vocabulary
Extantion of vocabulary
1. inform (v)
We will inform you in writing if your application has been sucessful.
- information(n)
Call information and ask for her phone.
I couldn't obtain any information about their seceret activities.
2. amuse(v)
There is an amused spectaters, it is one of the seven episodes of the Pongsan Mask Dance.
- amusement(n)
Steamers tooted at us as sailors on deck waved in amusement.
- amusinng(adj)
I don't find that type of humor very amusing at all.
3. persuade(v)
Nobody could persuade her to change her mind.
- persuasion(n)
We achieve much more by persuasion than by brute force.
- persuasive(adj)
He can be very persuasive.
- persuasively(adv)
My boss speak to angry citizen persuasively
- persuasiveness(n)
I couldn't reject to go to the meeting due to his persuasiveness.
4. train(n)
We thaveled across korea by train.
- train(vt)
They were training hin to use the new filing system.
He trained as a chef in Paris.
- trained(adj)
A team of trained voluteers will be availible to help.
- trainee(n)
Trainee will learn a skill that is valued in many countries.
- trainer(n)
The baseball trainer is very fearful.
- training(n)
Counselling is a difficult job requairing skill and training.
5. transition(n)
It is interesting to study about the transition of the clothes from ancient to mordern times.
- transit(n)
We are working to improve the city's transit option.
- transitional(adj)
After the vote of the Cogressman, there is a little transitional government.
6. emphasize(v)
At school they emphasize good manners.
- emphatic(adj)
He refused my offer with an emphatic shake of the hand.
- emphatically(adv)
Scientists proved emphatically that there was a link between smoking and cancer.
- emphasis(n)
The main empasis should be on quality rather than quantity.
7. diversification(n)
It is important to inform for student about the diversification of job.
- diversified(a)
The region posesses a highly diversified and skilled workforce.
- diversify(v)
Faced with a changing environment, most oganism will adapt and diversify.
8. impact(n)
Internet shopping has began to have a serious impact on the traditiona bookstores.
- impact(v)
We have to make change that don't impact ours customers more than they need to.
9. distracting(a)
I find it too distracting to work with the the televsion on.
- distrat(v)
she was distrated by the sound of running wather.
- distracted(adj)
All summer Rosie seemed distant and distracted.
- distraction(n)
We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distraction.
