Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Opinion
Today we spoke about some topics that might be considered for use as opinion essay topics. As your next blog post, please write a paragraph giving your opinion, and include three main reasons why you think so . Write at least 70 words.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Say No to Beef
How often do you eat a hamburger at a fast food chain? If your answer is more than "Seldom", for example "Quite often", you should think about changing your habits.
The Union of Concerned Scientists says that two things people can do to most help the environment are 1) to drive a fuel-efficient car (and live near their work), and 2) not eat beef. The full article at this link: http://www.earthsave.org/environment/foodchoices.htm
The biggest cause of rainforests in the Amazon being destroyed is the clearing of land for raising beef cattle (to be sold abroad as hamburger mince). Cattle need a lot of grain and water before they are killed. Research shows that an area of rainforest about the size of an average family bedroom is destroyed to make one quarter pounder hamburger.
Maybe you have heard about how unpopular MacDonalds is around the world for many reasons, such as the aggressive advertising it uses to get kids hooked on their "food", their poor treatment of workers, lack of concern about health issues, and the destruction of the rainforest they (and similar chains) cause. If not, you should read about it.
Of course, eating beef in other forms (steak, beef donburi, or sausages) is equally bad. Do you think you can eat less beef? What do you do in your daily life to help the environment?
The Union of Concerned Scientists says that two things people can do to most help the environment are 1) to drive a fuel-efficient car (and live near their work), and 2) not eat beef. The full article at this link: http://www.earthsave.org/environment/foodchoices.htm
The biggest cause of rainforests in the Amazon being destroyed is the clearing of land for raising beef cattle (to be sold abroad as hamburger mince). Cattle need a lot of grain and water before they are killed. Research shows that an area of rainforest about the size of an average family bedroom is destroyed to make one quarter pounder hamburger.
Maybe you have heard about how unpopular MacDonalds is around the world for many reasons, such as the aggressive advertising it uses to get kids hooked on their "food", their poor treatment of workers, lack of concern about health issues, and the destruction of the rainforest they (and similar chains) cause. If not, you should read about it.
Of course, eating beef in other forms (steak, beef donburi, or sausages) is equally bad. Do you think you can eat less beef? What do you do in your daily life to help the environment?
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Are You Healthy?
By now you must have talked about health in your OC class. If possible, recycle (use again) some of the language you used in OC when you write this blog post.
How healthy do you think you are, and why do you say so? Have you been in this condition since you were a young child? What would you like to do to improve your health?
In my case, I'm lucky because I seem to have good DNA. I haven't been very careful about my health, but I rarely get sick and am still active.
As a child I played many sports and loved to be outside. I quit playing futsal 10 years ago because I was getting injured too often, so now tennis or squash are the only sports I (seldom) play. I love to work in my yard on sunny weekends, or go hiking in the mountains if I have a chance. Also, I love fruit and vegetables, plus tofu and other healthy foods, which is very important. Of course I love beer, but I'm trying to love it a little less these days. I gain weight too easily, so I have to be careful..
In my case, I'm lucky because I seem to have good DNA. I haven't been very careful about my health, but I rarely get sick and am still active.
As a child I played many sports and loved to be outside. I quit playing futsal 10 years ago because I was getting injured too often, so now tennis or squash are the only sports I (seldom) play. I love to work in my yard on sunny weekends, or go hiking in the mountains if I have a chance. Also, I love fruit and vegetables, plus tofu and other healthy foods, which is very important. Of course I love beer, but I'm trying to love it a little less these days. I gain weight too easily, so I have to be careful..
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
If I Had a Golden Week
It's Golden Week, and here we are at university. It's a strange feeling isn't it? I'm not sure why we don't have a holiday this year.
What would you do if you had a Golden Week? I know 3-4 days is short, but I guess you would do something. I went to "Takatsuki Jazz Street" during Golden Week last year . It's two days and nights (May 3 and 4) of fine music (not only jazz) in 40 or more venues, indoors and outdoors in a small, central area of Takatsuki. There is a party atmosphere in the streets, which are full of people walking around drinking and laughing. The venues are often small and very crowded inside, but you can hear the music from outside anyway. I would like to go again this year.
Otherwise, I would play in my garden with my daughter. She's nearly 3 years old, and very active. She loves animals, especially dogs, but not ducks. We saw this big duck in Okinawa. Now she always says "Ga ga iiya".
What would you do if you had a Golden Week? I know 3-4 days is short, but I guess you would do something. I went to "Takatsuki Jazz Street" during Golden Week last year . It's two days and nights (May 3 and 4) of fine music (not only jazz) in 40 or more venues, indoors and outdoors in a small, central area of Takatsuki. There is a party atmosphere in the streets, which are full of people walking around drinking and laughing. The venues are often small and very crowded inside, but you can hear the music from outside anyway. I would like to go again this year.
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