Smoking has always been a debate topic among people since cigarette was brought to Europe. Is it really harmful or just an innocent pleasure? Such questions have always confused men’s mind. However, with recent studies and experiences, we can say that it is evident that smoking is exactly harmful. It is specifically harmful for physical health, psychological health and economy the country.
Many people are contracted illnesses and die every year because of smoking. “The possibility of rising your probability of lung illnesses, heart crash, and risks even yet unidentified are very large.” It is the main reason of lung cancer, lip cancer and many other varieties of cancer. Moreover, it is proved by researches that 40% of men who are addicted to smoking die before they get retired. This rate is 18% among the non-smoker men. “It also brings about rotten teeth, and terrible breath. If you don’t smoke you can looked years younger as cigarettes cause lining of the skin.” Another point is that when a person smokes he gives more harm to other people called passive smokers around him than himself. For example, pregnant women who smoke may cause their babies to be born dead or disabled. “Lots of babies may have birth faults or become physically challenged even before birth. It almost give damage more than you since you have a filter and they don’t.” So physical harms of smoking can’t be disregarded or people go on being ill and dying forever.
In addition to harms of smoking to physical health, it causes many psychological health problems as well. Because of the psychological effects of the chemical materials which make up cigarette, addicted people may have a lot of justification to smoke. For example, they say they smoke when they are nervous, when they are upset, when they are bored, when they need focus on something and when they are angry. As you see, they almost smoke for everything. But when they smoke for such reasons, the effect of smoking occurs in the opposite way, that is, smoking causes anxiety, nervousness, lack of concentration and angriness. In conclusion, psychological harms of smoking are as dangerous as its harms to physical health of people.
Harms of smoking are not limited with health. It has a very bad effect on the economy of the country, too. For example, cigarette producers say we contribute to economy by producing and selling cigarettes and we give our taxes; so the country earns money in this way. However, if we look at the other side of medallion, money which the country spend to buy drugs for cancer and other medical materials cost more than money country earns from cigarettes. So smoking is not just a health problem, it is also an economic problem and a burden to the country in terms of medicine.
To sum up, smoking may be one of the worst things that can happen to a person. If you take seriously these problems caused by smoking, you must think again before buying cigarette and if the people smoking want to live a long and healthy life with their relatives and friends, if they don’t want to be burden to their countries by being lung cancer, I offer them stop smoking and starting a new life from now on.
I showed the paraphrased sentences in quotations ("). The original sentences are below.
“The risk of increasing your chances of lung diseases, heart failure, and risks even yet unidentified are overwhelming.”
“It also causes yellow teeth, and bad breath. By not smoking you could look years younger, because cigarettes cause wrinkling of the skin.”
“Many babies can have birth defects or become mentally challenged even before birth. It almost does more damage to them than you, because you have a filter and they don't.”
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30 Mayıs 2009 Cumartesi
20 Nisan 2009 Pazartesi
About Internet
Since its birth in 1969 internet has very good effects on us, some of which are easinig our lifes, making it possible to communicate with someone who is at the other edge of the world, enabling us to reach any information.
Thanks to internet we can do most of our jobs online. For example to pay our bills we had to go to banks and wait for long time but with the help of internet we can pay our bills via internet. Another benefit of internet is that we can have online sessions if we cannot a a lesson in school. We can do shopping online and buy whatever we want. And most of the time it is cheaper to do shopping online. We can find anything we want and buy it. Moreover we can save our time. Do most of the works in less time than we do without internet.
When it comes to communication we can have access to anywhere on world just by one click. And it is far more cheaper than letter, telephone or something else like that. We can not only write to someone far from you but also hear his/her voice, see him/her and etc. And it is so fast so reach someone. When you want to send a letter to someone that is too far away from you it is both expensive and it takes so much time. This is same for telephone.
Lastly internet has nearly all the information in the world. You can reach any information you want and you don't have to devote lots of time. Additionally you can share information with other people and see what other people shared. Search engines like Google, Yahoo, Live etc. helps us to reach any information we want. We can lots of options while seaching for an information. We can add or delete some features while searching for an information.
As you see there are lots of benefits of internet. And I could mention about only three of them. These are easining our lifes, having communication with someone from other side of the world and having access to any information on the world. And if I can write this essay this is another good feature of internet. :)
Thanks to internet we can do most of our jobs online. For example to pay our bills we had to go to banks and wait for long time but with the help of internet we can pay our bills via internet. Another benefit of internet is that we can have online sessions if we cannot a a lesson in school. We can do shopping online and buy whatever we want. And most of the time it is cheaper to do shopping online. We can find anything we want and buy it. Moreover we can save our time. Do most of the works in less time than we do without internet.
When it comes to communication we can have access to anywhere on world just by one click. And it is far more cheaper than letter, telephone or something else like that. We can not only write to someone far from you but also hear his/her voice, see him/her and etc. And it is so fast so reach someone. When you want to send a letter to someone that is too far away from you it is both expensive and it takes so much time. This is same for telephone.
Lastly internet has nearly all the information in the world. You can reach any information you want and you don't have to devote lots of time. Additionally you can share information with other people and see what other people shared. Search engines like Google, Yahoo, Live etc. helps us to reach any information we want. We can lots of options while seaching for an information. We can add or delete some features while searching for an information.
As you see there are lots of benefits of internet. And I could mention about only three of them. These are easining our lifes, having communication with someone from other side of the world and having access to any information on the world. And if I can write this essay this is another good feature of internet. :)
27 Mart 2009 Cuma
Second Life
Second life is a virtual world that was founded by Linden Research in 2003. It is just like a game. Second life resembles to Sims. It has more than 10 million users. All these people use this game for different purposes. Some of them use it just for fun, some use for making friends and some people use it for education.
Second life is just like real life. You can edit your appearance, have clothes, dance, sit and talk with people, etc. While spending time there you have fun. You cannot notice how the time passes. You can go to cinema, listen to live music, join sport entertainments, go to disco and dance... And all of these let you have good time and fun. This is why s many people use SL.
All people around the world wants to have friends from other countries and this is the place that you can make lots of friends from all over the world. We can talk about our traditions, beliefs, ideas, daily life, etc. Some people meet with their virtual friends. Even if you are a shy person in real you don't have to be shy in SL as nobody sees your real appearance, hear your voice, see your actings unless you want to show. People come together wherever in the world by teleporting themselves. You can have a friend eve from African countries. Moreover some people improve their friendship, love each other and start dating. These are the reasons why people use SL to make friends.
And as it comes to education just like us some people use SL for education. You can have online meetings, join panels, conferences and lectures. There are places where people come together, sit and talk about education or about lessons. Sometimes a lecturer comes and gives a speech to people. Some people do research for educational purposes. There are some buildings which are built just for education. They look like real and has no difference than real schools. There are virtual campuses and students can show their projects there too. We as FLE 136 students are from those who use SL for educational purposes.
To sum up people use SL for different aims and for every of them SL is the right place and it offers what people want. Having fun, making friends and educational purposes are just a few of them. If you want to join the virtual world go to www.secondlife.com. That's all for now. See you next week ;)
Second life is just like real life. You can edit your appearance, have clothes, dance, sit and talk with people, etc. While spending time there you have fun. You cannot notice how the time passes. You can go to cinema, listen to live music, join sport entertainments, go to disco and dance... And all of these let you have good time and fun. This is why s many people use SL.
All people around the world wants to have friends from other countries and this is the place that you can make lots of friends from all over the world. We can talk about our traditions, beliefs, ideas, daily life, etc. Some people meet with their virtual friends. Even if you are a shy person in real you don't have to be shy in SL as nobody sees your real appearance, hear your voice, see your actings unless you want to show. People come together wherever in the world by teleporting themselves. You can have a friend eve from African countries. Moreover some people improve their friendship, love each other and start dating. These are the reasons why people use SL to make friends.
And as it comes to education just like us some people use SL for education. You can have online meetings, join panels, conferences and lectures. There are places where people come together, sit and talk about education or about lessons. Sometimes a lecturer comes and gives a speech to people. Some people do research for educational purposes. There are some buildings which are built just for education. They look like real and has no difference than real schools. There are virtual campuses and students can show their projects there too. We as FLE 136 students are from those who use SL for educational purposes.
To sum up people use SL for different aims and for every of them SL is the right place and it offers what people want. Having fun, making friends and educational purposes are just a few of them. If you want to join the virtual world go to www.secondlife.com. That's all for now. See you next week ;)
22 Mart 2009 Pazar
Which One To Choose?
Any time, anywhere in the world humankind makes a choose between one or two things. And if I was asked to choose between a traditional class and a technological class I would choose the second one. I would choose technological class because technology allows us to do anything that we want. We have the chance of fixing our mistakes, and it allows us to save time.
When we talk about technology firstly computers come into our minds. And thanks to our computer laboratories we have the chance to have our advanced reading and writing class with computers. We use many tools to make our lessons more enjoyable and useful. While writing an essay on computer we can make chances if we make a mistake and I think this is the most important feature of technology while writing an essay. This isn't the case when we write with pen. If we make a mistake while writing pen and paper it is hard to fix it. We have to use whiteout to fix it but it looks bad when we use it. When it comes to computers we can fix a mistake without leaving any trace.
Writing an essay on computer is much more faster than writing with pen. And this lets us save our time. And if we have the philosophy of "Time is money." technology is very important and useful for us.
But there is something wrong with technology. Some people doesn't have computer in their house or if they have computer they don't have access to the internet. That is the problem. If some people chooses traditional education I think that is their reason for this. People who don't have computer or access to the internet have diffulculty in doing their homework or when we have online meeting they can't attend all the time.
To sum up if I had the choose between traditional and technological education technology would be my choice. And reasons for this are its easy usage, its allowing us to do anything that we want and its allowing us to save our time.
When we talk about technology firstly computers come into our minds. And thanks to our computer laboratories we have the chance to have our advanced reading and writing class with computers. We use many tools to make our lessons more enjoyable and useful. While writing an essay on computer we can make chances if we make a mistake and I think this is the most important feature of technology while writing an essay. This isn't the case when we write with pen. If we make a mistake while writing pen and paper it is hard to fix it. We have to use whiteout to fix it but it looks bad when we use it. When it comes to computers we can fix a mistake without leaving any trace.
Writing an essay on computer is much more faster than writing with pen. And this lets us save our time. And if we have the philosophy of "Time is money." technology is very important and useful for us.
But there is something wrong with technology. Some people doesn't have computer in their house or if they have computer they don't have access to the internet. That is the problem. If some people chooses traditional education I think that is their reason for this. People who don't have computer or access to the internet have diffulculty in doing their homework or when we have online meeting they can't attend all the time.
To sum up if I had the choose between traditional and technological education technology would be my choice. And reasons for this are its easy usage, its allowing us to do anything that we want and its allowing us to save our time.
15 Mart 2009 Pazar
MY DREAM COUNTRY
Everybody has at least one country that s/he wants to visit. S/he wants to visit her/his dream country since maybe s/he sees it on TV, read about it or heard about it. But two weeks to travel and see every important, historical, cultural places in a country is not enough for me. Though if I had the oppurtunity to vist a country for two weeks I would choose England. I want to go to England because I want to improve my English, see beautiful landscapes and visit some cultural and historical places.
Going England for two weeks may not be enough to improve my English but I can at least hear them speak, see how they talk and communicate with each other. Since my listening and understanding fast conversations are bad if I hear them all day talking my listenig and understanding them can improve. Moreover English lessons from them wouldn't be bad too. Since in England I am to talk English all day my pronunciation may improve. These are reasons why I want to go to England.
When it comes to landscapes The Lake District, Stratford Upon Avon, Bourton on the Water, South-West England, Cornwall are the best examples for scenes. They are all beautiful. I would like to have a tour to all of them. Sea, ovas, mountains, rivers etc... I wouldn't want to come to Turkey again if I had that chance. There are lots of grounds and open-space-areas since England has so much rainfall.
As for England's cultural and historical places Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, London Eye, The House of Parliament, Madame Tussaud, Shakespeare's house Greenwich Observatory and Greenwich Park are the leading ones. They are important, cultural and historical places. They are attractive also. I want to visit these places because they are so beautiful. I can see nearly all London on the top of London Eye, learn more about Shakespeare, see famous peoples wax sculptures in Madame Tussaud and so on. Who wouldn't want to see all these places.
To sum up England is a dream for me with its people, cultural and historical places, landscapes. From now on I don't want a trip to England to be a dream, I want it to be real. That's why I'm searching for new informations about it.
Going England for two weeks may not be enough to improve my English but I can at least hear them speak, see how they talk and communicate with each other. Since my listening and understanding fast conversations are bad if I hear them all day talking my listenig and understanding them can improve. Moreover English lessons from them wouldn't be bad too. Since in England I am to talk English all day my pronunciation may improve. These are reasons why I want to go to England.
When it comes to landscapes The Lake District, Stratford Upon Avon, Bourton on the Water, South-West England, Cornwall are the best examples for scenes. They are all beautiful. I would like to have a tour to all of them. Sea, ovas, mountains, rivers etc... I wouldn't want to come to Turkey again if I had that chance. There are lots of grounds and open-space-areas since England has so much rainfall.
As for England's cultural and historical places Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, London Eye, The House of Parliament, Madame Tussaud, Shakespeare's house Greenwich Observatory and Greenwich Park are the leading ones. They are important, cultural and historical places. They are attractive also. I want to visit these places because they are so beautiful. I can see nearly all London on the top of London Eye, learn more about Shakespeare, see famous peoples wax sculptures in Madame Tussaud and so on. Who wouldn't want to see all these places.
To sum up England is a dream for me with its people, cultural and historical places, landscapes. From now on I don't want a trip to England to be a dream, I want it to be real. That's why I'm searching for new informations about it.
9 Mart 2009 Pazartesi
3 Unknown Characteristics
As we all know everybody has some characteristics that are hidden, or we can say that people who are close to us know these characteristics. These characteristics can sometimes be funny, sometimes bad, or absurd. We generally don't want our traits that are bad, or absurd. Even we abstain to tell them ourselves. Being afraid of something, our weaknesses, or our habits.
The thing that makes me afraid most is being lonely and having no friend. I'm afraid of this because a nobody wants to be lonely and a lonely person cannot talk to anybody and this situation puts someone in depression. I can’t share my feelings and thoughts when I don’t have any friend around me. This is a disgusting thing since I cannot share my feelings or thoughts I keep those problems to myself and this irritates and makes me frustrated. If I don’t have close friends and can’t talk to anybody, this situation makes me feel uneasy and depressed. So I should have a person to talk, but only a normal friend isn't enough for this. I should have a close friend to whom I can reveal my naked heart. Loneliness generally occurs when we go to another city because of my father’s occupation. We go different cities in at least 3 years and adjusting to a new city, new friends, and all kind of new things is a really hard stuff. I do sports if I don’t have any friend to talk or share my feelings and thoughts. Sports help me get rid of my problems, forget them and discharge myself. Moreover while doing sports I can meet with new people and adopt new friends.
Even if I have a huge body I sometimes can be too much sensitive. This happens when lots of things come over me. Sometimes I can't cope with problems and while in this depression I can be sensitive. I may take offense a normal thing and cry a little bit. Although I don’t believe much in zodiac, my sensitivity may result from my astrological sign, cancer. People who are interested in zodiac know that cancer people are generally sensitive and take something amiss easily. I listen to music that expresses my feelings when I’m sensitive. Songs that goes on with sensitivity are emotional and I listen to them. I keep out of tense atmosphere since I can give harm to people around me. I don't like to sadden people so I try to keep out of feverish athmospheres in order not to break someone's heart.
I like being alone if I have a problem, or sad about something. This allows me to calm myself down. I generally go out and walk when something like that occurs. I think of the events that I experienced and do self-criticism. I listen to music that goes with my mood. I find myself in that songs, especially Sagopa Kajmer and Kolera.
It is better for you to approach me carefully when I’m in a bad mood. Otherwise this may not be good for you :) Besides you can know me better if you spend time with me. You can observe every attitude of me if you spend lots of time with me and do activity with me. Good bye for now :)
The thing that makes me afraid most is being lonely and having no friend. I'm afraid of this because a nobody wants to be lonely and a lonely person cannot talk to anybody and this situation puts someone in depression. I can’t share my feelings and thoughts when I don’t have any friend around me. This is a disgusting thing since I cannot share my feelings or thoughts I keep those problems to myself and this irritates and makes me frustrated. If I don’t have close friends and can’t talk to anybody, this situation makes me feel uneasy and depressed. So I should have a person to talk, but only a normal friend isn't enough for this. I should have a close friend to whom I can reveal my naked heart. Loneliness generally occurs when we go to another city because of my father’s occupation. We go different cities in at least 3 years and adjusting to a new city, new friends, and all kind of new things is a really hard stuff. I do sports if I don’t have any friend to talk or share my feelings and thoughts. Sports help me get rid of my problems, forget them and discharge myself. Moreover while doing sports I can meet with new people and adopt new friends.
Even if I have a huge body I sometimes can be too much sensitive. This happens when lots of things come over me. Sometimes I can't cope with problems and while in this depression I can be sensitive. I may take offense a normal thing and cry a little bit. Although I don’t believe much in zodiac, my sensitivity may result from my astrological sign, cancer. People who are interested in zodiac know that cancer people are generally sensitive and take something amiss easily. I listen to music that expresses my feelings when I’m sensitive. Songs that goes on with sensitivity are emotional and I listen to them. I keep out of tense atmosphere since I can give harm to people around me. I don't like to sadden people so I try to keep out of feverish athmospheres in order not to break someone's heart.
I like being alone if I have a problem, or sad about something. This allows me to calm myself down. I generally go out and walk when something like that occurs. I think of the events that I experienced and do self-criticism. I listen to music that goes with my mood. I find myself in that songs, especially Sagopa Kajmer and Kolera.
It is better for you to approach me carefully when I’m in a bad mood. Otherwise this may not be good for you :) Besides you can know me better if you spend time with me. You can observe every attitude of me if you spend lots of time with me and do activity with me. Good bye for now :)
6 Mart 2009 Cuma
Outline Of Three Interesting Characteristics
Introduction- Thesis Statement: As we all know everybody has some characteristics that are hidden, or we can say that people who are close to us know these characteristics. These are the things that we abstain to tell even ourselves, or that we don’t show. Let's discover me...
Body Paragraph #1:
Topic Sentence: The thing that makes me afraid most is being lonely and having no friend.
A.I can’t share my feelings and thoughts when I don’t have any friend around me.
B.If I don’t have close friends and can’t talk to anybody, this situation makes me irritated and I feel depressed.
C.This situation generally occurs when we go to another city because of my father’s occupation.
D.I do sports if I don’t have any friend to talk or share my feelings and thoughts.
Body Paragraph #2:
Topic Sentence: Even if I have a huge body I sometimes can be too much sensitive.
A.This happens when lots of things come over me.
B.Although I don’t believe much in zodiac, this may result from my astrological sign, cancer.
C.I listen to music that expresses my feelings when I’m sensetive.
D.I keep out from tense atmosphere since I can give harm to people around me.
Body Paragraph #3:
Topic Sentence: I like being alone if I have a problem, or sad about something.
A.I generally go out and walk when something like that occurs.
B.I listen to music that goes with my mood.
Conclusion: It is better for you to approach me carefully when I’m in a bad mood and you can know me better if you spend time with me.
Body Paragraph #1:
Topic Sentence: The thing that makes me afraid most is being lonely and having no friend.
A.I can’t share my feelings and thoughts when I don’t have any friend around me.
B.If I don’t have close friends and can’t talk to anybody, this situation makes me irritated and I feel depressed.
C.This situation generally occurs when we go to another city because of my father’s occupation.
D.I do sports if I don’t have any friend to talk or share my feelings and thoughts.
Body Paragraph #2:
Topic Sentence: Even if I have a huge body I sometimes can be too much sensitive.
A.This happens when lots of things come over me.
B.Although I don’t believe much in zodiac, this may result from my astrological sign, cancer.
C.I listen to music that expresses my feelings when I’m sensetive.
D.I keep out from tense atmosphere since I can give harm to people around me.
Body Paragraph #3:
Topic Sentence: I like being alone if I have a problem, or sad about something.
A.I generally go out and walk when something like that occurs.
B.I listen to music that goes with my mood.
Conclusion: It is better for you to approach me carefully when I’m in a bad mood and you can know me better if you spend time with me.
25 Şubat 2009 Çarşamba
Me And My Life
I am Samet Deniz. I was born in Lefkoşe on 18/07/1990. My father's name is Engin. He is noncommissioned officer and is 42 years old. My mother's name is Halime Çiğdem. She is housewife and 39 years old. And I have a sister whose name is Didem. She is 12 years old and she is very pretty.
I stayed in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus approximately one year. Then we went to Tatvan/Bitlis as my father is noncommissioned officer and have to go different parts of Turkey. We stayed in Tatvan for three years. Then we went to Malkara/Tekirdağ in 1994. I went nursery school in 1996 at Hüseyin Köse Primary School. Then I went to Mehmet Âkif Ersoy Primary School for five years. Then we went to Erzincan and I went to Cumhuriyet Primary School for three years. At eighth grade I sat High School Entrance Exam and got 900 point and won Hasan-Âli Yücel Anatolian Teacher Training High School which is in Ankara. I went there for four years and sat University Entrance Exam. I got 391 points and was fifty-eighth in Turkey. I have always wanted to be in METU and chose METU. I am very happy to be here.
When it comes to my hobbies I like playing basketball, football, handball and I like playing computer games and chess. I played basketball, handball, football and chess in school teams.
That is all about me. If you want to know me better don't hesitate to ask me :)
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