Journal Entry # 14

Write about your experience at Universal Studios! (please post pictures too)

Universal Studios

Universal Studios is a cool place. Even last Saturday is my second time to go to the Universal Studios, it is still fresh for me. When we arrived in the Universal Studios, every ALP students was so excited and took picture everywhere. But for me, I just can’t wait to play. First we tried the “House of Horrors”. It was so crowded and everyone walked one by one. I still felt nervous, because we never know what will happen. Then, we tried the “Revenge of the Mummy” and “Julassic Park”. The Revenge of the Mummy was so interesting and I liked high speed. Inside of the Julassic Park was beautiful, it was decorated as the movie. After that, we had a lunch, we ate the Panda Express. It was so greasy and I hope that I won’t try again. In the afternoon, we played the “Sherk and Donkey” and “Studio Tour”. Because the Sherk and Donkey was a 4-D movie, we felt everything was so real. The last Studio Tour was amazing. In the Studio Tour, it was my first that I saw some people are making movie, and the most impressiveness thing was that we saw two adorable deer. The deer are in front of bus and looks so lovely. Two of my Universal Studios tour was so perfected. Now, I can’t wait my third to go to Universal Studios.

Journal Entry # 13

Write an academic paragraph. Try your best to give three reasons supporting the topic sentence. Don't forget to give examples and write a concluding sentence.Topic sentence: There are several reasons to eat fruits and vegetables.

There are several reasons to eat fruits and vegetables.

Nowadays people have lots of stress from work, family, or study, so keeping our body healthy is important. The easiest and most economic way is to eat more vegetable and fruits. Because it really has many advantage. First of all, vegetables protein is better than animal protein. The cholesterol from vegetables and fruits is less than meat. Second, it can get rid of constipation. Vegetables and fruits have rich fiber and it can improve digestive system. At last, eating more vegetables and fruits can balance PH value in our blood. The vitamin from vegetables and fruits can cause less change to get disease. In summary, vegetables and fruits have less cholesterol, more fiber, and lots of vitamin. Therefore, there are several reasons people need to eat more vegetables and fruits.

Journal Entry # 12

Describe your bedroom using spatial order signals. Look at page 62.

Describe your bedroom

When I first came to America, my room didn’t have much stuff. But after four months now my bedroom is getting crowd... From the doorway on the left of my room is an organized bookcase, a long white mirror, and then is my comfortable bed. Now the bookcase is full of my textbooks, magazines, and memento that I bought from lots of place in America. Next to the bookcase is my dishonest mirror. Why it is a dishonest mirror, because I found the people inside of the mirror always looks thinner then outside. In the left side of the corner is my comfortable bed. The khaki’s bed sheet with soft light in my room is so relax and let me feel sleepy. On the right side of my room are a big clothes chest, wooden dressing table, and a TV. My clothes chest is big and deep. Between the clothes chest and TV is my wooden dressing table, it is my favorite place but getting messy. On my dressing table there has a big mirror, some cosmetic, accessories, and sometimes I left some chocolate or coffee on my table. Next to the dressing table is a gray TV and under the TV is video game, there are my husband’s favorite.

Journal Entry # 11

Practice freewriting. Freewriting is when you write quickly without stopping to think or organize your thoughts. Don't worry about grammar or spelling. Just write as much as you can in 10-15 minutes. Check your textbook if you don't remember what freewriting is.Topic: Weddings in My Country

Weddings in My Country

Wedding in Taiwan is a big event for every family. But actually I think most men don’t want to marry too early, they still want to play video games or hang out with friends. Women don’t want to marry too early either. They would rather spend their whole salary in buying clothes. Although nowadays the dress of brides and grooms don’t have much difference than other countries, there are still some special customs elder people like to follow for the wedding in my country. First, most of the parents like to go to the temple and ask the fortune teller if the marriage for their children will have a good life after marriage or not. The old people expect wedding will bring everyone good luck. Second, we can find the groom family must prepare a wedding cake, a wedding cake will be passed to the bride family and friends. At last, in the wedding date, everyone will give a red envelope to the marriage couple. In short, there are some traditional of the wedding in my country.

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Journal Entry # 10

Today, I was selected as a possible juror (someone who performs jury duty). However, the court decided that they already had enough jurors. Part of me wishes that I could have participated in the case to see what it is like in the courtroom. However, part of me is glad that I don't have to miss class (because of my wonderful students and also the money).In America, the legal system includes lawyers, judges, and jurors. How does the legal system work in your country? Who decides whether a person is innocent or guilty?

The legal system in my country.

The legal system in my country, we have judges, lawyers, and public procurators as main roles. As I know, the legal systems in Taiwan are the same as Japan, French, and Germany…other countries. In Taiwan, the judge makes decision if cases are guilt. The lawyer defends their customers. The public procurator provides evidence. We don’t have juries in the court as American, so a judge plays very important role in the court, but if accused defender feels the conviction is not fair, they can appealed his case to a higher court. But it is difficult to overturn a case, because you have to prepare convinced evidences to persuade the judge. It includes witnesses, material evidences, and you have to find some new evidences in a very short time. Usually, all of these will cost lots of money.

Journal Entry # 9

What is a friend? Please write one paragraph using three main points/ideas.

What is a friend ?

We made a lot of acquaintances in our life, but there are only few people who can be friends instead of just classmates, coworker. For me, a real friend can also be a soul mate, and it has following meaning to me. First, a friend should let you feel comfortable anytime. It means you can trust and talk about anything without secret, and the reason is you know they are reliable. Second, a friend should help you see the truth and face the problem. A friend should not only hang out to have fun, but also won’t leave you when you have the troubles or need some help. Third, friends have the same interest or things in common. We will like to do everything together or never feel having enough talking. In short, a friend may be hard to find, so the best way is to be nice to others first and cherish the friendship.

Journal Entry # 8

Tell me about your dream vacation. Where would you like to go and why? What sort of things would you like to see and do?

My Dream Vacation.

If I only can chose one place to be my dream vacation, it will be Japan. Because Japan is close to my home country, Taiwan, so it is easier to have a trip to Japan. Also, some of our cultures are similar and there won’t be too much culture shock. If I can have a month vacation, I would like to visit Tokyo, Okinawa, and Kyoto. These are three most special places in Japan. First, I would like to shop at Tokyo, I like to collect exquisite toys and clothes. I believe I can find lots of good stuff in Tokyo. I am also planning to eat Japan’s food at Tokyo. Such as sashimi, bento, and Japan cake. Second, I want to go Okinawa to swim for the whole day. Okinawa is a clean place and people there are all having a very relax life. It just like Hawaii in America. At last, I like to visit different kinds of tempo at Kyoto. When I read about the travel magazine, I saw a lot of tempo in Kyoto and each kind of tempo has its own historical value. Now I am buying lotto once a week, so that my dream vacation can quickly come true.

Journal Entry # 7

Are you going to the Concert Under the Stars? Are you going on the Los Angeles City Tour? I hope you go to at least one of these events. First, attend the event. Next, write a paragraph summarizing your experience. If you do not attend either event, please write about what you did over the weekend.

Concert Under the Stars

Last Friday, I went to the concert under the stars, it was a perform for CSUF’s golden anniversary. Due to we have some problem in our car, my husband, his sister in-law and I arrived at 8:30. It was really last, and we only can sat at back. The perform was wonderful, even I almost can’t understand what they were sang. But I know they must sang as their best. We watched the perform until 9:40 and finally the firework started. The firework was wonderful because we can saw so close.

Journal Entry # 6

Write a narrative paragraph about an unforgettable experience in your life. This could be an earthquake like in the story on page 24 or it could be something different like your first dating experience. Be sure to use time order signals.

An Unforgettable Experience in My Life.

September 21, 1999. While I was sleeping, my parents yelled and woke up me. It was a earthquake! Then we run outside quickly and found the street all power off. The earthquake was really shaking big. Later, a lot of people also ran out. The earthquake continued about one minute or more. We were all scared and felt the earthquake this time was quite different. The next day, we realized it is the biggest earthquake in Taiwan from news report. The death toll was more then 2,410 people during this disaster. Also, 8,000 people got hurt in earthquake. The news about the earthquake reported more than one month, because the earthquake really caused great damage in Taiwan. It is an unforgettable experience in my life, and until now sometimes I still felt sad about this earthquake.

Journal Entry # 5

What is your favorite season? Write a paragraph.

My Favorite Season

Summer is my favorite season, even though sometimes I complain it is too hot especially for those days over 100 degrees. However, summer is still my favorite season, because the weather is always good to have outdoor activities. First, I can have more activities with my friends, such as I like to go swimming at beach and play in water parks. I always have a lot of fun and make many friends as well, and I have learned how to dive and swim faster. Playing water is one of my favorite things in summer and I like to yell loud before I jump into water that makes me relief. Second, I can eat various kinds of ice cream. It is really joyful when I am eating ice cream during an extremely hot day. Sometimes when I eat the ice cream too fast I will have brain freeze, but I still like it. Third, summer always let people feel full of energy. I like to utilize every minute of each summer day. That is why summer is my favorite season, and I can have a lot of happy memory for summer.

Journal Entry # 4

If you don't feel there is enough time for lunch, write an imaginary letter to the dean to persuade him to change the class schedules.

Dear Mr./Ms.,

I am an ALP student came from 4C. My name is Hui-Ying Yang. I hope it is not abrupt to email you regarding the fun lunch really clashed with our class schedule in 4C.Because we have a class and it begin from 11:30 to 12:45, we do not think we will have time to go to the fun lunch in this fall semester. As an ALP student, I also have been studying in CSUF since summer semester, I believe fun lunch is really important for us. First, we can have a chance to talk to conversation partner, speaking to native person can help us know more about English. Second, it is a good opportunity to hang out with other ALP student in different class, we can share about our life or some problem. Third, it is a good time to do some exercise, the ALP office usually offer soccer, badminton, and volleyball for us to play. But we do not have the time to do it. Hopefully you can consider the situation for us.


Sincerely,

Hui-Ying Yang

Journal Entry #3

A Person Who Has Made a Difference

Before I came to America, a statesman died in Taiwan. He was very honest in his political career, and established a good judicatory system. When he died, everyone was so shocked to believe it in my country. Almost everybody felt really sad in that day. He was died of long cancer. But he never smoked, drank and had any bad habit. I think in the contemporary society we all need this kind of person to be our model, and make things better.

Journal Entry # 2

My Favorite Sport

I had been interested in many kinds of sports since I was a child, such as basketball, table tennis, badminton, and swimming. After I grow up, I find badminton is my favorite sport. One of the reasons is badminton is the most interesting and compelling sport to me, and it is also my mom’s favorite sport. She played badminton with me most of the time when I went home after school. Another reason is badminton is really easy for people to play. Badminton doesn’t need many people, so I can easily find a person to play with me. And the last reason is badminton is not the kind of intensive sport for girls to play. It is easy and safe, and it is usually played at indoor court so that the weather won’t be the factor to this sport no matter ts is raining or sizzling. That is way badminton is my favorite sport.

Journal Entry # 1

Introducing Myself

My name is Hui-Ying, Yang. I am 24 years old. I was born in Taiwan, and grew up there too. I have been studying in Fullerton since summer semester. As an ALP studens, me goal is to make my writing better. Because I did not learn much writing skill when I was a student in Taiwan. I like to swim and play badmiton. I like to watch TV when I have freetime in my apartment. I like to cook Chinese food for dinner, one of the reasons to cook at home is because it is much healthy than eat outside, the other reason is it is a good way to save some money as an ALP student.