2 Online Class Notes (Ally)

task 1 writing + pg 92

Vocabulary

astro sign: 星座

turn-on/ turn-off

This chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in the fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013,
In all three years, there is over a half of people ate in fast food restaurants once a week, once or twice a month. The percentage of who eating at fast food restaurants once a week had a small peak in the 2006 and falling about 27% in the 2013. And the people who visit once or twice a month falling to a quarter in 2006,but rose to the peak in the 2013 for about 32%.
And in 2003 and 2013 the frequency of eating at fast food restaurants among people in the USA are about 16%,and in 2016 the frequency is bigger for about 20%. The people who go to the fast food restaurant among people in the USA only for a few times a years are similar to this.
All in all, the biggest part of the chart is the people who eating at fast food restaurants for once a week in 2003 and 2006, and the smallest part is the people who eat every day in 2006 and 2013.

This chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate at fast food restaurants in 2003, 2006, and 2013,
In all three years, over 20% of people ate in fast food restaurants once a week or once or twice a month. The percentage of people who ate at fast food restaurants once a week had a small peak in the 2006 and fell to about 27% in the 2013. And the people who visit once or twice a month fell to a quarter in 2006, but rose to a peak in the 2013 at about 32%.
And in 2003 and 2013 the frequency of eating at fast food restaurants among people in the USA are about 16%,and in 2016 the frequency is bigger for about 20%. The percentage of people who go to the fast food restaurant among people in the USA only for a few times a years are similar to this.
All in all, for all three years, most people ate at fast food restaurants once a week or once or twice a month, then several times a week or a few times a year. Only less than 5% ate at fast food restaurants everyday or never.

• in dynamic, a progress – same tense for all v
• for specific number, use “at”
• You concept of “Half”

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Topic: people should exchange the information
R1:science and academic(the inventor depends on the data)-Internet
R2:the information which not be charged(even hand to the terrorists)harm the society and endangered the country

We live an era of freedom and technology is so advanced that People’s Daily lives are flooded with information. While many believe that information should be exchanged under government control, many more believe that it is better to exchange information with each other. It is beneficial to exchange information, but a reasonable amount of control is also required.

In terms of exchanging information between science and academic research, it is undeniable that group cooperation is always more effective and efficient than one person working alone.  Since scientific research largely relies on a large number of available data and previous experience, breakthroughs are mostly achieved by teamwork. If many valuable and important discoveries are not disclosed or shared in a timely manner, many human inventions and technologies may come to a standstill. The Internet, for example, is one of the most important inventions of the modern world, but if Americans hadn’t publicized this technology to the public, then the world would be completely different today. At the same time, Internet technology will be worthless and useless if it cannot be used in real life. So limiting their information is like killing off the possibilities of the future.

From another perspective, /On the other hand,…. While technological breakthroughs are important, handling or taking care of information exchange is also important. Throughout history, human progress has been based on discoveries and inventions shared by the world. However, at the same time with the progress of the society, security problems often appear. For example, some dangerous information may harm the country and affect social stability. The speed of information travel through the Internet makes it very difficult to control. In the economic field, the error of information cognition may lead to huge competitive losses of companies. On the political level, if some dangerous technology gets into the hands of terrorists, the world could face great danger. In this way, supervision is necessary to prevent these dangers.

To sum up, the sharing of information should be under reasonable control. At the same time, however, we should make sure that this control is applied in a timely manner, because if information can’t be shared efficiently with each other, human beings can’t progress and develop.  For the sake of global progress, people should know more truth and knowledge.

• Never begin a P with “for example” “A/One xxxx…..”
• “But” cannot start a sentence, use “however””in contrast” “subsequently”
• The 1st topic sentence cannot be about previous info
• link sentence: must mention previous info

TS:

Intro:

Children’s education and development is a very complex process/issue. Both teachers and parents can influence a child’s social and intellectual development. Even though some teachers have a strong influence to the child, parents still play a more important role in a child’s early life.

R1: Parents have more time to stay with their children, so kids will be influenced by parents more.
– parents teach children in daily life
– children imitate parents’ behavior/ habits, language …

R2: From another perspective, teachers don’t have enough time and energy to take care of every child.
– cannot be responsible for 30 students
– just a job
– temporary

Intro:

We live in an age of globalization, where all countries and cultures are connected and bound together. Many students today have the privilege to study other culture and language in a foreign country. While many people think this is unnecessary, students who  study abroad receive better education, especially of culture and language.

R1: Students who live and study in different countries learn more opinions and values, for a bigger view of the world.
– there are a lot of students who come from different cultures in the school – meet new people from diff cultures – learn and respect other cultures
– Fresh experiences – such as diff sports, foods – some people may think it’s risky – but young people should welcome challenges.

R2: Studying abroad alone can train one’s independence.
– lots of new challenge – apt-hunting, cooking, paying bills, you cannot experience this in your home country

• can write about the other side (ie. from books and media, you can only learn about …. but from personal experience)
• Use specific concepts

Employers should give their staff at least a 4-week holiday a year to make employees better at their jobs. To what extend do you agree or disagree?

It is true that taking a rest from work will make employees more efficient workers. However, it’s a complex problem because the length/duration of the rest has always been a topic of debate. Many business-owners think a 4-week holiday a year is too long for the employee, but I believe that a 4-week holiday is proper for the employees.

R1: employees are human; they will be/get ill or feel tired.
– feel bad about work, need time to recover

R2: The employee have their own lives.
– kids/parents/other relationships – need time to accompany them – more important than work

R3: The business owners sometimes cannot imagine and understand the employees’ jobs.
-people-caring company – better reputation, more people want to work them
– more efficient
– a lot of industries; busy season /… ex) restaurants

Some people think the developments of technology make people’s life more complex, so we should make the life simpler without using technology. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Intro:

We live in a highly-developed world of information and technology. However, as technology develops day by day, many people are beginning to question (v) whether the technology makes our lives simpler or more complex. Even though some people this way, technology is definitely more beneficial for our daily lives.

R1: One important technology in our daily lives is the internet on our mobile phones.
– changed way people go outside (GPS apps), shop (e-commerce), communicate (wechat)…
– people before wrote letters – took weekly to deliver – now in one second

R2: Make people’s lives healthier and simpler.
– new tools make people healthier and more comfortable – exercise apps / cooking apps
–  don’t need to ask professionals for help on health, food , or basically any other area
– chat gpt

I’m a person who has a …

She is pretty and has a fine face… keeps fit… sometimes she thought that she was fat, she will do some exercise and sometimes she will call me to exercise with her too. I think she is a person who is smart and emotional. She’s a boss of her company, so she must talk with many employees everyday. She can catch the expressions/emotions on other’s face and in my home, she’s always the person who comes to talk with me how to do the right things. When I have some gifts I want to have, she always gives me enough pocket money. And when I was failed in the exams, she will not shouted to me. In contrast, she will taught me and encourage me to get better score on the next test. That’s why I love my mom.