2017年4月28日金曜日

What are the effect of climate change?

     Now on earth, because of climate change, much nature and many people are effected in various way. Humans violent activity such as burning fuels or use cars lead global warming. For example, handwerk state that "over the last century, the average temperature has climbed about 1 degree Fahrenheit". This shows Arctic ice melts so that low altitude place such as coaster and small island will go under water and lost their house. Next, global warming have a little good things for some area. For example, Handwerk point out that "Summer sea ice breakup in Hudson Bay already occurs two to three weeks early than it did hard a century ago". This show that around Hudson Bay rise temperature and melting ice earlier so that people can do import and export longer and they can make more profit. Finally, recently years, climate change is more violent and some region or people are damaged. For example, Kakissis report that "more people are leaving because of river erosion and dwindling job opportunity". This show that climate change cause flood and wash away their house so that people look for job to another city and other poor area is also in trouble because too many people come and use rare resources. To sum up, climate change have little benefit on specific area ; however, most people are in trouble because they are destroyed their house and lost their job opportunity.

2017年4月27日木曜日

Vocabulary 4

Words: dint
Definition: force, power
Part of speech: Noun
Sentence: He got good score on the test by dint of his hard studying.
Collocation: by dint of ...

Words: ignominious
Definition: marked by or attended with, dishonorable
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: The baseball game finished as an ignominious defeat.
Collocation: ignominious end

Words: zenith
Definition: a highest point or state
Part of speech: Noun
Sentence: She is at the zenith of happiness.
Collocation: at the zenith of...

Words: levity
Definition: lightness of mind, character, behavior, light behavior
Part of speech: Noun
Sentence: People who decide important things should refrain from levity.
Collocation: inappropriate levity

Words: rapt
Definition: deeply engrossed or absorbed
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: She is rapt in doing her homework.
Collocation: be rapt in....

Words: descry
Definition: to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully
Part of speech: Verb
Sentence: They descry an oasis far from camp.
Collocation: look for

Words: imbibe
Definition: to consume by drinking
Part of speech: Verb
Sentence: The big tree imbibe nutrition from underground.
Collocation:  imbibe O

Words: grudging
Definition: displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: The company gave grudging consent the documents.
Collocation: give grudging consent

Words: wry
Definition: produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: He drinks 100% vegetable juice and makes a wry face.
Collocation: A wry face

Words: upbraid
Definition: too find fault with or reproach severely, criticize, angry
Part of speech: Verb
Sentence: Teacher upbraid student for missing class.
Collocation: upbraid sb for ....

2017年4月20日木曜日

Response for Innovations for the Developing World

     In the article, Innovations for the Developing World, the author mentions that electricity and clean water machine have many benefit for developing country. This is very important for growth of poor area. Firstly, unlike developed countries, poor country like Bangladesh has not so much oil or fuel for  generating electricity. However new machine can use local fuel, for example cow dung, so people can get fuel easily and make electricity. Secondly, They have no electricity and lights at night time; therefore they cannot do anything at night except for sleeping. This water-clean machine provide electricity for one bulb; as a result, people who live in no electricity area can get night time and use time more efficiently. Finally, water-claeaning machine can  even clean up dirty water, so people save rainwater in buckets and change it to clean water. Moreover, in addition to Kamen, who is engineer and inventor the machine, can be separated; therefore, people sell each parts and get a new jobs. To do this, developed countries have to lend a hand for poor countries. To sum up, providing electricity and clean water is helpful for developing countries both quality of life and economy sides. Many people can get good life in the future.

Vocabulary3

              Word: morbid
      Definition: suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude
Part of speech: adjective
        Sentence: He has a morbid fear of women.
    Collocation: morbid growth, unhealthily 

              Word: pacify 
      Definition: to make somebody who is angry become calm and quiet
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: His mother pacifies his baby.
    Collocation: placate, put down

              Word: aide 
      Definition: a person who helps another person, especially a politician in their job
Part of speech: noun 
        Sentence: She is a nurse's aide
    Collocation: White House aides

              Word: stipulate
      Definition: to state clearly and firmly something must be done, or how it must be done
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: The guarantee stipulates how much money is taken.
    Collocation: declare, state

              Word: aversion
      Definition:  a strong feeling or not linking somebody, something
Part of speech: noun
        Sentence: He has aversion to talk with children
    Collocation: a strong aversion, aversion to V

               Word: loath
      Definition:  not willing to, reluctant
Part of speech: adjective
        Sentence: The event was fun, so he was loath to go home.
    Collocation: adjective to V

              Word: tarry
      Definition: to stay in place, especially person ought to leave
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: He tarries at cafe. 
    Collocation: tarry at, tarry in 

              Word: prowess
      Definition: great skill at doing something
Part of speech: noun
        Sentence: He has a great prowess at engineering.
    Collocation: prowess at, prowess in

              Word:  enigma
      Definition:  a person, thing or situation that is mysterious and difficult to understand
Part of speech:  noun
        Sentence:  His behavior is always strange and scary, so he is a enigma.
    Collocation:  stranger

              Word: prospective
      Definition:  expand to do something or to become something
Part of speech: adjective (usually use before noun)
        Sentence:  The company focus on prospective gain.
    Collocation: forward, hopeful











2017年4月17日月曜日

The Unicorn in the Garden

Q. Is the man crazy? Discuss evidence for and against view that he is.

For:  The man is crazy. Because he says he saw the Unicorn which does not exist on the earth. He may take drugs and see hallucination. His behaving is so crazy, for example, when he loses sight of Unicorn, he suddenly sleeps by the tree. He acts strangely. His wife finds he is crazy and call police and psychologist. However he takes drugs and doesn't remember what he said, so he says he doesn't see it.  Finally his wife is suspected and taken away.

Against:
● He is not crazy. His wife always handle him coldly and badly. This is showed that his wife look him "coldly" and "unfriendly" when he tells her the unicorn in the garden. He thinks he wants to be free from his scary wife. Then he hits upon a good idea for being free. The idea is behaving crazy and let her call police and psychologist. After coming police and psychologist, he tells police a lie. As a result, his wish is fulfilled and his wife is taken away. And he lived happily ever after. His wife acts  as she believes before she makes sure whether it is true or untrue.

● He is not crazy. He just wants his wife to be surprising. He says it for a joke, however she behaves coldly and unfriendly. Moreover she says he is booby. He doesn't like the word booby so he is angry. Then he is behave crazy because of being angry and his wife call police. He is tired and sleep by the tree so he recovers his composure. And he says he doesn't see a unicorn. As a result, his wife is taken away.


2017年4月13日木曜日

Vocabulary2

word: reinforce
definition: to make a feeling, an idea, etc. stronger
part of speech: verb
sentence: His statement reinforce the proof.
collocation: strengthen, enforce

word: administrative
definition: connected with organizing the work of a business or an institution
part of speech: adjective
sentence: People against the administrative policies and hold a demonstration.
collocation: executive, political

word: bestow
definition: to give something to somebody, especially to show how much they are respected
part of speech: verb
sentence: King bestow vast land on him.
collocation: bestow on,

word: partial
definition: not complete or whole
part of speech: adjective
sentence: The program was a partial success.
collocation: partial to, partial toward

word: ascertain
definition: to find out the true or correct information about something
part of speech: verb
sentence: He ascertain that whether they are safe or not.
collocation: ascertain that, from

word: elaborate
definition: very completed and detailed
part of speech: adjective
sentence: The famous art work is a elaborate design.
collocation: elaborate on, elaborate design

word: extravagant
definition: spending a lot of money, very extreme or impressive but not reasonable or practical
part of speech: adjective
sentence: The famous movie star is a extravagant person.
collocation: extravagant person, extravagant demands

word: undertake
definition: a promise, accept
part of speech: verb
sentence: He undertake a project which is important for his company.
collocation: undertake a task, give an undertaking

word: rebuke
definition: to express sharp, to speak severely to somebody
part of speech: verb
sentence: The teacher rebuke students because they break window.
collocation: give a rebuke

word: ratify
definition: to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or signing it
part of speech: verb
sentence: After the council, they ratify a treaty
collocation: ratify a treaty,

2017年4月7日金曜日

Introduction myself

Hello. My name is Masaharu Mori. I am come from Japan and this is my first visiting US. And I major in British and American studies in Japan. My university, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, is a good university. In NUFS, I belong to hiking club and once a month I climb mountain. I love nature and wild animals. If you know some good mountain, please tell me and I'd like to climb!
I want to try to climb California's beautiful mountain. And I love motor bicycle, too. I have a one motor bicycle in my house. Sometimes go to trip with my motor bicycle. And I like to see international news!But my English is not good for now. So I will try to study harf and get good grade! I'm very interested in US! Please take care of me !!Thank you!

2017年4月5日水曜日

Vocabulary1

Word: significant
Definition: meaningful, important
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: He lost our significant documents about company.
Collocation: a significant event

Word: regulate
definition: control, adjust
Part of speech: Verb
Sentence: The police regulated traffic when accident happened.
Collocation: tough regulation

Word: valid
definition: active, solid, right
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: This ticket is valid until next Sunday.
Collocation: valid passport

Word: abstract
definition: ideal, visionary
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: His explanation is abstract.
Collocation: abstract argument

Word: advocate
definition: support, maintain
Part of speech: Verb
Sentence: They advocate free trade.
Collocation: advocate liberty