http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/03/man-allegedly-responsible-for-a-third-of-your-spam-e-mail-to-be-arraigned/#comments

Man allegedly responsible for a third of your spam e-mail arraigned

·         Arraigned - to bring sb to court in order to formally accuse them of a crime

·         Affidavit - a written statement that you swear is true, and that can be used as evidence in court

·         Counterfeit - of money and goods for sale made to look exactly like sth in order to trick people into thinking that they are getting the real thing

·         Mastermind - an intelligent person who plans and directs a complicated project or activity (often one that involves a crime)

·         Allege - to state sth as a fact but without giving proof

·         Accusation - a statement saying that you think a person is guilty of doing sth wrong, especially of committing a crime

·         Continents - one of the large land masses of the earth such as Europe, Asia or Africa

·         rigorous - done carefully and with a lot of attention to detail thorough

Q1: How many do you receive spam e-mail a day?

Q2 : What is your feeling when you receive spam e-mails?

Last Friday, I met Faith at Commons at 1 pm. We talked each other final exams. She and I talked my writing portfolio. I asked her what I had to choose two of my blog posts. She read them and chose two of them. We talked charismas gifts for family and a winter vacation. We do not have plan for gifts because we are students, so we determine to give our love to family. We laughed because of our thought.  She said me that she watches Korea drama, Playful Kiss. She thought this is so good and the main character is very handsome guy. I recommended her nice Korea dramas such as Secret Garden and I showed her Korea handsome actors.  We promised we will eat lunch together next Friday.

ashort:

I heard a story on NPR saying that gaining weight from the holidays isn’t such a big deal.

Here it is:

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/24/131568463/post-feast-weight-gain-isn-t-as-bad-as-you-think

Do you think it is too early to start decorating for Christmas?

slowhope:

I met Phyllis in her house at 10 am today. We talked each other about last Thanksgiving and shared our nice memory. She had a wonderful time with her daughter’s family. They decorated Christmas tree and their house. I said her that I went to my friends and aunt’s house. The time was very…

I already read the News from N.P.R haha.. I think the decorating for Christmas is not early, because people wait the X-Mas a long time. It is preparation for Jesus

slowhope:

I met Phyllis in her house at 10 am today. We talked each other about last Thanksgiving and shared our nice memory. She had a wonderful time with her daughter’s family. They decorated Christmas tree and their house. I said her that I went to my friends and aunt’s house. The time was very great, but I disappointed myself because I gained weight. This resulted from lots of delicious meals. Next we talked her son in law because he will visit her tonight. He has lived New York but he is going to interview Norfolk tomorrow. So she already prepared Turkey meals and delicious desert for him. She does not see him long time. I said her that I hope they have a good time tonight.

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/24/131561146/why-now-for-north-korea-s-provocation

Why Now For North Korea’s Provocation?

by Mike Shuster

1.     Who is the North Korea’s next leader?

2.     Have North Korea encountered what kind of problems?

3.     Why did the North Korea attack on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong?

·         Regime - a method or system of government, especially one that has not been elected in a fair way

·         Provocation - the act of doing or saying sth deliberately in order to make sb angry or upset

·         notable - deserving to be noticed or to receive attention

·         condemn - to express very strong disapproval of sb/sth, usually for moral reasons

·         unprovoked - especially of an attack not caused by anything the person being attacked has said or done

·         ongoing - continuing to exist or develop

·         exacerbated - to make sth worse, especially a disease or problem

·         conservative - opposed to great or sudden social change

·         reluctant - hesitating before doing sth because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do

·         reiterating - to repeat sth that you have already said, especially to emphasize it

·         ratchet - a wheel or bar with teeth along the edge and a metal piece that fits between the teeth, allowing movement in one direction only

·         Concession - something that you allow or do, or allow sb to have, in order to end an argument or to make a situation less difficult

·         pending - while waiting for sth to happen

·         enrichment - to improve the quality of sth, often by adding sth to it

·         revelations - a fact that people are made aware of, especially one that has been secret and is surprising

·         heightened - if a feeling or an effect heightens, or sth heightens it, it becomes stronger or increases

·         aggravated - an aggravated crime involves further unnecessary violence or unpleasant behaviour

Black Friday 2010’s dirty little secrets

http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/19/news/economy/black_friday_dirty_secrets/?npt=NP1

·         hype -advertisements and discussion on television, radio, etc. telling the public about a product and about how good or important it is

·         hoopla -excitement about sth which gets a lot of public attention

·         nasty -very bad or unpleasant

·         flagged -covered with large flat stones (called flagstones)

·         derivative -a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing

·         specifications ­- a detailed description of how sth is, or should be, designed or made

·         sought-to look for sth/sb

·         surging -[+adv./prep.] to move quickly and with force in a particular direction The gates opened and the crowd surged forward.  Flood waters surged into their homes. 

·         commodity.- a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold

Overlay- technical) to put sth on top of a surface so as to cover it completely; to lie on top of a surface

Q1. What is Black Friday’s problem?

Q2. The Black Friday, people can save their money or spend waste money if they buy lots of discount products?

Last Thursday, I met Joseph in William Mary Education Building at 3:30. He and I talked learning English is very difficult. He has been learning Japanese since his High school, so he could understand me learning second language. I asked him about some words “disclaimer” and “hedge” because I learned these words from listening class. But I did not understand it. He explained me some example. He talked that my listening topic which was “Gender communication” was interesting. We talked each school lives and shared Thanksgiving’s joy.

 1. No gender selection

 2. Freedom and result ” Imbalance Gender”

 3. Rights - Happiness and life / increasing abortions

Ttokbokki

Do you wonder how to cook Ttokbokki? Let’s watch the video. 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir7TJeNq1gg

Last Friday, I met Faith for lunch time. We were not meet a long time  because I was so busy the last time. We talked each favorite foods and Thanksgiving. She is from Nigeria when she was very young. She really loves her homeland food. She said about traditional food of Nigeria. We watched U-Tube video both country food how to make it. I showed Kimchi and Tteokbokiki videos. I explained the dishes that are popular among Koreans. She was very interesting because she really likes very hot spice foods. We were very hungry because of our topic. Haha.. Next, we talked about plan of Thanksgiving. We realized that we do not have any plan. Even she is not going home in Washington D.C. She decides to stay her dorm. I agree with her. Stay home. It is so sad. I hope that she and I have a fun time this Thanksgiving.  

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Pages/PrintView.aspx?ArticleID=205482

Putting an end to gender selection

1.     What is problem if parents select their baby’s gender?

2.     Do you agree the Viet Nam should ban gender selection

·         Radical concerning the most basic and important parts of sth

·         Masculine having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of men

·         Ratio the relationship between two groups of people or things that is represented by two numbers showing how much larger one group is than the other

·         Abortions the deliberate ending of a pregnancy at an early stage

·         Ingesting to take food, drugs, etc. into your body, usually by swallowin

Foetus a young human or animal before it is born, especially a human more than eight weeks after fertilization

·         Implementing to make sth that has been officially decided start to happen or be used