Friday, April 6, 2012

speaking report 4

listening report week 4

video
1.Main idea: a man is asking the united nation to send observers into Syria because the violence continues.
2.Tone: Serious because it associates with perople's life.
3.Organization: One side of an issue is presented.
4.Summary; i learned that the Syrian governmment is flying helicopters around their own country and shooting missiles and bullets at cities and towns all over Syria.If the united nation goes into Syria 200 observers will be led by a Norwegian commader. He hopes they will be sent quickly so the country can get help.
5.My opinion: I choose this video because the problem will be bigger if the united nation don't support  them.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

reading report week 4

article
1.Main idea: People found a mammoth carcass 10,000 years ago in Siberia which has a completely body.
2.Audience: The author wants everyone know it because it is a history information , and it will give us the chance to create  mammoth again.
3.Purpose:  The author persuades  they will create new mammoth very soon when they found a completely mammoth carcass. Even the ancient settlers took a lot of parts in his body, it is still good.
4.opinion: “This is the first relatively complete mammoth carcass – that is, a body with soft tissues preserved – to show evidence of human association,”  from Daniel Fisher.
5.My opinion: I interested in this article because I have follow a mammoth's information for a long time ago, and we will have new kind of elephant if the scientist can discover the problem.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

reading report in class

1.Main idea: The women usually drink coffee might be affect their children with the sleep of breast-fed babies.
2.Audience: the author intend to someone who are the mom because this article talking about the health babies when their mom use coffee.
3.Purpose: Crying and colic at 3 months old are not affected by mother's caffeine intake. The babies with mom using caffeine seem no more wake up than the babies with mom not using  .The researchers figure out with 885 babies in 2004, and they seem to wake up whenever they want.
4.Opinion:"When we planned the study, we worked with the hypothesis of association between heavy maternal consumption of caffeine and higher infant awakenings at night," by Marlos Rodrigues Domingues. 

listening report in class

1.Main idea: There are a lot of women in Afghanistan know and play boxing, and they seem to like this sport.
2.Tone: Informative because the video gives us the information about women's training boxing in Afghanistan.
3.Organization: There is no controversy in the report; something is described or talked about.
4.Summary: Some women are training for Olympic in London and for their new future. They don't have enough time to training for their Olympic. They want someone support them and give them a chance.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

grammar review week 3

Whether Or Not and Even If.

+ Whether or not: expresses the idea that neither this condition nor that condition matters; the result will be the same.
   Ex:
  -I'm going to school whether or not my car is disappeared.
  -Whether or not I'm hungry, I'm going to sleep.

+ Even if: gives the idea that a particular condition does not matter. The result will not change.
   Ex:
  -Even if my leg is broken, I will go to school.
  -Nobody believes me even if i have a video about UFO.

Especially, Sentences with even if are close in meaning to those with whether or not.

writting week 3 for jamie

the diagram