Reaction Artical (Wintry Weather Sends Shoppers Online)

According to Claire Cain Miller in “Wintry Weather Sends Shoppers Online,” she said that because of the winter storms, consumers bought things on the Internet. Despite the recession, there are more and more people shopping online. And the rates grow up rapidly.

I think why people like to go shopping online is that it saves a lot of time and money. Merchandizes on the Internet are usually cheaper than in the market conditions, so consumers are willing to take a risk to buy them. Moreover, we don’t have to go out to buy goods. For example, if we are lazy or the weather is bad, we can just stay home and click the keyboard and mouse to go shopping online.

Although shopping on the Internet is convenient, we should be care for some conditions. There are thousands of people deceived by the Internet scam clans. They maybe receive your money but not deliver you your merchandizes; or they maybe instruct you to flow your money into their account. Actually, their tricks are various, and they devise new tricks continually. All we can do is make our eyes bright and be careful. Another condition is that the merchandizes are not the same as we saw on the Internet. For most sellers, they will agree to exchange a new one with you. However, there are still some bad sellers who don’t agree to exchange the merchandizes we bought. To the kind of condition, most buyers will choose to forget it. To sum up, we have to think carefully before we buy the merchandizes, which we have not seen personally yet. (268words)

Reaction Artical (Teen Smoking Rates Decline)

According to Roni Caryn Rabin in “Teen Smoking Rates Decline,” the smoking rates of high-school students dropped down from 13.6% last year to 12.6% this year. Furthermore, more and more adolescents think of smoking as a dirty habit and say they disapproved of smoking. It means that more and more adolescents’ concept changed.

I think it is an enormous change, because it is the first time that smoking rates dropped down greatly. The reporter said that for years and years, many people think that smoking can make them sexy and attractive to the opposite sex. Isn’t it ridiculous? Having some cigarettes a day can let you have cancer a few years latter. It is obviously not beneficial. Moreover, smoking harms not only yourself but your family, friends and everyone around you. According to many researches, secondhand smoking makes us have more opportunity to have the lung cancer. Smoking is not sexy! I’ve asked lots of my friends about smoking. They all said that smoke is bad to smell; and the garbage of cigarettes is also a big problem to the society.

To prevent adolescents from cigarettes, governments should take some policies. For example, forbid minority buying cigarettes; plane more public places which can’t allow smoking. Schools and parents should also teach their students and children not to smoke. Decreasing the smoking rates needs everyone’s effort. Building an environment without smoke is our obligation. (233words)

Reaction Artical (Laugh and the World Laughs Too: Happiness is Contagious)

According to Alice Park in “Laugh and the World Laughs Too: Happiness is contagious,” he pointed out that if you are always happy, you must happy friends. It means the happiness is contagious. Furthermore, our good mood can influence other people. They can feel happy, too.

I think being a happy man can not only bring happiness to other people, but also do we good. According to some researches, keeping in a good mood can prolong a life and keep us from some diseases. For a patient, if he or she keeps being happy, his or her disease can recover sooner than other patients in a bad mood. It sounds unbelievable, but I totally believe that. Because of our happiness, we maybe can change other’s bad mood into good mood.

Being unhappy will make others feel uncomfortable. Others will not be eager to get close to you, and they may even regard you as a weird man. Gradually, you’ll find that there’s nobody accompanying with you.

Being happy can let us have more positive attitude toward everything. We can be more optimistic than others, it really do good to our studies, work, career etc. We can have various thoughts about everything. Other people may be curious about why we can solve problems easily. They will never know the reason- Be happy. (221words)

Reaction Artical (Study: Most Child Abuse Goes Unreported)

According to Tiffany Sharples in “Study: Most Child Abuse Goes Unreported.” He pointed that there were many cases of children abuse neglected, and this phenomena is apparent in highly developed countries. Some people brought up some measures to solve the problem, and still another people thought out some recommendations for the country.

I think the governments of every country in the world should face and solve the serious problem. Every child is the most precious treasure in the world, and they are also every parent’s treasure. If some parents have problems taking care of their children, or having psychological problems, the government should take action to solve it. Otherwise, parents may do something harmful to their children, especially the minor parents. Governments and schools must teach people how to control their emotions. Children are not our toys to be worked off; however, they should be cherished. After all, children are the hope of every country.

Child abuse is really a severe problem. It will cause trauma in children’s heart. When children grow up, they maybe think it merited to beat or insult their own children. It will be a vicious circle. Protecting children is everyone’s responsibility. If you do harm to children, I think it cannot be forgave. (208words)

Reaction Artical (Black Men and Suicide)

According to Joshua Alston in “Black Men and Suicide,” a black man committed suicide by overdosing on prescription medication as a populated chat room watched him via his live webcam. This report also told us some information about the rate of black men’s suicide, which is higher than men in general.

To watch a man or woman committing suicide on the internet is really the most horrible thing in the world. The black young man committed suicide on the internet, and let everyone watch that. I think it is sad and ridiculous. Life is the most precious thing in the world. Our parents gave us life and bred us up. How can we abandon it? Although we will face some obstacles in our life, what we should do is solve it and surpass it. Moreover, the internet is a public place. Everyone can search everything on the internet, including this suicide event. So it must have influence on some people, particularly on children. I think he wanted to express his despair and sadness, and he must want somebody to save him.

In my opinion, there is no problem can not be solved. Living in the world, we have to look at the bright side. If we meet some problems, we should find others’ help but not stand it alone. (220words)

Reaction Artical (Greenpeace: Japanese Whalers Leave for Annual Hunt)

According to AP/Mary Yamaguchi in “Greenpeace: Japanese Whalers Leave for Annual Hunt.” It said that a Japan’s whaling fleet had a clash with the protest ship, and the protest against the whaling catch.

I think it is cruel to catch up those loving whales. They also have their right to live in the world. Moreover, Japanese is so selfish, because they kill whales only for their desire for whale’s meat. Even though the amount of whales is becoming fewer, they still catch up whales by every means. It is unbelievable for me, because the whales are very huge, how do they catch them? They must use some means which we can’t imagine that. The Japanese not only didn’t admit their fault but also didn’t take methods to decrease the death rate of whales. They claimed that killing those whales was for research. Of course nobody believed that! How ridiculous it was! A lot of kinds of whales are facing extinction. If we keep killing them, they will become extinct sonly. Their extinction will influence a large numbers creature, because the world is based on the food chain. If the food chain was disturbed by humans, there will be more and more creatures becoming extinction. To be a conclusion, all we have to do is protect every creature from becoming extinction. (220 words)

Reaction Artical (Sex on TV Increases Teen Pregnancy, Says Report)

According to Alice Park in “Sex on TV Increases Teen Pregnancy, Says Report.” Reports revealed that the more sex and violence information showed on the TV or movies the higher pregnancy rates will be.

In my opinion, governments of the whole world countries should draw up a clear and definite law which can be a standard for TV programs and movies. For instance, The USA has formulated a classification standard for TV programs and movies. That is “General” Audiences” ” Parental Guidance Suggested” “Parents Strongly Cautioned” “Restricted” “No One 17 and Under admitted” Although there have been a standard, parents must pay attention to what children are watching, not only girls but also boys. Furthermore, parents also have to teach their children how to distinguish what they can watch from what they can’t; and tell them why some TV programs and movies they cannot watch. In this way, children would not be too curious about those sex or violent programs. In the other side, every TV and movie industry should obey the government’s policy, and stand in every parent’s shoes. After all, if there are not so many movies about sex and violence, the crime and pregnancy rates will not soar highly. I think there are strong relations between crime and pregnancy rate and the contents of TV shows and movies, so we must pay much attention to the problem. To sum up, the pure atmosphere of the society should be improved by all of us. (246 words)

Reaction Article (Study: AIDS Treatment Should Start Sooner)

According to AP/MARILYNN MARCHIONE in “Study: AIDS Treatment Should Start Sooner.” There will be a drug treatment can be used on humans, and a lot of doctors said that AIDS patients conform to restrictions should take the treatment as soon as possible.

In my opinion, it is a piece of extremely good news. There will be tens of thousands of people saved from the most dreadful disease of 21 century; people live in Africa, South-east Asia and South Asia especially. I had seen a movie which was associated with the AIDS. I truly sympathized with the people infected with AIDS. If you saw that, you and I would have the same thought- They seemed to live in the hail. Now, they have opportunity to live in the world for a longer time. I am really glad for them. However, in the other side, we should cherish our live much more. We’ve known the horror of this disease, why do we still let us infected with AIDS? All we have to do is get away from any way to be infected with the disease. For instance, we must not take drugs, and we also have to do safety measures when having sex. To be short, we must protect ourselves from any diseases. After all, it’s not comfortable having any pains, right? (220words)

Reaction Article (Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs)

According to Bryan Walsh in “Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs,” Van Jones told us that we should pay much attention to the importance of the green-collar jobs. For now the recession in America becomes more seriously, he said that we must develop the green-collar jobs caring the blue-collar class. Moreover, he said that if we want to improve climate change, we can’t just protect the environment but meet broad, basic economic needs.

I think we have to make much effort to protect, cherish our earth. The first thing we should do is improve the miserable condition of the earth at present, including the ice melting of the two poles of the earth, acid rain, greenhouse effect etc. The second is we can combine the environmental protecting with the economy. As we are thinking about how to help the earth, we should also think about the life of the working class. For example, the blue-collar jobs have been gradually outsourced from the U.S, and the working class has to pay the high energy prices. To improve the economic condition of the working class, the government must redact some policies like smart subsidies for alternative energy and green building, retraining for green-collar jobs, put much money into researching clean tech. In this way, we can not only improve the climate of the earth but bring a much better life to the working class. (233 words)

Reaction Article (College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks)

According to Laura Fitzpatrick in “College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks,” it described problems of students’ voting rights, such as the lack of preparation and the over strict ID laws. Furthermore, it quoted some politicians’ advices to these big problems.

In my opinion, whatever defects of polling will lead to less confidence of citizens to the government, saying nothing of students, who have much expectation to the country. If the government wants to increase the rate of voting, first of all they have to do is make people eager to cast a ballot. To achieve this goal, governments should improve the quality of booths, and set up booths as more as possible. Moreover, governments can offer free shuttles for who lives in remote areas. Second, no matter students or citizens, they should have fair rights of voting. It means not only can they vote but aren’t they restricted excessively.

I think the lower voting rate isn’t only the fault of governments, but every citizen should be responsible for that. Sometimes, we may think it is indifferent that we don’t go to cast a ballot. Actually, the outcome of election may be completely different on account of your ballot. Every one must be concerned with their country’s future, because the country’s future is also theirs. In order to improve the country’s future, the fast and convenient way is voting. For our own happiness and future, why don’t we spend a few minutes going to the booth? (246words)

Reaction Article (Amyris Biotechnologies)

According to Bryan Walsh in “Amyris Biotechnologies,” the article tells us the change of energy. After discovering petroleum, we’ve depended on it since that time. However, petroleum is going to be exhausted. And the global warming is getting much worse. Fortunately, scientists found out a substitute for petroleum.

In my opinion, the biofuel is a good way to slow down the consumption of petroleum. But we can’t rely on it totally, biofuel also contains petroleum. If we don’t save energy from every tiny places as possible as we can. The substituting energy will be used up soon. All we have to save is not only the petroleum but also every natural and artificial resource. For instance, we should turn off the light before leaving room or take public transportation as possible as we can. There are still many ways to save energy; you can do that everywhere and every time. It’s easy to do if you really determine to do so.

I think all of you have known the climate is changing. The most effective reason is CO2, and the CO2 is made from burning coal and petroleum. CO2 will absorb the infrared rays and makes the temperature of earth soaring. If the temperature keeps soaring, the ice in North Pole and South Pole will melt much quicker, and the sea level will soar too. So we all have to use much less petroleum and coal.

To be short, although we've found the new substitute to petroleum, we still have to save as much energy as we can. (258words)

Reaction Article (NASA at 50)

According to Jeffrey Kruger in “NASA at 50,” the article introduces the origin and the development of NASA, and tells us how America changes their policy to the changes of the times.

In my opinion, it’s meaningful to explore the outer space, because there are still a lot of things we don’t know about the universe. America had the foresight and did it in person. They put in a lot of money and efforts to develop the business of searching outer space. Furthermore, they pay much attention to not only the education of subjects but also the cultivation of extracurricular activities. In this way, students in America have much more opportunities then other countries to carry out what they really want to do in the future.

Taiwan seems to take little effort to search the universe. America, however, keeps working on it. I believe there must be other creatures live on somewhere, and maybe some energy resources. We should take more efforts on it and be more active. Nowadays, we can’t just see what we see but explore more and more things we don’t know. I think it’s the same attitude doing everything, no matter studying or working. (203words)