Friday, August 8, 2008

Final Test - Stress : 3. Stress Busters

3) Stress : Top 10 Stress Busters


Final Test - Stress : 2. 15 Minute News: Stress Segment

2) Stress : 15min News - Stress segment



Final Test - Stress : 1. Stress and Stressors


1) Stress : Stress and Stressors

Final Test - Acid Rain : 4. Acid Rain Movie

4) Acid Rain : Acid Rain Movie


Final Test - Acid Rain : 3. The Causes and Effects of Acidic Precipitation

3) Acid Rain - The Causes and Effects of Acidic Precipitation

Final Test - Acid Rain : 2. Coal Combustion and Acid Rain (Britannica.com)

2) Acid Rain Coal Combustion and Acid Rain (Britannica.com)


Final Test - Acid Rain : 1. Acid Rain

1) Acid Rain - youtb.com

Acid Rain ??? Ph5.6(normal)

Hi~ Everyone !

Next week will be our the last week of summer quarter !
I hope my all classmate to pass a lecture class because of some hard class !!

My blog offers Last Test blog list(Acid Rain, Stress) and vocabulary.
I will add vocabulary continuedly until weekend.

Good Luck! Everybody!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Week 7 : Task 3 - NOVA - Cracking the Maya Code

NOVA - Cracking the Maya Code


In the 16th century, Spanish explorer rediscovers the Maya, and also they scorched the their civilization. Especially, the May people had writing system and also their civilization thrived for over 2,000 years, distinguished by a sophisticated culture. However, the Spanish conquistadors took off their writing system and civilzation. So, today there are only four books or partial books survived.

After I watched this video, I suprised because of progress of the Maya civilization and the Spanish conquistadors's demolition. It is very deplorable event and never happen it.

Vocabular
1) scorch (verb) : to burn it slightly
2) sophisticate (noun) : someone knows about culture, fashion, and other matters that are considered socially important
3) conquistador (noun) : the conquistadors were the sixteen century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
4) demolition(noun) : the demolition of building is the act of deliberately destroying it. often in order to build something else in its place
4) deplorable (adj) : you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Week 7 : Task 2 - New York Times : Diagnosing Psychiatric Disorders

New York Times : Diagnosing Psychiatric Disorders

This video shows that one child has a psychiatric disorder(illness). His name is Paull and 13 years old. His mother explains his diagnosis make him very quiet, look like sad, depress, and often violent. He has maybe psychiatric disorder after half dozen ages.

One doctor says that diagnosing psychiatric disorder don't be known to have tests, just as blood test or x-ray, and only when doctor sees pictures. In addition, this disorder changes some different style tempers while grow up a child. Sometimes a child is depress, violent and cheer.

Vocabulary
1) Diagnosis (noun) is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
ex) I need to have a second test to confirm the diagnosis.
2) Psychiatric(adj) means relating to psychiatry and involving mental illness.
ex) We finally insisted that he seek psychiatric help.

Week 7 : Task 1 - Apartments for Rent

Randal's Cyber Listening Lab : Apartments for Rent

At this week, I feel time flies!! The Summer quarter is almost finishing be left just one week.
Although my listening skill improved than last quarter, sometimes I cannot understnad real lecture. Actually, because of last test score I was frustrated, so today, I decide basic exercises which is new start for listening and accuracy meaning.
My first choice is already commend site by teacher is conquest of Randal's Cyber Listening Lab.

Apartments for Rent listening is some easy, but some word is very useful.

1) work out (phrasal verb): going well
2) commute (verb): to travel between home and work or school
3) vacancies (noun): rooms not being used or rented
ex) Do you have any vacancies starting next month?

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Week 6 : Task 3 - TOEFL iBT - Listening Exercise

TOEFL iBT - Listening Exercise(lecture on Sylvia Plath)

If you want to prepare for TOEFL iBT test, this is good site.
There are many exercises and pratices, and you can test it.
This lecture is about the poet Sylvia Plath.
She won the Pulitzer prize for literature according to "Collected Poem", but it occured almost twenty years after her death.

Important/New word

Bitter, Crucial, Chronicle, Fraumatic, pothumously, intrigue

Week 6 : Task 2 - CNN News(Special Black in America)

CNN Student News : Special Black in America

This topic is about education black in American. It is always controversial topic because there are disparities some black and white student. In Newyork, james Baldwin high school, the principle says that almost of 90% students can graduated except 10% students. They are mainly minority such as Latin, Ascia, Agrica. Some seneior black student is 17 years age, and also failed. He says that though he spent tough times but he try to change to meet community and school program. The school executes changing camps in order to overcome small wall faling.

Week 6 : Task 1 - CNN News(Fake Priest Marrying Couples)

CNN News : Fake priest marrying couples

This is about a japanese wedding new trend which it looks like catholic or european style wedding. I think some funny because wedding couple have no religion and they like just it's ceremony image . They want to catholic style wedding ceremony because their traditional wedding is too seriously. So, these days, young couples choose this style a portion 60% of wedding couple in Japan. Mathew Petersen is a wedding interpreter like priest and he has role as a fake priest. Therefore, wedding company offers this style wedding service as business.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Week 5 : Task 2 - NOVA Science PAPYRUS


NOVA Science Now : PAPYRUS

This video explains Papyrus that is an ancient writng paper and was found out it in Egypt, Greek. Also, the papyrus made by plant and need to process some several step to become available writing paper. In addition, using time of them was BC, AD about 2,000 years ago. Therefore, some papyrus is unreadable, whereas some papyrus is very useful because we can know what was life'style at that time and also, business, divoce contract, taxs ??decoration, hate mail, and dinner etc. Today, improved technoligy helps to read some unreadable sheets of papyrus. I'm very interesting methods is used by scientist for reading that, such as spectrum, fillter, computer, camera, and chemical etc.

Week 5 : Task 1 - CNN New(Black and Single)

CNN News : Black and Single

This video shows that some black women in the America cannot well get marriaged to ideal black men. Although they are successful women in the society, they have a few chances to meet a matching black guy.
There are some interviewer, first major interview is Christina.
She is a success Hollywood screen writer and single. Today, she is making some movie that one balck woman meets ideal black man in order to weeding, but date out side race. Second person is Angela burt murray who is a editor of top magazine Essence and also single. She talk about why many success black women is single the reasons are that there are ferwer black men in work place, neighborhood, school. Therefore, Christina said a soultion life advice is that we don't just black man. This video some interesting, today many woman get the job and indepentant than the past times; however, specially portion of single black women is higher than single white women for some reasons.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Week 4 : Task 2 - CNN Student News(leadership Unplugged)


CNN Student News : Leadership Unplugged

In Georgia Technology University, there are hundred high school student to learn about develop the leadership skill and take activities this summer. Leaders are all over the place, such as president, prime minister, coporation CEO, sport team' captain.

They asked some of students what is a leader?
According to the interview, leader is look up to, provide motivates and inspices others.
Also leader is take charge, work with and understands others, and fully comprehened different people. Lastly, leader should be connect with follow him, respect, help people, intelligent etc.

Week 4 : Task 1 - Real Life CSI: Crime Autopsy



Real Life CSI : Crime Autopsy


Answer the T / F questions below.
__F___ 1. All deaths are natural.
__T___ 2. The clues are inside the body.
__T___ 3. His life could have been saved if he’d gotten to a hospital in time.
__T___ 4. The worst part of the job is the smell.
__T___ 5. Her work interferes with her cooking.
__T___ 6. The gunshot would was caused by a single bullet.
__T___ 7. The doctor determined that the wound was self-inflicted.
__F___ 8. The case is still open because it’s unsolved.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Week 3 : Task 4 - 50 First Dates - Adam Sandler



50 First Dates - Adam Sandler

Watching the movies is one of my hobbies, also I like listen to the music OST with the movie. My favorite genres of the movie are such as, a melodrama, a comedy, a kind of fantasy.
Additionally, when I choose a movie, I look out for an actor or an actress.

Adam Sandler is one of my fancy players because he is attractive and humorous.

This story is melodrama and also is mixed commic and warmly human love story. Henry Roth is a man afraid of take an oath something. However, after he mets Lucy accidentally, he is changing. Lucy is very beautiful girl but she has some problem that is short-term memory loss, so every night all memory is erased.
Therefore, they always have the First Dates!!!!

This song was sang maybe by Adam Sandler.

Could you listen to the music ? Sure !!!

Week 3 : Task 3 - I Won't Dance - Frank Sinatra


I Won't Dance - Frank Sinatra

Can I listen to the music ? Sure !

I like to listen to the music because I feel be refreshed from lots of anxiety.
This music was used the movie "What women want?".
This song in the movie was sang by Frank Sinatra.
I think, probably, my favorite scene in the movie, for I can listen to Frank sinatra's voice.

I won`t dance, don`t ask me
I won`t dance, don`t ask me
I won`t dance, Madame, with you
My heart won`t let my feet do things that they should do

You know what?, you`re lovely
You know what?, you`re so lovely
And, oh, what you do to me
I`m like an ocean wave that`s bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor

When you dance, you`re charming and you`re gentle
`specially when you do the Continental
But this feeling isn`t purely mental
For, heaven rest us, I am not asbestos

And that`s whyI won`t dance, why should I?
I won`t dance, how could I?
I won`t dance, merci beaucoup
I know that music leads the way to romance,
So if I hold you in arms I won`t dance

I won`t dance, don`t ask me,
I won`t dance, don`t ask me
I won`t dance, Madame, with you
My heart won`t let me feet do things that they want to do

You know what?, you`re lovely,
Ring-a-ding-ding, you`re lovely
And, oh, what you do to me
I`m like an ocean wave that`s bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor

When you dance, you`re charming and you`re gentle
`specially when you do the Continental
But this feeling isn`t purely mental
For, heaven rest us, I am not asbestos

And that`s why
I won`t dance, I won`t dance
I won`t dance, merci beaucoup
I know that music leads the way to romance
So if I hold you in arms I won`t dance!!

Week 3 : Task 2 - What Women Want


What Women Want?
Women want this!!!!!!!!!!

If you could have a power of mind reading ?

This move shows that one day, the hero(Mel Gibson) had a super power of women's mind, and he used it to his promotion in company. I enjoyed the movie and was interested because even if I am a woman, I also have curiosity what women want?

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Week 3 : Task 1 - Taitanic-my heart will go



Tatinaic - Celine Dion's theme song

There are many kind of movies in the world; however, my best movie is a Tatinaic because I like stories just like romance and also Celine Dion's songs.

The stoory is a love story of a poor painter and a beautiful woman of upper class who was engaged to a rich man without love. The hero is Jack and the heroine is Rose. They met in Titanic, and at that time, Rose had a fiance, but she didn't love him. Eventually, Rose fell in love with Jack by the destinies. And also Jack fell in love with Rose. The next to follow the teme song of Titanic expresses well theirs love story.

My heart will go on

Every night in my dreams

I see you I feel you

That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance and spaces between us

You have come to show you go on

Near far wherever you areI believe that the heart does go on

Once more you open the door

And you're here in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime

And never let go till we're gone

Love was when I loved youone true time I hold to

In my life we'll always go on

Near far wherever you are

I believe that the heart does go on

Once more you open the door

And you're here in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

You're here

there's nothing I fear

And I know that my heart will go on

We'll stay forever this way

You are safe in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

Can I listen to the Celine Dion's theme song ? Sure !!

Friday, July 4, 2008

Traveling Canada and the East U.S

The Last breaktime, I went to Canada and the east U.S., Newyork.
It is very happy time and refresh time from the english study.
Canada Quebec !!!!!!!!!!
I like the Canada Quebec because it is very beautiful and peacful city.

Harbard


White White ~~

NewYork~ Soho


I like the Newyork but I don't like the Newyork Taxi !!

The NewYork Taxi is Crazy !!!!



Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Changing and Challenge Times

I'm an ESL student who lives in Seattle. My hometown is South Korea. These days, my life style has changed because I am now a student. Before deciding to become a student again, I had worked in computer science area for a long time after graduating from college. I wanted to take on new challenges to achieve my life goals; therefore, I put my job on hold, and departed to Seattle for my new experience.

I get up early in the morning because I have to prepare for the day, pack up my homework, get ready a school test, etc. It is very interesting to me because when I went to work, I got up much later, and still made it to work on time.


Also, I usually wore a formal dress when I went to my company; however, today I usually wear casual dress. It is very comfortable and it reminds me of when I was a college student.

Additionally, my big change is my position as one of society member. First of all, I am an international student and I respect the new environments such as, homework, test, attendence. At work, I was the project manager. I always led many project teams or small groups and taught computer programming to many others; however, today, my role has changed as an educatee. In order to learn English, jofully, I accepted this situation and it is one of my delight.

Furthermore, I will study for two years in the U.S and maybe study the "Business Information Technology" at SCCC. I expect my these challenge times to change my life. From the result of efforts, I will accomplish my last goal in my life.

Monday, June 30, 2008