Zi+Yang

= new year resolution = Since I arrived in US, I have already spent a lot of money not only for study but also on my daily life. Since my cellphone has been shut off for default the bill in the end of last year I decided to save more money from my living expenses. I went to the wireless company today. In order to save more money I made a lower data plan for my phone. As a new year begins, there are lots of aspects that I should take care of for saving money, such as, less shopping and less eating in restaurants. Then, maybe, at the same time of saving money I can also lose some weight in the new year.

In addition, another new year resolution of me is to get a higher grade point average in academic courses. I have registered some difficult classes which are so tough for me. But I bet I will do my best to get a better score on those tasks in the next year.

Jan 10 2011 Free Writing Time Management To make thing more organized, time should be management well. I think everyone is familiar with time management. People had plans for their lives usually. Time management seems like so important in people's daily life. Because of planning the time is a efficient way to get people's lives more organized. If a persons cannot manage his time well, then he wont know what to do currently. He may have a plan of something but he won't know how long will it take and difficult it is.

Jan 11 2011 television Introduction Nowadays people always have lots of work to deal with everyday on not only working but also daily lives. So less time would be used for having fun and do some exercises. Television become an important part of people's lives. no matter who you are, no matter what stage you are in, watching TV shows seems to become a popular active for leisure time. Different kinds of TV shows which might including almost all details and aspects that people want to be ware of are so interesting for everyone, because each person can find something they like in there. However, there are still some bad effects that television exert on us. Many serious social problem can related to the television, such as fat. I think junk food which caused fat directly will come to everyone's mind when talk about television. Apparently, bad influences of television cannot be ignore somehow.

Jan 12 2011 1. Children learn to read and write emphasizing grammar, spelling and punctuation. However, adult rarely do whole language reading. Teacher always edit children's work. 2. I think fix what I wrote according to teachers comments is really important for me to improve my writing skill. I also need to pay more attention on grammar, spelling and punctuation whenever I am reading or writing. 3. Adults usually can fix their work by them selves, then redraft what they wrote or read again and again. I think that will be impressive than what teacher told you to edit. So teacher's edit may works better for children than for an adult.

Brainstorm topic: Major business, career, what kind of work after graduate, all kinds of skills, writing papers, calculate, business presentation, using computer skills, many Chinese student, promote development of economy, promote international trades, Topic: My major provides so much useful knowledge and skills to help me survive in the future.

Exercise 2-11 1. The hotel business is just one type of enterprise that has profited by the invention of computers. In the hotel business, computers ease the load at the front desk. With a computer, a clerk can make a reservation easily and quickly, without the use of cards, racks, or registration books. So when guests come in to register, their reservations can be checked, and they can be given available rooms without much fuss or brother. And with a computer, the clerk can get an instant update of the room status. This tells the clerk which rooms are available to guests.

2. Political conventions in America attract all kinds of of people besides delegates. The pro-life people, the pro-choice people, the supporters of unclear energy, and the pro- gays and anti-gays are probably the most common groupsGroups who wish to attract attention to their political and social causes demonstrate outside the convention halls. You are sure to see an artist or two doing chalk portraits of the candidates on the sidewalks. Others just like to poke fun at the candidates. . Another social-political group is the one advocating more civil rights and better economic opportunities for minorities. For instance, at most conventions you will find at least a couple of people wearing masks of their favorite or least favorite candidates.

3. My family had just moved here from California, and she did not think I was up with the rest of my class. My teacher treated me as if I was about two grade levels below my classmates. An example of this kind of prejudice happened to me when I was in the fourth grade. I remember one time when all the students were being allowed to choose a book, they wanted to read. When it was my turn to choose a book, she laughed at me and said, "Oh, that one is too hard for you. I'll choose one for you." I was so embarrasses. I thought that she should not embarrass me in front of the class like that.

Exercise 2-12 1 First of all, teenagers work for their own current expenses. For example, my cousin Celia works at clothing store and buys all her own clothes. Young people want to make money for their future. Young people want to buy clothes, and they want to save money to buy a car or a stereo or a television. My cousin Robert is doing this for his future. He also told me that he is saving money to set up a household after marriage.

2 The driving lesson I got from my fiance was very distressing one. I start off very well until my fiance started getting bossy. I did one wrong thing so he started shouting at me. The little incident occurrred when he wanted me to make a U-turn in the middle of the street. As I was trying to do that, I turned the wheels too hard and the wheels hit the end of the curb. My fiance started yelling at me as if he were crazy. I decided after this incident that my fiance was not the right person to teach me to drive. So I calmly put the car in park and started to get out to let him drive since I obviously wasn't doing it the way he wanted. But he grabbed my arm and told me to finish getting the car out of the middle of the street. He also wanted me to move the car because there were cars coming in both directions. Oh I forgot to tell you that when the tires hit the curb, the car stopped in the middle of the street.

3 The way women are shown in TV commercials today has changed compared with 20 years ago. Twenty years ago, commercials mostly showed women as brainless housewives. In those commercials, women were concerned about getting the best laundry detergents, the softest toilet paper, or the tastiest soup. They were portrayed as sort of dumb and silly, as if the most important thing in the world was getting hamburger on sale. Women in commercials today are not just housewives. They are shown as professional working people, too. For example, in one telephone commercial, a woman with a briefcase is saying goodbye to her child and husband as she is about to catch a plane. In commercials today, women are shown as housewives, but they are not portrayed as so dumb. For example, the woman in the Dristan commercial I saw last night seemed like a normal, intelligent person.

Exercise 2-13
As a university student, everyone have to choose a major. there are so many factors of how to choose a major. For instance, people's interest are always considered as a crucial element of selecting a major. However, the truth is that not everyone choose their favorite field to learn. It illustrate that there are still some other irreplaceable factors of major's choices. What I thought when I made an option on my major is the future opportunities. International Business major provide a lot of course which relate to many fields for learners. Generally, students of this major can get variety knowledge and skills which can help them survive from the intensive competition in the future.

**Exercise 2-14** **test anxious** brainstorm: nervous, breathe difficult, review the knowledge again and again, check each other with friends before tests, cannot fall asleep easily, even dream about the test,

Almost every student had suffered with the feeling of anxious before test. Some of the students might conquer the feeling, but others usually affected by their fears. Seems like that the results of the test are not only depend on the academic knowledge but the tolerance of the pressure as well. There are few method to help a person surmounting their anxiety before tests. Let us begin with a deep breath which is considered as the most easily and efficient way to wipe the worries off. In addition, listening to musics is also a good way for examinees. Holding the books can only make you more nervous. So why don't you just throw away all the materials away and relax yourself in a music.
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Jan 25 I always feel nervous before a test. And usually, I prefer multiple choice and true/false questions rather than short answer and essay questions. For multiple choice, The answers it provide can somehow give me clues to solve a questions even when the question is not easy to solve. Talk about true/false, the probability of the get a right answer is 50 percent. Mostly, I can get a good score on this two type of questions. short answer and essay are not so common especially in the basic courses. The reason why I am not good at it is that I rarely do some exercises for these kind of questions. Actually, these questions are easy to get some score.

Jan 26 Plagiarism is always considered as a serious problem in every universities and colleges. In every professional field, plagiarism have almost the same policies of this kind of imitation behavior. Why does all the instructors so concerned about plagiarism? I think not only because of the copyright but also because the professor want the students have a better understanding of the materials by themselves. Talk about the consequences of plagiarism, it seems that there are several gaps among different universities and colleges. Such as, in Ohio University, "if a student engages in course-related academic dishonesty, his or her grade on the work in question or in the course may be lowered by the instructor." links: []

Feb 1 Brainstorm: 1. learning english, grammar, vocabulary, sentences structure, speaking, listening, reading and writing, the order of the sentences, many aspects people should learn, takes a lot of time to memorize <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">topic sentence 1: it is a lot of staff you should to memorize when learning english. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">topic sentence 2: learning english is including many skills. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">topic sentence 3: English has lots of different with learners first language.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. historical view sight, lots of culture relics, beach view sight, mountains,

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Feb 3th <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Thesis statement <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Three reasons why people save their books. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. One reason people save their books is to use them as reference materials. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> A. People save professional books for future reference. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1. a doctor keep his books <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 2. English teachers keep novels <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 3. lawyers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> B. non-professional books 1.people who like to cook 2. electronic equipment 3. families with children 2. Another reason some people save books is to make a good impression. A. make people look sophisticated B. this impression may be inaccurate 3. discovered the magic of books A. represents experiences B. providing information

Feb 21,2011 anxiety: fear demand: need fulfill: meet, reach essential: important, crucial ailment: fatal disease esteem: respect, accomplishment recognition: identification

Feb 23, 2011 comedy:
 * 1) Date Night,
 * 2) Rush Hours,
 * 3) Sex and the City,
 * 4) Get Smart,
 * 5) How I Met Your Mother,
 * 6) Just Wright,
 * 7) White Chicks,
 * 8) Green Hornet,
 * 9) Beverly Hills Chihuahua
 * 10) The Back-up Plan

Exercise 9-9 1.