Thursday, November 27, 2008

Group 2 - Taking Care of Mother





The main message of this podcast topic is talking about when we grow up, will we take care of our mother. They also provide some solutions to the problem.

Basically, the voice of the host and the guests was loud and clear, but sometimes the words of a sentence was not continuous. There was no background noise, so it was not difficult to understand what they said. The pacing of the delivery was not too slow or too fast. They did not use background music and sound effects, but they chose a song to present in the end, and the song fit for this topic. I like the song that they presented, it is a nice song. I think the host and the guests could be happier, the atmosphere would be better.

In my opinion, I think we can take care of our parents when they are old, but it does not mean that is a responsibility. Therefore, this is not a responsibility for children. We can accompany them when they feel lonely. If we do not live with them, we can go to visit them on weekends or when we have free time. In a word, we let them know that we are always there when they need us. I believe they can take care of themselves, what I need to do is do not let them worry about me, and the most important one is to let them feel happy.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Group 1 - Forever Single





This is group 1's presentation "Forever Single." They provide some opinions of this topic.

The voice of the hosts and guests was loud and clear enough. There was no background noise, so it was easy to understand what they said. The pacing of the delivery was not too fast or too slow. They used some sound effects and background music, and it was effective. For example, when the atmosphere was funny, they played the laughter sound effect; they used background music during advertising. I like the atmosphere when they talk. The tone made me feel happy. Basically, I like this podcast, but in my opinion, I think the background music is a little loud. If they could turn down the music a little or the speaker speak louder, that would be better.

I think the marriage is not necessary, so it would be better to stay single. If I get married, I have to give up my freedom.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Message to Obama

Dear President Obama:
First of all, I congratulate you on your election of the president of the United States. Because you are the new 44th president, and your campaign is "Change, we can believe in," I would like to commend you some things that I want you to change. First, I think the United States should take part in Kyoto Protocol, this is very important to this world. Second, You should end the war in Iraq. There are too many people get hurt in this terrible war. you have to stop Iran's government for their nuclear problem. I also hope you could solve the problem of racial discrimination, it is unfair to everybody. Finally, figuring out the solution to the global warming. There are a lot of excellent scientists in the America, please try hard to this problem. I hope you could change these problems of the whole world.