My Bad Habit

Like everyone else, I have good and bad habits. Most of my habits don’t have a very serious effect on my daily life. Unfortunately, one of them does. 
I am a procrastinator. I always put off doing things until the last possible moment. I picked up this bad habit from my sister. This habit really causes me problem, especially when I have many assignments due about the same time. My life seems to run in cycles of leisurely heaven and incredibly frantic hell. I wish I could get rid of this terrible habit.

Newspaper

No newspaper these days contents itself with the mere presentation of news. For a very small amount of money each day, we are not simply informed of affairs of national and international importance. We are given photographs of people and places. This is not all we get for our money. There is always plenty of advice about what plays or films to see; what books to read, how we should dress, what we should eat, and where we should spend our holidays.
And in case we have nothing better to do, we are provided with the most effective of time-killers: quizzes and crossword- puzzles.

My Favorite Summer Activity

In summer it is uncomfortably hot in Taipei. So my favorite summer activity is going to the country and sit under a large tree by a little river. After sitting down, I take off my shoes and put my feet in the water. The water makes me feel cool and comfortable. I do not feel hot anymore. Then I start reading short stories or playing the game. I enjoy going to the country very much. If only I did not have to study, I would probably go to the country every day.

Today young people seem to be anxious to acquire useful knowledge to the exclusion of everything else. They seek knowledge not for its own sake, but so that they will learn how to do a job. But knowledge and education are not one and the same thing. A man may be in command of any number of facts and be brilliant at his job without necessarily being an educated person. Those who measure knowledge solely in terms of its usefulness often deliberately ignore the immense cultural heritage of the past when they regard the study of the humanities as a“waste of time.”

Tradition

Tradition is frequently misunderstood. It is often associated with beliefs which do not involve us personally; which persist for no better reason than that they are “traditional.” It is regarded as a fixed thing, rigidly hostile to change, to be defended against those who threaten to overthrow it. Nothing could be more mistaken.
Tradition is not only made up of our important beliefs, but the great host of trivial daily habits and customs we acquire in the course of growing up. Nor is it inflexible. New ideas are continually being adapted to fit in with the old. The process is slow but sure. And when old ideas become so outmoded that they no longer serve their purpose, they are discarded.

After writing and illustrating his first children’s book, Little Blue and Little Yellow (1959), Lionni went on to publish 30 more. In 1961 he settled in Italy, he “home”, where he established to pursue painting and sculpture. In addition to producing Posters for Olivetti’s Lettera 22 Portable typewriter, Lionni oversaw the interior design of showrooms for the company.Interiors such as this one in Chicago display the elegance that is associated with Italian design of the period. An impromptu game Lionni devised for his grandchildren inspired the first of his 30 books for children. He wrote and illustrated this book,published by Ivan Obolensky Inc. of New York, to encourage exploration of colour.Lionni was art director of the prestigious American business magazine Fortune throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s. As well as commissioning graphic designers associated with the current “New York style” of graphic design, he created many covers himself. Here a black background makes the colours of the repeated words “new York” stand out in a way that is reminiscent of the city’s grid-like structure.

Writing and I

Writing is an important part of language learning. Taking tests and expressing meanings to others which are around me always, and I think writing is related to me a lot due to the two main reasons.

First of all, I have to take a lot of tests since I am a student. Weather in Chinese or in English, I get writing tests all the time for the two subjects.
Moreover, even though there are lots of convenient technological mechines , sending mails still plays an important roll for connecting people. Such as application of jobs or schools which is a significant thing by writing.

In conclusion, writing and I have a pround relationship because I need it to do many things. Therefore, I think writing is related to me very much.

line graph

The line graph shows the mean monthly rainfall over a one-year period in four areas--Mt Cook, Queenstown, Milford Sound, and Westport.( Generally ), the overall trends of rainfall in Milford Sound and Mt Cook are similar.

As seen from the line graph, rain in Milford Sound was( substantially )heavier than in other three places, The amount of rainfall( peaked )at around 700mm in January,( before declining dramatically )to 500mm in the next month.( After rapidly increasingto roughly 650mm in March, rainfall decreased again and then (recovered )to about 650mm in May,( which was then followed by a sharp fall to over 400mm ). From June,( there was an upward trend, )until October, When the amount climbed to the point of 700mm. November experienced a decrease and it was about 650mm in the last month.( Compared to )Milford Sound, Mt Cook's rainfall was 100mm to 300mm less, but( th overall trends were close and the range of changes in rainfall in Mt Cook was smaller than that of Milford Sound.)

It is( apparent )from the line graph that Queenstown and Westport had less rainfall than Milford Sound and Mt Cook. In Queentown, the amount was almost at the same level of 100mm over the first four months. Then it went up( moderately )to the highest point of 120mm in July. The last five months( witnessed )a fluctuation. The amount of rainfall fluctuated all year in Westport, with an upward trend from January to April and with a downward trend over the rest of the months.

In conclusion, rainfall changed( significantly )in Milford Sound and Mt Cook. However, there was little change in Queenstown and Westport.

Pie chart

(1)Pie chart[topic;the pie chart gives information about the importance of Hindi relative to other languages spoken in India. It shows the percentage of people who speak Hindi as their mother tongue or as important second language.]

The pie chart reflects what the percentage of different languages is in India. Overall, the amount of people, who speak Hindi as their mother tongue,( accounts for )the largest( share )and is larger than the other recorded languages.

( As seen from )the pie chart, Hindi Mothertongue( comprises )nearly a half of speakers.( As opposed to )Hindi Mothertongue, people who speak Hindi Trilingual ( constitutes )just 2.6%,( which )is the smallest( proportion ).Other languaages,( with )slightly over one-fifth of people,is the second highest percentage.( Where )Hindi with other MTs( is concerned ),however,Other languages( are head of )Hindi with other MTs( by a narrow margin ), roughly 22%( for the former )and 20.22%( for the latter). (As regards )Hindi Bilingual, it just( composes )6.16% of speakers.

In conclusion, Hindi ( makes up )the highest ( fraction ),( followed )by Other languages, Hindi with other MTs, Hindi Bilingual and hindi Trilingual.

Cooperative reading strategy instruction

Reading strategy is a new studying skill and I have never used this skill in English studying, however I get in touched with Gregory’s alternative reading strategy class, I learn some new skills which is easier for me to understand paragraph. I like to use “Using Context Clues” to reading and studying the context because it is efficient to me to comprehend the content, I can pass I don’t understand vocabulary and guess the meaning of the sentence to know what is the essay talking about, and then I am trying to use the “Summary the Gist” to sum up what I learn from the context. Then I become interested in English when I last session. I wasn’t the best student in class, but I have improved my English comprehension, vocabulary and conversational abilities a lot since then. I have learned how to think over an issue from different point of view and I’ve learned some very useful reading skills, developed more efficient learning methods and improved my oral English. After Lunghwa University of Science and Technology for me has been not so easy. This was the lesson of this election is because the students so I have to follow this lesson. Hearing and reading many times did enhance my English ability , but a great deal of room for improvement.

Oyster Omelet

     The oyster omelet in Taiwan is famous and popular. It is one of Taiwan great appetizers, Many people like to eat it. Some people don't like to eat oyster soup because it is fishy, but many people like oyster owelet. Because it is chewy, crispy and sweet. Beside , it contains vegetable, egg and oysters, which taste delectable, that is why many people like eating it. It includes oyster, bean sprout and cassava flour, they are full of protein, vitawin. The oldest name for the oyster omelet was "jianshizhui." It is a traditional Taiwan snack known to everyone in the older generation in the Anping area of Taiwan, and it has an interesting origin. After many years of its popularity spreading, it is a true Taiwan snack.

A Subway Station at Rush Hour

Subway system is most important transportation system in the modern city. Every weekday morning, many people rush on the way taking by subway system to their place. In only about 2 hours, the subway system takes responsible for most citizens going to work. Taipei main subway station is a most crowed station. In the morning at rush hour, many people take off at Taipei main station and transfer to another line to their destination. Even the train comes every 1.5 minutes at rush hour, but it seems not enough to let all people getting on train. Now subway system is still on the construction for the new area and will serves more and more people in the future.

Dogs and Cats as pets

Although dogs and cats are both common in many people’s house, there are several differences. One difference is eating habits. Dogs like to eat meat and cats like to eat fish. In addition, some dogs eat some fruits or vegetables but cats never show any interest in them. A second area of difference is that they have different ways of showing their feelings. For example, if a dog is wagging its tail, you would know it is

happy, whereas a cat seldom shows its feelings by action, so it is difficult to tell how it is certainly emotion regardless of joy or sadness. Moreover, if a dog licks your face, you would know it loves you, in contrast a cat never lets you know if it loves you. And the third difference is that keeping a dog as pet needs to spend time walking it every day, while raising a cat does not spend much time to walk it. All in all, though there are differencese between keeping a dog and cat, they can accompay and amuse their owners.

How to drive a teacher crazy

Teacher are easy targets. It’s not easy teaching dozens of kids at a time. I am sue that you can drive a teacher if you took the following steps. First of all, try to late for class, you can always late for ten minutes with many excuses. Secondly, when teacher is speaking, never look at the teacher or the blackboard. Then make a lot of noise in class. Third never ever do you homework on time, and say “sorry, because I have to
go to part-time job after school; therefore, I am too tired to do the homework.” Finally, when the teacher asks you questions, you either keep silent and emotionless, or give an answer which has nothing to do with the question at all. The four steps above can be boiled down to one sentence – to let the teacher feel that he or she doesn’t exist at all.

Living in a big city has many advantages

I have been living in Taipei city for 20 years. Taipei is the political and economic center. So living in a big city has many advantages. There are over 6,000,000 people living there, 60% of the population comes from other countries, because there are many vacancies in Taipei. Living in Taipei city is convenient, because there are many shops around city and it provides an efficient public transport system. Also, the city provides
plenty of entertainment facilities such as museums, art galleries, theatres, libraries and parks. Therefore, Taipei is full of vitality and diversity.