My target audience: Gen Z, which means the youngest generation. I am writing for the young people who don’t familiar with Beijing. I am going to take some pictures of some famous places in Beijing to let more people know Beijing’s culture.
George
I play the piano and love sports
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In this engineering task, I would like to make a product that can transform energy. Electric energy is a kind of energy we use very often in our life. But we need something to help us generate electricity. The process of generating electricity is usually quite long. If we can provide electricity to our products through energy conversion, it will greatly improve the efficiency of generating electricity.
I am trying to make a solar flashlight or solar power bank. They are really useful in our daily life. Both of these products would be helpful for camper. The batteries in the flashlight are not guaranteed against accidents, and the battery bank has a limited lifespan. However, if the flashlight and charging bank can be replaced by a solar power charging method, especially in the field can ensure the normal use of these two devices.
One of a link that I like. This article, it includes all the types and models of the materials that I need to use in my solar power bank. These materials are not particularly expensive and easy to buy. It’s also very simple to make, so we can easily understand how to operate. At the same time, we can also learn about the principle of charging devices in Link. In fact, the structure of the power bank is quite simple.
After a solar flashlight converts the sun’s energy into electricity, storing it is a difficult problem. If we could design a way to store electricity, it would be hard to make. Because we need some technologies to guarantee it has a good ability to store it, and string energy is a really important process in solar flashlight.
From multiple perspectives and considerations, we decided to make a solar power bank. Based on the link above, we made some design changes. In addition to charging the phone directly through the solar panels, we considered that the phone could be powered by rechargeable lithium batteries when the sun is not shining. The lithium batteries are charged by solar panels. This ensures that the power bank will still work under some special circumstances.
The Pros of this product:
- It is energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. This battery bank uses solar energy, recyclable green energy, to change itself. By converting solar energy into electricity, it powers the phone.
- It’s also easy to carry around, with solar panels and batteries small enough to fit easily into a backpack or suitcase.
- It has a wide range of charging options, as long as it has a USB port.
- Its use conditions are simple, this charging bank does not need to be connected to an external power source, in sunlight conditions can be used to charge mobile phones and other items.
However, the cons of this product：
- Charging may be slow
- Solar panels may be less powerful
In Ken Liu’s short story “The Paper Menagerie” Jack’s, the main character, understanding of his identity changes and develops through the author’s use of Characterization, Symbols, and Point of view. By the time, the environment and the mind of people around him already affect him. Thus, he changed the cultures he admired, the way he thought about different cultures, and he changed his perspective of himself.
In Ken Liu’s short story, “The Paper Menagerie,” the main character, Jack, develops his understanding of identity through the author’s use of dialogue. “At dinner, I asked Dad, ‘Do I have a chink face?’” and then the mother said, “Sha jiao chink?” It’s just two short sentences, but it shows a lot of information. The chink face means Jack is self-abasement because he has a face that contains some Chinese genes. Jack is not really like his Chinese face. The sentence that is said by his mom includes Chinese words and shows that she is not good at English. There is a big cultural difference between mom and Jack, which is Jack hates Chinese culture, and mom is a native Chinese. That’s why there is a huge conflict appear between them. In addition, “I pushed the chopsticks and the bowl before me away: stir-fried green peppers with five-spice beef. ‘We should eat American food.’ Dad tried to reason ‘A lot of families cook Chinese sometimes.’ ‘We are not other families.’ I looked at him. Other families don’t have moms who don’t belong.” The American food again shows his dislikes of Chinese culture. In Jack’s mind, other family means all the family members are native American, but his family has a Chinese who doesn’t belong here. These words are filled with Jack’s indignation and denial of Chinese culture. In the whole article, the author did not directly describe Jack’s mind but showed the changing of his understanding of identity from the details of his dialogue with his family.
The main character in Evan Hunter’s short story entitled “On the Sidewalk Bleeding ” initially believes that there will be someone to rescue him because he is loyal, but later understand maybe his special identity will cause him to die, and he want to be Andy, not the Royal. His changing understanding is revealed through the use of symbolism, comparison, and interactions with other characters.
- Symbolism: “He lay with his face pressed to the sidewalk, and he could see the splash of the neon far away at the other end of the alley, tinting the pavement red and green, slickly brilliant in the rain. “
- Comparison: ” ‘I love you, too, Freddie,’ the girl said, and Andy listened and thought: I love you, Laura, Laura. “
- Interactions with other characters: “I don’t know, I don’t know. I don’t want to get mixed up in this. He’s a Royal. We help him, and the Guardians be down on our necks. I don’t want to get mixed up in this, Angela.”
I am good at listening to the class. But I am not good at writing and speaking. My lexical resource is lower than others. I want to improve these two skills during the English class. Also, I want to improve my reading ability by reading more books and practice more articles. My biggest goal this year is to improve my English skills. I think the best way to improve these skills is to do more practice and extend my vocabulary.
My character was a student in the university. At the beginning of the Chinese Culture Revolution, he was a red guard. He was a crazy believer of the Mao’s thought. But after going through many things, he changed his idea. He discovered that he was wrong about a lot of things he had done before.
Things were always changing in China, however, one thing that has never changed is the Communist Party’s unwavering position in China. Chinese politics has always been controlled by the Communist Party, but it is this that has allowed China to make progress.
This video was made by Maggie and me. It shows that the situation in the Culture Revolution which was between 1966-1976. Mao Zedong who was the chairman of China at that time was the initiator of this revolution. This revolution was quite similar with the Russian Revolution. Their ultimate aim is to purge the party. Also, Mao’s another target was to fix the road that China should follow. From this unit I learned that revolution doesn’t means that the society will be better, sometimes the revolution will make the society to become weak. There were many coasts to revolution. For example, the Culture Revolution destroyed many Chinese culture relics. Revolution also sacrifices a lot of people. In Culture Revolution, many intellectuals were oppressed by the Red Guard. Revolutions are cruel and have been bought by many people with their lives, but they are not always good.
The is a video that introduced the book “Unbroken”. In this video, it discusses the theme, central idea, and the some interesting facts in the book. After watching this video, I believe that you will have a deeper understanding of this book.
Unbroken is a book by Laura Hillenbrand. It tells us a story occurred during the World War 2. This is a very inspiring story, and the main character in this book is Louie Zamperini. The war stopped his dream that won the Olympic gold medal in running. When the war broke out, he became a bomber. But his plane crashed into the ocean by accident, and then he was found by the Japanese. Japanese send hime to the POW camp, he was very luck, at last he survived. The theme of this book is always be resilient and when we face a challenge, we should never give up hopes. It was these two spirits that made him survived in the POW camp.
Two reason that I read this book. First, I am very interested in the World War 2 and the military. In this book, it talks about a lot of WW2 information, especially the plane in that time. I would to love read it. There are many detail about the B-24 that I don’t know. I think is a good chance to expand my military knowledge. Second, there are many spirits in this book worth me to learn. I know how to face difficulties. Also, I know an important thing that was is a huge disaster for human. I was struck by many of the descriptions in the book, so I think it’s a valuable book.
I learned how to have a deep understanding of a book in this unit. We can re-read some paragraphs that we didn’t understand or have a lot of important information. This skill is very useful in non-fiction, because there are some expertise in it. We also can analyze the descriptive passages, it shows the knowledge vivid. Then, we will get a deeper impression of it. These are the two effective ways to help me analyze the book.
According to the field trip, I think that Boxers deserve a bad rap. They killed a lot of Chinese who were Christians, but they killed many unchristian people by mistake. They also destroyed the railway and connection between Beijing and outside. They believe that the roof of the church broke through the sky, causing a lot of natural disasters. The Boxers did a lot of extreme thing, these Chinese just have different religious beliefs, but it is wrong to kill them. Also, they killed a lot of innocent Chinese, I think this is the worst thing they did. They destroyed the railway and connection between Beijing and outside. It was the lack of communication between China and outside that cause China to lag behind. If they succeed, China will turn inward again. From they blamed the church for the natural disaster, we can see that boxer were too superstitious, too feudal, and show that they have no knowledge. In conclusion, I think that they think in too extreme ā way, too superstitious.
Hermia is a character in William Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” She loves Lysander, and Lysander also loves her. But her father wants her to marry Demetrius. Hermia is a persistent, positive, and pretty person who can give everything for true love. For example, when she is told she will either die or become a nun, she says: “I’d rather wither away than give up my virginity to someone I don’t love”(line 79-82). From this we can see that she was a very persistent person because when she loves a person, she refused to give any love to another man. Also, Hermia was very conscious of true love. She wanted to marry the person who she loved deeply. She wanted to make decisions about her marriage, not her father. Hermia is also very positive, when faced with these challenges, she says to Lysander,”If true lovers are always thwarted then it must .be a rule of fate. So let’s try to be patient as we deal with our problems. It’s as normal a part of love as dreams, sighs, wishes, and tears”(line 150-155). Because her father was unhappy about her marriage, he wanted to put Hermia to death, but Hermia thought that it is the inevitable frustration of love, and then she tried to comfort Lysander. When Lysander and Hermia wanted to elope, Hermia promised Lysander,”I give you my word, I will meet you at that spot tomorrow” (line 177-178). We know that she is a person who can give everything for love. She gave up honor and wealth, she choose to elope with the one she loved. Helena was complaining about how beautiful Hermia was and how Demetrius loved Hermia instead of her, “None, but your beauty. Would that fault were mine!” (line 201) From these sentences, we can say that Hermia is a pretty girl. At first, Demetrius loved Helena. But when Demetrius met Hermia, Hermia’s beauty attracted him more. All this evidence shows that Hermia is a resolute and beautiful person who never gives up, she sacrifices everything to pursue her true love.
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