Elementary Composition – Night

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Color Affect Our Body.

Color can affect our body. Violet is a color that affects the bones in the body and can be used to heal the pain of arthritis. Gold helps awaken a body’s own healing energy. Blue clears the mind, and aqua is cooling and can ease fever.


Color and Personality

Your color tells your personality. If your favorite color is white, you are probably very moral and sometimes have old-fashioned ideas about romance. People who like red, on the other hand, want excitement, variety, and change and are often more interested in passion than true love. Pink lovers are warm and understanding people who believe in loyalty and make good mates. Those who like the color blue are emotional and romantic and need lots of attention from their partners.


Eating out with family.

My family sometimes like to eat out for family’s union. Today my family had a good dinner in restaurant. That place is kwown for a breaded pork cutlet. I love it. And the resturant is quite. I like such atmosphere. Although Food price is so high, there is the quantity a lot for our food capacity. After we ate out, I felt we could talk more and laugh more. I thank you for my family. In the future, I really want to often eat out.


Presentation.

Today, I prepare to a english play. Although I don’t speak english well, It is quite fun. We consist of me, eun joo, and ji young. Except me, Because they can speak well, I became tense. I didn’t really want to distrub them. So. I did my best my part. Repetitely, I learned by heart my stories. Tommorrow, I will present our play. Although I do at first english play, I want to play good well.


Images of Men and Their Implications

  Thses days, “Macho” and “Cross-sexual” are rising to be the most popular trends. However, these are opposite characters. Cultural critics have analyzed social, economic and cultural causes for it. One cause is the loss of the traditional patriarchal system through the changing of contemporary society’s frame. In this situation, people have two different kinds of thinking at the same time. One is nostalgia about men’s traditional strong images and the other is acknowledging the loss of the traditional patriarchal system. Second is the long-pending recession and unemployment of many young people. Men pursue extreme masculine and feminine images to evade the enormous responsibility inflicted on them. Third is the rapid changing of consciousness about sex, and society becoming more open toward foreign cultures. Now, people pay regard to various tastes about sex. Movies and TV dramas constantly make new images of men. These new images of men create new trends among the general public which spread rapidly and are developed mostly for commercial ends. However, culture exists without commercial ends. Almost everyone has memories of fashion shows with male friends in skirts on school excursions and retreats. We have known ”cross-sexual”. It is a matter of sincere regret that culture only for commercial ends creates trends.  


My first part time job

 When I was twelve-grade in winter vacation, I was having a part time job. My part time job was talk show is audience. This part time job included necessary chores in the station. The show I was participating was called ‘Ya-sim-man-man.’ and many actors and actresses were present waiting for telerecording to begin. Soon the cameras rolled and I, along with others there, started clapping and made sounds as we were trained to do. For example, if the PD made certain gestures with his hands, we made certain sounds like ‘woo~’ or ‘wow.’ We kept doing ‘woo~’, ‘ wow~’ for three hours straight that eventually I got really exhausted. When they broadcast the show, it’s only 30-minute-long on TV; in reality, when you’re recording the actual show, it takes more that 3 hours. Thus I found it to be too physically challenging for me. When the recording was finished, I had to drag myself out of the place.

On the way out, I was given my day-wage and only then, I felt better. Making money wasn’t easy after all. Anyway for the first time I made money. and I have not suffered in vein.


Thanks Teacher!

It was happened when I was fourth-grade in elementry school. then, I was shy about taking in the presence of my friends, I was also passive in everything. A teacher had me a class president It reminds me that I was puzzled what to do. “Can I do well?” I was worried about it. But my friends help me in many ways. I was used to leadimg others in some work. I became a confident student. After that, I used to wait for last time because I am interested in making a bow (attention,bow!) to teacher. Thanks to my teacher I have a lively personality. It proved to be a turning-point in my life. Then of all the people I have met so far, no one has impressed me as much as my teacher.


What Do you Want to Do this Summer?

 Summer is just round the corner. Because my favorite season is summer, my heart is already fluttering in anticipation. Also, we shall soon have the summer vacation, too. So, I am making a schedule for the summer vacation. 

 First, I’d like to learn ‘Jazz Dance’.  In order for my body to be healthy, it’s important to have exercise time. During this semester, I feel quite exhausted with busy schedule. I should have exercised in ordinary days. So, I selected out of a number of exercises. Jazz Dance can be interesting to me.          Second, I’d like to get a driver’s license. Frankly speaking, I had tried to get it in last year. but, I failed to get it. Because I mistook in a driving test. This summer is chance to me. I’ll make a challenge again. Third, I hoped to travel with my friends. We promised to take a trip in JeJu Island. One of my trip members comes from JeJu Island. So, we are expected to tour with her help. I’ll enjoy wherever true friends go. Also, I hope to make a lot of memory. Fourth, I must study English. Especially, attending my English Conversation class, I felt many problems in express my opinion. I’d like to many dialogues but, I couldn’t. So, I’ m put to inconvenience. I hope to improve my conversation ability.


About Marry

Yesterday, I and my friend talked about our marriages. Exactly, we discussed how we can find our husbands. We had totally different opinions.

First of all, in case of me, I believe my destiny, in other words, I and my husband can meet coincidently and naturally.  Conversely, my friend said that she will use some companies which are in charge of providing her with men in a wealthy and governing class. I contradicted her opinion right away cause if she will have a sort of artificial meeting with a guy, she will be getting to just focus on the appearances of the guy such as his job, body, face, and socio-ecomonic status rather than his personalities. Furthermore, I added that the personalities of my husband or the chemistry between him and me will be much more important aspects of my marriage life after getting married. From my experiece like blind dates, it turned out that artificial meetings will prevent people from seeing the sincere insides of the people. Despite of my contradiction, she insisted on that you should use this way in that it is extremely difficult for you to find your Mr.Right ,and she gave me advice; you need to be more realistic.

To tell the truth, no matter how people think about my opinion, I want to insist on that marriage be all about love which is formed naturally, not socio-economic things.

 


Sports

In the past, sports were activity that people did only for fun in their free time. But this has changed recently. Now the sports industry is huge. Most big sport teams are businesses and aim to make money. Individual sportsman are promoted like film star or pop starts. Do you think this business has done damage to sports or not?


Samuel Huntington’s theory

Samuel Huntington argues that America should stick to their Anglo-saxen value. And he also said that American identity will be threatened by the increasing number of Hispanic immigrant. And he argue that America will be ruined in a short period if they failed to protect Anglo-saxon value like English, Protestantism. The recent anti immigration Act reflect that kind of anxiety from the conservative majority group. It is obvious that Anglo saxon value is core culture of Amrica, but the most important force to move the American society forward is originated from pursuit of diversity. The particular ability of America is originated from the competition and understanding between diverse race group, and it make Americans different from others. The new nationalism of Samuel Huntington will give harmful influence to the diversity of America in any measure.


Telling the truth requires thoughtfulness.

Telling the truth requires thoughtfulness. Before speaking out, try to imagine the situation from the other person’s point of view. First of all, decide other person really  need to know what you to say. Consider how you would feel if what you are about to say were said to you instead. Maybe it hurts your feelings.


The California Gold Rush

  On January 24, 1848, a farmer found a few tiny gold nuggets near Sacramento. Soon a halr-million people from aroun the world go to California for gold. By the winter of 1848, the gold rush was a boom. When President James Polk talked about the gold in California a lot of people left for Sacramento. Farmers left their fields; merchants closed their shops; and soldiers left their posts. Thy all made plans for California. By early 1849, people all over the country talked about the gold rush. Young husbands left their wives and kids. They promised they would come back with gold. They were called “Forty Niners” because they left home in 1849. They all dreamed of being rich. The gold in California finally ran out. However, the gold rush played an important role in California. The ”Forty Niners” helped build many cities of California. Many of them didn’t go back home. They are remembered as adventurers.    


About Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by Atlanta pharmacist John S. Pemberton. The name for the product was actually proposed by Pemberton’s assistant, Frank Robinson. Th name was taken from the two most ynusual ingredients in the drink, the South Ameriacn coca leaf and Africa cola nut. The recipe for today’s Coca-Cola is very well guarded. Many of the ingredients are known ; in addition to coca leaves and cola nut, they include lemon, orange, lime, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, caramel, and sugar. 


American’s tendency to lean on the law

American tried to solve most of problem by law. They are too often institute a suit against the other people, and the litigation case which is take place in America is much higher than the other society. I think this evident that the American society is not a good place for normal person live. Larger number of litigation case means that they don’t trust each other and they don’t treat each other with respect. They don’t have confidence about people’s heart.

 


Korean’s connection oriented culture

A third of Koreans are connected by regionalism and kinship. It might be natural thing because too many people live in small territory. So many Koreans are belong to various kind of social gathering. In average one person are belong to more than 5 social gathering like highschool, elementatry school, college, military, religion, and same home town gathering. And they impose a significance on how many social gathering he belong to and how many people he know.

 


Soccer Stars.

Soccer is by far the most popular sport in the world. Almost every country has a professional league. In many countries, top international soccer players are as well-known as movie stars. We can see many soccer stars in 2006 World cup. It very interesting that seeing the soccer stars. Let’s enjoy world cup together!!


You should stop smoking

 Smoking can cause such lung disorders as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. people who smoke over a pack a day have almost triple the risk of contracting pneumonia than that of nonsmokers. By lowering levels of estrogen in men and women , smoking speeds bone loss. If a woman smokes a pack of cigarettes every day, she’ll enter menopause with 5 to 10% less bone mass than a nonsmoker. In men, in the same way smoking clogs cardiac vessels. The good news is that no matter what your age or how long you’ve smoked, you’ll live longer if you quit today.


Calcium is very important

 Calcium, the body’s most abundant mineral, plays a critical role in bone health, but it does much more than that. Calcium permits cells to divide, regulates muscle contraction and relaxation. keeps the heart beating and the brain working, plays an important role in the movement of protein and nutrients inside cells, helps control blood pressure, and is essential for blood clothing. Calcium also seems to protect against heart attacks and certain types of cancers.


You should love others than you

 There are few things that make us feel so warm inside as a sincere compliment from someone whom we respect. Unfortunately, many people are concerned only with their own welfare. That drives them to appear very cold and uncaring. It’s clear that people who love living and others get more out of life than those who worry only about themselves. And these loving people always have more friends. My point here is to think more of others. They will take far better care of you than you can.


Digital Dementia is a Growing Problem Among the Youth

  To day, more and more people, especially those in their 20s or 30s who have been using digital devices for years, find themselves too dependent on them. They are unable to remember mundane bits of information such as a friend’s phone number, zip codes to their houses or even their parents’ birthdays. They relegate such tasks to their PDAs, cell phones or computers rather than using their heads. This type of memory failure is being attributed to something called “digital dementia”. Digital dementia is a growing problem among the high-tech youth because they more on electronic devices such as cell phones or PDAs instead of their own memories. Today, people often aren’t required to remember lots of information because cell phones and PDAs serve this prupose. Computers are used to save documents and navigation devices tell people how to get to their destinations. Due to such dependency, the younger generation who are more prone to using such devices are more likely to develop digital dementia. Experts say those experiencing digital dementia need not worry too much, but they advise remembering important phone numbers, keeping a diary and concentrating when reading newspapers or magazines.   
 


Moving know-how

Be prepared for your moving about two weeks prior to the moving date. 

First, call the moving company to make an appointment about two weeks prior to the moving date.

In order to get some help for the moving, let your close friends know that your are moving out. After that, get rid of unnecessary

 stuffs to make your moving easier. Now, pack up and clean up all of stuffs in your drawers, closets, balconies, storages, or so.

 Change your residential or mailing address to a new address and let your relatives and friends know that. And neatly pack up

your stuffs that are not in immediate use, one by one. Find anyone who can help your moving ahead of time in case you need

 more help.Contact any telephone company available to make an appointment to set up the new phone line in your new house.

 Clean up your new house before moving in.Make sure that you are aware of the structure of your new house, so you can plan

how you are going to place the furnitures.Figure out where the windows and doors are. Then, purchase the curtains that will fit

the size of the windows and install those


About Frankfurt

Frankfurt that belong in Germany Hesse state is Germanic barrier that maximum airport is to banking and city of commerce.
Game with our country and Togo holds in Balteuseutadion on June 13.
Balteuseutadion can see game comfortably even if rain because special procurements roof booth is established as the ground that can expropriate 48 thousand people.
People’s interest which this kyonggi is many as 2006 World Cup curtain raiser of our country is converged.
Frankfurt’s main tourist resort is Goethe house Roemeogwangjang and so on
The one greatest event is Frankfurt island exhibition.


Damage of passive smoking

American Heart Association (AHA) recently released a report on passive smoking. In the report, if we prevent to be exposed in passive smoking status, then it could reduce about 500 thousand people of the deceased in the United States during next 25 years. Currently, many people are exposed on passive smoking. Especially, damages of non-smokers in public places are serious. A passive smoker inhales two times of tar and nicotine than a smoker. But also, smoking in public places may cause a fire. Fire in crowded places may result in many casualties. We should ensure the right that a non-smoker can live healthy. Therefore, by these reasons, smoking in public places should be strictly restricted by a law.


Social baseball team.

Today, I play baseball in Misari. I Joined last weekend. My baseball team was made

friends and older brothers. We were lose than win. But our team play in an atmosphere of freedom.

I ate lunch , bak-suk, dakdoritang, mungmung i. If you want to play baseball, talk me.


For great time.

I think this semester past too fast. I looked back this semester, and asked myself. During this semester, What did I do? Did I do my best? I can’t do any sure answer. Because I can’t satisfy myself. So I might feel this semester past too fast. So I promise myself before start summer vacation. Let’s spend great time!


Sadness facts.

These days my home got a confliction. That is my mother and my younger brother’s confliction. The problem is about studying. Of course, this problem has been exsited until now. But the power of confliction is stronger. This problem is connected with my problem. Because my mother has been affected most to family. So mother’s anger affected to me badly. One more thing, I can understand thier mind each other. But I can’t do anything between mom and brother. What I can do most thing is avoid and cheer up each other. Because I have many what to do, I don’t have any mind’s free. This fact let me be gloomy.


The Languages in London

  Centering around the Oxford and Cambridge in London, People use very standard like English. The upper class people live around this area like in Seoul, so the language of this area is regarded as the standard language. It is called as BBC English, Oxford English, and Queen’s English, but the official title is Received Pronunciation. Namely, the labor class use their own accent called ‘Cockney’ from the Received Pronunciation and the middle class people use ‘Estuary English’ influenced by Received Pronunciation. The ‘Estuary English’ is used by the upper class people when they don’t want to give upper class image or by the labor class people when they show upper class image. In conclusion, the standard English is used by the Nobleman, professors, and journalists and they usually live in London. In England, the social classes exist clearly and there are big differences in the intonation and pronunciation according to the social class and eucation level. So when we have a talk with English, we can recognize their origin of area, social class and education level. But there is no standard language for them. It is a little different according to the noble family and area, even the Queen’s English.

 

 


Lookism Puts Life in Danger

  Famous comedian Hyung-gon Kim died of heart failure after rigorous exercise at a fitness center. He was 46. As the pioneer of black comedy in Korea, Kim once enjoyed rising popularity. However, he ran out of stean as an entertainer as new young faces took over the stage. Years late, he came back with surprising news; He had lost a lot of weight. Newspaper and TV reporters quickly covered Kim’s comeback story along with his diet secret. Since diet is such a hot issue in this society, his “secret” instantly drew the attention of a large number of people especially those who need to lose weight. Kim’s diet secret, however, ha a fatal weakness. Experts say it is not recommended to exercise after taking a sauna. Doctors say that sweating too much before or during exercise changes the nature of blood, causing it to become sticky. The sticky blood cannot flow freely through the arteries. Doctors warn that doing too much exercise does more harm than good. Too much exercise raises the chance of heart failure that may cause sudden death. Accordigng to doctors, Kim’s way of exercising was the most dangerous in terms of causing sudden death while exercising. 

 Lookism refers to discrimination or prejudice against people based on their appearance. Many Korean people believe they have an advantage when they look better than other people. For example, they believe they have a better chance of getting a job or getting promoted. Under the influence of wide spreading lookism, a growing number of people try to lose weight or have plastic surgery. Lookism may be a better opportunity for some people who become more attractive afeter successfully losing weight or having plastic surgery. However, complete dependence on lookism may lead some people to an unrecoverable condition or even death.        
 

 


Abortion

  Two point of views are opposed to each other on the abotrion dispute. The one is a point that an unborn baby is also human, so his or her right of life must be respected, and the other is the woman’s right has priority over an unborn baby’s right. This two points came out at the dispute over a 13-years-old girl’s abortion in the United States. Florida state government wanted to keep an unborn baby’s right of life by prohibiting her abortion, giving a reson “The girl is not mature enough to make such a choice.” But many people insisted strongly to keep the girl’s right to make a choice of abortion. The Florida put off her abortion accepting federal government’s petition at first, and after her mental state’s evaluation, agreed with the girl saying she was not mature enough to bear a baby and bring him or her up. There are many opinions about abortion, but most important thing of them is the right of life. All human beings have the natural right, and this, too, belong to an unborn baby, so his or her life must be kept, too. Even if abortion should be made to illegality, it’s not easy to prohibit it, because it has several of structural problems which cannot be solved only by law. To prevent abortion, above all, citizenship must be improved. Abortion is definitely not a problem only concerned with women, but the one belonging to our society. Because most reasons of the abortion are the results of society and male-oriented culture.