Oral Skill Blog Entry Seven------Summary for lecture

This lecture by Rohan Stace was about "You and New Zealand Police". There are five areas. The first point he spoke about how to communicate with police. For example, in an emergency situation, the first thing to do is to dial 111 which is free for public. And if you have communication difficulties, you can use the language line for help or get a help from a friend or family member.

One of the key problems he mentioned was about domestic/family violence which is a crime and against the law. He gave some suggestions, such as ring 111 if you were in immediate danger or tell someone you trust about this. In addition, it is most important for looking after children to keep them safety in school and in a car and at home.

Moreover, another point he talked about how to deal with burglary. You and ring 111 or visit police station to report it, and do not touch or move anything because police need them as evidence. Another thing to do is to reduce the burglars opportunities. For instance, try to know your neighbour and don't make your property look easy entrance.

Consequently, Mr Stace gave us much useful information, it helps us to get know about police in New Zealand. However, in my opinion, he spoke too fast to understand, and it is not easy to catch them.

summary the news

I read the news which is "Minister to quiz police on high-speed chases after death" on Monday April 30,2007. It was about a high-powered driving BMW careered off the road and crashed because of the police Howard broad chasing. And the diver who is called Micheal James Ellicock,21, a yacht refurbisher, was dead at the scene. This accident happened in central New Plymouth about 12:30 AM yesterday. Police Minister Annette King will seek an assurance from the police trial . In my opinion, this is very sad news. Everybody gets only one life, so, living is valuable. I can imagine how sad his family are. And also I think police should do another thing to warn them to stop instead of chasing the high-speed car. The chasing makes the situation worse.

In the newspaper article, there are 17 verb forms in the active voice which are actions from the subjects of the sentences and 5 ones in the passive voice because the agent is unimportant.

For example:
simple past passive: Mr Ellicock's car was chased by...
before it was abandoned on St Aubyn st...
he was found dead...
The accident has been referred to the....

Oral skill Blog Entry Five-----Transcribe news headline

transcription:
And it reports the government quizzing police guidelines for high speed chasings following the death of a man in New Plymouth on Saturday.

Identify three pronunciation features:
consonant to vowel linking: and it, death of a man in
sounds disappear: government,speed, it
weak forms : the

Oral skill Blog Entry Six----Compare two pictures (Group B)

Well both of these pictures are related to the classroom. The first one is of learning by computers, the second one is of children who are reading books. I think that different types of students have different learning ways. For example young kids under 9 years old need and like to visualize things, so colorful pictures,images can grab their attention and also give them direct sense. It is just like the Picture One, the children seem to be interested in books, and get information as well. On the other hand, the students in Picture Two seem to be studying as a group through the computer. Computer can be used successfully to teach. For example, they provide an endless number of simple questions, and as the student answers these questions the facts are learned and reinforced.

Farewell for surgeon who saved twins

I came across this news in The New Zealand Herald which I subscribe to in my blog line account. It is about twin girls who were joined at the lower spine and pelvis and who are as healthy as normal 3-year-old children after a successful operation in separating them. David Clews, who performed a crucial part of the 22-hour operation at Waikato Hospital in 2004, died last week aged just 48. It is sad.

There are a lot of past simple verbs and present simple Verbs, but only few future verbs in the article.

For example:
past simple verbs: "who successfully separated conjoined twins... " It is a past action which has already finished.

present simple verb :"There are no words we can find that ..." it is an action which happens instantaneously at the moment of speaking.

future verbs: "they will still need some surgery ....." It is an action which plans to do in the future.