What makes people happy? (200700121)

By Ko Yoon Jin 200700121     It was just another common Friday afternoon. I had two classes, so it was obvious that I was a little bit tired. When I went to the school library to start my daily assignments as my usual routine, I found an Angel-in-us-Coffee which I love. I thought it was for my friend who I'm sharing my cabinet with. However, it was just for me. My friend left it inside to make me surprise! There was a short message from him, and it said that "Thank you for sharing your cabinet with me. I always wanted to do this kind of thing before. (Laugh) You said that I should use our cabinet neatly and now see your stuff? That's Ok. Study hard!" It made me very happy at that moment. Even though the bottle of coffee is not an expensive present or even very fancy thing to be called as a present, it certainly made me so happy because I could feel his care and warm affection, of course as a friend. So, what makes people happy? What makes me so happy? I found my answers from this happening.          Surprise makes people happy. Life is wonderful with full of surprise: surprise news, surprise party, surprise event, etc. If there is no surprise in our life and if it's always same, it would be stressfully boring. If you are not feeling happy these days, I strongly suggest making yourself adventure to encounter with surprise such as meeting someone new, visiting new place, or joining some extracurricular activities. Every new activity you do would bring surprise in your life and that could lead you to be happier.   Present makes people happy. I love presents and everybody does. We all love it because it gives us happiness. But, to be happy, you don't have to wait for somebody to give you a present. You can give a small present to yourself. For me, I do give myself something when I want to encourage myself and it certainly brighten me a lot. The present doesn't have to be an expensive or nice shoe at all-even though I shop to give myself something. I love chocolates or short cakes. It's sweet, so sweet. When I taste the sweetness, I feel very happy. It's my easy, cheap and quick way to make myself happy.   Interest makes people happy. What I mean interest is toward other people. Be curious to your friends and family: what they are doing or how they have been. It would certainly build strong and long lasting relationship that you must feel good about. Not only for yourself, this way, you could make other people around you happy. Your people's happiness is the matter you to be happy. With your genially interest, ask some questions or poke somebody to laugh. We are now living in a very busy society and people's interest is quickly changing. Everybody has their own work to do and burden to carry out, so sometimes we miss important dates of others such as their birthday or wedding anniversary. Even though it's hard to keep up every events or happenings of others because we, ourselves, are busy as hell, but these are the things we should care and have interest.   I saw a Youtube video a few days ago. It was about Muenshakai which means that a society with no personal connection in Japanese. Many people are losing their connection or affection toward others in their old age and they are dying alone. Over 32,000 people are dying without any identification because they live alone and do not keep in touch with people around them. Therefore, after they died, nobody could tell who he/she was or why he/she is dead. This is an extreme example but we might become like those old people in Japan if we don't care about others. Others' happiness is our happiness as well. It's all connected. So, my opinion is that make yourself with surprise adventure and present and simultaneously make people around you happy with great concern and warm affection. This is the idea I came up with to make everyone happy. Thank you for reading my long essay.

Unit 3 Pg.75 (201003252)

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Exercise to Live a Happier Life

 

Happiness is the quality or state of being happy, and it is what most people want to achieve in their lives. To be in a continuous state of happiness is a challenge, because happiness occurs when a person is triggered by different reasons such as success, marriage, work achievement, career positions, a neat home environment, and possessions. What all of these reasons have in common is that a sense of accomplishment and or achievement causes a person to be happy. Now, it would be a profound experience if everyone can remain in the state of being happy, but unfortunately the feeling of "happiness" diminishes overtime. When a person has a regular exercise regimen, it can help trigger happiness throughout their daily life and help improve in the areas of health, relationships, and life challenges.

 

Vigorous regular exercise tones the body and metabolism that regulates stress hormones which promotes the release of endorphins. Getting regular excursive can help a person to fight stress thus improving the overall health. Many people think that being unhealthy refers to having a diagnosis of an illness, but having chronic migraines, dizziness, and shortness of breath can also define a person as being unhealthy. All of these symptoms can be relived through regular exercise and promote a person to become more content.

 

As mentioned earlier, exercise which releases endorphins can cause a person to become happy. This can help people find happiness in social and personal relationships. People like to be around happy people, and want to engage in relationships with happier people as well. IT is most attracting to know a person who has a positive outlook on life rather than someone who is pessimistic.

 

Finally, having a regular exercise regimen which causes people to become happier will help them face challenges in life more rationally than people who are not content in their lives. Also, give a person a clear mind to cope with unexpected difficult situations. Even in an abrupt situation people who are healthier and happier can deal with the problems in a calm and focused manner. In contrast, unhealthy and less happy people may panic and act in an impulsive manner which can lead to bad choices.

 

In conclusion, it is a sure bet to incorporate an exercise regimen in a person's life for it produces happiness. A happiness that can help improve in health, relationship, and the ability to handle difficult situations in life. If we all made an effort to exercise regularly we can see great changes in our lives which will ultimately make us happier.

Unit 2. p58 How I would prepare for a part in a play

How I would prepare for a part in a play Yoonjin, Ko 200700121   I'm going to explain how I would prepare for a part in a play briefly. It's not very common to take a part in a play, but if we could count common presentation chances in classes, you are always doing your part in your presentation play. I think it's not that different between presentations and plays. You take roles in presentation as a good public speaker just like the role in a play. Following is my simplest suggestions which I'm using always to prepare for my part in a presentation play.   Organizing my role in a play is the first step to be done. You should always know what you are going to speak in public. To do this, a lot of researches should be completed before you organize your presentation and if it is an actual play such as musical or whatever, you should always understand what the character is doing its role in that play. The purpose of your existence in a play is the thing you should consider when you organize your role. If it's a presentation in one of your class, you should classify that why you are going to present and if it's a musical or a play, you should know why your character is there in a play.   Next, preparing every substitute for your play is what you need. If it's a presentation, you should try to prepare a nicely organized, interesting power point. Other that the basic power point, you could make your own key note cards as well, and proper suit or dress maybe, neat hair style which you could do your best. If it's a play, you could memorize all the scripts or lines you have, and bring your props to use in play something like that. You should check everything before you go because if something is missed out, it would make you feel very uncomfortable and unprepared.   Now you prepared for your presentation or play just like everybody does. You made or brought every little substitute for your role to be succeeded; now it's time to prepare in front of others. Alone in your room practice is not useful, but if you preferred this way, I suggest to record your own voice and at least practice while you stand up. It's very important to practice in front of others. Have you ever record or videotaped your presentation or play? Even though the camera lenses cannot criticize your voice or make comments, it would make you a lot harder to practice your lines.   Practice is never enough, but if you feel like you've prepared quite well for your presentation of play, finally I can suggest you just one more thing to do. Just do it. You would be never satisfied in your practice and you would always feel like you are not prepared or not very organized at all. But that's what everyone has to go through. Nobody could be perfect. You can make some mistakes or forget some of your prepared lines or even mess up everything, but that's what should accept because it's the reality. So don't afraid to make any mistakes. Just do it. You are always prepared if you followed these simplest ways to prepare for your role.

HW 4 , Sunghee PARK

 

Intermediate English Writing (1) Monday 7-8

200801224 DIS

Park, Sunghee

 

 

Volcano Eruption

 

             Last Tuesday, a special conference concerning volcano eruption was held with experts from South and North Korea. A topic of the conference was 'Possibility of Volcano Eruption in Mt. Baek-Du, N.K.' and it was held due to the request from North Korean government. According to the recent news, there were some signs indicating volcano eruption in Mt. Baek-Du such as a rise of the ground and geothermal heat. It means that a volcano eruption becomes more real than ever. What makes volcano erupt? What is the process of volcano eruption? To understand indicators happened in Mt. Baek-Du, these questions would be helpful.

              First of all, there are two conditions for volcano eruption: weak surface of the earth and magma. The most well-known weak surface is the place bumping two (or more) plates each other. Since there is a big crack, it is much easier for magma to burst outside the surface. Mt. Everest is a good example because the mountain rose (still, rising) as Indo-Australian plate bumped into Eurasian plate. Besides, there are naturally weak crusts without the plate activity. This is because there are some powers stretching and loosing the plates like contraction and relaxation of muscles. The next condition is magma. Magma is created because of inner energy of the earth and friction between plates. It is hot liquid with gases. The longer and more magma are under the surface, the more possibility of volcano eruption can be.

             If there is a place with weak crust and magma, magma will be lifted along the crack. The reason why magma rises is that the liquid is much lighter than the ground. In the process, the ground presses magma not to rise anymore, and the pressure makes the liquid have gas bubbles. You can imagine a coke bottle after you shake the bottle. As the coke hit the bottle and lid, coke will make bubbles. While gas bubbles are created under the surface, there appear some indicators warning volcano eruption. There can be frequent earthquakes and some waterholes are boiling. Sometimes, smoke comes out of the ground.

             As more and more gas bubbles hit the weak surface of the planet, there comes the time that the crust cannot withstand. With a huge sound of eruption, the volcano will eventually burst. Rocks and ashes will be thrown into the sky and lava will flow and cover the land. It is as if the coke bursts with the soda and gas when you open the lid after shaking the bottle. The volcanic activity will gradually stop when all gases and bubbles escape out of the surface. The time will vary depending on the status of volcanoes. That is why the volcanoes are classified into three types; an active volcano, a dormant volcano, and an extinct volcano.

             Currently, the movement of Mt. Baek-Du is unusual. There are many news covering extraordinary signs around the mountain. Researchers found that there was a rise on the ground and some trees and plants withered due to the geothermal heat. Also, there are about every 250 earthquakes a month after 2006. Some experts predict there will be big eruption in five years. Even though Mt. Baek-Du is located in North Korea, it can affect our life a lot. We need to inspect the status and prepare what we can do before the disaster.

 

 

Unit2.p.58 Leeyeonyoung

Long long time ago, when we believed that a scary god live with us, we thought natural disasters like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions as the wrath of God. We thought there is some meaning behind the disasters and naturally the king or government was blamed for it. Today, however, even if mt. Baekdu erupts, there would be no one who blames MB administration rationally at least. Instead, most people are likely to believe explanation of the natural science. But for some people who are still doubtful, let me explain what makes a volcano erupt.

           First, volcanic eruption starts from Magma. Magma is a liquid substance including volcanic gas and it is made when rock under the ground is melted by temperature or pressure changes.  It mainly occurs between earth’s crust and the upper mantle. While the solid rock is melted and changed into liquid and gas, the volume is also expanded.

           Next, surrounding rocks are pushed hard by Magma as the volume is expanded. Magma keeps pushing them for a quite long time and Magma moves to the surface of the earth slowly. It may happen on certain place, the plate boundaries and hot spots.

           Finally, as time goes by the force of Magma to push the rock become bigger than the force of surface to push the Magma. Then, it cannot stay under the ground anymore and eventually erupts.

           Recently volcanic eruptions are growing in the world. With them, fear for safety is also growing. As you can see, however, it is not the wrath of god. In addition, we can neither predict nor prevent eruptions. So it may be the wisest way for us to make it count and just live today.

How to Make a Volcano Erupt (Haejin Lee, Page 58, Assignment 4)

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a volcano as "a vent in the crust of the earth or another planet or a moon from which usually molten or hot rock and steam issue; also, a hill or mountain composed wholly or in part of the ejected material." Volcanos are often feared and mystified because of their severe force and violence. Then why are volcanic eruptions different in force, and what is it that triggers a volcano to erupt? A little science can take you a long way when it comes to answering this question.

First, under the surface of the earth, solid rocks and stones melt when they are heated underground over a long period of time. They become sticky liquid called lava. Then, lava forms a river just as streams meet to form a river. The river or lava is called a lava chamber. Next, the lava chamber lets out gas and pushes upwards, to rise above the crust of the earth. This is because the lava is lighter in density than the crust. That tendency of rising above the earth's surface creates pressure underneath the crust.

Finally, when the lava chamber flows to meet a crack in the earth's surface, it seeps through the opening. But in some cases, the lava is kept underneath the crust until the pressure builds up so that the crust cannot hold the lava chamber in. Then you have a volcanic eruption. The main factor in high pressure is water. The lava chamber emits normally emits gas which leads to an explosion. And the water acts as the activator, triggering the gas emission to be more explosive with higher pressure. This is when we have violant volcanic eruptions.

When a volcano erupts not only lava, but ash, cinder, and rocks are shot out of the ground's opening because gas explodes and pushes them upwards. The scale of the explosion may vary as well as the amount of substances resulted in the eruption. These substances - ash, cinder, and rocks - along with lava can pile up to form a hill or even a mountain. There are plenty of examples of these volcanos around the world from Baekdu Mountain in Korea to the infamous volcano of St. Helena, to volcanos in Hawaii islands.

Volcanoes still have much left to study, mainly because of its dangerous settings. However, the main principals behind a volcanic eruption are mostly linked to the basic rules of science. Solids under the crust of the Earth are molten into lava; then lava forms a lava chamber; lava chambers emit gas which causes lava to come upwards through the surface, and water added to lava will cause explosions that leads to big eruptions mankind has witnessed in numerous cases throughout history.

 

201000955, Hannah Kim, 5th week assignment

Unfortunately, my writing this week is so weak. I tried to well organaze for almost 4 days, but I ended up writing such a short, bad essay. The flow is terrible and the paragraphs are not nicely divided...... In addition, it does not consist of 5 paragraphs. Sorry....   201000955 Hannah Kim   The process of breathing- our respiratory system                Respiration means breathing. Therefore, respiratory system is the process how we breathe. In our body, a certain group of organs takes charge of this process of respiration- the respiratory system. This group is composed of mouth, nose, the larynx, the trachea, bronchi and lungs.                To take a close look at the process of our respiratory system, the first work takes place at our nose and mouth. We breathe in oxygen with our nose and mouth and it goes down to the larynx- the voice box. The oxygen keeps going down to trachea and bronchi. To explain the terms, trachea is a windpipe and bronchi are tissues connected to the lungs that look like branches. Here, in larynx, trachea and bronchi, there are fine hairs called cilia and these protect us from harmful germs and pollutants. Cilia capture these harmful factors and make them go out of our body by coughing or sneezing.   Finally, the oxygen enters the lungs. Here, through our blood vessels, this oxygen is carried with blood to every part of our body. This blood then comes back to our lung carrying all the wastes and carbon dioxide from the organs where it went with the oxygen. As the next process, these are emitted outside of our body by breathing out. This process, obtaining oxygen and emitting carbon dioxide in our lungs are actually, happening almost at the same time. This phenomenon takes place at the Alveoli, which are very small air sacs rounded by capillaries- fine blood vessels. Alveoli absorb oxygen while giving off wastes and carbon dioxide.                This is how our respiratory system works. The respiratory system is, of course, vital because it is what makes it possible for us to be alive. Because it happens in a very short time, we tend to think that respiration is such a simple process. However, this has to go through many complex processes as you can see here.