Blog #7 "Radical But Rights"

This paper is about the animal rights and asserts animals should be protected from the human harm. Because every day, we eat animals and maybe use these animals for testing. No one cares about the animals rights. So the writer choose this as the topic.

Firstly, the writer find an example from our daily life. Because most of people like barbeque, and when we enjoy our barbeque, the animals be killed. So in our daily life, the animals are killed become to our food. And we should protect the animals from the human hurt.

Secondly, in the writer use many peoples opinions to explain that there are many people want to protect the animals and let the readers know we should protect them. After that, the writers from different parts to explain that we should protect the animals, such as humanity views, society,characteristics of animals and the animal sentience. Because of these different parts, the readers can gat more reasons why we should protect the animals .

I think because of the writers use different parts to explain the reason why we should protect animals, so the readers can understand it easily and think about how to protect animals in the daily life. After the reasons why we should protect the animals, the writer gave some suggestions to tell us how to protect them in the right way. So I think this is a good paper, it gives all the information about why we should protect the animals and how we should protect them.

Blog #6 The Horse Racing Industry:Issues and Reforms

About this research paper, the topic is The Horse Racing Industry: Issues and Reform. We know that in the research paper, we have to use many references to support the topic and explain the it, so how to use these references are very important for us. There are also many ways to use the references, such as quotation and paraphrase. Because of these ways to use references in our research paper, our paper can become more and more knowledgeable.

In this paper, at the first paragraph, writer uses the quotation. The writer quotes a sportswriter and racing strategist's words. I think because at the beginning of the paper, writer needs some specialized opinions to make the paper more professional. And from the quotation, it gives a good metaphor for this topic. Even though some sports looks very gentility, they can be as cruel as cockfight. From this quotation, writer can make authors to think about the meaning of the horse racing and why some people support to ban it.

At the beginning of the second paragraph, writer uses the paraphrase. Writers use a article for the Time. Because at this part, the writer should explain about the structure of the horse and explain the harm for the horse, so the writer need some profession reference and use her own language to explain it. Because not every author can understand the specialized word. That makes every author can understand her paper easily.

Because of these ways that writer to use in the paper, it makes this paper more and more professional and more and more people can understand writer's opinions.

Zhuoru Blog #5

     The "Burn my Heart at Wounded Knee" and the "Discovering the Truth about Columbus" are both about the histories. From reading the history, you may think if the loser became the winner what will happened?

     For example, in Chinese history, in Tang Dynasty, the second Emperor is Emperor Taizong of Tang, but actually, he was not the crown prince, his brother was the crown prince, and his brother  and he had the different opinions of the country  they could not agree with each other. So in 626, at the Xuanwu Gate of the palace, he killed his brother and became the crown prince and next year he became the emperor. Even though he killed his brother, he really made a contribution to the country. Durning his ruling ,country became more and more powerful and the people really respected him. But if he didn't kill his brother and his killed him at the Xuanwu Gate, what will happened? I think maybe the country would had a different situation. Because his brother will be a emperor and he had the different political opinions. I can not explain who is right or who is wrong. Because the truth is Emperor Gaozong won, so from the history, we can understood that he is a good emperor. And his brother's opinions became the wrong. But if his brother won, maybe Emperor Gaozong's opinions will became the wrong and everything would be changed.

     So, from the history, if you imagine that the loser become the winner and the winner became the loser, is really funny but some times it is difficult to judge who is right or who is wrong, because we can not understand the really background for that time. 

Two Years in the Melting Pot

From the "Two Years in the Melting Pot", the writer spend two years in living and studying in the US. At the begining, he decided not to speak Chinese so that can improve his English. But when the other chinese students invited him to visit their apartment, and speak Chinese, the writer really feltcomfortble and warm.
I think I can understand his feeling. Because now I am in the US, and my roomates both from the US, sometimes we are difficult to find many topics to talk, everyone we just talk about the class time, and some interesting things, and I have to speak English. But if I stay with my Chinese friends. even though we come from different cities, but we can talk about many things, such as food, courseand etc. And when we are talking, we like to use our own language, because it make us feel comfortable, warm and more interesting. I think because we both staied in another country, and everyclass, every homwork we have to use English, so during our talking we do not like to use English.
I think for us, it is difficult to make friends with Americans, because there is a big different in our culture and American culture. And also a big different in language. So it is difficult to make friends. So you can find, even though we are studying abroad, but during our daily we want to stay with Chinese people.

WORDS:
Furious: very angry;done with a lot of energy, effort, or speed:
Blurred: unclear in shape, or making it difficult to see shapes;difficult to remember or understand clearly
Preeminent: much more important, more powerful, or better than any others of its kind

Nonverbal Communication

   In our daily life, we use language to communicate with the other people. We cannot live with out the language. But in our daily life, we are not just using spoken language, also the nonverbal communication also has positive effect on our communicate.

  For me, I think the body language is also very popular in the life. Such as we can use hand to express the opinions. In China, when we are talking, there is not too much body language, I think because I can use Chinese to explain my meanings so that we do not need much body language. But when I speak English, I must use much body language, I think because my English is not very well, but I like the feeling when I use my body language, especially use the hand. Also if I talk with my friends, we will use the eye contact to exchange our opinions, I think that is an amazing thing! When we are talking we just use eyes to explain our meaning or tell her I got a good idea, it is really interesting.

  After I arrived the US, I found the Americans like to body language, especially to use their hands. But in China,we do not use much body language during our talking. I think because we have different cultures and different languages.

  But in my opinions, I really like use body languages, because it makes me can explain my opinions more clear. 

the First Four Minutes

   About the First Four Minutes, I noticed that the first impression for other people is really important, it will effect the relationships of us. 

   For me, if I meet someone first I will portray as a peaceful girl, it is not the real me. I think just my friends and family can know the real face of me. Because of this when I meet someone first I will not speak too much with them so that someone will think I am a peaceful girl, but actually not. If I meet my friends or my family I will speak too much with them.

   In my opinions, I can not use my real face to meet someone at the first time. Because I do not know they are good or bad, and I cannot judge if they can be my friends or not. So I could not use my real face to meet them. I think it is a good way to protect us. So my friends always said you have a big different between you face the stranger and face friends or family.

   

Different Languages

  Everyone has different ways to use language. So the different people use the same language also have a big different. From the article " Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan, I begun to notice that problem.

  In China, the young people use a different language with their parents. For example, if yong people want to say" It feels good!",they will use "Gan Jiao" not "Gan Jue". In Chinese, "Gan Jue" means"feeling". But if their parents want to express the same meaning, they will use "Gan Jue" not "Gan Jiao". In my opinion, the reason why the young people prefer to use a different pronunciation in spoken language is that they want to their language become more and more interesting. But for their parents, they just want to express the their opinions. So sometimes, the parents cannot understand what did young people say.

  The different culture also has an effect on language. So the language is becoming more and more international. For example, many years ago, if we want to say"I like it" in Chinese, we will use "Xi Huan" . It means "Like". But now, the young people prefer to use "Meng" not "Xi Huan". Actually, in Chinese "Meng" does not means "Like". "Meng" is from Japanese, because Japanese animation become more and more popular and this word is always used in animation. So because of the different culture, the language is changed.

   Even though the same person use language in different situations, it will also be different. For example, now I am writing an essay for my English class, if I want to say" I want to sleep" with my friends, I will use "wanna" not "want to". But if I use it in my essay, I will choose "want to". So the language is also changed  by different situations.

  In conclusion, language is changed by different users, cultures and situations. Because of them reasons, language is developing and will become more and more diversity.