writing 05

Types of Environmental Problems

Recently, environmental problems have been more and more serious all over the world. Though many scientists have been studying hard to solve them, they haven’t become better. To solve these serious problems, people should know about them. There are many types of environmental problems and most of them are caused by people’s lives. Environmental problems can be classified on the basis of the place they happen.
First, some of them happen in the air. They are called air pollution. One of the best-known things is the depletion of the ozone layer. It is mainly caused by the CFC gas, also called freon, released from refrigerators, air conditioners, and so on. It destroys the ozone layer and makes an ozone hole. If the ozone hole becomes bigger, people would be bathed in more ultraviolet rays, which cause diseases like skin cancer.
They also happen in the water. One of them is acid rain, defined as “rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic” (Quoted from Wikipedia). It is caused by combustion of fuel or volcanic activities. It acidifies lakes, makes forests die and liquefies metal. Water pollution and the rise in ocean level are also this type of environmental problem.
Finally, they happen on the land. A typical example is deforestation. It is caused by felling and burning trees. People do such things to sell wood, build new leisure spots, and so on. It not only robs animals of their dwellings, but also increases CO2, which causes global warming. The other problems in this type are garbage pollution, desertification, and so on.
There are still many kinds of environmental problems. All these types of problems listed above are only a part of them. Moreover, all the problems relate to each other. Some of them cause others. Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., an American environmental activist and the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, said people are responsible for environmental problems now, in his book, “An Inconvenient Truth”. As he said, each person should have responsibility and try hard to solve these problems as soon as possible. There are a lot of things he or she can do for the environment.
Works Cited:
Wikipedia “Acid rain” 28 November 2008.

Wikipedia “An Inconvenient Truth” 25 November 2008.

book report 02

1) MLA CITATION
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1843.
2) RESPONDING TO THE PLOT:
If I were Scrooge, I couldn’t change my mind because I think it is so difficult for everyone to change his or her mind especially being older. So if I were the author, I would change the story that Scrooge’s mind and life didn’t change at all after meeting three ghosts.
In the last page, the book says “it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.” It was the most impressive for me because it shows Scrooge’s characteristic after changing the best. So I chose it.
3) ANALYZING 7 LITERARY TERMS
1. Setting: The location of the story is London, England. And the time is the middle of the nineteenth century.
2. Point of View: This story is told through the minds and emotions of all the characters. Therefore, the point of view is omniscient.
3. Conflict: There are many conflicts in this story. For example, Scrooge versus his employees, and Scrooge versus his family. The main conflict, however, is Scrooge versus three ghosts because they tried to change his life.
4. Climax: Scrooge was avaricious and hated by the people around him, but finally, he changed his mind and became very kind to everyone. I think it is the climax in this story.
5. Symbol: The symbol in this story is a Christmas carol. It stands for Scrooge’s awaking of human love through his experience with three ghosts.
6. Irony: One of the ironies in this story is that Scrooge had much money, but didn’t have much love. Another irony is that Scrooge changed his mind because of the ghost of Marley, who was a materialistic person like Scrooge.
7. Theme: This story tells us how necessary human love is. After reading this story, I thought that the most important thing for human was not money, but love.
4) REFLECTING ON THE STORY
I was surprised that ghosts changed a person’s life. I think it is impossible in the real life. So I also felt interesting. Scrooge was rich, but always alone. I’m not rich, but never feel alone. At that time, there was strong class consciousness. However, we hardly mind it in my country. The book has already been made into a film many times, but I’ve never seen it yet. I want to see it.
The author was very poor so he had to work at a factory when he was a child. So he wrote a lot of stories as a poor man and tried to change society through Christian human love. I think his life and experience themselves might have inspired him to write the book. I agree with the author’s view of people and life. I also think that love is much more important than money. What I learned from this story is that we can change our life if we can change our mind. I thought we could never change our mind so easily, but after reading this book, I thought we could change it if we really hope to do. I expected Scrooge never changed until he died, but actually, he changed a lot and lived the rest of his life happily.

shibuya

i went to shibuya with marina.

we met at hachiko-mae and went to lunch.
we went to the italian restaurant where we went before.
i ate cheeze pizza and tiramisu. ;-9

then we went to 109!!
weve been there for 4 hours and bought so many...
i was so happy cuz i could get clothes and accessories cheaply.

then we went to dinner.
we ate okonomi and monja.
we both prefer monja to okonomi b both of them were so good.★

after dinner we went to starbucks and talked a lot.

i had a good time then.
shopping always makes me so happy!!! :-D

ginza

i went to ginza with anna.
i hardly do shopping at ginza so i didnt know where to go b anna took me many exiting places! thank u! :-D

first we went to printemps.
we ate lunch. we both ate spaghetti. it was so good!
and we talked a lot. i like both to talk about my self and to listen to my friends. :-)

then we did shopping in printemps. there were so many things which i wanted!
we bought the same tights at dolly girl. its sooooooooo cute!!!

then we went to gucci buildings!!!!!
as you can see in my blog name, i love gucci!!!!!!
i was sooooooooo happy cuz there were so many gucci things around me!
this time i didnt buy anything b now i have a lot of gucci things which i really want!
ill buy them all if i got money...
i have to work hard!

anyway i really had a good time then.
i wanna go to ginza again.
thank u anna ★
i wanna go shopping and to lunch with u after examinations!

shinnnenn-kai #2

after school i went to machida with my friends.

i and one of my friends were very hungry so we went to an-an, a yakiniku restaurant first.
an-an is our favorite cuz their yakiniku are so cheap and good! :-)
an-an opens at 5 p.m. b we arrived there 10 minutes before.
so we had to wait in front of the door...


finally we could enter and eat a lot.


after that we went to ducky duck cafe to eat sweets!
i ate millefeuille with cafellatte.sooooooooooooo goooooooooooood!!! :-D

then we went to starbucks.
i drank lavender earl grey tea latte for the first time.
i really like it!
we talked a lot with drinking tea.

i was so happy b i always ate too much...
i have to go on a diet! lol

happy birthday★

january 7th was my sisters birthday.
she became 17 years old. so young!!! lol
ill be 20 next april... i dont wanna age any more.
we ate cakes which we bought at our favorite cake shop in machida.
it was so good!! :-)

btw i havent given her a present yet.
i dont have time to go shopping and an idea what to give her...
ill go shopping to buy something for her as soon as possible.

shinnnen-kai★

i met with my junior high school friends again!
there were some people whom i hadnt met since graduation b they all (including me...) hadnt changed at all since junior high school!!!

we had quite a good time talking about our junior high school days.
we ate and sang a lot till morning. lol

i wished i could be back to my junior high school days...
anyway i wanna meet and talk with them again!