October 2008
2 posts
HW(Oct. 7)
Last thursday I and Pei-Chen went to Student Commons and we talked with Paul Robinson about advertisements. Advertisements do not disturb him. But when I said ‘Time Square in New York’ as an example, he said “it’s too excessive”. I’m writing the other questions and answers without changing. I’m not sure but the original sentences may be more useful.
Do...
Weekly News HW(Oct. 2)
Advertisements do more harm than good.
Questions:
1- Do you think advertisements affect children more than adults?
2-Are you attending advertisements When you are watching TV?
3-What do you think about advantages and disadvantages of advertisements?
4-According to you,are they a form of brainwashing?Or are they necessary to choose the good Which is cheapest?
Vocabulary:
Appetising:...
September 2008
12 posts
Weekly Speaking HW(Sept. 30)
On Monday, I went to Students Commons. And I met Rob Denison. At first, I hesitated. Because he was eating something. But When he looked at me,I had to ask ”if you are uhh…if you are available….”. He did not let me finish and said:”Please sit”. He was so kind. I had determined a subject to talk about. But after I heard that two VCU student were shot in Jackson...
Greenhouse Gas(HM-Sept 25)
ashort:
fatih:
Questions :
1- How does a country abuse the protocol to produce more than its quotas?
2- Do you think governments should done some amendments to obey TPQs? MAKE LAWS? AMENDMENTS TO WHAT?
(Do you think governments should do some amendments to make laws to obey TPQ?)
3-Do you think enforcements have benefits for TPQs? I’M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY YOUR QUESTION.
(Do you...
Greenhouse Gas(HM-Sept 25)
Questions :
1- How does a country abuse the protocol to produce more than its quotas?
2- Do you think governments should done some amendments to obey TPQs?
3-Do you think enforcements have benefits for TPQs?
4-What do you think about the conclusion of this discussion?
Vocabulary :
Quota : A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
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Weekly Speaking HW(Sept. 16)
ashort:
fatih:
On September 16th,at 10:00 am I spoke with a master student in VCU,”Gopal Pareck” about energy resources and energy crisis in the world. According to him, the world is running out of energy fast. And the energy consumption increases day by day.For example today many people are useing electric toothbrushes.So we need more energy. And I asked him ”What are the energy resources of...
Weekly News HW(Sept. 18)
Stripper wells try to get more oil from ground:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/17/stripper.wells/index.html?iref=24hours
Questions:
-Do you think 400.000 small oil wells can be the solution of energy crisis?
-What kind of energy resources do you suggest to solve the energy problem?
-if you needed to choose one of the renewable energy resources Which one do you...
Weekly Speaking HW(Sept. 16)
On September 16th,at 10:00 am I spoke with a master student in VCU,”Gopal Pareck” about energy resources and energy crisis in the world. According to him, the world is running out of energy fast. And the energy consumption increases day by day.For example today many people are useing electric toothbrushes.So we need more energy. And I asked him ”What are the energy resources of...
Weekly News HW(Sept. 11)
To Infinity and Beyond : A Sparkling Survival Story;
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/10/rescue.at.sea/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Questions that elicit opinions:
What do you know about autism and autistic people?
How can the lacking of concept of fear help people?
What motivated you to survive if you drifted farther away in the open ocean and you had to wait for help?
New Vocabulary:
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harbeyp:
Antanas Mockus, the most famous mayor of...
parola:
My important person is Miguel Angel...
The Sultan of The Ottoman Empire (Fatih Sultan...
Weekly News HW(Sept. 4)
Doctors split on organ donation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7595450.stm
Questions that elicit opinions:
Why is organ donation important?
What should goverments do to promote organ donation?
What do you think about donor’s feelings?
New Vocabulary:
Donation : The act of giving or bestowing; a grant
Transplant : To remove an organ, and plant it in another place
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The Election System (Sep.2)
On September 2th,I spoke with Joshun Spurking at student commons. Joshun is a student at homeland security programme. We talked about the election system at U.S. A lot of parties participate elections. But there are two main parties:Democratics and Republicians. The president is not elected directly.Firstly delegates are selected from states and delegates select the president.For example Al Gore...
August 2008
2 posts
hello everybody.this is fatih…
the thing What motivated me to come to VCU to...
this is Fatih.I came here from Turkey for PhD education at Mechanical Engineering.Although the universities I studied in my country(Bs and Ms) are competitive, they didnt inform me the last techonologies .So I hope I can learn it at VCU.And I m not enough well at English for taking graduate courses.I know I am not good at speaking English but one day in the future I will be…