Thursday, September 23, 2010

A message from mother :X

1. What is the main point of this article?
 _The main point of this article is how the global warming effect the environment.

2. Four vocabulary words
·        Monsoon - Seasonal wind blowing from southwest in the summer and northeast in the winter.
·        Reluctant - not wanting to do something.
·        Vulnerable: able to get hurt/ able to get attack.
·        Indicator: proofs.

3. What is the difference between “weather” and “climate”?
  _Weather: how much wind, rain, sun, snow, or how hot or cold in a short time.
  _ Climate: weather over a long time, averages for a seasons, years or months.

4. What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?
 _Flooding in Pakistan, Heat waves in Russia.

5. What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?
 _There were droughts, flood and typhoon in Vietnam. Vietnam gets hotter than usual. At Mekong Delta, there are flood annualy.

6. What does the word “perception” mean?
 _The word perception means the understanding of an issue and knowing what's happening around us. 

7. What is your “perception” of global climate change?
 _ The global warming is caused by a hole in the sky. Smoke from factories and vehicles creates that hole. Due to glob warming. The Earth gets hotter., so people suffer from droughts. The ice in North Pole is melted. Therefore, there are floods everywhere.

  

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Perfume Land :X:X:X

Perfume land spreads from 28°N to 155°N and from 15°E to 125°E.It is to the South of Channel Ocean and the North of Guess Ocean. In its south-east is Ed-Hardy Island and Milano Island is right above this land.
As the most perfume-producing land, Perfume land has exported tons of perfume annually to the world. In 1909, after landing in the west of Perfume land, some of the first Sarrynians, who were named after discoverer Sarryna, moved to the east. At the time, there were about 500,000 of them. They left to find more lands to grow flowers. There were another migration ín979 when the war broke out between Gucci & Tommy. People in Gucci gleed to Dior to find safely .Most of Sarrynians followed Hinduism except Tommy .However, in 1970; Hinduism started to spread to Tommy and has had a big imp act on this country until now.
Because Perfume Land has temperate climate, people here can only grow some flowers like tulips, roses, lily, some fruits like strawberries, apples… and some plant. People often traveled by boat along the river. Few years later, Sarrynians built bridges across rivers and tunnels across mountains so that people could travel more easily and more economically. As a land surrounded by sea, Perfume land has long seashore, so fishing in the land has developed a lot. Because the land has a big river running across, flooding is unavoidable. Therefore, many dislikes are built to stop the flood destroying the land.
When the production of perfume increases all over the land, almost all countries have their own factories which have produced tons of perfume products to the world. Among them, the largest one is located in CK. Beside, in order to ensure good health for Sarrynians here, they have many hospitals. Along with travelling by sea, people here can travel by air with many airports. The perfume land is well known for its beautiful nature. One of them is perfume waterfall in Ck whose water is used for making perfume because of its fragrance .The most famous site to visit is Flower Cliff in Gucci which is not affected by humans. That it has was a shape of tulip flower is explained that Perfume land is destined by God to be the land to have the most flowers in the world.
The Perfume land is divided into two main regions according to physical characteristics which are the North and the South. The North consists of Gucci, DKNY and Tommy whiles the south Lancôme and Dior. The North is more mountains than the South. Therefore, it is quite hard for the Northern people to grow flowers. Instead, they dig for gold and diamond. Even so, in the North, some big trees are chopped down and used for extracting oils for producing perfume. The South has more favorable condition for growing flowers than the North. And more factories are built in South because the South has a flatter topography than the North.







Monday, September 6, 2010

Study Guide


J  The Five Themes of Geography
- Place
- Location
- Movement
- Regions
- Human/Environment Interactions

J  The Six Elements
- The World in Spatial Terms
- Places & Regions
- Physical Systems
- Human Systems
- Environment & Society

J  What are the Different Kinds of Jobs in Geography?
_Land Surveyors, Location Analysts, Urban Planners, Climatologists, Cart

J  The Three Main Types of Maps 
- Political
- Physical
- Thematic

J  Vocabulary:
- Geography
- Spatial
- Environment
- Region
- Place
- Location

Family Project Reflection



This project has really given me chances to discover my family's history. As you know, my grandfather was a Vietnamese soldier who fought for our country's peace. Through that, I know the war past of my country. I also know how my country got over such hard times. I realize Vietnamese people are so brave and determined. And I learn that my mother's difficult childhood has encouraged my mother to work hard until now when our life is better. Vietnamese people are always like that. They are brave in war and hard-working at work. I'm proud of being Vietnamese. 
Thanks to presentations from my friends, I know more about different cultures. Besides, this is the best chance for me to learn more about my friends and to strengthen our friendship. I really want to experience the coldness of winter and the fierce hotness of summer in Japan and Russia. if only I could play skateboard and skiing in winter. My friend's presentations have given me the idea of cultural differences. Some of my friends are really not familiar with Vietnamese food and the others find hard at first when living in Vietnam. However, I hope we, from different cultures, can work be friendly like this to build a better world. J