Last Sunday, I watched a moive called"The KungFu kid". It tells about a story of an American kid who came to China where he learned KungFu from a maintenance man called Mr Han.
The boy named Dre came to Beijing China with his Mum for living . At first, Dre disliked the idea, for it made him leave his best friends in his hometown. And the emotion became even stronger after he was bullyed by a group of boys who learned Kungfu from a bad teacher. At that time, he made a female friend whom the leader of the group of boys liked. But it made the situation even worse. So Dre avoid from the group of boys everyday because he was afraid of them. However, once when he was being beat by them, Mr Han saved Dre and promised that he would teach him the real Kungfu. So after that Mr Han trained Dre very carefully and Dre practised very hard. They even practised in Wuyi mountain and the Great Wall. And during the period, Dre lost his only best female friend because her parents thought he had a bad influence on their daughter. But he helped Mr Han stand up from privious guity. Finally, Dre became a good Kungfu player and attended the Kungfu competition where he would competed with those bad boys. In the middle of the competition, he was injured in leg, but he continued the competition without giving up. Finally, he overcame his fear and defeated the boys.
The movie inspired me a lot. I think we were just that Dre, because we always have to go to a new area or new field. And we may dislike it or be afraid of the difficulties met there. The story of Dre tells us that do not scare the difficulties and never say never. Just practise hard and finally we will succeed like Dre.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Blog 2: Valentine's Day
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, whose full name is Saint Valentine's Day. It is a holiday to honor a Christian priest named Saint Valentine. It`s said that at that time, the emperor in Rome didn`t allow his soldier to get married, but Valentine helped them hold wedding ceremonies. Therefore, he was thrown into prison. What he did moved his warder and his blind daughter and they treated him well. Before his death, he wrote a letter to show his love to the blind girl. After he died, the blind girl plant a apricot tree with red flowers before his tomb to tell him how much she loved him. This day when he died was 14 Feb, which become Valentine's Day.
In Valentine's Day, the young lovers always give gifts to each other to show their love. The gifts always include chocolates, roses and diamonds. Also, a lot of people choose to get married at Valentine's Day.
Somebady says that if you are single, you should look outside as soon as you get up at Valentine's Day. It`s because that if you see a man walking alone, you will be single in this year; if you see more than one person, you can find your lover in this year; if you see one rooster and a hen, you will get married before Christmas. Nowadays it`s hard to see roosters or hens, pigeons and sparrows can be used to take the place of them.
At last, I hope everyone can find his or her lover.
In Valentine's Day, the young lovers always give gifts to each other to show their love. The gifts always include chocolates, roses and diamonds. Also, a lot of people choose to get married at Valentine's Day.
Somebady says that if you are single, you should look outside as soon as you get up at Valentine's Day. It`s because that if you see a man walking alone, you will be single in this year; if you see more than one person, you can find your lover in this year; if you see one rooster and a hen, you will get married before Christmas. Nowadays it`s hard to see roosters or hens, pigeons and sparrows can be used to take the place of them.
At last, I hope everyone can find his or her lover.
Blog2: Learn to fail; fail to learn
Nearly all of the students in our group agree that the most horrible time is when the teacher is talking about our paragraphs. I understand that many of us thought we can do quite well in English and feel depressed seeing unexpected C or D on papers. We feel depressed not only because of the outcome that we failed, but also because the efforts we've made seem useless. That's why I can see disappointment when we get feedback of our paragraphs.
However, I think of it in another aspect after watching the lecture "The positive psychology", taught by a professor in Harvard University.
Firstly, we always fail before become successful; there is no shortcut. According to considerable amounts of surveys, the most successful people are always those who made the most mistakes. Looking back on my own experiences, I can't remember how many times I had fallen before I managed to walk when I was still a baby. It's really the truth that failure is unavoidable if you want to succeed.
After agreeing that the failure is acceptable, we need to grow from it. It's great to find shortcomings through failure so that you have chances to improve. Isn't it? After taking efforts to improve, I always feel happy because I am learning something to which I didn't pay attention before. That's why teachers ask us to rewrite those paragraphs.
Next time the teacher talks about our paragraphs, I hope everyone will say:" Oh! It's the greatest time!"
However, I think of it in another aspect after watching the lecture "The positive psychology", taught by a professor in Harvard University.
Firstly, we always fail before become successful; there is no shortcut. According to considerable amounts of surveys, the most successful people are always those who made the most mistakes. Looking back on my own experiences, I can't remember how many times I had fallen before I managed to walk when I was still a baby. It's really the truth that failure is unavoidable if you want to succeed.
After agreeing that the failure is acceptable, we need to grow from it. It's great to find shortcomings through failure so that you have chances to improve. Isn't it? After taking efforts to improve, I always feel happy because I am learning something to which I didn't pay attention before. That's why teachers ask us to rewrite those paragraphs.
Next time the teacher talks about our paragraphs, I hope everyone will say:" Oh! It's the greatest time!"
Blog two:My reflections on paragraph writing
Today I got the feedback of my fourth paragraph, but it still remain the same condition that quite a lot mistakes were spoted by the tutor. Since I got my first D level paragraph, which depress me very much, I have been thinking about how to improve my English writing. While every time I hand in my paragraph, the tuto can always point out some mistakes. Sometimes the sentence could be grammatically correct,but the tutor said the foreigners will not speak like that, which really confused me. In my view, to overcome this ,I need to listen more ,read more and write more.because the more listening and reading I do, the more likely that I would know how to use the word correct to make it sound like more idiomatic, and the more I write ,I could spot more mistakes,then I can learn from them. Just as the old saying that we all get progressive from the mistakes. The next things I learn from my last four paragraphs is that I am lacking in the quantity ang quality of vocabulary. what is more , my previous method to memory words is useless. Although I know the meaning of the word, I do not know how to use it in the right way. As a result, the paragragh I wrote would look like I was translating my idea into English. I know that I really have a lot of things to learn, and to improve. And I will try my best to learn English well no matter how hard it is.
Blog 2 An exciting basketball game
I think I am very lucky because my host family is really great, they have held several
activities for us, enabling us to know more about Singapore. Recently, they had booked the basketball court in NUS in advance and invited us to go there. Surprisingly, there were many young American people playing basketball there, which made me very excited for usually they play very skilfully and aggressively, and I am always looking forward to strenuous games. Since this was the first time I played basketball with American, I feel a little bit nerves. Sometimes I could not understand them precisely especially when they used some daily English like “oh my legs are out” which I was totally unfamiliar with, and I did not adapt to their tactics very well . However, I could match with them in terms of speed and strength, so gradually we established partnership which let the game flow more smoothly. And I became more confident and aggressive as well as my team members, after a two-hour long exciting game, we crushed the other team.
Because of my dear host family, I have another unforgettable memory, I really appreciate for
their kindness, thank you very much my host family!
activities for us, enabling us to know more about Singapore. Recently, they had booked the basketball court in NUS in advance and invited us to go there. Surprisingly, there were many young American people playing basketball there, which made me very excited for usually they play very skilfully and aggressively, and I am always looking forward to strenuous games. Since this was the first time I played basketball with American, I feel a little bit nerves. Sometimes I could not understand them precisely especially when they used some daily English like “oh my legs are out” which I was totally unfamiliar with, and I did not adapt to their tactics very well . However, I could match with them in terms of speed and strength, so gradually we established partnership which let the game flow more smoothly. And I became more confident and aggressive as well as my team members, after a two-hour long exciting game, we crushed the other team.
Because of my dear host family, I have another unforgettable memory, I really appreciate for
their kindness, thank you very much my host family!
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Blog 2 The fulfilling week
During my 2nd month in Singapore, things seemed to go smoothly and I began to adapt to my new life here. Last week, we talked about telling tales which created more chances for me to speak in front of the audience. Although I was really nervous at the beginning, it was surprising that I was able to express myself more confidently days later. I really enjoyed discussing with my classmates and analyzing the details in the stories. Since that we formed a different group everyday, writing different kinds of stories also contributed to our better understanding of each other. What’s more, the most impressive thing for me was the story of the Titanic which aroused my curiousness about the whole event. So I also decided to watch the film again recently. In addition, learning how to write a narrative essay is so useful that I can talk about my fantastic experiences more freely.
However, last week, I encountered something difficult to solve when it came to the topic of grammar learning. Although I was familiar with adjective clauses, it was still a challenging task for me to figure out all the mistakes in the given sentences. I began to realize that learning grammar is not only about remembering the fixed sentence structures and the use of each word, but also to be equipped with the ability to use it correctly. So it seems that I still have a long way to go on learning grammar.
By and large, I learned a lot during last week and really had a good time with all my classmates. At last, I would like to say thank you to each of you because of your company. Let’s keep moving in the following week!
However, last week, I encountered something difficult to solve when it came to the topic of grammar learning. Although I was familiar with adjective clauses, it was still a challenging task for me to figure out all the mistakes in the given sentences. I began to realize that learning grammar is not only about remembering the fixed sentence structures and the use of each word, but also to be equipped with the ability to use it correctly. So it seems that I still have a long way to go on learning grammar.
By and large, I learned a lot during last week and really had a good time with all my classmates. At last, I would like to say thank you to each of you because of your company. Let’s keep moving in the following week!
Blog 2
Today I want to write something about the challenges we human beings confront nowadays.
Accompanied with the advance of modern science and technology is the public optimism about the new century. The equality of people's life is rather high. It seems hard for scientists to make positive changes in the world. However, there are many serious issues that have not been tackled yet.
One of the most significant problems is the environmental conditions deterioration caused by people's improper activities. The development of industrialisation unavoidably leads to The Greenhouse Effect and desertisation. Rapid population growth makes people lack water resources to maintain their normal lives. It is also necessary for people to protect creatures from extinction.
Disease is another problem. Many incurable diseases still exist in the world, such as AIDS. The heart attack always plays a main role of killer. Some new diseases can emerge at any time. It is a great challenge to deal with these diseases and lengthen people's lives. Futhermore, poverty and hunger should also be emphasized. According to the survey, there are approximately one sixth of people living below the poverty line. The public should consider how to boost productivity and increase crop yields. The development of agriculture can never be ignored.
In my view, as a youth in the new era, I should assume my responsibility to help tackle these problems which demand quick solutions. When people are impressed by the benifits brought by a new technology, it is important to keep calm and eliminate its negative impacts.
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