Online Class Notes (Ally)

Homework

Nowadays many people use social media every day to keep in touch with others and news events. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Thesis: Advantages outweigh the disadvantages

R1: we can connect people more quickly.

R2:we can know different aspects from people.

Conclusion: summary of R 1 and R2. GIve your hope for the future.

Vocabulary

intentionally: 故意; 有意地; 蓄意地;

pyramid: (古埃及的)金字塔;

thesis statement: 论点; 主旨句; 中心句;

Speaking exercise

I know I would go on a business trip on CVD

overworked for a while

I don’t want to rely my expectation on the others

Writing exercise

Outline:
opinion:
R1: Some people prefer doing the same thing because they enjoy the feeling of control. It brings the sense of safety and it makes them to be the most professional guys in that area.

e.g. Professional athletics. They do the same thing – train themselves everyday to make the skill better.

R2: Some people believe that change is always a good thing because they need some simulations to make them feel alive. It brings innovation and creativity to the world.

e.g. Steve Jobs invent some products: iPhone; iPod; iMac… etc. to change the industry.

  1. old -> new
  2. big -> small
  3. general bs (touch on the keyword)-> thesis

Although change is a constant in life, it is viewed differently among all of us. While some people welcome change, others do everything they can to avoid them. For most of us, however, change is always a valuable thing and/change brings us challenges (R1) and excitement (R2) in life so we should embrace it whenever we can.

R1: The most important value that change can bring is challenges.

R2: The second important value that change can bring is excitement.
Advancement and improvement requires people to change./Change is an absolute must for any form of advancement and improvement.

Some people prefer doing the same thing because they enjoy the feeling of control. It brings the sense of safety and it makes them to be the most professional guys in that area. For an example: professional athletics train themselves in same category everyday. They can get high ability to control their muscles. It makes them gain a better performance in the competition.

However other people can not bear the life without changes. Changes make difference, that’s the value of their lives. They are born to be change something in this world. For an example: Steve Jobs had a lot of changes in his life. It stimulated him to invented some different products. They brought huge changes to different industries in the future.

Well in my opinion, I am a person who prefer change is always a good thing. Though change sometimes is like a gambling, not every consequence of change is good. If you don’t change you will never know it, right? Everyone only live once, do something different, it will make your life different, it will make the world different.