BOOK REPORT : TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

Title : Tuesdays with Morrie
Author : Mitch Albom
Publisher :Sejong Books Year 2009

Vocabulary
insatiable : 만족할 줄 모르는
bury oneself in : -에 몰두하다
go easy on : -을 윽박지르지 않다, -을 편하게 대하다
close to your heart : 비밀로 하는
fret : 애태우다
force a smile : 억지미소를 짓다
diffuse : 해산시키다
get you nowhere : 효과가 없다


The main character, Mitch lives in scheduled life, working in newspaper. he has gained more fame and much more money than he anticipated. In light of his such life, he happened to see TV program Night Line. and then, he recognized his previous sociology professor Morrie. at that time he noticed Morrie, he started to recall his during life. at first, he wanted to be musician and play the piano. but his music life after graduation had not gone with well with his desire to play the piano. after his uncle's death, he went back to major in journalism. until now he establishes his stabilized life, he lost his oldder days almost. however, at the time he recognized Morrie, he also recognized his during barren life and idea. then, when Mitch went nearby Morrie's house, Mitch and Morrie's Tuesday class came to begin again.
At The First Tuesday, because of deeper disease, Morrie had to be given other's help when he got to toilet. although in that somewhat miserable situation, Morrie showed flexible attitude to his tragic. he told us he would regard him as baby one more time, not depressed. I think this attitude towards death is not usual. we often observe profound depression in terminal disease patients or old people. while they are sanked into deep slump, Morrie tried to accept his destiney-death-more conductively. this behavior should be occupied by a myrad of people around the world.
At The second Tuesday, Morrie told Mitch frankly that he also often feel break-hearted about his withered legs, others' help. he felt sorry for himself. however, he put only limited time to feel sorry for himself. perhaps most people who come down with fatal disease usually waste their time to sorry for themselves or sigh. so I think all the people also think about whether we waste golden times to feel sorry for ourselves or not. we need to reconsider the truth: Make sure self-compassion is important for our sensitivity and self-observation. but, more we ought to go forward to our future or rest life.
The most impressive scene above all this book is Morrie's dark childhood for me. Morrie lost his mother at early age. I was so dazed that Morrie showed off his tears during the second interview of Night Line. he described his tears as loneliness. although ALS was covered with Morrie, he never seemed to surrender it. all situations and all troubles around him had been overwhlemed with his positive mind.
So I was bewildered his tears. however, I am awakened from his craked childhood. he was extremely poor and lost his mother. furthermore, his father was lack of ability. his brother David had caught in polio. neverthless, he was abosorbed in education. maybe education and study was nothing but a means for escaping extreme poverty at first. however, he turned it into his new desire and future.
Although Morrie had lament past, he could overcome and overwhelm it. maybe, it was possible because of his stubborn courage and profound reconsideration about his future and whole life. after coming down with ALS, Morrie was still never broken off. maybe, I think it can be for Morrie because he had been wounded by chilly life since childhood. all the hardship had descended on him all the way. in light of this, stubborn will and resolute attitude could make Morrie more cheer and flexible.
Finally, thanks to Morrie I came to reconsider what the important thing is. also, his statement that if we are on wrong culture, we should discard it willingly still reminded us of where we are and what we are doing. we need to change inflexible and selfish attitude towards other people.

BOOK REPORT : THE DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE

Title : The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4
Author : Sue Townsend ( 박종서 譯 )
Publisher & Year : 출판회사 도솔 & 1990. 2. 12

Vocabularies
menace:협박
nearly killde itself : 좋아 죽으려고 했다
indecent:음란한
crack up:약해지다
dead posh : 아주 멋진
make out : 이해하다, 알아내다
get done : 혼나다
redundancy cheque : 실업 수당
on the go : 끊임없이 활동하는

Reflection
The main character of this book is Adrian Mole who is 13 and 3-quarter years old. he lives in England. he has a number of private problems such as parents, his weak dog, school life, his spots, and his lover Pandora. so, the story of this book is to solve or complain his private problems. overall, he seems to be cynical to problems around him. I wondered so why author makes main character so cynical. at first, I thought it was so annoyed by Adrian's expression. but as time passed, I think I understand author's intention. Adrian's cynical attitude is so funny for some situations or so calm for other situation.
To begin with his story, he always complains his spots on his face. he insists that he cannot help having so many spots because her mother doesn't get him to take Vitamin C supplements. after that, he often complains his appearance. I think he is a typical teenager who concerns for spots. besides, he complains his mother for other house work occasion. it can be seen adolescent mind of teenager in general house.
Secondly, he is afflicted with Berry Kent in school. so he gave Berry Kent menace money. he thought his miserable accident which Berry Kent tripped him up is caused because he is an intellectual so anyone couldn't understand him. I think he has intellectual vanity which is often occupied by same agers. in that age, teenagers often have vanity for showing their own advantages and attraction. so I think it is well-reflectioned teens' mind. after all, his grandmother, however, frightened Berry Kent. so he can live peaceful school life. in this statement, I think although he insists he is an individual existence but he must depend on his parents and relatives, it symbolizes the 'Teenager'.
Third of this story line is his loving girl, Pandora. In his diary, he usually writes about Pandora who sat next to him in Geography class. however, Pandora came to go out with Nigel. and Craig Thomas. however, he comes to go out with Pandora in the end. in that occasion, he shows me a immature love and longings for a girl. the subject 'love' has been used in a number of novels. most of all, many novels have expressed love to be so pure and innocent. but, this story is distinguishable from this point. this story expresses love to be into Adrian's mind and more frankle.
the biggest concern he has is his parents. his parents have myraid of fightings after all, they got divorced and his mother seemed to like Mr.Lucas who live next door. also, His father tried to find out his new lover. I thought that although Ms.Mole got away from their home, his father may have some remaining feelings. so, I could anticipate there is some possibility for Adrian's parents to be recombination. and then, Finally, this story ended in contents that Mr.Mole and Ms.Mole got together. compared with first situations in Adrian's home, the last scene is so dramatic and contrary. it may be somewhat tasteless conclusion. however, it is more special results for Adrian who wants to live peaceful life. after re-combination, Adrian and his family will be comfortable and happy.

global warming

At now, Human kind are warned about global warming's result. as growing concerns about global warming, many of nations in the world have started to preserve nature from menace of global warming. however, these efforts don't seem to be realized effectively in our life. so, I'll introduce diverse efforts to prevent global warming which may be more practical.
First, we must know personal effort affects global warming pace mostly. the best method is that people recognize about nature in danger of our own accord. if all the people acknowledge nature in serious danger, not only global warming but also other environmental problems are going to easy to be solved. also, people should try to reduce CO2 which is the key factor in global warming by using air conditioning system less than ever. in similar, people can reduce CO2 by using public transpartation such as bus and train. in recent days, using by bicycle has also spotlight in eco-important-era.
secondly, the system of national effort about global warming must go with personal effort of citizen. nation can hold many campaigns about nature in danger to awake people. and to take substantial impact nations need to encourage people to use environmentally friendly products. on the other hand, nations of the world must pay attention to develop new energy which generate less carbon dioxide. this will be nearly ultimate means to go to the green world.
In conclusion, personal efforts wil go under the basic part of preventing global warming and then, national efforts follow the result of personal efforts by reforming fundamental problems of it. personal efforts and national efforts are ought to go along same context. and then, these efforts get synergy effect.

Living Green : Building Green

Author : Chanseung Lee
Publisher & Year : NeungRyul EDU. 2009.

Vocabularies
1)Sustainable : Involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment
2)Drainage : the process by which water or liquid waste is drained from an area
3)Come up with : to find or produce an answer, a sum of money
4)pack : to fill

Summary
recently, a number of people have joined environmental-friendly construction. environmental buildings called 'green building' have some features. first, they have big windows for using less electricity and more natural light. second, they have rooftop garden which help control amount of sun's heat every season. third, for saving water, they have a special drainage system to collect rainwater and store it. and we can build with green materials such as bamboo, newspaper and plastic milk containers. from now on, we must construct buildings with green features and surely, the buildings we live are getting healthier and greater.

Comment
It is good for us to recommend many examples about green buildings. but, I think it is so limited to be realized in case of buildings with newspaper and plastic containers. It will be somewhat deficient in structure and safety. so, people may not go that buildings. and drainage system to collect rainwater must be reformed practically. it may involve purifying equipment to use water in common life because of air pollution. also, rooftop garden's maintenance expense may be so high-priced because it is located on rooftop so it is complicated to manage. I think it is difficult to settle green technology in space we live due to its expense and maintenance

SCHOOL UNIFORM

I agree with school uniform. If students are allowed to wear casual clothes, students will be waste their time for making themselves up. also, students can be evaluated by their attire. so, as students are sensitive to their apprearance ㅡ they will be stressful about how they look goodㅡthey will have more concentration on their exterior things than inside things. this phenomenon must cause many problems such as anorexia caused by stress of appearance, lookism and a sense of beauty vanity. therefore, students must be put on their uniform due to preservation of sound mind.