Clothes reading homework

Dressing for success
1. When Sandra realized her mistake, do you think she should have apologizes and explained what had happened? Why or why not?
A: Yes, I think of course she should have done. If you didn't, they might think that you dressed intentionally. On the other hand, if you apologized or explained, you might get another opportunity to get a job offer.

2. How can a suit show that someone "will conform to company policies and be a team player"?
A: In my opinion, dressing conservatively shows that you are serious about the meeting and interested in the job.

3. Have you ever had a job interview? If so, what did you wear? Did you get the job?
A: Yes, when I was at university in China, I went to the KFC restaurant to take a interview, I dressed conservatively, I wanted to make them understood that I'm a student and I want to find a part-time job. Fortunately, I got that job.


Casual dress in the workplace
1. Do you think casual dress is suitable for the workplace? Why or why not?
A: Yes, under the premise that without affecting the work, I think it's suitable for the workplace. It not only gives expression to the employees' personality and self-confidence, but also reflects the company's tolerance attitude to the employees.

2.Imagine you have a job and are allowed to dress down at work. What do you wear?
A: I have no idea, perhaps, I would dress as usual, I think that's it.

3. Do you think that what you wear affects your job performance? Why or why not?
A: I never think that it would affect my job performance whatever I wear unless I work at some important woekplaces such as hospital, bureau of public security and some places like these.


T-shirts out; uniforms in
1. Do you think school uniforms are a good or bad idea? Why?
A: Actually, I think it's a good idea. It reflects your identity as a student.

2. Do you think people's clothes show their creativity? Why or why not?
A: I think everyone's clothes show their lifestyle and taste.

3. Imagine someone asks you to design a better school uniform. What does it look like?
A: I would design it as a fashionable dress, perhaps it would appear in Paris Fashion Week or Milan Fashion Week.

Book Report

Friendship, the same as love, is also endless!

Last two weeks, I read a fiction that is named A Boy No More. It was written by Harry Mazer who is an author of A Boy At War. Basically, I realized that it was published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division at 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 at Aug, 2004. Due to my English is not good, I think it’s easier for me to understand than any other fictions. That is why I choose it at first. Furthermore, I’m very interested in the history of World War II. After finishing reading this fiction, I found it was very serious that it reflected the real society at World War II.

The setting of this fiction was in a real life. It was located in Bakersfield, California. This story took place in 1940’s when the World War II broke out. Bakersfield, where is located between San Francisco and Los Angeles, is a beautiful and convenient city close to the Pacific Ocean. I guess the author may pick up this setting in order to tell us how the main character, as well as his mother and younger sister, escaped from Hawaii to California.

The main character in this book is a young boy whose name is Adam Pelko. He is a fifteen year-old American boy. He is very wise and full of brave. Adam Pelko is very kind-hearted for his friends when his friend, Davi Mori, asked Adam to help him find his father, although it means disobeying his mother and doing something his father would not have liked. On the contrary, he is too young to become reckless and make a mistake easily.

This fiction narrated that after witnessing the USS Arizona sink with his father, Adam escaped from Hawaii to California with his mother and younger sister. Then his best friend had a trouble and asked him to help. Therefore, it’s his goal that he tried his best to help find his father. Owing to his friend is a Japanese American, in other word; his friend is also an American citizen. However, when he was the first time to new school, his classmates didn’t trust him that he was from Pearl Harbor, everyone think that he told a lie and looked down upon him. When his classmates laughed at the Japanese once, it impelled him to make a decision quickly to help his Japanese American friend.

The message of this fiction is that the friendship is invaluable. Even though he faced many difficulties and danger, he always put the friendship at the first place. When he went to Fresno to look for his friend’s aunt, but she had already moved her home several times, he never gave up, he found one by one and he succeeded at last. Through this book, the author wanted us to know that love is endless and friendship is endless too.

In my personal opinion, it held my interest very much that it makes me understand the importance of friendship and relationship. The writing style of the author is my cup of tea. Because of the story what the author wrote wonderfully made me touched. What’s more, I would introduce this book to my friends who attaches importance to friendship and relationship.

Weather

Keeping an eye on the weather
1. Based only on the weather, where in the world would you most like to live? Where would you not like to live?
A: In my personal opinion, I would most like to live San Francisco Bay Area because the climate here is neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summar. The climate here is the Mediterranean climate, it's very comfortable to live here. On the other hand, I would not most like to live some places like New York and even my hometown. In spite of New York is a very modern and fashion city which I like very much, but if I have a choice to live, I would not live in New York because it's too cold in winter. I'm very afraid of the cold weather.

2. People in some lines of work need to pay close attention to weather forecasts.
What are some examples of occupations where the weather is particularly important?
Why is the weather so important for them?
A: For my part, the occupation such as fishing at the sea where the weather is particularly important. If there is a strong wind at sea, it's very dangerous for fishing. It may throw down the fishing vessel.

3. In United States, people say that when pine cones close up, rain is coming. What are some other non-technological ways of predicting the weather.
A: When the dragonflies fly lower than usual, it might have a rain right now because the air pressure is low. In addition, it would rain soon when you see the ants move their home from a lower place to a higher.


Nature's weather forecasters
1. Which animal behavior could you most easily observe near your home? Have you ever seen such behavior?
A: I can observe the behavior about the ants move their homes from lower to higher easily because ants are very ordinary for us to be seen.

2. Which other wild animals do you know of that behave differently before a storm?
A: In my hometown, when you see the swallows pick up a lot of branches to strengthen their nests, it means a strong storm will come soon.

3. Do you notice that your own behavior changes before a storm? If so, how?
A: I never mind a storm except I would go out while the storm is coming.


Could you survive a natural disaster?
1. Which of the advice in the reading do you already follow? Which of the advice do you think is not very useful?
A: I suppose I would follow the acvice that move our pessessions to higher floors when floods come. On the contrary, I gusee that fill your gas tank, and prepare your car for evacuation is useless.

2. What things in your home could be dangerous during a natural disaster?
A: I think the crystal chandelier in the living room is very dangerous when an earthquake happens.

3. What other natural disaster can you think of? How can you prepare for them?
A: For example, the debris blow and volcanic eruption are the destructive natural disasters. However, I never went through these disasters, consequencely, I don't know how to prepare for them.

Money of Chapter 6.7

Twenty-cent Movie on Page 77

1. In my personal opinion, the beautiful dresses on ladies in the painting must be paid through the nose.

2. I believe the cinema would reap the profits from this movie.

3. I think this cinema is so cut-throat that audiences have to come here to watch that movie.

4. The two men in the corner look like no dough to afford their movie tickets, perhaps they want to slip into secretly.

5. I think the movie ticket is peanuts for those ladies who look very wealthy.

Money of Chapter 6

Sports of reading

Do pro athletes make too much money?
1. Which of the arguments in the artical do you agree with? Which do you disagree with?
A: I agree with the argument that Yes! They worth it! in this artical because It's their effort.


2. Do you think professional athletes make too much money? Why or why not?
A: No, I don't think so. They work hard in the training and do their best to lead their team towards the secceed. Especially those superstars, they would pay out more intension than other teammates because they are the leaders in their each team. Sometimes they even might be injured in order to win the games. As a consequence, I think they are worth making so much money.


3. Should money earned reflect the importance of a job to society? For example, should a firefighter make more than a businessperson? Why or why not?
A: No, I think not. It's true that the job to society such as firefighter is very important, but their salary are paid by goverment. Once you worked in this job, whatever you did or even you did nothing, you also can get the salary as usual. On the contrary, the businessperson paid salary by themselves, if they work hard, they might make much money, otherwise, if they do nothing, they would have no money. All the money the businessperson earned reflect the efforts by themselces.



Extreme sports
1. Imagine a trip to the top of Moumt Everest. If you had the money, would you like to go? Why or why not?
A: No, I would not to go. The reason is very simple because I'm afraid of the cold climate. If it were not cold at the top of Mount Everest one day, I trust I should take this challenge.

2. Which of the extreme sports mentioned in the artical would you like to try? Which would you never do? Why?
A: I want to try all these extreme sports mentioned in this artical because I like taking challenges. However, I would certainly never do it in reality because I realize that I have responsibilities for my parents and my family.

3. Do you think that only Americans enjoy extreme sports? Do you know someone who does extreme sports? If so, do you think this person like to take risk? Is this person wealthy or bored with modern life?
A: No, extreme sports are become more and more popular around the world and more and more people like trying them. Unfortunately, I don't know someone's name who does extreme sports.



Frequently asked questions about the ancient Olympic Games
1. Which Olympic events do yo like best?
A: I like gymnastics, diving and badminton in Olympic Games, because gymnastics look evry soft and beautiful, diving is very short, but it's attractive, badminton needs skill, endurance and consciousness of setermining placement of a ball. What's more, Chinese athletes do well in these fields.

2. What do you think ancient Greeks would find most surprising about modern games?
A: The most important thing is that women in modern Olympic Games are equal to men, I think it could not be imagined by ancient Greeks.

3 Is it important for the Olympic Games to continue? Why or why not?
A: Yes, it's necessary to continue it. Although it would cost a lot of money, it shows the spirit of making the world peace.

Idioms of Chapter 3 argument