How much is the air conditioning؟ The influence of global warming affects not only the human beings but also on the animals, and one of these animals is turtle. There are many signs and events that have alarmed us that these animals are suffering from the climate change. There are many effects of the global warming on the turtles, for example, they could die, they could lose their habitat and they can't produce males (Christian Science Monitor, 2007).
There are many ways to solve or to decrease the influence of the global warming on turtles, for example, educate the people and change some of their habits, charge the factories’ owners for their pollution, and build special places to get male turtles.
First, we should educate the people and change some of their habits. We should ask the people to reduce the use of the cars because it is a direct way of pollution, which is one cause of the global warming. This pollution affects all of the species besides, if you use the bicycle or if you walk, you will be healthier. Some people really became lazy and they don’t imagine how they increase the pollution in such a way. Moreover, there is one important point, which is if some of us rely on the cars for our transportations, the next generation will grow up with this knowledge and that will increase our problems. We should start from now a huge campaign and effective programs to explain the influence of the global warming and to ask people to use the bicycle or to walk as much as they can. We know it is difficult to travel by a bicycle but we can use the bicycle to reach the place where we work.
Second, we should charge the factories’ owners for their pollution and form special organizations to care about the turtles and to offer a fair habitat for them. The owners of the factories live in great palaces at the expense of our health and at the expense of the turtles’ habitat. We should tell these owners that you are living in perfect houses but you are destroying the turtles’ habitat. Many water bodies have been dried from the pollution of your factories, so you should participate in helping these turtles and offer not great places like where you live but just a small water body for them to keep them alive. If they don’t have the time for that, they should support the environmental organizations to help the turtles and keep notice where they usually live and care about them.
Finally, we should build special places to get male turtles, because there is a direct effect of global warming on the turtle. Under the high temperature, turtle’s eggs would become female turtles and with the low temperature, turtle’s eggs would become male turtles. We can’t solve nature’s reasons for global warming, but we can build special places with low temperature to produce male turtles and, then distribute these males on the seas in order to continue the cycle of their life.
There are some people who may say that we have enough turtles in the world and they can't face extinction, but let us tell them this information; with the high temperatures and the drought, there are about 10,000 Murray turtles that were killed in southwest Queensland’s Currawinya (The Canberra Times, 2007). This is just in one small lake. Imagine that we see 10,000 people die in some village because of the pollution; what is our response going to be? We should be fair and honest because this planet belongs not only to human being but also to all species.
Both turtles and the global warming have a long history. First, turtles have been found on this planet from the Stone Age and many scientists have said that turtles have lived with the dinosaurs, so we know that this animal has survived from a long time. Next, if we think deeply about the global warming, which is the increase in the temperatures, we would figure out that the global warming has a long history as well, how? It is the main reason for finishing the ice age. So we have a long history for both the attacker and the attacked.
In conclusion, there are many ways to decrease the influence of global warming on turtles; for example, change the people habits, charge the factories’ owners and build special places to produce male turtles. We know that global warming is caused by both natural process and human activities, so let’s focus on the human activities.
References:
Aquino, N. (2006, January 13). Checking up on Apo Reef. BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
The Canberra Times (Australia). (2007, January 29). Turtles under siege as the environment. Retrieved October 23, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Quirke, M. (2006, March 01). Putting the heat on tuatara. The Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand). Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Velasquez-Manoff, M. (2007, June 21). Climate turns up heat on sea turtles. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 28, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Weekend Australian, (2007, March 24). Global warming threat to species - save the barrier reef - a special advertising report. Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Research Paper
How to protect turtles
Do you think that turtles could buy air conditioning? The influence of global warming affects not only the human being but also the animals, and one of these animals is the turtle. Both turtles and global warming have a long history. First, turtles have been found on this planet from the Stone Age and many scientists have said that turtles have lived with the dinosaurs, according to The Canberra Times (2007); turtle is one of the oldest animals and has survived for 200 million years. Next, if we think deeply about global warming, which is the increase in the temperatures, we would figure out that the global warming has a long history as well, how? It is the main reason for finishing the ice age, according to the Weekend Australian (2007); it is an incontestable fact that there is a link between global warming and the increasing temperature. So we have a long history for both the attacker and the attacked. There are many signs and events that have alarmed us that turtles are suffering from the climate change. For example, according to The Canberra Times (2007), global warming is drying up the water and there are many small lakes that have been dried up, and they saw thousands of dead or dying turtles, so when the water dried up, turtles could die and could lose their habitat. One more effect is, according to Velasquez-Manoff (2007), that with the high temperature the turtle's eggs will become female turtles and with the low temperature the turtle's eggs will become male turtles, which means there is direct influence on the turtle's productivity. Furthermore, according to The Canberra Times (2007), viruses and bacteria could grow more actively in the warm water, which will cause some disease among turtles. There are many kinds of turtles that are facing the danger of global warming, The Canberra Times (2007, para. 18), says that "there are 270 turtles species in the world, and more than half are threatened with extinction". One of these turtle species is the leatherbacks, according to Velasquez-Manoff (2007); in the period between 1980 and 2002, the female leatherbacks decreased their nesting from 91,000 to 2,000. That informs us that turtles are in danger of extinction because they have decreased their nesting
There are many ways to solve or at least to decrease the influence of global warming on turtles; for example, charge the factories’ owners for their pollution, form special organizations to care about turtles, build special places to produce male turtles, and educate the people and change some of their habits.
First, we should charge the factories’ owners for their pollution. As for the pollution from the factories, why we don't stand up together and say to those people; hey, this is our planet too, so could you please choose one of two things, either find a way to produce without destroying our environment or pay some money to solve what your factories cause in our air. The owners of the factories live in great palaces at the expense of our health and at the expense of turtles’ habitat. We should tell these owners that you are living in perfect houses but you are destroying the turtles’ habitat. Many water bodies have been dried from the pollution of your factories, so you should participate in helping these turtles and offer not great places like where you live but just small water bodies for them to keep them alive. If they don’t have the time for that, they should support the environmental organizations to help the turtles and keep notice where they usually live and solve their matters. If we have to charge every factory for its pollution, we will get much money to help the turtles by building special organizations to care about them.
Second, we should form special organizations to care about the turtles and to offer a fair habitat for them. Because there is a direct effect of global warming on the turtle by drying up the lakes and the water bodies, many turtles will lose their habitats. These organizations should be in charge of supervising and finding the dried lakes and water bodies to move the turtles to the close lakes to continue their life. One more thing these organizations could do is to educate the people more about how turtles are suffering from the global warming in the TV programs and in the magazines, because many people don't know what we are losing from this global warming. Moreover these organizations should treat the water bodies from the viruses and bacteria that could grow more actively in the warm water. They should take samples of these viruses and bacteria and study them, then figure out some medicines to give the medical treatments for turtles and to clean the water bodies. There are many activities that these organization could do in order to help the turtles to avoid being depleted.
Third, we should build special places to produce male turtles, because there is a direct effect of global warming on the turtle. Under the high temperature, turtle’s eggs would become female turtles and with the low temperature, turtle’s eggs would become male turtles. With some economical and moral support from the governments, factoy owners, and environmental organizations, we could start to produce the male turtles. We are agreed that we can’t control nature's reasons for global warming, but we have our minds to figure out that we can build special places with low temperatures to produce male turtles, and then distribute these males in different seas and oceans in order to continue the cycle of their life. There is no way to keep the human being going in their life, unless we have both males and females. It is the same for most of the animals; they can't live with one gender, so we should help turtles and encourage their production process by offering the male turtles special places with an appropriate temperature.
Finally, we should educate the people and change some of their habits. We should ask people to reduce the use of the cars because it is a direct way of pollution, which is one cause of the global warming. This pollution affects all of the species; besides, if you use a bicycle or if you walk, you will be healthier. Some people really have become lazy and they don’t imagine how they increase the pollution in such a way. Moreover, there is one important point, which is if some of us rely on the cars for our transportation, the next generation will grow up with this knowledge and that will increase our problems. A good example of this issue is if you always watch the TV, you will affect your kids by watching the TV, but if you bring them up with some good values like walking to the school and when they become older, buy bicycles for them, that would be great because you are supporting their health and their environment. We should start from now a huge campaign and effective programs to explain the influence of the global warming and to ask people to use the bicycle or to walk as much as they can. We know it is difficult to travel by bicycle but why we don't use the public transportation to reduce the pollution from the cars? A good challenge we can do is; ask ourselves and our friends to go to our work by bicycle one day a week, for example, Friday; it will be good to change our habits on this lovely day, then try to increase the days from one day to two days. There are some areas in Venice in Italy that you can't use the car, and that's a really amazing thing that you saw all the people walking and using the bicycles instead of the cars and the buses.
There are some people who may say that we have enough turtles in the world and they can't face extinction, but let us tell them this information; with the high temperatures and the drought, there are about 10,000 Murray turtles that were killed in southwest Queensland’s Currawinya (The Canberra Times, 2007). This is just in one small lake. Imagine that we see 10,000 people die in some village because of the pollution; what is our response going to be? We should be fair and honest because this planet belongs not only to human being but also to all species. Furthermore, believe it or not that we will have consequences of losing the turtles in each water body, according to Miller (1994), the ecosystem needs each part in it. The loss of the turtles could cause a loss in other species or could affect the balance of the amount of some species in the same place, and the "trophic cascade" concept says that the existence of any species will affect the other species in making a balance in the ecosystem. If we ignore or degrade the loss of the turtles and don't care about this issue, we will ignore losing many animals until we lose our beautiful environment and our great nature. Finally we don't believe that we hope to say stories to our kids in the future about the turtles, and when some of our children ask, "how did you lose turtles"? It is really shame on us to say that we lost them because we didn't care about them or because we didn't know that they were in danger from global warming.
In conclusion, there is an obvious influence of global warming on turtles, and there are many ways to decrease the effects of climate change on turtles; for example, charge the factories’ owners, form special organizations to care about turtles, build special places to produce male turtles, and change the people's habits. We know that global warming is caused by both natural process and human activities, so let’s focus on the human activities and do our best to keep the turtles alive. Everyone should remember that this is our planet and we should keep and save every part of it, and encourage the existence of any kind of species over it. And one of these species is the turtle. Governments, environmentalists, business people, and normal people should put their hands together in order to keep these animals away from extinction. We are sure that turtles can't buy an air conditioning for themselves, but we know that we can do some steps and plans to face or to decrease the influence of global warming on them.
References:
Aquino, N. (2006, January 13). Checking up on Apo Reef. BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
The Canberra Times (Australia). (2007, January 29). Turtles under siege as the environment. Retrieved October 23, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Quirke, M. (2006, March 01). Putting the heat on tuatara. The Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand). Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Velasquez-Manoff, M. (2007, June 21). Climate turns up heat on sea turtles. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 28, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Weekend Australian, (2007, March 24). Global warming threat to species - save the barrier reef - a special advertising report. Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Do you think that turtles could buy air conditioning? The influence of global warming affects not only the human being but also the animals, and one of these animals is the turtle. Both turtles and global warming have a long history. First, turtles have been found on this planet from the Stone Age and many scientists have said that turtles have lived with the dinosaurs, according to The Canberra Times (2007); turtle is one of the oldest animals and has survived for 200 million years. Next, if we think deeply about global warming, which is the increase in the temperatures, we would figure out that the global warming has a long history as well, how? It is the main reason for finishing the ice age, according to the Weekend Australian (2007); it is an incontestable fact that there is a link between global warming and the increasing temperature. So we have a long history for both the attacker and the attacked. There are many signs and events that have alarmed us that turtles are suffering from the climate change. For example, according to The Canberra Times (2007), global warming is drying up the water and there are many small lakes that have been dried up, and they saw thousands of dead or dying turtles, so when the water dried up, turtles could die and could lose their habitat. One more effect is, according to Velasquez-Manoff (2007), that with the high temperature the turtle's eggs will become female turtles and with the low temperature the turtle's eggs will become male turtles, which means there is direct influence on the turtle's productivity. Furthermore, according to The Canberra Times (2007), viruses and bacteria could grow more actively in the warm water, which will cause some disease among turtles. There are many kinds of turtles that are facing the danger of global warming, The Canberra Times (2007, para. 18), says that "there are 270 turtles species in the world, and more than half are threatened with extinction". One of these turtle species is the leatherbacks, according to Velasquez-Manoff (2007); in the period between 1980 and 2002, the female leatherbacks decreased their nesting from 91,000 to 2,000. That informs us that turtles are in danger of extinction because they have decreased their nesting
There are many ways to solve or at least to decrease the influence of global warming on turtles; for example, charge the factories’ owners for their pollution, form special organizations to care about turtles, build special places to produce male turtles, and educate the people and change some of their habits.
First, we should charge the factories’ owners for their pollution. As for the pollution from the factories, why we don't stand up together and say to those people; hey, this is our planet too, so could you please choose one of two things, either find a way to produce without destroying our environment or pay some money to solve what your factories cause in our air. The owners of the factories live in great palaces at the expense of our health and at the expense of turtles’ habitat. We should tell these owners that you are living in perfect houses but you are destroying the turtles’ habitat. Many water bodies have been dried from the pollution of your factories, so you should participate in helping these turtles and offer not great places like where you live but just small water bodies for them to keep them alive. If they don’t have the time for that, they should support the environmental organizations to help the turtles and keep notice where they usually live and solve their matters. If we have to charge every factory for its pollution, we will get much money to help the turtles by building special organizations to care about them.
Second, we should form special organizations to care about the turtles and to offer a fair habitat for them. Because there is a direct effect of global warming on the turtle by drying up the lakes and the water bodies, many turtles will lose their habitats. These organizations should be in charge of supervising and finding the dried lakes and water bodies to move the turtles to the close lakes to continue their life. One more thing these organizations could do is to educate the people more about how turtles are suffering from the global warming in the TV programs and in the magazines, because many people don't know what we are losing from this global warming. Moreover these organizations should treat the water bodies from the viruses and bacteria that could grow more actively in the warm water. They should take samples of these viruses and bacteria and study them, then figure out some medicines to give the medical treatments for turtles and to clean the water bodies. There are many activities that these organization could do in order to help the turtles to avoid being depleted.
Third, we should build special places to produce male turtles, because there is a direct effect of global warming on the turtle. Under the high temperature, turtle’s eggs would become female turtles and with the low temperature, turtle’s eggs would become male turtles. With some economical and moral support from the governments, factoy owners, and environmental organizations, we could start to produce the male turtles. We are agreed that we can’t control nature's reasons for global warming, but we have our minds to figure out that we can build special places with low temperatures to produce male turtles, and then distribute these males in different seas and oceans in order to continue the cycle of their life. There is no way to keep the human being going in their life, unless we have both males and females. It is the same for most of the animals; they can't live with one gender, so we should help turtles and encourage their production process by offering the male turtles special places with an appropriate temperature.
Finally, we should educate the people and change some of their habits. We should ask people to reduce the use of the cars because it is a direct way of pollution, which is one cause of the global warming. This pollution affects all of the species; besides, if you use a bicycle or if you walk, you will be healthier. Some people really have become lazy and they don’t imagine how they increase the pollution in such a way. Moreover, there is one important point, which is if some of us rely on the cars for our transportation, the next generation will grow up with this knowledge and that will increase our problems. A good example of this issue is if you always watch the TV, you will affect your kids by watching the TV, but if you bring them up with some good values like walking to the school and when they become older, buy bicycles for them, that would be great because you are supporting their health and their environment. We should start from now a huge campaign and effective programs to explain the influence of the global warming and to ask people to use the bicycle or to walk as much as they can. We know it is difficult to travel by bicycle but why we don't use the public transportation to reduce the pollution from the cars? A good challenge we can do is; ask ourselves and our friends to go to our work by bicycle one day a week, for example, Friday; it will be good to change our habits on this lovely day, then try to increase the days from one day to two days. There are some areas in Venice in Italy that you can't use the car, and that's a really amazing thing that you saw all the people walking and using the bicycles instead of the cars and the buses.
There are some people who may say that we have enough turtles in the world and they can't face extinction, but let us tell them this information; with the high temperatures and the drought, there are about 10,000 Murray turtles that were killed in southwest Queensland’s Currawinya (The Canberra Times, 2007). This is just in one small lake. Imagine that we see 10,000 people die in some village because of the pollution; what is our response going to be? We should be fair and honest because this planet belongs not only to human being but also to all species. Furthermore, believe it or not that we will have consequences of losing the turtles in each water body, according to Miller (1994), the ecosystem needs each part in it. The loss of the turtles could cause a loss in other species or could affect the balance of the amount of some species in the same place, and the "trophic cascade" concept says that the existence of any species will affect the other species in making a balance in the ecosystem. If we ignore or degrade the loss of the turtles and don't care about this issue, we will ignore losing many animals until we lose our beautiful environment and our great nature. Finally we don't believe that we hope to say stories to our kids in the future about the turtles, and when some of our children ask, "how did you lose turtles"? It is really shame on us to say that we lost them because we didn't care about them or because we didn't know that they were in danger from global warming.
In conclusion, there is an obvious influence of global warming on turtles, and there are many ways to decrease the effects of climate change on turtles; for example, charge the factories’ owners, form special organizations to care about turtles, build special places to produce male turtles, and change the people's habits. We know that global warming is caused by both natural process and human activities, so let’s focus on the human activities and do our best to keep the turtles alive. Everyone should remember that this is our planet and we should keep and save every part of it, and encourage the existence of any kind of species over it. And one of these species is the turtle. Governments, environmentalists, business people, and normal people should put their hands together in order to keep these animals away from extinction. We are sure that turtles can't buy an air conditioning for themselves, but we know that we can do some steps and plans to face or to decrease the influence of global warming on them.
References:
Aquino, N. (2006, January 13). Checking up on Apo Reef. BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
The Canberra Times (Australia). (2007, January 29). Turtles under siege as the environment. Retrieved October 23, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Quirke, M. (2006, March 01). Putting the heat on tuatara. The Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand). Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Velasquez-Manoff, M. (2007, June 21). Climate turns up heat on sea turtles. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 28, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Weekend Australian, (2007, March 24). Global warming threat to species - save the barrier reef - a special advertising report. Retrieved November 05, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wal-Mart Essay
What is the market that when you visit, you can't say I didn't find what I am looking for? It is Wal-Mart. Some shop’s owners heat Wal-Mart because it beat them and had a many customers. On the other hand many people like Wal-Mart and believe it is the dream, which became a fact, Wal-Mart is a great idea and very successful supermarket. It is the place where you can find more than what you expected. There are many advantages of Wal-Mart; for example, you can find anything you want, you could have good offers with low prices, and it makes the other markets lower their prices in order to compete with it.
First, in Wal-Mart you can find anything you want. When you visit Wal-Mart for the first time, you will be surprised because it is very huge and there are many and different products. You don't have to visit more than one shop to buy what you need, just go to Wal-Mart and you can buy everything from a to z. There are many parts in Wal-Mart such as the food part, the furniture part, and the equipment part. USA TODAY (2003, par. 1), writes that “Wal-Mart is the top seller of groceries, jewelry and photo processing”. There is a smart message from Wal-Mart which is don't waste your time moving from one shop to another shop, come to us and you will find everything.
Second, in Wal-Mart you could have good offers with low prices. Compared with the other supermarkets, Wal Mart is the cheapest. According to Locke (2004), there are many low-income families who couldn't buy from the other supermarkets because of the high prices, and our lovely Wal-Mart solved this matter and challenges the others with its prices. One example of its cheap prices is, you can get 24 bottles of water for four dollars, where as you can get one bottle of water for one dollar in other markets. One more message from Wal-Mart is, don't waste your money and when you try us, you will see the difference.
Finally, Wal-Mart leads the other markets to decrease their prices in order to compete with it. This is really a good thing for the customers, because no one wants to waste his money. With Wal-Mart the other supermarkets and the shops will do their best to satisfy their customers with good prices and good services. So, Wal-Mart imposes a better environment for the customers in the other shops. Moreover this great Wal-Mart offers more jobs in each new branch. USA TODAY (2003, par. 21), writes that “it became the biggest employer overnight”, which informs us that Wal-Mart helps the people in different ways. One more message from Wal-Mart is, hey supermarkets, don't use the customers, but try to satisfy them and give them the best offers; if you can't, I am there for them.
Some people may say that Wal-Mart reduces the amount of shops, because of its prices, but we can reply in that vein, that if any shop opens and you are jealous because of its success, you can say anything, but the door is opened for everyone who can challenge and perform better, so we should respect the winner
In conclusion, Wal-Mart is a new idea and it pervades everywhere in the US covering many states and cities. There are many positive points about Wal-Mart, such as the different products and collections, the low prices, and the influence on the other shops. Wal-Mart changes the way of buying and our mind of shopping. We should say thanks to Wal-Mart and keep going because you are the best.
References
Locke, E. (2004, February). Capitalism Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2007, from www.capmag.com.
USA Today (2003, January 28). Retrieved November 29, 2007, from www.usatoday.com.
First, in Wal-Mart you can find anything you want. When you visit Wal-Mart for the first time, you will be surprised because it is very huge and there are many and different products. You don't have to visit more than one shop to buy what you need, just go to Wal-Mart and you can buy everything from a to z. There are many parts in Wal-Mart such as the food part, the furniture part, and the equipment part. USA TODAY (2003, par. 1), writes that “Wal-Mart is the top seller of groceries, jewelry and photo processing”. There is a smart message from Wal-Mart which is don't waste your time moving from one shop to another shop, come to us and you will find everything.
Second, in Wal-Mart you could have good offers with low prices. Compared with the other supermarkets, Wal Mart is the cheapest. According to Locke (2004), there are many low-income families who couldn't buy from the other supermarkets because of the high prices, and our lovely Wal-Mart solved this matter and challenges the others with its prices. One example of its cheap prices is, you can get 24 bottles of water for four dollars, where as you can get one bottle of water for one dollar in other markets. One more message from Wal-Mart is, don't waste your money and when you try us, you will see the difference.
Finally, Wal-Mart leads the other markets to decrease their prices in order to compete with it. This is really a good thing for the customers, because no one wants to waste his money. With Wal-Mart the other supermarkets and the shops will do their best to satisfy their customers with good prices and good services. So, Wal-Mart imposes a better environment for the customers in the other shops. Moreover this great Wal-Mart offers more jobs in each new branch. USA TODAY (2003, par. 21), writes that “it became the biggest employer overnight”, which informs us that Wal-Mart helps the people in different ways. One more message from Wal-Mart is, hey supermarkets, don't use the customers, but try to satisfy them and give them the best offers; if you can't, I am there for them.
Some people may say that Wal-Mart reduces the amount of shops, because of its prices, but we can reply in that vein, that if any shop opens and you are jealous because of its success, you can say anything, but the door is opened for everyone who can challenge and perform better, so we should respect the winner
In conclusion, Wal-Mart is a new idea and it pervades everywhere in the US covering many states and cities. There are many positive points about Wal-Mart, such as the different products and collections, the low prices, and the influence on the other shops. Wal-Mart changes the way of buying and our mind of shopping. We should say thanks to Wal-Mart and keep going because you are the best.
References
Locke, E. (2004, February). Capitalism Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2007, from www.capmag.com.
USA Today (2003, January 28). Retrieved November 29, 2007, from www.usatoday.com.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
FLUENCY EX.5
The most stressful aspect of the TOEFL is the TOEFL itself. There are many reasons making the TOEFL a very stressful event. For example, first, I can't sleep the night before taking the TOEFL, I just keep thinking about the test. Second, I worry about how I can manage my time during the TOEFL test. Third, I worry about I can keep concentrating during the TOEFL test, during the three hours. Fourth, I always think about the TOEFL as the door I should open to study in the university because it is required. Fifth, the last two weeks before the TOEFL test, I usually keep doing many practice tests to be in the mood for the TOEFL and that gives me stress. Sixth, some people make noise during the test by keep moving their feet on the floor and that is really stressful thing for me. Seventh, the third part of listening is very stressful because it always becomes as a long lecture about some majors I didn't study before. Finally, the TOEFL test conditions cause many physical and psychological reactions.
FLUENCY EX.4
There are many ways to improve your study of vocabulary. First, try to read more articles, magazines and newspapers. Next try to write down all of the new words that you didn’t understand. Translate the new words using an English-English translator machine or book. List the new words into groups, for example, medical group, economic group and accounting group, etc. Then, try to read them and keep them in your mind by using them the next day. Moreover, you can write any small article for yourself using the new words. Suffixes and prefixes will help you to know more vocabulary. For example, there are many suffixes that lead you to know what the word is, noun or adjective. Finally, it is important to know the different kinds of the part of speech.
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Reference:
Chartered Accountant; Cracking the ceiling. (2007, September 21). Financial Mail (South Africa) Retrieved October 1, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
Summary:
This article mainly talks about within the small percentage of female chartered accountants; there is the successful career history of Manteng Ruth Pasha, a female chartered accountant. First, the article discusses how Pasha got her degree in accounting and how she passed the chartered accountancy qualifying exams on her first try; the main reason for her successes was, she was well prepared. Next, the article explains that Pasha chose to be an auditor and how she was promoted to a higher position from a clerk to an audit manager in the first company where she worked. Finally, the article says that Pasha has moved to different corporations in different positions based on her qualifications and experience. In conclusion, this article explains that the accountant career is not just for men or dominated by men, but it is an open field for everyone, whether men or women and the accounting is not a difficult major to study, but it is an interesting major.
Reaction:
My major is accounting, so I was attracted to read about my major and how a female can be successful in accounting because in Saudi Arabia, 20 years ago, there were a few female accountants, but in the last 5 years I saw there is an increase in the percentage of females who work as accountants. Moreover, when I worked as a TA in King Saud University in Riyadh, I noticed that there were many female students who were seeking the accounting major. I’m really happy because my major is not dominated by one gender, but it appeals for both males and females.
Chartered Accountant; Cracking the ceiling. (2007, September 21). Financial Mail (South Africa) Retrieved October 1, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
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This article mainly talks about within the small percentage of female chartered accountants; there is the successful career history of Manteng Ruth Pasha, a female chartered accountant. First, the article discusses how Pasha got her degree in accounting and how she passed the chartered accountancy qualifying exams on her first try; the main reason for her successes was, she was well prepared. Next, the article explains that Pasha chose to be an auditor and how she was promoted to a higher position from a clerk to an audit manager in the first company where she worked. Finally, the article says that Pasha has moved to different corporations in different positions based on her qualifications and experience. In conclusion, this article explains that the accountant career is not just for men or dominated by men, but it is an open field for everyone, whether men or women and the accounting is not a difficult major to study, but it is an interesting major.
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My major is accounting, so I was attracted to read about my major and how a female can be successful in accounting because in Saudi Arabia, 20 years ago, there were a few female accountants, but in the last 5 years I saw there is an increase in the percentage of females who work as accountants. Moreover, when I worked as a TA in King Saud University in Riyadh, I noticed that there were many female students who were seeking the accounting major. I’m really happy because my major is not dominated by one gender, but it appeals for both males and females.
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Robbins, T. (2007, August 18). Smart start early; Education. The Age (Melbourne, Australia). Retrieved October 1, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
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In T. Robbins's article, he explains that the summer program in consultancy KPMG office is a good opportunity for the last year students in different majors such as accounting, law, and finance to get a good job after they graduate. First, he talks about how the summer program is a good chance to contact or to be in the mood of your future career. Next, he discusses two different examples of two successful students who have joined the summer program in KPMG office and what is their observation about the program. Finally, he explains the different work fields of KPMG and how the HR manager of KPMG plans to recruit the students. In conclusion, he would like to show that the summer program in KPMG is a good chance to touch the real world of your future career and to have a practical experience in the professional environment. Moreover, to show that KPMG office offers a good job, when the students join the summer program.
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I have worked as a trainee in the consultancy KPMG office in Saudi Arabia, so I was attracted to read about the summer program in KPMG and how this program builds your knowledge and your skills about your future career and offers a good job when you join it. In my opinion this program is an excellent experiment, especially when I went to the clients and touched the real world of auditing. My recommendation to all of the accounting students in the last year of their study is to join any summer program in any consultancy office.
Robbins, T. (2007, August 18). Smart start early; Education. The Age (Melbourne, Australia). Retrieved October 1, 2007, from http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
Summary:
In T. Robbins's article, he explains that the summer program in consultancy KPMG office is a good opportunity for the last year students in different majors such as accounting, law, and finance to get a good job after they graduate. First, he talks about how the summer program is a good chance to contact or to be in the mood of your future career. Next, he discusses two different examples of two successful students who have joined the summer program in KPMG office and what is their observation about the program. Finally, he explains the different work fields of KPMG and how the HR manager of KPMG plans to recruit the students. In conclusion, he would like to show that the summer program in KPMG is a good chance to touch the real world of your future career and to have a practical experience in the professional environment. Moreover, to show that KPMG office offers a good job, when the students join the summer program.
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I have worked as a trainee in the consultancy KPMG office in Saudi Arabia, so I was attracted to read about the summer program in KPMG and how this program builds your knowledge and your skills about your future career and offers a good job when you join it. In my opinion this program is an excellent experiment, especially when I went to the clients and touched the real world of auditing. My recommendation to all of the accounting students in the last year of their study is to join any summer program in any consultancy office.
Monday, October 8, 2007
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Rout, M. (2007, July 25). Free degrees to Lure accountants. The Australian (Australia), Retrieved September 22, 2007, from
http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
Summary:
In m. Rout’s article, she discusses the fact that there is a big need for accountants, but there are not many accountants and there are some efforts to get the students’ attention to choose the accounting major during their study in the university. First, she explains how to attract the high school students to work as accountants that will lead them to study accounting in the university and how to change their impression about accounting. Next, she says that there are not many accountants these days and maybe in the future there will be just a few accountants. Finally, she talks about how the accountant is a good job with a good salary. In conclusion, this article shows accounting is important and students should know about that in an effort to study that in the university.
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I have worked as an accountant before my current job, so I was attracted to read about my last career and how it is important for business life. The issue I like most in this article is how to show accounting are not numbers and some calculations, but it is an interesting job. My personal opinion is accounting is an exciting job, especially when I worked as an auditor, I really enjoyed it because I looked like a detective looking for some missing numbers. I agree with the article and if someone ever has the chance to study accounting, don’t miss it.
Rout, M. (2007, July 25). Free degrees to Lure accountants. The Australian (Australia), Retrieved September 22, 2007, from
http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
Summary:
In m. Rout’s article, she discusses the fact that there is a big need for accountants, but there are not many accountants and there are some efforts to get the students’ attention to choose the accounting major during their study in the university. First, she explains how to attract the high school students to work as accountants that will lead them to study accounting in the university and how to change their impression about accounting. Next, she says that there are not many accountants these days and maybe in the future there will be just a few accountants. Finally, she talks about how the accountant is a good job with a good salary. In conclusion, this article shows accounting is important and students should know about that in an effort to study that in the university.
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I have worked as an accountant before my current job, so I was attracted to read about my last career and how it is important for business life. The issue I like most in this article is how to show accounting are not numbers and some calculations, but it is an interesting job. My personal opinion is accounting is an exciting job, especially when I worked as an auditor, I really enjoyed it because I looked like a detective looking for some missing numbers. I agree with the article and if someone ever has the chance to study accounting, don’t miss it.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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Klein, S. (2006, November 20). Accounting Teacher Or Hell's Angel?; Not Sure? Neither Are His Students, At First. Retrieved September 10, 2007, from Crain's Chicago Business.
http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
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In S. Klein's article, she talks about proffessor Frank Nekrasz, who teaches accounting at the University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. First she discusses how the students are convused about thier professor and how they mixed him up with another student. Some students said some comments about Mr. Nekrasz like he has a strange look. Next she explains what Mr. Nekrasz told his students in the first two lessons, and how he uses his work experience which attracts his students. Then she tells some important issues in Mr. Nekrasz's life, for example, where/when he has graduated, how he is smart, and where/when he got the doctarate in accounting. Fainally she says that Mr. Nekrasz has taken some dancing lessons with his girlfriend to exercise his brain and his girlfriend mentions that she likes his curiosity. In conclusion this article duscusses some intersting things about an accountanting proffessor.
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My major is teaching assistant in the accounting department of King Saud University in Saudi Arabia so I was intersted in reading about one example of what I'm going to be, who is Mr. Nekrasz, an accounting proffessor, and how his students express thier feeling about him based on his apperance. The best part I like in this article is the spcial way that Mr. Nekrasz use to explain when he use his feedback as an accountant and tells a real story he has faced which attracted the students' attention. I hope I use the same technique when i become a professor. Moreover, I like when he cares about his social life which shows professors can be successful in many parts of thier lives.. I hope to be one of them
Klein, S. (2006, November 20). Accounting Teacher Or Hell's Angel?; Not Sure? Neither Are His Students, At First. Retrieved September 10, 2007, from Crain's Chicago Business.
http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu
Summary:
In S. Klein's article, she talks about proffessor Frank Nekrasz, who teaches accounting at the University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. First she discusses how the students are convused about thier professor and how they mixed him up with another student. Some students said some comments about Mr. Nekrasz like he has a strange look. Next she explains what Mr. Nekrasz told his students in the first two lessons, and how he uses his work experience which attracts his students. Then she tells some important issues in Mr. Nekrasz's life, for example, where/when he has graduated, how he is smart, and where/when he got the doctarate in accounting. Fainally she says that Mr. Nekrasz has taken some dancing lessons with his girlfriend to exercise his brain and his girlfriend mentions that she likes his curiosity. In conclusion this article duscusses some intersting things about an accountanting proffessor.
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My major is teaching assistant in the accounting department of King Saud University in Saudi Arabia so I was intersted in reading about one example of what I'm going to be, who is Mr. Nekrasz, an accounting proffessor, and how his students express thier feeling about him based on his apperance. The best part I like in this article is the spcial way that Mr. Nekrasz use to explain when he use his feedback as an accountant and tells a real story he has faced which attracted the students' attention. I hope I use the same technique when i become a professor. Moreover, I like when he cares about his social life which shows professors can be successful in many parts of thier lives.. I hope to be one of them
Thursday, September 13, 2007
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Reference
Truby, D. (2006, April). A teacher's guide to sticky situations: solutions and strategies for teaching's unexpected challenges. Retrieved September 03, 2007, from http://findarticles.com
Summary
This article discusses issues and problams that could meet the person who works as a teacher and how he/she solves these matters. Being a teacher demands some skills to face the major events during work, especially if he/she teachs children, because thier age is the basic time to built their personalities. Good relation with the student's parents is an effective way to understand student's personality and problams which will lead the teacher to treat every student's matters in a particular way. Finding a good topic to talk about with colleagues in the work or handling any matters related to them is an important thing you should care about to improve your work environment. Precuding the students that a teacher trusts them and expects the best from them is a good technique to have an effective students. In conclusion this article shows some events could meet the teacher during work and gives a solution to solve this matter.
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I am working as a T.A. in a university so I was attracted to read about this article, although I don't teach children, but it shows me some skills in educational careers, which is a hard thing because we are facing different people, personalities, minds and cultures. For me the most important issues in my job are to improve my skills in presentation and explantion and to build a good relation with my students becuase it is kind of a social job which demands an active person. Moreover I should highlight the different rules to pass my subject. In my opinion this article covers some supportive solution to face the troubles which could meet the teacher, so I agree with the points which have been discussed in this article.
Truby, D. (2006, April). A teacher's guide to sticky situations: solutions and strategies for teaching's unexpected challenges. Retrieved September 03, 2007, from http://findarticles.com
Summary
This article discusses issues and problams that could meet the person who works as a teacher and how he/she solves these matters. Being a teacher demands some skills to face the major events during work, especially if he/she teachs children, because thier age is the basic time to built their personalities. Good relation with the student's parents is an effective way to understand student's personality and problams which will lead the teacher to treat every student's matters in a particular way. Finding a good topic to talk about with colleagues in the work or handling any matters related to them is an important thing you should care about to improve your work environment. Precuding the students that a teacher trusts them and expects the best from them is a good technique to have an effective students. In conclusion this article shows some events could meet the teacher during work and gives a solution to solve this matter.
Reaction
I am working as a T.A. in a university so I was attracted to read about this article, although I don't teach children, but it shows me some skills in educational careers, which is a hard thing because we are facing different people, personalities, minds and cultures. For me the most important issues in my job are to improve my skills in presentation and explantion and to build a good relation with my students becuase it is kind of a social job which demands an active person. Moreover I should highlight the different rules to pass my subject. In my opinion this article covers some supportive solution to face the troubles which could meet the teacher, so I agree with the points which have been discussed in this article.
FLUENCY EX.3
When I face any stressful events I start to be confused for about 10 seconds. Then I start to analysis the situation or the stimuli. If is it a big stressful event i try to calm myself down and try to solve my way of thinking quickly. Because when I arrange myself, in my mind, and my ideas, I start my reaction against it. Then i try to convince myself it is easy and and I can pass it. Sometimes I take a deep breath and count from one to ten calmly. How does that work?? It depends on the stressfulness and how harmful it is. Sometimes I pass the stress very easy. And other times I couldn't because it is more than what i can resist. But before i sleep on that day I faced the stressful event, I should figure up a solution and do my best to go with it the next day.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
FLUENCY EX.2
The most stressful things for me are failing in exams, losing marks, coming late, missing a flight, or losing important things. The last time I suffered was at the beginning of my studying in the university. I was studying computer science which was one of my dreams. But i met a group of friends and they weren't a hard studying people. At the end of the first semester i had failed in two subjects. It was my first time in my life. When I got my grades I felt like I was such a loser, and it was shameful to tell the others, especially my family. I couldn't sleep well, I keep thinking all the time about my life and what i'm going to be. Next I recognized that I have to change my major, my group, and try to meet a new studies group. Finally I found myself improved and succeeded.
FLUENCY EX.1
One of my dream when i was young is to be a doctor. The main reason is to help people who are suffering of sickness. There are other reasons, for example, it is respected job, you can get a good salary, and people can't live without doctors. On the other hand, there are some negative points. For example when someone has a dangerous disease and you can't help, that makes you feel you are useless. Another negative point is when you do your best to treat a patient, then one of his/her family said that you killed him/her. Some people don't know that doctors like to see them fine, in a good health and in a good mood. Furthermore i hate when some patient comes late and says, help me, and i can't do anything for him/her. In my opinion the most stressful thing is when someone died in front of me.
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