Fast Food

     On September 27, I attended a lecture which was given by Eric Schlosser. From the lecture, I knew more about fast food industry. It helped me to think about what I am eating. Although I think that fast food should be banned in the United States, it is hard impractical to do it. Admittedly, I think that there are something should be done in the United States.

     Firstly, I think Americans should know more about fast food. The two main reasons of why fast food is famous in the United States are the cheap price and the saving of time. Most people believe that eating fast food is convenient and cheap. There is something they do not know about fast food. The most obvious harm of eating too much fast food is weight gaining. Teens as well as adults are at risk of disease related to weight. This information should be known by every person. Here, my suggestion is to promote this knowledge to public. Moreover, teenagers and adults should be educated about fast food. For example, children are cautioned against drugs. We could do the same thing to against fast food.

     In China, fast food, especially McDonald's and KFC from the United States, has brought a lot of impacts since the first day it arrived in China. I can notice that many people, especially the youth and kids like to eat fast food. In my view, Chinese food is much more delicious and nutritious than fast food. Chinese people should keep their own food culture

What I Have Learned From CS1 Class

     Time flies, three weeks of this quarter have elapsed.  During these three weeks, I have learned many things about English, and I also enriched my knowledge. Now, I want to sum up what I have learned from reading and writing classes.

     To begin with reading class, there are serial things I have learned. Firstly, I learned how to use SQ3R. It is a reading method, and specifically created for learning from textbook. This method includes reading strategies, methods of reading and review, how to match my reading rate to the material and how to use the World Wide Web to expand my background knowledge. As a future college student, I think that all these skills will be useful when I study academic class.

      In terms of writing class, I learned some skills of writing. In the class, I learned about the process of writing academic essays. It tells me how to use the English academic style of writing and the type of organization. It is very important, because when I enter college my professor will be expecting. Other academic writing skills I learned are summarizing an article and giving a personal response to what I have summarized. I can use these skills to summary a newspaper, online Web site and giving my own opinion of the article.

     To sum up what I have said. Trough these three weeks I have learned lots of knowledge from class. I think that I should practice these skills to make sure that I can use them properly.  

My Future

        One question that my parents always ask me is what I want to do when I graduate. I am confused about this question. For me, the two choices are working for myself or working for others. However, whether I am working for others or work for myself, I must have the general working skills. As everyone knows that the current economic crisis caused high unemployment rate. This phenomenon makes a fierce competition between people, so only the highly skilled people can get away from unemployment. On the other hand, if I want to do my own business well, I must have several management skills. So, I think that to learn more skills is the most important thing for me. What I should do now is to try my best to study. I think when I greduate I will give my parents an answer that they satisfy.

What does it mean to live a healthy lifestyle? How can you do that as an international student at OU?

I think there is no doubt that to live a healthy lifestyle is very important to everyone. However what does living a healthy lifestyle mean. Some people believe to live a healthy lifestyle means to eat healthy food and exercise, others believe that in a good mood is necessary to keep fit. For me these three things are all important to live a healthy lifestyle. Firstly, having a healthy diet is a primary step to keep fit. For example, we should eat fruit and vegetable every day. In addition, we should avoid eating fast food, such as cheeseburger and French fries. Secondly, exercise is also an important part of healthy lifestyle. You can choose one of you liked sports and keep doing it. However, the easier way to exercise is walking.  I think that people should walk at least 20 minutes everyday. The last part of living a healthy lifestyle is in a good mood. Nowadays, people can be considered having more stress than ever. To manage stress effectively is very important to our health.  As an international student, I think I am pretty healthy. The first reason for this saying is that I often eat fruit and vegetable. I also have breakfast in the morning. Breakfast can give me energy. The second reason is that I do exercise everyday. As a student, I walk to the class everyday. I am studying in a small town. There doesn’t have subway or bus, so I walk around school everyday. Finally, I usually sleep for eight hours every night. A good sleep can keep me active during the daytime. This is my way to live in a healthy lifestyle. I hope that all people can have a healthy lifestyle like me!