Thursday, December 11, 2008

Humanities news:Jet crash in USA

There is a fighter jet killed at least 3 people, include a kid. And they need to find out the second missing kid. In the California (in USA) a plane hit the house, knock three house, and around 20 has be go away.
And the only person on the jet was through out from the jet, and the person now is in the hospital.

Humanities news:Major strike

There are thousands of people stopped working, because they want to against some of the government's decisions.
Why they want to against is because one day in the riots across, a teenager got shot and death by the police, on the Saturday. the people are mad at that. And many people got hurt in the strike.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Humanities news

Cholera claims lives in Zimbabwe 
This article is in the Zimbabwe, there are more then 400 people died, because they are sick,
a disease called cholera. They are a lot of people have to leave their house, to went to near the south Africa, the place that stet up the border for sick. And the cholera is infect by the dirty water, and there is almost no clean water in the country.

Humanities news

Thailand airport protests ended
This article is about the election in Thailand Bangkok. 
The people say that the government is step down, Because the prime minister lying to the people, the election is not fair, a month ago the protester led by the anti government, who control the airport still keep on waiting until the government step down.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Humanities news

Police say India attacks are over
There are 7 place got the Armed groups attacked, on Tuesday, and hundred is be the hostage,
Indian soldiers, help the people to free, on Friday, and Between this they are more than 195 people was died.
now officials say they've regained control of all the buildings targeted by the gunmen.

Humanities news

Rainforest destruction speeds upexperts says " The destruction of the Amazon rainforest has speeded up for the first time in four years"The trees cut more than 4,500  square miles of Brazil's tropical woodland from August 2007 to July 2008.
That mean they cut more than a half Wales, but the experts says maybe will be more bad.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Language Art

The poem I choose is Neglect.
Form: There are 24 lines in this poem.
I think the reason why he use 24 lines is because he wants to tell us really clearly, and he write the step by step.
Speaker: 
The speaker in this poem is the gardener. And the poem wants to tell us that don't forget to show consideration who
is important to you and don't hurt them, because if you keep do that one day they will wither. You must to 
give the love.
Sound: fruit; hurt, pollen; gone, winter; remember, redder; cinders.
Imagery and Figurative Language:
- When apple boughs put in the wood-stove it smoking.
- When it finish smoking the gardener will forget the smell.
- When the gardener forgot the apple tree, it will die
- When the apple tree died the gardener will fire it

I am not a good kid at home, I didn't care my mom a lot, and I just make my mom tired, so I think poem let me know 
that I need to give the love to my mom, don't just make her tired.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Humanities news

Multi-million pound Congo appeal
In Congo they are about 250,000 people must to leaf their house, and move to the save place, because the soldier of
administration fighting with the revolt soldier. Aid workers say thousand of kids who are living in refugee camps need food and medicine, some of them are sick.

Humanities news

California fire clear-up begins
There was a big fire, in California. The fire is died now, but the fire fighters are still looking at any hot spot that might light again. Hundreds of thousands of people need to leaf their house, and many of them wants damaged by the fire.
They don't the reason why their was a fire.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Humanities

What jobs do people have? 

In ancient Greece, the women usually didn't work, the reach women always just stay at home and  watch the thrall.

The poor women will sew or weave and take them to the marker to sell. Some of the women was poor enough, they will try to sell food or spices.

The majority, 98%, were farmers or landowners; this would include the olive industry. Some jobs had to do with food handing, warehousing, markets........ Some jobs had to do with wood, marble, charcoal making, mining, animal related tasks and entertainment, and there are many slaves. Some people are merchant, or make cloth, selling of water, making of wine, transportation, artisans, artists, sculptors, priests. 

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Language Art

The Elements of Poetry are :

1. Speaker: Voice
2. Imagery:   what the words of the poem make the reader 'see' in their imagination.
3. Sound: Rhyme.
4. Form: The way the poem look.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Humanities news

Lest week the second school in Haiti was fall, 90 people was killed,No-one was hurt when a second school came down, but people scare when it started shaking.
Eucher Luc Joseph said: "It is construction with practically no cement, no iron. It has been built in total violation of regulations."

Humanities news

Obama meets Bush at White House
Obama and Bash met at white house and they shook hand, they talk about two hour in white house, and Bush's wife was took Obama's wife walk around the white housr, the white house will become Obama's new home.

Humanieties

Fat questions:
1. What is the relationship of Greece and Rome?
2. How do they study in Greece and rome?Do every one can go to school?
3. What kind of paint do they draw?Why?
4. What religion do they believe? What will they?
5. What food do they eat? 

Language Arts

CULTURE
-What is culture?

I think culture is symbolic,  because culture rules virtually every aspect of your life,culture is where you live, how you live, where you come from, and your city's agriculture,

ex includes a society's arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, inventions, language, technology, and values.


-What cultures am I apart of?
Arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, inventions, language, and values.

-Is culture exclusive (can you be apart of many cultures)?
No. 

-Do people have false assumptions about your culture?
No, I think people knew about Taiwanese culture.

-How is culture different from identity?
Culture is for all people, but identity is personal. 

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

GLOBAL 20/20

Education for all :

- Recalling that education is a fundamental right for all people, women and men, of all ages, throughout our world.
- Education can help ensure a safer, healthier, more prosperous and environmentally sound world, while simultaneously
contributing to social, economic, and cultural progress, tolerance, and international cooperation.
- Education is an indispensable key to, though not a sufficient condition for, personal and social improvement.
- Overall, the current provision of education is seriously deficient and that it must be made more relevant and qualitatively improved, and made universally available.
The big purpose is let everyone in this wold will not be the illiteracy.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

ESPRAT & My Passport Country

Humanities
1. What is the Economic (business) system? 
Our country's business system is separated to tree branches, Level 1 business, Level 2 business, Level 3 business.
Level 1 business: The people make money by their labor, they get the products by nature resource, 
Ex: agriculture, fishing, forestry. But now, this business become weak, because the young people go to
the big for working, and Taiwan added to the WTO is a big strike.
Level 2 business: The people make money by their technology, the Level 2 business is industry include manufacture
and construction. Ex:canned food industry.
Level 3 business: The people make money by their brain, like insurance, government, tourism, banking, retail, education, and social services. Ex: teacher, doctor, lawyer.
2. What does the Social system (daily life, classes, customs, etc.) look like?
Daily life: 1. Monogamy, you just can have one wife or husband. 2. To respect for seniority, you may respect to the
people who oder then you. 3.The sexual equality.
Classes: There is no classes in my social system, everyone is equality before the law.
Customs:In lunar calendar there is three important customs in Taiwan.
(1) Chinese New Year (Eve), at this day we will got some money from our families.
(2) Dragon Boat Festival, on this day we will have Dragon Boat race, and we will eat many Steamed rice dumpling.
(3) Moon Festival: On this day every company will give some gift to their personnel. 
3. What is the Political (government) system? Who has the power?

The government are divide by 5 branches, such as highest level of the executive branch, Legislative Yuan.

The Examination Ministry or Examination Yuan, the judiciary,The Control Yuan.

And the people have the power. And everyone is  equally.

4. What are the Religions? Describe them in detail.

There is no main religions in our country.

ReligionMembers% of total populationTemples & churches
Buddhism (佛教) (including Tantric Buddhism)8,086,00035.1%4,006
Taoism (道教)7,600,00033.0%18,274
I-Kuan Tao (一貫道)810,0003.5%3,260
Protestantism (基督新教)605,0002.6%3,609
Roman Catholic (天主教)298,0001.3%1,151
Lord of Universe Church (天帝教)298,0001.3%50
Maitreya Great Tao (彌勒大道)250,0001.1%2,200
Tian De Jiao (天德教)200,0000.9%14
Liism (理教)186,0000.8%138
Syuan Yuan Jiao (軒轅教)152,7000.7%22
Islam (伊斯蘭教)58,0000.3%6
Tenrikyo (天理教)35,0000.2%153
Universe Maitreya Emperor Jiao (宇宙彌勒皇教)35,0000.2%12
Hai Zih Dao (亥子道)30,0000.1%55
Confucianism (儒學)26,7000.1%139
Church of Scientology (山達基教會)20,000<>7
Bahá'í Faith (巴哈伊教)16,000<>13
Jehovah's Witnesses (耶和華見證人)6,223<>85
The Chinese Heritage and Mission Religion (玄門真宗)5,000<>5
Zhonghua Sheng Jiao (中華聖教)3,200<>7
Mahikarikyo (真光教團)1,000<>9
Pre-cosmic Salvationism (先天救教)1,000<>6
Huang Zhong (黃中)1,000<>1
Da Yi Jiao (大易教)1,000<>1
Total religious population18,724,82381.3%33,223
Total population23,036,087100%-
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Taiwan  

5. What are the various Arts (especially those your nation is known for)?

We can express our creativity by(1) personal, Ex: gallery, (2) to match by private or public.

The painting, photo, glass arts( famous in Hsinchu), are the artwork in this society.

The most famous sports in Taiwan are basketball and baseball.

Cheongsam is the traditions dress in China, but we don't often see that in Taiwan.

6. What are various Technologies that are a part of life in your country?

There are different technologies in every occupation, like accountant, doctor, teacher, machinist, architect.

7. How does Geography affect ESPRAT in your home country?

The Geography affect the economic, Ex:we has sea around our country, so some people's work fishing,

and some people framing in the plain, and plaint the tea in the hill.