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Saturday 27 September 2008
Sunday 7 September 2008
Model verb exercise
<http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal8.htm>
My score is 76%. I got 19 out of 25. 6 wrong sentenses left:
2. The book is optional. My professor said we could read it if we needed extra credit. But we [cannot / must not / don't have to] read it if we don't want to.
3. Susan [couldn't / can't / might not] hear the speaker because the crowd was cheering so loudly.
8. You [can't / couldn't / won't be able to] do the job if you didn't speak Japanese fluently.
11. You [may / would / might] eave the table once you have finished your meal and politely excused yourself.
18. I can't stand these people - I [have got to / might / had better] get out of here. I'm going to take off for awhile while you get rid of them.
21. Terry and Frank said they would come over right after work, so they [can / have to / should] be here by 6:00.
Here are my right sentenses:
1. Ted's flight from Amsterdam took more than 11 hours. He must be exhausted after such a long flight.
4. The television isn't working. It must have been damaged during the move.
5. Kate: Can you hold your breath for more than a minute?Jack: No, I can't.
6. You don't have to be rich to be a success. Some of the most successful people I know haven't got a penny to their name.
7. I've redone this math problem at least twenty times, but my answer is wrong according to the answer key. The answer in the book must be wrong!
9. You shouldn't worry so much. It doesn't do you any good. Either you get the job, or you don't. If you don't, just apply for another one. Eventually, you will find work.
10. You have to be kidding! That can't be true.
12. Jenny's engagement ring is enormous! It must have cost a fortune.
13. Shall we move into the living room? It's more comfortable in there and there's a beautiful view of the lake.
14. If I had gone white water rafting with my friends, I would be floating down the Colorado River right now.
15. At first, my boss didn't want to hire Sam. But, because I had previously worked with Sam, I told my boss that he ought to take another look at his resume and reconsider him for the position.
16. You had better take along some cash. The restaurant may not accept credit cards.
17. The machine can be turned on by flipping this switch.
19. You mustn't forget to pay the rent tomorrow. The landlord is very strict about paying on time.
20. Do you always have to say the first thing that pops into your head. Can't you think once in a while before you speak?
22. Yesterday, I had to cram all day for my French final. I didn't get to sleep until after midnight.
23. We shall no longer suffer the injustice of oppression! Freedom shall be ours!
24. If I had gone to the University of Miami, I could have participated in their Spanish immersion program.
25. The lamp might not be broken. Maybe the light bulb just burned out.
My score is 76%. I got 19 out of 25. 6 wrong sentenses left:
2. The book is optional. My professor said we could read it if we needed extra credit. But we [cannot / must not / don't have to] read it if we don't want to.
3. Susan [couldn't / can't / might not] hear the speaker because the crowd was cheering so loudly.
8. You [can't / couldn't / won't be able to] do the job if you didn't speak Japanese fluently.
11. You [may / would / might] eave the table once you have finished your meal and politely excused yourself.
18. I can't stand these people - I [have got to / might / had better] get out of here. I'm going to take off for awhile while you get rid of them.
21. Terry and Frank said they would come over right after work, so they [can / have to / should] be here by 6:00.
Here are my right sentenses:
1. Ted's flight from Amsterdam took more than 11 hours. He must be exhausted after such a long flight.
4. The television isn't working. It must have been damaged during the move.
5. Kate: Can you hold your breath for more than a minute?Jack: No, I can't.
6. You don't have to be rich to be a success. Some of the most successful people I know haven't got a penny to their name.
7. I've redone this math problem at least twenty times, but my answer is wrong according to the answer key. The answer in the book must be wrong!
9. You shouldn't worry so much. It doesn't do you any good. Either you get the job, or you don't. If you don't, just apply for another one. Eventually, you will find work.
10. You have to be kidding! That can't be true.
12. Jenny's engagement ring is enormous! It must have cost a fortune.
13. Shall we move into the living room? It's more comfortable in there and there's a beautiful view of the lake.
14. If I had gone white water rafting with my friends, I would be floating down the Colorado River right now.
15. At first, my boss didn't want to hire Sam. But, because I had previously worked with Sam, I told my boss that he ought to take another look at his resume and reconsider him for the position.
16. You had better take along some cash. The restaurant may not accept credit cards.
17. The machine can be turned on by flipping this switch.
19. You mustn't forget to pay the rent tomorrow. The landlord is very strict about paying on time.
20. Do you always have to say the first thing that pops into your head. Can't you think once in a while before you speak?
22. Yesterday, I had to cram all day for my French final. I didn't get to sleep until after midnight.
23. We shall no longer suffer the injustice of oppression! Freedom shall be ours!
24. If I had gone to the University of Miami, I could have participated in their Spanish immersion program.
25. The lamp might not be broken. Maybe the light bulb just burned out.
model verb exercise
<http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal7.htm>
My score is 75 %, My these sentenses are wrong. Wrong ansers are bold, and right answers are red
5. The package [should have been delivered / should be delivering / should be delivered ]tomorrow afternoon. It was sent by express mail this morning.
7. You can't mean that! You [must joke / have got to be joking / have to have joked].
8. If Debbie hasn't come home yet, she [must still wait / must still be waiting / must still have waited] for us in the coffee shop.
12. If I had gone with my friends to Jamaica, I [could have taken / might be taken / ought to be taking] scuba diving lessons.
13. Margaret agreed to meet us at the entrance to the theater. She [ought to be waiting / ought to wait / ought to have waited] for us when we get there.
Here are my right sentences:
1. I'm not really sure where Beverly is. She might be sitting in the living room, or perhaps she's in the backyard.
2. Doug must have returned the video we rented on his way to work. It was on the table, but now it's gone.
3. You ought to check the air pressure in your tires. You don't want to get a flat tire on your trip.
4. The computer isn't working. It must have been damaged during production.
6. You have to book the tickets for the play in advance - they sell out quickly.
9. Mike decided not to join us for lunch. He had to stay at work to finish the marketing report.
10. If I had gone with my friends to Jamaica, I would be lying on a white sand beach right now.
11. If I had gone with my friends to Jamaica, I would not have had to come to work this week.
14. It might have been Sam who called and didn't leave a message on the answering machine. He said he wanted to get together with us this weekend.
15. The machine can be turned on by flipping this switch.
16. She might have been crying. That could have been why her eyes were so red and swollen.
17. If she was crying, she must have been very upset.
18. That painting might not have been painted by Picasso. It could be a forgery.
19. Your diving equipment must be cleaned regularly if you want to keep it in good condition.
20. If I hadn't taken a taxi, I might have been waiting for you at the train station for hours.
My score is 75 %, My these sentenses are wrong. Wrong ansers are bold, and right answers are red
5. The package [should have been delivered / should be delivering / should be delivered ]tomorrow afternoon. It was sent by express mail this morning.
7. You can't mean that! You [must joke / have got to be joking / have to have joked].
8. If Debbie hasn't come home yet, she [must still wait / must still be waiting / must still have waited] for us in the coffee shop.
12. If I had gone with my friends to Jamaica, I [could have taken / might be taken / ought to be taking] scuba diving lessons.
13. Margaret agreed to meet us at the entrance to the theater. She [ought to be waiting / ought to wait / ought to have waited] for us when we get there.
Here are my right sentences:
1. I'm not really sure where Beverly is. She might be sitting in the living room, or perhaps she's in the backyard.
2. Doug must have returned the video we rented on his way to work. It was on the table, but now it's gone.
3. You ought to check the air pressure in your tires. You don't want to get a flat tire on your trip.
4. The computer isn't working. It must have been damaged during production.
6. You have to book the tickets for the play in advance - they sell out quickly.
9. Mike decided not to join us for lunch. He had to stay at work to finish the marketing report.
10. If I had gone with my friends to Jamaica, I would be lying on a white sand beach right now.
11. If I had gone with my friends to Jamaica, I would not have had to come to work this week.
14. It might have been Sam who called and didn't leave a message on the answering machine. He said he wanted to get together with us this weekend.
15. The machine can be turned on by flipping this switch.
16. She might have been crying. That could have been why her eyes were so red and swollen.
17. If she was crying, she must have been very upset.
18. That painting might not have been painted by Picasso. It could be a forgery.
19. Your diving equipment must be cleaned regularly if you want to keep it in good condition.
20. If I hadn't taken a taxi, I might have been waiting for you at the train station for hours.
Review of Model verb
Level of certainty:
will/won't > may/ may not > might/mightn't
Summarise:
PRESENT/ FUTURE: model verb + bare infinitive
will or won't: event is certain to occur
must or can't/couldn't: most logical or rational outcome
should or shouldn't: want something to happen with a reasonable expectation
may or may not: something will possibly happen
might/could or mightn't: will possibly happen, but we are less certain (< color="#006600">PAST: model verb + have + Verb 3
model verb = the same in PRESENT / FUTURE
This website will be clearer than my summary.
<http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-modal-verbs.htm>
will/won't > may/ may not > might/mightn't
Summarise:
PRESENT/ FUTURE: model verb + bare infinitive
will or won't: event is certain to occur
must or can't/couldn't: most logical or rational outcome
should or shouldn't: want something to happen with a reasonable expectation
may or may not: something will possibly happen
might/could or mightn't: will possibly happen, but we are less certain (< color="#006600">PAST: model verb + have + Verb 3
model verb = the same in PRESENT / FUTURE
This website will be clearer than my summary.
<http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-modal-verbs.htm>
linking word
-CONTRAST:
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/linking/contrast.htm>
It is not difficult as i thought. My perfect score:8/8. Or this is an easy exercise, isn't it?
- ADDITION:
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/linking/addition.htm>
1
I overslept this morning. ........ , my car ran out of petrol on the way to work.
Not only that X
Furthermore X
4
........ the wonderful main meal we also had a delicious pudding.
In addition to X
Besides X
My score is 6 out of 8. I also study more about informal and formal language. For example, 'not only that' using in everyday conversation, but 'furthermore' is more formal and used in written.
- CAUSE AND RESULT:
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/linking/result.htm>
1. The accident happened because of terrible weather.
The accident ........ bad weather. (RESULT)
--> was a result of --> was the result of/happened as a result of
2. The train was cancelled so I missed my appointment
......... the cancellation I missed my appointment. (CONSEQUENCE)
--> The consequence of --> As a consequence of
3. They decided to buy a new car because of the problems they were having with their old one.
They decided to buy a new car ........ problems with their old one. (SINCE)
--> since the time of
--> since they had been having / since they were having / since they had had
4. We were unable to contact you as communications were so poor.
We couldn't contact you ........ communications were so poor. (OWING)
--> because our owning --> owing to the fact that
5. You have been late every morning this week so we have deducted the lost time from your wages.
We have deducted money from your wages ........ you have been late every morning this week.(DUE)
--> due to the fact is that --> due to the fact that
6. I was sent home from school because I was feeling sick.
The student was sent home ........ the fact that he was feeling sick. (ACCOUNT)
--> accountant into--> on account of
7. It was too far to walk so we caught the bus.
We got the bus as ........ to walk. (ENOUGH)
--> as not enough close --> it wasn't near enough / it was not near enough
8. The film was so boring that we decided to leave early
......... we decided to leave early. (SUCH)
--> what such a boring film -->It was such a boring film
This is a very difficult exercise i have ever done. I didn't have any right answers. Neverthless, i suggest that exercise because it is good for your academic writing style.
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/linking/contrast.htm>
It is not difficult as i thought. My perfect score:8/8. Or this is an easy exercise, isn't it?
- ADDITION:
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/linking/addition.htm>
1
I overslept this morning. ........ , my car ran out of petrol on the way to work.
Not only that X
Furthermore X
4
........ the wonderful main meal we also had a delicious pudding.
In addition to X
Besides X
My score is 6 out of 8. I also study more about informal and formal language. For example, 'not only that' using in everyday conversation, but 'furthermore' is more formal and used in written.
- CAUSE AND RESULT:
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/linking/result.htm>
1. The accident happened because of terrible weather.
The accident ........ bad weather. (RESULT)
--> was a result of --> was the result of/happened as a result of
2. The train was cancelled so I missed my appointment
......... the cancellation I missed my appointment. (CONSEQUENCE)
--> The consequence of --> As a consequence of
3. They decided to buy a new car because of the problems they were having with their old one.
They decided to buy a new car ........ problems with their old one. (SINCE)
--> since the time of
--> since they had been having / since they were having / since they had had
4. We were unable to contact you as communications were so poor.
We couldn't contact you ........ communications were so poor. (OWING)
--> because our owning --> owing to the fact that
5. You have been late every morning this week so we have deducted the lost time from your wages.
We have deducted money from your wages ........ you have been late every morning this week.(DUE)
--> due to the fact is that --> due to the fact that
6. I was sent home from school because I was feeling sick.
The student was sent home ........ the fact that he was feeling sick. (ACCOUNT)
--> accountant into--> on account of
7. It was too far to walk so we caught the bus.
We got the bus as ........ to walk. (ENOUGH)
--> as not enough close --> it wasn't near enough / it was not near enough
8. The film was so boring that we decided to leave early
......... we decided to leave early. (SUCH)
--> what such a boring film -->It was such a boring film
This is a very difficult exercise i have ever done. I didn't have any right answers. Neverthless, i suggest that exercise because it is good for your academic writing style.
- TIME:
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/linking/time.htm>
1
........ I didn't really enjoy the course, but after a while I really started to enjoy it.
In the beginning X
At the beginning X
2
........ of the film the main character arrives in town looking for somewhere to stay.
In the beginning
At the beginning X X
3
We waited ages for a bus. ........ we decided to walk home.
Eventually X
At last X
4
The audience waited patiently for the delayed performance to start. ........ the curtain rose.
Lastly X
At last X
8
I played a lot of tennis ........ I was on holiday.
during X
while X
I got 3 out of 8. I still don't know why i am wrong. What is the different betwwen 'lastly' and 'at last', 'during' and 'while', 'eventually'?
Tricky Word Forms
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/tricky.htm>
1
Your help has been.......... . I couldn't have finished my essay without it.
valuable
invaluable X
2
You'll enjoy reading this book. As well as being informative it's really ..... in places, too.
humorous X
humourous
3
Many people think that capital punishment is completely ......
unacceptable X
unacceptible
4
I'm getting a bit fed-up with your ....... behaviour. Why don't you try behaving like a grown-up?
childlike
childish X
5
More people are turning to organic food these days because they're worried about all the different ........ in processed food.
additions X
additives X
6
The patient lifted up his ...... hand for the doctor to examine.
bloody X
bloodlike
7
It was absolutely ........ trying to repair the broken bicycle.
useful X
useless X
8
He is an ........ by birth although he lived in Spain for most of his childhood.
English X
Englishman X
I got 5 out of 8. The correct answer is red.
1
Your help has been.......... . I couldn't have finished my essay without it.
valuable
invaluable X
2
You'll enjoy reading this book. As well as being informative it's really ..... in places, too.
humorous X
humourous
3
Many people think that capital punishment is completely ......
unacceptable X
unacceptible
4
I'm getting a bit fed-up with your ....... behaviour. Why don't you try behaving like a grown-up?
childlike
childish X
5
More people are turning to organic food these days because they're worried about all the different ........ in processed food.
additions X
additives X
6
The patient lifted up his ...... hand for the doctor to examine.
bloody X
bloodlike
7
It was absolutely ........ trying to repair the broken bicycle.
useful X
useless X
8
He is an ........ by birth although he lived in Spain for most of his childhood.
English X
Englishman X
I got 5 out of 8. The correct answer is red.
Common Internal Spelling Changes
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/cross.htm>
Puzzle Title
Clues Across
1.
The doctor has ..... me to adopt a healthier diet. (ADVICE) ADVICED
3.
She ..... showed her baby son off to her friends. (PRIDE) PROUDLY
4.
She needs a ..... period of recovery after the operation. (LONG) LENGTHY
5.
Make sure you have a lot of speaking ..... before the exam. (PRACTISE) PRACTICE
6.
At this end of the pool the water is about 2 metres in ..... . (DEEP) DEPTH
7.
I do fifty ..... of the pool every morning. (WIDE) WIDTHS
8.
I'm not going up there. I'm scared of ..... . (HIGH) HEIGHTH
Clues Down
2.
The foundations of the building need ..... . (STRONG) STRENGTHENING
Another difficult exercise is made. I have only one right word. :-(
Puzzle Title
Clues Across
1.
The doctor has ..... me to adopt a healthier diet. (ADVICE) ADVICED
3.
She ..... showed her baby son off to her friends. (PRIDE) PROUDLY
4.
She needs a ..... period of recovery after the operation. (LONG) LENGTHY
5.
Make sure you have a lot of speaking ..... before the exam. (PRACTISE) PRACTICE
6.
At this end of the pool the water is about 2 metres in ..... . (DEEP) DEPTH
7.
I do fifty ..... of the pool every morning. (WIDE) WIDTHS
8.
I'm not going up there. I'm scared of ..... . (HIGH) HEIGHTH
Clues Down
2.
The foundations of the building need ..... . (STRONG) STRENGTHENING
Another difficult exercise is made. I have only one right word. :-(
Forming compound words
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/compound.htm>
2. (MOUTH)He tried to disguise his voice whilst talking on the telephone by putting a handkerchief across the .......... (the part of the phone that you speak into).
--> mouthpiece
3. (CHAIR)The meeting will be introduced by the .......... (somebody who runs a meeting).
--> chairman (my answer) , chairwomen, chairperson
4. (PEAK)If you can catch your train during .......... (when it is not so busy) times, your ticket will be much cheaper and the trains less busy.
--> off-peak
5. (NARROW)She is very .......... (unwilling to accept new ideas) when it comes to people from different cultures.
--> narrow-mimded
6. (WORK)The teacher gave us a list of phrasal verbs to revise for .......... (extra work that a student does) tonight before our test tomorrow.
--> overwork--> homework
7. (DAY)He's been watching a lot of .......... (during the morning and afternoon) since he lost his job.
--> whole-day--> daytime
8. (SENTENCE)Somebody from the audience shouted out, and the speaker was forced to stop in ......... (in the middle of).
--> mid-sentence
This exercise is vey difficult to me. I am absolutely impossible to finish. Practice more!
2. (MOUTH)He tried to disguise his voice whilst talking on the telephone by putting a handkerchief across the .......... (the part of the phone that you speak into).
--> mouthpiece
3. (CHAIR)The meeting will be introduced by the .......... (somebody who runs a meeting).
--> chairman (my answer) , chairwomen, chairperson
4. (PEAK)If you can catch your train during .......... (when it is not so busy) times, your ticket will be much cheaper and the trains less busy.
--> off-peak
5. (NARROW)She is very .......... (unwilling to accept new ideas) when it comes to people from different cultures.
--> narrow-mimded
6. (WORK)The teacher gave us a list of phrasal verbs to revise for .......... (extra work that a student does) tonight before our test tomorrow.
--> overwork--> homework
7. (DAY)He's been watching a lot of .......... (during the morning and afternoon) since he lost his job.
--> whole-day--> daytime
8. (SENTENCE)Somebody from the audience shouted out, and the speaker was forced to stop in ......... (in the middle of).
--> mid-sentence
This exercise is vey difficult to me. I am absolutely impossible to finish. Practice more!
forming noun
I didn't find the rule to form a noun, which noun is suitable for + hood, +ism, +ship, +dom? The world of noun is the big sky, isn't it?
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/nouns1.htm>
My score is 2/4. Here are 2 wrong sentences.
The film was praised by the critics for its real ........ in showing the horrors of war.
--> hood --> ism (realism)
During his boy....... he was a rather naughty child.
--> ism --> hood (boyhood)
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/nouns2.htm>
My core is perfect:4/4
New words are: motherhood, terrorism, good chance of gaining stardom and recognition
My score is 2/4. Here are 2 wrong sentences.
The film was praised by the critics for its real ........ in showing the horrors of war.
--> hood --> ism (realism)
During his boy....... he was a rather naughty child.
--> ism --> hood (boyhood)
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/nouns2.htm>
My core is perfect:4/4
New words are: motherhood, terrorism, good chance of gaining stardom and recognition
Forming nouns, verbs, adjectives
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/nounvbad.htm>
My score is 3/8, so sad. I will do more exercises on that area. My wrong answers are bold, and the rights answers are red.
2. (COMEDY)The ...comedy comedian....... went on stage and received a rapturous welcome from the audience.
3. (IMAGINE)Lots of little children go through a phase of having an .....imagined/ imaginable imaginary...... friend, but they usually grow out of it.
4. (INFECT - 2 changes)I'm doing the cleaning today. Can you get me a bottle of ...infection disinfectant....... from the supermarket.
5. (SWEET)He likes to .....ensweet sweten..... his breakfast cereal with honey instead of sugar.
7. FALSEThe manager was sacked after he tried to .....enfalse falsify..... his accounts.
My score is 3/8, so sad. I will do more exercises on that area. My wrong answers are bold, and the rights answers are red.
2. (COMEDY)The ...comedy comedian....... went on stage and received a rapturous welcome from the audience.
3. (IMAGINE)Lots of little children go through a phase of having an .....imagined/ imaginable imaginary...... friend, but they usually grow out of it.
4. (INFECT - 2 changes)I'm doing the cleaning today. Can you get me a bottle of ...infection disinfectant....... from the supermarket.
5. (SWEET)He likes to .....ensweet sweten..... his breakfast cereal with honey instead of sugar.
7. FALSEThe manager was sacked after he tried to .....enfalse falsify..... his accounts.
Word formation/ families: parts of speech
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/parts1.htm>
Parts of Speech 1:
It is .......... that you wish to change jobs, but the company will be very disappointed to lose you. (UNDERSTAND) --> verb--> adjective
My score is 75 %, the oboved sentense is wrong. Right answer is in red
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/parts2.htm>
Parts of Speech 2:
I got a perfect score: 100%
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/parts3.htm>
I got 6 out of 8 sentences. There are 2 my wrong sentenses:
5. (DO - VERB)That simple mistake meant she managed to .......... all her good work.
--> do --> undo
8. (KIND - ADJECTIVE)My grandmother was one of the .......... people you could ever have met.
--> kindly --> kindest
Parts of Speech 1:
It is .......... that you wish to change jobs, but the company will be very disappointed to lose you. (UNDERSTAND) --> verb--> adjective
My score is 75 %, the oboved sentense is wrong. Right answer is in red
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/parts2.htm>
Parts of Speech 2:
I got a perfect score: 100%
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/parts3.htm>
I got 6 out of 8 sentences. There are 2 my wrong sentenses:
5. (DO - VERB)That simple mistake meant she managed to .......... all her good work.
--> do --> undo
8. (KIND - ADJECTIVE)My grandmother was one of the .......... people you could ever have met.
--> kindly --> kindest
Verb tense
<http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs30finaltest.htm>
My score is just 67%. Disappointed. Here are my wrong sentences and wrong answers is in bold.
Right answer in red and bold.
4. Thomas is an author. He (write) wrote mystery novels and travel memoirs. He (write) had writen since he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he (write)has been writing has written seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book of poetry.
6. Sam (try) was trying to change a light bulb when he (slip) slipt slepped and (fell) felt .
7. Everyday I (wake) wake up at 6 o'clock, (eat) eat breakfast at 7 o'clock and (leave) leave for work at 8 o'clock. However, this morning I (get) got up at 6:30, (skip) skipped breakfast and (leave) left for work late because I (forget) forgot had forgot to set my alarm.
8. Right now, Jim (read) is reading the newspaper and Kathy (make) is making dinner. Last night at this time, they (do) were doing the same thing. She (cook) was cooking and he (read) was reading the newspaper. Tomorrow at this time, they (do, also) will be also doing will also be doing the same thing. She (prepare) will be preparing dinner and he (read) will be reading. They are very predictable people!
9. By this time next summer, you (complete) will have completed your studies and (find) found a job. I, on the other hand, (accomplish, not) will haven't accomplished will not have accomplasied anything. I (study, still) will be still studying and you (work) will be working in some new high paying job.
10. The students (be, usually) are usually taught by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they (teach) were taught by Mr. Tanzer.
11. Jane talks on the phone.
Bob has been talking on the phone for an hour.
Mary is talking on the phone.
Who is not necessarily on the phone now? Bob--> Jane
12. I'm going to make dinner for Frank.
I'm making dinner for Judy.
I'll make dinner for Mary.
I make dinner for Ted.
I will be making dinner for Tony.
Who are you offering to make dinner for? Judy--> Mary
13.Jane left when Tim arrived.
Bob left when Tim had arrived.
Tim arrived when Mary was leaving.
John had left when Tim arrived.
After Tim arrived, Frank left.
Who did not run into Tim? Jane--> John
Some left sentenses i don't know how to corect it.
My score is just 67%. Disappointed. Here are my wrong sentences and wrong answers is in bold.
Right answer in red and bold.
4. Thomas is an author. He (write) wrote mystery novels and travel memoirs. He (write) had writen since he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he (write)has been writing has written seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book of poetry.
6. Sam (try) was trying to change a light bulb when he (slip) slipt slepped and (fell) felt .
7. Everyday I (wake) wake up at 6 o'clock, (eat) eat breakfast at 7 o'clock and (leave) leave for work at 8 o'clock. However, this morning I (get) got up at 6:30, (skip) skipped breakfast and (leave) left for work late because I (forget) forgot had forgot to set my alarm.
8. Right now, Jim (read) is reading the newspaper and Kathy (make) is making dinner. Last night at this time, they (do) were doing the same thing. She (cook) was cooking and he (read) was reading the newspaper. Tomorrow at this time, they (do, also) will be also doing will also be doing the same thing. She (prepare) will be preparing dinner and he (read) will be reading. They are very predictable people!
9. By this time next summer, you (complete) will have completed your studies and (find) found a job. I, on the other hand, (accomplish, not) will haven't accomplished will not have accomplasied anything. I (study, still) will be still studying and you (work) will be working in some new high paying job.
10. The students (be, usually) are usually taught by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they (teach) were taught by Mr. Tanzer.
11. Jane talks on the phone.
Bob has been talking on the phone for an hour.
Mary is talking on the phone.
Who is not necessarily on the phone now? Bob--> Jane
12. I'm going to make dinner for Frank.
I'm making dinner for Judy.
I'll make dinner for Mary.
I make dinner for Ted.
I will be making dinner for Tony.
Who are you offering to make dinner for? Judy--> Mary
13.Jane left when Tim arrived.
Bob left when Tim had arrived.
Tim arrived when Mary was leaving.
John had left when Tim arrived.
After Tim arrived, Frank left.
Who did not run into Tim? Jane--> John
Some left sentenses i don't know how to corect it.
Friday 5 September 2008
essay of globalisation
Student‘s name: Tran Le Nguyen
Tutor: Steve Gattey
Class: LEEDS
Essay question:Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area.Plan:1. Introduction (172 words)2. Media (215 words)3. Culture (130 words)4. Politics (156 words)5. Business- Economic (315 words)
6. Conclusion (113 words)
7. References
Word count: 1101 words
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market’s gradually growing scope started to across national borders. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), globalisation is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements on trade, co-operative development programme have been signed between a country and other ones. Many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our communications faster. It is widely believed that globalisation is an effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argue that it is generally unfair and its negative effects widen the gap between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
Global mass media has been changing in recent years. Invention of new media modes including wikis, text messaging, videoblogs and so forth help us communicate with someone all over the world more quickly and economically. These means of communication moreover provide a new service to meet higher need of entertainment. Nokia mobiles’ the Comes With Music service is a typical example to describe how the other countries can receive benefits from a country in the global media status. Comes With Music service is a involvement of four leading record labels: Nokia, Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music. Nokia will launch the handset accompanied this service in the United Kingdom in November and in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, plus Australia and Singapore, and some developing countries next year (Financial Times 2008). This means that the benefits of global media are allocated in other countries. Nevertheless, a threat of controlling a media world is possibly occurred in fast integrated countries. Many media forms are produced in developing or imported countries but its various prices are decided by multinational companies. The content of media changed by powerful corporation will also limit locally cultural expression. Two aspects of global media are a result of a continuous development of technology to communicate everyone in international transactions.
Diversified culture is a part of international integration process. European people can eat the tropical fruits such as durian, blue dragon, litchis in their countries where they cannot be grown or are difficult to grow. For another example, a language diversification is obviously seen in London where there are a lot of immigrants in the world. Some local words and traditional values are disappeared from cultural integration. Nowadays young Chinese people often live with their children in their own house rather than with their parents in a big one. A full of sexual, materialistic lifestyle formed in their thinking is effected by Western culture and by the complexity of many other factors (Reith lectures BBC 1999). Cultural diversification is actually happening and progressively replacing the specific culture of a country.
In terms of politics, some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer. Group Seven (G7), European Nations (EU) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) are the pattern organisations. A standard and common rule is built and applied for all member countries to solve both political and economic problems. A member country with an unstable politics will be supported dramatically by other countries. For instance, strategic management policy is appropriately reformed and implied to reason and sentiment to adapt the world’s political environment. On the other hand, the dark side of this aid is an extensive intervention on weak political countries such as Iraq’s situation. The United States’ political power has governed some countries in a wide and deep way. This leads to a number of problems on a flood of immigration, grey matter, stagnating economic development in some countries with political weakness. Therefore, the closer political relationship is, the more seriously problem arises.
Political instability is one of many leading reasons to decide how much the volume of capital is invested in a country. Liberalization of capital flows has affected the development of international business and world economics in recent years. Trade liberalisation and world economics have changed in both negatively and positively. In global trade, cheap working force is the most benefit for investors. In order to produce a good quality commodity with a competitive price, many multinational groups choose countries in which they can find low labour-cost, firmly political environment and abundant resources. With the same product, the labour force in Vietnam, Singapore, China is extremely much cheaper than it in United Kingdom. As a result, a large number of multinational companies as foreign branches are established in these cheap-cost countries to do international business. Since 1955, world trade including export, import, manufacture in domestic has significantly increased more than 100 times (from $95 billion to $12 trillion) (BBC News 2007). Furthermore, the annual economic growth rate among trade liberalizers has remarkably increased and is faster than it in non-globalising countries (Dollar and Kraay 2001b). In consequence, some developing countries such as China, India have become emergent economies with a very strong growth and are prospective markets for investors.
However, there is a steady decline in growth from a high of 4.7 percent in 1960s to 2.2 percent in 1990s in rich countries (IMF 2001). Globalisation’s unfairly benefit distribution in each country has increased the gap between the rich and poor countries. According to ASEAN‘s report in their Ninth Summit in Bali, 1.2 billion people in the world live less than 1USD a day (ASEAN 2003). In addition, high inflation, low interest rate, low wages for workers are ominous signs of a weak economy from globalisation process. In generally, business and economics which are two sensitive aspects evidently describe the advantage and disadvantage effects of globalisation.
In conclusion, the international integration is key condition to encourage the national development of media, culture, politics, especially business and economics. Important aspects of national economy have been changing manifestly as a result of trade liberalisation. Although it is an effective way to follow the modern world’s global trend, globalisation still has some negative influences. A lot of studies of its negative effects are not still comprehensive research on detailed solutions to eliminate or limit them. A prospective investigation on that issue might be very practical for poor and developing countries. In the mean while, a selectively strategic integration method seems to be very important to widely open the economy to the world.
References:
1. Jeffery, S. (2002), ‘What is globalisation?’, Guardian, [viewed 18 August 2008] <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/oct/31/globalisation.simonjeffery>
2. Parker, A. (2008), ‘Nokia set to roll out mobile music service’, Financial Times 2 September, p23.
3. Reith lectures (1999), ‘Lecture 4: Family – Washington DC’, BBC- Radio 4, <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith1999/lecture4.shtml>, [accessed 19 August 2008]
4. Steve, S. (Economics reporter) (2007), ‘Globalisation shakes the world’, BBC News, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm> [accessed 18 August 2008]
5. David, D ,& Aart, K, (2001), ‘Trade, growth and poverty’, Finance and Development Magazine of IMF, Vol. 38, No. 3, <http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2001/09/dollar.htm>, [accessed 18 August 2008]
6. ASEAN Secretariat, (2003), ‘ASEAN Regional Security: The Threats Facing it and the Way Forward’, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, <http://www.aseansec.org/18394.htm>, [accessed 18 August 2008]
7. World Bank (2001), ‘Globalization, Growth, and Poverty’, A World Bank Policy Research Report.
8. Jenny, B. (international economist) (2000), institute ‘ Globalisation, Pverty and Inequality’,<http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=108&subsecID=206&contentID=2201>, [accessed 18 August 2008]
Tutor: Steve Gattey
Class: LEEDS
Essay question:Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area.Plan:1. Introduction (172 words)2. Media (215 words)3. Culture (130 words)4. Politics (156 words)5. Business- Economic (315 words)
6. Conclusion (113 words)
7. References
Word count: 1101 words
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market’s gradually growing scope started to across national borders. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), globalisation is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements on trade, co-operative development programme have been signed between a country and other ones. Many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our communications faster. It is widely believed that globalisation is an effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argue that it is generally unfair and its negative effects widen the gap between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
Global mass media has been changing in recent years. Invention of new media modes including wikis, text messaging, videoblogs and so forth help us communicate with someone all over the world more quickly and economically. These means of communication moreover provide a new service to meet higher need of entertainment. Nokia mobiles’ the Comes With Music service is a typical example to describe how the other countries can receive benefits from a country in the global media status. Comes With Music service is a involvement of four leading record labels: Nokia, Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music. Nokia will launch the handset accompanied this service in the United Kingdom in November and in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, plus Australia and Singapore, and some developing countries next year (Financial Times 2008). This means that the benefits of global media are allocated in other countries. Nevertheless, a threat of controlling a media world is possibly occurred in fast integrated countries. Many media forms are produced in developing or imported countries but its various prices are decided by multinational companies. The content of media changed by powerful corporation will also limit locally cultural expression. Two aspects of global media are a result of a continuous development of technology to communicate everyone in international transactions.
Diversified culture is a part of international integration process. European people can eat the tropical fruits such as durian, blue dragon, litchis in their countries where they cannot be grown or are difficult to grow. For another example, a language diversification is obviously seen in London where there are a lot of immigrants in the world. Some local words and traditional values are disappeared from cultural integration. Nowadays young Chinese people often live with their children in their own house rather than with their parents in a big one. A full of sexual, materialistic lifestyle formed in their thinking is effected by Western culture and by the complexity of many other factors (Reith lectures BBC 1999). Cultural diversification is actually happening and progressively replacing the specific culture of a country.
In terms of politics, some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer. Group Seven (G7), European Nations (EU) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) are the pattern organisations. A standard and common rule is built and applied for all member countries to solve both political and economic problems. A member country with an unstable politics will be supported dramatically by other countries. For instance, strategic management policy is appropriately reformed and implied to reason and sentiment to adapt the world’s political environment. On the other hand, the dark side of this aid is an extensive intervention on weak political countries such as Iraq’s situation. The United States’ political power has governed some countries in a wide and deep way. This leads to a number of problems on a flood of immigration, grey matter, stagnating economic development in some countries with political weakness. Therefore, the closer political relationship is, the more seriously problem arises.
Political instability is one of many leading reasons to decide how much the volume of capital is invested in a country. Liberalization of capital flows has affected the development of international business and world economics in recent years. Trade liberalisation and world economics have changed in both negatively and positively. In global trade, cheap working force is the most benefit for investors. In order to produce a good quality commodity with a competitive price, many multinational groups choose countries in which they can find low labour-cost, firmly political environment and abundant resources. With the same product, the labour force in Vietnam, Singapore, China is extremely much cheaper than it in United Kingdom. As a result, a large number of multinational companies as foreign branches are established in these cheap-cost countries to do international business. Since 1955, world trade including export, import, manufacture in domestic has significantly increased more than 100 times (from $95 billion to $12 trillion) (BBC News 2007). Furthermore, the annual economic growth rate among trade liberalizers has remarkably increased and is faster than it in non-globalising countries (Dollar and Kraay 2001b). In consequence, some developing countries such as China, India have become emergent economies with a very strong growth and are prospective markets for investors.
However, there is a steady decline in growth from a high of 4.7 percent in 1960s to 2.2 percent in 1990s in rich countries (IMF 2001). Globalisation’s unfairly benefit distribution in each country has increased the gap between the rich and poor countries. According to ASEAN‘s report in their Ninth Summit in Bali, 1.2 billion people in the world live less than 1USD a day (ASEAN 2003). In addition, high inflation, low interest rate, low wages for workers are ominous signs of a weak economy from globalisation process. In generally, business and economics which are two sensitive aspects evidently describe the advantage and disadvantage effects of globalisation.
In conclusion, the international integration is key condition to encourage the national development of media, culture, politics, especially business and economics. Important aspects of national economy have been changing manifestly as a result of trade liberalisation. Although it is an effective way to follow the modern world’s global trend, globalisation still has some negative influences. A lot of studies of its negative effects are not still comprehensive research on detailed solutions to eliminate or limit them. A prospective investigation on that issue might be very practical for poor and developing countries. In the mean while, a selectively strategic integration method seems to be very important to widely open the economy to the world.
References:
1. Jeffery, S. (2002), ‘What is globalisation?’, Guardian, [viewed 18 August 2008] <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/oct/31/globalisation.simonjeffery>
2. Parker, A. (2008), ‘Nokia set to roll out mobile music service’, Financial Times 2 September, p23.
3. Reith lectures (1999), ‘Lecture 4: Family – Washington DC’, BBC- Radio 4, <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith1999/lecture4.shtml>, [accessed 19 August 2008]
4. Steve, S. (Economics reporter) (2007), ‘Globalisation shakes the world’, BBC News, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm> [accessed 18 August 2008]
5. David, D ,& Aart, K, (2001), ‘Trade, growth and poverty’, Finance and Development Magazine of IMF, Vol. 38, No. 3, <http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2001/09/dollar.htm>, [accessed 18 August 2008]
6. ASEAN Secretariat, (2003), ‘ASEAN Regional Security: The Threats Facing it and the Way Forward’, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, <http://www.aseansec.org/18394.htm>, [accessed 18 August 2008]
7. World Bank (2001), ‘Globalization, Growth, and Poverty’, A World Bank Policy Research Report.
8. Jenny, B. (international economist) (2000), institute ‘ Globalisation, Pverty and Inequality’,<http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=108&subsecID=206&contentID=2201>, [accessed 18 August 2008]
Wednesday 3 September 2008
before submiting on Friday
Student ‘s name: Tran Le Nguyen
Essay question:
Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area.
Word count: 1018 words
Plan:
1. Introduction (179 words)
2. Media (207 words)
3. Culture (132 words)
4. Politics (156 words)
5. Business- Economic (284 words)
6. Conclusion (60 words)
6. Conclusion (60 words)
7. References
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market’s gradually growing scope started to across national borders. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins, “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’ (Guardian 2002). Many agreements on trade, co-operative development programme have been signed between a country and other ones. Many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our communications faster. It is widely believed that globalisation is an effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is generally unfair and its negative effects widen the gap between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market’s gradually growing scope started to across national borders. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins, “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’ (Guardian 2002). Many agreements on trade, co-operative development programme have been signed between a country and other ones. Many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our communications faster. It is widely believed that globalisation is an effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is generally unfair and its negative effects widen the gap between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
Global mass media has been changing in recent years. Many kinds of new media mean help us communicate with someone all over the world more quickly and economically. These communicated means moreover provide a new service to meet higher need of entertainment. Nokia mobiles’ the Comes With Music service is a typical example to describe how the other countries can receive benefits from a country in the global media status. Comes With Music service is a involvement of four leading record labels: Nokia, Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music. Nokia will launch the handset accompanied this service in the United Kingdom in November and in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, plus Australia and Singapore, and some developing countries next year (Financial Times 2008). This means that the benefits of global media are allocated in other countries. Nevertheless, a threat of controlling a media world is possibly occurred in fast integrated countries. Many media means are produced in developing or imported countries but its various prices are decided by multinational companies. The content of media changed by powerful corporation will also limit locally cultural expression. Two aspects of global media are a result of a continuous development of technology to communicate everyone in international transactions.
Diversified culture is a part of international integration process. A European people can eat the tropical fruits such as durian, blue dragon, litchis in their countries where they cannot be grown or are difficult to grow. For another example, a language diversification is obviously seen in London where there are a lot of immigrants in the world. However, some local words and traditional values are disappeared from cultural integration. Nowadays young Chinese people often live with their children in their own house rather than with their parents in a big one. A full of sexual, materialistic lifestyle formed in their thinking is effected by Western culture and by the complexity of many other factors (Reith lectures BBC 1999). Cultural diversification is actually happening and progressively replacing the specific culture of a country.
In terms of politics, some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer. Group Seven (G7), European Nations (EU) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) are the pattern organisations. A standard and common rule is built and applied for all member countries to solve both political and economic problems. Moreover, a country with an unstable politics will be supported dramatically by other countries. For instance, strategic management policy is appropriately reformed and implied to reason and sentiment to adapt the world’s political environment. On the other hand, the dark side of this aid is an extensive intervention on weak political countries such as Iraq’s situation. The United States’ political power has governed some countries in a wide and deep way. This leads to a number of problems on a flood of immigration, grey matter, stagnating economic development in some countries with political weakness. Therefore, the closer political relationship is, the more seriously problem arises.
Political instability is one of many leading reasons to decide how much the volume of capital investment is in a country. International capital flows is an importantly operated engine of global trade and world economics. In integrative condition, trade liberalisation and world economics have changed in both negatively and positively. Cheap working force is the most benefit for investors. In order to produce a good quality commodity with a competitive price, many international groups prefer to countries in which they can find low labour-cost, firmly political environment, full of resources. With the same product, the labour force in Vietnam is extremely much cheaper than in United Kingdom. As a result, a large number of multinational companies as foreign branches are established to do international business in globalising countries. World trade including export, import, manufacture in domestic has significantly increased more than 100 times (from $95 billion to $12 trillion) since 1955 (BBC News 2007). This partly explains why the annual economic growth rate has remarkably increased among trade liberalizers and better than the non-globalising developing countries (Dollar and Kraay 2001b). In consequence, some developing countries such as China, India have become emergent economies with a very strong growth and prospective markets for investors.
However, there is a steady decline in growth from a high of 4.7 percent in 1960s to 2.2 percent in 1990s in rich countries (IMF 2001). Globalisation’s unfairly benefit distribution in each country increases the gap between the rich and poor countries. Furthermore, high inflation, low interest rate, low wages for workers is ominous signs of a weak economy from globalisation process. In generally, business and economics which are two sensitive aspects evidently describe the advantage and disadvantage effects of globalisation.
In conclusion, the international integration is key condition to encourage the national development of media, culture, politics, especially business and economics. Although it is an effective way to follow the modern world’s global trend, globalisation still has some negative influences. Therefore, widely opening the economy to the world is not absolutely benefit. The importance is a selectively strategic integration method.
Monday 1 September 2008
summarise some main effects of globalisation
(176 words-intrduction)
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market’s gradually growing scope started to across the national borders. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements have been signed between a country and other ones. Many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our lives more convenient. It is widely believed that globalisation is an effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is generally unfair and its negative effects widen the gaps between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market’s gradually growing scope started to across the national borders. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements have been signed between a country and other ones. Many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our lives more convenient. It is widely believed that globalisation is an effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is generally unfair and its negative effects widen the gaps between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
The kind of global mass media has been changing in recent years. It is a result of a continuous development of technology to communicate everyone all over the world in international transactions. Communication is made with a cheaper cost by telephone, email, fax faster than before and even conducted visually to share the vital information by internet. Nevertheless, a threat of controlling a world media is possibly occurred in fast integrated countries. Many new communicated means is produced with various price by international companies when those countries open the market. The content of media also changed by powerful corporation will limit locally cultural expression.
Diversified culture is happening and progressively replacing the simple culture in one country. A European people can eat the tropical fruits such as durian, blue dragon, litchis in their countries where they cannot be grown or difficult to grow. For example, everything can be found in London with a lot of immigrants in the world. A diversification of language is obviously seen in London. However, some local words and traditional values are disappeared from cultural integration. Nowadays young people often live with their children in their own house rather than with their parents in a big one. A full of sexual, materialistic lifestyle formed in their thinking is effected by Western culture and by the complexity of many other factors.
In terms of politics, some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer. G7, European Nations (EU) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) are the pattern examples. A standard rules is built in such an organisation to apply for all member countries. Moreover, the unstable politics of one country will be supported dramatically by other countries. Strategic management policy is reformed and implied conformably to reason and sentiment to adapt the world’s political environment. On the other hand, the dark side of this aid is the deeply intervention in weak political countries. The United States’ political power has governed some countries in wide and deep way. This leads to a number of serious problems on many aspects in the world’s market.
(347 words)
Academic writing style
<http://www.uefap.com/writing/exercise/feature/nounex1.htm>
Rewrite the underlined parts of the following sentences using a noun-based phrase instead of the "wh" clause.
1. It is essential to discuss how much cultural and biological evolution can be explained by similar principles.
--> how much = the level of
--> the extent to which (answer)
2. Many factors must be considered in explaining how fast the population has grown in the developing countries.
--> the speech of growing population
--> rapid growth of population
3. Classes differ greatly in how membership is established and how fast membership changes.
--> the manner of the establishment of membership and in the rate of membership change.
4. There are advantages and declines in labour productivity and both are related to how much the population density is increasing.
--> increasing of the population density
--> increasing population density.
5. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, asked them how much the full internationalisation of civil aviation was possible.
--> for
--> to what extent
6. It follows that the key issue is how much there was a significant Soviet threat to those supplies.
--> that
--> the extent to which
7. But even in this he is a failure as he can't remember a word, nor does he know why he is going to be executed.
--> the reason for his impending execution
8. I cannot avoid the feeling why we were disenchanted was simply because of the kinds of problems we were given.
--> the reason of being disenchanted
--> that the reason for our disenchantment lay simply because
9. On the surface, why women and domestic architecture were associated were obvious.
--> the reason of associating women and domestic architecture
--> the reasons for the association between women and domestic architecture
10. Menzel (1973) has shown that non-speaking chimpanzees can convey where food is to one another.
--> the place of food
--> the location of food
11. It is easiest to list foods and drinks according to where they are stored.
--> stock
--> the location in which they are stored.
12. How much precaution is taken is regularly reviewed in the light of the patient's progress.
--> Taking precaution
--> The level of precaution
13. The week following admission appears to be when the risk is greatest.
--> at the greatest risk
--> the time of greatest risk
14. It is important to remember that whatever type of subsequent care is to occur, the period after discharge may be when things are particularly difficult.
--> at particular difficult time.
--> a time of particular difficulty
15. When the riots occurred, 36 per cent of the workforce in Handsworth was out of work.
--> As occurring the riots
--> At the time of the riots
16. These star charts were provided to enable the deceased to tell what time it is and what day it is.
--> the time and the date
--> time of night or the date in the calendar.
17. After leaving the town, Tom Owen could at first find nowhere for his family to rest at all.
--> a rested place for his family
--> no place of rest for his family
18. When I was fifteen or sixteen none of my peers were interested in such matters.
--> as
--> At the age of
19. How long the prisoner stays in prison is determined by someone who has not heard any representations by or on behalf of the prisoner on grounds which the prisoner does not know.
--> The period of staying in prison
--> The length of imprisonment
20. How big this group is varies in different centres.
--> The size of this group
Some sentences i don't know how to change it better: 3,7,20
After checking answers, i think my answer is very poor and such an exercise is very useful for practising writing accademic english. This exercise is quite difficult for me.:-(
Rewrite the underlined parts of the following sentences using a noun-based phrase instead of the "wh" clause.
1. It is essential to discuss how much cultural and biological evolution can be explained by similar principles.
--> how much = the level of
--> the extent to which (answer)
2. Many factors must be considered in explaining how fast the population has grown in the developing countries.
--> the speech of growing population
--> rapid growth of population
3. Classes differ greatly in how membership is established and how fast membership changes.
--> the manner of the establishment of membership and in the rate of membership change.
4. There are advantages and declines in labour productivity and both are related to how much the population density is increasing.
--> increasing of the population density
--> increasing population density.
5. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, asked them how much the full internationalisation of civil aviation was possible.
--> for
--> to what extent
6. It follows that the key issue is how much there was a significant Soviet threat to those supplies.
--> that
--> the extent to which
7. But even in this he is a failure as he can't remember a word, nor does he know why he is going to be executed.
--> the reason for his impending execution
8. I cannot avoid the feeling why we were disenchanted was simply because of the kinds of problems we were given.
--> the reason of being disenchanted
--> that the reason for our disenchantment lay simply because
9. On the surface, why women and domestic architecture were associated were obvious.
--> the reason of associating women and domestic architecture
--> the reasons for the association between women and domestic architecture
10. Menzel (1973) has shown that non-speaking chimpanzees can convey where food is to one another.
--> the place of food
--> the location of food
11. It is easiest to list foods and drinks according to where they are stored.
--> stock
--> the location in which they are stored.
12. How much precaution is taken is regularly reviewed in the light of the patient's progress.
--> Taking precaution
--> The level of precaution
13. The week following admission appears to be when the risk is greatest.
--> at the greatest risk
--> the time of greatest risk
14. It is important to remember that whatever type of subsequent care is to occur, the period after discharge may be when things are particularly difficult.
--> at particular difficult time.
--> a time of particular difficulty
15. When the riots occurred, 36 per cent of the workforce in Handsworth was out of work.
--> As occurring the riots
--> At the time of the riots
16. These star charts were provided to enable the deceased to tell what time it is and what day it is.
--> the time and the date
--> time of night or the date in the calendar.
17. After leaving the town, Tom Owen could at first find nowhere for his family to rest at all.
--> a rested place for his family
--> no place of rest for his family
18. When I was fifteen or sixteen none of my peers were interested in such matters.
--> as
--> At the age of
19. How long the prisoner stays in prison is determined by someone who has not heard any representations by or on behalf of the prisoner on grounds which the prisoner does not know.
--> The period of staying in prison
--> The length of imprisonment
20. How big this group is varies in different centres.
--> The size of this group
Some sentences i don't know how to change it better: 3,7,20
After checking answers, i think my answer is very poor and such an exercise is very useful for practising writing accademic english. This exercise is quite difficult for me.:-(
Features of academic writing
http://www.uefap.com/writing/feature/complex.htm
The following features are common in academic written texts:
Subordinate (less important) clauses/embedding: Relative clause
Complement clauses: that+clauses, to+clauses, of+ing+clauses
Sequences of prepositional phrases: preposition is used commonly.
Participles:
Formal written English uses verbs less than spoken English. -ed and -ing participles allow verbs to be used nominally or adjectively.
Passive verbs,
Lexical density: specialized pattern of words, using phrase more than clause
Lexical complexity: affixes, refixes, noun, verb
e.g:
noun + prefix=noun (hyperinflation)
verb + prefix=verb (rewrite)
verb + suffix=noun (demonstration)
adjective + suffix= verb (specialise)
adjective + suffix=noun (darkness)
verb/ noun + suffix=adjective (attractive, homeless)
adjctive + negative (prefix) = adjective (uncomfortable)
both prefix and suffix: unimaginative
Nominalisation:
of, -tion (suffix) are used commonly
Noun-based phrases: prefer noun to verb in academic writing
Modification of noun-phrases:
premodifier + noun:
adjective - the constitutional aspects, the important role
ed-participle - a balanced budget, the emitted light
ing-participle - growing problem, existing structures
noun - market forces, cabinet appointments
noun + post modifier:
relative clause - students who have no previous experience
to-clauses - the solution to the problem of inflation, the question to be debated
ing-clauses - a brake consisting of a drum divided into twelve compartments
ed-clauses - canoes preserved by a hard plaster,
prepositional phrase - we need to bring to the box a special tool with a ready-compressed spring
adverb (phrase) - the road back, the people outside
adjective (phrase) -the festival proper, something different
Attributive adjectives: external economic linkages
The following features are common in academic written texts:
Subordinate (less important) clauses/embedding: Relative clause
Complement clauses: that+clauses, to+clauses, of+ing+clauses
Sequences of prepositional phrases: preposition is used commonly.
Participles:
Formal written English uses verbs less than spoken English. -ed and -ing participles allow verbs to be used nominally or adjectively.
Passive verbs,
Lexical density: specialized pattern of words, using phrase more than clause
Lexical complexity: affixes, refixes, noun, verb
e.g:
noun + prefix=noun (hyperinflation)
verb + prefix=verb (rewrite)
verb + suffix=noun (demonstration)
adjective + suffix= verb (specialise)
adjective + suffix=noun (darkness)
verb/ noun + suffix=adjective (attractive, homeless)
adjctive + negative (prefix) = adjective (uncomfortable)
both prefix and suffix: unimaginative
Nominalisation:
of, -tion (suffix) are used commonly
Noun-based phrases: prefer noun to verb in academic writing
Modification of noun-phrases:
premodifier + noun:
adjective - the constitutional aspects, the important role
ed-participle - a balanced budget, the emitted light
ing-participle - growing problem, existing structures
noun - market forces, cabinet appointments
noun + post modifier:
relative clause - students who have no previous experience
to-clauses - the solution to the problem of inflation, the question to be debated
ing-clauses - a brake consisting of a drum divided into twelve compartments
ed-clauses - canoes preserved by a hard plaster,
prepositional phrase - we need to bring to the box a special tool with a ready-compressed spring
adverb (phrase) - the road back, the people outside
adjective (phrase) -the festival proper, something different
Attributive adjectives: external economic linkages
Friday 29 August 2008
last change of my draft
Essay question:
Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area.
Word count: 183 words
Plan:
1. Introduction
2. Media
3. Culture
4. Politics
5. Business
6. Economic
7. ConclusionFrom the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market was operated largely. Its gradually growing scope started to across the border of a nation. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements have been signed between one country and many another ones, many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our lives more convenience. It is widely believed that globalisation is effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is generally unfair and its negative effects are widening the gaps between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
The global massive media system was formed has been changing in recent years.
Diversified culture has been happening and progressively replacing the mere culture in one country.
Some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer.
International business has been brought lower labour-cost for investors but higher benefits just for some multinational firms.
The important aspects of each country‘s economy has been changing manifestly as a result of trade liberalisation.
Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area.
Word count: 183 words
Plan:
1. Introduction
2. Media
3. Culture
4. Politics
5. Business
6. Economic
7. ConclusionFrom the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market was operated largely. Its gradually growing scope started to across the border of a nation. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements have been signed between one country and many another ones, many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our lives more convenience. It is widely believed that globalisation is effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. However, contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is generally unfair and its negative effects are widening the gaps between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, and then particularly consider how far it impacts on my subject - business and economics- positively.
The global massive media system was formed has been changing in recent years.
Diversified culture has been happening and progressively replacing the mere culture in one country.
Some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer.
International business has been brought lower labour-cost for investors but higher benefits just for some multinational firms.
The important aspects of each country‘s economy has been changing manifestly as a result of trade liberalisation.
Thursday 28 August 2008
2nd draft of globalisation
I changed my draft again. Everyday i recognise a mistake or a lot of mistakes in my first draft. It is difficult to have a good essay with clear idea for everyone to understand, isn't it? I hope it is much better than before so that what i did will be meaningful.
1. Introduction
2. Media
3. Culture
4. Politics
5. Business
6. Economic
7. Conclusion
Essay question:
Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area.
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market was operated largely. Its gradually growing scope started to across the border of a nation. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements have been signed between one country and many another ones, many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our lives more convenience. It is widely believed that globalisation is effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. Contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is unfairly beneficial to everyone and its negative effects are widening the gaps between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, particularly to consider how far its positive impacts on my subject - business and economics.
International trade activities are taking place between company and other company from different countries rather than the scope of the same country. That requires a continuous development of technology to communicate everyone all over the world. The global massive media system was formed and has been improving in recent years.
Diversified culture has been happening and progressively replacing the mere culture in one country. A European people can eat the tropical fruits such as durian, blue dragon, litchis in their countries where they cannot be grown or difficult to grow. Moreover, one people can go abroad easily or even immigrate in another country that never happens without multinational agreement signed among countries.
Some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer. G7, European Nations (EU) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) are the pattern examples. The unstable politics of one country will be intervened or supported dramatically by other countries if this country was a member of these organisations.
Political instability is one of many leading reasons to decide how much the volume of capital investment is in a country. The investors usually estimate when they receive profit back, the level of risk of the capital investment in where its politics is safe as their speculation. Thanks to international integration and such a calculation, world trade including export, import, domestic manufacture has significantly increased more than 100 times (from $95 billion to $12 trillion) since 1955 (BBC News 2007). International business as the engine of globalisation has been brought higher benefits and lower labour-cost for multinational firms.
The important aspects of each country‘s economy has been changing manifestly as a result of trade liberalisation. In recent research of Dollar and Kraay 2001b, annual economic growth rate has remarkably increased among trade liberalizers and better than the non-globalising developing countries. However, there is a steady decline in growth in rich countries.
1. Introduction
2. Media
3. Culture
4. Politics
5. Business
6. Economic
7. Conclusion
Essay question:
Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area.
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market was operated largely. Its gradually growing scope started to across the border of a nation. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to Collins (Guardian 2002), “Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a ‘result of deregulation and improved communications’. Many agreements have been signed between one country and many another ones, many new laws have been issued to follow the current trend of the world. Modern information technology has made our lives more convenience. It is widely believed that globalisation is effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. Contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that it is unfairly beneficial to everyone and its negative effects are widening the gaps between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, particularly to consider how far its positive impacts on my subject - business and economics.
International trade activities are taking place between company and other company from different countries rather than the scope of the same country. That requires a continuous development of technology to communicate everyone all over the world. The global massive media system was formed and has been improving in recent years.
Diversified culture has been happening and progressively replacing the mere culture in one country. A European people can eat the tropical fruits such as durian, blue dragon, litchis in their countries where they cannot be grown or difficult to grow. Moreover, one people can go abroad easily or even immigrate in another country that never happens without multinational agreement signed among countries.
Some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer. G7, European Nations (EU) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) are the pattern examples. The unstable politics of one country will be intervened or supported dramatically by other countries if this country was a member of these organisations.
Political instability is one of many leading reasons to decide how much the volume of capital investment is in a country. The investors usually estimate when they receive profit back, the level of risk of the capital investment in where its politics is safe as their speculation. Thanks to international integration and such a calculation, world trade including export, import, domestic manufacture has significantly increased more than 100 times (from $95 billion to $12 trillion) since 1955 (BBC News 2007). International business as the engine of globalisation has been brought higher benefits and lower labour-cost for multinational firms.
The important aspects of each country‘s economy has been changing manifestly as a result of trade liberalisation. In recent research of Dollar and Kraay 2001b, annual economic growth rate has remarkably increased among trade liberalizers and better than the non-globalising developing countries. However, there is a steady decline in growth in rich countries.
Wednesday 27 August 2008
first draft of globalisation
1. Introduction
2. Media
3. Culture
4. Politics
5. Business
6. Economic
7. Conclusion
From the late 1980s to early 1990s, the financial and investment market was operated largely and started to across the border of a nation. It was not a simple problem in a country for government to control in front of the gradually growing scope of capital investment and financial market. In consequence, the original appearance of what so-called ‘globalisation’ became a new business method as well as a practical solution to run the financial market. According to the definition of Wikipedia, ‘“Globalisation – whatever that means” (economics editor Evan Davies) is a combination of economic, technological, socio-cultural and political force’ through ‘trade, direct investment, capital flows and migration’. This combination rose the volume of international trade in total output from 32.3 to 37.9 percent among rich countries; from 33.8 to 48.9 percent for developing countries between 1990 and 2001 (the World Bank’s World Development Indicators 2003). That explains why many people believe on its contributed benefits in each nation, its effective remedy to improve the life quality and to reduce poverty. What was happened in poor countries? Contrary to popular beliefs, some people argued that its negative effects are widening the gaps between rich and poor worldwide. This essay will cautiously examine two sides of its main effects on some certain areas, particular in business and economics.
International trade activities are taking place between company and other company from different countries rather than the scope of the same country. That requires a continuous development of technology to communicate everyone all over the world. The global massive media system was formed and has been improving in recent years.
Diversified culture has been happening and progressively replacing the mere culture in one country. A European people can eat the tropical fruits such as durian, blue dragon, litchis in their countries where they cannot be grown or difficult to grow. Moreover, one people can go abroad easily or even immigrate in another country that never happens without multinational agreement signed among countries.
Some international organisations have been established to link each country’s politics closer. G7, EU (European Nations) and WTO (World Trade Organisation) are the pattern examples. The unstable politics of one country will be intervened or supported dramatically by other countries if this country was a member of these organisations.
Political instability is one of many leading reasons to decide how much the volume of capital investment is in a country. The investors usually estimate when they receive profit back, the level of risk of the capital they invest in countries in which its politics is safe as their speculation. Thanks to international integration and such a calculation, world trade including export, import, domestic manufacture has significantly increased more than 100 times (from $95 billion to $12 trillion) since 1955 (BBC News 2007). International business as the engine of globalisation has been brought higher benefits and lower labour-cost for multinational firms.
The important aspects of each country‘s economy has been changing manifestly as a result of trade liberalisation. In recent research of Dollar and Kraay 2001b, annual economic growth rate has remarkably increased among trade liberalizers and better than the non-globalising developing countries. However, there is a steady decline in growth in rich countries.
essay plan
1. Introduction
2. Education
3. Media
4. Culture
5. Business
6. Economics
7. Conclusion
2. Nowadays everybody can obtain higher level of education on every subject through various course as a result of global educated-cooporation which made them confused to choose a suitable course.
3. Globalisation not only creats a new education system, but also improves the mere kinds of advertisment to connect people in both possitive and negative way.
4. Thanks to the means of massive media, people know the changing cultural divertsification such as traditional customs, family value, language from the process of globalisation.
5. The significantly increased volume of exchanged commodity made authorities difficult to control the overload of goods in the market.
6. In addition to the huge benefit of business, many aspects of the economy is improved dramatically in each country as well as suffering from the drawback of globaisation.
2. Education
3. Media
4. Culture
5. Business
6. Economics
7. Conclusion
2. Nowadays everybody can obtain higher level of education on every subject through various course as a result of global educated-cooporation which made them confused to choose a suitable course.
3. Globalisation not only creats a new education system, but also improves the mere kinds of advertisment to connect people in both possitive and negative way.
4. Thanks to the means of massive media, people know the changing cultural divertsification such as traditional customs, family value, language from the process of globalisation.
5. The significantly increased volume of exchanged commodity made authorities difficult to control the overload of goods in the market.
6. In addition to the huge benefit of business, many aspects of the economy is improved dramatically in each country as well as suffering from the drawback of globaisation.
Friday 22 August 2008
Summary of lecture 2: RISK HONGKONG
1. The concept of risk:
when? appeared in 16th - 17th centuries
Who? by Western explorers
Where? Their voyages across the world
How? It refers to sailing into uncharted waters --> banking and investment--> a wide range of ohter situations of uncertainty
Which language? Spanish or Portuguese --> English
* Risk = hazard or danger= future possibilities (future-oriented)
* Risk = the condition of excitement and adventure
* Risk = involedd a number of unknowns
2. Two aspects of risk:
A- Negative: affect health--> to reduce as far as possible --> insurance
B- Positive: It is involed in modernity --> a way to regulating the future--> attemps to control the future --> force us to look for different ways of relating uncertainty
3. Types of risk:
A- Extenal risk:
risk experienced as coming from the outside, from the fixities of tradition or nature.
risk from external nature: bad harvests, floods, plagues, famines (environmental risk)
B- Manufactured risk: created by the very impact of our developing knowledge upon the world.
Risk situations which we don't have much historical experience to deal with.
ex: environmental risk<-- global warming<-- globalisation red wine: although many people know that red wine is harmful for their health, they still drink. That is a risk created by themselves. --> To cope (reduce) the rise of manufactured risk: to limit responsibility by adopting 'precautionary principle' (copying with problems of risk and responsibility)
4. Conclusion:
- Our age isn't more dangerous (not more risky) than those of ealier generations.
- The balance of risks and dangers has shifted.
- Risks (hazards) we creat are more threatenting than those from outside.
- Some of these affect us as individuals much more directly.
- Active risk-taking is a core element of dynamic economy and an innovative society.
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Monday 18 August 2008
what is globalisation?
I found some reliable website for this topic:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/oct/31/globalisation.simonjeffery>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm>
<http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2001/09/dollar.htm>
<http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=108&subsecID=206&contentID=2201>
Globalisation could connect to some areas:
1. Accountability (responsibility, awareness)
2. Terrorism (violent action for political purposes)
3. Shrinking world
4. Technology/ the internet
5. Free trade
6. Culture
7. Capitalism (successful organizations and people in both politics and economics)
8. Monopoly Power (completely control of something)
9. Environment
10. Integration of economics
11. Equality/ Inequality
12. Communication
13. Recognition
14. Trade versus aid (trade comepared to aid-help)
15. Outsourcing (out of source?)
16. Brands
17. Exploitation (using someone/ som unfairly for their own advantage)
18. Growth
19. Poverty
Sunday 10 August 2008
Final writing 2
Essay Question:
‘The advantages of a “surveillance society” far outweigh the drawbacks’. to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Burglary, car theft, assault, drug use, drunkenness, and even decimation are unavoidable social evils in each country. These problems seem to suggest the crime and social control policy in both theory and practice and to be the reason of the exceptional development of technology and science such as CCTV, DNA databases, biometrics. The modern technology is a means of crime prevention and standard of measurement the level of crime for responsible authorities to govern society logically. The ‘surveillance society’ is absolutely supervised by a large number of cameras every where. A sophisticated technology connected to these cameras system can record the process of dangerous criminals’ transgression as un-refutable evidence. Some people consider that they obtain more benefit than drawback from a surveillance society. It partly explains for the
Many people complain how much inconvenience they feel under ten thousands of cameras installed in public place such as: on the street, in supermarket, shop, car park, workplace...They have to be very cautious every time, every where and even at their owned home. Nevertheless, we must recognise that the social evils have been decreased significantly since the system of cameras is operated in residential areas (Survey 2002, Home Office). The more CCTV is installed, the safer they feel. Moreover, it is very beneficial in favour of companies who want to monitor their employees from a far distance to eliminate wasted time, cut necessary cost to do business more efficiently.
(320 words)
References:
- Adam Harcourt (Webster), 2006, ‘Is business a real Big Brother?’, viewed August 10th 2008, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5015826.stm>
- BBC News Channel, 2007, ‘Home Secretary hails CCTV usage’, viewed August 10th 2008, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6900807.stm>
- Privacy International, 1997, ‘CCTV Frequently Asked Questions’, viewed July 31st 2008, <http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-61925&als[the>
- BBC News Channel, 2005, ‘DNA database Big Brother warning’, viewed July 31st 2008, < http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4166559.stm>
- Angela Spriggs et al., Home Office on-line report October 2005, ‘Public attitudes towards CCTV: results from the Pre-intervention Public Attitude Survey’, viewed August 10th 2008, <http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/cctv/cctv43.htm>
Friday 8 August 2008
Friday's exercise on Steve's blog
I am improving my poor logic of my essay's style by rewrite this topic in my own language based on note-taking. I hope it will be helpful for my final assignment.The impact/ importance of education
1. Education teaches literacy + numeracy.
2. Literate people - trained for many roles:
· Industrial sector
· Service sectors
3. Literate people - learn - themselves.
4. Simple economies (agriculture) – educate women = dramatic improvements - family welfare
5. Developed countries need more skills
· Languages
· Engineering
· Computing
6. Good education: not passive.
7. Good education skills, people ask questions, make improvements.
8. University education: research technical advances + social advances
Literacy and numeracy are the basic background of education and very necessary for everyone’s life. What benefits education brings to us is to learn ourselves and to provide us with both simple and complex skills. With these simple skills trained from education could help us building our family's welfare, working in industrial or sevice sectors in developing country whose economy is mainly based on agriculture. Even in developed countries such as United Stated, United Kingdom, Japan we can still meet the higher requirements of languages, computer skill, negotiating skill, engineering. Good education seems to literate us the way of thinking logically, actively to obtain improvement considerably. On the one hand, university education connected to research technical and social advances push us in progress.
Enrich vocabulary
I found this website by mistake when i try to make my essay more academic after receiving Steave's feeback. We can find many synomymous words and know how to use them in different situation.
http://encarta.msn.com/thesaurus_/stricken.html
How to find synonymous word ?
http://encarta.msn.com/thesaurus_/stricken.html
How to find synonymous word ?
my poor draft
‘The advantages of a “surveillance society” far outweigh the drawbacks’. to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
The development of science and modern technology such as CCTV, DNA databases, biometrics has been leading to the trend of rising subtler criminals recently. The society with the minimum of crimes is probably happened when everything is supervised selectively and considerably. An ideal society is as “a world of surveillance” (Simon Davies, director of Privacy International). Surveillance society is absolutely monitored by a large number of cameras everywhere. Therefore some dangerous criminals will be very stricken because their sins is recorded every as an un refutable evidence. It is often said that the people obtain more benefit than drawback from a surveillance society. This essay will weigh up two aspects of a “surveillance society” to know whether it is really good for the people or not.
Many people complained how much inconvenience they feel under ten thousands of cameras installed in public place such as: on the street, in supermarket, in shop, in car park, in workplace...Nevertheless, we must recognise that the social evils, for example, car theft, burglary, assault, drug use, drunkenness, have been decreased significantly since the system of cameras is operated in public places. Moreover, it is very beneficial in favour of companies who want to monitor their employees from a far distance to eliminate wasted time, cut necessary cost to do business more efficiently.
Thursday 7 August 2008
writing argument in a paragraph
1. The media shouldn't be allowed to follow the private lives of celebrities.
It is often said that the paparazzi are too intrusive when pursuing famous people fro front page photographs, and to a certain extent this is true. However, that brings a million dollars for media companies who know what the publicity is interested in celebrities. Everything about the private lives of celebrities will not be a secrect and will be disclosed without permition or consideration. It is clearly that the role, duty of media chouldn't be limited and out of the private lives of famous people.
2. The death penalty should be used to deal with murderers.
Some people consider that murderers should face capital punishment rather than imprisonment, and in some ways it may be possible to argue this case. However, the death penalty is not only the good solution for murderers because it is also related to human rights.
3. The police should take a tougher stance on dealing with youth crime.
It is generally agreed that youth crime is rising and that the police need to take action of some kind to tackle the problem. Neverthless, the police is not only the authorities who are responsible for youth crime. Their families seem to effect their children's thoughts, habits, education considerably.
4. Fast food should be banned in all school canteens.
A common viewpoint is that young people are eating an increasingly unhealthy diet and that schools chould therefore takemeasures such as banning junk food from their canteens menus. Whilst this may be a sensible idea in some ways, we should not forget that fast food are being sold in a number of shops, suppermarkets. Moreover, profit of some companies is based on producing fast food as the main commodity. To ban selling fast food must be considered carefully.
5. University education should be free for all.
It is widely believe that education is a universal right and that unversities should therefore be open to all those who wish to undertake higher education studies. On the other hand, government couldn't receive money free education in universities. Besides that, government must have a big budget to cover/spend on that kind of education. This is impossible in many developing countries which have a limited budget and heavy debts.
6. Politicians are not doing enough to tackle global warming.
Recent research that the planet is heating up at a faster than expected rate and there have been calls for politicians to do more to address the problem. We should, however, bear in mind that global warming is a big question for not only politicians but also for responsible authities. In order to solve this problem, it requires much time, a better long-term policy, closer cooperation from many authorities.
7. It is harder for women to succed in business than it is for men.
It is often argued that 'a glass ceiling' makes it more difficult for women to have the same opportunities and rewards in business as their male counterparts. This is maybe true in some ways, but there are a lot of social tasks which women often have to do besides doing business such as: cooking, washing, nurse her children..It means that women seem to have more works than man to concentrate in doing business effectively. because a sucessful businesswomen need to fulfil her responsiblity in both family and society. Therefore women seem to meet higher, harder requirements than man 's to suceed in business.
8. The dangers of the Internet are greater than the benefits it brings.
Although many people say that there are risks involved in using the Internet, we have to acknowledge the considerable its benefits. Firstly, Internet is a huge stock of information in every sectors, fields. The second benefit of internet is to broaden our mind, to know many kinds of people, to evaluate every situation in the life and then we can manage our lives better by the way we learn from Internet.
It is often said that the paparazzi are too intrusive when pursuing famous people fro front page photographs, and to a certain extent this is true. However, that brings a million dollars for media companies who know what the publicity is interested in celebrities. Everything about the private lives of celebrities will not be a secrect and will be disclosed without permition or consideration. It is clearly that the role, duty of media chouldn't be limited and out of the private lives of famous people.
2. The death penalty should be used to deal with murderers.
Some people consider that murderers should face capital punishment rather than imprisonment, and in some ways it may be possible to argue this case. However, the death penalty is not only the good solution for murderers because it is also related to human rights.
3. The police should take a tougher stance on dealing with youth crime.
It is generally agreed that youth crime is rising and that the police need to take action of some kind to tackle the problem. Neverthless, the police is not only the authorities who are responsible for youth crime. Their families seem to effect their children's thoughts, habits, education considerably.
4. Fast food should be banned in all school canteens.
A common viewpoint is that young people are eating an increasingly unhealthy diet and that schools chould therefore takemeasures such as banning junk food from their canteens menus. Whilst this may be a sensible idea in some ways, we should not forget that fast food are being sold in a number of shops, suppermarkets. Moreover, profit of some companies is based on producing fast food as the main commodity. To ban selling fast food must be considered carefully.
5. University education should be free for all.
It is widely believe that education is a universal right and that unversities should therefore be open to all those who wish to undertake higher education studies. On the other hand, government couldn't receive money free education in universities. Besides that, government must have a big budget to cover/spend on that kind of education. This is impossible in many developing countries which have a limited budget and heavy debts.
6. Politicians are not doing enough to tackle global warming.
Recent research that the planet is heating up at a faster than expected rate and there have been calls for politicians to do more to address the problem. We should, however, bear in mind that global warming is a big question for not only politicians but also for responsible authities. In order to solve this problem, it requires much time, a better long-term policy, closer cooperation from many authorities.
7. It is harder for women to succed in business than it is for men.
It is often argued that 'a glass ceiling' makes it more difficult for women to have the same opportunities and rewards in business as their male counterparts. This is maybe true in some ways, but there are a lot of social tasks which women often have to do besides doing business such as: cooking, washing, nurse her children..It means that women seem to have more works than man to concentrate in doing business effectively. because a sucessful businesswomen need to fulfil her responsiblity in both family and society. Therefore women seem to meet higher, harder requirements than man 's to suceed in business.
8. The dangers of the Internet are greater than the benefits it brings.
Although many people say that there are risks involved in using the Internet, we have to acknowledge the considerable its benefits. Firstly, Internet is a huge stock of information in every sectors, fields. The second benefit of internet is to broaden our mind, to know many kinds of people, to evaluate every situation in the life and then we can manage our lives better by the way we learn from Internet.
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