Friday, June 29

Month-end Test!!


Writing Topics

Thursday, June 28

Learning New Words
Brainpower

Wednesday, June 27

Homework: Exercise 17.2 and 17.3 - Present Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect Continuous
Idioms
Error Analysis / Answers

Canada Day in Granville Island

Canada day:Canada Day on Granville Island

Almost all of the festivities at Canada Day on Granville Island are free, there are free jazz concerts. Ferries Ballet. South Asian festival, art exhibits, disco party in Railspur Alley, and multiple kids' activities. But there is one that isn't (which is absolutely worth the $8-per-person price tag). there is Canada Pancake Breakfast (7am-10am) a Granville Island tradition that includes hot cakes, maple syrup and Canadian bacon, all the money will be going to Children's Hospice.

Canada day - Fireworks

Fireworks

Place 

BARGE ONE: COAL HARBOUR

viewing location

• Coal Harbour Seawall
• Harbour Green Park
• Coal Harbour residences
• Stanley Park Seawall, East Side
• Harbour View Park in North Vancouver
• Lonsdale Quay, The Pier & Waterfront Park

BARGE TWO: DUNDARAVE

viewing location

• West Vancouver Seawall, from Ambleside to Dundarave
• Stanley Park Seawall, West Side
• Kitsilano, Jericho and the UBC area
• West Vancouver homes with sightlines to the water

(Can be seen frown downtown, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Vancouver's west side)

Firework are not viewable from English bay

Date 

July 1st 2012 

Time 

From 10:30pm to 11pm

Fee

For free

But if you want to save your spot in a reserved area with unobstructed views of the Canada Day Burrard Inlet Fireworks and easy access to washrooms, you can buy a ticket.

Tickets: $10, kids 12 & under (accompanied by an adult): FREE! (ticketmaster.ca)

What 

The purpose of this event is to commemorate municipal and federal holidays with fireworks in a safe environment. 

Link : Canada day.    Burrard Inlet

Steveston Salmon Festival

Steveston Salmon Festival

 　

1. The orgin
It’s made to celebrate Canada’s birth day and the rich heritage of our community in 1945. The people in Steveston have come every year to celebrate them.

2. When
It will be held on Sunday, July 1st.
The main ceremony will open from noon, but we can see many kind of parades from 6:30am.
The biggest Canada Day Parade will start at 10am.

3. Where
It will be held in Steveston, Richmond, BC, Canada.
- Parking by donation is available at Homma Elementary School, 5100 Brunswick Drive.
- Free parking and riding shuttle buses are available at the old Steveston Secondary site, 10440 No. 2 Road and the City Works Yard, 5599 Lynas Lane.
- Parking for $5 is available on the north field of Steveston Park at the south end of Fentiman Place.

4. What
You can see many kind of attractions.
-Japanese Cultural Show
-Craft Fair
-Martial Arts Demonstrations
-Youth Rock Fest

You also see many kind of parades.
-floats
-marching bands
-celebrities
-politicians
-community groups
-vintage vehicle

You can eat salmon!!
Over 1200 pounds of wild salmon will be pan-grilled.
-$15 per plate, cash only.


http://www.stevestonsalmonfest.ca/index.html

Canada Day Parade

Canada Day Parade




Time: 7:00pm
Date: Sunday, July 1, 2012
Location: Start at Georgia & Broughton St and finish at Burrard Street & West Hastings

What: This is free community event. Many people visit every year. We can show lively parade downtown.

http://www.canadaday.canadaplace.ca/Event_Info/Canada_Day_Parade

Tuesday, June 26

Homework:
1. Finish Idioms part B
2. Find the meaning for idioms in part A
1. Idiom Dictionary
2. Idiom Dictionary
Stress Patterns
Idioms: Student A / Student B
Reported Speech
Unit 12 Test

Friday, June 22

Jazz Fest
Grammar 12-3: Three Word Phrasal Verbs - Exercise 2

Thursday, June 21

Speaking 1
Speaking 2
Speaking 3

Thursday, June 21

Homework: Write 8 sentences about problems
International Space Station
Writing: Problems with Space Exploration

Rong Chang Reading Website

Miho Miura

I think my government should invest in space travel because it is important for us and all living things. We have a lot of undiscovered things. If my goverment invests in space travel, we will have a lot of discovery, business more and we can live in Earth more convenience. If the Earth fell, we could move out to other planets. We have to prepare to move out there. The Earth is not forever.

M.F

I think this is bad idea for my government to invest  in space travel, because that project needs a lot of money, and I want know why the government is interested in that. I think  the government is not interested if it makes this idea, it just wants spend money. But I want give my government advice: If it wants to spend money to invest in space travel, give this many to poor people or any human project or develop my country. 

Hiro

Should your government invent in space travel? why or why not?

I think government inventing in space travel is good . Because if the Earth is going to break down after many years, we have to find another place for people live. These days government is finding how to make atmosphere and more things on other planets. I guess after several years people can live in other planets and to do that our government will have to invest in space! But some companies invest in space to commercial is good way for government, company and us.

Akari Jimpachi :-)

Should your government invest in space travel?  Why or why not?


The government should support space business.
even if we can't succeed at space travel, our technology will progress and our life will be more convenient.  For example, GPS is the result of space development.
Besides, we might discover new materials like rare earth elements.  It'll make new technology or business.

Should your government invest in space travel? - Bella

 I think government should invest in space travel. Because many kinds of energy resources on Earth will run out. For example oil, natural gas, various mineral. Also Earth has many problems of climate and pollution. So we don't know what will happen to our natural resources although they are an inexhaustible solar power energy, wind power. Therefore we should find other alternative resources that can be minerals or undiscovered substances. Space is huge and extensive and there is a possibility of finding other resources. 

Should your government invest in space travel? Why?


I think government shouldn't invest in space travel. It has a great cost. That cost can be used for people. I think investing in education, medicine, disease or other problems of the country are much more important than space travel. Space travel would just be for rich people. I think it's not priority for my country. 

JuNyun Kim

Should your goverment invest in spave travel? Why or why not?

I think my goverment shouldn't invest in space travel right now. I have two ideas for supporting my opinion. First, right now, there are many problems in my country like low birth-rate, few job openings, FTA and so on. It should solve these problems before the investment. Second, it's not helpful for my country. I think  it will be only for rich people, because of the expensive cost.

Fares..investing in space travel is not useful

In my opinion investing in space travel is not useful, because there are a lot of more important things than investing in space travel, for example helping poor people and developing the hospitals. So the government should spend money on the important  things then they can think about  investing in space travel.

Wednesday, June 20

Urbanspoon
Make Music Vancouver
Greek Day
Jazz Festival

Tuesday, June 19

Homework: Review new phrasal verbs.
Phrasal Verbs
Using English: Phrasal Verbs Dictionary

Monday, June 18

Unit 12 Picture Dictionary
Unit 11 Quiz

Friday, June 15

Homework: Study for quiz (indirect questions, question tags, unit vocabulary)
Phrasal verbs
Cambridge Dictionary

Writing: Celebrity Interview
Celebrity Interview Example 1 / Example 2

Al Pacino

Hi Mr. Al Pacino thank you for  accepting this interview with me. I want tell you that it is very important for me because you are very famous and a lot of people like you. 

M.F: Ok. M. Al Pacino, can I start this interview?

Al Pacino: Ok. go ahead.

M.F: The people want know first some information about your name, age, etc.

Al Pacino: Ok, my full name is Alfredo James "Al" Pacino, I don't like to tell you about my age but I was born on April 25, 1940. 

M.F: What are your interests?

Al Pacino: I like being an American film and stage actor and director. You can see  how many Oscars and Grammies I have.

M.F: Could you tell me how many films you made?

Al Pacino: Ooh, I think more than fifty.

M.F: What is you favourite of your films?

Al Pacino: My favourite all my films but that especially the godfather.

M.F: Could you tell me, what the first film you made was?

Al Pacino: The first film I made was in 1969 its name is Me, Natalie.

M.F: Could you tell me, what the last film you made?

Al Pacino: The last film I  made was in 2012 its name is Untitled Phil Spector Biopic.

M.F: Ok, Mr. Al Pacino, I'm very happe for this interview. nice to meet you.

Al Pacino: You are welcome.

Name : Jisung, Park
Born : 1981. 2. 25
Profession : Soccer player
Nationality : Korea

Yunsik : Hi, how are you? Would you mind answering some questions?
Park : Hi, Sure.
Yunsik : Could you tell me what you are doing these days?
Park : I'm just taking a rest, these days. Honestly speaking I have some injuies. But my doctor said my injuries are minor, so I should be able to play in next week's game.
Yunsik : Wow, I'm so relieved that you weren't hurt. I am looking forward to seeing your awesome game again.
Park : Thank you, Yunsik. I really want to play again.
Yunsik : May I ask you a little bit private question?
Park : Sure, haha
Yunsik : I heard you will get married soon, won't you?
Park : Wow, how do you know that? Great. I was really careful about this.
Anway I have a new girlfriend. She is very kind and
pretty.
Yunsik : Awsome, That's great. By the way, could you tell me how you met her?
Park : As you know, she is a singer. When I was at her concert, I saw her. I took to you the moment that
I met her.
Yunsik : Many fans will be happy as you. Thanks for the interview. Congratulation and take care.

How beautiful is Yeong Ae Lee

Name : Yeong Ae Lee
Age : 40
Nationality : Korea
Profession : Actress


Me : Hello, beautiful lady. I've looked forward to meeting you until now.
Yeong Ae Lee : Oh, Really? Don't kid to me !! hahaha

Me : Haha, you are so smart that you could realize if it's a joke.
Yeong Ae Lee : Shut up, guy, haha.

Me : Yes, I will. Okay, returning to the subject, would you mind answering some questions?
Yeong Ae Lee : No problem at all if they're not so private question.

Me : Thanks, so you gave birth two twins, didn't you?
Yeong Ae Lee :  Yes, I did.

Me : Could you tell me how they are these days?
Yeong Ae Lee :  Hmm, I think they are pretty fine.

Me : That's good. By the way, how do you know if they are pretty fine? Did they tell you "we are fine, mammy!", even though They are 10 months old?
Yeong Ae Lee :  Please, stop kidding, haha. Would you just ask me the next question?

Me : Okay, sorry haha. So could you tell me if your husband is good?
Yeong Ae Lee :  Of course, he is so nice to me.

Me : Good to hear that. so, how's your marriage life?
Yeong Ae Lee :  It's so good, as well.

Me : Oh, everything with you is good, isn't it?
Yeong Ae Lee :  Yes, it is absolutely!

Me : Do you know that most guys envy your husband?
Yeong Ae Lee :  I did't know that. Why do they envy him?

Me : Because you are so beautiful and he's married you, haha
Yeong Ae Lee : You really like kidding, don't you?

Me : Yes, I do definitely, haha.
Yeong Ae Lee : Crazy, haha. Do you have any questions to ask me?

Me : Yes, I do. It will be the last one. Everyone who is your fan thinks you've quit acting. Could you tell me if you will come back to the screen? They hope you return to acting and I do, too.
Yeong Ae Lee : Hmm, I think it's much more important to take care of my children than acting, right now. But, I still like acting, so when they can live by themselves like eating, taking a shower, cleaning their room, something like that, I will return to acting. I promise this to all my lovely fans.

Me : Thanks a lot for answering all the question, beautiful lady. I will never forget meeting you in person. Nice to meet you.
Yeong Ae Lee : You're welcome. Nice to meet you, too.

Katty Perry Interview

Name: Katy Perry
Age: 27
Nationality: American
Profession: Singer

Me: Kety Perry, thank you so much for sitting down with me today!
Katy Perry: No problem at all. I like to give interviews.
Me: Thanks. Can I ask you some questions?
Katy Perry: Sure.
Me: Could you tell me if you have any love interests at the moment?
Katy Perry: I'm just getting divorced him you know. I'm nervous about love. But if I have an opportunity, I will have a love. I'm sure I can have a boyfriend soon.
Me: Yes. I think so. Perhaps, you have a boyfriend now, don't you?
Katy Perry: Well, let me see.
Me: Could you tell me what you're working on these days?
Katy Perry: Well, my documentary film is going to be showing soon. You already knew about my film, don't you? I really spent a lot of time. So this film was completed very very well.
Me: Well, I'm looking forward to seeing your film. Thank you for your time.

Kaela Kimura Interview

Name : Kaela Kimura
Age : 27 years old
Nationality : Japanese (Her father is England)
Profession : musician (model before)

Akari : Hi, thank you for sitting down with me.
Kaela : Your welcome, I like talking.
Akari : Can I ask some questions today?
Kaela : Of course. Why not? Hahaha.
Akari : Great!  So, could you tell me what you're working on these days?
Kaela : Recently, I've been planning a summer music festival.
Akari : Do you have any idea if you will sing a new song at the summer festival?
Kaela : Mmm, maybe yes, maybe not.  It's still secret.
Akari : All your fans are waiting for your new song, aren't they?
Kaela : Thanks.  Actually, I'm making a new song now.
Akari : Sounds nice!  If you finish making your new song, please let me know first!
Kaela : Hahaha.  Okay, I promise.
Akari : Thank you.  By the way, You have been married for two years.  Do you mind telling me how your family is?
Kaela : Sorry, I don't want to talk about my family.
Akari : Oh, I'm sorry.  I understand.
Kaela : No problem.
Akari : Finally, could you tell me about your achievements?
Kaela : I'm planning a live tour this autumn.  You know I would like to sing on stage!  Live is my life!
Akari : I hope to go there!!  Thank you for talking.

Daniel Radcliffe Interview

Name: Daniel Radcliffe
Age: 22 years old
Profession: actor
Country: England

Me: Would you mind if I ask you about your job?
Daniel: Sure.
Me: When did you start to act?
Daniel: I started to act in 1999.
Me: Harry Potter is your first movie, isn't it?
Daniel: That's right.
Me: How did you get the main character part in Harry Potter?
Daniel: I was invited to join a Harry Potter's audition by a staff of Harry Potter when I went to see  a play with my mother.
Me: I see. Then you decided to join the audition, didn't you?
Daniel: Yes, I did.
Me: Were you busy about filming of the movie?
Daniel: Yes, I was so busy. I couldn't go to school and couldn't have enough private times.
Me: So what do you do in your private times?
Daniel: I like to play the base.
Me: Do you have a plan to be musician as bassist?
Daniel: No, I won't change my job because I like to act.
Me: What will you do if you are invited again?
Daniel: I'll refuse that next time.
Me: I see. So what's your next dream?
Daniel: I want to act in a comedy movie.
Me: Comedy movie? You have never acted a comedy movie, have you?
Daniel: Yes, I have never acted a comedy movie because I have acted Harry Potter for a long time.
Me: I have only image of Happy Potter about you.
Daniel: Maybe almost all people also think like that.
Me: However I really want to see many kind of your acting. I hope your activity.
Daniel: Thank you.
Me; So thank you for answering my question today.
Daniel: You're welcome.

Arjen Robben Interview.

Today with us one of the most famous football players in the world. 
Arjen Robben, Netherlands , 23 January 1984 (age 28), winger.





Q1: Hello And welcome Mr. Robben . First can you tell us about your first match?
A: Thank you, I was looking forward for this interview. My first match was against Slovakia.
Q2: And you scored in that match, didn't you?
A: Yes, I did. And we won that match 2-1
Q3: Nice. So could you tell me about how you felt when you played your first match?
A: You can't imagine. I felt so proud of myself and so happy but a little bit worried about the crowd.
Q4: Would you mind if I asked you what your favourite team is?
A: No at all, it's ok. My favorite team is Bayern Munich.
Q5: Could you tell me what your saddest moment was?
A: When we lost the world cup final against Spain. We were so close to winning and we played better but the luck was with Spain.
Q6: What is the difference between playing with your club and your national team?
A: I love my club but playing for my country makes me prouder than playing for the club. You would play for free for your country but it's something you can't do for the club. So it's simple, I like them both but nothing can compare with my country's national team.

Jennifer Aniston

Thursday, June 14

Homework: Exercises 50.2 and 50.3
Practice: Tag Questions
Tag Questions

Wednesday, June 13

Homework:

1. Grammar 11-1: #2
2. Review your interview and correct mistakes.

Indirect Questions

Tuesday, June 12

Homework: Interview someone (classmate, teacher, homestay family, stranger on the bus) with the questions you wrote in class. Write a paragraph with their answers.
Celebrity Questions
Celebrities
20 Unmissable Vancouver Events in June

Monday, June 11

Unit 11 Picture Dictionary
Unit 10 Test

Friday, June 8

Lottery Win

Recycling

parenting

I think the middle ground between Chinese and Western parents is the best way for parenting. The reason is that the Chinese method is too strict and the parents restrict their children's freedom; on the other hand, the Western style is too laid-back,and it seems they don't do properly as parents. I believe that the most important obligation which parents have to their children is  helping them live a meaningful and worthwhile life. For this, parents need to respect their children's freedom and understand what they want or not. Also, if parents severely force their young children to do everything and punish them when they don't do well, it can make bad memories about their childhood that can have a bad influence on their whole life. However, if parents just let their children be free like Western parents, their children can lose their opportunities to find their potential and develop themselves. The reason is that, in childhood they don't have reasonable thoughts, so sometimes, they just skip what they have to do for their future and follow their instinctive desires. Therefore, parents need to give directions when their children get lost and if they don't, it is a negligence. As a result, if their two different ways are reconciled in moderation, it could be the best parenting method.

Malak Alharbi

Parenting is a gigantic responsibility that builds the child's personality; therefore, parents should carefully choose the right methods to raise their children. It is all about balance between strictness and mildness.  Being a tiger mother like Amy Chua can definitely affect the child self-esteem. Childhood is the period when the children have the passion to discover the world around them by using their imagination, so it is very important to give children space.  However, parents should always support their children’s interests and try to develop them. 

Parenting strict or laid back

There is a major concern in the actual North America society about how parent should raise their children.
Two of the most common approaches are the extreme ones which are really strict and laid back parents.
They have both positive and negative points. Pushing the child and showing him his potential can be very helpful; nevertheless, it can also have a poor effect on him, if the parents are too authoritarian, the child might rebel, therefore, it can have a huge consequence on the communication inside the family. On the other hand, if you give your child too much freedom or a lack of ground rules, he might be destabilized by having to follow the rules of society or his work place. The importance about these two styles of parenting is the different approach towards the purpose of the child and whether or not they have to give back every energy and time their parents put in them. Strict parents generally believe that educating a child is, in the future going to be profitable for them, the child is a investment that going to give them pride, money, self-esteem and social status; consequently, the success or failure of their child is directly linked to them; on the contrary, laid back parents educate their children without any expectation in return and mostly consider raising their child to be an altruism act. However, most models of parenting largely fall between those two types. Parenting is a challenging work that requires a lot of responsibility. Knowing how to educate a child depend on the environment which he is going to live in, friends he is going to have, the school where he is going to learn. Parents cannot control every aspect of the child life, they have to let them make decisions and mistakes by themselves, so they can learn how to think on their own as free will is one of the most important gift of humanity.

Strict parents & laid-back parents

These days, there are a lot of issues about parenting. Some parents are very strict, and some are really laid-back. I can't say who is wrong and who is right. Actually, I think both of them are impotent, I just want to say the most important thing is keeping balance between them. In Asian society, punishment is the general situation. They want to teach their children what is wrong and what is right. However, sometimes it becomes a problem because they punish too much. On the other hand, parents who are laid-back say they are giving their children freedom because it's children's life and they don't want to let their children feel bad. It sounds good, but when children do something wrong, parents still care about their feelings, so don't give punishment and try to say something nicely. Sometimes my parents are very strict but sometimes are laid-back. When I didn't respect older people, they were very upset, but they don't care about my test scores, because they think attitude and manner are a more important part of my whole life than test scores. They just give me some advice and let me decide what I really want to learn. And I think it is really good for me. Parents love their children so they parent in their own way, I can't say their way is totally wrong. I just want to say too much is always worse than too little.

Some of the most important things in the family life are how parents raise and treat their children to make them valuable members to society. In my opinion, I think the Eastern way is much more valuable for children compared to the Western way. The family should be strict with their children and should assume that they are strong. This is what Amy Chua says about her ways and I totally agree with her. The more parents pay attention to their children's behaviour, the more they will be great human beings in the future. For example, if the children try to get something and the parents see that is not good for them, they must insist and not let the children get what they want easily. On the other hand, the family should give them free entertainment and the children should be allowed to express their energy in a perfect way without any negative effects for both sides. Finally, those were just opinions and every family in this world has different ways and traditions to raise their children and form them correctly in the right way.

Chinese parenting and Western parenting

    Chinese parenting and Western parenting are totally different.  The Chinese style of parenting is much more strict than the Western one.  It is undesirable for children.  First, Chinese parents restrict so many things about their children’s lives, so they can't have freedom or do what they want to do.  In Amy Chua's case, her daughters were not allowed to join the school play and sleep over outside even if they wanted to do so.  They weren't able to get opportunities to know something new or interesting.  She ordered her daughters to do too many things, and they had to follow them without arguing.  In addition, they were forced to play a musical instrument and practice for many hours. Once the younger daughter could not play the piano well and didn't want to play.  Then, Amy Chua got angry about that and restricted her from having meals and even going to washroom.   It is too strict for children.  Second, Chinese parents do not take their children's abilities into account and do not evaluate their efforts.  They always care about scores and grades.  If their children cannot get straight A’s, they will accuse them.  That is why children may lose confidence and self-esteem.  They will be afraid of making mistakes, if they cannot get the highest score for some reasons, they feel they are not valuable.  They will feel dejected.  On the contrary, Western parents focus on efforts other than results.  They encourage children to make more efforts, but they do not accuse children if they make mistakes or don’t get the highest score.    Under Chinese parenting, children feel depressed,  and they cannot enjoy their lives.  That is why I think Western Parenting is better.

Wedneseday, June 6

Homework: Finish your opinion paragraph and publish it to the blog.

Amy Chua

In my point of view, I agree with Justine Roberts. Because the kids, are just that, kids. I'm against to the idea that we need to persuade them to be the number one. In this case, Amy Chua is a totally strict mother. The kids need to have fun, and enjoy their stage, but of course with some restrictions. I agree that hey need to focus on something, but they should choose what they really want or like to do. It's the life and the preference of each person. If you are mother,  you have authority but you need to support your child in his own decisions. It's a way to be a good mother too, not just persuade them to do what is better for you. 

Tuesday, June 5

Homework: Reading - Motivation Part 6

Success and happiness

20 Unmissable Vancouver Events in June

Vancouver Draw Down

Monday, June 4

Success

Pop Quiz!

Stress Patterns

Friday, June 1

Homework: Finish your Cause and Effect Essay

Stress Discussion: Student A / Student B