2008年12月25日 星期四

Saudi women's group assails judge over 8-year-old's marriage

According to Saudi women's group assails judge over 8-year-old's marriage, A eight-year-old girl was betrothed to one of her father’s friends under no knowing.Because her father wanted to resolve his debt problem,he “sold” the girl to the old man,who is forty-seven years old.Then,her mother issued a petition to dismiss the wide-gap marriage.However,the judges refused and announced this case shouldn’t be judged until the girl become an adolescent.

My reactions:
In my point of view,this kind of marriage has a lot of to do with their religion and their supreme perspectives of patriarchy.However,such marriage will do great harm to little children.For example,they can’t have a happy childhood as us,that will leave a lot of regrets to them.Second,they may have the wrong thought toward sex.Most important of all,almost of them will get hurt not only in physiologyand but also in mentality.They may feel confused when they are children but they must grow up someday and they will come to realize the whole thing.It’s just a matter of time.
It is right to pay respect to alien culture,however,I think this kind of situation should be revised seriously.With the great advance of technology,some custom and perceptions also need to be corrected instead of staying at the traditional stage.I think the equal rights for men and women should be emphasized deeply and executed thoroughly,not just speaking at random.(211 words)

2008年12月19日 星期五

Have your cake -- and eat it, too

According to Have your cake -- and eat it, too, the coverage shows us several useful methods toward eating;don’t count the eating season last how many days but focus on the specific festival so that it will make you more relax while eating.Second,we have to deeply consider the purpose why we eat,sometimes for desire and sometimes just out of vent.Furthermore,never drink with an empty stomach because it will make you eat out of control.

My reactions:

In my point of view,this is an interesting report because eating is related to our daily life.There is no one in the world but doesn’t depend on food.Most modern people are the men of Epicureanism and they pay much attention to delicacies.Though the declination of economy,many people are still willing to pay more money to satisfy their appetite.Take we students for example,we eat a big feast once in a while and what we usually eat is the snack.This kind of food always generates a crowd of youngsters for it is both yummy and cheap.
However,it is hard to control the food which you want to eat.Especially when walking along the night market.We are easily buying many snacks due to the impulse when seeing the wait-in-line crowd,smelling the aroma of the food and so on.No one can’t reject the power of food, we should enjoy it but in moderation.(212words)

2008年12月10日 星期三

TV channel to broadcast assisted suicide

According to TV channel to broadcast assisted suicide, There is a controversial film published in England recently.It records a motor neurone disease patient chose assisted suicide to end his life.However,it has cause a lot of negative reflections.Many people wonder that this coverage will encourage more and more mankind to commit suicide.

My reactions:
There is a controversial film published in England recently.It records a motor neurone disease patient chose assisted suicide to end his life.However,it has cause a lot of negative reflections.Many people wonder that this coverage will encourage more and more mankind to commit suicide.
In my opinion,this coverage shouldn’t be published.With the great advance of media,many people will choose this action to end their life.In addition,children,for example,will imitate to kill themselves just for fun or out of curiousity.Furthermore,this negative news may arise a bad thought to those who are in depression.Such as the one diagnosed with cancer.Maybe he still has a great chance to recover,but his mentality is under fear.At that time,if he watches this action,he is likely to give up curing his illness and choose to kill himself,lefting many regrets.The power of media is vast and we shouldn’t overlook it.
However,in the last and worst condition,assisted suicide can be used to those who are suffered from terminal ill.Such as last-phase cancer patients or the invalids who are given emergency treatments over and over again.
As far as I am concerned,life is precious and we should live a meaningful life with positive and optimistic attitude.We should face all the challenges bravely so that we can say we have not lived in vain.(211 words)

2008年12月4日 星期四

Venice left high and far from dry by flooding

According to Venice left high and far from dry by flooding,Venice was again surrounded by water,and this time it arrived the record high.There was no street but remained dry.In addition,even the water buses were be disturbed because their platforms were also underwater.

My reactions:

When it comes to Venice,we always consider that country to be the “water capital”.It sounds really beautiful,right?I can’t image the interlaced water channels filled with the living environment.In my opinion,it is very interesting and a little romantic.Because my hometown is far from the sea,I think those who live near or on water are very lucky and happy.Take the Yangtze River for example,I have seen a series of its reports from the TV.I didn’t know the life appearance on water until I watched them.It’s very magic because the houses there are just above the water,and the local people catch fish to support their family.

I had a personal experience of water when I was at elementary school.It was the period that we took classes in the simply-constructed houses because many of our school buildings collapsed after the 921 and 1022 earthquakes.
The location of our shelters was our playground,a low-lying place.Once it rained heavily so that our playground was full of water.Everyone had to roll their pants up to go through this chaos.The water was very dirty,because some of them was from the rain while another was from the toilet.Though we all felt disgusting,it was still a rare and unusual experience. (232words)