Feng+Guo

Happy New Year! Many people this time of year decide to do a New Year's Resolution. Do you have any? What are they and why did you choose them? If you didn't do any why not?
====I do have a New Year's Resolution which is join two or three students' clubs in this year. In my opinion, there are three benefits about joining these groups. First of all, I can make more friends. Different clubs have different memberships, I can meet many new faces after I joined these groups. I want to make some new friends and it's better come from other countries. Moreover, I can aquire a lot from students' clubs. There are many different kinds of clubs and also have many members in the clubs, they may come from different countries and I can learn some new culture and knowledge. For example, if I make a new friend who comes from Japan, I can learn Japanese. Last but not least, joining the students' clubs can practice my speaking. It's very useful to improve my english in the daily life. I hope I can acheive my goal in the future.====

Free Writing
====There are four important parts of time management. First of all, people should make a goal about their future. Then they can focus on what they need to do and ignore less important things. Using their time to do right thing and make their action more effective. For example, if you make a plan about GRE, you should put this plan on the top of schedule. Second, If you are a manger, you need to know how to arrange your people. It's important to let people on the right places and work for right thing. Through this way, you can save your time. Also this method can help you achieve your goal quickly. Next, try to learn how to be with your boss is another part of time management. People need to arrange their relationship, especially with their boss. After the boss told you what job you need to do, you should begin to arrange your time and make a plan to control it, finish it in the period time. Last but not least, do not waste your time in the daily time.====

Computer
====Nowadays, the population of human being becomes larger and the activity areas become wider. However, I feel the world becomes smaller after the computer came out. About this invention, some people hold opinion that it's harmful meanwhile others believe it brings more benefits. In my opinion, computer brings three typical and important benefits.====

**2.11**
====1 The hotel business is just one type of enterprise that has profiled 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. And with a computer, a clerk can get an instant update of the room status. This tells the clerk which rooms are available to guests. So when guests come in to register, their reservations can be checked, and they can be given available rooms without much fuss or bother. ==== ====2 Political conventions in American attract all kinds of people besides delegates.Groups who wish to attract attention to their political and social causes demonstrate outside the convention halls. The pro-life people, the pro-choice people, the supporters of nuclear energy, and the pro-gays and anti-gays are probably the most common groups. 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. No matter who they are or what their reasons are for going to the conventions, these people always add color to the sometimes boring conventions.For instance, at most conventions you will find at least a couple of people wearing masks of their favorite candidates. ====

Others dress in costumes and carry signs with outrageous comments about the candidates or the political process.
====3 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. My family had just moved here from California, and she did not think I was up with the rest of my class. I remember one time when all the students were being allowed to choose a book they want 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 embarrassed. I thought that she should not embarrass me in front of the class like that. ====

2.12
====1, Young people want to make money for their future. An example of this is saving money for an education after high school. First of all, teenagers work for their own current expenses. My cousin Robert is doing this for his future. He also told me that he is saving some money to set up a household marriage.Young people want to buy clothes, and they want to save money to buy a car or a stereo or a television. For example, my cousin Celia works at a clothing store and buys all her own clothes. Last week, she bought herself a nice leather jacket.==== ====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 occured 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 grabbes 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 wew concerned about grtting 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. 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.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.====

Jan 23 /2011 ====Water-splashing festival is one of the most interesting custom of Thai people which is a national minority in China. It is interesting because it has several fun parts and symbolizes the special significance. For example, during the festival, there is a crazy action between the guest and host whoever are children, teenager, middle age or old people. They will splash water to each other as much as they can. It means your wish and hope if you splash your water to someone. Moreover, splashing more water to someone symbolizes more happiness to him. There are a lot of people from different parts of China go to Thai area to attend this fun game every year. It is a strange culture but very interesting.====

Jan 25/2011 Combat Anxiety Brain Storm

scare, nervous, undersleep, undynamic, drink milk, rest, music, reading, story, fun game, movie, interesting topic, communication, playing, walk, eating.
Prewriting ====Many students feel anxious before a test because they are nervous and undersleep. There are some useful ways to solve this problems, such as listening favorite music or watching movie, playing fun games with friends, reading some interesting stories and communicate with someone. These ways are helpful to let you reduce your nervous before the test. For example, one of my best friends, Andy, always goes to watch a fun movie before his final exam. I am interesting about his action. I asked hime why doed he use way and does this way really helpful? He just told me:Hi, brother, look at my GPA, it is above 3.8, so the answer is obviously. Different people may have different opinions and ways to solve this problems. I hope ways that I listed can help you combat your test anxiety in your future life.====

Jan 25/2011 In my opinion, there are three main differences between college writing assignment and high school assignment. First of all, the length of a piece of writing is difference. students have to write research paper which is more than three pages in college writing, however, we just need to write one page journal in high school writing. Moreover, the structure is also different between college writing and high school writing. For example, students need to concern unity and coherence in the writing assignment but college writing has higher requirement.

Jan 26/2011 Plagiarism means the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work or something used and represented in this manner. Nowadays, this situation always happens during the test or project in the university!

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Jan 28/2011 background information-develop introduction

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Jan 29/ 2011 Learning English isn't easy Learning, Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Three parts, fundamental element, Grammar of writing, confuse, students. 1,Pronunciation is one of the most hard parts of English. 2,Vocabulary is also an important fundamental element of English. 3, Many students confuse about grammar of English.

People go to shopping centers for many reasons. living, requirement, shopping, relax, hobby, convenient, 1, People need to buy living necessities at shopping centers. 2, People go to shopping center because it gathers a lot of brands together.

Feb 3/2011 Thesis statement: There may be several reasons,but three stand out. 1.as reference materials A.job training B.interested 2.make a good impression A.well read and therefore sophisticated B.wide range of tastes and interests 3.practical reference and and for conveying and impression
 * doctor
 * teacher
 * lawyer
 * cook
 * electronic equipment
 * children
 * A.The Treasury of Houseplants or Murder on the Orient Express
 * B.The Standard First Aid and Personal Safety
 * C.Bullfinch's Mythology

Feb 21/ 2011 Vocabulary Quiz Convey: make something known to readers Attainment: acting of fulfilling <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Fulfilled: achieve; make something come true <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Testimonial: something that prove evidence. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Hierarchy: ﻿a series of orders. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">﻿Self-esteem: a feeling pride of yourself. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Physiological: something that has relation to the biological <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Esteem: it is an attitude of respecting somebody or something <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Self-actualization: it is a high spirit that to make self-thoughts come true <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Shelter: building or home <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Namesake: a person named after another

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Feb 23/2011

TV: news programs: political news economic news, cartoon, talk show, sports program. Movies: comedy, detective film, action film, ethical film, romantic, documentary film, cartoon.

Comedy: 1,Over the top Jim Carrey < <span style="font-family: arial,宋体,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">The Mask>, <Bruce Almighty>,<Dumb & Dumber>,<The Cable Guy>,<Liar Liar>,<The Truman Show> <span style="font-family: arial,宋体,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;"> 2, <East Great Falls High >, <American Pie The Naked Mile>,<American Pie Presents: Beta House> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> 3, Funny <Hangover>, <Due Date> 4, Kungfu <Kungfu>, < // [|Armour of God II: Operation Condor] // >

Mar 2/ 2011 Nowadays, there are a lot of types of movies involing our dalily life. Comedy is one of the most popular types and also it has some specific forms. To begin with, over the top is my favorite form. It shows emotions on other ways and makes them more funny and less seiously. For example, Jim Carrey is a very famous movie star and lots of his works are over the top. such as, < <span style="font-family: arial,宋体,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">The Mask>, <Bruce Almighty>,<Dumb & Dumber>,<The Cable Guy>,<Liar Liar>,<The Truman Show>. Through his perform, people can easily get funny and remember his emotions. Second, Kungfu Comedy is another very memoriable type. About this kind of shows, the directors always join many kungfu elements. This would make plots more compact and let the audiences pay more concentration. For example, <Kungfu panda> and <Armour of God 2: Operation Condor> are two famous movies. The views of audiences is perty good. Third, this type of Comedy doesnt have exzaly name, I call him Funny Comedy. It is very simple and easy to understand. also this kind of movie are very funny and lively. for instance, <Hanfover> and <Due Date> are two tpically representatives.