Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Advantages of Being Only One Child

Nowadays, there is a heated debate over the issue of the only one child in families. On one hand, some people argue that there are many disadvantages of being an only one child in a family. On the other hand, others think it is good that there is only one child in families. In my opinion, it is better for couples to have only one child.

First of all, one advantage of being only one child is that parents can take care of their child well. Everyone has to adapt the changing society because everything changes fast now. Parents have to work hard to earn more money for having a good life. As a result, parents almost have no time to look after their children. Moreover, if they have only one child, they can educate the child much better. For example, I have an elder sister. Both of my parents have to work hard to make a good life for us so that they have limited time to look after my sister an. However, I always stay alone and my parents cannot look after my sister and me well.

Secondly, another advantage of being only one child is that families can make our environment better. The pollution has been more and more serious now because of the increase of the world's population. If there is only one child in a family, it will be a good way to save resouces. In China, all students use new books every semester, but we have one child policy now. Almost every student is the only one child now so that a lot of trees need not to be cut down to make books.

The last but not the least advantage of being only one child is that it is equal to women and men. In some poor areas in China, many families have three to five children because they want to have a boy baby. If the mother gives a birth to a girl baby, they will give birth to another baby. Parents always let their boy baby go to better schools and give them better clothes and food. If there is only one child in a family, parents will look after their baby no matter what the sex their baby is.

In conclusion, there are many advantages of being only one child in a family. Parents can look after their child well, our environment can be better and women and men can be equal if there is only one child in a family.

The Advantages of Being Only One Child

Nowadays, there is a heated debate over the issue of the only one child in families. On one hand, some people argue that there are many disadvantages of being an only one child in a family. On the other hand, others think it is good that there is only one child in families. In my opinion, it is better for couples to have only one child.

First of all, one advantage of being only one child is that parents can take care of their child well. Everyone has to adapt the changing society because everything changes fast now. Parents have to work hard to earn more money for having a good life. As a result, parents almost have no time to look after their children. Moreover, if they have only one child, they can educate the child much better. For example, I have an elder sister. Both of my parents have to work hard to make a good life for us so that they have limited time to look after my sister an. However, I always stay alone and my parents cannot look after my sister and me well.

Secondly, another advantage of being only one child is that families can make our environment better. The pollution has been more and more serious now because of the increase of the world's population. If there is only one child in a family, it will be a good way to save resouces. In China, all students use new books every semester, but we have one child policy now. Almost every student is the only one child now so that a lot of trees need not to be cut down to make books.

The last but not the least advantage of being only one child is that it is equal to women and men. In some poor areas in China, many families have three to five children because they want to have a boy baby. If the mother gives a birth to a girl baby, they will give birth to another baby. Parents always let their boy baby go to better schools and give them better clothes and food. If there is only one child in a family, parents will look after their baby no matter what the sex their baby is.

In conclusion, there are many advantages of being only one child in a family. Parents can look after their child well, our environment can be better and women and men can be equal if there is only one child in a family.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Troy

I watched a fantastic movie called Troy last night. After watching the movie, I realized something important in my life!
The most unforgettable scene in my mind is the story of “Trojan horse”. The unfocused horse is just the most significant stuff of the war. The movie is about the Trojan War. The war lasted for ten years; it was one of the hugest classic wars in the world’s history. At the end of the war, the Achaean used a particular way to finish the war, and it is just the “Trojan Horse”. It was a day when the Trojans discovered that the Achaean had left, and they thought that the war was terminated. However, they found a huge wooden horse near the sea. The Greeks was astonished by the wooden horse, they debated what to do with it, some suggested to pull the horse into the city, and others argued that it should be burned. Just then, they captured a man from Greek, and he told the king that the huge wooden horse was used to dedicate the Athena. The king believed it and they finally decided to keep the horse in the city. They began a carnival to celebrate for their win of the long-time war. They sang and danced, everybody was enjoying himself or herself and almost all of them got wasted because they were so happy for winning the war. It was midnight when they went to sleep and had dreams about peaceful pictures. However, the man who lied to the king was a spy. He made secret signal to the huge horse, and thousands of soldiers came out of the wooden horse, they beat the guard easily and they burned every corner of the city, as the great Troy disappeared in a second!
The story told us that once you neglect something, which looks tiny, you would get punished. So we should consider every single tiny thing when we are doing something important!

Friday, November 13, 2009

outline for research paper

Outline for Research paper
Thesis statement: The abortion should be banned because the disadvantages of abortion are obvious in terms of health, sex discrimination and human right.
Topic sentence 1: Abortion is harmful for health not only physically but also mentally.
o mental health
§ Men’s case
Abortion and the man. Psychological and psychopathological manifestations in the face of lost fatherhood
in persecutory or depressive anxiety and psychosomatic symptoms, real and typical psychopathological symptoms (depression and behavioural disorders)
§ Women’s case
Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health.
depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviors and substance use disorders.
o Physical health
• A statistically significant increase in premature births or low birth weight risk in women with prior induced abortions.
• abortion increases rates of breast cancer, placenta previa, pre-term births, and maternal suicide. All types of deaths are higher with women who have had induced abortions.



Topic sentence 2: Abortion makes sex discrimination feasible
• The sex ratio at birth (SRB) in China increased---- sex-selective abortion has been the predominant, if not the sole, immediate cause of the high SRB.

• Harms of SSA including perpetuation of discrimination against women, disruption to social and familial networks, and increased violence against women.


Topic sentence 3: Abortion curtails human rights.
o Embryos’ human right
1. When do they have the right?
From the view of biology, Sperm and ovum try their best to get together and combine as a zygote, which is not only a cell but also a life. So every zygote, which is the beginning of human, has the right to protect him or her.
2. Everyone has right to choose live or not
o Killing lives is illegal and has to be punished .
1. The case of killing animals
Killing a dog in an accident has to be punished not only by law but also by society.
2. The law of killing people

Friday, November 6, 2009

Research Log

A.topic: abortion
B.theism statement: abortion should be prohibited.
1.title: Home abortion implies radical changes for women.
authors:Kero, Anneli1,2 anneli.kero@socw.umu.se
Wulff, Marianne1
Lalos, Ann1
source:European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care Dec2009,Vol.14 Issue 5, p324-333, 10p, 1 chart

2.title: Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health
authors:Fergusson, David M.1 david.fergusson@chmeds.ac.nz
Horwood, L. John1
Ridder, Elizabeth M.1
source:Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry; Jan2006, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p16-24, 9p, 4 charts

3.title: Low Birth Weight and Abortion
authors: Klitsch, Michael
source: Family Planning Perspectives; May/Jun92, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p99, 1/5p

4.title: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of abortion among women and doctors in Armenia.
authors:Chong, Erica1 echong@gynuity.org
Tsereteli, Tamar2
Vardanyan, Susanna3
Avagyan, Gayane4
Winikoff, Beverly1
source: European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care; Dec2009, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p340-348, 9p, 5 charts, 1 graph

5.title: ABORTION AND AUSTRALIA'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC HEALTH
authors:Grant, Richard
source: National Observer; Summer2005, Issue 63, p12-21, 10p

Saturday, October 24, 2009

The cause of stress

With the quick pace of life, stress plays a more and more important role in our daily life because it can cause different effects not only negative one such as illness but also positive one such as strong forward momentum. So it’s necessary for us to study the conflict causes of stress in order to release ourselves and make the effects positive. From my point of view, there are three main causes for the stress such as school problems, financial problems and relationship problems.

Firstly, school stress, which comes from a lot of homework and endless exams, affects a large numbers of students. In China, middle school and high school students have classes from 8a.m to 6p.m every weekday. When they go back home from school, they should spend at least 2 hours on homework which is difficult. What is worse, some students are sent to have extra classes such as math and physic on weekends. Moreover, not only parents but also teachers always focus on their grades. If they do not get a high mark or ranking, they may be scolded. So students are stressful.

The second cause is financial problems, which means some people are stressful because they lack of money. There is a saying in China "Money is not omnipotent, but people cannot live without money absolutely." People will feel stressful if they do not have enough money to live well. For example, some workers do not earn much, but they need to pay for their child's tuition fee and look after their old parents. They may think about better life all the day that stress will be caused.

Last but not least, relationship is also a important cause of stress such as the change of relationship between relatives or friends. There are many cases of commit suicide in our country. Most of the cases are caused because one parts company with her/his boyfriend or girlfriend. They think it has been the end of the world after they parted. They lost their love and they feel humiliated. As a result, they are stressful so that they choose to commit suicide. Furthermore, some people may be stressful after they quarrel with others because they consider that their friendship or relatives' love have been broken down.

In conclusion, a number of events can cause stress. I think three causes school problems, financial problems and relationship problems are the most important facts. There's nothing wrong with a little pressure, but excess stress may leads to illness. So it’s really important for us to know where the stress come from and try to change stress into motivity.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Outline for CC + CE

Cause-and-effect essay:Why some students can get good grades?

Thesis statement:
A student can get a high score because he/she takes perfect notes, previews and reviews in time, uses office hours efficiently.

Topic sentence 1:
A student who takes notes including clear guidelines and many useful details can get high score because perfect notes help them study well.
1.A clear guideline not only wakes memories of what teacher said in the class but systematize knowledge you have learnt.
2.Details make you better understand the knowledge.

Topic sentence 2:
Previewing makes students be familiar with textbook and reviewing helps students enhance their memory.
1.After preview, you have expectation of what will be taught during class.
2.Reviewing impress your memory.

Topic sentence 3:
Using office hours efficiently leads to excellent homework and health.
1.Doing homework efficiently
2.Manage time and have a good rest

Compare-and-contrast essay:Desktop vs. laptop

Thesis statement:
There are many similarities and differences between desktop and laptop concerning appearance, purpose, and price.

Topic sentence 1:
Despite desktop and laptop both are computers, their appearance are dissimilar.
1.Laptop is smaller than desktop.
2.Both laptop and desktop have the same components such as display screen, CPU, keyboard and so on.

Topic sentence 2:
The use of desktop is similar with that of laptop in most cases, however, in some case, they are different because of their distinct function.
1.Using desktop and laptop watch movie, listen music, study,
2.Laptop is smaller and more convenient to bring so it’s good for business and students, however, desktop is bigger and more stable so it has excellent display screen for us watching movie and enough RAM to play online games.

Topic sentence 3:
Compare with desktop, laptop is more expensive with the same configuration.
1.Because laptop need more integrated than desktop, laptop is more expensive.
2.It’s hard to make laptop work as well as desktop meanwhile in a smaller shape.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Watching games on TV

On Saturday Oct.16th, our university football team will meet Indiana University football team. I have not decided if I go to the gym to watch the game. In recent years, more and more people like watching sports games like me. Some go to the stadium or gym to attend the games in person owing to the exciting atmosphere. However, others prefer to watch games on television due to convenience. In my opinion, I prefer watching games on TV because it’s cheaper, more comfortable and more extensive.
First of all, we can save a lot of money by watching games on TV. It is not cheap for us students to attend the games in person frequently. For example, I like Los Angeles Lakers so that I may go to the Staples Center (the home field of LAL) to watch a NBA game of LAL, but it is said that the best seat costs more than 2000 dollars. Moreover, it is hard to buy an important game ticket and of course it is much more expensive than usual. On the other hand, watching games on TV is free. We neither need to buy a ticket nor go to gym where is really far.
The second reason is that it is more comfortable to watch games on TV. Comparing to watching on TV, We cannot see the players' expression or the details of the game clearly on the spot because it’s too dangerous to sit closely. Furthermore, we can watch the game with the best visual angle on TV thanks to the professional cameraman. Therefore, the progress of the game can be watched clearly by the audience. In addition, the announcers are able to explicate the specific game for the audience. What is more, we can sit in the comfortable sofa and have something drink with our friends and family members.

Last but not least, people can watch different games at the same time. For instance, there are always a couple of NBA games being played at the same time. If we go to the gym to watch one game, we may miss other colorful games. It would be a pity. If we watch games on TV, we can change channels to watch different games so that we can know the results of other games as soon as possible. As a fan, I may not only pay attention to my favorite team or player, but also concern other teams or players.

In conclusion, watching games is a good way to support our favorite team. Although attending games in person would be one's unforgettable experience, watching games on television is a better choice because it's cheaper, more comfortable and easier to watch many games in one time. So I totally agree with watching games on television.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Maple in Chicago

This weekend, I have been to Chicago. It was a really intersesting and pressing trip.




I left to Chicago last Friday without attending the ESL class because my parents arrived in O'Hare airport at 8:00p.m. I have to set off at 3:30p.m. in order to meet them at airport. On the way to the airport, I was so excited that can't fall asleep.I missed my parents so much.


(4 hours passing...)


I arrived the airport earlier than my parents, I waited in the terminal 5 for about half an hour. While my cell phone was ringing, I did not see my parents but a big cute bear coming this way. I was really confused. Suddenly, my parents appeares behind the bear which was the gift they send to me. I was so moving that I gave my parents an affectionate hug.




Then we went to the hotel. We talked a lot about my life in the U.S. We ordered a large pizza to eat. We were so happy that the family got together again.We slept late at night because we were really excited.






On Saturday, we went to the Chinatown. That place was familiar to us. We could eat all kinds of Chinese food there and we could also buy a lot of goods. We got there about 2 o'clock. We did not have breakfast or lunch, so we were so hungry. We decided to eat the hot pot which is famous in China. We ordered lots of dishes, such as beef, vegetables, tofu and so on because of our hunger. After that,it was about 6 o'clock, we went for a walk. The moonlit scene in Chicago was really beautiful. My parents enjoyed the Michigan Lake and high buildings in downtown. And then we went back to the hotel. We slept earlier that day.















On Sunday,we woke up early. And then we went to downtown by train. After we had breakfast, we started shopping. I bought many things,two pairs of shoes, one bag,one sweater and a pair of gloves. I like my parents because they bought many things which I liked very much for me. However, they would leave for Miami in the afternoon. I would come back to the university 6:30. They saw me off in the airport. I said goodbye to them,but I cannot help crying. I loved my parents and I would miss them so much.


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Happy birthday to myself

According to the The New York Times in Sep. 15th, 1990, A pretty girl called Maple was born in Ningbo, Zhe jiang, China. (kidding~)




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I wanted to buy a birthday cake in order to celebrate my birthday with somebody who can find the way because, as you know, I am terrible at finding directions. When I was considering who I can call, Elijah Zhang who has good sense of direction told me that he was so boring because of the everitt lab. So we went to the County Market which is really far from my dorm. It took me 30 mins to walk there(at that time I really hoped I could own a car and I could drive it~ )


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Unfortunately, there was no birthday cake in the County Market, we only could buy material to make a cake.



(2 hours later we got back to Allen)


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In the Allen's kitchen


Elijah was busying making cake, I was busying stealing cream.



At 11:55, We turned off the light and used flashlights to make bright because birthday candles can not use in dorm. After a few minutes Yong Song said to other guys "start" and the song "Happy birthday to you" was played. I was really really moved so that my tears streamed down my face. It's the first I celebrated my birthday not with my parents.After that they told me to make three wishes before blowing out the candles. So I did as they told to me. I hope my wishes would come true. And then we began to eat the cake. I cut the cake into several pieces and handed them round. I thought the cake was the most delicious in the world because it was made by ourselves. What was more, so many friends celebrated the birthday for me.






Thanks to my friends and I will never forget the 19th birthday forever.













Saturday, September 12, 2009

This ia Maple!



Look, the girl who was buried in the sand is Maple. She was borned in Ningbo, a port city surrouded by seas in Zhejiang, China. The picture was taken in Huangcheng Beach, a foumous beach in China when she was only 5 years old. She used to go swimming in summer. She really enjoy sunshine , beach and different kinds of sea food.



Look at the picture carefully. Can you find Maple? She was at the second line,the third one from left to right, who is in green and white T-shirt. She retained a lot of sweet memories of outings. In fact, it might even have been one of the most important events in her lives when she was a pupil. She love making friends and hanging out with them. Friends are most important in her life.



(this is taken in Yulong Snow Mountain in Yunnan )
She love travelling. She has spent 1 month to travel around the southeast of China. During that time, She fall in love with her boyfriend , who is now in Florda.


This is Maple, loving beach, making friends and travelling.