wonder of the world

Saint Basil cathedral was one of the wonders from old traditonal list of seven wonders of the world.Located in Russia, Moscow on the Red Square near the Kremlin, it was construct by the famoust for that time Italian designer. When it was completely built Russian tsar(ruler) ordered to destroy all designs for a building and to blind the achitector, becouse it was so beautiful and nobody must not reiterate it even it's creator.

Your Progess

Try to do:

1. Rate Builder

2. Power Builder

3. Newspaper Reading

4. Paced Reading

5. Timed Reading

Because this is probably the last time you will visit this blog, let's try to gain some perspective on your progress. Along with your comment on your reading progress, try to mention some other ares of your language development you think you might need to work on. Vocabulary, grammar, writing, etc. Hopefully this summer you gained some perspective on where you have to go from here.

How does pain affect a person’s life?

Everyday we are facing up unexpected or incidental happening which can cause pains in our lives. Those pains can affect us in two ways, physically and mentally.
Someone can be affected physically by suffering from diseases, natural disasters and some kinds of accidents. For example, when I commute, I hit a sign board from a skyscraper unexpectedly and I get injured. And also it could be more dangerous and cause to death. Even though pains will be gone, those effects might still remain.
In term of mental pains, we have countless stress from a job and a school and doing chores at home every day. When couples break up, they have a hard time in getting along with and forgetting about the relationship. In conclusion, we try to cope with all kind of pains near us with the most desirable ways we want things to be. (by Gena, Grace and Jennifer)

What is the value of having a pet? a hobby

by Khamis, Wayne, Jung Ki, Yong Hyun

Out discussion team had a time to think about recent meaning of pets. It is not only just our friends to share time with, but also they have a lot of meaningful aspects such as family member, helping people, and making money.

Some people who are lonely or can not have babies need a pet as their family. They need something to stay with him. Dogs and cats can give them much fun.
Sometimes pets can help people who are handicapped, introvert children. We can easily see some dog help handicapped people to go across the street. Moreover, some people who have mental problem such as introverts can be cured their problem by just spending time with their pet. And sometimes, pets can rescue people.
People can use pets to make money. For example, some people who have pets enroll them in the some sports games, and the owner of the pet winning the race can earn much money. Sometimes they can be used to hunt other animals. For example, falcon catch gazelle, or dogs trace rabbits for hunters. And also there are a lot of beauty concerts for pets.

How the stress of tests affects us?

People take the tests from they are very young. Everybody has ever experienced the stresses of the test. Why causes the stress? Some people think that they worry about the results of the tests. For example, because the tests, they might fail the courses, loose their job, or disappoint their parents. Also, some people think that they worry about that they don’t have enough time to prepare to take the test. Because they don’t know which part of question will be on the test, they don’t know how to prepare to take it. These reasons cause the stress of tests and there are some effects from the stress. Some people will study harder because the stresses. However, some people think that the stresses make them very uncomfortable and they want give up the test. They can’t stand with the stresses anymore. Therefore, some stress might encourage people work hard but if the stress is very strong, people might give up or commit suicide.

by kyungin, Abdulrahman, and Tim

Cause and Effect

What are the effects of the computer on the quality of your writing?

The computer has many effects on the quality of writing. Some of which are really great, and other are bad. Computer can helps to have really nice hand writing. Also we can save our work easily on the computer, so we don’t lose them. In addition, we can make copes of our documents as much as we want. Furthermore, it’s easier and more comfortable to type on the computer, because the computer will check your spelling, so you don’t have to worry about it. Another Important think the computer can help us with is that it will always look neat and nice when we write on the computer. The fact that computer make our writing look neat and nice, will help even the reader to read what we write easily. Computer also has some bad effects on our writing; for example if we get used to use the computer to write, we will not be able to write without it. As a result we will depend on the checking spelling program and will not be able to write correct and clear writing without it.

Abdul, you lim,and yam

Collaborative task: Cause and Effect

At this point, we have looked at cause and effect from many different angles. Your last collaborative task is to explore one more topic with your group and then write a paragraph about your findings. Group 1 will talk about one of the topics from 1 to 3, Group 2 will talk about one of the topics from 4 to 6, Group 3 will talk about one of the topics from 7 to 9, and Group 4 will talk about one of the topics from 10 to 12.

1. Explain the effects of stress on you. Focus by limiting to a specific situation.

2. How can one individual have an effect on the environment?

3. What are the signs of teenage depression? How can teenage depression be prevented or treated?

4. What are the effects of the computer on the quality of your writing?

5. What are the physical effects of anger?

6. Is the media a reflection of society's ills or does it cause society's ills?

7. What effect has the automobile had on the American society?

8. What is the value of having a pet? a hobby?

9. What are the effects of beauty? ugliness? poverty? wealth?

10. How does pain effect a person's life?

11. Which is more of an influence on a person's life -- genetics or environment?

12. What influence do you have over your friends and/or family? Why?