noor


Elizabeth Gilbert on Nurturing Creativity

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

what was the example she gave??

who old is she?

what the definition of ingenious she gave?

vocab

repetition

is a learning technique which avoids understanding of a subject and instead focuses on memorization.

Afghanistan’s drug war

http://www.cnn.com/video/

Production

the act of making products (goods and services)

Supply

The amount of good or services a business provides

My baby

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love you mom

Listening Assignment

Nighttime waking is one of the most common dilemmas for new parents.there are 7 roles to help;

1. Keep to a routine.

2. Choose a well-lit area for your baby’s naps.

3. Increase daytime feeds.

4. Avoid nighttime diaper changes.

5. Feed your baby in a darkened room at night

6. Carry your baby

7. Keep the evening calm

I think it is a good place to the new moms to help them in their new life so go girls

this is the wep-site

WWW.ommama.com


Popcorn’s Dark Secret

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/popcorn/

vocab:

Calorie

is a pre-SI metric unit of energy

Iran protester reportedly sentenced to death

xuanhuy:

link :

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/09/iran.protests/index.html

Questions :

1) When u participate in a protesting, do you ready to sacrifice yourself for this event ?

2) What should a government do when a protesting occurs ?

3) In your opinion, what is the best way for government to repress a mass demonstration ?

Vocabulary:

1) Demonstration: a public display of group feelings

2) Reformist: a disputant who advocates reform

3) Condemnation: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some grou.

Noor:

i think government should listen to the people them self and to know that with out those people there would not be a country..

Source: xuanhuy

Robots moved by brain power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl43TEFb91A&feature=channel

do you think it is a nice way to make things better?

vocab!!

Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions

A robot is an automatically guided machine, able to do tasks on its own. Another common characteristic is that by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its ow

Japanese firm ordered to fix airline seats

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/02/09/japan.airline.seats/index.html

Do you think they will lose a lot of money if they fix the seats?

is there Benefit of doing this to Japanese people?

vocab!!

Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to make things for use or sale.

equipment A tool, broadly defined, is an entity that interfaces between two or more domains; that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other.