Friday, March 30, 2012

speaking report week 3

listening report week 3

video
1.Main idea : They are talking about the movie The Hunger Game " , and it is transfered from book.
2.Tone : Informative. Because it give everyone information about the movie.
3.Orgaization : Two (or more) sides of a controversy or issue are presented.
4. Summary : The moive is talking about a kids from varies district will be fought in the game until only one survive. There are a lot of people read book, and they are very excited to the movie. In addiction, The Hunger game will beat Twilight and Harry Potter.
5. My opinion : I choosse this topic because I just watch this movie last week, and it sold out lots of movie theater. In addiction , I want to see the way actors and actresses show their character in the movie.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

reading report week 3

article
1.Main idea: The price of an average gallon of regular gas increased every day, the price of gas affluent the stock market, and The president Obama has an access to solve the problem.
2.Audience: The author intends everyone. Because everyone use gas everyday, so it associates with everyone.
3.Purpose: The author wants everyone know the gas price is extremmely high in this month, and the tension with Iran is the reason effect the gas price. However , presisdent Obama want to build the pipeline to solve the problem.
4. There is no opinion in this article.
5.My opinion: I choose this article because the gas price is the hot problem in the world. I want to know about the reason about the gas price increasing everyday and the government's way to solve the problem.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Grammar review week 2

17-2
+By the time = one event is completed before another event.
         (  The use of the past perfect and future perfect in the main clause.)
 Ex:
       -By the time I did my test, the time had already done.
       -By the time my teacher is sick, she will have already absent.

+Since = from that time to the present.
         ( The present perfect is used in the main clause.)
Ex:
      -I haven't finished my spring I homework since the last session was  end.
      -I haven't remembered her since i had and accident.

+Until/Till = to that time and then no longer.
         ( Till is used more in speaking than in writing; it is generallu not used in formal English. )
Ex:
      -I have to run until i use all my energy.
      -My house will be destroyed until someone destroys it.

+As soon as/once = when one event happens , another event happens soon afterward.
 Ex:
       -As soon as I'm at home, UFO will appear.
       -Once I'm in school, School will be destroyed by a monster.

writing for jamie week 2

free wrting

Thursday, March 22, 2012

listening report week 2

article
1. Main idea: The families in Syria are being brutally murder , and the family shown is just 1 of many , but one bot is survived in this case .
2. Tone: serious . Because it has people died .
3. Organization:There is no controversy in the report; something is described or talked about.
4. Summary: I learned about the violence and abuse that is taking place and the innocent people is being massacred by thugs allied by the regime.
5. My opinion: I choose this topic because it seems interesting , and i want to know about the child that servived.

reading report week 2

article
1. Main idea : illegal logging has become a global epidemic and the organized crime is going unpunished . It's causing financial losses and damage to the environment.
2. Audience : the author audiences to everyone to protect the forest. Because this is the serious problem over the world.
3. Purpose : the author wants to inform the reader about the loss of billions of dollars worth of trees being illegally cut down and sold.
4. Opinion :"We need to fight organized crime in illegal logging the way we go after gangsters selling drugs or racketeering,"
5. My opinion : I choose this topic because trees are important to everyone , and illegal logging is bad because it causes harm to the environment

My partner's respond for Anna's homework!


A guy who was collecting the harvests, which are pear, He was climbing a tree to pick the harvests. There was a man who went to tie a goat in a better position. While the man in on the tree a man came with a bicycle and stole a basket of pear. On his way home he dropped the basket. When the man came down from the tree,he found a basket of pear missing.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Grammar week 1

1. both/and=always plural
Ex : Both Lim and Khiem are going to gym tonight .
        Both apple and orange are fruit .
    both + names = emphasis.
2. Not only/but also = choice
Ex : Not only my dad but also my nieces live in Virginia.
        Not only my nieces but also my dad lives in Virginia.
3. Neither/nor ( negative) = choice
Ex: Neither my pencils nor my highlighter is in the bag.
       Neither my highlighter nor my pencils are in the bag .
4. Either/or = choice
Ex: Either my pencils or my highlighter is not in my bag .
       Either my highlighter or my pencils are not in my bag.
(talk about more than 1 item at the same time.)

For number 2 , 3 ,4 : the subject that is closer to ther verb determines wjether the verb is singular or plural.

Free writing week 1

                                                 The advantage of Smiling
      Smiling is a kind of attitude. Smiling can make you happy , healthy ,and you can feel the life nicer when you smile . There are a lot of ways to smile . Especialy , we can smile without any reason . First , smiling makes you happy even others people happy because of your smiling . For example ,  when you are down , you should try to put a smile on your face . That is the good change for your mood to make it better . When someone smiles , they change the mood of others people , and make things more excited .
Second , smiling is a miracle medicine for everyone from a child to older , from a sicker to healther , and for any hurt or illness. Because when you smile , yu will decrease stress , and increase happiness. There are a lot of example in the life , when they smile , they can decrease their illness , even cancer . We can eassily find it on the Internet. In conclusion , smiling is the important part in the life . When you smile,you will have a lot of advantages , only you but also others .

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Writting for jamie week 1

                                             Burger King and McDonald.
   Burger king and McDonald are the fast food stores ; it might has some similarities , and it also has some differences. First of all , burgers in Burger King are bigger than burgers in McDonald. In fat content, Burger King has more contention than McDonald. Second, there are a big different from servicing . In McDonald , they have the slogan in service is " the food will be always hot ." When u go in there , you will get quality service . They focus on the quality service than the speed service . Burge king gives us a lot of choices , and they also give us quickly service . Especialy , most of the Mcdonalds have playground , and most of the places in Mcdonalds are bigger than Burger King .  Third , in McDonald ,  the order is taken by an employee, and the same employee serves the food . In Burger King , the order is taken at one place, and the food is served at another place. Finally , the food in McDonald is made before the costumers order it, and the food in  Burger King is made after the costumers order it. In conclusion , Burger King and McDonald are the American fast food , both of them have a lot of same things , but it still have some differeces .

Friday, March 16, 2012

listening report week 1

video
1.Main idea : Siri is the new sofware for iphone4s , but it makes a lot of people confuse to use .
2.Tone : Informative .
3.Organization :  There is no controversy in the report; something is described or talked about.
4.Summary : Apple created siri for everyone use it everytime. People are using Siri , they certainly have difficult to uderstand the answer when they ask siri do something . I learn a sofware want to become common is not easy , and a sofware always has problem when it release
5.My opinion : I interest in this topic because Siri is the special sofware for the new iphone , and apple want to depend on siri to sell their phone .

reading report week1

 article
1. Main idea : the author explain when they are stress , they will overeating.
2.Audience: The author intends someone who is working .
3.Purpose : The author give us the reason to make everyone understand when they stress
4. Opinion: there are no opinion in this article .
5.My opinion :This is the popular problem . In the modern life , people have a lot of pressure in their work , so they have stress . That's the reason make them overeating .

speaking report week 1

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