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New Year Resolution I set my New Year Resolution on Dec 31, so called New Year Eve, which is to get out of OPIE and to start Academic learning on coming quarter. This is my big goal for my life because I am spending for long time in English Learning Program. I do want to improve my English skill, and I do really want to be a smart student. I am so motivated about my certain resolution from now on.

To demonstrate my resolution, I have to do hard working on my project that has so much work on it. Now I am trying to read some literature books, American novels, and other interesting books. I’ve learned a lot of words, vocabularies, slangs, and other new usages from these books. So that I love reading day by day because it is very helpful to fulfill my goal.

From reading these books, I founded what are my weakness point and trying to think how can I solve those problems. For example, I was pretty lazy to look up the dictionary, so I passed the word which is I didn’t understand, and then continued reading. When I’d seen that same word for two or three times in a page, I was sort of understanding what the writer try to say. Even though I am pretty okay with reading, I have some problem in writing essay; I am one of the slow writer, and sometimes I’m lost even the ideas.

In conclusion, I will keep going on reading process in my daily routine to access my resolution because I do understand this is how important for me. Thank You!

Time Management

This is about time management and leture by profession randy. First of all he was taking about his dieses which is tumor, and his doctor said he can live in good health for six months, and he said the doctor has very optimistic thought. He talked about how to manage our time by presenting his chores. In this video, he showed off many charts and explain about them ,and it is long about 1 hr and 16 min. the things I like most is to make a list in order and think which is more important, make a to do list and divide important and not important. and then put the list to the chart and think to do soon and not to do soon. And also he said- good judgement comes form good exprience and good experience comes from bad judgement, failing to plan is planning to fail.

Television

Everybody loves a television because it can attract to people where they reduce their stress and make a relax.Since many of interesting things come together on television channel, most of people love watching television in these day. For interesting things, such as news information, latest news, weather report, and advertising, make people to addict the television. Not only do these programs make people to addict television but also a popular TV shows make interest to people. So that the advertising is incresing rapidly.

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The Topic of a Paragraph 1. students should do their best work throughout the course. 2. the reason why he like beach. 3. something about comet which seems to come up with strange things. 4. external attributions and internal attributions when something happens.

Exercise 2-2 2 Cigarettes Cigarettes Smokers Types of Cigarette Smokers How much do they smoke a day

3 Technology Computers Three Uses of Computers Using for communicate to friends and family

4 Fatal Diseases Cancer leukemia nose bleeding

5 My Hometown Yangon City Former Capital of Burma Shwedagon Pagoda 6 My Favorite Athlete Tennis Andy Roddick US open 2003 Champion

Exercise 2-5

2. Number of museums make my hometown to be a wonderful place. 3. Computer technology and lab are needed at this school. 4. Walking exercise is good for your health. 5. Driving a car recklessly can be hazardous. 6. Computers are useful for a studying. 7. People love to go to the park because there are many interesting things to do there. 8. Watching television is bad for your eyes.

Exercise 2-7

Pollution is the most important problem which is threatening the earth rapidly; there are three different pollution: land pollution, air pollution, and water pollution. Most of all pollutions are created by people including sewage, coal burning, produce greenhouse gas, and produce smoke,etc,. Most of them can be found in everywhere of the earth such as sea, river, and urban city area.

from driving car - produce to much smoke and carbon dioxide from engine greenhouse - produce carbon dioxide, and heat from factory - using a lot of chemical may increase air pollution using a lot of electricity - harmful to environment decreasing green forest - increasing global warming testing weapon and produce nuclear weapons - can cause water pollution and harmful to sea animals_big challenge to the world

Exercise 2-9

Topic Sentence: Pollution is the most important problem which is threatening to earth, including land pollution,air pollution,and water pollution, created by people. Support: 1. Driving a car is produced a lot of smoke which is carbon dioxide from engine. 2. People who live around factory zone may risky because the factories use a lot of chemical and toxic waste 3. Producing heat and carbon dioxide from greenhouse and deforesting cause global warming and changing weather. 4. Using over electricity is harmful to environment. 5. Testing weapons and produce nuclear weapons can cause water pollution and harmful to sea animals and follow them into extinction.

Exercise 2-13

Pollution is the most important problem which is threatening to earth and human beings, including land pollution, air pollution, and water pollution, created by people. Driving a car is produced a lot of smoke which is carbon dioxide from the engine, caused air pollution; people using a lot of electricity is also harmful to environment. They are the biggest problem faced by people who live around the urban area. And also people who live around factory zone may risky for their lives and health because the factories use a lot of chemical and toxic waste. Producing heat and carbon dioxide from greenhouse and deforesting cause global warming and changing weather which is the most threatening thing to earth and human. Pollutions can be caused by people testing weapons and produce nuclear weapons. On the other hand, testing weapons through to the sea can harmful to sea animals and follow them into extinction.

Exercise 2-14

Many students feel anxious before a test. Most of student worried for the question and actual answer. If they don't give the right answer or not include impact meaning in their answer paper, they would get panic while they are examining. There are many ways to combat the test anxiety. Firstly, students do not have to panic whatever questions come out, and they have to calm down and think what would be the right answer for the question. Even though the question is strange for them, they should think for closet answer and think which answer can get more marks for their grade. One more thing that student can battle the test anxiety which is make refresh themselves and release all stress about everything; getting hungry in exam room is also annoying to student and take them away from concentrating to the exam. So that students should eat before take a test, and try to mind their test 100 percent.

Chapter: 6 - Journal Writing

Before I take the test, I feel a little bit nervous and thinking about what kind of question would be appeared in the test such as hard or easy. I prefer multiple choice question, true or false question. Sometimes, multiple choice question makes pretty confuse to me, but there is always include the right answer. So I can think what would be the best answer for the question gradually. Even I don't know the answer for that question, at least I can guess which one is the nearest one for the question. True or False question type is more brief than multiple choice question type. If I did study very well and prepare very well for the test, this type of question is the best type of question for me and also for the students. Anyway whatever question type comes out for the test, I have to study and get ready for the test.

Internet Activity

When I search for the terms by using Google, I found 80 pages for "plagiarism" and 76 pages for "academic honesty". Their policies look similar but some are barely different. I think "academic honesty" is cheating when academic learning such as using unauthorized notes or other study aid during the examination, trying to communicate with other student, and intentional hiding of library materials, allowing other student to look one's project, and doing other improper activities in student life. The "plagiarism" is also kind of cheating or copying other's idea or using original words or phrase without give a credit, copying and pasting on the Internet, and giving information without quotation. That can be found in all the area of writing, so called journalistic ethic.

Exercise 6-2

2. Storing chemical wastes is hazardous for environment. 3. Living in the city life is more difficult than living in the country life. 4. Living in a New York City is one of the challenge of your life. 5. Universities in the United States should have more humanities courses.

Exercise 6-7

1. Learning English isn't so easy.

Brainstorm a lot of grammar rules and vocabulary appear a lot of new words native people use different slangs in different states. some people speak very fast some people do not understand international accents

Thesis statement English language has a lot grammar rules. Native people speak use a lot of slangs. New english word appears day by day.

2. People go to shopping center for many reasons.

Brainstorm buy latest brand to find on sale stuffs shopping with friends and have fun window shopping to show off walking eating food

Thesis statement Some people want to buy latest brand. People walk around the mall and do walking exercise. Some people go to shopping center for eating food and watching movie.

Exercise 6-12 (Outline)

**"Why People Save Books"**
__**Thesis Statement:**__ There may be several reasons, but three stand out.

//**1. to use them as reference materials.**//

A. Professionals reference
 * 1) job training people - use for future reference
 * 2) a doctor - pharmacology books
 * 3) English teacher - anthologies and novels

B. Hobby and Interest
 * 1) recipe books
 * 2) books about stereos, computers, videotape machines
 * 3) families - encyclopedias and almanacs

//**2. to make a good impression.**//

A. Impression
 * 1) literary classics, dictionaries, and books about art, science, and history

B. Inaccurate impression
 * 1) a few people even have libraries with fake books.
 * 2) people like to reveal to visitors their wide range of tastes and interests.

//**3. enjoy reading**//

A. transported the reader to another place
 * 1) //The Treasury of Houseplants or Murder on the Orient Express//
 * 2) //The Standard First Aid and Personal Safety//
 * 3) //Bulfinch's Mythology//

Grandma

my grandma, perfect woman good housewife, good cooking good at hand sewing, very patient singing for take a nap sleep with her together when i was young age help me always

"Motivation"

advertisers have to understand what consumer needs for how much amount to produce their product example: restaurant - use fresh vegetable and meat, good service

Exercise 9-4

hierarchy - to put people in order at work or project esteem - being a proud for something, to be honored self-actualization - make sure or do reality by myself deterioration - to reduce the quality or strength contribution - donate or join for the good future acquiring - developing or win something for others effort slogan - the phrase which is use for the people to recognize their product easily

Exercise 9-6

6. smoking experience. behavior 7. reading history 8. their style. interest 9. the way they drive. speedy, slowly 10. their knowledge, intelligent

**Television Shows**
//**Movie**// Hollywood Movies - Romance- Entrapment, Romeo and Juliet, Avatar, Anna and the King, Titanic, Sweet November, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, America's Sweetheart, Zorro, Too much, Notting Hill,Birdget Jones's Diary, The Proposal, Miss congeniality, Ghost Foreign Movies - Taguki, Coffee prince

**//Reality shows//** Talk shows - Larry King Live competition shows- American Idol, American got talent

//**Music**// MTV, Live Concert, Video making

//**News**// Weather news, International news, Local News, National news

//**Comedy**// Funniest videos, Akman the Dead Terrorist

3D movie Sean Connery,Catherine Zeta Jones - romance & detective Sharon Stone, sean yan phat- romance & asian culture Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet - romance & reality Keanu Reeves, charlize theron - love & romance Leonardo Dicaprio, claire danes - love & romance richard gere, julia roberts - love & romance Billy Crystle, Catherine Zeta Jones - romance & love affair Catherine Zeta Jones, antonio banderas - romance & horror antonio banderas, Melanie Griffith - romance & comedy Huge Grant, julia roberts - romance & comedy renee zellweger, Huge Grant - romance & detective sandra bullock, ryan reynolds - romance & comedy sandra bullock, michael caine - romance & comedy demi moore, patrick swayze - love & romance

Exercise 9-9

1. Cold remedies 2. ingredients of those remedies and its affects 3. cure, drugs, cold symptoms 4.topical, oral 5.Cough remedies approach his symptom in different ways. 6.suppressants-brain to depress the cough, lonzenges. Expectorants- liquefy and loosen phlegm 7.yes 8.yes