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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Interpretation of Data


  It can be seen from the pie chart that how I make use of time a usual day. There are seven sorts of time spending-Working, Sleeping, Studying, Surfing, Reading, Riding and Mealing.
  As shown in the chart, I spend half a day (50%) on working because I am serving in the army. As to my duty, that is something I have to do even though I don't want to. After working, I go to school for further studying for 15% of a day. Although it is tiring, I must keep moving to improve myself. The rest of the day, surfing on the internet comprises 6% of twenty four hours; reading accounts for 4%; time spent on riding is as much as on mealing, both at 2%. At the end of a day, sleeping takes me only about five hours-21% of a day. Actually, it is absolutely not enough for a person.
  In a word, working days are always busy days.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Summarizing and Paraphrasing.

The text:
  Lucky and Flo are marked dogs. The canine crime fighters were recruited by the Hollywood-based Motion Picture Association, or MPA, to help Malaysia in its campaign against piracy and since arriving here two weeks ago they've acquired a fearsome reputation.
  On Tuesday the two black Labrador retrievers spearheaded a raid in the southern city of Johor Baru that resulted in the seizure of around three million dollars worth of illegally copied movies. Now domestic trade officials have told the MPA that they believe the piracy syndicates have put out a contract on the dogs. Industry sources told the BBC that the threats may be the criminals' way of signalling their displeasure to the authorities who've steadily been increasing pressure on their operations.
  Malaysia's been among the top exporters of pirated films, music and software to Africa, Europe and North America. Lucky and Flo's early successes notwithstanding, the dogs do have their limitations. They can't distinguish between legitimate discs and pirated ones and despite their super-sensitive noses they still can't tell the difference between movies that are worth watching and the real stinkers.


Summarizing:
  In Malaysia, two sniffer dogs used to resist movie piracy are threatened to be killed by piracy organizations.

Paraphrasing:
  Two dogs, called Lucky and Flo, are famous. The Hollywood-based Motion Picture Association, or MPA, enlisted the dog-like crime fighter to help Malaysia in its battle against piracy, and since the dogs arrived here two weeks ago they have gained a horrible name.
  On Tuesday a raid, led by the two Labrador retrievers, in the southern city of Johor Baru resulted in the capture of illegally copied movies, which are worthy of around three million dollars. Now the MPA has been notified that national trade officers believe that a contract on dogs has been put out by the piracy organizations. Industry sources told the BBC that the offenders threatened probably because they want to convey anger to the government who have kept extending pressure on their activities.
  Malaysia has been one of the top exporters of copied films, music and software to Africa, Europe and North America. Even though Lucky and Flo succeed rapidly, there are still limitations to the dogs. They cannot tell lawful discs and plagiarized ones. In spite of their extremely sensitive smell, they are unable to recognize the dissimilarities between movies that are worthy to watch and the actual stinkers.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Ways of handling stress.

  Nowadays, we have convenient transportation, various entertainments, modern architectures, etc. We are in a developing country. But for this reason, we also have developing problems. One of them is stress, which comes from right and left. It can not only help us but also hurt us. Therefore, how should we handle stress? Follow the illustrations below, you may get some help.
In the beginning, what is stress? It may be classified according to where it comes from. Basically, there are two types of stress, external stress and mental stress. External stress can be sub-divided into emotional stress, which is related to one's relationship with lover, family or friends, work-related stress and living-related stress. Equally, mental stress can be sub-divided into feelings of being unfamiliar, scared and self-demanded.

  Regarding these sorts of stress, we find ways of handling stress. Ways of handling stress comprise positive and negative ways depending on people’s reactions. In positive ways, we can release stress by sports, talks and studies. Sports keep stress away with beads of perspiration. Talks with others give us comfort instead of stress. Studies let us know that stress is not a big deal. In negative ways, we may do something violent against stress. We may pretend to be fearless of stress by hurting ourselves. We may ignore everything for escaping from stress. Moreover, there are countless ways to deal with stress. But the point is that however we handle stress, no harm should be done whether to others or to ourselves. We have to pluck up our courage to face the music rather than evade it.