Friday, October 29, 2010

report hyeryun

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to suggest a number of some adventure sports which young people would be interested in and to outline the benefits of this sports.


which soprts?

our local sports club is located between mountain and lake and sea. So you can enjoy a lot of adventure sports anytime any season. For example, in summer you can enjoy surfing, swimming, windsurfing in the ocean and also wakeboarding, wakeskiing and canoing in the mountain. In winter, you can sking, snowboarding.

benefits to youngsters

while you are enjoying your sports, you can be stronger than before through these adventure sports. And also, you can make new and lots of friends who come from any other parts through these sports.
conclusion

I strongly recommend you that you are going to join our club with above. Doing adventure sports bring lots of advantages to you unless you have serious problem. During living, you will not be able to forget attractive these sports

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Writing part2 A report Sun

 Report on adventure sports activities for young people

Introduction

The aim of this report is to suggest a number of adventure sports to encourage young people to join the club and explain how they would benefit from doing these sports.
this is okay, but too brief and simply repeats the writing task.

Which sports?

Our town is situated near the mountains so the place is in a really good location to do adventure sports activities. In my opinion, I suggest organizing rafting, climbing and skiing.

Benefits to youngsters

These activities will be very helpful to young people. First of all, they can breathe fresh air in the mountains. Also, they can relieve stress from studying and homework from school. Nowdays young people study really hard so they dont have time to play so that they are very stressed and even weak.(run-on sentence) By doing these activities they can enjoy their extra time and make friends.

Conclusion

 These activities can be done in all four seasons. Rafting can be done part of the year and skiing the other part. Climbing could be done anytime. It will be also very interesting for young people beacause they like to go on adventures. 

 Generally well answered Sun. However, there are many small errors that bring down the overall level of this report. For example, 'stress out' has the opposite meaning that you intended. 

Writing Part 2, a report Melanie

Report on adventure sports for young people

Introduction
The aim of this report is to suggest a number of adventure sports which young people would be interested in and how they would benefit from doing these sports.
Good intro

Which sports?
The sport club is situated in a small village with a lot of nature all around. It is the perfect place for adventure sports in the mountains such as river rafting, climbing or parachuting especially in Summer. In Winter, the sport club could offer ski tours with different levels.

Benefits to young people
Offering these kinds of activities would benefit young people to share the same interests with other people of the same age, make new friends and learn to do something as a team.

Conclusion
I recommend organising these activities at the sport club. Young people would love to do adventure sports which are not so common and they would have a lot of fun. Your sport club could be famous for all these extraordinary adventure sports.

The shape of your report is good for the most part with 4 distinct sections. I would suggest writing more than one sentence per section however. Be careful of plural nouns, these continue to be a problem.

Report on sport activities for young people. Zaira

Introduction
The purpose of this report is to mention several sports, that in my opinion the town council should encourage, and to explain how young people can take advantage of these activities.

About the sports
Gijón is located by the sea and at the same time it takes little time to get the mountains. Unfortunatelythe weather is not very good and the Cantábrico sea is too cold, but we could do water sports like surfing when the climate conditions were favorable. On the other hand, we could encourage free-time sports like hiking or climbing if we consider that we have wonderful mountains near the city.

How youngsters can get benefit from these activities
We all need do more exercise to feel better. Doing sport keeps us fit and it helps us to develop our skills. It would be also useful in real life. We could learn how to keep the focus on what we are doing is normally very difficult for young people.

Conclusion
It would be a good idea for the council to encourage these kindof activities because the town is big enough to benefit from it if we really want to enjoy it. Doing sports like surfing or hiking, we would increase our social skills and at the same time it would be healthy for all of us.

The content and construction of your writing is very strong here Zaira, good job. This is one of your best pieces yet. A couple of things you need to work on include: punctuation (commas mostly), spelling and occasionally using expressions that are directly translated from Spanish. 

Writing Part 2 p 76, Mark

Report on sports activities for young people

Introduction


The aim of this report is to suggest a number of sports activities which young people would like to do.


What kind of sport?


Menziken isn't located on a lake, but we have a lot of other opportunities to build some sport facilities. Most of the people I asked would prefer a soccer pitch, a tennis court or a basketball court. The young people would like to go out in a park playing soccer, tennis and basketball.


What's the benefit for the young people?


Investing in sport facilities would change the health of the young people and they would also have much more fun. I'm sure they would become fitter and much happier, because we need more sport opportunities.


Conclusion


I recommend these sport facilities in our town! We need a change to give the young people a better chance to do some sport activities.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

p58 hyeryun The environment we live in will change dramatically in the next 50 years.

Many environmental experts are stressing big problems about the condition of the earth. The more our lives improve, the more our environment is destroyed. Hence, we can't continue watching this situation and should do something to solve this problem. Because of this I want to suggest some ideas to protect our environment.

There are various ways to preserve our soil. First of all,  we have to pick up trash on the road at least, and remember to throw away trash in trash containers. Secondly, if we try to recycle lots of trash, we can reduce our waste and avoid soil contamination. That's better not only for the soil, but for the sea.

For the air, we have to use public transportation or ride bicycles instead of cars to reduce air pollution.

The ways I suggest are much easier to do than any other ways. If we do so, we can make a better environment for our descendants to live in.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Writing Part 2 an essay, Melanie

The environment we live in will change dramatically in the next 50 years
We destroy our planet more and  more every year. We are experiencing climate change and many other natural catastrophes all over the world. So we already know that the environment will change dramatically in the coming years.

As a result of laziness, a lot of people use cars instead of using public transportation. Because of this, we will produce more air pollution every year . It will continue to get warmer each year, so the sea level will rise very fast and a lot of people will have to leave their home. In addition glaciers will disappear and a lot of animals will become extinct. We will have more forest fires because of the heat and I also think that we will have more hurricanes.
So everything will change very fast, it has already started.
It will be like a perpetual cycle of destruction. So we have to do something now to stop this catostrophe or at least to slow it down.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Unit 6 p 59 Environment, Mark

The environment we live will change dramatically in the next 50 years.

The environment is one of our biggest problems and therefore we need an immediate change! If we don't stop pollution, we have no chance to save our earth. It depends on us to change something.

Firstly, the people have to pay more attention to our environment because it is a problem for everyone of us. Secondly, we have to improve our environment now. I'm sure that soon it will be too late.

We can see more and more environmental disasters on our televisions each day. It is because we have not paid enough attention to our environment. If we do not change our strategy for the future, we won't have a solution to solve these problems anymore. I think there are a lot of ways to improve our environment, for example picking up rubbish, using public transport etc.

I believe in people, and because of that I am sure that we will save the world.

Unit 6 p 59 environment Sun

The environment we live in will change dramatically in the next 50 years.

The environment is changing so fast that we can't stop it. For many years we have known about how we are destroying nature but many  people don't take it seriously. If nature is destroyed once, it will never recover.
For example, a few months ago there was a huge oil explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and an oil tanker expoded on the sea in Korea. Besides these events, every month there are so many accidents which can destroy nature.
What is more,  the Amazon is becoming dramatically smaller than before. This is beacuse human have abused nature whenever they want without thinking.
Finally, we can't help destroying nature, but we can do it slower though if we try harder and do things like recycling, planting trees and using bicycles.  This is the minimum we can do. At the very least, these are things that we can do.

The environment we live in will change dramatically in the next 50 years. Zaira.

Scientific research has proved that climate change is not only a theory, but is a reality, our reality. Humans have only lived here for a few years in comparision with the life of the earth. So, what planet do we want to leave to our children?
Firstly, climate change is caused by carbon emissions among other things, and at the same time it is the main cause of a lot of natural disasters like sunamis, cyclones, droughts etc.
On the other hand, there are many theories which claim that climate change is not as dramatic as it seems. They say that there has always been climate change, such as during the ice age, and the earth always survived.
In my opinion the general alarm about climate change is not so bad if it help us to change our behaviour.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Writing Part 1, Mark

Hello Caroline,

Thank you so much for your email. Of course I'm very interested in coming. I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun! Do you know what dates are available?
Well, I would prefer studying English, because I like the language and I need an exam to apply for a job in Switzerland.
May you give me more detailed informations about the costs? Do you know an exact price?
I would like to go to the Great Barrier Reef because I've never been there and I heard this place is famous for the beautiful seaworld! Do you share the same meaning with me or would you prefer to visit the Australian desert?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Mark

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Writing part 1 Sun

Hello Caroline!
I'm glad to read your E-mail. Actually, I really want to travel there so it could be a great time for me. Thank you for recommending summer camp in Australia. Can I ask you about it? When will the course start? and which subjects are offered? I want to take a scuba diving course because after learn how to scuba dive , I want to try it in The Great Barrier Reef! I heard it is famous for coral reefs. I really want to see it.  Let me know if you are familiar with it. And could you tell me how much it is? If I can, I’ll earn some money before I go.
I hope I can go and I really looking forward to meeting you Caroline.
It's been a long time since we've seen each other. I’ll wait for your reply.


Sincerely,
Sun

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Writing part 1. Zaira

Hi Caroline,
I'd really like to go with you to educational summer camp! Thank you for the invitation. I'd like to know what dates the camp is because I have to tell my parents. They are planning the family holidays.
I'd want to practice different sports and study English but I wonder if you know what kind of subjects I can choose.
Could you tell me how much money the summer camp costs? I need to know because of course I'd like to travel with you when the camp finishes. I'd preffer to go to The Great Barrier Reef bacause I really love diving and I think It'd be a good opportunity to have a special experience.
I hope to hear from you soon!
Best wishes,
Zaira

Hi Caroline - hyeryun

Hi Caroline, how are you doing?
Since I got your mail, Ive been interested in educational summer camp.
It is needless to say that I would like to go there. Could you tell me what date summer camp starts? After I get an exact date, I will be able to decide to whether I can go or not.

If I go, I really want to learn media engineering, since I have knack for working with machines. Also, I would like to learn surfing. In Korea, its very uncommon to learn surfing, there are very few people who surf.

And do you know how much it is? I prefer to visit the Great Barrier Reef because I cant put up with hot weather and also your photos you sent to me are helpful references for me to decide to where we will go.

I hope see you soon.

Sincerely

Hyeryun

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Writing Part 1, Melanie

Dear Caroline,

Thanks for your letter asking me if I like to come with you to the summer camp in Australia. Of course I would like to come to the camp with you. Can you tell me on which date it will be? I would like to have the subject English, if this is a subject at the camp. I really like to improve my English, so it would be a good chance for me. You told me that the camp isn't so expensive. How much do I have to calculate for it? And is it in Australien dollars or in American dollars? For the trip afterward, I would prefer the Great Barrier Reef because I would really like to go snorkling and see all the different kind of fish and of course the reef. I heard it is amazing.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you again.

Best wishes,
Melanie

Friday, October 8, 2010

Correction code update

Because it is very hard to see the yellow type print, I will no longer use it for grammar errors. Instead I will use this color orange. If I don't understand what you have written, the new code color is pink. Thanks, and I hope this helps your self correction.

Peter

Thursday, October 7, 2010

My favourite restaurant in sfo - Florence

My favourite restaurant in town calls Yoshis. They serve japanese food. I've been there just one but I was really satisfied with everything. It is located on the fillmorestreet. They have also a jazzclub there. After a nice dinner you can have a drink at the bar or see a concert. I highly recommend the cocktails.

I like the whole atmosphere at Yoshis. The interiour is quite tastful, modern and colourful. They offer you a wide range of different japanese dishes. The last time we tried starters, main dishes and desserts. It was delicious. The ingredients had a high quality. And I have to add the sevice is really professional and friendly.

The prices are a little bit higher. But it is totally appropriate. Because the products are fresh and the presentation of the dishes are creative. I would recommen this restaurant to everyone who set story by fresh products, healthy dishes, comfortable ambiance and friendly service.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

review restaurant- hyeryun

The name of the restaurant I really love is the meeting place which is named after agitpunkt in Russian and this is a kind of pub we can drink alcohol with dishes that go well with itThe restaurant is located near my university and the food is delicious, so I have been there many times.

Each time I go there, I always order the same dish and soju cocktail . Since it was fantastic, for a while I was addicted to that flavor and I can’t forget it every night. _____ Atmosphere was comfortable and _____ waiter didn’t pay attention to us generally, so it was nice for me and my friend to focus on our talking. The seats were separated to keep privacy, so I really love __ there due to lots of reason.

Also, another reason was the price. I could full in my stomach with nice food by cheap price.

In Korea, agitpunkts meaning was changed to place people can share secrets between friends or people gather naturally without contacting each other. Therefore if you want to talk with your friends comfortably and secretly, the meeting place could be great place for you.

Review about my favourite restaurant, Melanie

One of the best traditional Swiss restaurant

If you like Swiss food as much as I do, you should definitely try the Restaurant Bahnhof. It is a Swiss tavern which is located at the train station in my village Sachseln. It is one of my favourite restaurants because the prices are affordable and of course the food is very tasty.
It is a typical Swiss restaurant made out of wood, so it is very cosy and traditional. The food is delicious and it has a lot of typical swiss food to order. In Summer, you can eat outside under trees on wooden tables and when it gets dark it has a lot of lanterns. It is very romantic and comfortable even if you eat outside. The waiters are very friendly and sometimes they sit next to the customers and talk to them. To eat in this restaurant is like eating with your family. And the price is very reasonable for that kind of fresh food.
So I would highly recommend this restaurant. In Summer it is also a fantastic place to eat an ice cream.

Review about my favourite restaurant, Mark

Ristorante Ippodromo, San Siro Milano

I went to the restaurant Ippodromo for the first time 4 years ago when I was watching an AC Milan game in the San Siro Stadium next to this restaurant. The restaurant is located in the city of Milan, in the San Siro district. The location is wonderful because it's in a race track stadium and you have the best view to the race track. If you like a cosy and airy atmosphere, I promise that this restaurant is the right choice.
The food is very delicious and you have a wide choice, from Spagetthi to Pizza, there are a lot of typical Italian dishes and it's not expensive, so I would suggest this restaurant to anyone.
The waiters are charming (typical Italian) and if you have any questions, they do their best to help you. If you want to have fun after you have enjoyed your meal, you can watch a horse race or a soccer game in the San Siro Stadium. It's your choice!

Review about my favourite restaurant. Zaira

" Alta Taberna Paco Meralgo"


"Alta Taberna Paco Meralgo" is a tapas bar that is located in Barcelona not too far from --downtown. Its friendly and cozy atmosphere makes this restaurant a place you always want to return.
Thanks to the "tapas" (portions not too big) and "montaditos" you can sample and enjoy several different dishes at the same night. They offer you typical Catalan "tapas" all made with fresh and quality ingredients. They have dishes with vegetables and Mediterranean fish and you can eat them for not too much money.
It has a minimalist decoration ,with high tables and stools, that give that restaurant a warm atmosphere.
I think everyone would enjoy this restaurant because it's a wonderful place, with excelent dishes and it's not very expensive, so I recommend it to anybody who wants to have a good time in good company!

It was a trip I'll never forget, Mark

It was a trip I'll never forget. Me and my best friend went to Paris to see the city. We've enjoyed it a lot and the wheather was absolutely great. It was on the last new years day and because of that I thought we could enjoy the fireworks at the famous Champs-Elysees Street. But the reality was a different way. When we were there we couldn't see some fireworks or something like that, even when we are with around 200'000 other people! I couldn't believe it, because I expected big fireworks in all the streets, but there was absolutely nothing. I was disappointed about that, but it was also fun to hang around with the other people in the streets.
After the party at the Champs-Elysees we changed to a club and it was awesome there. I loved the club because it was in the centre of Paris close to the Arc de Triomphe and the people were so nice.

Anyway, my favourite place in Paris is Montmarte. I enjoyed the cute buildings, restaurants, bars and also the famous church Sacre Coeur. From there you have a wonderful view to the city! Close to the church _____ is also a small place with many painters, who can paint a portrait of you and it looks really good.
So I would always go back to Paris because it's lovely there.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Home work, P. 15 Writing Part 1 - Florence

Hi Anne

Thank you for your email. It's nice to hearing from you. What a pleasure that you will visit Switzerland with your friends. It was a long time ago since we have met. I would love to show you my country and guide you arround.

The best time to visit Switzerland is definately during the summer. At this time we have nice and sunny weather but it isn't too hot for doing sightseeing. And the landscape is beautiful and Switzerland has a lot of outdoor activitys to offer. I would suggest that you are stay in a youth hostel. It's a perfect opportunity to meet young people from all over the world.

And you should  bring mostly light clothes. But please take a pair of long pants, a sweater and a jacket. Because it could be possible that it will be raining.

I would love to joing you and your friends on the trip. Let me know when exactly you are going to travel.

Best wishes

Florence

A trip I will never forget - Florence

It was a trip I'll never forget. A friend of mine comes from Germany - Mannheim. She has still family there and visit them occasionally. Her hometown celebrates every year in Octobre a special winecelebration. There are different tents with delicious food, wine and music. It is similar to the oktoberfest in Munich.

Our friend invited us to visit her grandmother for a weekend an go to the winecelebration. We went with the car to Germany. We sang a lot of typically german songs in the car and we were all really exited about the trip.

On Saturdaynight the party was already on a good level. We've tasted different wines while the party tens were crowded and everyone was standing on the tables. We were a group of four girls and we all love to dance and to sing. It was a must for us to dance on the tables like everyone else. We had enjoyed the music and suddendly the table broke down. We all landed on the floor. It was hillarious and we couldn't stop to laugh.

We went back to Switzerland on Sundaynight. And everyone was tired and exhausted. But we decided that we will go the next year again.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

It was a trip I'll never forget - hyeryun

It was a trip Ill never forget.
The most impressive trip I have ever taken in my life was an island trip.
For me, I had always lived in the city, therefore it was a very strange and interesting experience.

The reason that we decided to go there is that our friend lived there. Before we left, we rented a 12 person van. When we got there, there wasnt any accommodation because the town was too remote.
So 4 women stayed at my friends home and 8 men stayed in ship containers without a  restroom so they had to take a shower in a stream and they went to the grass instead of going to the restroom.

That was so funny and we spent lots of time on the beach playing various games and we helped our friends parents collect stones. I felt very satisfied and they offered us very delicious foods and fruits. At night, we enjoyed drinking lots of soju and playing games.

We stayed for 3 days and after that we went back to Seoul.
Every summer reminds me of that time.

It was a trip I'll never forget / Melanie

One year ago I was with my friends in a cottage in the alps. The cottage belongs to my father and his siblings. We were there for the weekend to celebrate my twentieth birthday. I arrived earlier with my boyfriend to prepare the food. When my friends arrived we made a barbecue, drank beer and wine and had a lot of fun during the whole evening. Most of my friends slept in the cottage. The day after we had a second barbecue, but it wasn't as big as the first one. While we were eating, we decided to go to the toboggan run. Though the weather looked so bad, we decided to sled. While we were on the lift, it began to rain. The lift stopped immediately and we had to walk back. You should know, that when it is raining or even when the trail is wet, they stop it. The brakes don't work when the trail is wet, so sledding is very dangerous.
We all got a coupon to come back another time, so we all look forward to our next trip.




It was a trip I'll never forget. Zaira.




My friends and I were spending the summer in the UK when we were fourteen years old. We were doing an English course for a month and we traveled a lot with the school.
On one of these trips we decided to escape. We were in another place not very far from our village but  we were very excited because we didn't speak almost a word of English and we didn't know how we could get back to the residence. I really don't know why we did it.
Anyway, we took a train and we didn't know where it was going. We didn't have tickets so we were very nervous and afraid of someone asking us for them.
I don't know how we arrived at the residence but we did it. Of course our teachers were very angry with us, but it was a small trip I'll never forget because we had a good time on that train.

My favourite free time activity. Zaira.

When I was a 4 years old I started to go to dance classes. I did this activity until I was 18 years old, so I enjoyed it a lot.
At the beginning I used to go only a few days a week but as I grew older I had to go more and more days a week. It was a lot of exercise because I got to train 6 days a week, 3 hours a day.
I enjoyed __it_ a lot because it was a way you can express your feelings and do exercise at the same time.
Unfortunately when I was18 years old, I had to decide If I wanted to be a dancer or to be another profession because It was takes too much time, so I chose to studied another profession with a better future.
I would like coming back to dance classes, maybe more relaxing classes, because I still like dancing but
I am untrained now.