January, 29, Thursday - p 85 - 86

How to Make Your Own Designer Jeans

Would you like to own a pair of designer jeans but can't afford to pay designer prices? Follow these instructions to make your won pair of stylishly ripped and faded jeans. Buy a pair of inexpensive new jeans, or use a pair that you already own. Find the direction of the line in the denim fabric, and rub a knife back and forth in the opposite direction. You can also use a cheese grater or a nail file. Keep rubbing until white threads appear. If you want the white threads to stay there, don't cut them. Dip an old toothbrush into bleach, and run the old toothbrush around the edges of the back pokets and over the belt loops. Mix a little bleach with water in a spray bottle, and spray the thighs and seat of the jeans. Rub sandpaper on the hems of the legs to fray them, and rip on corner of a back poket. Wash and dry the jeans several times after your new jeans will look stylishly old!

January, 23, Thursday - P. 41

College students take many kinds of tests.

College students take many kinds of tests. First of all, college students take speaking tests. Most students have to speak clearly, so they are usually practicing pronunciation. If their speaking is not clearly, nobody understand about their topic. Second, college students take grammar tests. They have to use English fluently. Any languages have rules, so they have to keep rules and practice about grammar. Third, college students take listening test. Listening is very important in languages. Languages need communication with someone, so they practice to listen and speak also. College students take speaking, grammar, and listening test.

January, 23, Thursday - Ex : Try it out

The "Weaker" Sex

It is often said that women are the weaker sex, but women are actually superior to men in several ways. Women live longer and stay healthier than men in all countries of the world. This difference starts at birth and continues until old age. On the average, women live seven years longer than men in the United States. There are 105 boys to every 100 girls at birth, but there are twice as many women as men at age 80. Women are better than men at things that involve the five sense. Women have a sharper sense of taste and smell. Men are physically stronger than women, but women are mentally stronger. For example, more men than women had emotional problems during bombing attacks on London in world War II. do you still believe that women are "the weaker sex"?

January.20.09 Writing Homework

Practice 10. Page 57 - 59

A.

2. There are several hundred languages in the world, but not all of them have a written form.

3. Chinese is spoken by more people, but English is spoken in more countries.

4. Russian is third most spoken language in the world, and Spanish in the fourth.

5. There are about one million words in English, but most people use only about ten thousand of them.

6. Chinese has many different dialects, so Chinese people cannot always understand each other.

7. French used to be the language of international diplomacy, but now it is English.

8. International companies are growing, so they will soon need more bilingual workers.

9. Young people should know a second language, or they will be at a disadvantage in the international job market.

B.

2. We are both medium tall, and we have the same hobbies.

3. He is an extrovert, but he is an impostor.

4. I am younger, so I have to go to school.

5. Our mother used to tell us, "Stop fighting, or Get out of here."

6. we fought a lot as children, but now we take care of us.

7. we married two sisters, so we are happy.