Book Report
Class & Number: 1812 Name: Ji-Yeon Beack
Title
The secret DIARY of ADRIAN MOLE aged 13¾
Author
Sue Townsend
Publisher & Year
Jung-Hwan Chai & 1990. 02. 12
Vocabularies
boil: A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus
malinger: pretend to be ill in order to avoid working
obstruction: Obstruction is the act of deliberately delaying something or preventing something from happening, usually in business, law, or government.
mongrel: A dog which is a mixture of different breeds.
squalor: refer to very dirty, unpleasant conditions. luscious: Luscious food is juicy and very good to eat
blotch: A blotch is a small unpleasant-looking are of color, for example on someone's skin.
indecent: be shocking and offensive, usually because it ralates to sex or nakedness.
bugger: A person who has done something annoying or stupid.
Reflection
Before I read whole text of 'The secret DIARY of ADRIAN MOLE
aged 13¾' , I just saw some comments located in the back of the
book quickly and quietly. There are lots of comments that praise this book as a hilarious thing. For example, A reader whose nickname is 'Daily Express' said " The bestseller of the year! A laugh a minute!" After reading these positive comments, I turned the first page with the expectation of 'A laugh a minute'. However, I was disappointed at first time. There was no special event that attracted my attention. As I turned the pages continually, however, I felt interesting in that book. Ware there some interesting big episodes in the latter? Definitely not. The interesting point of the book is the Adrian's life is so ordinary and there is no fictional events that I could be familiar. At the same time, I could know the life and thoght of boys my age that I didn't know in detail since I am not a boy. Those are little strange and sometimes hard to understand but I think visiting their brain was pretty good experience that I can do indirectly by reading book. In this sense, I thank this book. Adrian, the main character who writes this book-at the sight of him, it is his daily diary-is a young man believes himself as a unfounded young intellectual. (I wrote him as a young man not a young boy because I judged he has the feeling that adults can possess-the LOVE!) At first everything seems to go to the worst for him. Pandora, his first lover felt in love with his friend, Nigel who has expensive bicycle. His neighbor Mr. Lucas attracted his mother and she divorced father, the father lost his job, spots on his face made him mad, Bert, the old man who received volunteer work from him had bad temper, and his pet got sick, and Kent, one of his classmate menaced him to give money. However, at th end everything was going to be alright. He became familiar with Bert, his grand mother receive his all money back from Kent, His mother and father got together, then he and Pandora were in love! The most important part I sympathized is the diary that is written on Thursday June 11th- 'Spent all day with my love. Can't write much, hands are still trembling.' The reason why I sympathized is I have experience like that. Few years ago, I liked a boy who did Tae- Kwon-Do very well. And one day, he told me he liked me. On that day, I was so happy that I couldn't concentrate on anything. I can understand his situation and how he felt. With falling in love, his diary became bright. I also know when someone fells in love, she or he only can see the beautiful side of life. In this sense, I think falling in love has good effect on the person. Secondly, the thing I learned from this book is there are some durations when every things are massed up to someone and there are also some times when people can do well in life. In fact, I think I has not been doing so well as I expected since I entranced this school. Although I have pretty hard time, I sure that the bright day will be coming soon.
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Global warming
Over the past 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history. And experts think the trend is accelerating: the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990. Scientists say that unless we curb global warming emissions, average temperatures could be 3 to 9 degrees higher by the end of the century.
Global warming is already causing damage in many ways. For example of Korea, we had worst drought in 100 years of record, 2001. And in 2007, the average nationwide temperature for winter was 2.46 degrees Celsius, the warmest since South Korea began recording the weather. The impacts of global warming are not limited to a country. In 2003, extreme heat waves caused more than 20,000 deaths in Europe and more than 1,500 deaths in India. And in what scientists regard as an alarming sign of events to come, the area of the Arctic's perennial polar ice cap is declining at the rate of 9 percent per decade.
These are main hard situation that we will have if we wouldn't prevent it: Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages. Rising sea levels will lead to coastal flooding. Warmer sea surface temperatures will fuel more intense hurricanes. Forests, farms and cities will face troublesome new pests and more mosquito-borne diseases. Disruption of habitats such as coral reefs and alpine meadows could drive many plant and animal species to extinction.
The cause of global warming is carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere. Coal-burning power plants are the largest source of carbon dioxide pollution - they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.
So, to reduce the amount of CO2 emission, many countries and companies do lots of efforts to develop new technology that is less harmful for environment. And here's the good news: technologies exist today to make cars that run cleaner and burn less gas, modernize power plants and generate electricity from nonpolluting sources, and cut our electricity use through energy efficiency. The challenge is to be sure these solutions are put to use.
Also, there are many simple steps we can take right now to cut global warming pollution. By using a less energy-efficient model, we can reduce carbon dioxide pollution. Instead of using cars frequently, we can take public transportation or you can just walk if the distance for obfective is short. The most important thing to prevent global warming is paying attention to it. Very little thing that we do in daily life can affect to the average temperature of Earth.Make conserving energy a part of daily routine!
Global warming is already causing damage in many ways. For example of Korea, we had worst drought in 100 years of record, 2001. And in 2007, the average nationwide temperature for winter was 2.46 degrees Celsius, the warmest since South Korea began recording the weather. The impacts of global warming are not limited to a country. In 2003, extreme heat waves caused more than 20,000 deaths in Europe and more than 1,500 deaths in India. And in what scientists regard as an alarming sign of events to come, the area of the Arctic's perennial polar ice cap is declining at the rate of 9 percent per decade.
These are main hard situation that we will have if we wouldn't prevent it: Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages. Rising sea levels will lead to coastal flooding. Warmer sea surface temperatures will fuel more intense hurricanes. Forests, farms and cities will face troublesome new pests and more mosquito-borne diseases. Disruption of habitats such as coral reefs and alpine meadows could drive many plant and animal species to extinction.
The cause of global warming is carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere. Coal-burning power plants are the largest source of carbon dioxide pollution - they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.
So, to reduce the amount of CO2 emission, many countries and companies do lots of efforts to develop new technology that is less harmful for environment. And here's the good news: technologies exist today to make cars that run cleaner and burn less gas, modernize power plants and generate electricity from nonpolluting sources, and cut our electricity use through energy efficiency. The challenge is to be sure these solutions are put to use.
Also, there are many simple steps we can take right now to cut global warming pollution. By using a less energy-efficient model, we can reduce carbon dioxide pollution. Instead of using cars frequently, we can take public transportation or you can just walk if the distance for obfective is short. The most important thing to prevent global warming is paying attention to it. Very little thing that we do in daily life can affect to the average temperature of Earth.Make conserving energy a part of daily routine!
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