Report 3 countires

The first country I choose is Burundi. When I was in IEC study language, I made some friends from Burundi. I know a little about Africa. In China, we learn Africa from book. After class, I seldom care about Africa. Now, I am in America, I have the chance to touch with people from Africa, which is why I want to choose an African country. In addition, African have own culture, it is interesting. I can learn a different culture and make me eyes open.

The second country I choose is Saudi Arabia. When some people talk about Saudi Arabia, the first ideas in my mind are oil and muslin. Saudi Arabia is a really different country. I want to know a lot about this country, including policy, religion, and culture. In china, most people do not have the religion. Although most people believe Confucianism, personally I do not think it is a religion strictly. So that is why I am interested in muslin.

The third country I choose is the United States. The United States is the most influential on the Earth. America impacts the world everywhere. America and China both important countries for the world, but they are different. I want to find these difference form culture, policy, and religion.

I search these three countries on the internet. I find some resource about Burundi, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/by.html, Oct 9, 2012

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html, Oct 9, 2012

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html, Oct 9, 2012

My classmates' five books

1.      My classmate Alsadaqi, Mostafa selects book called Mythologies of the World. It talks about mythologies in the word, such as Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The first sentence page fifteen of book is “The myths that explained them have passed away with their authors, and all we are left with as to their as to their purpose is conjecture.” We can find author has good wish behind mythologies.

2.      The second book is Loud and Clear: How to prepare and deliver effective business and technical presentations. It talks about some basic business rules and teach you how to do that. The first sentence page fifteen of book is “Realistic in terms of what you can reasonably expect to accomplish” it tells you some cost can be forecasted and useful to a successful businessman.

3.      The third book is Sharks, the Super Fish. This book shows reader some knowledge about different sharks. The first sentence in page fifteen of book is “Sharks are among the best hunters in the world” it looks like a topic sentence.

4.      The fourth book is Last Shot. This books shows the basketball is a game, but it has more than that. The first sentence in page fifteen of book is “He turned and there was Dick “Hoops” Weiss, Who had been a legend at the Philadelphia Daily News for years before moving to the New York Daily News”

5.      The last book is Hitler’s Storm troopers and the Attack on the German Republic, 1919-1933. The first sentence in page fifteen of book is “In Moscow, Lenin saw the German situation as being much like that of St. Petersburg in 1917.” It give reader a time information.

work cite:

Michael McKenzie, Mythologies of the World, Transedition Limited by Bander Richardson White, 2001.

George L. Morrisey, Thomas L. Sechrest and Wendy B. Warman. Loud and Clear: How to prepare and deliver effective business and technical presentations, New York, Massachusetts and others, fourth edition April 1997.

Helen Roney Sattler, Jean Day Zallinger, Sharks, the Super Fish, Helen Roney Sattler and illustrations copyright is by Jean Zallinger, New York 1986.

John Feinstein, Last Shot, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House, New York, in 2005 first edition

Otis C. Mitchell, Hitler’s Storm troopers and the Attack on the German Republic, 1919-1933, McFarland Company, North Carolina in 2008

Five books from classmates

http://yifuchen.blogspot.com/2012/09/1.html

He choose this book that introduce five Asian countries, because he comes from China and wants to learns more about other Asian countries culture.

http://eng191f12s28brittanyhof.blogspot.com/2012/09/selection-of-library-book.html

She chose the book South African Tragedy because she studied abroad in South Africa and lived there for nearly 5 and a half months and she learned about the history and it is very interesting to her. she think not many people know about it, and how it is still happening today, and how it affected the lives of millions and still affects them everyday.

http://yangquen191f12s28.blogspot.com/2012/09/china-in-post-deng-era.html

He likes history and policy among in China. Also, he is interested in how American people think of leaders in China. Therefore, he chose this book.

http://en191fl12s28mohamedto.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-book-islam-without-fear-92512.html

He is Muslim and feels like his religion is being misunderstood by many people because of extremism and lacking of knowledge about Islam.

http://nhriver.blogspot.com/2012/09/we-are-in-library-lets-use-it.html

This book is related to the history of his country.  When he was in high school, he learned the history about this. But during that time, he didn`t make sense of it. As a result, he want to make it clearly in my mind.

An interesting book

1.       Why did you select the book you brought to class?

I am interested my country history.

2.       How many authors does it have? Some books have none: they have an editor.

One

3.       What is the title?

The Rise of MODERN CHINA

4.       Who printed the book? Re-printed? Distributed in the US?

Oxford University

5.       Which city was it printed in, and when?

It was printed in the United States of America in 1970.

I am interested my country history because china has a long history, therefore I pick up a book talks about history of modern China. This book called The Rise of MODERN CHINA and was written by Oxford University. In addition, this book was printed in United States of America in 1970.

There is a quote from the book: “In view of the close Sino-Soviet relations in the first decade of the People’s Republic, any progressive deterioration of the Axis could not buy have a profound impact on the domestic politics of China.”[1]

More text goes here. Then the end…

Source, work cited, reference…

[1] IMMAUEL C. Y. HUS “The Rise of MODERN CHINA”, The Oxford University Press Inc,  New York 1970, page 718.

Editing Process

birthday gift

One day, Linda wants to buy a skirt as a birthday gift, she has not bought clothes for one year. She goes around the mall, but there is not skirts fit her. She is upset and walks in the street. Suddenly, she sees a boutique and enters. She finds a nice neon skirt and fit it. This shirt is fit for her body. She feels very happy and determinates to buy it. Before she goes to pay for money, she checks the shirt again. She finds the shirt packet has a hole, she tells salesman about this problem. But, salesman does not help her and replies he is busy. When salesman leaves her, Linda notices the salesman is calling. She is angry and queries him. But the salesman does not admit his mistake. Linda decides against it and she wants to complaint to his manager. Unfortunately, the manager is not here today. She only goes to waiting line. The line is so long that she waits for more than fifteen minutes. When she is second one, the cashier closes the register as she hopes to pay. She decides against it. The cashier tells her that it is time to close.Linda only puts shirt away and leave boutique.

         Linda back home and tries not to think about the shirt any more, but she is restless. She tells her best friend what happened today. Linda’s friend also feels angry and she gives Linda an idea that most shop have camera. Linda can complaint the boutique’s manager and asks manager check the indoor camera. The next day she returns, when shop is open. She tells the manager what happened yesterday. The manager checks the camera and finds Linda’s words are true. Then, the manager asks the salesman makes an apology to Linda and promise Linda a discount on the shirt. Linda feels so good when she hears this result. Linda pays for money and takes it home. She tries it on again. It fits none of her other clothes.Finally, Linda sends a message to her best friend about the result and has a nice birthday gift for her.