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最近在看新闻的时候，看到这么一则新闻，我想和大家分享一下以及谈谈自己对这几则新闻的看法。 是一篇关于马云。“马爸爸”的阿里巴巴真的是做的越来越好了，淘宝，支付宝，让我们的生活都变得便利了许多。就那我爸妈说，以前买东西他们都会去商场了逛逛。现在想到什么，第一反应就是淘宝。为什么？因为淘宝上的东西便宜，质量也不错，关键是还能帮你送到家。然而，在这则新闻里，马云说了这么一句话，“以前我看不起商人，现在我看不起老师”。马云认为，随着科技在不断地变化，我们的生活质量有了改善，但是，老师教的东西却是一成不变的。然后这则新闻底下我就看到有许多人评论，都在抱怨老师，说老师现在在学校都不教课不教重点，想要学重点，就上补习班。 对于老师教的东西一成不变，我是这么认为的。其实从我们上学到工作，真正学习，是大学的四年，甚至可以说，研究生之前的学习其实都是打基础。幼儿园，我们其实是在学一些生活上最基础的技能以及和朋友之间的相处。从幼儿园开始，我们知道自己有了所谓的朋友，好朋友等等。小学，初中，高中，可以说是在为你的将来打基础。从最开始的加减乘除，到后来的微积分。我想说的是这些所谓的基础，其实能改变的不多。什么叫基础，就是最基本的东西。只有把这些学好了，你才有可能在大学里面或者工作上有一个更好的平台。这里，我并不知道马云所说的“不要几年都教一样的东西”是指哪个阶段？如果是指幼儿园到高中这段时间，我想问问马云，如果是你，你会怎么改变？更何况，中国有中考，高考，如果老师教不同的东西，那意味着每年的考试将会不一样。大学，可以说是进入社会的第一步，因为从这里，你开始有选择，选择自己以后要走的路。从我本身的经历来说，我很负责的说，大学里学的东西并不是像马云说的，几年都教的一样。我是学计算机专业的，大一大二，同样的对我来说，算是打基础，只有基础打好了，你才能做你想做的。我们就学了基础编程，像C，C++语言。然而大三大四，随着科技的进步，我们学的东西也不一样。我们这届学的内容和前几届就不同。教授老师们，会根据科技的发展来改变教学的内容。 其实说到变化，那也是要分情况的。有的东西是需要变化，而有的东西是不需要变化的。科技，因为人们对科技的追求，希望更快更好更方便，才有这个动力去不停地改变，也只有一直变化，才能赚到更多的钱。作为一个商人，不想着赚钱的商人不是一个成功的商人，而马云更是一个做科技的商人...

Communication skills are so important in our daily life. I am so glad that I chose ES20007 - professional communication this module in this semester. I still remembered when I first time walked in to the class,  Madam Radhika asked me that why did I choose this module and I replied that it is a core module for me, which I have to finish this module in my four year of university education. As the time moves on, I realized that there are so many things I can learn from it. The first major assignment for us was the peer-teaching. We had to teach the entire class how to design survey questions. I am not in favor of presentation because of the language barrier. However, I also understand that be a quiet man will not be a successful man in today’s world. I appreciated Madam Radhika’s encouragement even though I did not do very well.   Besides that, I also learned non-verbal communication. Human being is a brilliant creature, even someone did not talk, but by just looking a...

Our project is on the treatment of migrant construction workers in Singapore. We focus on three groups of people, Chinese, Bangladeshi and Indian. This is because we found that these three groups of people are the majority of the migrant construction workers. First of all, I would like to talk about the challenges we faced during the whole process. The first challenge we faced was the topics. Through brain storm, we came out with many topics such as obesity among the teenagers, electronic waste in Singapore and so on. After long period of time, we finally decided to do the treatment of migrant workers in Singapore. Although we decided the topic, there are too many things in this topic. So next challenge we faced was to narrow down the scope. As we know, a lot of things can be discussed for the treatment of migrant workers. In the end, through secondary research, we picked up the three major problems, which migrant workers are facing currently and we decided only focus on the constr...

Intercultural communication plays a more and important role in today’s world. The world nowadays is characterized by an ever growing number of contacts resulting in communication between people with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This form of communication takes place everywhere because of contacts within the areas of business, military cooperation, science, education, entertainment, tourism, etc. In all these contacts, there is communication which needs to be as constructive as possible, without misunderstandings and breakdowns. It is our belief that research on the nature of linguistic and cultural similarities and differences here can play a positive and constructive role. Singapore is one of the places where many different people with different linguistic and cultural background are gathering together. There are mainly three groups of people: Chinese, Malay and Indian. Due to the cultural differences, the conflicts between the different groups are inevitable, b...

Communication skill is one of the most important skills in our daily life. Everyday, we have to meet and talk to different people, it is inevitable that interpersonal conflict would happen due to different personalities, values or personal perspectives. However, there are ways to avoid such conflict or minimize the effect of it. Usually a person with high EQ (Emotional Quotient) would not easily have interpersonal conflict with others. Therefore, one way to resolve interpersonal conflict is to improve EQ. EQ represents an ability to validly reason with emotions and to use emotions to enhance thought. Businessmen and political leaders, they usually have relative high EQ compare to the normal people. There is a reason for them to be a leader or successful businessman. With high EQ, they hardly have conflict with other people. There are many ways to improve EQ, and the most crucial one is practicing communication skills.  For example, when  Diplomatic officials from di...

13 weeks is not very short, but time flies very fast. Being in ES1102 with Brad for almost 13 weeks in the classroom and that period of time was really enjoyable. However, all good thing come to an end, and the only thing we can do is that we are able to apply what we have learnt into our future works. During this period of time, I have a better idea of how to write a proper academic writing, for example, making a good thesis statement, bringing the points to the reality and using APA style to verify our stand in the essay. Thought this module is coming to the end, that does not mean that the learning of English is also coming to the end. Throughout this course, my grammar, sentence structure paraphrasing skill improved tremendously, but I will not stop the journey of learning English just because I know I am still not good enough. As a computer engineering student, the next two and half year I will be busy with coding and electrical circuits, but I plan to find some time ...

Reducing E-waste: Suggestions for Guiyu, China The population size of China was 1.344 billion in 2012; 1.155 billion mobile-phones were sold in China in that year (“Global mobile statistics 2013”). A simple calculation shows that 85.9% of the entire population own the mobile-phones. This number convincingly illustrates that the proliferation of the technology is unprecedented in today’s world. It is also undeniable that such technology has provided great convenience to the people. Meanwhile, millions of tons of electronic wastes are generated. People nowadays change their mobile-phone more frequently as they possess more purchasing power compares to the past. This further deteriorate the environmental pollution and human health issues. Therefore, the Chinese government needs to take some actions to ameliorate such conditions. Wastson (2013), stated that according to United Nations’ data, about 70% of electronic wastes globally generated ended up in China. He explained that G...

Critical Reflection Being in ES1102 for about 10 weeks, I have learned many things from Mr. Brad. This is the most interesting English class I have attended, mainly because the way the lessons have been conducted, the American English and there is no comprehension exercises for the entire course. Our class was divided into five different blogging groups. Fortunately, I have three nice ladies with me and they really helped me a lot. I can still remember that our first block assignment was an introduction of ourselves and the English learning journey. Later in the tutorial class, Brad picked up some and started analyze them by asking us that what are the errors in those passages. That part really gave me a very deep impression, because during my high school and junior college time, my teachers never like Brad, who emphasizes the English grammar so much and so detailed. Even there is really a minor error, he would still point out. In the following weeks, once we posted the as...

The population size of China was 1.344 billion in 2012; 1.155 billion mobile-phones were sold in China in that year (“Global mobile statistics 2013”). By doing a simple calculation, about 85.9% of the entire population owned the mobile-phones. This number convincingly proves that the proliferation of the technology is unprecedentedly fast in today’s world. It is also undeniable that such technology has provided great convenience to the human being, but meanwhile, millions of tons of electronic wastes are generated, which contribute to the environmental pollution and human health issues significantly. Therefore, the Chinese government needs to take some actions to ameliorate such condition. Wastson (2013), stated that according to United Nations’ data, about 70% of electronic wastes globally generated ended up in China. Guiyu, one of the town in Guangdong province. It has been a major hub for the disposal of e-waste. This problem seems to be getting more and more severe whi...

a.  Description of a situation Globalization contributed to the rapid development of Singapore, especially in the field of technology. Recently, many new smart phone were released, for instance, iPhone 5s/c, Samsung Note 3.  The insufficient  store from retailers shows that many people have brought the new phones.  Each year between 20-50 million tons of e-waste is generated worldwide. (  http://www.iop.org/news/11/may/page_51103.html   ) b.  Identification of a problem Globalization > Rapid development of  technology > Consumers heavily rely on electronic devices> Increase in electronic waste  Electronic waste  > water, soil pollution >  adverse effects on human health, such as inflammation and oxidative stress – precursors to cardiovascular disease, DNA damage and possibly cancer. c.  Description of a solution Recycle Panasonic leads e-waste recycling program in Singapore ( ht...

In the article “The Double Edge of Globalization”, Chanda (2007) mentioned that people around the world are able to get the information related to the environmental issues immediately with “the instantaneous transmission of news and image”. In my opinion, there is no denying that the Internet can help to raise people's awareness of the negative impacts, which global warming brings to us, but, I cannot see any apparent evidences, which show that people are taking action to ameliorate the environment. One of the biggest environmental issues is the use of plastics. Tons of plastics are produced and used every day. Even though the frequency of natural disasters increased and the global warming has become more severe in the past few years, people’s behavior remains unchanged. For example, when people go shopping, they still prefer using the plastic bags to pack their purchased items even after governments have already emphasized this many times and encouraged customers to use t...

Reader’s Response In the article “The Double Edge of Globalization”, Chanda (2007) states some positive and negative impacts of globalization and gives a few suggested methods to minimize the negative effects, which globalization brings to us. Chanda mentioned in the article, “the instantaneous transmission of news and images”, meaning that people around world are able to get the information related to the environmental issues immediately. There is no denying that the Internet can help to raise people's awareness of the negative impacts, which global warming brings to us, but, there is no apparent evidences to show that people are taking action to ameliorate the environment. One of biggest environmental issues is the use of plastics. Tons of plastics are produced and used every day. Even though the frequency of natural disasters increased and the global warming became more severe in the past few years, people’s behavior remains unchanged. For example, when people go f...

There is no denying that the Internet can help to raise people's awareness of the negative impacts, which global warming brings to us, but, there is no apparent evidences to show that people are taking action to ameliorate the environment .

Globalization makes our life more convenient, but we should not neglect the negative impacts it brings to us; governments and countries should work together to eradicate them.

In “ The Double Edge of Globalization ” , Chanda(2007) explains the positive and negative impacts of globalization on the environment and how these impacts affect the world. Intensified trade among the countries is mainly caused by globalization. The high demand for resources leads to severe pollution and extensive deforestation. Consequently, this results in global warming, which affects the world economy and social instability. Despite this alarming concern, the world has failed to encourage people to protect the environment and plant more trees.  Natural disasters happened more often in the past few years and many people were forced to leave their hometown. The root cause of such phenomenons is due to the unwillingness of people. However, the positive impact of globalization is that it allows people to get such information quickly and easily,  so that they will respond to it immediately and be more aware of the environmental issues. word count: 146

In “The Double Edge of Globalization”, Chanda(2007) explains the positive and negative impacts of globalization on the environment and how these impacts affect the world. Intensified trade among the countries is mainly caused by globalization. This leads to high demand for resources, severe pollution and extensive deforestation. Yet, the world has failed to encourage people to protect the environment and plant more trees. As a result, global warming occurs, which might affect the world economy and social stability. Natural disasters happened more often in the past few years, many people were forced to leave their hometown. The root cause of this is the unwillingness of people. However, the good impact of globalization is that it also allows us to get such information quickly and easily so that people will response to it at the first time and be more aware of the environmental issues.   word count: 147

2.   As you paraphrase the following paragraph, present the “expected” general features of the nuclear reactors from Declan Butler’s  “ Nuclear power’s   new dawn,” taken from  Nature , 20 May, 2004 (Vol. 429, p. 238). “These new reactors would all operate at high temperatures, improving their efficiency.  And they would include simplified safety features that do not rely on sophisticated backup systems or experienced operators — all are, in principle, ‘meltdown proof’ and can cool themselves down in the event of an accident with minimal, if any, human...

My English Language Learning Journey  (2nd draft) I had my first English lesson when I was nine in Shanghai. At that time, I thought English was not so difficult because we just learned some fundamental knowledge such as 26 alphabets and some simple vocabulary. Thus, my English grades looked nice. My perception of English changed tremendously when I came to Singapore in 2005. I still remember the first English lesson that I had; it was horrible. I could only stare at the teacher's face. Her lips kept opening and closing, and some bizarre words came out from her mouth which I did not understand at all. I managed to hear one or two words from each sentence and all I could do was that guessed what the teacher said from these few words. In China, our comprehension passage was just half page and the essay was about 50-80 words. However, when I saw a two-page comprehension passage and 250 words essay, I really wanted to cry. Therefore, I struggled throughout...

Questions for "The Double Edge of Globalization" Article 1. How does intensified international trading affect the environment? 2. Justify "globalization destroy the rain forest." 3. What are the instantaneous transmission of news and images? 4. What are the consequences of global warming? Article:  http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/double-edge-globalization

I had my first English lesson when I was nine in Shanghai. At that time, I thought English is not so difficult because we just learned some fundamental stuff such as 26 alphabets and some simple vocabulary. Thus my English grades looked nice. My perception of English changed tremendously in 2005 which the year I came to Singapore. I still remember the first English lesson I had, that was horrible. I stared at teacher’s face. Her lips kept opening and closing, and some bizarre words came from the mouth which I did not understand at all. I managed to hear one or two words from each sentence and all I can do is that guess what the teacher said from these few words. In China, our comprehension passage is just half page and the essay is about 50-80 words. However, when I saw a two pages comprehension passage and 250 words essay, I really wanted to cry. Therefore, I struggled throughout my first two years in Singapore, and I really want to thank my English teacher. She tough me many...