Derek's HW - Assignment 7

1. I use Facebook to interview someone by asking questions. I asked questions like “how is your school, is it good or bad, and what do you think”. From the interview, I learned that not everybody thinks the same, for example, I saw an interesting message says: “My school is bad, it’s dirty, small, and the teachers are bad”. Whereas on the other hand, I saw message like: “I like my school, I like learning, and the teacher are very helpful, I like it very much!”.

2. I have seen news about Taiwans’ presidential election that is coming next month. There are three people participate in the election, everyone including me is anxious and wanting to know who will win the election; because we all know, a good leader can change a country’s fate.

3. (1) I live in Pingtung, and recently there are no events here. But, a few days ago, there was an event that the presidential candidate Miss. Tsai was visiting people here.
(2)[1] The event was taking place in Pingtung.
[2] Before she came to Pingtung, she went to another region to visit the people there.
[3] Next time she will go to Taipei, because her headquarters is there.
(3)[1] Our president:Mr. Ma, and another presidential candidate: Mr. Song.
[2] A lot of people.
[3] Maybe some members and or administrative staff.
(4)[1]Some people want to be president and so they will be presidential candidate.
[2] There is a law saying: If President serves for eight years, then he needs to retire.
[3] I don’t know.
(5) My friend says this is a good thing, and I think the same.

4. [1] Your community
[2] He said good, and told me a lot about his community.
[3] I want to understand their community, because my teacher says their community is beautiful.
[4] I would not change my mind.
[5] Because I like this topic.

5. I get a chance to know some new classmates, they are fun, I play with them every day and I like them very much.

Chanel's HW - Assignment 7

2. I have seen news about Taiwan’s 2012 presidential election. However, I don’t know much about politics but I can tell that every candidate is working very hard trying to win the election. Personally speaking, I think people shouldn’t choose the vote simply because of a candidate’s party, but candidate’s goal and promises he is making.

3. Other than 2012 presidential election, Taiwan is trying to get ready for another huge event – the 2017 World University Games. Since Taipei is elected for the game, our government is trying to get Taipei ready - to show the best of Taiwan to the world.

4. We can discuss about “school life”.
I think junior high school students’ school life should be serious but can have some fun, because if students are having too much pressure, it will cause a negative effect to their body and will possibly decrease their motivation in learning. What do you think?

5. Our school will hold a celebration for the school anniversary. We are all very excited, and this is my first time participating in junior high school’s anniversary.

Jane's HW

I like to make friends with others. At the first, I don’t know what penpal is. I think it is a boring thing, but I am wrong. Penpal can help me see a different world, and my penpal is a nice person. After I have penpal, I noticed many different things around the world. I learned there are gardens use to help visually-disabled children, and I get to know a friend from the other side of the planet. I hope we can use this special opportunity to learn more different things. The world is big, yet people can make friends on-line. So do you like to have a friend from different country? I like my penpal, how about you? Do you like me?

Alina's HW - Assignment 7

1. I interviewed my father; we talked about some great person such as Steve Jobs, Picasso and Alexander. I learned many things and great person from the interview.

2. I have seen news about DDP chairman Tsai Ing-Wen, who gave an apology to the farmers. This evening, Magistrate Liu Cheng-Hung, who planned to launch a protest action in Miaoli County, said: “Tsai’s apology is not sincere, and tomorrow we will convene a meeting to decide whether we will launch a protest”.

3. Swim the tide in Dapeng bay! In donggang, thousands of swimmers swim the tide in Dapeng bay. Eventhough the tide is very powerful, two people won the event.

4. Ecology protection to save the earth. I think people should think some ways to protect the earth. Such as ways to make recycle more effective and or to produce environmental friendly products. Because we only have an Earth to live in!

5. I have seen a dog bullies a cat, which makes me very angry. One time I was sad because my favorite doll is broken. Sometimes I feel my friend is weird because she always keep laughing and laughing.

Iris's HW - assignment 7

1.     I interviewed my parents. I asked them questions like “where did you grow up?

how did you guys meet?” etc. I also asked them “are you proud of me?”, and they said “of course”. Haha I love my parents, they are awesome!

2.     My country is going to have a presidential election. News about election is all over my country, many people are talking about this and ask questions like “who will be the next president”? In order to win the election, however, presidential candidate have proposed many different policies and goals.

3.     We have a bad news in Taiwan recently. It's about the death of our “national treasure” (Mao Be). He is a well-known person in Taiwan, and we all feel very sad because of this.

4. (1) I want to ask my penpal about bullying.

(2) I don't know.

(3) I think bullying is a bad behavior.

(4) Did not change.

(5)Bullying is a bad behavior because it is harmful to others.

5. My school has an anniversary, and we are always busy because of this. However, I am looking forward to it because I will be performing on the stage.

assignment 7

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What’s something interesting or challenging that your community is going through?
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What is happening? / What has happened? / What will happen?
Where it is happening? / Where has it happened? / Where will it happen?
Who is involved? / Who was involved? / Who will be involved?
Why is it happening? / Why did it happen? / Why will it happen?
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If your thoughts changed, write about why they did
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HW#3 Tina

The most beautiful thing I saw on a website.it must be animals and forests. I love forests very much. I usually stay at home on holidays with my family. But if I do go somewhere, I go with my mom off to the country, where there's a lot of nature, rivers, forests, good air to get me out of stress.
If I could take a trip anywhere in the world, I would go to Ireland. Because it's a beautiful country full of good music and good people. The culture is great.