So Let's "Giving Power"

I am still wondering whether it is a dream that we really come to such a fantasy and marvelous campus. Since we stepped on the continent,everything has become different and amazing. First of all, I wanna appreciate my three great and nice friends, Mike, Peter and Hans. Thanks to them, we can enjoy our travel well. I love them.

Also, what has most shocked me since we came to US is the pasta in sbarro, which is called the No.1 Italian fast food shop. Totally, I think only the phrase "giving power" can describe pasta. And I told Mike and Peter what "giving power" is yesterday. Actually, "giving power" is a chinese word, gei li. I said "giving power" has the same meaning as awesome. It is not exactly correct. I think it also means awful or terrible in certain situations. In this case, the pasta is very "GIVING POWER"!!!

When we first came to OSU, we just had listen to a welcome speech. It is great. I think the body language stands for OHIO is awesome, or "giving power". And I have a new friend because of the speech. She is Di Fu, a lovely, clever, broad-minded and outspoken girl. After the speech, we had a talk. It is very delighting I found that we come from the same city, Shenzhen. And we also have several common friends. And she told us a lot of interesting things in OSU. Yes, she is cool, and very "giving power".

I always feel fortunately that I can come to OSU and make friends with so many humorous and admirable people. It is fantasy. I expect much more "giving power" will come~

Catch the moment!

I am extremely happy for playing and studying with Mike, Pete, Hans and other students these days, we barbequed, played wiffleball, enjoyed pasta, went to the zoo, museum and wetland, exercise in the gym…those activities were quite interesting and made a lot of fun for me.
I can still remember the first time we met Mike, Pete and Hans cause someone made a big joke that we couldn’t forget it in our whole life. Otherwise, you three guys are quite large and friendly that I love to work with: Mike is a responsible, gentle and kind man, he is our leader and makes the plans that I like so much. Pete likes making jokes, and he is funny and always has a charming smile. Hans is an ABC, he can speak Changsha dialect and he is the one we can turn to when we get in trouble, so that we always say, follow Hans, we'll have meat to eat!
Last night we played American card game and after that we played Chinese card game until about 1. It’s not good playing so late, and I know I have a big stomach to card game, it isn’t good but I’ll try to get rid of its allurement.
We have great teachers, beautiful campus, friendly buddies, I love this land and I would be happy to come here again, again and again!
Catch the moment buddy, you’re young, you’re good looking, you got plenty of money, and you can do whatever you want to do. But if you do nothing, even you’re exhausted, extremely tired that you never try anything, then you won’t have another time to try it and you’ll miss all you lost.

fantastic zoo, amazing trip!

At first, I want to say thank you for Mike,Pete and Hans.You are so nice and friendly.

We have been America for about one week. I must say I love here.The U.S is a amazing country,the beautiful scenery(especial the compus), the friendly people,and the fantastic Clombus Zoo impressed me deeply,I will never forget.

Now, I want to talk something what I think about the tour to the Clombus Zoo.It's a zoo that very big and beautiful.So many animals in there,some

(a liittle bit nervous..)

animals I have never seen in china,such as polarbeer,penguin,flamingo bird... Thay are so cute.

But we all know the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica.Maybe you think Antarctica is so far away from your hometown,however,Antarctica is the hometown for penguin,penguins are in danger now! It's all because of human that why this situation come.

With the rapidly ecnomic development, human use too many natural resources.We polluted the environment seriously and bring a lot negetive effects to the nature.Many animals are in the edge of extinction.

So, I think it's time for human to do something about the pollution.It' s our duty to keep our environment clean and tidy.You might ask yourself,"have I picked some rubbish and thrown it into a dustbin?Have I ever collected waste paper or bottles for recycling?Have I ever planted any trees or flowers in or near my neighbourhood?" ----If everyone makes a contribution to protecting the environment,the world will become much more beautiful.More lovely animals would survive.We should know that the earth not belong to human,it's belong to all creatures living here.

AMERICANS ARE POLITE

Well, this is the first time I've been in America and everything is new to me. Despite of the delicious food and beatiful sunshine, I'm surprised at American's politeness and hospitality. American people try to be polite and decent anytime when they communicate with each other. As a matter of fact, it is quite often for you to hear ' Excuse me' or ' Thank you' in USA, even though you are totally not expecting that. Moreover, you are sure to receive a warm ' you're welcome', if you give thanks to an American. Thus, I feel a little bit unaccustomed or even embarrassed when I received so many unexpected greetings, since in China, it is not so easy for us to give thanks unless he or she really helps us a lot. And 'you're welcome' is not that popular either, since we sometimes regard others' offer as a duty or a job.

I try to find out why this happens. According to my understanding, Chinese people are also kind and polite, however when it comes to this part, we seem to be cold. I think this phenomena has something to with the difference of personalities between westerners and easterners. Westerners like Americans are more extroversive than easterners like Chinese, they tend to express their feelings and thoughts right away through their facial expressions and verbal expressions. While Chinese people may keep the feelings deep in heart and not always express their gratefulness in words.

Nevertheless, I don't think the personality thing can entirely explain that. It is always true that the happier they are, the nicer they will be to others. I hold the idea that Americans lead a relatively easier life than Chinese people and they have a higher standard of life. So, no matter you are a shopping assistance or a gate guard, you are happy all the time and more importantly you bring happyness to others. However, in China, people of low status have to struggle for a life, they may worry about food and housing problems, education fees for children, and so on. Such kind of hardness exhausts their passions to transmit happyness to others. I don't want to hide the fact of problems in Chinese society and I strongly support that the welfare of a society can definitely determine its people's level of civilization and happyness.

unforgettable experience

So many experiences have impressed me deeply since I have arrived in America. However, what impress me most is having a class with the local students.
When Mike told us that you would have a class with my students, I was really nervous. Before I come to America, I have never had classes with foreign students. I didn’t know what they would do and how they discussed in class. With uneasy mood, I attended the class. A black girl joined us and we began our discussing with introducing ourselves. Our talk is quite relaxed. We shared our interests and talked about two short stories that Mike gave us. As time went by, my anxiety was dispelled. At noon, we had lunch together and we met many other new friends. We just stood around the table, enjoying our food and the time we spent in talking.
“ language is no barrier. ” now I deeply believe in this phrase after the class. No matter where we come from and no matter what the color of our skin is. It’s easy to communicate with each other. Almost every American is willing to talk with you and make friends with you. All we need is speaking loudly and bravely.

some thoughts about the climate change

Some Thoughts about the Climate Change

I believe that the climate change is happening at this very moment. It is real. We have already observed changes to our climate that are more rapid than anything the earth has experienced for at least the last few decades.


There has been an increase in heat waves, fewer frosts and a warming of the lower atmosphere and Upper Ocean. Much of the warming is due to human activities that have increased greenhouse gases. This is known as the enhanced greenhouse effect. When I searched the internet, I found that some reports said that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels had increased by 35% from pre-industrial times. Ice core records indicate this current level is higher than at any other time in the past 420,000 years.

If few measures are taken to cope with this kind of situation, temperatures are likely to rise by 3-5 degrees centigrade by the end of this century. Reliable water supplies will be disrupted. Life in the ocean will be compromised, food production will decline and there will be mass immigration to areas of the planet’s surface which remain habitable.

The main reason for this, I think is fossil fuels are currently the dominant source of energy, which are mainly used to generate electricity. But in the climate conference in Copenhagen held in 2009, the politicians were unlikely to cut emissions sufficiently to prevent dangerous glob al heating though a Copenhagen Protocol to prevent global warming and climate changes was passed. If the humans want to change this kind of situation, the scientists can really contribute to the successful stop of the earth’s crisis spreading, which I mean the only way we have to tackle the problem is to switch our focus from the fossil fuels to the alternative energy sources, especially the nuclear power because it has been recognized the most promising substitute for the fossil fuels with the higher efficiency and less damage to the environment.

Speaking of the impacts, what is obvious is that the sea level is rising, which threatens coastal communities, wetlands (BTW, we have been to the wetlands in Ohio State) and coral reefs and the Arctic sea ice is melting, which may lead to changes in ocean circulation.

Ecosystems are changing, which I think this is why we have to move those endangered species to a conservation center or a zoo. As temperature warms, species may either move to a cooler place or die.

And one more thing, seawater is becoming more acidic for the carbon dioxide dissolving in the ocean is making seawater more acidic. There would be impacts on coral reefs and other marine life.

When we talk about how this trend affects humans. Most of it connects to the meteorology. To put it briefly heavier rainfall cause flooding in many regions. Warmer temperatures have led to more intense rainfall events in some areas. This can cause flooding. Last night, when I surfed the internet, I found out that water levels in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River had risen with continuing heavy rain and the flood peak in the upper section was expected o reach much faster than in the devastating 1998 flood which left thousands of people dead and meanwhile several provinces were on flood alert over the weekend when the typhoon moved inland after sweeping across Hainan Island.

And higher temperatures can also cause a higher rate of evaporation and extreme drought in some areas. More frequent heat waves have become more common in the world and there have been more deaths due to heat waves and some changes in the range of animals that carry disease like mosquitoes, which affect human health.

However, we should not be pessimistic about it because the impacts are probably severe but perhaps not catastrophic. We have spared lots of efforts into raising the public awareness of the climate change. What really matters is not what we have got from nature but how we treat it.

Frank

Life in America

we have been in America for several days.This is the first time I have been abroad so although I was very tired I was still too excited to sleep the first day we arrived here.

On July 15th we got to Columbus by US Airline.It was really a shock for me that the first time I saw Mike.Well,I want to call him Big Mike because he is so tall and so strong!He looks like a giant!Then I saw Pete,a really handsome man who looks like a film star.This is the first impression he left on me.During the following days,I found that both of them are so gentle and considerable.For example,Pete always open the door of the car for us wherever we go,and he tried his best to explain everything we want to know as clearly as possible with lots of patience.And another thing that deeply moved me was that the first night we live in the Archer House we found there was something wrong with the Wi-fi,so we need some cables to connect to the Internet.Lucia told it to Mike and he immediately send five cables to our domitory!I'm quite sure that after a full day activity he must be very tired but he still did this for us!I really thank God for taking them to us and I really like them so much.

As for the weather,I have to say that the sunshine in Columbus is really strong.Never did I saw that before.It is not as hot as Wuhan,but it is much hot than my hometown.But the scenery is as beautiful as a painting,and the the style of the houses is just what I had dreamt for thousands of times before.In order not to be sunburnt,we use sun cream and sun umbrella everyday,I think it must be strang to Americans.

During these days we have had different kinds of activities such as BBQ and visit to museums.I learnt to play volleyball and it's interesting.I like it very much.

Oh,we also did a lot of embressing things in these days,especially Rachel and me.I have recorded all these things in my diaty book and when we come back to China I think it will be anther cherish memory.So whenever someone does something like us,don't forget to tell me and I will write them down.

After the happy days we spent together I believe that our life in America will be exciting and colorful,or just use a Chinese words,it will give force!