http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123800257
questions
1. Why did china critize Obama administration ?
2. How will this meeting affect US- china relations?
vocabulary
Head for : Proceed or go in a certain direction
Spiritual : of or relating to the mind or intellect
Pull out : to abandon abruptly or to leave
why do people work except money ? my conversation partner and me talked about this question in this week. we reached some conclusions : being creative person, being helpful, better life, diverse insurances such as health insurance, luxury life and good career. these reasons had to enforce people to work very hard. people who have eternal demands from people and God chose to work for their goals throughout history. John said to me that architectures make their work not only money but also satisfaction. when a arcitecture can built a functional and beautiful place, they will be satisfied. I think so. people want to see their skills and their powers while they create something. being helpful is the another important reason of why people work. for instance, in average family, parents want to be a good model to their children. working hard is one way for this goal, but this way is harder than other ways.
In conclusion, people should work for their better life as much as they can do…
Scientists: Volcano Could Erupt Again
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126114995
qestions
1. what will happen next? is this true that The eruption could start up again any time ?
2. is this contradictory interesting for you? There are two things that happened at the same time. One was the increase in the seismic tremor, what kind of tremor, and the other one was the sudden lowering of the eruption plume.
vocabulary
1. tremor : A tremor is a small earthquake
2.glacier : A glacier is an extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley
3. eruption : When a volcano erupts, it throws out a lot of hot, melted rock called lava, as well as ash and steam.
thursday my conversation partner and me talked about supreme courts and new ammendment in Turkey. our conversation was very useful for us. we share our opinios with together. how many members are there in court, how are selected, who are they selected by…. and I said him that there is a ammenmend in TURKEY.
my news : Senate Looks Ahead To Supreme Court Nominee
from : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125845781
questions :
1. who will be Supreme Court justice ?
2. why are all kind of elections or appointments like deciding Supreme Court justice “a debate subject” in the world ?
vocabulary
1. filibuster : A filibuster is a long slow speech made to use up time so that a vote cannot be taken and a law cannot be passed
2. nominee : A candidate is the prospective recipient of an award or honor or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position
3. confrontational :If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
4. Hispanic :A Hispanic person is a citizen of the United States of America who originally came from Latin America, or whose family originally came from Latin America.
5. stir up : ı did not understand this word eactly.
oktay : ammar it was amazing for me. before I listen you, I couuld not decide what the picture is about. I thougt that it is a picture about sky. BUT it is a asland as you said. if your government can 3 island it will be good for you in terms of turism and tour national income. but I think 5 years is not enoguh for finishing the other 2 island. OUR GOVERMENT IN TURKEY WANT TO establish islands like you… thanks for your informations….
The Palm Islands
my conversation partner asked me which country your neigbours are on thursday. because one of his interest is world geograpy. he want to obtain middle east problems. turkey’ s neihbous are IRAQ,IRAN, SYRIA, ARMENİA,AZERBAIJAN,GREECE AND BULGARİA. I could just touched on some of them in this conversation. we will go ahead next week.ahead of our conversatıon we shared our opinion about veterian-non vegeterian problem as well.
1.A kindergarten is an informal kind of school for very young children, where they learn things by playing
2.A pageant is a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held out of doors and often celebrate events or people from history
3.A feature of something is an interesting or important part or characteristic of it
4.Someone or something that is sentimental feels or shows pity or love, sometimes to an extent that is considered exaggerated and foolish.
5.The mayor of a town or city is the person who has been elected to represent it for a fixed period of time or, in some places, to run its government.
http://www.google.com/dictionary
QESTIONS
1.What was the pageant in Alaska ?
2. dou you agree that difficulties can be obstacle for making some good activities?
I used this website for news
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121625212
