The class full of chocolate and cookies

ESL 114 is one of my favorite classes in UIUC.

Writing an academic paper using a foreign language was hard for me, I used to struggle every time when I was writing a lab report. Well, after taking this class, I found it is not as hard as it used to be.

I learned to divide writing process into several steps and work on one each time, instead of working on everything at the same time. Also, most important thing I learned is the structure of an academic paper.

At the beginning , we need a attention getter, and thesis statement for the first paragraph. After that, we will need to write a topic sentences for each paragraph and supporting sentences for each of them.

Thanks to Joy, the class was full of fun. I really like the group activities and "chocolate & cookies" part !
Thanks to my every classmate, it is my pleasure to study with each of you guys.

Advertising

Sometimes, I found that an advertising could be very interesting. Some tell you a story by a short video, some in pictures. Well, recently, I just noticed that the new season’s ad of Louis Vuitton which appears on ELLE magazine is very attractive. The whole photograph is a foldout of ELLE, featuring Pop Queen Madonna, the new face of French fashion house Louis Vuitton, starring in their spring and summer 10 campaign, takes in a sepia-toned setting reminiscent of a Paris café in the Forties, with LV’s dress, purse, shoe, jewelry and handbag. It provokes the reader's desire to go buy LV’s products.

In the advertising, the image takes in a 40’s bar, several chairs place pell-mell , few desks with wine glasses on it, and two big pictures on the separate wall .In the front of the image, from left to right, Madonna lies on two bentwood chairs, one chair is holding her head, and she facing the camera. Another chair braces her back and waist. Her left hand wears eight animal-print bangles is holding on the top of the backrest, and her right hand wears four metal bracelets put on the ground. On the front left, which also is the nearest and most notable position, has a same bentwood chair places in opposite direction, a collection's emblematic slouchy bags in Monogram canvas and Monogram-embossed leather handing on its backrest. Madonna wears the new season’s sexy black top with stripe of gold color paillette, a short tinge orange tassel feather skirt, a black net stocking, and ethnic-inspired sandals. She looks so fashion and fabulous.

The whole image’s tone is dusky; it makes the campaign very bold, sensual and atmospheric. Also, Madonna‘s pose looks serene and totally in control, she is the ultimate performer in this ads.

Should Death Penalty Be Abolished?

Should death penalty be abolished or not has been a controversial topic around the world for several decades. In the United States, there are 35 out of 50 states which have death penalty, and according to the recent survey, 65 percent of the American population supports the death penalty as an appropriate punishment for murder. Supporter of death penalty believe that threat of the death penalty could be used to urge capital defendants to plead guilty, testify against accomplices, or disclose the location of the victim's body. People who against the capital punishment argue that the death penalty specifically and explicitly violates the right to life clause stated in most modern constitutions and human right treaties. However, I think the death penalty shouldn’t be abolished because its threaten power can reduce the criminal rate effectively.

In case to abolish death penalty, it needs to satisfy some qualification first, which includes a country has a very stable and secure society and low criminal rate. Yet America society is stable and secure, but its criminal rate is pretty high, we often hear crime behavior from news. Also, the prisons are crowded here.
Every time we mention death penalty, people will bethink of its serious consequences. In fact, severe punishment creates more fear. Therefore, the potential criminal or people who are likely to commit crime will threaten by the deterrence of death penalty, and the crime rate will decrease simultaneously. In addition, it sounds fear that if you take someone‘s life, the society decide take your own life to protect other innocent people, to eliminate the threaten from those criminal.

Although death penalty has its limitation of preventing crime, but I believe its threaten power does deter some crime, and helps reduce the criminal rate. Hence, the U.S should keep the death penalty.

How to choose a Car?

While the first sememster I was here,I realized it is neccessary to have a car, since Champaign is such a big town. I believe nobody will disagree if he or she has ever taken a bus to Warmart.I throught it is credulous to spend an hour on travelling several miles away only. Thus,I decided to buy a car next sememster.

Choosing a car is a big task for me,because I want to buy a second hand car.Since they are much cheaper than brand new cars. Personally, I don't really know a lot about cars. However, I learned some skill about choosing a car from my friends. They may be helpful for you too.

Firstly, check the Carfax. It is one of the most important steps in choosing a second hand car. The carfax tells you not only about the histroy of the car, but also whether the car is in condition now.It provide information which you can not observe by eyes. Carefully read the carfax will makes you avoid from buying a car which has been through an accident. Also, it tells the exact mileage and a lot of useful information.

Secondly, try a test drive. It would be better if you invited someone who knows about car. In testing drive, try every single equipment in the car. For example, lights, CD player, break, engine and etc. Listen to the sound of engine and feel the power supply when you step on the accelerator.

Thirdly, to bargain about the price. There is a saying in America, " Never believe the price given by three kinds of people, a doctor, a lawer and a car dealer." So, the price can be much lower if you aks a better price.

Finnaly, all you have to do is fasten your sitbelt and enjoy the trip!

3. Topic : School uniforms
Opinion: Wearing school uniforms should be banded.
Supporting 1: It is bad for development of students' personalities.
Supporting 2: It is uncomfortable because the uniforms are cheap.
Supporting 3: It makes student do not how to be fashion when they grow up.

Compare and Contrast.

Ameirican food / Asian Food

Similarity.
1. One of the most important similarities,is that they are made by meat and vegatables.
For example, like Chess burger and Chinese dumpling.
2.Another similarity is taht, they are all very popular around the world.
I have seen a lot of Chinese and Korea restrurant in campus, they also have same number as restrant which serve American food.
3.In addition, they are represent their own culture.
Because of the long history of countries in Asia, they have more different kinds, while American food are more concentrate on providing high energy.
Differences.
1. Among Asian food, rice plays an important role,people eat rice everyday, but in American food,rice is not that important.
For example, in Chinese restruant, they will serve a big bow of rice. But not in American food restrant.
2. In American food, most of them are fried, but in Asian food, most of them are cooked by boiling water.
For example, in KFC, most of the food they serve are fried. But in Chinese restrant, most of them are boiled.
3. Asian food is healthier in most of way than American food.
Because of their different concentration, Asian food concentrate on heathier life.

Fashion beggar

In now days,everyone has his or her own definition on fashion. People used to believe one has to spend a lot of money to be fashion, but beggers have proved that being fashion is not only belong to someone rich.

His name is Chris, a begger from New York City. He has lived there for several decades and he can't even remember his hometown. During the day time, he walks in Manhattan's streets aimlessly and sleep anywhere keep him warm at night. The fashion people walking by inspired him a lot, and he decided to define his own fashion. He can well match clothes and jewerys which seems useless for rich people in his own way and finnally founded by a photographer in a fashion magazine.

You may wonder if only begger in New York could be fashion,let's see this guy in China, who is more popular than most of singers and actors recently.

He is a beggar in NingBo, China. Someone even found similarity with a model in a fashion show of D&G. Eventhrough, he may has never read a fashion magazine in his whole life, but the idea of being fashion came natrully. Moreover, NingBo is not a big city like New York and he can't absorb much element of fashion there. Since these photos first published on the Internet, this guy became very popular even in Japan.

Fashion doesn't cost much, when you are chasing your own style.

Compare and Contrast

To compare the picture on the left with the picture on the right, they are both clock with the position on the edge of an object. However, the clock on the left is located on a tree while the clock on the right is placed on a desk. Moreover, they are curved in the same shape and showing the same time. To contrast the difference between them, they are made of different materials. Still, the clock on the right is broken whereas the clock on the left is not.

Causes and Effect

What makes you got an A in college.

Thesis Statement:
There are many causes can make you get an A, such as review before the test (1), join study group (2), and make everything organnized(3).

1st Topic statement:
Review before the test can make you get an A in that course.
Supporting detail:
The hour exam and finnal exam take an big part in grading policy.
It makes you review for old knowledges.

2nd Topic statement:
Joing some study group will get you an A.
Supporting detail:
In addition, homework and other assigment are also important in the grading policy, so study with others is more efficency way to correct your homework.

3rd Topic statement:
Making your everything organized will make you get an A.
Supporting detail:
Some times, ther are so many assigment due on differet date. So, it is very easy to miss some of them. Making your everything organzided help you to finnish the assigment on time and make sure you got the grade.

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is one of the most historical festivals in Chinese history. There is also an interesting story about the origin of this festival.

Long long ago, there was a monster called " Xi". It lived in deep sea at most of time and only came to village at one night, which is the night before Chinese New Year now. The monster ate a lot of lives at that night and people escaped to caves to avoid it since the monster is too horrible. Until one year, people were just prepared to leave again, there was an old beggar came to this village. Because people are in hurry to leave, only an old granny who lived on the eastern side of the village gave some food to him and advice him to leave. The old beggar laughed and said, “If you let me leave in your house for one night, I promise I could drive off this monster." The granny agreed with doubt.

At that night, the monster Xi came again. It suddenly found the ambiance is different from last year: There were a lot of red paper on the door and when it passed through granny’s house, found the lights are all lighted. Then it entered the courtyard, frighten by the pong-pong sound from the fireworks and leave with great fear when it saw a man who wears red clothes came out.

On the second day, when people came back from the caves, they found that none of their livestock was killed. Finally, they found that beggar was actually a celestial being. When the villagers asked for reason, the fairy said, “the monster "Xi" is terrified of red color, light and fireworks." After that, the villagers continue this tradition to drive off the monster Xi and celebrate for their happiness.

Although it sounds not that reliable but nobody care, because we all love Chinese New Year. It give us an opportunity, to let the whole family meet together and make wishes for next coming year. The date of Chinese New Years changes every year, in this year, it was Feb 13. It makes me a little bit homesick, because this is the only year I couldn't celebrate with my family. But we did celebrate in United States with my friends. We meet together to make dumplings and we play games until late night

I see you.

The director, James Cameron has brought us another surprise after the movie Titanic in 1998. The movie Avatar took him 16 years and cost 500 million dollars to finish, which is the highest in film history ever. But it is worthy for sure. During the first six weeks after it first showed in South America, it has already made 1600 millions dollars worldwide. It braked the record made by Titanic in 1998 and became the most popular movie in human history. I watched the 3-D vision and it is most vivid movie I have ever watched. Everything is just like happening in front of me and everyone was putting their hands up to try to touch something in planet Pandora even they know it is impossible.

It is about a story happened in the future. Jake Sully (by Sam Worthington) is a retired soldier who has disability with his legs. He was sent to the planet Pandora to replace his brother who was past the world. At first, he was a spy to provide information about how to beat local people na’vi during the war. But while a mission, he was lost in the forest which is full of dangers. At the time he was just about to give up, Neytiri(by Zoe Saldana) appeared and saved him.

After she brought him to the tribe, then the chief decided to let Nytiri teach him how to become a real na’vi. During his adventure, he was attracted by the beauty of this planet, everything was so interesting for this man from high developed civilization. Also, he can run as normal people again and most important thing is, he fall in love with this simple lovely woman, Nytiri. But finally, because of the avarice of human, the war happened. He was provoked and decided to help na’vi to protect their homeland. At the end, Na’vi got the victory and drive off those greedy humans.

I was deeply moved by the love story. A human from earth and a Na'vi in Pandora planet, they are so different, but nothing can stop they love each other. When Jake looked into her eyes and said, "I see you", which means I can see deeply into your heart in Na'vi's language, I can feel the spark of their love jump from the screen. It remained me a saying, " the most sad thing is, you can die for me, but I am not born for you." I wish one day, I can meet a girl, who lie in my arm and truly could see deeply into my heart.

Personal Introduction

Hello everyone.
My name is Han Wang , came from Shenyang, China and I used to studied in Beijing for three years. Major in Physics now, which I am not really interested in. I am a freshman and this is my second semester here, in Champaign.

My interests are basketball, swimming, party and making friends, so welcome to leave anything you like and hopefully we can make friends.