Reading Journal #6 Going Home to Work

Article is on a paper, I will shou you at class. 

 

SUMMARY:

Helene McQuade spend a lot of time driving to her office.After she had a kid she was trying to 

work at home.Nowadays people can work anywhere,not just at their office,such as telecommuting 

can have their own schedule to arrange their time.As the result,they will have more time to stay with 

their family.,but  sometimes they will feel isolated when they work at home. In some jobs,they may 

not allow to work at home,they have to stay in their working place. Employers can not allow people 

to work at home because they think the work efficiency will getting down. If the employers accept 

their staff to work at home, the company will have many advantages.Finally, telecommuting will let 

the society better. Working at home is the new way to think.At least, it will be less pollution.

REFLECTION:

 I think the benefits of telecommuting is great. Because if more people work at home, there will be fewer cars on the highways.There will be less gasolin used and less polution.

THINGS LEARNED:

new words:
telecommut------distance job

flexible-------able to flex; able to bend easily

nonetheless------despite anything to the contrary

Reading Journal #5 "Iron Supplements Fight Fatigue in Women"

Article link: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/iron-supplements-fight-fatigue-in-women/?ref=health

 

SUMMARY:

The French researchers surveyed 198 aged 18 to 53 period of women complain fatigue, and is healthy. Through the research survey, women some unexplained fatigue, because of the lack of iron caused.

REFLECTION:
The woman is the most prone to iron deficiency phenomenon, iron for fitness is very important. If the iron intake is insufficient, iron deficiency affect human health, pale, dizziness, lack of power, etc. Women can eat more contain iron rich foods, such as lean meat, chicken, soybean, fortified cereals, etc.

THINGS LEARNED:

new words:
supplement------textual matter that is added onto a publication,usually at the end.
fatigue-------temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from head physical
ferritin------a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver spleen;it's one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body.

Reading Journal #4 "Predicting Earthquakes"

SUMMARY:

Earthquake research is happening all over the world. A major earthquake occurs in Tokai roughly every century. Scientists believe that "per-slip"theory can help predict earthquakes. Data supportig "per-slip"theory was found in Parkfield. So efforts to predict when an earthquake will happen.

REFLECTION:

Although the earthquake is still to come fully can predict it. But before the earthquake there is some sign of earth. May 12, 2008 China wenchuan earthquake happened. When situation is deadly. After the earthquake, some earthquake experts tell people observe some slight change. They make people vigilant and prevent earthquake bring people on economic and physical damage.

Human senses can directly perceive to earthquake precursor. More common are: well water shot up steep fall, color change stale, and turn spend bubbling, temperature lift, and water in a sudden change in the flow, the animals of the abnormal behavior, the imminent before the sound and the light, etc.

So when people see these slight change to alert see if that is the earthquake precursor.

THINGS LEARNED:

new words:
random------lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
precise-------sharply exact or accurate or delimited
laboratory------a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

Reading Journal #2 Saving the panda

SUMMARY:

Baby panda Tai Shan could be seen by the public soon after his birth. Born in it after 3 months, go to the zoo to visit people added a half. However, take care of pandas in the zoo is not easy. Care has been a year of adult pandas will cost $2.5 million. But these expenditure is very effective. This ensures that the success of the birth. Until now, there have been 300 pandas.

REFLECTION:

The giant panda is known as the national treasure of China. The panda was a kind of ordinary animal in China long ago. However, for some reasons, too many of them have been killed.  So the number of them is falling quickly.     At present people are taking an important measure to save pandas. People want to find a home for them, and recently, they have set up a nature park for them in Sichuan Province,which is called Pandas Home. There pandas can enjoy their life happily. There is a bamboo forest near the Pandas Home.  So the pandas can find bamboos easily which they like to eat very much.     Because pandas are well protected now, the number of them is increasing every year.  We hope that one day we will have enough pandas to set them free and let them live in the wild again.     Pandas are good friends of man.  Man should try to protect them and ]et them live in the way they like!

THINGS LEARNED:

new words-----scarcity:a small inadequate amount

                        precious:characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

                        exceed:go beyond

Reading Journal#1: The Enigma of Beauty

Many countries have about pretty wide variety of cultures of the people will care. Now, people spend a lot of money in their appearance. Why would people do that? Because a good looks received other people's attention and friendly. Maybe also can earn more money.

However, that people of different sex think beauty is a different way. For example, men believe that women have a big eyes is beautiful. While women think that man has a wide shoulders and narrow waist is beautiful.

In each of the countries all over the world the way that is different. So beautiful as the time and area is different and change.

Who am I ?

I am Liang Zhao. My English name is Liana. I am a typical libra girl. I love art. I love all beautiful things.

I graduated from Fudan University Shanghai Visual Art . My major is performing arts. I love my professional and my career. During school I worked on many advertisement. It including the famous Coca-Cola and KFC. I also filmed some TV shows and movies. It including a movie is about summer won the first prize of Shanghai international film festival short unit. My performance got South Korea famous director bong joon-ho praise. Below is my this movie connection http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/yY4nJ3zjyXQ/.

Hope you enjoy my performance.

My usual hobby is go out with friends singing and see all kinds of movies, my favorite actress is Audrey Hepburn, although she hasn't acted in very many movies, but her temperament very charming, and long time of charity. Natalie Portman is another actress I like, she is very spiritual, and she is a very good performance artist.

If you also love film we can discuss in class, also very happy to be friend with you.