THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

My topic is related to one one of the tv serials called The Vampire Diaries.I chose this topic because I didn’t like it and Iwas biased about it .Later I watched it one day in my free time,and I really liked it.I regretted not watching it earlier.In this way I learned not to be biased.The tv serial is about some supernatural creatures as we understood from it’s name especially the vampires ,and some old diaries about them.It is American serial,so they speak in American Accent ,and I can easily understand the dialogues between characters.
I learned a lot of new words and expressions in this way.In high school my friends watched it and advised it to me.As I said before I’m biased about it and don’t like supernatural events and creatures ,so I said I would never watch it.One day I had free time and nothing to do.I decided to watch a film or TVserial.I wondered what happens in this serial because my friends talked much about it.I watched it too.
It has 53 episodes,and I watched all of them in 5 days.Now if my old friends heard this they would surprised and loughed at me.It was so impressed that my dreams were about it in those days.The serial involves supernatural events such as spells, resurrections and turning into a vampires or supernatural creatures such as vampires,werewolves,witches and ghosts.Actually I don’t like this type of stories and characters,but in this serial stories are so well fictioned that it charms you.Now it is on holiday and will start in January .I am waiting its start impatiently.
Apart from its charm it contributes to my development in English.I learned some short expressions.I realized that I dont’ have to translate each word into English.I can use an expression has the same meaning instead of it.It is more practical than it.This text is like a confession for me because I am a bit prejudiced person.I am generally right about my first impressions and judgements but unfortunately sometimes I can be wrong as in this case.I hope I will deal with it.Anyway I watched this serial and I don't regret. I strongly advise you to watch it I hope you will like it.

IF I WERE A BOY

If i were a boy even just a day

I’d wake up early in the morning

And grab someone i like and

Go wherever i want

And live the moment

I’d kick with whom i wanted

And never face for it

Cause they defend me

If i were a boy

İ think i could understand well

How it feels to love a girl

İ swear i’d be nicer man

İ’d believe her

Cause i know how it hurts

When you löse the one you wanted

Cause she is caring about me

And everthing you had spoiled

If i were a boy

İ would not listen to anybody

Tell them ı dont care what they say

So they’d think ı was determined

I’d put myself first

And choose the rules as ı go

Cause i know that she ‘ll believe me

Thinking that i am true

If i were a boy

İ think i could understand well

How it feels to love a girl

İ swear i’d be nicer man

I’d try to understand her

Cause i know how it will be

When you don’t listen what she is saying

Cause she is caring about you

And everthing you had spoiled

EXERCİSE 2

Soccer — or football (or foosball or futbol), as it is called by the rest of the world outside the United States is surely the most popular sport in the world. Every four years, the world championship of soccer, the World Cup is watched by literally billions all over the world, beating out the United States professional football's Superbowl by far. It is estimated that 1.7 billion television viewers watched the World Cup final between France and Brazil in July of 1998. And it is also a genuine world championship, involving teams from 32 countries in the final rounds, unlike the much more parochial and misnamed World Series in American baseball (that does’t even involve Japan or Cuba, two baseball hotbeds). But although soccer has become an important sport in the American sports scene, it will never make inroads into the hearts and markets of American sports the way that football, basketball, hockey, baseball, and even tennis and golf have done. There are many reasons for this.

Recently the New England Revolution beat the Tampa Bay Mutiny in a game played during a horrid rainstorm. Nearly 5000 fans showed up, which shows that soccer is, indeed, popular in the United States. However, the story of the game was buried near the back of the newspaper's sports section, and there was certainly no television coverage. In fact, the biggest reason for soccer's failure as a mass appeal sport in the United States is that it doesn't conform easily to the demands of television.

Basketball succeeds enormously in America because it regularly scheduled what it calls "television time-outs" as well as the time-outs that the teams themselves call to re-group, not to mention half-times and, on the professional level, quarter breaks. Those time-outs in the action are ideally made for television commercials. And television coverage is the lifeblood of American sports. College basketball lives for a game scheduled on CBS or ESPN (highly recruited high school players are more likely to go to a team that regularly gets national television exposure), and we could even say that television coverage has dictated the pace and feel of American football. Anyone who has attended a live football game knows how commercial time-outs slow the game and sometimes, at its most exciting moments disrupt the flow of events. There is no serious objection, however, because without television, football knows that it simply wouldn't remain in the homes and hearts of Americans. Also, without those advertising dollars, the teams couldn't afford the sky-high salaries of their high-priced superstars.

COLD COMFORT

Not so long ago, many of us resisted separating glass, cans, and paper out of our garbage. What a hassle. Today, of course, every second-grader knows that the world's resources are limited and that recycling helps preserve them. We act locally, while thinking globally. It's time to bring the same consciousness to health care as we face a growing medical crisis: the loss of antibiotic effectiveness against common bacterial illnesses. By personally refusing—or not demanding—antibiotics for viral illnesses they won't cure, we can each take a step toward prolonging overall antibiotic effectiveness.

Media reports have likely made you aware of this problem, but they have neglected the implications. Your brother catches a cold that turns into a sinus infection. His doctor treats him with antibiotics, but the bacteria are resistant to all of them. The infection enters his bloodstream—a condition known as septicemia—and a few days later, your brother dies. (Septicemia is what killed Muppets creator Jim Henson a few years ago.) Or instead of a cold, he has an infected cut that won't heal, or any other common bacterial disease, such as an ear or prostate infection.

Far-fetched? It's not. The antibiotics crisis is real. Consider Streptococcus pneumoniae: This common bacterium often causes post-flu pneumonia. (Pneumonia and influenza combined are the country's sixth leading cause of death, killing 82,500 Americans in 1996.) Before 1980, less than 1 percent of S. pneumoniae samples showed any resistance to penicillin. As of last May, researchers at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego discovered that 22 percent of S. pneumoniae samples were highly resistant to it, with another 15 percent moderately so. And the most recent statistics from the Sentry Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, which monitors bacterial resistance at 70 medical centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South America, show that 44 percent of S. pneumoniae samples in the U.S. are highly resistant, and worldwide, resistance is at an all-time high (55 percent).

WHY PEOPLE SAVE BOOKS

My topic is related to why people save books after they read them. I chose this topic because i save books too.In this text i will compare and contrast my reasons and other people’s reasons for this issue. Many people who like to read also save the books they have read.Almost everonehasa single Bookshelf in their homes.they read and hhen collect books.There may be several reasons,but i am going to mention three of them.

One reason is that people save books as a reference material.For example, a doctor may keep his anatomy and pharmacology books, an English teacher ,like I am going to be,may hold on to anthologies and novels which belong to English Literature as a reference.However ,it is not only the professionals who save their books.Those interested in electronic equipment hold on to their books about computers,stereos and machines.Many families keep encyclopedias for the children to use for school.

Another reason is that some people save books is to make a good impression.I have never had a thought like this.I think this thought is nonsense.Books have never been saved for this reason,but some people think that a library full of the classics,dictionaries and books about art ,science and history make them look well read and therefore,sophisticated.Also , some people like to reveal to visitors their interests and tastes by this way.There is a deeper reason .This reason is my main reason too.People who enjoy reading have discovered the magic of books.Each book has transported the reader to another place.Therefore,each book really represents an experience from which the reader may have learned something.For example, when I read the book of Reşat Nuri Güntekin,Çalıkuşu,I wanted to save it ,because I found something from me in that book.It affected me a lot.While reading I felt as if I was another World.

To sum up, the reasons why many people save books center on the need to use them as a reference material,to make a good impression and to cherish the emotional bond like me.

EXERCİSE 1
Our beagle loves hunting rabbits.As soon
as someone opens the back door for her ,she barrels down porch and steps into
the yard.She runs back and forth accross the lawn in ecstasy.Her nose cruises
the wet grass for smells which are belong to cats, rabbits and other precences
to subtle for human detection.She sniffs and spins her tail that spins
clockwise first and then spins counterclockwise in quick circles.These two
activities always ocur together.They are sniffing and spining.They seem to
propel her along.I love seing her in a cheerful mood.We have lucky to have her.

EXERCİSE 2
The
Government Printing Office in Washington D.C,few people know about it ,is a
source of useful information.It is the official publishing house fort he
federal government.The GPO publishes pamphlets and boks on a vast number
subjects ranging from he dangers of X- rays ,from home TVsets to the
identification of mushrooms.About 27.000 publications are offered through The
Superintended of Documents.Many of them are inexpensive and for some of them
there is no charge at all which makes reading and searching easier for people.It
is supposed to increase the reading rate in Washington.

EXERCİSE 3
A man
reaping America’s first fortune was John Jacob Astor.He was lowborn and
uneducated German immigrant.He made his initial Money trading Indian furs and
made a fortune from this trade.Astor never learned to speak English properly
which wasn’t an obstacle for him.He carried on his business to the end in an Accent
which was redolent of the Hamburg gutters.

Video Reflection

In this video students think they are lucky for
being a student in US.Because in USthey have many opportunities . they think in US , education system is more
creative and more flexible when compared
to their own’s.Except for the student from
Japan,students decided to study
in US for these reasons
Japanese student said that he was accustomed to study in foreıgn country
because he studied high scholl in Canada
According to the students ,their educatıon system is
too strıct.In Netherland students don’t practıce properly.there is a monotonous
life in Netherland and educatııon system mostly base on books and fix plans.ın
Japan students can’t chance their department if they want in Chına students
must take hıgher grades to study at a unıversty.they think ın US.educatıon
system is flexible when compared to their own counrty’s educatıon system.
They thınk the cost of beıng a student ın US ısn’t
expensive .the costs which contaın housıng meals fees are approximately 30
thousand dollars.accordıng to them it is moderate.
Like many ınternatıonal students they have
experienced culture schock too.for example,the Chınese student saıd that ın
Chına they hanged their clothes outside
to dry up but ın US people used dryıng machınes.she thinks people’s wearıng
shorts in winter in weird.ın Japan directly communıcatıon is thought to be
rude,but ın US people frienly and can outgoıng and they can communıcatıon easly
the Japanese student said.
I want to study ın a foreıgn counrty,but ıt might not
be the US. I will have similar experıences as every ınternatıonal student
have.ı want to study abroad via student exchange programs like Erasmus. I know
there will be many obstacles but ı
belıeve ı can deal with them and it ıs worth