Intermediate English Conversation Topics Spring 2011/3/4 Jessie Ho (To be
updated throughout this semester March~June) March 10, 2011
Name Lists 各組名單
Daily 1
Midterm
Daily 2
Final
Ca
Ca
Ca
Ca
Cb
Cb Guided Topics 2011/3, 5
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Cb Final Guided Topics 2010/3, 5
If you want to learn debate format, there is a detail description on our handout
from last semester, p. 4, Cross-Examination Debate Format, with question
periods for the opposing teams to confront each other directly. The table shows
the order of speeches and cross-examination periods in cross-examination debates.
To the right you can see the part for Speaker Order and Speaker Responsibilities.
Cross- Examination Debate Format
First Affirmative constructive
8minutes A1
Negative cross-examination of First Affirmative speaker 3minutes N2=>A1
First Negative constructive
8 minutes N1
Affirmative cross-examination of First Negative speaker 3 minutes A1=>N1
Second Affirmative constructive
8 minutes A2
Negative cross-examination of Second Affirmative speaker 3 minutes N1=>A2
Second Negative constructive
8minutes N2
Affirmative cross-examination of Second Negative speaker 3 minutes A2=>N2
First Negative rebutal
4 minutes N1
First Affirmative rebutal
4 minutes A1
Second Negative rebuttal
4 minutes N2
Second Affirmative rebuttal
4minutes A2
First Affirmative constructive-- Presents reasons for change (contentions 論點 as
assertion in an argumetn or advantage) and a solution [such as corporal
punishment should be banned at school].
First Negative constructive-- Challenges affirmative’s definition of terms and
topicality, and refutes 反駁 affirmative’s contentions or advantages.
Second Affirmative constructive-- Rebuilds the affirmative case, refutes major
negative arguments, and extends 延伸 remaining affirmative arguments.
Second Negative constructive—Presents objections to the affirmative’s plan.
These include plan workability, plan solvency (having enough money to pay
one’s debts 償付能力 such as building a nuclear power plant), amd
dsadvantages.
First Negative rebuttal 反駁;反證—Refutes (to prove an opinion or statement to
be wrong), extends, and develops the case arguments introduced by the second
affirmative.
First Affirmative rebuttal—Responds to all negative arguments (the second
negative constructive argumetns and first negative rebuttal extensions).
Second Negative rebuttal—Extends negative arguments on case and plan.
Selectivity is crucial. These arguments are usually labeled “voting” issues.
Second Affirmative rebuttal—Answers negative’s objections extended in the
second negative rebuttal and reestablishes the affirmative case.
From Getting Started in Debate Chapter 3: Debate Formats and Speaker
Responsibilities
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/debate1.htm
Rules for Debate
http://www.debate.org.tw/index1.htm
台灣辯論學會
其實辯論技巧也分為三級：第一級是人人皆懂的，第二級是需要學習的，第三級則需經
驗累積。
所謂第一級的辯論技巧，就是「聽」。
第二級的辯論技巧，就是「資料處理」。
第三級的辯論技巧，就是「以子之矛，攻子之盾」。今天正反雙方便各有一支「矛」：
http://hp.act.must.edu.tw/F6430/new_page_8.htm
http://www.176happy.com/grow/01510.html
 正方主辯 1 分 30 秒
 反方主辯 1 分 30 秒
 正方第一副辯 1 分 30 秒
 反方第一副辯 1 分 30 秒
 正方第二副辯 1 分 30 秒
 反方第二副辯 1 分 30 秒
 雙方預備總結 1 分鐘
 反方主辯/第三副辯總結 1 分 30 秒
Topic: Should Euthanasia Be legal?
 正方主辯/第三副辯總結 1 分 30 秒
交叉辯論出場先後
正方一辯 時間 結尾提問 擾亂對方一辯發言 對方稍有經驗 避而不答
重複重點 後坐下
反駁對象不超過 3 點 針對前一個做駁斥 關鍵點重大漏洞除外
語言通俗化口語化 辯論者對辯論題理解比委員多 避免專門術語 用幽默
大義凜然的詞
概念的模糊 與清晰 讓對方找不到靶子 為防守 例如法治能消除腐敗 用
懲治 防範 監督 教育幾種功能交互作用
反方要消除就是使腐敗現象歸零 加強反攻力度
煽情 腐敗如此嚴重單靠法治難以支持
以氣勢宏大的名言俗語詩詞結尾 需和論點相關 一般由一辯和四辯來說
2011, April 20
Topic: Should Euthanasia Be legal?
Jobs/
Responsible
Procedures
Person
Time
Else
costs
Things
Job illustration
First Affirmative
Constructive
Stephanie
First Negative
cross-examination of
First Affirmative
Speaker
First Negative
Constructive
Sharon ↑
First Affirmative
cross-examination of
First Negative Speaker
Stephanie↑
Second Affirmative
Constructive
Marine
Second Negative
cross-examination of
Second Affirmative
Speaker
Ivy ↑
Ivy
Presents reasons
for the change,
advantages and a
solution.
Asking
challengeable
questions
5 mins
A1
3 mins
A1 Answers/
N2 Asks
Challenges
affirmative’s
definition of terms
and topicality, and
refutes
affirmative’s
contentions or
advantages.
Asking
challengeable
questions
5 mins
N1
3 mins
A1 Asks/N1
Answers
Rebuilds the
affirmative case,
refutes major
negative
arguments, and
extends remaining
affirmative
arguments.
Asking
challengeable
Questions
5 mins
A2
3 mins
A2 Answers/
N1 Asks
Second Negative
Constructive
Sharon
Presents objections 5 mins
to the affirmative’s
plan, including
plan’s workability,
plan solvency, and
disadvantages.
Asking
3 mins
challengeable Qs.
N2
Second Affirmative
cross-examination of
Second Negative
Speaker
First Negative Rebuttal
Marine ↑
4 mins
N1
4 mins
A1
Quimmy (Sharon)
Asking Questions
that have asked in
the previous
battles, which is
considered the
most important
ones or it is not
clear
Asking Questions
that have asked in
the previous
battles, which is
considered the
most important
ones or it is not
clear
Conclusion
First Affirmative
Rebuttal
Jack (Stephanie)
Second Negative
Rebuttal
4 mins
N2
Second Affirmative
Rebuttal
Jack (Marine)
Conclusion
4 mins
A2
Quimmy (Ivy)
N2 Answers/
A2 Asks
The judge must take seriously his or her responsibility to evaluate the overall
claim of the debaters. The judge must consider whether the debaters' arguments
lead logically to the conclusion that the resolution calls on them to defend, and
whether those arguments are sufficiently supported with examples, evidence, or
analysis. Every debate is unique, and should be evaluated accordingly.
http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Standards:Cross_Examination_Public_Debates
Please compare the form in this webpage and that in our handout for cross-examination
debate format. Also see if I confuse with your role taken distribution or no. Feel free to
change. Because you follow up a debate format, with more students to take roles, I
suggest that both you and Quimmy take the rebuttal. To be honest, it could be confusing.
You can explain before you do.
***Children’s Literature Newcastle University
Good Morning Ma'am,
I would like to know for this Wednesday daily presentation can we act on the topic or we have to do
a debate .We have 6 members in our group so how do we do on the debate topic? divide ourselves
into 2 each. I am kind of confused. I will have a small group discussion with my group members
tomorrow and will let you know as soon as we have decided with the final topic for Wednesday
presentation.
Have a good day!!!
Thanking you,
Regards,
Deborah
Dear Deborah,
We are just referring to the debate format. The forms we follow can be as simple as possible.
The study of the debate topics is to give you input about this kind of practice. It would be the
kind of form you and your members are familiar with. So for your practice, simply choose a
controversial topic will do. Issues from the textbook Ideas and Issues can provide debate entry
for discussion. This link from my Garden Page provides some in the Introduction to the book.
Introduction (FAQ for Intermediate English Conversation
http://www1.pu.edu.tw/~mlho/home.htm)
One of them about uniform is good for the beginners. Resolved: Students should not wear
uniform to school. I put the note in e-learning.
If you like to try a debate topic, do it as pros and cons. Think for the advantages and
disadvantages and take different sides. Make sure you think one topic from different angles.
If you want to do a topic, try to bring in arguments in your presentations.
Good luck for the start.
Best,
Jessie Ho
Important tips for debate in class
Dear Deborah,
Remember, we do not require all students do debates. We only want to let you know that there are
debates for practice. Whatever you do will be welcomed. If you want to be challenging to deal with
a debate topic, please remind yourselves what form you want to follow. Make it simple.
If you just want to discuss the topic as a group, you may choose a panel in which some take the
affirmative side and others take up the negative side. One can be the moderator/chairperson to run
the debate and keep order and another can be the consumer/ educator/audience. A panel is a forum in
which you invite several specialists to talk about the topic. For a panel, you don't have a limit in the
number.
For a debate you may have a moderator who is to bring about the topic and set the rulessuch as how
many minutes you need foreach speaker to speak, is it a cross examination debate or no.
I do not see it clearly how you want to do with Mobile phones in a debate. Do you want to talk
about whether students should be allowed to bring mobile phone to school? If it is so, make school
children talk to parents in time of need as the students act out the scenes that highlight what your
ideas in the argumentscan be strengthened.
Our class can follow the strategies in the pull-out flap of the textbook Ideas and Issues: Advanced.
Organising A Debate
◆ Decide on the motion (topic) to be debated.
◆ Choose a chairperson.
◆ Two teams: Team A- the side who are for the motion, and Team B - the side who are against
the motion.
◆ Spend 15 to 20 minutes planning your arguments and making notes for your short speeches.
◆ Decide the order in which each member will speak.
A member from Team A speaks first, then a member from Team B and so on.
After all the members have spoken, the rest of the class discusses the motion in pairs, and asks
the team members any questions.
◆ The chairperson then closes the debate and asks everyone to vote either for or against the
motion.
◆ The chairperson counts the votes and reads the result to the group.
RunningA Debate
Chairperson: 'We are here to debate the issue of _ and _' (Crime and Punishment)
Chairperson:'We will now debate the motion: "Britain should close its doors to all asylum seekers".'
Chairperson: 'I now call on the first speaker to open the debate:'
'I now call on the second/ final speaker.'
'I now open the debate to the floor' (All the participants can express their own opinions.)
Concluding A Debate
Chairperson:'We will now take a vote. All those in favour of the motion, please raise your hands.'
Chairperson:'All those against the motion, please raise your hands.'
Chairperson(if Team A wins): 'The motion is carried. The house believes that...'
Chairperson (if Team B wins): 'The motion is defeated. The house does not believe that...'
Best,
Jessie Ho
--------- Original Message --------From: 古靜薇<s9741184@pu.edu.tw>
To: 何沐蓮 063006<mlho@pu.edu.tw>
Sent: 2011/03/08 00:50
Subject: Re: Daily topics
Respected Ma'am,
Thank you for your reply.
Our group members have decided to doonMobile phones.But what I liked to know is does all
6members need to take part or just 2person representing one group???
Sorry for the trouble.
Thanking You,
Deborah
Greetings and TOEFL and TOEIC for certificates
Chen Guang-biao How he made it to a billianaire?
The story of Cinderella and questions for critical thinking
Webpage and sharing and feedback
Amy Chua 「虎媽媽的戰歌」（Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother）
Family education Chinese ways
http://www.casttv.com/ext/cza8bd1 Listen to Me
http://www.casttv.com/ext/cza8bd1
http://www.casttv.com/ext/cza8bd1
Kirk Cameron on The View - 5/28/08
http://www.casttv.com/ext/cza8bd1
Siskel & Ebert - Listen to Me (1989)
http://www.expo.cn/index.html#&c=home
World Expo
Watch Video: Fueling Jordan's Economy News@Cisco Enterprise
Fueling Opportunity in Jordan
Cisco provides converged network
http://www.uttoastmasters.com/organizespeech.html
Organize your speech UT Toastmasters University of Tennessee
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/toastmasters-speech-2-organize-your-speech/
Toastmasters speech 2 organize your speech
When you speak, does your audience get it?
http://www.ehow.com/how-to_4845368_2_deliver-effective-speeches.html
Also organize your speech
http://voicethread.com/#q.b409.i3131
http://voicethread.com/#q.b409.i3620
Scorpion
http://voicethread.com/#q.b409.i848804
http://www.technologyreview.com/tr10/?a=f
https://twitter.com/languages_web2
http://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2008/01/bhutan-happiest-country-in-world.html
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g293844-r32233257-Bhutan.ht
ml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness
Bhutan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTGKUwMegZ4
***Why do people think Nepal (Tibet) is the happiest country in the world?
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4181996n&tag=related;photovideo
The Swiss The pursuit of happiness
Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - lecture
Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Lecture High school students read this.
Kevin Murphy, Professor of English at Ithaca College, examines the discrepancy between
Robert Frost's popularity during his lifetime and the darker implications of his poetry, as
exemplified by one of his most cherished poems. 2 3
"Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman (poetry reading)
http://www.collegespeakingsuccess.com/next.html
James Malinchak’s College Speaking Success
New 如何將Word檔轉為 PDF See here pdf
If you want to save your word file into a pdf, you have to download two things. CutePDF
Writer: Create PDF file free and PDF Converter (PS2PDF Converter 元件). After you
complete the installment, you will see two icons Cute Writer and Converter. After you
create a file with Word, you then press print by choosing it from the scroll under file.
Then in your printers choose Cute PDF Writer and save the file in a new name. It will
become a pdf file. The pdf file looks like a document, very formal. For a letter you can use
school logo as heading with our address.
台中縣沙鹿鎮 43301 中棲路 200
200 ChungChi Rd., Taichung 43301, Taiwan
Louis Vuitton How to pronounce these brand names?
Harvard Institute for Public Forum Debate
Stefan Bauschard See the Video
http://www.planetdebate.com/media/view/166
Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization featuring
Pat Cho
What role does the media play in the rush towards globalization?
98 年進來學生畢業學分 132 若畢業門檻英檢沒過 加選以下一門「高階英語」課程 四學
分：高級英語會話 Advanced English Conversation, 大四論文與寫作 Thesis Writing,高
階英語閱讀與寫作 Advanced Reading and Writing, 檢定英文 English for Proficiency
Test (2-2), 但不列入畢業總學分. 若學生有必要加選,成績單會有但不加總算入 total
credits. 98 年以前進來學生畢業學分 137,沒規定不能算那四學分.
論文寫作指南 (follow the steps to learn how to write a thesis.)
http://www.d.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/researching/litreview.html
MLA Guidelines for writing a literature review
APA by Helen Mongan-Rallis. Notes
Listen to Me (Abortion)
Roe vs. Wade Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), a landmark case
decided by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion, is
one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S.
Supreme Court history.
The Court held that a woman may abort her pregnancy for any reason, up
until the "point at which the fetus becomes 'viable' at about seven months
(28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks."[
The Court rested these conclusions on a constitutional right to privacy
emanating from the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,
also known as substantive due process.
Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the
legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law.
Roe v. Wade prompted a national debate that continues today, about
issues including whether and to what extent abortion should be legal, who
should decide the legality of abortion, what methods the Supreme Court
should use in constitutional adjudication, and what the role should be of
religious and moral views in the political sphere. Roe v. Wade reshaped
national politics, dividing much of the nation into pro-Roe (mostly
pro-choice) and anti-Roe (mostly pro-life) camps, while activating
grassroots movements on both sides.
Q&A: Student Fees BBC News One-minute world news
Debate: University Tuition Fees (UK)
Richard Mott
Should students in higher education be charged tuition fees?
Mobile phones, use by children
Should children be allowed to own and use mobile phones (cellphones)?
Week 3 Poetry Recitation Handout from last term, Relating to Robinson Listen
Relating to Robinson
Reciting from the United States Declaration on Independence
Internet Resources from National Taiwan University
外文所博士班歷屆考古題 http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/stu3/news.php?Sn=143
西洋文學理論與批評 英國文學史 美國文學史 中國文學史 英美文學史 歐洲文學史
Taiwan Snapshot 行政院新聞局外語期刊
http://elearning.lib.ntu.edu.tw/chou/chou.htm
Listening practice
中外文學 Chung Wai Literary Quarterly
Top
Part II Policy Debates: SCHOOL UNIFORMS Part Two 20:51 ?
“Because the high school has students wear uniform, we, the affirmative, stand
resolved that: Appropriate dress for school should be left up to the individual
student.”
“Because elementary schools forbid children to bring mobile phones to class, we,
the affirmative, stand resolved that: Elementary school pupils be given the
permission to the use of mobile phones in school”
Example: "Because the juvenile justice system has not met its goals, we, the
affirmative, stand resolved that: Juveniles be given the constitutional right to a
jury trial in criminal offenses." (From a previous year's case
Daily 1
3Cb
Group 1 Tea
A light way of talking about the importance of tea culture. Irene’s talk abut
Shennong, the agricultural god, and Shennong’s experimental founding of herbal
medicine and tea are impressive. Tea House is popular in Japan, whereas,
afternoon tea is popular with Taiwanese consumers. Geisha is woman dancer in
Japanese tea house in the old age.
Group 2 Weight Loss Tips/ The ways to lose weight
The speeches of the presenters are meaty, full of information and suggestions. I’d
like to have their ppt post in my webpage.
Group 3 Do we need plastic surgeries in the world?
This group made good use of ppt outline to introduce plastic surgeries. Each played his/her role well
by giving sufficient details or examples to counterpart their opponents, to strengthen their own
points. Jack finally invited us to think about whether we need it or no by giving a brief summary in
which he highlighted the major points of ideas. Given the thought that there are failures in cases of
how people change their own looks, I thought it not necessary to have one.
types of reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns.
the transfer of skin tissue (skin grafting) is a very common procedure. Skin grafts can be taken from
the recipient or donors:
Reconstructive plastic surgery
Aesthetic plastic surgery involves techniques intended for the "enhancement" of appearance through
surgical and medical techniques, and is specifically concerned with maintaining normal appearance,
restoring it, or enhancing it beyond the average level toward some aesthetic ideal.
Abdominoplasty ("tummy tuck"): reshaping and firming of the abdomen
Blepharoplasty ("eyelid surgery"):
Breast augmentations ("breast implant" or "boob job"):
Mastopexy ("breast lift"):
http://www.bodyfaq.com/plastic-surgery/plastic-surgery-debate.html
http://scrubsmag.com/the-plastic-surgery-debate/
Live Plastic Surgery Debate - Dr. Jon Mendelsohn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lsamQQ1nQ botox, skin treatment, nose job
Plastic surgery addiction becomes more common.
Topic: "Is human genetic engineering a threat to our humanity?"
Fox News Teen Plastic Surgery Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS4o1mq745o
Dr. Frederick Lukash debates Dr. Alan Matarasso regarding teenage plastic
Helping their child grow up, don’t like the way they look, counsel their family see if there
are any help to offer.
we are group 3. our presentation topic is "do we need Plastic surgery?" our content would
be 1. introduction 2. positive 1
Have A Nice Day !
By Jack
3. negative 1
4. positive 2
5. negative 2
6. conclusion
Group 4 Should college students do part time jobs?
It is interesting to see that students know the topic well. Most students think it is
necessary to have one because you can train and practice the knowledge you
learn from school and apply them with your students in a language school. You
also learn to deal with people. Know the dark side of the society. Be wise in
choosing a part time job. Manage your time well.
Do you have a part time job? Where do you work? Why do you need that job?
What can you do in your free time if you do not have a part time job?
How do you survive in the past few years with a part time job?
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/prepare/work
A trend: "College costs are high; underserved populations, taking a job is not a matter of
choice, but necessity; need to work improve time-management skills and seek employment
that helps their educational goals.
Concentrate on study "school is my students' full-time job."
Benefits
Studies show that students who work are more confident and possess better
time-management skills than students who are not employed. In addition to offering a
paycheck, some independence, and satisfaction, a part-time job can provide teenagers with
both training and experience. Working teaches students about responsibility and can also
reinforce what they are learning in school.
"Admissions representatives want to find candidates who demonstrate maturity, responsibility,
independence, and initiative, and good workers certainly demonstrate those important
character traits," Boshoven says. "Employers can write excellent recommendation letters for
the students who have worked for them."
Challenges
On the other hand, experts agree that students who work more than 15 to 20 hours per
week often experience decreased school success, which can lead to dropping out entirely.
Working long hours can also limit opportunities to build friendships and explore interests that
enhance a teenager's intellectual and emotional development.
Advising your students
Drawing out your students' interests and goals is an important part of helping them understand the responsibility of
having a job during high school. Your students may find it helpful to ask themselves:

Am I flexible and willing to make sacrifices? Am I open to cutting down on some
of the things I like to do to fulfill my school and work commitments?


How does my family feel about me working?
Do I make effective use of my time? For example, am I the type of person who
can complete reading assignments while waiting in line or riding the bus?

Can I fit in work, maintain my grades, and still get enough sleep?

If I work, will I still have enough time to spend with my family and friends?

Will the job be flexible around study and exam
The bottom line: balance and moderation
The major point that students should keep in mind is the importance of balance. Dan
Crabtree, college and career counselor at Wheaton Academy in Illinois, explains, "We want our
students to establish . . . a healthy balance in life . . . and work to maintain it throughout their
lives."
If working will interfere with completing schoolwork, participating in extracurricular activities,
spending time with family and friends, or getting enough rest, it may not be a wise decision.
Group 5 Is it necessary to have corporal punishment on campus?
Canes（China）鞭打, spanked （Iran - parental smacking/spanking, use a flipper;
they are seen rubbing their buttocks）, paddled, strapping, caning, whips, mass
caning, initiation of police recruits) getting a belt-whipping from his uncle for
misbehavior
Replace the cane with a tawse,
In Taiwan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment_in_Taiwan
The Corporal Punishment Debate
http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/63439.html
the rights for adults to smack children
Smacking children is currently illegal in the U.K with the exception of parents and child
minders. Under current British law, a parent has the right to use ‘reasonable
punishment’ but six other European countries; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark,
Austria and Cyprus have banned all types of physical punishment. Many individuals and
organisation believe that smacking children is immoral, cruel and should be made illegal
in all cases. On the other hand the majority of people believe the smacking is right and
shows a child where their boundaries lie.
A United Nations spokesman said that smacking is ‘a breach of children’s dignity and
rights.’ This sentiment is held by a large minority of people because of its moral nature.
Furthermore, a spokesman for the NSPCC, National Society For The Prevention Of
Cruelty To Children said, “Hitting children is incompatible with the spirit of the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child.” A children’s organisation called Epoch argues
that smacking children encourages the use of viole
An anonymous individual has a completely different view on the subject. He believes that
a smack does not depend on physical force. That it is the type of touch that shows a child
right from wrong and that touch is one of the most powerful ways of teaching. He says
that if you do not believe him then what do you think a cuddle is. He says if you just give
a child a slap on the wrist and explain why they were wrong then they will understand.
hitting him with a three foot garden cane
A large number of people believe that smacking establishes boundaries for a child which
makes them happier that they know where they stand. Hence a lot of people think that
when a person is a child they are not yet fully developed enough to have the same rights
as adults.
Group 6 Should students go to Night Clubs/Pubs/Bars?
http://news.msn.com.tw/news2080256.aspx
Why do young people go to night club? For fun, celebration, gatherings, etc.
為什麼要去夜店？ ──放鬆與玩樂 方式不外乎──狂歡、縱情聲色與飲酒
作樂，於是他們一起走進了一家夜店。
猛男做煙火秀，不慎引燃天花板，結果在人擠人越擠越 high 的大型密閉空間頓時有如煉
獄，甚至很多人都以為是舞台效果，依然在喝酒跳舞，一場悲劇就發生了。Muscle man
performance
政府官員要負責、消防安檢沒有落實、還有專家呼籲如何避免災禍的報導
二十歲以上的就流連於各大夜店。當然也不止夜店，虛無的城市裡到了夜晚，
很多寂寞的靈魂紛紛出籠。還有很多更是已過慣夜生活的人，KTV、保齡球館、
釣蝦場、PUB、舞廳都是在滿足這些人的地方。他們追求的是聲光刺激，尤其
是在夜店，多是時髦男女，更是一種時尚社交，好滿足授獵與被獵的虛榮。
「無聊是生命中最大的負擔」，不用念書也不用上班的日子太多人不知道要做什麼，於
是各大城市大大小小的密閉空間就塞滿了這些人。因為在這密閉空間能讓他們得到解
放，雖不至於是酒池肉林，但也可說是夜夜笙歌。Kill the time
辣妹跳熱舞就是猛男秀，也總有比基尼之夜，…後來有人發現不對，連忙用酒去潑，接
下來短短幾秒，註定了這一群人的生離死別。
因為逸樂而死，年輕的生命多麼的不值，但如果不去夜店要叫他們去哪裡？
正值血氣方剛、青春、年輕的生命是應該要揮霍的，我們的國家或者教育有告
訴他們要往哪裡去嗎？
多從事健康自然的戶外活動嗎？」
「我們台灣缺少冒險教育，鼓勵大家走向大自
然」
，
Group 7 Natural disasters
A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g., flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic
eruption, earthquake, or landslide). It leads to financial, environmental or human losses. The
resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard, also
called their resilience. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur
when hazards meet vulnerability."
1906 San Francisco earthquake was a disaster, whereas earthquakes are a hazard.
Main articles: Disaster and List of natural disasters
Tsunamis , the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake, Blizzards are severe winter storms characterized by
low temperature, strong winds, and heavy snow. The difference between a blizzard and a snow storm
is the strength of the wind. Drought, Hail, Heat wave, European Heat Wave of 2003.
A summer heat wave in Victoria, Australia, created conditions which fuelled the massive bushfires
in 2009. Melbourne experienced three days in a row of temperatures exceeding 40°C with some
regional areas sweltering through much higher temperatures. The bushfires, collectively known as
"Black Saturday", were partly the act of arsonists.
List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
Fires
Epidemics
Famine
A solar flare is a phenomenon where the sun suddenly releases a great amount of solar
radiation, much more than normal.
NATURAL DISASTERS IN TAIWAN
http://eproceedings.worldscinet.com/9789812701602/9789812701602_0002.html
Taiwan is an island that lies on the western edge of the Pacific-rim earthquake belt, which is an
extremely active tectonic region with seismic activities among the highest in the world. The boundary of
the Eurasian and Philippine Sea Plates is near the island of Taiwan. Earthquake occurs frequently, and a
recent catastrophic event, the Chi-Chi earthquake, is known to the world. Taiwan also is located in the
subtropical climate region with high average temperature and precipitation. May and August are periods
influenced by continuous seasonal rains that occasionally come with an extraordinary intensity. From
summer to fall, Taiwan is affected by typhoons. Some extreme events would accumulate significant
rainfalls within a relatively short period of time and result in disastrous consequences such as floods.
Given the topography of Taiwan, which is covered by slopelands and high mountains over two third of
the island, landslides and debris flows often were triggered after heavy rainfalls….
The Science of Natural Disasters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ywO53_8is
Disasters caused and economic collapse
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Part II Policy Debates: SCHOOL UNIFORMS Part Two 20:51 ?
“Because the high school has students wear uniform, we, the affirmative, stand
resolved that: Appropriate dress for school should be left up to the individual
student.”
“Because elementary schools forbid children to bring mobile phones to class, we,
the affirmative, stand resolved that: Elementary school pupils be given the
permission to the use of mobile phones in school”
Example: "Because the juvenile justice system has not met its goals, we, the
affirmative, stand resolved that: Juveniles be given the constitutional right to a
jury trial in criminal offenses." (From a previous year's case)
3Ca
Group 1 Mobile Phones, Use of Children
“Because elementary schools forbid children to bring mobile phones to class, we,
the affirmative, stand resolved that: Elementary school pupils be given the
permission to the use of mobile phones in school”
This was the first debate topic the class engaged. The two teams tried to bring up
reasons to support their own main ideas. It looked interesting to do debate in class.
Though Josh suggested that speakers on the both sides be more interactive by
responding to the specific points and the examples or reasons with
argumentations.
The concluding speech is important to win over voters to your side.
Group 2 The Abolishing of Death Penalty in Taiwan
http://www.aitaiwan.org.tw/ 反思死刑
AI 譴責台灣處決五死囚
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/
http://livewire.amnesty.org/2011/03/08/egyptian-revolution-sidelining-women/
http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty Abolish the death penalty
This group led by Peter brought up the issue and key points in the way the two
sides see things in different position.
Is Taiwan civilized enough to abolish death penalty?
Is it a waste of money to hold a great number of criminals?
Is death penalty better than life imprisonment and less risky for the public in the
society?
I think death penalty is the severest kind of punishment because it takes away a
life that is destined to come to this world. It causes another broken family.
Taiwan believed in death penalty long time ago, later because of the world
critics, our government reduced the number of death penalty. Recently some
family of the victims tried to voice their misfortune after the wrong sentence to
death, the government began to think about being careful is important in making
judgment for capital punishment. And more families of the victims regret that
the murderers not being put to death. Death penalty comes back to our society.
It’s a pity that some broken families may not be able to show enough love to
their own kids. Schools report that there are missing students in class.
How can we help those people in discrepancies to have good conducts?
Do we need more social workers or we should start from family and school?
Group 3 Extramarital Affairs/dating/status/relationship
It is a nice debate about the issue of the third party. When one side stresses on
true happiness in a marriage should be one without intruders; the other side
emphasizes the suffering of remaining in an unhappy marriage. However, no one
in the class said that they were against the third party.
If you find your partner cheating you, would you stay in this relationship?
(for man and woman)
Do you think argument is good or bad in a marriage?
Let him know your point, know what you think. Do not force others to take your
side. Allow difference in free thinking. Be true and honest in a marriage. If you
can not be husband and wife, you still can be friends.
Do you want to accept that your husband has his concubine?
Do you want to accept that your wife has extramarital affair?
Do you know that (true) love last only 4 years?
Do you think you can stay in a marriage for a lifetime?
How would you carry on your love with a spouse in the rest of life?
What do you think about changing partners?
http://www.acheat.net/
Stop Cheating - Learn How to Improve Your Marriage
Is Your Marriage a Companionship or a Love Affair ?
Every marriage is just like any relationship. They have their ups and downs,
agreements and disagreements and good days and bad days.
Understanding the Beautiful Simplicity of Love
Love is a wonderfully simple concept, but it is never easy. Love and romance
work together, hand in hand.
Top 10 Signs That Your Husband Or Boyfriend Is Cheating On You
Group 4 Are plastic surgeries really demands for people nowadays?
They divided into two sides and developed their arguments carefully between the
affirmative and negative speakers. The points for the needs of a surgery included
appearance and confidence in looking for a job; where as, the counterpart
emphasized that confidence comes from building up of ability and skills, instead
of outlook. They put emphasis on the successful models and actresses and
failures in surgeries. They voted for the support from the audiences.
types of reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns.
the transfer of skin tissue (skin grafting) is a very common procedure. Skin grafts can be taken from
the recipient or donors:
Reconstructive plastic surgery
Aesthetic plastic surgery involves techniques intended for the "enhancement" of appearance through
surgical and medical techniques, and is specifically concerned with maintaining normal appearance,
restoring it, or enhancing it beyond the average level toward some aesthetic ideal.
Abdominoplasty ("tummy tuck"): reshaping and firming of the abdomen
Blepharoplasty ("eyelid surgery"):
Breast augmentations ("breast implant" or "boob job"):
Mastopexy ("breast lift"):
http://www.bodyfaq.com/plastic-surgery/plastic-surgery-debate.html
http://scrubsmag.com/the-plastic-surgery-debate/
Live Plastic Surgery Debate - Dr. Jon Mendelsohn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lsamQQ1nQ botox, skin treatment, nose job
Plastic surgery addiction becomes more common.
Topic: "Is human genetic engineering a threat to our humanity?"
Fox News Teen Plastic Surgery Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS4o1mq745o
Dr. Frederick Lukash debates Dr. Alan Matarasso regarding teenage plastic
Helping their child grow up, don’t like the way they look, counsel their family see if there
are any help to offer.
This is a note from Caroline.
Caroline, Maggie, Ashley, Jean, Bonnie, and Wenny
Pros
1. By considering the preference in the society nowadays, plastic surgery is really
a demand for searching a better job.
2. Among the applicants with equal ability, those with appearance will definitely get
more chances.
3. With the high technology, the risk will be decreased to the least, (showing those
successful examples.) And it is worthwhile for you to invest on something that you will
get lots of profits from it.
Cons
1. The inner beauty such as working ability, the professional skills....etc is more
important than the appearance for a employer choosing a good employment.
2. There are a lot of risks for the plastic surgery. (Showing the failure example) And the
numerous make up can be the substitute.
3. Once the surgery failed (you failed in your investment), what you need to pay is your
health in whole of your last life. Therefore we think it is not worthwhile for you to
spend more money.
※ We will try to imitate the professional debate, during the time, the pros and the
cons will take terms to be on the stage to give each of their arguments.
Group 5 In the Pursuit of the Idols, Idol Pursuit of younger viewers
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2361354/idols_and_the_pursuit_of_trut
h.html?cat=38 Idols and the pursuit of the truth
Francis Bacon is known for his development of the Baconian method that is designed to allowing
individuals to create philosophy, proceeding from fact to law, all while avoiding any "idols" of the
individuals' minds. In his "Idols of the Mind," Francis Bacon elaborates on "the causes and secret
motions of things," or obstacles found in an individual's thought process keeping him or her from the
truth. William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Hamlet is a very intricate play where the main character's
actions are affected by the idols that Bacon vividly describes in this writings.
Fan spends RM10,000 in pursuit of idol
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=/2011/2/16/nation/8073024
Erum, a Bangladeshi who has been studying in Kuala Lumpur for the past seven years, said she
spent almost RM10,000 in the last two months just to track down her idol to have a photograph
taken with him.
“I paid about RM8,000 last month to get a VIP seat at Marina Bay when he was in Singapore on Jan
14 for an award show.
“Sadly, I only got to see the back of his head,” she said.
To pay for that trip, she worked part-time for a month and saved her birthday money.
Her latest pursuit of the celebrity saw her renting a car and booking into a hotel here on Monday
after she found out that he was filming Don 2 in Malacca.
Accompanied by her boyfriend, the bubbly woman braved the scorching sun yesterday to catch a
glimpse of the Bollywood heartthrob outside the location set in Sungai Udang yesterd
Group 6 Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn winning an Oscar® for "Roman Holiday"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-vR7D21wqI
moon river-breakfast at tiffany´s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOByH_iOn88
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Midterm Guided Topics 2010/3, your group may find the latest topics from Time.
Does any group want to switch presenting time with group 6?
Raise questions after each session and put your questions on your blank sheet to
turn in when it is all done.
3Cb 3/30, 4/13, 20
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Group 2 Nuclear power
List of states with nuclear weapons.
Nuclear power is produced by controlled (i.e., non-explosive) nuclear reactions. Commercial and
utility plants currently use nuclear fission reactions to heat water to produce steam, which is then
used to generate electricity.
The amount of free energy contained in nuclear fuel is millions of times the amount of free energy
contained in a similar mass of chemical fuel such as gasoline, making nuclear fission a very
tempting source of energy. The products of nuclear fission, however, are on average far more
radioactive than the heavy elements which are normally fissioned as fuel, and remain so for
significant amounts of time, giving rise to a nuclear waste problem. Concerns over nuclear waste
accumulation and over the destructive potential of nuclear weapons may counterbalance the
desirable qualities of fission as an energy source, and give rise to ongoing political debate over
nuclear power.
The most common nuclear fuels are 235U (the isotope of uranium with an atomic mass of 235 and of
use in nuclear reactors) and 239Pu (the isotope of plutonium with an atomic mass of 239). These fuels
break apart into a bimodal range of chemical elements with atomic masses centering near 95 and
135u (fission products). Most nuclear fuels undergo spontaneous fission only very slowly, decaying
instead mainly via an alpha/beta decay chain over periods of millennia to eons. In a nuclear reactor
or nuclear weapon, the overwhelming majority of fission events are induced by bombardment with
another particle, a neutron, which is itself produced by prior fission events.
Nuclear chain reaction
Energy in Taiwan
Taiwan currently has 4884 MWe of nuclear power capacity by means of 3 active plants and 6
reactors, which makes up around 8.1% of its national energy consumption. This makes Taiwan the
15th largest user of nuclear power in the world.
The technology chosen for the reactors has been General Electric BWR technology for 2 plants and
Westinghouse PWR technology for the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant. The Lungmen Nuclear
Power Plant is currently under construction, but has encountered a host of delays building its
ABWRs, which will be the largest plants in Taiwan by a large margin after finished.
All plants are run by Taipower. The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) of the Republic of China is
effectively the regulatory body, but plants are also subject to International Atomic Energy Agency
safeguards. There are two additional plants under construction equipped with GE latest BWR
technology in Lungmen. They will each deliver 1300 MWe of power at peak. 1972
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Taiwan has six nuclear power reactors operating, and two advanced reactors are under
construction.
Nuclear power is considerably cheaper than alternatives.
Taiwan imports 99% of its energy, which is vital to the rapidly industrialising economy.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf115_taiwan.html
In 2007 the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) said that Chinshan BWR plant had undergone a
safety evaluation and was safe to run for a further 20 years following planned licence expiry in
2017. The AEC has approved this life extension. Taipower expects to seek 20-year licence
renewals for all six reactors.
In 2009 Taipower said that it planned to replace the steam generators of the two Maanshan PWR
reactors by about 2020 if it could obtain life extensions from the AEC. This and other work is
expected to yield uprates of some 440 MWe across the six reactors, and a submission to regulators is
anticipated in mid 2010.
There are two 1350 MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactors under construction at Lungmen, near
Taipei. Initial plans to procure the units on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
basis failed, and contacts were awarded to GE for the nuclear reactors, Mitsubishi for the turbines
and others for the rest. Construction began in 1999.
When the two reactors were one third complete a new cabinet cancelled the project but work
resumed the following year later after legal appeal and a government resolution in favour. The
project was thus put well behind. Completion of the first unit is now expected to be early in 2011,
with the second unit about a year behind. Commercial operation is expected in October 2011 and
2012. Cost escalation due to the construction hiatus plus project management and engineering
problems had pushed the projected cost to over US$ 2900/kW, and as of March 2009, $1.15 billion
was required to finish the project, which was then 88.6% complete.
Nuclear Crisis in Japan
Radiation warning for Tokyo water
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12825342
Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html
See Affirmative Brief and Negative Brief on Nuclear Power
Affirmative Brief
1. Reductions in carbon dioxide decrease global warming.
2. Nuclear power solves global warming by creating energy without carbon
dioxide emissions.
3. Studies prove nuclear power is best alternative to reduce carbon dioxide
emissions.
4 Replacing fossil fuel plants with nuclear power reduce global warming.
5. A national nuclear power program offsets carbon dioxide emissions caused by
fossil fuels.
6. Use of currently available nuclear technology is enough to decrease the
greenhouse effect.
Negative Brief
1. Nuclear power cannot offset(compensate for sth, balance sth 補償或抵銷某事
物) major causes of greenhouse effect.
2. Nuclear power is not a cost-effective solution to global warming.
3. Building time for plant construction blocks solvency (阻礙償還能力).
4. Studies prove that increased nuclear power cannot offset rate of global
warming.
5. T/A – Nuclear power divert resources from more effective ways of reducing
the rate of warming.
6. T/A – Nuclear power increases consumption of fossil fuels.
What are some countries that have voted against the use of Nuclear Power?
Nuclear power phase-out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out
the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for energy production…. phase-outs usually include
shutting down nuclear power plants and looking towards other fuels or alternative energy.
Austria was the first country to begin a phase-out (in 1978) and has been followed by Sweden
(1980), Italy (1987), Belgium (1999), and Germany (2000). Austria, and Spain have gone as far as to
enact laws not to build new nuclear power stations. Several other European countries have debated
phase-outs.
A popular movement against nuclear power gained strength in the Western world, based on the fear
of a possible nuclear accident and on fears of latent radiation. The 1979 accident at Three Mile
Island and the 1986 Chernobyl accident played a key role in stopping new plant construction in
many countries.
Critics of a phase-out in Germany argue that the power output from the nuclear power stations will
not be adequately compensated and predict an energy crisis. They also argue that only coal-powered
plants could compensate for nuclear power and CO2 emissions will increase tremendously (with the
use of oil and fossils). Energy may have to be imported from France's nuclear power facilities, no
small irony, Russian natural gas, despite the fact that Russia is still not perceived as a safe partner in
much of Western Europe.
Because of increasing prices for fossil fuels, arguments for a "phase-out of the phase-out" were again
being discussed. In the federal election in 2002 the candidate for chancellor of the CDU/CSU,
Edmund Stoiber, promised, in the event he wins, to cancel the phase-out. His successor and current
German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced plans to negotiate with energy companies the time
limit for a shut down of nuclear power stations. The battle over nuclear energy, that was set to be a
key issue in coalition talks between CDU and SPD, was settled in favor of a phase-out.
Group 4 Georges Bizet’s Opera Carmen
***The use of transitional phrases to begin a passage is required to make your
speech go smoothly. I’m going to talk about the author, etc. There are songs used
to accompany with the theme. The first kind of the songs is so and so.
A French opera with a Spanish background Carmen was killed by Don Jose
because she turned away from him to others. Veona reflected it on the woman’s
free choice. If a woman loves you, you must be careful. She has her free will to
choose her loved one. Each speaker voiced her own view on love.
Jack is curious about the difference between the staged Carmen and the movie
one. In the movie, there is an erotic scene but the stage one is hard to do. He
also recalled the gypsy girl in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in which the girl is
sentenced to death because she was charged murder and later be given to the
troops and be hanged. Can beauty cause a woman’s life because of jealousy?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame song The trailer
Jessie: Love is so free that you fall in love by someone’s simple kindness. It is
never be generated by violence and force. What is your image of a gypsy girl?
Wild and untamed? Free and changeable?
Angela GHEORGHIU - Habanera - Carmen – Bizet
(L'amour est un oiseaux rebelle)
http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Georges-Bizet.htm
It is perhaps difficult to appreciate the effect that Carmen had on the music scene. It
wasn't an immediate success with audiences, its subject matter being considered a
touch scandalous. But its popularity increased after Bizet's death and has remained a
firm favorite to this day. It is far removed from the stylized traditions of classical
opera. Instead it is full of powerful passions, realistic in its depiction of events, and
originally including spoken dialogue instead of recitative (sung speech) as was the
custom. You might even say that it anticipated the gritty story-telling of the 20th
century's film and TV media.
http://www.lyricopera.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=9783
What could make a man cheat on his fiancée, drive his mother to tears, and ditch a
good job? One woman — Carmen! She's the sex-bomb, gypsy seductress who loves
them and leaves them — tossing egos and hearts in the dust.
influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies (1824) by Alexander Pushkin.
Bizet's final opera not only transformed the opéra comique genre. Within a few years, the
traditional distinction between opera (serious, heroic and declamatory) and opéra comique
(light-hearted, bourgeois and conversational with spoken dialogue) disappeared. Moreover,
Carmen nourished a movement that was to win both celebrity and notoriety first in Italy and
then elsewhere: the cult of realism known as verismo.
The story is set in Seville, Spain, around 1820, and concerns the eponymous Carmen, a beautiful
Gypsy with a fiery temper. Free with her love, she woos the corporal Don José, an inexperienced
soldier. Their relationship leads to his rejection of his former love, mutiny against his superior, and
joining a gang of smugglers. His jealousy when she turns from him to the bullfighter Escamillo leads
him to murder Carmen.
a few critics, such as Joncières and the poet Théodore de Banville, praised the work for its
innovation.
writing characters that were more realistic than those normally seen at the Opéra-Comique
Bizet did not live to see the success of his opera: he died on 3 June, just after the thirtieth
performance. The day before his death he signed a contract for a Viennese production of Carmen.
Before long three leading composers in Europe would be counted among his admirers: Richard
Wagner, Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Friedrich Nietzsche (in The Case of Wagner)
hailed Bizet and exalted the exotic elements of the score, as well as its structural clarity: "it builds,
organizes, finishes." 神童著称的比才，受不了打击，一病不起，三个月后逝世。
"Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame... He has never known law. If you don't love me I
love you, if I love you watch yourself!" When they plead for her to choose a lover from among them,
("Carmen! sur tes pas, nous nous pressons tous!") she tears a bunch of cassia from her bodice and
throws it at Don José, who has been ignoring her, before going back into the factory with the others.
José is annoyed by her insolence.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame song The trailer
Esmeralda, a beautiful Gypsy with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men,
including that of a Captain Phoebus, but especially those of Quasimodo and his adopted father,
Claude Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame. Frollo is torn between his lust and the rules of the
church. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but the hunchback is suddenly captured by Phoebus and
his guards who save Esmeralda. Quasimodo is sentenced to be whipped and ordered to be tied down
in the heat. Esmeralda, seeing his thirst, offers him water. It saves him, and she captures his heart.
Esmeralda is later charged with the attempted murder of Phoebus, whom Frollo attempted to kill in
jealousy, and is sentenced to death by hanging. As she is being led to the gallows, Quasimodo
swings down by the bell rope of Notre Dame and carries her off to the cathedral under the law of
sanctuary. Clopin rallies the Truands (criminals of Paris) to charge the cathedral and rescue
Esmeralda. The King, seeing the chaos, vetoes the law of sanctuary and commands his troops to take
Esmeralda out and kill her. When Quasimodo sees the Truands, he assumes they are there to hurt
Esmeralda, so he drives them off. Frollo betrays Esmeralda by handing her to the troops and watches
while she is hanged. Quasimodo pushes him from the heights of Notre Dame to his death.
Quasimodo then goes to a mass grave, lies next to her corpse, crawls off to Esmeralda's tomb with
his arms around her body and eventually dies of starvation. Two years later, when their grave was
excavated, Quasimodo was found embracing Esmeralda, whose neck was broken. Whilst trying to
separate them, Quasimodo's bones turned to dust.
4/13
Group 6 Stories of Snacks/ Snacks and Stories
times between those meals when hunger gnaws mercilessly
Dried Fruits: Raisins, apricots, figs, and dates; Tuna Salad in a Pouch: Nuts:Fruit Cookies
List of snack foods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_snack_foods
Bread/sandwiches Tea sandwich
Cheese String cheese
Chips/Crisps Banana chips/Plantain chips Tortilla chips
Cookies/Pastries Cookies/Biscuits Doughnuts
Candy chocolate bars chocolate truffles
Doughy/Floury Poffertjes
Noodles chocolate bars
Fruits
Seeds/nuts Peanuts Almonds Popcorn
Drinks Cola chocolate milk Coffee
Other snacks French fries
lemonade
Ice cream
Sesame sticks
Specialized/country-specific
Why do you talk about snacks?
Do you know of any snacks really good for health? Are there disadvantages
eating snacks?
Stories and Snacks at Tagaytay Highlands
Group 7 Graduation trip! Where do you want to go?
Give a survey to class on where they would like to go the most. Places, money,
transportation, etc.
Is it important to take part in graduation trip? Local or abroad? Ideal places to go?
Itinerary—schedule for the trip
Group 1 Genetically engineered Food/Genetically Modified Food
Facts about
Genetically Engineered (GE) Foods
also called GMO foods
Animals have become seriously ill or died from GE foods
Hazardous genes from GE foods can become inserted into your own genes.
An unexpected poison in a GE food supplement killed 37 persons. The poison
was not discovered because careful search for unexpected harmful substances was
not made.
Unexpected dangerous substances may be present in GE foods. This is because
the procedure for assessing the safety of GE foods is not designed to detect them.
Most of soy and corn products in the US and Canada are GE and labeling is not
required there. Organic products are reliably GE-free.
Top researchers confirm that the results of genetic engineering are unpredictable.
This is why unexpected harmful substances may appear in GE food.
How can we avoid them if they are everywhere?
A Video show author of Seeds of Deception, GMO Trilogy, and Genetic Roulette.
Reject food
Why are there GM food in the world?
Do you concern food safety? Food labels should be honest! What ingredients are
in it?
An issue that has entered the mainstream media in a lot of countries is Genetic
Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of food. A lot of food that we eat today
contains genetically modified ingredients and usually without our knowledge.
Critics have objected to GM foods on several grounds, including safety issues, ecological concerns,
and economic concerns raised by the fact that these organisms are subject to intellectual property
law.
a growing wave of concern
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The problem of food shortages is a political and economic problem.
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Food shortages and hunger are -- and will be -- experienced by the poorer nations.
GE Food is an expensive technology that the farmers of the developing nations would not be
able to afford easily.
Patenting laws go against the poor around the world and allow biotech companies to benefit
from patenting indigenous knowledge often without consent.
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This is a very young and untested technology and may not be the answer just yet.
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Crop uniformity, which the biotech firms are promoting, will reduce genetic diversity
making them more vulnerable to disease and pests. This furthers the need for pesticides
(often created by the same companies creating and promoting genetically engineered crops).
Soybeans Resistant to glyphosate or glufosinate herbicides used to kill weed; Herbicide
resistant gene taken from bacteria inserted into soybean
Corn, field New genes added/transferred into plant genome.
Cotton (cottonseed oil) Bt crystal protein gene added/transferred into plant genome
Alfalfa
Hawaiian papaya
Tomatoes
Rapeseed (Canola)
Sugar cane
Sugar beet
Rice (vitamin)
Squash resistant to certain virus
Sweet Peppers
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Group 3 Should Euthanasia Be legal?
Mercy Killing Euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide is often not a personal decision
consciously made. The patient is usually beyond saving and it becomes the choice of
family by the suggestion of doctors to end life support. The choice is not, in the Kantian
(Philosopher Immanuel Kant) sense motivated by self-love where suicide is a selfish
means that will cause pain to others. Rather it is a medical need where
sustaining life any longer would only result in further physical pain of patient
and suffering in their family.
moral dilemmas and the laws that pertain to them
For someone who is comatose or in a vegetative state, is sustaining their life
maintained in hopes that they will regain the ability to realize happiness? Then it must
also be considered whether or not the state or federal government has a say in how an
individual or their family, assisted by a doctor, may choose to end their life.
It seems that each individual should be entitled to will such a personal decision in the
sense of a need and not only a want. As such, it is a need when the person ends their
life because it is physically unbearable with incurable ailments and not just a selfish
want of suicide. This approach is only relevant when an individual has stated
beforehand their wish to be relieved from a vegetative state. Several philosophers and
lawyers in a Brief of the Amici Curiae (Friends of the Court) argue that individual or
familial entitlement to such decisions should not be influenced by the
government demanding valid evidence to support the decision
Group 5 Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001,
reuniting in 2007. Their most recent record, To The Death, was released in May 2009 through
Century Media.
Earth Crisis is known for supporting animal rights, promoting a straight edge and vegan lifestyle,
and addressing further social and political issues.
To Ashes Cease To Exist lyrics
Doomsday befalls. Awakened by sirens, the fifteen minute warning.
ICBMs scream from their silos into the
sky. Warheads detonate over their targets.
Nuclear blasts incinerate city after city. Swept away by the shock of the
explosions humankind dies in agony.
Ash blocks the sun from penetrating the choked atmosphere.
The global temperature drops
into nuclear winter. Below, radiation poisoned air,
soil and water is all that's to be found.
By what is left of who is left
fires burn from the haze of a darkened world.
Charred skins hangs from the bones of survivors as they struggle through
leveled rubble. Past-gutted buildings and unburied bodies.
Hell rages on the face of the earth. All creation lays at the
mercy of madmen whose commands will cast us into world war three.
If the keys turn from the press of a switch all life as we
know it shall cease to exist. Cease to exist. Cease to exist.
Cease to exist. Cease to exist.
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/e/earth_crisis/sunshine_of_your_love.html
Sunshine Of Your Love lyrics
I've been waiting so long to be
where I'm going, in the sunshine of your love.
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Mid-term Guided Topics 2010/3, your group may find the latest topics from Time.
Raise questions after each session and put your questions on your blank sheet to
turn in when it is all done.
3Ca 3/30, 4/13, 20
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Group 2 Comics
Do you enjoy reading comic books? What is your favorite? What story is narrated
in it? Do you consider it as low art? Why or why not? Do you not allow your
children to read comics? Superman, Batman
A growing number of universities around the world are recognizing the academic
legitimacy of Comics Studies, leading to a greater amount of comics courses
being offered at the college level. Semiotics and
Composition Studies is re-considering comics and graphic novels as complex texts
deserving of serious scholarly study.
Gunther Kress defines multimodality as “the use of several semiotic modes in the
design of a semiotic product or event, together with the particular way in which
these mode are combined” or, more simply as “any text whose meanings are
realized through more than one semiotic code”. Kristie S. Fleckenstein sees the
relationship between image and text as “mutually constitutive, mutually
infused”—a relationship she names “imageword.” Fleckenstein sees
“imageword” as offering “a double vision of writing-reading based on [the]
fusion of image and word, a double vision of literacy”. Dale Jacobs sees the
reading of comics as a form of “multimodal literacy or multiliteracy, rather than
as a debased form of print literacy”. According to Jacobs, comics can help
educators to move “toward attending to multimodal literacies” that “shift our
focus from print only to multiple modalities”. He encourages educators to
embrace a pedagogy that will give students skills to effectively negotiate these
multiple modalities.
Where can you learn comics as a degree?
University of Florida formal programs and degrees, courses dedicated to Comics and Graphic
Novels
Where do you like to read them, newspaper, magazine, or books?
on religious subjects, aspects of political and social life, and also started to satirize and
caricature. It was also during this period that the speech bubble was developed as a means of
attributing dialogue.
In the 1980s, comics scholarship started to blossom in the U.S.
What are some of important books about comics art?
1. In 1996, Will Eisner published Graphic Storytelling…Comics and Sequential Art (1985)
described the technique and structure of comics as sequential art, "the arrangement of pictures
or images and words to narrate a story or dramatize an idea."
2. In Understanding Comics (1993) Scott McCloud defined sequential art and comics as
"juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information
and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer."…3. By contrast, The Comics Journal's
"100 Best Comics of the 20th Century", included the works of several single-panel
cartoonists and a caricaturist, and academic study of comics has included political cartoons.
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/archive/index.php/t-57399.html
30 Essential Graphic Novels
http://www.dccomics.com/sites/essential30/
CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL. 1 – The original manga featuring the star of the hit late-night
Adult Swim series. He's rude, he's crude, and adults tremble whenever he's around. His
inappropriate comments and obsession with body parts and bodily functions make life stressful
for his struggling parents. No one is safe from Shinchan's verbal outbursts...and now, neither
are you!蠟筆小新
What are the two styles?
The cartoony style uses comic effects and a variation of line widths for expression.
Characters tend to have rounded, simplified anatomy.
The realistic style also referred to as the adventure style is the one developed for use within
the adventure strips of the 1930s. They required a less cartoony look, focusing more on
realistic anatomy and shapes, and used the illustrations found in pulp magazines as a basis.[53]
This style became the basis of the superhero comic book style. Superman
What do you see the language in comics?
Language: comics are not an illustrated version of standard literature, and while some critics
argue that they are a hybrid form of art and literature, others contend comics are a new and separate
art; an integrated whole, of words and images both, where the pictures do not just depict the story,
but are part of the telling. In comics, creators transmit expression through arrangement and
juxtaposition of either pictures alone, or word(s) and picture(s), to build a narrative.
Do you see it as a new creative art?
digital media such as webcomics and the mobile comic.
Any number of people can assist in the creation of a comic book in this way, from a
plotter, a breakdown artist, a penciller, an inker, a scripter, a letterer and a colorist,
Artists use a variety of pencils, paper, typically Bristol board and a waterproof ink. When inking,
many artists preferred to use a Winsor & Newton Series 7, #3 brush as the main tool, which could be
used in conjunction with other brushes, dip pens, a fountain pen and/or a variety of technical pens or
markers. Mechanical tints can be employed to add grey tone to an image. An artist might paint with
acrylics, gouache, poster paints or watercolors. Color can also be achieved through crayons, pastels
or colored pencils.
Eraser, rulers, templates, set squares and a T-square assist in creating lines and shapes. A drawing
table provides an angled work surface with lamps sometimes attached to the table. A light box
allows an artist to trace his pencil work when inking, allowing for a looser finish. Knives and
scalpels fill a variety of needs, including cutting board or scraping off mistakes. A cutting mat aids
paper trimming. Process white is a thick opaque white material for covering mistakes. Adhesives and
tapes help composite an image from different sources.
Computer generated comics
digital illustrations using computers, graphics tablets and scanners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Digital_Justice
Batman: Digital Justice by Pepe Moreno in 1990.
What are some of the comics created by computer technology? In 1998, Pete Nash displayed
fully digitized artwork on his Striker comic strip for The Sun. Computers are now widely used
for both coloring and lettering, forcing some comic book letterers to look elsewhere for work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_(comic_strip) Blondie
Blondie is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young. Distributed by King
Features Syndicate, the strip has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930.
Comic is a graphic medium in which images convey a sequential narrative.
The sequential nature of the pictures, and the predominance of pictures over words,
distinguishes comics from picture books, though there is some overlap between the two.
the 19th century
Comics as a real mass medium started to emerge in the United States in the early 20th century
with the newspaper comic strip,
in newspapers, magazines, comic books, graphic novels and on the web
Comic strip and cartoon
In some circles, comics are still seen as low art,
However, such an elitist "low art/high art" distinction doesn't exist in the French-speaking
world.
Japanese manga
serious studies were rare until the late 20th century
Though practitioners may eschew formal traditions, they often use particular forms and conventions
to convey narration and speech, or to evoke emotional or sensuous responses. Devices such as
speech balloons and boxes are used to indicate dialogue and impart establishing information, while
panels, layout, gutters and zip ribbons can help indicate the flow of the story. Comics use of text,
ambiguity, symbolism, design, iconography, literary technique, mixed media and stylistic elements
of art help build a subtext of meanings. Though comics are non-linear structures and can be hard to
read sometimes, it is simply presented. However, it depends of the reader's "frame of mind" to read
and understand the comic. Different conventions were developed around the globe, from the manga
of Japan to the manhua of China and the manhwa of Korea, the comic books of the United States,
and the larger hardcover albums in Europe.
http://comics.com/
http://comic.kukudm.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics
http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/
Online Comics
http://www.onlinecomics.net/pages/
Group 1 Marriages, all kinds of
This presentation brought us a global view on all kinds of marriage, including
traditional marriage in monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, same-sex marriage, and
forced marriage. How to get a marriage that brings in true happiness in a life time
is worth of thinking. Those who are young may have dream about a happy
marriage. You may look after it in the future.
mat·ri·mo·ny The act or state of being married; marriage.
一夫一妻制（monogamy）
一夫一妻制是一種違背人性的野蠻制度！從物種學角度來說，不符合自然規律, 優秀的男人，有能力
的男人，能夠為社會創造更多價值和身體健康的男人，自然就應該獲得更多繁殖后代的機會，而那些
沒有能力的
從經濟學角度來說，一夫一妻制不符合市場價值規律
從動物學角度來說，只有部分鳥魚蟲類等低級動物才實行一夫一妻制
一夫多妻制 POLYGAMY, plural marriage
一妻多夫制 polyandry; polyandrous 印度、西藏乃至鄰近的尼泊爾
http://video.about.com/marriage/Common-Law-Marriage-Requirements.htm
Live together, use the same last name, file a joint tax return, live together for a
significant periods of time, intend to be married.
http://video.about.com/marriage/How-to-Legally-Change-Your-Name.htm
Types
Take a mail application and a copy of marriage licence, birth certificate and
passport
After a divorce,
http://video.about.com/marriage/Family-Holidays--Staying-Sane.htm
Definition: The term "trophy wife" generally refers to a successful, powerful
businessman's second or third wife who is beautiful, educated, successful,
and younger than her husband.
A "trophy wife" is considered a status symbol.
"Trophy wife" reportedly was first used by Fortune magazine in 1989.
http://marriage.about.com/
Eight different types of Hindu marriages: Brahma marriage (a boy is eligible to get
married, once he has completed his Brahmacharya (student hood). Parents, who
search for a bride for their son, would consider the family background of the girl, whom
he is going to marry.), Daiva Marriage (the girl's family waits for a particular time, to get
her married., a priest), Arsha Marriage (the bride is given in exchange of two cows,
received from the groom, old sage), Prajapatya Marriage (the bride's father goes in
search for a groom for his daughter.), Gandharva Marriage (similar to love marriage,
secretly), Asura Marriage (the groom is not at all suitable for the bride, he willingly
gives as much wealth as he can afford, to the bride's parents and relatives.), Rakshasa
Marriage (the groom fights battles with the bride's family, overcomes them, carries her
away and then persuades her to marry him.), Paishacha Marriage (she is forced to
marry. Moreover, the bride's family is also not given anything in cash or kind.)
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Group 6 Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund
Who is your favorite actress or actor? Do you remember anything great
he/she says or does? Her association with UNICEF and Oscar.
Audrey Hepburn quotes
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of
kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
“Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge, or point fingers. You just have to
be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.”
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
http://www.biographyonline.net/humanitarian/hepburn-quotes.html
"The most important thing is to enjoy life - to be happy - that's all that matters."
"I saw but one glaring truth: These are not natural disasters but man-made tragedies
for which there is only one manmade solution-peace."
Group 5 One Hundred Kisses
It’s hard because you have to persuade a stranger to kiss or accept your kiss in the
public place. Are you good enough to persuade others to carry out your project?
Do you want to kiss someone without feeling?
What is the quickest way to be famous?
What would you do to not forget your university life?
If you were her friend, what would you tell her for what she has done?
Should you behave in a way not to offend your boy friend and girl friend?
I would say one hundred roses.
"100 kisses" - Ani Lorak & Olexandr Ponomariov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qD3XkEJ2YA a song
A Taiwanese blogger is out to kiss one hundred different strangers in Paris and take a picture of each
one. Yang Ya-ching, a twenty-seven-year-old music student living in Paris, thought of the project
three years ago, but only acted on it this summer
The desire for a lasting memory of Paris is what inspired Yang.
http://www.divinecaroline.com/22065/84096-taiwanese-blogger-kiss-100-strangers
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/angelduck777
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Daily 2
For daily 2 talks, your group topics can be chosen from the textbook, or from news.
Please prepare early. We will ask your topics next time.
3Cb 5/4, 11, 18, 25, 6/1
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