1. Summary
The main reasons for the water shortage in Mexico City as follows, the city continues growing unchecked and unplanned. The first strains began to show with massive migration in the 1940s; the capital swallowing up one satellite town after another. The population keep raising and poor management of water efficiency. Because of these facts Mexico City is facing the consequence.
2. Meaning
I think the first sentence means that the chief can not accept the current situation which Mexico City is facing. The water shortage is extremely serious and without any efficient solution. Mexico City is the largest city in Latin America but it cannot supply enough water.
3. My article
http://blog.fastline.com/2010/01/28/california-water-shortage-still-a-hot-topic-in-2010/
Since we are now living in California, we should know more about our living surroundings and conditions. This article is about the water shortage in California. This shortage does not only have effects on agriculture but also people's daily lives. The water shortage is considered to be one of the hottest topics and this situation will continue in 2010. The best solution is to raise people's awareness about saving water everyday.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Animal minds
1. Summary:
Virginia Morell,tells the readers about the experiment which shows people that parrot can talk. In 1977 Irene Pepperberg started an experiment on a parrot who was named Alex. Pepperberg and her colleagues were focus on teaching Alex how to speak. They taught him words, meanings, pronunciations so far and so on. After a long time training, the result showed that Alex can talk. He can tell the shape, the color, the number. Though some sounds are hard for him to pronounce, he still managed to say something which was extremely amazing. Pepperberg's experiment on Alex tells people that animals are more smart than we expected.
2. I am not sure that whether animals have their own thoughts or not. As I have a pet
I often "communicate" with him and I think he can understand me. I don't know why, but if I feel blue he will accompany with me, just sit next to me and look at me. Usually at this time I will talk to him. I will complain or tell him why I am not happy. Then I feel better. In this case, I think that animals have feeling and thoughts.
3. http://www.animalintelligence.org/
This link is interesting you guys should check it out. It is like a blog and different people post different stories about animals. Some of them also provide the video. These stories have different focus but they all tell us that animals are smart. Do you believe that cats and dogs can be friend. They can run a friendship and take care of each other. Another story is about a cat who was raised by a cow. It is amazing. Ants, little tiny insect, they are smart too. They can predict the change of weather. They seems to have intelligent on architecture. These are interesting. Read it for fun!
Virginia Morell,tells the readers about the experiment which shows people that parrot can talk. In 1977 Irene Pepperberg started an experiment on a parrot who was named Alex. Pepperberg and her colleagues were focus on teaching Alex how to speak. They taught him words, meanings, pronunciations so far and so on. After a long time training, the result showed that Alex can talk. He can tell the shape, the color, the number. Though some sounds are hard for him to pronounce, he still managed to say something which was extremely amazing. Pepperberg's experiment on Alex tells people that animals are more smart than we expected.
2. I am not sure that whether animals have their own thoughts or not. As I have a pet
I often "communicate" with him and I think he can understand me. I don't know why, but if I feel blue he will accompany with me, just sit next to me and look at me. Usually at this time I will talk to him. I will complain or tell him why I am not happy. Then I feel better. In this case, I think that animals have feeling and thoughts.
3. http://www.animalintelligence.org/
This link is interesting you guys should check it out. It is like a blog and different people post different stories about animals. Some of them also provide the video. These stories have different focus but they all tell us that animals are smart. Do you believe that cats and dogs can be friend. They can run a friendship and take care of each other. Another story is about a cat who was raised by a cow. It is amazing. Ants, little tiny insect, they are smart too. They can predict the change of weather. They seems to have intelligent on architecture. These are interesting. Read it for fun!
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