Barack Obama, who may be the next U.S. president

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm

learning activities

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/rcli.htm

http://www.lclark.edu/%7Ekrauss/toppicks/toppicks.html

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10/20/06

“ The Plastic Money ”

by Hannah & Tee’


“I ‘m going to go for a drive” he said
“Don’t go!”
“Why?”
“It’s a bad weather”
“But I’ve got an umbrella”
“The win is strong”
“I don’t care!”
“Why did you say that?”
“Because I want to go outside”

He slammed the door and left
She was sad
She was crying
She worried about the money she could lost
He went to a bar and spent money
She tried to call him by cellphone
But he didn’t answer!

“What would you like to drink,sir?”
The Bartender asked him

“What do you recommend for me? He said
“I think Martini shaken not stir will best for you,sir!”

He laughed at the answer
“How did you know me?”
“I can remember your perfume”
“What kind of perfume do you think?”
The cellphone rang again and again but he still ignored the bell
“Don’t you pick up the phone?” the bartender asked
“I think she need my money”
“Why does she need your money so much?”
“Because she want to get a plastic surgery at Korea?”
“Why Korea?”
“Because it’s very cheap”
The bartender gave him a drink
“That’s why every women from Korea have high noses and big eyes”
He drank the Martini and felt something’s wrong!
“Did you poison to me?”
“So sorry, she’s my wife. We need that money and I’ll take her to Korea for a surgery!
He looked at him painfully and collapsed to the floor


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10/20/06

“ The Plastic Money ”

by Hannah & Tee’


“I ‘m going to go for a drive” he said
“Don’t go!”
“Why?”
“It’s a bad weather”
“But I’ve got an umbrella”
“The win is strong”
“I don’t care!”
“Why did you say that?”
“Because I want to go outside”

He slammed the door and left
She was sad
She was crying
She worried about the money she could lost
He went to a bar and spent money
She tried to call him by cellphone
But he didn’t answer!

“What would you like to drink,sir?”
The Bartender asked him

“What do you recommend for me? He said
“I think Martini shaken not stir will best for you,sir!”

He laughed at the answer
“How did you know me?”
“I can remember your perfume”
“What kind of perfume do you think?”
The cellphone rang again and again but he still ignored the bell
“Don’t you pick up the phone?” the bartender asked
“I think she need my money”
“Why does she need your money so much?”
“Because she want to get a plastic surgery at Korea?”
“Why Korea?”
“Because it’s very cheap”
The bartender gave him a drink
“That’s why every women from Korea have high noses and big eyes”
He drank the Martini and felt something’s wrong!
“Did you poison to me?”
“So sorry, she’s my wife. We need that money and I’ll take her to Korea for a surgery!
He looked at him painfully and collapsed to the floor


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10/20/06

“ The Plastic Money ”

by Hannah & Tee’


“I ‘m going to go for a drive” he said
“Don’t go!”
“Why?”
“It’s a bad weather”
“But I’ve got an umbrella”
“The win is strong”
“I don’t care!”
“Why did you say that?”
“Because I want to go outside”

He slammed the door and left
She was sad
She was crying
She worried about the money she could lost
He went to a bar and spent money
She tried to call him by cellphone
But he didn’t answer!

“What would you like to drink,sir?”
The Bartender asked him

“What do you recommend for me? He said
“I think Martini shaken not stir will best for you,sir!”

He laughed at the answer
“How did you know me?”
“I can remember your perfume”
“What kind of perfume do you think?”
The cellphone rang again and again but he still ignored the bell
“Don’t you pick up the phone?” the bartender asked
“I think she need my money”
“Why does she need your money so much?”
“Because she want to get a plastic surgery at Korea?”
“Why Korea?”
“Because it’s very cheap”
The bartender gave him a drink
“That’s why every women from Korea have high noses and big eyes”
He drank the Martini and felt something’s wrong!
“Did you poison to me?”
“So sorry, she’s my wife. We need that money and I’ll take her to Korea for a surgery!
He looked at him painfully and collapsed to the floor


---- E N D ----

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Revolution In Non-revolution

New York has a lot of people who have come from other countries. New York is a place that is hopeful and has opportunities that many people want to get and to have a successful life. Every day is exciting and like an adventure. That’s why I came to New York.

Since I came to New York, many things in my life have changed. I have to do every thing by myself. At that time, not only didn’t I have a parent and a cousin, but I also didn’t have a friend. Moreover, I could hardly speak English. Indeed, I was incompetent.

Unpleasant Feeling and difficult times were rushing into my heart and shaping my decision. I was making a decision either to go home or to continue my life in New York. Were I to go Thailand, I would be as a loser. At that time, I had no idea like a cloud covered completely my heart and my way. I lost my self-confidence and didn’t recognize why I came here. While I was crying at night, my cell phone rang, my father called me. It was light from God blessing me. He knew every thing and every reason. He encouraged from the bottom of his heart and made me feel good.

After that time, sun was rising, mist was disappeared, sky was cleared, and I saw no shadow. I have been both self-confident and in recovery. I would like to stay and fight anything in the United States by myself.

Sunshine Hotel and News

This is the story of a New York flophouse.


http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/the_sunshine_hotel/transcript.php3


and listen to a news story at


http://www.npr.org

Home Work "My Respected Person"

Charl
09/28
Draft #3

My Respected Person.

In my opinion, no one is perfect at all, so there are two persons that I respect and would like to be good the as them. Of these two persons, one is my father and the other one is my uncle.

First of all, there is my father, who is a multi-skilled person. He is a tough guy in sports and he also has a good sense for a machinist or a carpenter. In my childhood memories, I used to go to a sport club with him all the times or at least twice a week. At that time, we went to the tennis court. And I didn’t know what place I was. Because of our actually we going to a soccer club near my house, at that time he changed, but the big 
thing that I never knew before that he couldn’t play tennis at all and that was his first day at tennis. Next week later, he played very well like he had played for a month and every one was very surprised by that.

In my family, we liked to go camping once a month. One day, a bad thing happened to us. Our car was out of order on our way back home, among the trees and darkness. Not for long though, as he fixed it and we went back home in peace. That was an impressive time when I felt, so I really would like to be like him, even though he fixed everything in many times in my childhood.
 To relate to my first sentence, no one is perfect. My father has a big bad habit, which is that he is an irritable person and sometimes his emotion changes easily.

Next, there is my uncle, the man who is the most clever and reasonable person that I’ve ever known. When I was young, he had taught me until I graduated from the university. I always get right answers and excellent suggestions from him. That’s why no one doubts for his success in his life. Because of his succession, I would like to succeed in my life the same as his successful life. But the thing that I never want to be like him is I don’t want to be as arrogant a person as him.
Finally, I hope one day I can take all of the good parts from them all.

Saturday listening and reading

http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/ghetto_life_101/transcript.php3



if you have time after that, listen to today's news at

www.npr.org

click on Hourly Newscast
you can listen more than once, of course.

Friday writing..

On Wednesday we wrote about Hillary's three worlds. This morning write about "My Three Worlds."

Paragraph one can start like this, with the "topic sentence":

My life in Peru and my life in New York have differed in terms of activities.

Work slowly and carefully. Double space. Make two prints.

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The person who I respect
by Natali Zmeu

This summera lot of things happened to me. I came to the USA for work and trawel. I received a work contract in a small but very nice town, on the ocean side. There were very nice hotels with casinos, and restaurants. That was all that I had know. Yes, it was my faul, I didn`t inform myself more about it, because I didn`t have time for this.
When I arrived in New York I needed to wait for another plane to go to Atlanta. In the Airport I watched on TV some news. I saw that my nice town with hotels, reastaurants, casinos, was destroyed by Hurricaine Katrine, and I saw some terrible photos. I was shocked, I thought about what to do, I was alone. I didn`t want to go there, but I needed because it was too late, I didn`t know another place. I sat in the plane and all the way I prayed to God to help me. I was so scared and tired. May be there the situation was better, but I couldn`t think of something good.
When I arrived in Atlanta I asked the person who stayed near me if she knew where I could take a bus to that town. She asked me "where?". I told her the place one more time. Then she looked at me strangle, asking me why I had wanted to go there. I explained the situation, I told her my whole story and then she asked me if I wanted to go with her. Without thinking, I answered " Yes". I was very happy, I didn`t think badly about this person, I accepted to go with her without scared. It was an important decision for me and for her, We didn`t know each other. I decidet to go thinking that so I protected myself. Now I can say that I respect this person very much. She helped me a lot. She was near me when I was sad and when I was happy. She is from New York, I came with her here. I lived in her house a long time. She encouraged me a lot when I couldn`t find a job. She always said me "let think positive","one door closes and 5 open". I went to the College with her help, She was very happy when I found a job. I respect this person a lot and I think that she saved my life. I wish one day I can be like my savior that I can save somebody`s life, or change it, as this person changed nime.

Columbus Day

Enjoy your holiday. On Wednesday we will do some more work on building a strong paragraph. Writing is creative, and it needs a structure to build on. Strong sentences make strong paragraphs, which make strong essays.

Sexy Naughty Laughly and Bitchy me

How slutty are you ? I believe that personality is specific for some goups or fanticisim. Sometimes, Flirtation make you feel exciting . when you met some elegant person or handsome guy . Sometimes,Attraction make your temperature rising like El Nin-Yo ! I'm certain that most people can't reject a passion. They try stop play dangerous game . But some people couldn't stop forbiden desire . For me , I can't change my personality crisis like the way I am , Naughty , Laughly and Bitchy me . Naughty is always happening when someone attractive to me .Sence of humer always obvious in my identity and Bitchy is like my dark side of me .
First of all , I'm not ike those other boys .I'm the kind that senility gay always fantasize. Most of times like I walked on the street. I had confronted with older gay and unzip his pants. I believe that they have some purpose to see me . Anyway I don't mind to have a conversation with my older bandwagon. Somebody is cool, Somebody is awful. I'm easy to go out with them for some drink. They choose me because I'm more than a minor addiction and have an insatiatable needs. I'm easy to find out but hard to obtain.
Second, Laughly is my personality critical . My mouth never takes a holiday . I always shock with a thing I say. That make me feelcozy with friendor some lovely one night stand. I never stop to find out some new emotion vocabulary . I fondly remember some fuuny style from televison show or some gorgeous icon " Madonna " Independent boy never care when I want to laugh or say something but It's not quite obscenity. Sense of humer is important to seeking some muscular bundle .
Bitchy , It is a last character that I want to say .I would like to pick the one who won't fiture out that I am clearly a rebel to the idea of monogamy . I never been protected and never acted like I'm a stereotype boy to stay home and be inocent . This 174 cm boy love all my shorts.It kind like one short period . I'm absolutely not interested long-term ralationshipor sentimental or love . I loved all night to end a little bit nasty.
Finally . I have known myself that I'm not like normally stereotype boy . Arare form . I can't chage myself and still be one strongly way that " Naughty Laughly Bithchy me."
Jete

My imgimary icon

Anybody has a goal for living , Anybody has a target for working . Everybody has an icon or somebody to imitate. Mostly people have some inspiration or some example to enhance themselves. Some people learn how to get a better life from any communication medium such as televison , internet , newspaper etc. Some people learn how to improve life from an older person or associate. For me, I ahve a powerful passion for learning and love to see my ideal , Madonna . She is like my mother-my own flesh and blood! I have loved her personality that see others page and stronger. I like all of her performances. It is very fabulous ! Gorgeous Girl!!
First of all ,there is Madonna herself, Her performances are gorgeous in my opinion . I was a little late boarding the Madonna 's bandwagon my self; I became fond of her 80 's hits and basically grew ip with her videos, I was impressed with Madonna 's performances and when I saw her on media , I had stopped my activity . The first song that made me know her" Secret and bedtime stories" Then I heard " Take a bow " That's such a nice song . I remember her video that she was in love with a matador . The music video made me want to search out to some kind of man to be my lover . " Ray of light " dawned on me as I waited for something to happen and it became my cozy soundtrack that " Beautiful stranger" rimix blared from the night club speakers in the summer in 1999 .Itcouldn't relent my passion to dance on the floor. So I tried to stay fresh and tried to trade my communication with Madonna 's fanaticism . Madonna 's fans and I appreciate her albums.
Second, I like her personality . It's critical. Her identity impressed me . I saw her live in the Drowned World Four by news that was crazy . It sold out in 1 hour!! her show was successful !She didn't feel exhausted. so that's where I was , evolving with Madonna . The last show just happend I missed that because I got a final project .Anyway I went to the " After party " Fanticism was there . Everybody should their voices in song " Time goes by" .
Finally,I tried to stay fresh and tried to trade my communication with Madonna 's fanticism . We areappreciated her albums and otherwise caught up on her remarkable career. I would like to follow my ideal , Madonna .

Jete Nolah

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An Influential Person
by Jamara

I had a dream. One of my dream was to study abroad. I had this dream more than twenty five years. At first time I thought I couldn’t make it, because my family didn’t enough money for it. My father couldn’t support me. I thought everything very difficult, it was so hard for me. I’m not clever. I had a debt. When I worked, I saved money for my plan. But I worked and studied at the same time. I paid for my tuition and took care of my family. My father was weakened. I’m oldest sister. I must take care my family before.
Until I read a newspaper, I met a column in a newspaper. He wrote about how to study abroad. He came from the north of Thailand. His family was poor. He was a mountaineer. His village didn’t electricity, no school and no transportation. When he went some where, he walked sometime more than a day. One day in his life he met a missionary. He studied and intended to get higher education. He went to a city and lived at a temple. He didn’t have money. He found a scholarship for study abroad. He failed for many times. He was secondary citizen. He didn’t have money and nobody couldn’t support him. He thought and found a way to complete his dream. Now he has studied more than five countries and traveled every country in Europe. I have followed his writing. When I read it, I have power. I tell my self “Just do it”. Now my dream has come true. I could do it. I kept going with my dreams. I respect him.

What a Shame!!

Hannah Chung

I love movies. I go to movie theater about twice a week. So, I have many stories about that.

One day, I saw a movie, very long but interesting, Catch Me If You Can. It took about 3 hours. I hardly ever go to a restroom during movie, but the day I wasn’t. Suddenly nature called me. I have to go to a restroom, so I ran to there because I didn’t want to miss important scenes. After I went to restroom, I sat my seat and watched the screen.

Oh, my gosh! The movie’s main actor was Leonardo Dicafrio, my favorite, but there is another man in screen. He was Korean~! And next to me it was not my boyfriend. I had entered wrong room after I went to restroom.

I often hear that I was funny. Am I?

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person who i respect

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Hannah

Steven Foster


It is so hard to do something the first time. People talk about others easily but they usually don’t have courage, I think. It is like making new road across the mountains to discover new facts or to invent something.

Steven Foster, one of the most famous American composer, composed many popular traditional songs. Even though people who don’t know his name, they know his songs.

He was born in a poor family and had hard childhood. He had to work instead of study in order to make money. But he never gave up his dream. He loved music and wanted to make people happy by his music.

At that time, classic music was considered more valuable than traditional. So his songs were treated badly. People even criticized his songs as too sweet like bubble gum. But people who were low class loved his music. They were encouraged by his songs, and they could forget their hard life while singing them.

These days no one can disrespect him. And people around the world love his songs. I want to be a person like him. Even people don’t like my opinions or thoughts, I want to will not give them up if they are right things.

I have a dream. My major is social welfare so I want to make a difference in society. I saw many people who dreamed like me, but they forgot what their dream was and paid attention only to making money. I wouldn’t like to be like them.

Sometimes being a good social worker needs many things –patience, understanding of others, ability to encourage … - But the most important thing is this, I think. I can not help them, all I can do is making people come through themselves their hardships.

In Korea, social workers can’t make a lot of money ( actually, their salaries are very low) and people don’t want to be them because it is very hard work. But there are many things to do, I want to make a differences in my country. Whenever I have a hard time, I would think about Steven Foster, so I will be a good social worker someday.

ANDREW'S AND MARGARET'S TUESDAY CLASS IS IN ROOM C115

NEXT TUESDAY ONLY Andrew's class and Margaret's class will be in room C115. Please write that down so you remember.


And don't forget that there is no class Monday. Enjoy your weekend!

A person who I respect

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Glenn

I respect Juyoung Jung who was a president of Hyun-Dai Group. Although he is dead and his group was separated by his children, the Group Hyun-Dai and his name still are spoken by people. After the Korean war, our country was so impoverished that even there were seldom foods only to live. At that time he had known what was for our country. Although there was a personal gathering of wealth after all, all of it had become a wealth of country. Someone called me like a praiser of Capitalism. But I think economy is the most important thing to live today.

After the war there was no source to live: No resource, No technology, No skill, No well educated human resource. So he thought we need technology, skill and capital. He had asked for a loan positively from some advanced nation and tried to learn advanced technology. Now it sounds like everyone knows it, but at that time no one thought about that in my country. So he made a construction company, motor company, heavy industry company, etc. It was the base of our economic development today. Now, economic power is the most influencial power all over the world. Our country’s economic state began from our predecessor’s enterprise, people like Juyoung Jung.

When he was 60years old, maybe, he tried to be a president of Korea. Not only did he want to be a king of economy, but he also wanted to be a king of our country. But he was defeated, and after that election his group had a hard time, because the elected president didn’t like him, so as matter of fact he who was elected was an obstacle to Juyoung’s activity of enterprise and Hyun-Dai had had a hard time in Korea. I think it is the only mistake that he made in his life. Although he made a desire in his last scene, it is obvious that he is hero of our country and me.

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The one who I respect (9/29/06)
Tee’
Being a Creative person in Thailand is not only the ideal job for the young guns but also a highly respectd one everywhere.
5 years ago, I was qualified to attend the BAD workshop that stimulated a number of new creative students to work as the rookies in the advertising world.I got to know many outstanding friends there.
Most of them were expected to be the new creative generation of Thailand,Called Young Blood.One of the A group,Songkran, who is called SK, had a lot of fresh works and was watched with interesting from many successful creative directors. Unfortunately His life was changed in one day afternoon after being called from the Army,and he stepped back very gratefully.
2 years later, everybody was surprised when he said that he had changed his field to be a teacher at an out of city college instead of being famous in an advertising company. 2 years in army changed him that much. He answered with a smile when I asked him frequent questions by showing me the portfolios.I was surprised by them. They seemed to me not to be his works and I was right. He showed his students’ works and explained why he decided to change his life. To be the best creative person in the advertising world was really great and it was a big challenge to him and he would be really proud of himself when he was retiring in the future. But to help students who get lost in life and give them the opportunities they need were more attractive. He said to be success in life was not just only to reach the top of the world but also to get someone who was down and raise him shining.Those were the better ideas he had gotten from the Army.
Talking to him made me think about many things in life and ask myself What kind of person I wanted to be? But now it’s very clear in my mind who is the person I most respect.

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Jin-hyun Choi

When I was young I liked my father but I think I didn't respect him like famous

person(like Sun-Shin Lee: famous a Korean admiral or Lincoln). Because I thought he

was not strong(He is just 165cm and skinny.)and he was not rich. But one event made me

respect him very much. It happened when I was a middle school student.

Out family were going to watch movie. In front of the movie theater we saw that mafia

fought each other. In my hometown there were two mafia. They usually fought to increase

their area. Nobody stopped their fighting because people were frightened of mafia. But

my father didn't care and then he made them stop fighting. I was so surprised his

courage. And my mind was changed. I was curious how he had such strong courage. I knew

his courage came from his faith in God.

And also he has will power. When he was 56 years old he started to worry about his

health. He was still skinny but he had fat on his belly. He thought it was not good

for him and he decided to exercise for a marathon. And then he started to exercise for

a marathon everyday except if it was raining or snowing. And he was getting healthy and

has got six packs on his body. Also he finished the full course marathon many times.

When I was in the army I was proud of my health. So during my vacation I wanted to

run with him. We ran 7 miles. I was exhausted but he still had more energy. I was

surprised again.

Not only is that why I respect my father. Also he is honest, he doesn't like money...

etc. I like things ablut my father and I want to be like him.

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kim seon young


respect



When I was at university I met a professor in art class, Moon Bum, who is a famous artist.

Even though he is a Korean artist I can see his works in N.Y. He had wit and charism, so he

was very popular in the school. However, in class, he seemed very cold and strict.

When I took a class the first time I didn't know what to draw. I felt like breath in the

sea. My brain was like a deep dark room and a white paper. One day I showed him and classmates

my work. He was thinking a few minutes. It seemed that he didn't like the style of my picture.

My painting was very simple and meaninglessness. He asked, "Why don't you read modern art books?"

That meaning was that my work was out of fashion. Students were laughing. I was shocked. I was

stressed the whole day from what I drew. I was afraid of him and hated him.

Afer class, I followed him. In his offoice I said thah I didn't know what to drew. He said that

I had to read a lot of art books. I didn't have to buy books. I should just look and feel.

By the way, My work was getting better because I had been thinking a lot everyday. and then

I went to bookstore everyday. I realised that he made me get better. If he didn't give me a shock,

probably I would never notice art. I have respected him until now. He was respected by many studednts.

After I came here I called him. I said that I came in N.Y to stuedied English. He told me to study English

for seventeen hours a day. so I said. "I don't awake during seventeen hours." He just laughed. He always say

to do everthing hard. I would like to be an artist like him.