AIRPORTS ON WATER

River deltas are difficult places for map makers. The river builds them up, the sea wears them down; their outlines are always changing.

Mid-term marks

 Dear all beloved students,

I am sorry for not having been able to upload your marks earlier as promised just because I have been really busy to finalize all work. Here come your marks. Your marks are the average of 4 essays, especially the in-class one. If you have any complaint about your marks, do not hesitate to send me message through e-mail or SMS.

The final exam is coming soon. The test will consists of 3 topics for you to choose and write in 90 minutes. For those you have not performed your best, try more to get more.

Best of luck to you all!

Regards,

HTL

Click to download your marks.

Click to download your marks. (Tuesday Class)

Link to TOEFL writing book

Link http://depositfiles.com/files/oj603agho
After you have entered the webpage, click Free Download. Then wait for 60 seconds and type the words into the box. Finally, click "download" word to download the book, audio, and key

Links to Argumentative Essay Materials

Dear all beloved students,

Here are the links to the Argumentative Essay materials for you all. Download and learn with your best.

Best regards,

HTL

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?l22cjy2566zwwit
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?i21ck09z09ib0fb
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?yl5idrll532q694
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nt5e6w0crmthd7e

Are you Showing or just Telling?

Power Out
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive

By Shinan Barclay

I awoke to a silent chill. In my cottage, no clocks blinked, no refrigerator hummed. In this rural Oregon coast area, power pauses are frequent: a minute, an hour, sometimes three. Then, eventually there's that cascade of welcome sound -- buzz, blink, hum and whirr -- as radio, refrigerator, clock, computer, TV, heater and answering machine snap back to life.

I've made it through numerous power failures. No light, no heat, no sound -- all that I can handle. But I can't function without morning coffee. I could have built a fire on the stone patio outside my back door and heated water. But it was pouring rain. I could have hiked up the hill to my neighbor's, to see if Jenn had coffee perking on her camp stove. But wind whipped through tree branches. At least the phone was working.

I telephoned my boss. "It's going to be a long time before the lines are repaired," she said. "Hunker down. Work's cancelled. There's emergency food and shelter in town at the Methodist Church." Groping in the dim morning light, I excavated a lantern and my down sleeping bag from the back of my closet. I set the lantern on the kitchen counter, reread the instructions, struck a match and lit the mantle. Continue...

South Korean Mud Festival

South Korean Mud Festival

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Orange Festival, a Festival of Spectacular Orange Masterpieces

At anytime of the year, a lot of festivals are celebrated all over the world. They bring participants many different feelings, such as: funny with Cheese Rolling in England, a little bit dirty but exciting with Mud Festival in South Korea, or enthusiastic with Tomato Battle in Spain. However, you will surely be surprised if you have a chance to pay a visit to the Orange Festival in Netherlands, a festival of spectacular orange masterpieces.

After more than fifty years, the Orange Festival, now, becomes one of the most famous annual festivals in Dutch. Each year, it attracts over 700 thousand visitors worldwide, especially European visitors. The festival which is also known as the Queen’s day is originally celebrated to commemorate the national unity in Netherlands. Nowadays, the festival often falls on 30th April, the birthday of late Queen Juliana. In festival’s time, Amsterdam city where the festival takes place is covered with the bright orange color. Amsterdam, indeed, becomes a joyful party area bursting particularly around Dam, Rokin and Damrak.

Although, the festival is just in a day’s time, its preparation starts a month before. During this time, a large number of the best oranges are shipped in from neighboring countries like Spain, France, and the islands in the Mediterranean. Then numerous talented artists everywhere in Holland are invited to come and create extraordinary works of art, such as: giant castles, magnificent windmill houses, famous cartoons, and local charming people in different sizes and colors of fresh fruits. All of them are marvelously displayed throughout Amsterdam city, waiting for the amazing moment of the opening ceremony.

In the festival day, a lot of activities occur around the city. However, the celebrating has actually begun the night before (the Queen’s night). Clubs and bars are opened for playing, drinking, and dancing until morning. In the next day, the first impression is that everything is radiant with the orange color. The local people as well as foreign visitors wear orange clothes, the symbol of Royal family. They heartily dance and sing traditional Dutch songs. Visitors can take pictures of impressive orange sculptures, drink cold tasty orange juice served freely.

Banners and flags are flown with the same color, even some of fountains have a pigment added to the water. As time goes by, the crowd on the street makes the atmosphere more likely and enjoyable. For the bargain shoppers, a free market is also held for trading something you no longer need for. The stalls are filled up with a huge variety of antiques like clocks, vases, pictures, even swords.

After immersing into these exhilarating activities, it will be a miss not to not join the breathtaking outdoor rock concert in late morning. The strong voices together with jubilant melodies will leave you an unforgettable experience.

In fact, the concert is not only a farewell but also an invitation for the next year festival. If you are one of the people who considers Amsterdam as one of Europe’s best party cities, then the Orange Festival, April 30th, will help you to confirm your ideas.