reflection task 1-b

      

       Hello everybody, I want to introduce you to Selçuk Balcı whose voice I really enjoy while listening. I have chosen him to introduce to you because his voice and songs make me feel moved. When I listen to his songs, I feel like home. 

        Let's talk about him. He was in 1988 in Çayeli,Rize. I mean he is from The Black Sea Region of Turkey. I want to gloss some information in connection with this subject. The music of The Black Sea Region of Turkey and the kemancha are an inseperable whole. In other words, they are two sides of the same coin. Selçuk Balcı really likes not only the music of The Black Sea Region of Turkey but also the kemancha. He learned the kemancha in his high school years. He has not written off the kemancha since then. 

    

      As you guess, he composes of his songs in company wtih the kemancha. He always represents unique localness of The Black Sea Region of Turkey at his performance and personality in a successful way. He has his typical style of playing the kemancha. He can appeal to more and more crowded audience thanks to his ability. 

       Also, he has an album called "Patika". It was released in July 2011. I think it is pretty good.

  

Burger King

I used to eat all burgers
No one would eat them when using up all of them
Now in the morning I'm mot sleeping
When I was king of the burger, I used to sleep in the mornings.
I used to sleep..
Listen as the crowd would be here
Now no one is here
One minute I'm alone.
next I will be alone
I discovered that while I was eating all burgers myself, there was nothing to eat burger for my public.  

reflection task 1a

Hello, I'm Çağla Akın. I'm 28. I'm from Artvin. I got my high school education in Artvin Anatolia Teacher Training High School. I graduated from Department of Foreign Language Education in Middle East Techinal University. I had unforgettable days. My first year in METU was excellent because I was at Prep School. It was like a holiday. I had all opportunities in METU. To illustrate, I went to England through Erasmus Programme for six months. I attended a lot of different social clubs. Thanks to METU, I have so many foreign friends. I learned French and Spanish in METU. I love France. And now, I am at France. I'm thinking of living in France for a while. I'm interested in translation. Also, I'm writing a novel. I like writing. I'm pleased with my life because I'm doing things which I really like. I really enjoy while I'm exploring the beautiful and interesting place in France. I try to make new friends. I want to have kind-hearted and trustworthy friends. Furthermore, the friends must introduce to me French culture. If you want to guide me, you can contact with me. I'm waiting. :) 

5.26 run-on recognition

1. Because Grace is a vegetarian, she must pay special attention to the amount of protein in the food she eats. Thus; she eats o lot of beans and eggs.

2. When Grace first became a vegetarian, she missed eating meat since she had always liked the food she eats. Therefore, she eats a lot of beans and eggs.

3. When Grace first became a vegetarian, she missed eating meat since she had always liked the taste of it. However; now she can not imagine eating meat because she has grown to appreciate the pure taste of meatless cuisine. Meat also tastes very strange to her; so, she is happy to be a vegetarian.

4. Sometimes it is very difficult to eat out due to the limited meatless choices on menus in restaurants. However; that is changing with the increase in vegetarian restaurants now.

5. Grace is opposed to the killing of animals as a vegetarian; so, she is disturbed by the use of animal fur for clothes.

6. She feels better, healtier and more humane now because she does not eat meat anymore.

7. Being a vegetarian, Grace feels that she is doing her share to protect animals. She becomes irritated when people question her motives for being a vegetarian. She tries to be patient with such people and make them understand the value of saving animals, but people do often not understand her.

editing activity 9.10

1)    Sandra is always healthy because of a very good diet.

2)   The common cold can make you feel miserable; therefore, you should stay at home.

3)   Although I’ve been maintaining a very healthy diet, I’ve been sick.

4)   She exercises regularly; consequently, she is in very good shape.

5)   A supply of vitamins, a lot of rest and plenty of exercise with excellent nutrition is essential to be healthy.

6)   Not only is medicine important when you’re sick, but taking care of yourself too.

7)   The relationship between body and mind is very interesting.

8)   Many doctors charge very expensive rates such as my doctor.

9)   The magazine that I read is about how to increase longevity through better health.

10) The sun shines my window, so I put my plants in the window box.

11)  I heard about an acupuncture clinic, and it also has a specialist on herbal medicine.

What a great shape she’s in,how healthy she looks!

The doctor wanted to find out why Linda was overweight and what was wrong with her blood sugar.

Following a regular program of exercise is more benefical for me than being on a fad diet.

What I like best about my fitness center are the modern Lifecycle machines and such a beautiful Olympic size swimming pool.

Jim is not only healthy but also athletic.

Due to his son’s persistence and his wanting to lose 10 pounds,Frank decided to join a fitness center.

When Richard realized that his eating habits were the cause of his illness, he began to plan his meals more conscientiously and carefully.

Julian decided to try a home treatment as well as change his diet.

Shari really enjoys ocean kayaking ang going hiking in the desert.

This is a combination of vitamins that build up the immune system and prevent infection from spreading.

IMAGINE

Imagine there is no chocolate

It's incredible if you imagine

No sweat below us

Above us only salt

Imagine all the people

Eating salt for everytime

Imagine there's no cake

It isn't possible to live 

Nothing to survive or struggle

And no cake cream too

Imagine all the people

Eating biscuit all time

You may say I'm a chocoholic

But I'm not the only one 

I hope someday you'll agree with us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no cookie

I try if you can

No need for syrup or candy

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Eating these food

You may say I'm a chocoholic

But I'm not the only one 

I hope someday you'll agree with us

And the world will be as one.

                                                    ÇAĞLA AKIN-JOHN LENNON

homework of parallelism

# Our beagle loves to hunt. When someone opens the back door for her, she barrels down porch steps into the yard and runs back and forth across the lawn in ecstasy. Her nose cruises the wet grass for smells which are smells of cats, rabbit smells, and other presences too subtle for human detection. When she sniffs, she spins her tail in quick circles. It spins clockwise first and then it spins counterclockwise. These two activities sniffing and spinning always occur together. Therefore, they seem to propel her along.

# The Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. , which few people know about it, is a source of much useful information. It is the official publishing house for the federal government. The GPO publishes pampleths and books on a vast number of subjects ranging from the dangers of X-rays from home TV sets to the identification of mushrooms. About 27.000 publications are offered through the Superintendent of Documents. While many of them are inexpensive, there is no charge at all for some.

# The Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. is a source of much useful information. Although few people know about it, it is the official publishing house for the federal government. The GPO publishes pamphlets and books on a vast number of subjects whic range from the dangers of X-rays from home TV sets to the identification of mushrooms. What's more, about 27.000 publications are offered through the Superintendent of Documents. Many of them are inexpensive while there is no charge at all for some of them.

# John Jacob Astor, who reaped America's first fortune, was a German immigrant. Because of being lowborn and uneducated, he made his initial money trading Indian furs. Astor never learned to speak English properly. Thus, he carried on his business to the end in an accent which was redolent of the Hamburg gutters. 

the story :)

   

WHAT A POOR GUY

                  Once upon a time, there was a happy couple who thought that they never would seperate. One day, he asked his wife whether she would love him even if he shaved his beard. 
(COMPLEX SENTENCES)
She thought this question for a long time and she answered that he could shave.(COMPLEX-COMPOUND SENTENCE) 
He shaved excitedly and she saw him.(COMPOUND SENTENCE)  
Because of his appearance, she disgusted him and she left him.(COMPLEX-COMPOUND SENTENCE) 
She  left him suddenly because he had a long neck like a giraffe.(COMPOUND SENTENCE)  
He was alone. She was shocked.(SIMPLE SENTENCES)

                               
                                                                                
                                                                                               GİZEM BİLGE
                                                                                               MELTEM AKAT
                                                                                               ÇAĞLA AKIN
                                                                                               ŞEVVAL AKTAŞ
               
                     LOVELY GİRLS



COMMENT 

• Still better love story than Twilight :D
• Poor man.
• he absolutely shouldn't have shaved :)

                         
         RUN

• Jimmy runs a successful company. (transitive)
• He ran the length of the corridor. (transitive)
• Jimmy runs very fast. (intransitive)
• He was running towards the door. (intransitive)

         HELP

• Will you help us? (transitive)
• It helps my concentration if I listen to music while I'm working. (transitive)
• She never helps around the house. (intransitive)
• Eight hours of deep sleep helped enormously. (intransitive)

        GROW

• He grows his own fruit and vegetables. (transitive)
• I have decided to grow my hair long. (transitive)
• My son is growing. (intransitive)
• She's grown tremendously as a musician. (intransitive)

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