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I want interview a Burundi student, because I know a little about African. The world is leaded by the west and America, thus people want to know everything from the west and America. In contract, we seldom care about Africa because of its poor. Before I study in America, I watched international news that always about the west and America, seldom come from Africa. However, when I arrived in America, I make friends with different people from many countries. Especially, I chat with African student, I realize I know nothing about Africa. I think I need to know the west and America, but I cannot ignore Africa. I want to know about its culture, economy, and history. That is why I interview a Burundi student.

1. Could you tell me about yourself?(your name, home country)
2. What are you planning to do after school?
3. What is the difference in educational systems between your country and North America?
4. Would you like to tell me about your country?
5. Could you tell me about your country's traditional process ragarding marriage?
6. Can you tell me about activities that young people like to do in your country?
7. What are major holidays in your country?
8. What is your traditional food?
9. How is the political system of your country structured?
10. What are your country's major religions?
11. What do you perceive as differences between your culture and the American culture?
12. Is there anything you would like to add before we end our interview?

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.