OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS KARAOKE COMPETITION

Last Sunday, there was a oveaseas chinese students karaoke competition in leicester. My classmate, Janlin, take part in this competition. She passed the heat and entered the final. Cindy and me went to support her.
That night, 10 people participated in the final competition and most competitors come from Hongkong. Janlin is No.7. A girl impressed me deeply because I think her voice is really good. She sang a balled. Unfortunately, she didn’t win the prize. Another girl sang an english song with dancing. When Janlin started to sing, she felt really nervous. She was very passionately when singing. She got the fourth place. Even though she didn’t win the prize, but the process is important than the result. The champion is a boy who come from Hongkong. He sang a song which is from Jay Chou. But I don’t think his singing is good.
We had a good time.

Attitudes and Behaviors about Young Chinese University Students

Today I do a research about the attitudes and behavior of young chinese university students. The age of them is about 17 to 22. They all answered the four aspects of my questions. They have different answers of these questions. When asked what the students would do in the lecture theatre, they said they didn't want to ask questions during the lecture, because they think it is not polite. If they have questions, they will ask at the end of the lecture. When they are listening to the lecture, they will not concentrate on it for one hour. They will concentrate on the lecture for 25 minutes unless they are interested in it. Unless they will not concentrate on it for more than 10 minutes. Surprisingly, nobody will fall asleep in the lecture theatre, even though the contet is very boring.
When asked about seminar and tutorial, the Chinese students said they could discuss questions in the seminar. When they don't understand what does the teacher talk about, they will all ask teacher to explain it again. They consider that you should ask teachers as long as you find something you don't understand. If you often ask questions, you will improve your study quickly. They will use laptop in the seminar. They will find a lot of important information they want immediately. Having a laptop in the seminar is very convient. When they write the assignments, more than half the people we survied will hand in the homework on time. But a few people won't. Sometimes they forget to do the homework, sometimes they forget to bring the homework into class, so they will procrastinate to hand in the homework. Only a few people will write the essay in Chinese and then use translator to translate it to English. Though they know it is wrong, but they think it is convenient and the answer is exactly right. Most people will check the homework when they finish it. At last, I asked some questions about good and bad habits. About eighty percent of people will not turn off the phone in class,but they will turn it into vibration or silent. Nobody will drink or eat in the theatre except water. When they listening to a lecture or a concert, they must respect people who are on stage. Nearly half the people we surveied will use a DV to record other's speech. So they can record everything in the speech and learn more things in the speech. In conclusion, many students have good study styles, just a few people's study styles is not very good. But I think teacher will tell them what is right or wrong, they will be better.

If I ruled the world…

If I ruled the world, I would keep the world peace. I would want every country to live in peace, no war. I would want commodities from all over the world to buy and sell. So people would not to go abroad to buy things what is from other countries, people can buy these things in themselves’ countries. I would gather the world power to destroy terrorist organizations. I would like to let people to live in peace; they would not worry about the risk of being attacked. I would reduce the gap between the rich and the poor. No matter what the gap between the rich people and the poor people, or the gap between the developed countries and the developing countries would be reduced. I think education is very important. I would let every child in the world can study in the school. Especially in poor areas or countries, it is necessary to appoint some good teachers to teach children who have no money to study. Children have knowledge can let the world better and science more developed. I would improve the world environment. I would let every country attach importance to the environment.
If I ruled the world, I would let the world become better!

Sightseeing in Leicester

Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower
The Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower is a major sign in Leicester City Centre. It is in the middle of the city centre. It was constructed in 1868. It is in order to commemorate four people: Simon de Montfort, William Wyggeston, Thoms White and Gabriel Newton. There are four statues at each corner. Every weekend, some people act in front of the Clock Tower.

New Walk
New Walk is about 1100 metres. It is known as Queen’s Walk. It is from city centre to university. The road is made of cobblestons. Many different kinds of trees and flowers on the both sides of the road. If you walk on this road in spring, all the flowers are bloom. You can see many beautiful flowers around you. When you walk on this road in autumn, all the fallen leaves are on the road. Everything is golden, you can feel relax.

Castle Gardens
Castle Gardens are situated in the west of city centre. It is beside the Grand Union Canal. Castle Gardens include Castle Hall, John of Gaunts Cellar, and The Church of St Mary de Castro. The building was originally the Great Hall of Leicester Castle, which was erected in the 11th or 12th century. Some people said: "this is the one of the finest Norman Halls in England...” The timber roof is possibly 14th century. The Professor Horn said it was the earliest residential timber roof of Europe.

The day after tomorrow is one of my favourite films. I saw this film with my parents in the cinema five years ago. I think it is a very good film.
The day after tomorrow is directed by Roland Emmerich. Dennis QuaidJake, Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum starred this film. It is a disaster film. This film is said that Sam whose father is an environmentalist travelled to New York City for an academic competition. Because of the greenhouse effect, many counties have been unimaginable a natural phenomenon such as Hail, tornadoes and sea level rise. The rapid rise in sea water quickly flooded the New York City. Sam and his friend had to stay in the New York Public Library. It is colder and colder outside. Eiffel Tower, and the Statue of Liberty became into the icicle. They had to burn the books to keep warm. At that time, Sam’s father and his colleagues are going to New York City to look for them. On the way that looking for Sam, one of the colleagues in order to save others at the expense of its own. At last, they rescue Sam and his friends. And the weather became better than before, the sun came out again. There were many people survived in this disaster. It has a happy ending.
After I saw this film, I think protecting the environment is very important. It is more important than economic development. We can’t as the Vice President of the film, only focus on the economic development. The better environment is, the better economy is. If we only focus on the economy, then the cost of rapid economic development will be this film that emerged. Although the movie will not happen to us, but we should think about our generations.
This film has many thrills, the special effects are superb. When you see this film, you will feel that you are as a character in the film. The photography of the film is very good. In the film, we saw the tornado and frozen as same as the truth. And the story is very good, too. I think it is terrific.
The revenue of this film is $542,771,772; it is a very large number. So many people like to see this film, I think you will like it, too.

BIRMINGHAM

This Saturday, I went Birmingham with my friends.
At 9 o’clock, we got on the train to Birmingham New Street. After about one hour, we arrived at Birmingham. Firstly, we went to a big store. But I didn’t buy anything. Then we went to Chinatown to eat hotpot. In the afternoon, I bought a watch.
I felt very happy at Saturday, but the only bad thing is that it was rainy.

GOSSIP GIRL

I see American television series such as Prison Break, Sexy and the city, Supernatural and some other series. Now I would like to recommend a TV series, Gossip girl.
Gossip Girl is inspired by the popular novel series of the same name. The story happens New York City’s Upper East Side where lives a lot of the rich. The drama occurred in speaking of the students which in an aristocratic school and family matters. The drama includes sex, drugs, jealousy, and other teenage issues. Now it has two seasons. I think you will like it.