F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [S, W]

Homework

http://www.51voa.com/

Choose an article of interest from the above website. Read it and write your opinions on the topic. Submit the article link with the website so you can discuss it with your teacher.


Vocabulary

Information Technology = IT

Relay – a race often with 4 people where they run and pass a small stick (baton)
eg. We ran the 100m relay in school.

Cardio –Ā something connected to you heart (in exercise it means running events)
eg. I enjoy running and have very good cardio.

Sports meeting = athletics (UK), track & field (USA & Canada)

Physical education (PE) – a class for doing sports in school


Grammar

It was not rewarding

They get improvement improveĀ 

The first runner on my team did a good job.

After 3 shouts I passed the finish in 1st place

the/that/there/it/here – You can’t use these words unless to tell the person what they are first or if they already know.


Speaking exercise

Original

I wrote about my sports meeting. The most memorable moment in school isĀ wasĀ the sports meet. I was in a mathematics class in my high school. Which means there was many students good at mathematics but not PE. In middle school and high school there was 5 sports meets already held. But we lose every sports meet in no matter race or high jump. It would be our last sports meet before university.

Edited

I wrote about my sports meeting. The most memorable moment in school isĀ wasĀ the our lastĀ sports meet. I was in a mathematics class in my high school. Which means there was many students good at mathematics but not PE. In middle school and high school there was 5 sports meets already held. But we lost every sports meet inĀ and most eventsĀ no matter race or high jump. It would be our last sports meet before university.


Writing exercise

Original

Freshwater redistribution and human activities
According to a study in freshwater by NASA the human activities should be responsible for the redistribution of freshwater of the earth. The situation has been getting worse since 2 decades ago, and would be even worse if there is no proper measures against it.
I am totally for this opinion. Human is the only creature on the surface of the earth which can affluence the earth greatly, and it has the motive, and it has done a lot already. Definitely human should be responsible for the result of almost everything in the Earth, no matter good or bad. Look what we have done! We build huge dam and decide the water to flow or to stop according to our demand without considering the creatures in the river or the animals which are expecting water in the downstream area. The evaporation is also changed when the water area is manipulated, then raining is changed as well. Some area with sufficient rain becomes drier. And some area with sufficient water gets more rain. Yes we mankind sometimes are shortsighted, foolish and selfish. We made decisions from our short term interest–we, usually refer to a group of people, at most a country. Short term, compares with history, several decades are so short. But what we have done might have changed the surface of the earth, and even the life of creatures and other people foe ever.
Should we just look at the situation continue? We all live on 1 earth. There are borders on the earth, but water, sky, air and sunshine have no borders. If we keep doing just from our interest, the living environment would be ruined, and no one will be happy. Something should be changed, some actions should be taken. The responsibilities are on the shoulders of the leaders of all nations, and also on everyone.

Edited

Freshwater redistribution and human activities
According to a study in ofĀ freshwater by NASA, the human activities should be areĀ responsible for the redistribution of freshwater of the onĀ earth. The situation has been getting worse since 2 decades ago, and would couldĀ be even worse if there is no proper measures against it.
I am totally for this opinion. Humans is areĀ the only creature on the surface of the earth which can affluence the earth greatly, and it weĀ have the motive and it have done a lot already. Definitely humans should be responsible for the result of almost everything on the Earth, no matter good or bad. Look what we have done! We build huge dams and decide the water to flow or to stop according to our demand without considering the creatures in the river or the animals which are expecting water in the downstream area. The evaporation is also changed when the water area is manipulated, then raining is changed as well. Some areasĀ that had with sufficient rain becomes drier. And some area with sufficient water gets more rain. Yes we mankind sometimes are shortsighted, foolish and selfish. We make decisions from our short term interest–we, usually refer to a group of people, at most as a city, province, or country. Short term, in comparisonĀ with history, several decades are so short. But what we have done might have changed the surface of the earth, and even the life of creatures and other people forever.
Should we just look at the situation andĀ continue? We all live on 1 earth. There are borders on the earth, but water, sky, air and sunshine have no borders/border-less/boundaryless. If we keep doingĀ thingsĀ just from our interests, the living environment would willĀ be ruined, and no one will be happy. Something should be changed, some actions should be taken. The responsibilities are on the shoulders of the leaders of all nations, and also on everyone.