Title : Tuesdays with Morrie Author : Mitch Albom
Publisher & Year : Random house/1997
Vocabularies :
limitation ( restriction ) gingerly ( careful )
commode ( a urinal ) dab ( pat )
ass ( buttock ) grapple ( grab )
time warp ( time distortion ) visit with ( chat )
compassion ( sympathy ) promising ( hopeful )
in light of ( considering ) jot ( note )
nasty ( unpleasant ) slob ( a dirty person )
bellow ( yell ) true to form ( usually )
insidious ( creeping ) urinate ( piss )
wilt ( enervation )
agitated ( excited )
break in ( meddle )
squirm ( hesitate )
a good day's work ( Works that take one day )
giggle ( laugh )
atrophied ( dwindle )
ramble ( wander )
alienation ( a credibility gap )
pep ( cheer )
Reflection :
Tuesdays with Morrie, This book's opening part is Mitch who is Morrie's university student knew Morrie Schwartz had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. So, Mitch met Morrie and visited with him. The contents , After graduating university , Mitch only follow money and work when he was 20s. After years , Mitch became 30s.
One day, He saw tv program 'Night Line', he witness Morrie's
interview and noticed that Morrie had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Mitch remembered promises to visit Morrie after graduation. So, Mitch met Morrie every Tuesday and talked about a kind of life lesson. One of the lesson, This was very interesting, It was about Method of Morrie when he receive other people. Nowadays, we face many people. but how many people listen to other people? we pretend to listen with attention. But, Morrie was a person who give ear and pour in to his passion for other people.
How much we are happy if we have a friends like Morrie. Also, Morrie said, we should free ourselves from our cultures. Our cultures make us follow better car, luxury. We have our values and shouldn't follow other people. Facing the death, self possessed Morrie's a lesson and an easy and composed attitude, because of that lesson, Mitch is changing. Also, I think about me and experience many changes.
Morrie taught to me meaning of life, It is very thankful to be alive. A gloomy atmosphere that a death gives, Morrie got through a gloomy atmosphere by humor.
He never frustrate while his body is paralyzed. If we are sad and gloomy, we should cry and free from that emotions. I think the tear is shameful. but after reading this book, I felt more comfortable. Morrie said , a death is not a decline. it is just a course of life. Don't fear get older. Don't boast younger. We should always
thank to being alive. We don't have enough time. The while we should live and love each other.
2009년 8월 22일 토요일
2009년 6월 13일 토요일
Book Report 2
Title : The secret diary of adrian mole aged 13 3/4
Author : Sue Townsend
Publisher & Year : 도솔/1994
Vocabularies :
boil (furuncle)
malingerer (a person who pretends to be sick)
solicitors (lawyer)
paper round (delivering newspaper)
squalor (filth)
blotch (a small unpleasant-looking area of colour)
colander (a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in)
pacifist (someone who believes that violence is wrong and refuses to take part in wars)
spotty (has spots on their face)
pram (baby carriage）
inmate (the prisoner)
matron ( the woman who is in charge of all the nurses)
Reflection :
Adrian mole has a lot of troubles. All problems make him exhausted while he is living.
A pimple, various things, troubles between his parents, it makes him exhausted.
But there are some consolations like 14 years old girl who insist the equality of the both sexes, 89 years old person who is chain smoker and best friend who is ill-mannered.
All they help mole with remove his shy personality. he believe he is an intellectual.
of course, he is poet. he bought letter paper which is colorful , wrote poet and sent it to BBC broadcast station.
A dog , unlucky thing, bad health follow him.
I think that the topic in this book is included in the word " the adolescent boy's diary " The name of this book is secret diary, but it is list of trivial boy's day. it is just episode of life. There are no heaviness of life. just smiling and sympathizing, it is full of such lightness. and also it includes main character experience strange change and psychological feeling of uneasiness. but, he is maturing through other people. Also I am in adolescent. while I was reading this book. I thought it was little boring but this book express our life well. When we become an adult, if we think about adolescent, we will smile because that was pure day. A diary means private and individual record as reading these book.
we can sympathize with main character and also these book remind us of our memories. I realized the only thing that is important to us is to remove pimple, how we would spend tough test times, the imagination of who I would married in the future; these thoughts will support my adolescent. I think it is the topic and merit of this book.
Author : Sue Townsend
Publisher & Year : 도솔/1994
Vocabularies :
boil (furuncle)
malingerer (a person who pretends to be sick)
solicitors (lawyer)
paper round (delivering newspaper)
squalor (filth)
blotch (a small unpleasant-looking area of colour)
colander (a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in)
pacifist (someone who believes that violence is wrong and refuses to take part in wars)
spotty (has spots on their face)
pram (baby carriage）
inmate (the prisoner)
matron ( the woman who is in charge of all the nurses)
Reflection :
Adrian mole has a lot of troubles. All problems make him exhausted while he is living.
A pimple, various things, troubles between his parents, it makes him exhausted.
But there are some consolations like 14 years old girl who insist the equality of the both sexes, 89 years old person who is chain smoker and best friend who is ill-mannered.
All they help mole with remove his shy personality. he believe he is an intellectual.
of course, he is poet. he bought letter paper which is colorful , wrote poet and sent it to BBC broadcast station.
A dog , unlucky thing, bad health follow him.
I think that the topic in this book is included in the word " the adolescent boy's diary " The name of this book is secret diary, but it is list of trivial boy's day. it is just episode of life. There are no heaviness of life. just smiling and sympathizing, it is full of such lightness. and also it includes main character experience strange change and psychological feeling of uneasiness. but, he is maturing through other people. Also I am in adolescent. while I was reading this book. I thought it was little boring but this book express our life well. When we become an adult, if we think about adolescent, we will smile because that was pure day. A diary means private and individual record as reading these book.
we can sympathize with main character and also these book remind us of our memories. I realized the only thing that is important to us is to remove pimple, how we would spend tough test times, the imagination of who I would married in the future; these thoughts will support my adolescent. I think it is the topic and merit of this book.
2009년 6월 3일 수요일
Global warming
I will introduce diverse efforts to prevent Global warming.
The global warming means that the earth temperature becomes rising due to the increased greenhouse gasses.
If earth temperature rise, the ice berg would be melting.
the sea water temperature substantially goes down.
It means that abnormal climate spoils food chain and also takes away our beautiful place.
To protect ourselves from global warming, We should protect the environment.
Some time ago I saw a newspaper article written as "To cope with the global warming, only 10 year left." If we cannot decrease the carbon dioxide emmision, the main culprit of the global warming within this 10 years, we cannot correct the situations.
We do not have enough time. We all need to do our best efforts to overcome the problem.
That starts from small thing that we do.
First, To protect ourselves from global warming, we shouldn't destroy Ozone.
Ozone can be shield to block the sun's ray. A amount of the sun's ray can cause Global warming.
So, we do not use hair spray. It makes freon gas which destroy Ozone.
Second, the Use the public transportation. Using the cars also causes the global warming. The exhaust fumes of the cars give off a lot of carbon dioxide. If you don't drive a car per 2km, you can reduce the use of the car's exhaust gases about 600kg.
Third, we should minimize the use of air conditioners and heaters. During summer or winter, a lot of people always turn on the air conditioner or heater even when they are a little bit hot or cold. They give off lots of freon gas. Freon gas also cause the global warming. Especially raise the air conditioner's air cooling temperature in summer, and wear winter-weigh clothes to be able to rise our body temperature in winter.
Last, We can also plant trees. The trees absorb the carbon dioxide and emit the oxygen. Therefore, it can reduce the amount of the carbon dioxide in the air by planting many trees
On this wise, There are many ways to prevent the global warming what more. We should take care about the global warming and find something around you to solve this problem.
The global warming means that the earth temperature becomes rising due to the increased greenhouse gasses.
If earth temperature rise, the ice berg would be melting.
the sea water temperature substantially goes down.
It means that abnormal climate spoils food chain and also takes away our beautiful place.
To protect ourselves from global warming, We should protect the environment.
Some time ago I saw a newspaper article written as "To cope with the global warming, only 10 year left." If we cannot decrease the carbon dioxide emmision, the main culprit of the global warming within this 10 years, we cannot correct the situations.
We do not have enough time. We all need to do our best efforts to overcome the problem.
That starts from small thing that we do.
First, To protect ourselves from global warming, we shouldn't destroy Ozone.
Ozone can be shield to block the sun's ray. A amount of the sun's ray can cause Global warming.
So, we do not use hair spray. It makes freon gas which destroy Ozone.
Second, the Use the public transportation. Using the cars also causes the global warming. The exhaust fumes of the cars give off a lot of carbon dioxide. If you don't drive a car per 2km, you can reduce the use of the car's exhaust gases about 600kg.
Third, we should minimize the use of air conditioners and heaters. During summer or winter, a lot of people always turn on the air conditioner or heater even when they are a little bit hot or cold. They give off lots of freon gas. Freon gas also cause the global warming. Especially raise the air conditioner's air cooling temperature in summer, and wear winter-weigh clothes to be able to rise our body temperature in winter.
Last, We can also plant trees. The trees absorb the carbon dioxide and emit the oxygen. Therefore, it can reduce the amount of the carbon dioxide in the air by planting many trees
On this wise, There are many ways to prevent the global warming what more. We should take care about the global warming and find something around you to solve this problem.
2009년 5월 26일 화요일
Book Report 1
Title : Living green
Author : 이찬승
Publisher/year : 능률/2008
Vocabularies :
Sustainable - 지속가능한
Drainage - 배수
Pack - 싸다(포장)
Meet demand - 수요를 만족시키다.
Summary :
As industry is developed, Because of Fatory's waste, waste gas, and so on. the environment is more contaminated.
In recent years, many people have joined the growing movement for sustainable development.
As a result, people build green building, use big window, make gardens on top of the building.
It is expected to improve these contamination.
Comment :
I think it's very good thing.
So, people should do this like using bing window and solar heat system. Furthermore, We ( who are students or normal person ) shouldn't do work that contaminates our environment. If you preserve our environment, we can live in clear world.
Author : 이찬승
Publisher/year : 능률/2008
Vocabularies :
Sustainable - 지속가능한
Drainage - 배수
Pack - 싸다(포장)
Meet demand - 수요를 만족시키다.
Summary :
As industry is developed, Because of Fatory's waste, waste gas, and so on. the environment is more contaminated.
In recent years, many people have joined the growing movement for sustainable development.
As a result, people build green building, use big window, make gardens on top of the building.
It is expected to improve these contamination.
Comment :
I think it's very good thing.
So, people should do this like using bing window and solar heat system. Furthermore, We ( who are students or normal person ) shouldn't do work that contaminates our environment. If you preserve our environment, we can live in clear world.
2009년 5월 6일 수요일
Government budget for Conservation vs Social welfare
Topic : The limited governmental budget should be spent on conserving the world heritage sites rather than providing social welfare service (providing food, shelters and part-time jobs for the homeless.)
In my opinion, I think that the governmental budget should be spent on conserving the world heritage sites rather than providing social welfare service.
Now, Our economy is terrible. So, social welfare service is very important. but many cultural assets are destroyed by many ways like acid rain or human's senseless behavior.
I think we should conserve our cultural assets. Because a government will hire many person who doesn't have job. then, more people can earn more money and cultural assets are conserved.
Furthermore, A government can collect tax. Also, People who earn money use money for many things, and then many company will succeed. then they also pay tax.
So, A government can earn public money, our economy will also be good.
A government will spend more money to conserve cultural assets. and more and more people will be hired and our economy will also be more better.
So, I think using limited budget for conserving the cultural assets is killing two birds with one stone. We should use limit budget for conserving the cultural assets.
In my opinion, I think that the governmental budget should be spent on conserving the world heritage sites rather than providing social welfare service.
Now, Our economy is terrible. So, social welfare service is very important. but many cultural assets are destroyed by many ways like acid rain or human's senseless behavior.
I think we should conserve our cultural assets. Because a government will hire many person who doesn't have job. then, more people can earn more money and cultural assets are conserved.
Furthermore, A government can collect tax. Also, People who earn money use money for many things, and then many company will succeed. then they also pay tax.
So, A government can earn public money, our economy will also be good.
A government will spend more money to conserve cultural assets. and more and more people will be hired and our economy will also be more better.
So, I think using limited budget for conserving the cultural assets is killing two birds with one stone. We should use limit budget for conserving the cultural assets.
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