Argument and counter argument with refutation - Jinju

<Benefits of Travelling>                               Jinju Eom

 Some people say that travelling is just wasting of time and money. They argue we do not have to go on trips actually because we can explore the whole world by searching the Internet or reading books. Needless to say, it costs much less experiencing indirectly, however, I think that travelling is essential to make our lives more valuable and colorful.

 Roughly thinking about trip, there are two types of it: going on a trip together or alone. Both have different strong points so I think I have to explain by dividing into two.

 First, travelling together is one of the good ways to spend time and make precious memories with people you like. Before you make a journey, you should decide where and when to go to the travel destinations by discussing with them. Then you can have a good time with them in beautiful places successfully. In some case, you might face unexpected situations with them and have to find solution together. In this way, even the unexpected things occur, you can make the precious memories and also you can have relationship between them closer.

 Second, going on a trip alone makes you independent. Knowing yourself is very important to set aim for rest of your life. While travelling, you can look inside of yourself calmly. Of course you can do meditation in the room, but being alone in unfamiliar places can also help you concentrate on yourself entirely. Before you leave, you have to organize for your trip by yourself and this is highly related to setting your future plans. You have to know where to go and when you will do the things during the trip, and this resembles what happens in your life. Since you live in society, of course, there are much more problems that have to be solved together. However, there also exist problems that have to be dealt with by oneself. Travelling alone gives you power to overcome them and eventually you can be independent.

 I have traveled in the both way before. I have been to San Diego in California with my friends here in UCR and it was a fascinating memory. Also, I have been to Jeon-ju in South Korea alone after taking my TOEIC test, and it was a good chance to refresh. Both trips are really unforgettable memories in my life and not only them but other travelling experiences still give me power to live happily. 

Abdulwahab8 (Using Smart phones in the class)

Using Smart Phone In the Class

       We mostly take our smart phones with us wherever we go. We feel bad If we forgot to take them with us. That is how our smart phones are important to us. Some places are not allowed us to bring our phones with us such as schools by some teachers or even the rules there. However, bringing smart phones inside the class could be helpful for several reasons.   

      I think it is very beneficial to take your smart phone with you in the class. First, smart phone can be as learning tool. For example, you can find the exact meaning of the new words that you are studying by just click the button. This can save your time and your effort in compare with searching the meaning of the new words in the dictionary which has many definitions of the same words. Also, if your teacher asks you to find synonyms or even antonyms of some words, you can do it by using your phone. Another example is that you can also use your phone to do research about whatever you are studying during the class, so you don’t have to wait until the bell rings to go to the school library! Second, helping to take note can be part of your phone’s job. If you are not a fast writer, you don’t have to worry about failing to take down notes anymore. You just need to take a picture of what you don’t have time to write on the board during the class. What if Your teacher doesn’t write notes on the board! It is easy you just need to record his voice during the class, but don’t forget to take a permission from him. Third, buying books can be expensive for some students, and carrying them most of the week can be really fatigued. However, with smart phone, you can avoid these problems. In other words, you can save both money and weight. For instance, you could download the books that you need for school in your phone that called E-books, so no more worry about forgetting the books at home or being tired of carrying it almost every day.

        On the other hand, many people claim that taking smart phones inside the class is harmful. First, they think that smart phones will distract students from schoolwork because students can use social media or even contact with others during the class. This is not the case, teachers can put limits for using phones inside the class by creating specific kind of WI-FI that doesn’t allow students to enter some apps such as social media apps during the school. Also, skeptics among the people say that many problems can be caused by using the phones in the class. Cheating during exams will be easier with phones. Copying online answer will be common among the students. But the fact is that teachers can prohibit bringing phones in the class if there is a test instead of just prevent them at all.

     To sum up, using smart phone during the class is more helpful than harmful. We can use it as research tool by searching for the meaning of new words or even finding synonyms and antonyms for them. Also, it can be very useful to take note by taking picture or recording voice. In addition, it can help you to save money and weight by using E-books instead of physical versions. Regardless of the fact that some people thinks it causes problems and distract students, we can avoid the bad sides of it.

abdulaziz

Nowadays, video games are very popular, almost each house is going to have a video games inside it even if the video games are old. However, there are two groups of people always and they always have argument about if video games are good for our children or if it’s bad. In my opinion, video games are very god for our children, bit children should learn how to use it with moderation. First of all, each game kids are play I going to have a subtitle and dialogues, and with these two things the reading skill for the children are going to be improved by video games. Also, the listening skills are going to be improved, because they have to listen in order to understand the story line. Moreover, kids are going to make many online friends from all over the world, so they are going to be more social, and at the same time their language will improve. Feather more, many games contain puzzles, and the players cannot go to the higher level without solving the puzzles, so that will make children brains work in order to solve the puzzles.

               On the other hand, the second group say that their children always put their time on playing, and that why they don’t study. Moreover, they are going to be out of shape. Another thing the second group said is, video games are one of the reasons that lead to disintegration of a family, because kids are always in their rooms. In addition, there are games don’t fit with the age of kids, because it’s possible that it could contain scenes of violence, which is going to effect on kid’s actions.

               On defend of video games, parents can make a schedule for their kids. For example, kids can only play video games when they finish their homework and studies for about 1-3 hours daily, or kids can only ply during the weekend. Also, there is a lot of websites show which games are good for children, or parents can ask the seller about the game and if it’s good for the kids. Moreover, in each game there is a number shows you if that game is good for the kids or if it’s not, because that number refer to the age. Also, children are going to be more social, because they are going to make new friend, and they will be able to communicate with them. Finally, does not require parents to buy the games for their children if they see it bad for them. 

my opinion about Hokkaido Yurika

              Have you been to Hokkaido, Japan? In Japan, there are so many places you should go, and everyone might make mistake to choose the place. In fact, there are so many famous places than Hokkaido in Japan such as Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. Although there are many attractive places, I think the best place to travel in Japan is Hokkaido. There are reasons I think so.

              First, the most significant reason is that Hokkaido provides us so many delicious foods you can’t eat in other places. Hokkaido well known that its sea food is very delicious such as salmon roe, sea urchin, and crabs. Of cause, you can eat all of them in other places, but unlike other places, we can eat all of them in the same time as a rice bowl and can get a cheaper price than other places provide. Also, Hokkaido people have own taste food as well. It meant that unless you go to Hokkaido, you can’t eat it. For example, jingisukan is the most famous their own taste food. People who live other cities have tried to steal their taste, but it never succeeds.

              Second, there are so many beautiful places which can feel nature. Hokkaido contains many great national parks and with 22% of the country’s land. For instance, Biei city, the one of the beautiful place in Japan, well known its wide field which is filled many colorful flowers. Also, there are wildness places which you might haven’t felt. The Blue Pond is also a must visit place especially for photographers, where the natural minerals give the water an extra blue. The reflection of the trees and branches are magical and spectacular to see.

              According to the skeptics I told that will say, “Hokkaido is a good place and is the places we should visit. But for people who aren’t interested in wildness or foods, there are no interesting things. Also, there are simply no amusements.” Or they would say that if it in the winter, they would feel cold and its cold will eliminate their motivation to visit to Hokkaido.

              This is not the case. Actually, there are some amusements in Hokkaido. For example, in Asahikawa, there is the most north of zoo called Asahiyama Zoo, which is known its display for innovative ways. In addition, even in the winter, there is some special equipment to heat your body such as stoves or floor warming, so you don’t have to worry about it, and its temperature might the first time for you to feel, so you can enjoy feeling it.

              For those reasons, Hokkaido is the best of a city to travel. I hope you will have an opportunity to visit to Hokkaido and hope you will visit the places I mention. 

Samah- Preference Riverside to study

Some people believe that it is better for students to live in a city without a lot of leisure activities and pleasure places than in cities with many places to visit; however, others argue that big cities have a lot of fun time which aid students to do the best in their studying. Riverside is one of the most popular cities in California to live and study, but some people claim that it is a boring city. Personally, I prefer to study in Riverside on account of several reasons.

 First of all, the primary reason behind my preference to Riverside as a good place to study is the location. The site of Riverside is located in the best area. California is one of the fabulous states in the United States, and Riverside is situated in the Southern California. Several cities which have a lot of pleasure places including huge shopping malls, fancy restaurants, and beautiful beaches are near Riverside, so you can go to different places on the weekends.

In addition, the second reason to hold this opinion about Riverside is the price. As everyone know, Riverside has been considered the cheapest facet compared to other cities in California. As opposed to other cities, located in California, Riverside has had reasonable prices in the houses rent, for example.

One more reason to prefer studying in Riverside is the fact that the weather is suitable. It does not go down under zero Celsius Degree, so many students can live in this scope without any problem that may attack their bodies and health because of the cooler weather. As a result, they can do the best in their studying to achieve their goals.

From the other side, the opponents of this idea say that there is a lack of activities and tourism and entertainment places in Riverside; consequently, Riverside is very boring. The shortcoming of huge malls and diverse restaurants can be mentioned by those people who hold the contrary opinion.

I admit that everyone needs to entertain himself or herself to feel comfortable and perform the studying tasks in a proper way, but that is not the case. The truth is, however, that everybody does not have time to amuse himself or herself, and there are many cities which are near Riverside. Some of them take less than one hour to arrive it by car, so if you have a private car, you can enjoy through visiting many cities on the weekends. Moreover, in reality, for that reason which skeptics point out above, I can allude to the fact that Riverside may be a bad choice for tourists who expect several places to visit it, but it is a good environment for students to study hard and without any disruptions. 

In conclusion, I think that Riverside is one of the best cities to study in the U.S. because of the site, the prices, and the weather. It is true that it sometimes seems as a boring city, but as students it is a good city to reach our dreams and aims.

 

Identifying counterarguments and refutations (Ryosuke Okumura)

     Recently, Mexico City is recognized as a popular city because of its rapid growth in various aspects. According to the article, New York Times ranks Mexico City #1 travel destination for 2016, “we agree and celebrate Mexico City’s top ranking for a number of reasons.” On the other hand, some people suggest people also need to mention other negative points about the city. Furthermore, the reason why it is not popular is more than the reason for popular. From my view point, Mexico City is not more popular than other cities in Mexico.

     I think Mexico City is not popular city because some people do not like the city for some reasons. For example, Mexico City has serious environmental pollution problems and criminal problems. According to the article, Car ban fail to curb air pollution in Mexico City, “Back in 1992, the UN declared Mexico City the world’s most polluted city. Massive growth in the use of cars coupled with a geographic location that trapped a toxic blanket of dirty air over the city saw tens of thousands of people hospitalised every year.” Therefore, Mexico City is recognized as a harmful city for those living in Mexico City.

     On the other hand, some people think Mexico City is more popular than other cities in Mexico because there are various tourists spots like historical heritage, famous restaurant, and amusement park to attract tourists. Moreover, a lot of Mexican tend to move to Mexico City because it is the central of Mexico administration since there are a lot of political central facilities. According to the article, The Mexico City Metropolitan Area, “government services and industrial development have concentrated in Mexico City. Forty-five percent of the country’s industrial activity and 38 percent of its gross national product are located here.” Therefore, a lot of domestic people and tourists come to work and come sightseeing in Mexico City.

     This is not the case. According to the article, Top Tourist Cities in Mexico” Mexico City is the country's capital and the top city in visitor figures. It has earned one of the world's most unattractive pseudonyms, the "Valley of the Damned," by having more than 8 million residents.” Also, this truth is that a lot of criminal cases occur frequently in the city and environmental pollution problems due to traffic congestion are also serious problem. Therefore, Mexico City is not popular than other cities in Mexico.

https://www.nap.edu/read/4937/chapter/3

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38840076

http://fusion.net/story/253011/new-york-times-ranks-mexico-city-1-travel-destination-for-2016/

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/top-tourist-cities-mexico-61706.html

Ryosuke Okumura

                                                              About Uber's new technology

     Recently, a lot people, who do not have many means of transportation, use Uder system which is able to take you from your current location to your destination. Also, if you want to use this application, you need to call a driver using an application. Also, you need to type in your personal information before using this application. Therefore, in recent years lacking of personal information has become a big problem in our society because you need to enter personal information when using this application. On the other hand, Uber has introduced a technology called “Greyball” to protect the driver’s personal information from government and organisation. It also has a function to prevent other companies from using this Uder’s Application contrary to the terms of use. Also, according to the New York Times, “which earlier reported the program, Greyball helped Uber identify regulators and supplied them with dummy versions of the app showing fake cars trawling city streets”.  Therefore, most people think that people who use the Uder application are protected by new technology. 

     From my view point, this security system is not safety and it is not able to protect completely all personal information. For example, if people depend on this security system, there is a possibility to be at risk because if this system is hacked by someone, all personal information lacked out in society. Therefore, I think that it should avoid this problem by introducing a system that dose not need to input personal information. As a result, I think that more people will use Uder in the future. Also, if Uder become famous, there are people who become hypersensitive because some people do not like Uder technology to disturb own business like taxi driver or others. According the article How Uder Deceive the authorities Worldwide,”Uber’s use of Greyball was recorded on video in late 2014, when Erich England, a code enforcement inspector in Portland, Ore., tried to hail an Uber car downtown in a sting operation against the company”. Many people criticise this application indeed and many incidents occurred in our society. Furthermore, a lot of people involved as a result of the incident. Therefore, I believe that it is difficult to simultaneously ensure the existence of convenient services and people’s safety in our society. We have a solution to solve this problem for the future. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-program-evade-authorities.html?_r=0

How can we overcome the low birth rate? - Lizzy

South Korea has the lowest birthrate in the world. In Korea, one woman in the 1950s gave birth to six babies and one died. So the population grew tremendously and Korea achieved rapid growth as they entered the labor market. Now a woman has only one child and there are two people on world average. Such a sudden change in birthrate as Korea was not in the history of humanity. According to statics, Korea's birthrate that is the number of children born to a woman is 1.2 which is lower than Sweden (1.9), France (2.0) and Japan (1.4). If this situation is continued, Korea will disappear. But the Korean Government has been trying to practice some policies to encourage childbirth but there is not such a big effect. Where can we get the answer about low birthrate? According to Professor Hans Roosling Karolinska, a world-renowned statistical scholar, Feminism will help solve the country's low birthrate, poverty, and socio-economic problems. From now, I’m going to explain how Feminism encourage childbirth.

Simply a population policy is ineffectual but Feminism will bring change. Low fertility causes other problems, but it is also a result of other problems. Unlike women in the past, women nowadays have to work well and do well at home. This burden can’t increase fertility rate. For example, Fertility rate in Sweden was reversed from the changes related to gender equality. Gender equality means more than the level where husbands share work with their wives. It means destruction of traditional roles. The more flexible the roles of men and women, the greater the efficiency of society as a whole.

Feminism is not only for women and it doesn’t deprive of the right of men. When the rights of women improve, men also live better. If men put down some of the baggage on the shoulder, the men become comfortable. We can know by paying attention to the fact that the difference in life expectancy between men and women decreases as feminism develops. The ultimate goal of feminism is not to raise fertility but to improve the quality of life and live together in a better society.

To sum up, we can get over the lowest birthrate in the world through Feminism that support the gender equality and a better society. But gender equality means more flexible the role of gender and demotion of the idea that has existed from all time. From today, let’s practice the Feminism.

abdulwahab 7 ( the importance of sleep

The importance of sleep

        Although Sleep is natural thing that all creatures do it every day until they pass away, it plays an important role in our health. Many people don’t have a full idea about sleeping. They think that sleeping just makes them rest. However, sleep has many benefits that could particularly affect our bodies and our lifestyles. So, what are the benefits that we get from sleeping?

Advantages of sleeping-well:

            Sleep provides us with many advantages. First, sleep is important for brain health. Many people think that when we are sleeping our brains are sleeping too. However, our brains do many things while we are sleeping. For example, the brain prepares for the next day during the sleep. It somehow processes information to helps us make decisions while we are awake according to the article “5 Amazing Things Your Brain Does While You Sleep”. Also, during the sleep the brain creates new memories and links them with the old memories that would provide us with enough memories for the following day, so sleep play important role in learning according to the same article. Second, enough sleep can make us live longer. In 2010, study of women ages from 50 to 79 was conducted. It showed that women who sleep less than 5 hours are more likely to die according to the article “Live longer?”. Third, sleep has good impacts for our bodies. For instance, the body uses almost all the night to heal and restore damaged cells and tissues that caused during the day. Also, the body produces growth hormones that are responsible for growth and aging of human body according to the article “23 Incredible Benefits of Getting More Sleep”. Finally, with sleeping-well we can avoid many diseases especially cordial diseases.  According to a 2011 study by the American Heart Association, lack of sleep is connected to an increased risk of high blood pressure, a potential cause of heart disease. These are a sample of many benefits of sleeping-well.

      In conclusion, sleep is very essential for both our brain and body health. It provides the brain with time and rest to prepare for the next day, and make new memories combined with build links between them and the early memories that is an important role in learning new things. Also, sleeping-well could provide us with long life, and prevent many illnesses. In addition, many crucial biological processes happen while we are sleeping, so we have to sleep well and enough.

Sources:

1-     “5 Amazing Things Your Brain Does While You Sleep”: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/28/brain-sleep-_n_5863736.html

2-     “Live longer?”: http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20459221,00.html#live-longer--0

3-     “23 Incredible Benefits of Getting More Sleep”:

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-sleep-is-important-2014-12

  

Samah -Why People Help Each Other

Why People Help Each Other

People have a busy life, and they try to keep life more quietly. In life situations, people may help each other. Some of them like to help others, but others are forced to assistance. People help each other in view of the fact that human nature is urging them to aid others. Moreover, helping others depends on several factors including when no one is around.

Human nature urge people to help others even though they do not know them. In the article, "The Biology of Altruism," the author states that Dr. Varnken and other researches suppose that the human brain is planned to be altruistic. The author mentions that the study hint that the brain is affected by our wish to help people. According to the text " The Biology of Altruism," the writer explains that people may be born with a "helping brain" on accounting of the fact that it is progress. People's occasion of remain. People are used to help each other without waiting to give it back. In practical life, people assist each other and pull together to reach success. People aid each other even if they are do not know each other. I used to assist old people in the public places to prove that I am a good person to myself. In my country, we have a lot of charities to help poor people to get a house, work, food, or clothes. In my opinion, I think that helping people is necessary and spring from the heart.

Help other people relies on many factors including when no one sees them. In the text "A Question of Numbers," the writer says that the bystander effect is a natural human response that happen in situations in which assistance is wanted. According to the same  article , the author clarifies that people almost always find relief in an outsider when there are no bystanders. The bystander effect is one of the several agents that has an impact on a person's resolution to help out a needy stranger. In people's daily life, they usually like to help without showing it to the public. People like to help without being seen by anyone, so no one thinks that it is hypocrisy. Some people like to assist others separately because they do not want to make others embarrassed. I feel uncomfortable when someone sees me while I am assisting someone else. In my country, there are groups providing financial aid to other people in secret because they do not want to make them shy.

In conclusion, helping others is attributed to the human nature and that depends on many reasons such as when there are no passers. I think personally that assistance is important to everyone and helpful, so people have the  best personality.

Abdulaziz

Horizon zero down is a game developed by a company called Guerrilla games. This game has released before 1 week. Horizon zero down is a role-playing game (RPG) and open world game. Moreover, the hero that the players are going to play with is Aloy. Aloy is a girl born without mother, and Rost is the person who took care of here. Aloy was an outcast before she won a traditional competition that allowed Everyone to sign in even if they are an outcast. After the competition, another clan call themselves red echoes attacked the participants, but Aloy stand her ground with her clan the Nora braves and bush the enemies back. However, the enemy were out of number, and all the braves who fought with Aloy are dead and now it's only her in the battle field. Aloy fought with bravely, but she couldn't take them down and the enemy leader coughs her, at this moment Rost came to save her, but he died from a trap with all the enemies, and he managed to save Aloy. Aloy decided the avenge roar and bring the peace to her clan from the enemies. However, there are a many obstacle she will face. For example, killing machines which take over the world. There are more than 15 types of machines each one of them has a weakness spot, which is going to deal more damage. Also, the machines can be exposed by shooting off their armor. Another machine can also be hacked. The machines vary in size like small medium and big. Aloy journey begin after she become a seeker and she became a famous person in Her clan, because she is the only survivor from the attack. Moreover, Aloy weapons are bow and spear, and they player can buy stronger weapons when he/she go deeper in the game by using shards, which the player can find them from killing machines.

Also, Aloy will find other people who support her and help her in her journey like Nora war chief Sona and other clans who want to become free from the machines. Another thing is, the players will find bandits camps thematic if they take control over it will allow Aloy clan to grow. Feather more, the players need to have a skill called accuracy because most if Aloy weapons are bows. The craft long system in the game is amazing, because it's easy to collect what you need and you can also buy what you need from the merchantman with a cheap price or expensive depends on how rare is the item. Moreover, the players will have to hunt wild animals in order to craft many other things. The combat system in the game will take time to adjust it, because the players will have to study the machines movement, weaknesses spots, and what type of weapons they have to use against each machine type. For example, I have to use a fire weapons against the machines who are weak against fire. However, if I used fire weapons against machine which are strong against fire that won't even affect them and they might get stronger. To sum up, I advise you to play this game, and us Aloy said " earth is our no more".

Shiho

Hinamatsuri －Japanese Traditional Doll’s Festival－

Have you heard one of Japanese annual event “Doll’s Festival”? We called this event “Hinamatsuri” in Japanese. This event is held on March 3^rd and most people who have girls in their house celebrate and pray for the healthy growth for girls. We have some festivals for celebrating age or growth in Japan, especially the Doll’s Festival is known that Hina-Ningyou, which is traditional doll in Japan, is displayed in house. Today, I’m going to share about the Doll’s Festival called “Hinamatsuri”

First, when did the Doll’s Festival start? It started about 1000 years ago, but it isn’t clear when it started exactly. At first, the Doll’s Festival was started for praying happy beginning of the year without trouble or bad luck. Moreover, now, many people who have girls in their family generally display dolls, but long time ago, people threw paper dolls into the river and ocean. It came from Chinese habit which is moving bad luck to dolls made of weed or straw, and throw them into the river on March. Furthermore, at that time in Japan, playing paper dolls was popular among noblewomen, which was rich women. Then, Chinese habit combined with this play, and throwing dolls into the river started. After that, in the Edo period, the skill of making dolls was improved and the habit was changed to display dolls instead of to throw into rives, and Ed Shognate, which was a government in Ed period, decided to make Doll’s Festival Day on March 3^rd.

Second, what do Japanese people do for the Doll’s Festival now? Most people who has girls in their family display dolls called “Hina-Ningyou” and peach blossom. As I introduced before, displaying dolls means getting rid of bad luck, so usually we display them at least the middle of February, not one day. Furthermore, it seemed peach blossom had a power of charm or longevity, so we display it. Moreover, in Chinese habit, people thought peach blossom was important, and drank alcohol put peach blossom in it. Another things we do for the Doll’s Festival is eating traditional foods like rice cake cubes (Hina-arare), diamond-shaped rice cakes (Hishi-moch) and scrattered sushi (Chirashi-zushi).

Lastly, I will introduce about the doll called Hina-Ningyou. This doll are consist of the emperor, the empress, three court ladies, five court musicians, the minister of the left, the minister of the right and three servants. However, most house are too small to display this type of doll, so they display only the emperor, the empress and three court ladies.

In conclusion, Japanese people celebrate and pray the healthy growth for girls on March 3^rd, and we enjoy displaying the doll and eating traditional foods. Even though Hina-ningyou isn’t cheap, most people have traditional Hina-ningyou for girls. Therefore, this event is important for Japanese people and continue until now. Thank you for reading.

Abdulwahab6

Trip to Big Bear Mountain

         I had an exciting experience last January. Four of my friends and I decided to visit Big Bear mountain the following weekend instead of staying in Riverside. A few days before the weekend, we went to the store to buy heavy jackets, gloves and boots to prepare for our trip. We were very excited for the new adventure, so we were impatiently waiting for the weekend.

        On Saturday, we were in Riverside. We were sleeping at my friend’s apartment until the alarm woke us up at 6:00. After we woke up, we had a quick breakfast. Then, we prepared our equipment and put them inside the car. My friend who would drive the car did a final check to make sure that we didn’t forget anything. While we were driving close to the mountain, the weather became colder and we noticed some snow on the top of the cars that were coming from the mountain on the left side of the road. The more we got closer to our destination the more traffic we faced.

         An hour later, we finally reached our destination. As we were driving in the mountain, I was looking at the snow through the window. I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. I thought I was dreaming. I had never seen real snow in my life before. As soon as we parked the car, the car was empty! Everyone was running outside to feel the snow in their hands. I did my first steps on the snow with total astonishment as if I was walking on the moon. Everyone was taking pictures except for me. I was looking at the snow surrounding me. I couldn’t let my eyes ignore this nature beauty. I was surprised how quickly my friends started using their phones and stopped looking at this amazing view. Few minutes later, we played with the snow. We threw the snow at each other and tried to make a snowman. After an hour, we went to big lake that is in the top of the mountain. Most of it was frozen.

         About two hours later, it started to become dark. we were cold and tired of playing, so we decided to go back to home. I was glad that we had decided to go to big bear mountain. It was the most amazing trip that I have ever had in US.

Reading newspapers Yurika

Do you read newspaper often? We have taught the importance of reading newspaper as like reading newspaper is a good habit that can provide us new vocabulary. it will not only enhance your knowledge about general information but it will likewise improve your language skills and vocabulary. There are many benefits of reading newspapers.

First, the newspapers carry the news of the world which can’t gather within us. By reading newspapers, you can update current information about not only your nation and other countries. Newspapers have made our aware of the existing condition of politics, culture and economy. Also, newspapers provide general knowledge. The scope of your knowledge which is very useful especially for students can be wide by reading newspapers, so students can gather information which can assist their learning process in their school by reading newspapers. In addition, reading newspapers will improve your knowledge and your skill of reading. Unless you read newspapers, you can’t talk so easily with other people who often talk about current events and politics, so it will provide us the information we need in small talk as well. Most people usually feel the hunger of news, so people can satisfy this feeling by reading news prepares.

In my opinion, reading newspaper can help you to improve your knowledge especially for students who learning new languages. Occasionally, I read newspapers in English, it helps me to gain new English words. Of cause, there are so many sources can get information such as television and radio, but I think the most trustable source is the newspaper. Even though there are numerous sites can provide you plenty of entertainment but the newspaper is a single medium which contains any genre of news. Also, some people say that reading newspapers frequently enable you to pass test or competition. I assent with this because I have experience that my grades are improved by reading newspapers when I was junior high school. I hadn’t read any newspapers until my teacher recommended reading newspapers. As soon as I started reading newspapers, my grade got a high score. I couldn’t believe that because I did just reading newspapers. So, I strongly recommended reading newspapers in English if you want to improve your knowledge and vocabulary. Even reading newspapers in your language, it can help you to understand other culture and politics. If you hadn’t had any opportunity to read newspapers, you can get apps which provide news in English on the Internet.

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