Friday, April 08, 2005

self study

A. Self-study Quizzes for ESL students
There are much text in this web. I thought do over the Level 1 text and understand my level.Then, try to do next Level text. In this self-study way, I can remember words and the Q. And answered those text can help learn English. This is a good study way.

B. EnglishPage
In this web, I look at "Menu" ,first.There have many items: Grammar Book, Vocabulary, Verb Tenses, Conditionals, Reading Room, Listening Lounge and Games.Choose the Game item, I thought play the game to study English. Choose the English Vocabulary, I can look at the word, means and Grammar.EX. The word-picky: Adj. hard to please, too careful in choosing something Its a good web. it can help me to study English.

A. Self-study Quizzes for ESL students
There are much text in this web. I thought do over the Level 1 text and understand my level.Then, try to do next Level text. In this self-study way, I can remember words and the Q. And answered those text can help learn English. This is a good study way.

B. EnglishPage
In this web, I look at "Menu" ,first.There have many items: Grammar Book, Vocabulary, Verb Tenses, Conditionals, Reading Room, Listening Lounge and Games.Choose the Game item, I thought play the game to study English. Choose the English Vocabulary, I can look at the word, means and Grammar.EX. The word-picky: Adj. hard to please, too careful in choosing something Its a good web. it can help me to study English.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

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Title:Fish DinnerLead:From a news story by San Francisco CBS 5 Reporter Barbara RogerBody:For someone who watches her diet as much as Wendy Moro, the symptomsdidn't add up. “Severe fatigue and vertigo, very weak. I was at one point able to leg press two hundred pounds, (but) I could barely walkdown the block,” says Wendy Moro.Why, she wondered, would someone whoeats so healthily feel so unhealthy? She says doctor after doctormisdiagnosed her condition. Then, Wendy and her current doctor begin tosuspect the answer was on her plate. "A few times a week I was having fish, whether it was once or three times or four times," says Wendy...........
1. Who is the story about? Wendy Moro 2. What will happen? ocean pollution3. Where did the story take place? San Francisco 4. When did the story happen? September 20045. Why did the event happen? Wendy Moro was sick the body reacts to high levels of mercury6. How did the story happen? The Environmental Protection Agency website explains how mercury gets into the fish we eat: “Mercury occurs naturally in the environment and can also be released into the air through industrial pollution. Mercury falls from the air and can accumulate in streams and oceans and is turned into methylmercury in the water. It is this type of mercury that can be harmful to your unborn baby and young child. Fish absorb the methylmercury as they feed in these waters and so it builds up in them..........

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