It is very different. In Thailand, they are not very strict. We don’t have to take shoes off.
How is security in American airports as compared to Thai airports?
CBS News Exclusive: An In-Depth Look at Newest Defense for U.S. Airports Againt in Thailand
March 4, 2010
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/04/eveningnews/main6267788.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel
QUESTIONS:
1. Have you ever heard about full-body scan?
2. What do you think about…
I think it may depend on experiences.
For me, I believe that high school friends, and college friends are what you make them. Many times once people reach college they believe they have found all of the friends they need in high school. Other times, people are at a new university, with little or no friends from high school, and really just want to meet new people. My friends from high school, except for a small few, are no longer really my friends and are more like acquaintances. The small few that I keep in contact with on a regular basis probably know me better than anyone else because I grew up with them. My point of view though, is just because I do have a close knit group of friends from high school, does not mean that I cannot find the same people in college. I believe in college is where a person finds who they are and who they want to be. Through this experience, you find the kind of person you want to be friends with, and who you click with most. This is why I have been able to find some extremely close friends in college as well. To me what is most important is being true to yourself and not jeopardizing the person you are to get along with a certain group of people, which in a lot of cases is how friends are made in high school. The true test of friendship I believe, is longevity and being truly empathetic. If you keep a few friends from high school, consider yourself lucky. If you find a few people in college that you get along with and share the same passions or have a similar personality, consider yourself lucky. I believe that having a handful of best friends is better than having a roomful of good friends. Always believe in other people and strive to be the best friend you can be…you never know if the person you are sitting next to is looking for a friend.
longevity-having something sustained over a long period of time
empathetic-showing compassion and understanding of other people’s points of view
I talk with my friend about high school friends and university friends. We compared between in Thailand and here. I think it is very similar. Friends in high school are closer than in university. We share more information; not only knowledge, but we share our lives. We don’t have much secrets. On…
X-Ray Security Scanners Coming Next Week
CBS News Exclusive: An In-Depth Look at Newest Defense for U.S. Airports Againt in Thailand
March 4, 2010
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/04/eveningnews/main6267788.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel
QUESTIONS:
1. Have you ever heard about full-body scan?
2. What do you think about full-body scan?
3. Would they helpful?
VOCABULARIES:
Jetliner - a commercial jet plane for carrying passengers
Hijackers - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
Demonstration - something serving as proof or supporting evidence
Suspicious - tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable
Advocates - a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc. (usually fol. by of)
Ridicule - speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision
Smuggle - to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, esp. without payment of legal duty
Unreliable - not reliable; not to be relied or depended on
Vulnerability - Susceptible to physical or emotional injury
Friends - Reflection W7
I talk with my friend about high school friends and university friends. We compared between in Thailand and here. I think it is very similar. Friends in high school are closer than in university. We share more information; not only knowledge, but we share our lives. We don’t have much secrets. On the other hand, Friends in university are different. We don’t talk much. Sometimes, we only talk in class. Maybe, it’s because of classes are very big. We talk only something that we study together. We don’t share lives. But it’s not all of them would be similar. I also can find some good friends in my university, and she does either.
Change Your Life: Getting More Sleep Can Improve Your Health
By LARA SALAHI and CHRISTINE BROZYNA
Feb. 18, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/change-life-sleep-improve-health/story?id=9879694
Questions :
1. How many hours do you sleep?
2. What do you do when you are on a lack of sleep?
3. How many hours should people sleep everyday?
Vocabularies :
cardiovascular - affecting the heart and blood vessels
slumber - to sleep, esp. lightly; doze; drowse
chronic - (of a disease) having long duration
deprivation - removal from ecclesiastical office
Movies_WK 6
I am from Thailand. I havn’t seen movies lately. The last movie I’ve seen was Sherlock Holmes. It was good.
That is really interesting. Where are you from? Even though I can buy on demand movies through cable I prefer to go to the movie theater. I guess it is just a different experience. Also I like how big the screen is! Have you seen any movies in the theater lately that you would recommend?
On Tuesday, I talked with my friend about movies. He goes to see movies twice a mouth. He said almost American people buy cable, so they don’t need to go to a theater. However, some people still go there because of many reasons. They go to a theater to meet friends,or to do an activity outside. These are different from my country. We don’t have TV on demand, so the only one thing we can do is to go out to a theater to watch movies.
Movies_WK 6
On Tuesday, I talked with my friend about movies. He gose to see movies twice a mouth. He said almost american people buy cable, so they don’t need to go to a theater. However, some people still go there because of many reasons. They go to a theater to meet friends,or to do an activity outside. These are different from my country. We don’t have TV on demand, so the only one thing we can do is to go out to a theater to watch movies.
Watch out for new credit card traps
By David Ellis, staff writerFebruary 17, 2010: 2:58 PM ET
http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/17/news/companies/credit_card_rules/index.htm
Questions :
1. Do you think everyone has credit cards?
2. How often do people use a credit card?
3. When do people use a credit card?
Vocabularies :
Trap : any device, stratagem, trick, or the like for catching a person unawares.
Egregious : extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
Arbitrary : subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion: an arbitrary decision.
hefty : heavy; weighty: a hefty book.
transparency : something transparent, esp. a picture, design, or the like on glass or some translucent substance, made visible by light shining through from behind.
Revenue : the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
Scrutinize : to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
Penalize : to declare (an action, deed, etc.) punishable by law or rule.
I think so. If everyone recycles more than ignore trashes, our world will be better, and we will have less trash.
On Wednesday, I talked with Kimnorman. She is a Pre-Nursing student at VCU. We talked about trashes that how people do with them. She said that the gov. try to campaign about items that we don’t use them, but they still be able to use again. She told me many people try to recycle many stuff, like…
Yes, i do believe there are not enough recycling bins for use in the city of Richmond, but i can mainly only talk about the area around VCU. I live on the southside of Richmond, in Chesterfield. While i was growing up, my family never did any sort of recycling. When i met my fiance’ about 8 years ago, she was an avid recycler, and i am always hearing it from her if i forget to recycle my trash. Her family never recycled while she was growing up, but recycling was not very mainstream when we were kids. Im sure the way she is “training” me lol, our family in the future will be a recycling team.
Recycled Trash
On Wednesday, I talked with Kimnorman. She is a Pre-Nursing student at VCU. We talked about trashes that how people do with them. She said that the gov. try to campaign about items that we don’t use them, but they still be able to use again. She told me many people try to recycle many stuff, like cans, bottoms, plastic container, and paper. But there are not many recycled bin in Ricmond even though they have some in camplus. I think maybe, it’s the same as my country that the gov. try to do so many things to help the world, but it does not really work. She told me that she trys to recycle some trashes and avoids to use them. Her mother also does the same.
