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the blog which is published my essay or diary written in english in NZ.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

The ocean pollution

Water covers three fourths of our planet. It is a main source of life for creatures, and without it would be no life. Now ocean pollution is a very serious problem, which causes many harmful effects for humans as well as animals. This will be discuss about the causes and effects the ocean pollution.

Ocean pollution comes from boating, dumped wastes and off shore oil production. There are many ships and boats which are used for business and leisure. They dump exhaust and oil into the ocean. People also throw away their garbage. It is very destructive for wild life and it is awfully hard to get rid of it. So the wastes which are produced by boats and ships, and which are thrown by the people into the ocean may lead to the ocean being dirty.

Air pollution also causes ocean pollution. We produce a lot of gases from cars, factories, and combustion emissions, ash and airborne pesticides. These gases are in the rain. When it rains into the sea, the marine plants and fish become weak and poisoned. It also causes decreasing oxygen. It leads to dead fish.

The most serious cause if ocean pollution is runoff from land, which constitutes 44 percents of all the ocean pollution. This runoff includes chemical fertilizer that we use on the farms to make the plants grow well. It also includes trash, sewage, and chemicals. These things cause the ecological chain reaction. It may create a huge number of ‘algae and phytoplankton’ that is very harmful for livings and may increase the number of dead fish. In addition to the effects to the sea creatures, it may cause diseases for people, when they swim in the sea. The real problem is that some states don’t even monitor their water. Sp people can not know the danger of their ocean. The things which people use in their everyday life may lead to ocean pollution.

According to the research, the population on the coast will increase. It also implies that they will make an increase pollution. The oceans are one of the biggest sources of all life. We have to think about next generations and about the future of our oceans. In order to protect our environment from this sources pollution, all the people, nations and governments must cooperate to reach these goals.

Monday, November 21, 2005

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewnews.php?id=51147

SUMMARY(using cautious language)

An Itarian phychic, Maria Rosa Busy, led polise to the body of a missing woman. She has a special power to tell when someone is living or dead. The body is Chiara Bariffi who involved in flood. Nobody thought she was in a lake. If her mother asked Busi, she mustn't have found. Someone thought she could have been murdered. She aloso had an emotional problem so she might have committed suicide. she could have moved to Spain. As soon as Busi looked a Bariffi's picture which was taken 30 years ago, she said Bariffi was dead in the lake.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

What are the causes of people becoming millionaires?
What effect does this have on their lives?

Whenever you live, millionaires always exist. There are many reasons why they become rich and many kinds of results which happen to them. In this essay, two kinds of way to become rich and two effects of this wealth are described.

One way to become millionaires might happen suddenly through luck. If people win a lottery or win by gambling at the casino, they might get a huge amount of money. Some people might inherit their parent’s immense wealth. Sometimes an antique which they found might be very valuable. Good luck might lead to people becoming rich.

Another way to become rich might be caused by their own efforts. To become a highly-paid professional, they might have studied very hard since they were young. They might build a successful business with the experiences they had gained. Saving money can make people rich someday. These people become rich over a period of time by working hard.

When they become rich, there are many beneficial effects. Having a lot of money can help them financially. They can buy anything they want and travel anywhere. They also want to move to a beautiful, huge house. They can give financial help to not only their family and friends but also to poor people who need help. They do not have to worry about money. Having million dallers can have good effects.


However, it also can have a lot of harmful effects. It might lead to them having a nervous breakdown. They might feel stressed because too many people want to talk to a millionaire to persuade him to give them funds. If they move to an expensive suburb, they can lose touch with their family and friends. It might lead to them feeling alone, when they are in trouble. They might be mean and keep all their money. They might be very sensitive and become ill. Becoming rich can have some bad effects.

Getting a lot of money can have a great influence on people, and change our life dramatically. That is why people who want to be millionaires should think whether they can stand the changes or not.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

There are many categories of food. Fast food is one of these. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of eating fast food.

There are a lot of fast food outlets near you. It becomes more and more popular all over the world. Eating fast food has a lot of advantages and disadvantages.

One of the advantages is that it is very convenient for people. They can choose from various kinds of menu. They do not have to wait long for it. It is faster and cheaper than making meals. In addition to the faster speed, it is very delicious. They also do not have to go shopping for food, make meals and wash dishes. They can eat meals easily when they use fast food outlets.

One disadvantage is that it causes harmful effects on their health. It contains too much fat and sugar to make it tasty and it lacks enough nutrients needed for their bodies. It leads them to diabetes or obesity. It can result in heart disease or high blood pressure, which can cause a stroke. There are possibilities of becoming sick or ill from eating fast food.

Another disadvantage is that they produce more paper, plastic pr cardboard rubbish which is bad for an environment. Al fast food is packed to be carried easily. They have to cut down trees and use oil to make these packages. They throw them away after they eat. They also produce carbon dioxide when they burn the rubbish. It causes serious environmental problems.

Certainly fast food makes their life easier, but it also has bad effects on their lives and the earth. So, I think people should make meals which have a lot of vegetables and some protein foods by themselves.

THE EMPEROR AND HIS DAUGHTERS
There was once an old emperor who lived in an enormous, golden palace in the middle of the city, Bing Chong.
He had three beautiful daughters, but unfortunately no sons.
He really wanted his daughters to marry before he died.
He found three princes who looked very nice and handsome.
However, his daughters didn’t like them, because they were mean and selfish.
They refused to marry the princes, so the emperor became very angry and shut them in a prison.
He said they must get married as soon as they were sixteen years old.
Their birthday was in a few months time.
The three daughters ran away from the prison with the guards’ help during the night of the full moon and found work on a daily farm far from the palace.
While they were working there, they fell in love with the farmer’s sons, who were not rich but very kind and tolerant.
They happily married the sons when they were sixteen, but as soon as the emperor knew this fact, he died of a cardiac infant.

Monday, November 14, 2005

When did you have to be dishonest?

People sometimes need to lie, when they are in a pinch or in trouble. In a case like that, they are upset and tend to judge wrongly. This is my experience.

When I was child, I was playing catch with my friend in the park. We were enjoying it. Suddenly he threw the ball in the wrong direction. I couldn’t catch it. It went over a fence and hit a window. We went to the scene where the window had broken. We were upset because the house was famous for being owned by a bad-tempered man. Fortunately, he was out. We talked about whether we should tell the truth or not. Certainly we should tell the truth, but we felt uneasy. When we gave ourselves up to him, we would be repeatedly scolded by him and our parents and would have to pay a lot of money and it was all ore faults. We couldn’t believe our bad luck. We decided to be liars. No one had seen the scene where we had broken the window. We ran away from there. I regretted not telling the truth. After the accident, I felt very sorry and I never went to the park again. I promised myself that I would never be dishonest again.

When people meet with a difficulty which they have a responsibility for, they often be dishonest to escape their punishment. This is one of the ways that they spend their life without unnecessary confrontation. Once they tell a lie, they have to make a story in order to hide the truth. They feel guilty, telling lies again and again. They regret that they have to tell lies and they can’t spend their life happily. So they should be honest and apologize for their failure immediately.

SUPERSTITION

I think superstition is one of the products of a culture. Another one is tradition. We learn many various feelings and the thinking through them. Knowing them is a very important thing to understand the culture. In Japan there are many traditions and superstitions about flowers.

Tradition is used when people celebrate something. One example of a tradition is the bouquet. People believe a woman is going to get married next when she catches a bouquet at a wedding ceremony. Actually, it never happens, but women believe this and try to get it first. Tradition is something that has been believed for a long time. It is regarded as a symbol of goodness or happiness.

The opposite story is the chrysanthemum. You must not take this flower to visit sick people or ill in hospital. If you did this, you would be regarded as a person who wants him or her to die. That’s because it is used for the funeral or for a grave. Superstition is represents something bad or taboo.

Nowadays superstitions are nonsense. They are not logical and scientific. But we shouldn’t laugh at it. We have to learn what our ancestors were thinking. This is helpful to comprehend a culture.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

My favorite teacher (about personal qualification)

I liked my high school English teacher. He was not energetic. He always taught us listlessly. When I asked him, he always said that it was not his job. He was just trying to be himself. Usually teachers taught us passionately. However, he was different. I liked his attitude. He also told us about his many experience, for example his travel, hobbies. He watched the movies over 100 titles when he was university student he analyzed movies by himself. He introduced us to his favorite ones. He was not strict or energetic, but taught us many things which most teachers didn’t teach us. I loved him.

I like visual learning, but his teaching was different. He gave me a lot of reading tasks. I had to understand all sentences with dictionary. He always said the basics ware very important. English has only five sentence patterns. So he wanted us to get used to patterns through the reading.

His class was very quiet, because every student tried to understand what he meant. My classroom was little colorful. There were pictures, writings and poets. He told us jokes about them and made us laugh. So I could feel relaxed and interested in hid class.

I want to be an English teacher. I would like to teach English and use my experiences to attract students’ interest like him.