2008年12月25日 星期四

Article#12

Why We're OK With Hurting Strangers indicates that we are not care to hurt others we did not know. However, researchers did not find the reason until now.

Although floods of experts engage in observing this issue, I think the reason can be seen clearly, it is the effects of love and sympathy. If we ever seen the person or had a merely small contact with him or her, we may produce the feeling or an impression to him or her. No matter the feeling is great or bad, at least, we knew more about the person than strangers.

I think the emotion of human beings cannot be judged by high-tech machines, and that’s the reason why the experts can’t find the truth of giving indifferent attitude to strangers. Take me for example, I love some people deeply, however, I don’t know which reason I should take if someone asked me why I love them so much. I think human is the most strange creature in the world, because we can combine the feeling of like and dislike together on the same person, it’s very complicated but we usually do that unconsciously. Maybe that’s the reason why the world is filled with colorful things.(200 words)

2008年12月17日 星期三

Article#11

Thirty Years After Deng: The Man Who Changed China talks about the feats which Deng already did for China and change China into a prosperous country.

I was surprised that the foreigner had an unforgettable impression of Deng, a leader of China. I knew that hi is the pioneer to make China’s economy open to the outside world, but I did not realize that he is also a vital character for people in other countries. To me, he is a brave person who believes that he could change China, just like Obama, and he really made it by establishing the Special Economic Zones at the coasts of China.

The other important thing he had done is the decision to crush the students in Tiananmen Square in 1989. My mom told me that she was watching the news from TV when the terrible incident happened, and I was lying in her belly safe and sound at the same time. She stared at the screen and suddenly the tanks crushed those poor students, it was an extremely brutal moment, no one ever predict that Chinese government made the horrible decide in the short time.

Deng brought China to a new phase; however, he also blew the hope of democracy in China. I think the various judgments around him would never end. (212 words)

2008年12月10日 星期三

Article#10

What's Killing Florida's Coral Reefs?
Nowadays, more and more creature is at the edge of extinction because of the strange climate in the whole world and the destruction of human, coral reefs are no exception.

I think the news reveals not only the damage of global warming but also the pollution of ocean. According to the report, coral reefs could not adapt the high temperature of ocean; however, the degree gets higher and higher recently. Comparing with human beings, lots of animals are more sensitive to the environment they lived than people. Therefore, many species of creature had extinct because of the bad quality of surrounding. That means we might lose different kinds of animal, even plants, in the near future. If we would not take actions on the issue, we will get into much more troubles than now.

The other element of causing coral reefs in danger is the activities of human beings. The coasts which own beautiful coral reefs always attract seas of tourists from everywhere. The profit of eco-tourism let people take the indifferent attitude to the protect plan of creature, because the numerous opportunity of jobs can boost the economy there. Therefore, the phenomena got worse and worse everyday, but no one could totally stop it. Although the conception of protecting our mother nature has gradually accepted by people, we should take the conception into practice, without “doing” that, our ideal thinking is like to built the castle in the air. (240 words)

2008年12月4日 星期四

Article#9

How Depression Harms Your Heart shows that the mental part of human beings may cause the heart disease. However, people always show the indifferent attitude to their mood.

Nowadays, each person has his or her own stresses which come from everywhere, such as school, peers and job. I also have seas of pressure just like others. Recently, I am facing a huge problem that how to refuse the demand from peers. I want to make up my mind and stop the deed that lends them my dear notebook because I spent lots of time on writing and thinking my own notes on it. However, I am not brave enough to refuse them since I had rehearsed several times before I met them. I cannot imagine that I couldn’t utter my words; I “am” the strongest woman in the world! After reading the health news, I am afraid that my heart will have some strange problems if I didn’t change the situation soon.

The report also shows that exercise can ease depression and make people have good mood. People who face lots of stresses always seek the help from smoking or taking medicine without exercise. I don’t have the good habit of exercise except walking fast in our campus. I must change in order to remain my strong body! Get rid of lazy! (220 words)

2008年11月27日 星期四

Article#8

Does Viagra gives athletes an advantage?Lots of people believe that Viagra can be used on athletes. However, the new research shows that the effects of Viagra are not apparent for them.

I had heard about the news of Viagra several months ago. I thought the reason of taking advantage of Viagra persuaded me when I first knew it. Viagra can increase oxygen-carrying capacity of blood vessels. Therefore, the muscles of athletes’ can enhance endurance because of the more efficient transport of oxygen. Not only me but also a lot of people athletes trust the amazing effects after taking Viagra. However, the study brings the different point of view to us.

The research reveals that the performance of athletes did not significantly boost a lot. The real reason of gaining better performance than before is the mental change of them! I was surprised at this truth. The athletes want to improve themselves by all means, such as the unit in our English class mentioned about, StrMotion. I guess the athletes who believe in Viagra would disappoint because they lose a chance to improve themselves. Viagra also lose its status on sports, but it is no doubt that Viagra is still an unbeatable medicine in the bedroom.(200 words)

2008年11月20日 星期四

Article#7

The challenges of eating right on a limited budget
Nowadays, the food prices get higher than our salary, especially vegetables and fruits, which provide lots of nutrition to us. It seems that the poor people could not afford the cost of healthful food so that they choose junk food for their meals unwillingly.

As an university student, I had faced seas of difficulties because of my limited allowance. I spent more money on foods than before and I seldom made ends meet without the support of my dear mom. In this report shows an interesting experiment that the couple in United States lived for a month on just a dollar a day for food. They couldn’t gain enough nutrition with the lack of money. On the contrary, our former president had a hunger strike in order to protest the verdict of him. The media in Taiwan paid attention to haw many meals he had refused to eat without concerning the poor people who had to struggle on the edge of death.

Currently, our government decided the policy of sending the consumed tickets to all the citizens in Taiwan. According to the report from newspaper, over sixty percent people wanted to use the money to buy the necessaries without the luxurious goods. If the economy slump could not be solved after the policy, we should live in the dogs’ life in the near future.(224 words)

2008年11月6日 星期四

Article#6

Decoding the subtle injustices of ugliness talks about the discrimination for ugly people. From sociologist to economists started to observe the situation that people usually judge a person by his or her appearance. Even on movies, the villains were created in the terrible faces.

I think modern people like to see beautiful things and hate to have the contact with “uncomfortable” people. I have to admit that I also love to take a look on handsome guys. However, after read this research, I was surprised that I had been ignored the personalities which deeper than skin of human beings for a long time. In the report, the experts indicated that ugly people were always associated with evil and fear although there had no connection with them at all. Moreover, the ugly people also get fewer opportunities or earn less money than people of beauty. It seemed that have a lovely face or not would determine the whole life nowadays.

Our world keeps changing each moment. We could not slow down and know a person clearly. We set the rules in order to distinguish people into various types. The thin people are pretty and sexy to common people. I think that’s the reason why women go to do cosmetic surgery. I don’t know what the meaning is if each one looks alike. I don’t know how to change the conception of beauty, either. We have no right to define “ugly” or to persuade others become what we like. I think our world is cute because lots of special people.(254 words)