Global Warming

Nowadays, with our economic level increased, the environmental pollution has become worse and worse. Today our planet's weather and climate patterns are changing rapidly. And it has let the ecosystem to change a lot; there are droughts, extreme storms, and a rise in ocean temperature and sea level. Scientific research has revealed that the Pacific waters have disrupted the ecosystem in a number of ways: there is less fish, more dead birds on the beaches, and much less plankton. Why? The big reason is the temperatures in the Pacific Coast have become warmer and warmer. Now global warming is a serious problem that we face, and air pollution may create global warming. However, human activities are a significant contributing cause. Human activities cause the air pollution and the Pacific Coast change a lot.

Metal production factories, plastic factories, and other heavy industry discharge the dirty air without any filter equipment; this waste air must be harmful substances, and it contaminates the atmosphere. Automobiles burn gasoline and discharge the waste gas, and pollute our fresh air. Then we breathe the air. It is harmful for our health because there are some poisonous gases in the air. Moreover, if there is an accident, it must produce some smog; it poisons our air.

Here are some other approaches to pollute our air. Burning trees and plastic can make a kind of poisonous gas. And some people throw the rubbish anywhere. This behavior contaminates our air. The biggest air pollution is when some factories exploded. This will put a lot of chemical air into the atmosphere. It will produce some poisonous gas. It will affect the distribution of the molecules in the air.

There is some indoor air pollution; it will discharge gas when we are cooking, smoking tobacco, or using some furniture with chemical substance. These mix in the air and the air becomes poisonous. The molecule distribution in the air changes rapidly. This is one reason that leads to global warming.

Some people think that the more factories we have, the more strong economic we have, but they are wrong. The environment around us is more important than anything else. If we don’t have a good environment, we breath the poisonous air every day; our health will get worse and worse. Also, as we have learned, the sea level has risen every year, this is caused by global warming; therefore, we should do something that we can do to curb the global warming. We should maintain the balance of nature, or we will get the punishment from the nature.

There are some solutions that can curb the global warming. We can use wind and solar power instead of coal-burning power. The less gasoline we burn, the less CO2 we put into the air. And if you have two cars, drive the one with better gas mileage whenever possible. We can walk or ride a bicycle instead of using cars. We should reduce discharge of polluted air from the factories. The factories should fix the filter machine to filter the harmful substances. We must try our best and do anything that we can do to protect our environment. The earth needs to breathe.

Carbondale

Carbondale is a place where I live and study. I like this place. It’s a good place to study well. It is a town with a lot of nature places. Some people think it is boring to stay here. It doesn't have a lot of entertainment places that they can join. However, some people think that there are plenty of trees and with fresh air it is a wonderful place. Their opinion is the same as mine. Moreover, in a place with a lot of trees like Carbondale, its air is always good for our health, with some reasons I decide to study in SIUC. One of these reasons is I like this place, although there aren’t many beatuful buildings as big cities have. And there is an adventage, which is that there isn't a lot of traffic.

http://http://www.madd.org/tuhijo/en_act_friends.htm
1 The name of the website is MADD. If you open this website, you can see the moving pictures on the top of the page. And these pictures show about friends and family. The headline is "Helping your child deal with peer pressure". There are some detials about the title on the right side of the page. In the end of the website, there are some ways to help your child deal with peer pressure. If your child has peer pressure, you can get some suggestions from this website.
2 I think peer pressure can be nagative, but it also can be positive. Some teens like to get advice from their friends,or peers. It is important to talk to your child about underage drinking before they reach this information. Teens are always not sure whether the decision they maked is right or not, so parents should take attention on their child. Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked and accepted. If their friends drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, they think if they do the same thing as their friends, they will be liked and respected. This can be negative. Not all peer interaction is bad, peer can serve to reinforce existing family values and morals. Parents should communicate with their child a lot.

Assignment#2

http://www.hbo.com/biglove/

1 Big Love, the HBO television show, is about polygamy, a man with multiple wives.
The site is made by HBO to promote their show, with links to such things as episode guide, cast and crew, interviews, etc...
Here you can even buy Big Love t-shirts and mugs. The video section is also a good way for new viewers
to discover the show, giving plenty of trailers. The community section is especially interesting,
where the viewers can post their own opinions about each episode on bulletin board.
2 I decided to take a look at the bulletin board of the first episode. What I find is not only are people debating the
morality of polygamy, but also the responsiblity of supporting one's children. The main character, Bill, have 3 wives
and 7 children. It seems like he might be having a hard time supporting them. I do not want to judge 4 adults' choice
to live their lives in the way they chose, but I do believe that if the family cannot provide for their children,
there's probably a problem. We must think of the consequences of our actions, as it will affect the people that we
need to protect.

Alternatives to Marriage

http://www.unmarried.org/statistics.html
1 I went to the website named Alternatives to Marriage. It is about unmarried people who are single, who choose not to marry, can't marry or live together before marriage. It is a national nonprofit organization. On the top of the website have pictures that the people smile very brightly. There are some detiles and several hot topics on the left side of the page.


2 This project is not against marriage. They advocate for the equal rights of unmarried people. They support information for the people who don't get married. They can choose the information that they want. People have rights and legal to choose their life in spite of cohabitation, living single or same-sex marriage. In my opinion, these lifestyles are acceptable. Nevertheless,same-sex marriage is not acceptable in my home country, and women have baby without marrying that will give occasion to critic, it is impossible for this behavior in the past because people very conservative during that period.

Excellent Book

I love The Horse Whisperer because I can learn more English from this novel. I think this is an excellent book, and lots of people that already read this novel might be like it. The circumstance is very attractive to me. I read the first chapter, then I couldn't put the book down, I want to know what happens in this novel. So I think it's a good way to study English, also I have more happiness from this novel.

My life

I stayed with my parents during my childhood. I lived with my grandparents when I studied in school, because my parents were busy with their business. They didn't have enough time to take care of me. If they have time, they'll come to see me in hurry. I can reach them, now we always talk with each other on the internet and make a call to each other. Now I miss them very much, they miss me also. I'll study hard and take care of myself. I said,"Don't worry about me" to them on the phone. I never cry when we see each other on the internet. I didn't want to let them see my tears. I must become stronger because I have gone abroad to study by myself. Here I don't have relatives around me.