Discussion on Meredith's news.

Writer: Meredith Rhosar (Meredith)
Editor: Judy Meiler (Judy)
Reader: Aleli Damiano (Monica)
Organizer: Meimeiryo Littlebird (Jocelyn)


Dialogue

[20:03] Meimeiryo Littlebird: lets move on to last artical
[20:03] Aleli Damiano: it seems so...
[20:03] Aleli Damiano: ok...
[20:03] Meimeiryo Littlebird: i'll be organizer
[20:03] Aleli Damiano: reader
[20:03] Meredith Rhosar: haha a very short, short one~~~XDDD
[20:05] Aleli Damiano: ok, please introduce your story to us...
[20:05] Meredith Rhosar: It's about Business Recruitment
[20:05] Meredith Rhosar: a recent event in NCU
[20:05] Meredith Rhosar: and that's what I'm now busy for~~~XD
[20:06] Meredith Rhosar: and it will come to the end next Tuseday
[20:06] Meredith Rhosar: my article is an introduction to it
[20:06] Judy Meiler: but u are happy running it!
[20:06] Meimeiryo Littlebird: u enjoyed it XD
[20:07] Meredith Rhosar: i'm one of the "30 volunteered students"
[20:07] Meredith Rhosar: yes I do!!!
[20:07] Aleli Damiano: I have a question, is there any chance for English major to find some interesting job opportunities during the event
[20:07] Susie223 Chun shouts: after being told by a friend that his father was searching him online.
[20:08] Aleli Damiano: and if it's so what kind of jobs are available?
[20:09] Meredith Rhosar: i think English professionist is essential to all the businesses
[20:09] Judy Meiler: but I think the English skill is a basic ability in all the business now.
[20:10] Meredith Rhosar: there's also foreign students joined the business employment instructions
[20:10] Meredith Rhosar: they came to listen
[20:10] Aleli Damiano: yeah, that's true but do we need to have some business background?
[20:11] Meredith Rhosar: no we don't need to
[20:11] Meredith Rhosar: if you're hired, they will train you
[20:12] Judy Meiler: So can we find a good job opportunity through it successfully?
[20:12] Aleli Damiano: oh, that's interesting!
[20:12] Meredith Rhosar: next Tuesday is the Careers Fair, maybe you can come and take a look
[20:12] Meredith Rhosar: yes I think so
[20:13] Meimeiryo Littlebird: but i think if we want to join business, we still need to have that kind of background isn't it?
[20:13] Aleli Damiano: sure..
[20:14] Judy Meiler: yeah I think so too.
[20:14] Meredith Rhosar: you'll have opportunities to do job interviews
[20:14] Meredith Rhosar: I think business background is notthe most important
[20:15] Judy Meiler: now it is really hard to find a good jub witout the background.
[20:15] Aleli Damiano: they make appointments with you or is it in the very spot...
[20:15] Meimeiryo Littlebird: i don't think any technology company would spend time to train a english major student without any experienceXDDD
[20:15] Meredith Rhosar: but maybe you have to gain some related experience and pocess some basic qualities
[20:16] Meimeiryo Littlebird: that what i mean, u cannot be totally none-experiencedXDDDD
[20:16] Judy Meiler: I think so too. I think we don't have any distinguished ability to compete with other people.
[20:16] Aleli Damiano: that's always the problem...
[20:16] Meredith Rhosar: English is important I think
[20:17] Meredith Rhosar: many people can't speak English well
[20:17] Meredith Rhosar: so that's our advantage
[20:17] Judy Meiler: but now it is so many people good at english
[20:17] Meredith Rhosar: we only need to combine it to other fields
[20:18] Judy Meiler: and many people good at second foreign language too.
[20:18] Meimeiryo Littlebird: so we can say english is true important, but now it is also essential for looking a job.
[20:18] Meredith Rhosar: well, that's true...
[20:18] Judy Meiler: so we have to gain other specific ability too.
[20:19] Meredith Rhosar: and combine with English
[20:19] Judy Meiler: yeah that's right!
[20:19] Aleli Damiano: then, I guess I should keep working on my Chinese abilities, I
[20:19] Meimeiryo Littlebird: yap, so owning only english ability is totally not enough
[20:19] Meredith Rhosar: Feminism is incredibly no use for finding a job XDDDD
[20:19] Judy Meiler: Monica, Chinese is very iportant now.
[20:19] Aleli Damiano: I wish I can be fluent in all three of them...
[20:20] Meimeiryo Littlebird: Feminism is absolutly uselessXDDDD
[20:20] Judy Meiler: u can find job also in China if u are good at Chinese.
[20:21] Meimeiryo Littlebird: like doing an interpreter or something
[20:21] Aleli Damiano: yeah, I am considering that...
[20:21] Judy Meiler: China is really a big market.
[20:22] Meredith Rhosar: interpreter is difficult!!!
[20:22] Meimeiryo Littlebird: but if u only have language specialty, that's all u can do......
[20:23] Meredith Rhosar: yeah, so we must learn something else
[20:23] Judy Meiler: yeah, so we would become miserable! Ha! Ha!
[20:24] Aleli Damiano: yes, but Ill love the challenge...I actually have work experience too...and I dont think is the only thing I can do...
[20:25] Meimeiryo Littlebird: hey~we're running out of time
[20:25] Judy Meiler: so Monica do u think master degree can make us find good job?
[20:25] Meredith Rhosar: so...any comment or suggestion?
[20:25] Meimeiryo Littlebird: make it longerXDDDD
[20:26] Meredith Rhosar: how???
[20:26] Aleli Damiano: I am not sure about taiwanese market but in my country it definitely helps a lot
[20:26] Meimeiryo Littlebird: by telling more about each event
[20:27] Meredith Rhosar: oh ok
[20:27] Meimeiryo Littlebird: or like post some activities pictures
[20:27] Aleli Damiano: yeah that's great idea!
[20:28] Meredith Rhosar: maybe can quoteour afterthoughts for preparing the whole event?
[20:28] Judy Meiler: yeah, because it is really hard to find job opportunities now, I don't know whether we sholud go out and find a job faster and better?
[20:28] Aleli Damiano: it's gonna make it very attractive!
[20:29] Meredith Rhosar: can I quote our afterthoughs for preparing for the whole event?
[20:30] Meimeiryo Littlebird: but ur goal is to introduce this event, maybe instead of post afterthoughts for preparing u should say more about the Business Recruitment itself will be better
[20:30] Meredith Rhosar: ok i see
[20:31] Judy Meiler: you can talk about what training and benefit the business would give the students in NCU.
[20:31] Meimeiryo Littlebird: or else it will become more like a 心得文XDDD
[20:32] Meredith Rhosar: but it's after you're hired...:S
[20:32] Judy Meiler: I mean the privilidge.
[20:32] Meredith Rhosar: oh ok...
[20:33] Meimeiryo Littlebird: yeah~i agree with judy~that's what reader want to know, such like what's the percentage u can get hired if u attend this eventXDDDD
[20:33] Meredith Rhosar: nn
[20:34] Aleli Damiano: or u could even mentioned about students that got really great job opportunities...
[20:34] Aleli Damiano: people that were hired....
[20:34] Meredith Rhosar: ok...
[20:35] Judy Meiler: I think u can use essential to instead of benefical.
[20:35] Meredith Rhosar: hey what's up?
[20:35] Aleli Damiano: what's up with what?
[20:35] Meredith Rhosar: but I've already used that word...
[20:36] Meredith Rhosar: i'm talking to the teacher XD
[20:36] Meimeiryo Littlebird: hahaha


Suggested Revisions:

We think Meredith's news is a very good brief introduction about Business Recruitment, but it's a little bit too short. By adding stories of students successfully got great jobs by Business Recruitment, can attract more people to read this article.


Comment:

I think Meredith had a great time by joining Business Recruitment. Reading her article, would make me want to know more about it. So I think she can add some more details to each event under Business Recruitment, and add some activities photos. Meredith was asking if she should add some reflections about preparing Business Recruitment, but I suggested that would be a little awkward for her article. After all, she want to write an introductory news, not an experience expression.

NCU's Annual Business Recruitment

Change yourself, change your future!

In NCU, every year (mostly in March) there is a whole-month event called Business Recruitment. It is held by about 30 volunteered students, and the purpose of it is to help students in NCU who plan to find a job immediately after graduate know more about the recent business trend and gain some basic ideas about what qualities are essential to possess when finding a job.

The whole-month event includes a series of activities such as lectures, forums, business employment instructions; last but not least, at the end of the month, the biggest activity---Careers Fair---will be held as the ending of the whole event. Through these activities, students will have opportunities to talk to businesses they're interested to work in face to face, or to alumni who are successful in their careers to learn from their experiences. What's more, students can also learn skills like how to create their own values, how to relieve their pressure from works, how to do job interviews and how to write resumes; during the Careers Fair, students even have chance to submit their resumes to businesses!
A sophomore from English Department, who has attended both the lecture about how to do job interviews and the Careers Fair, says, "The lecturer was professional, I really learned a lot from the lecture; but it seemed that most of the businesses joining the Careers Fair were science and engineering related corporations, students from College of Liberal Arts were less likely to find working opportunities from it."
But for me, since I was one of the "volunteered students" running this year's Business Recruitment, I would say I had a wonderful time and unforgettable experience; not only because I made a lot of good friends, the event also gave me opportunities to interact with businesses and helped me build up concepts relating to business world. In fact, I'll never be the only one who benefits from the event. For NCU's students, Business Recruitment is an event that offers them useful information and advice about their future careers, creating more possibilities for them; so it's no doubt essential to seize the chance!

http://b2u.ncu.edu.tw/10b2u/template32/

News synopsis

News summary 4

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-11-30-bush-aids_N.htm

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News Summary 3

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/09/27/kid.drinking/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

Listen to Meredith and Alice's recording:
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Summary:
Stanton Peele, who is both a psychologist and an author, says, "Preparing your child to drink at home lessens the likelihood that they are going to binge drink; forbidding them from drinking creates temptation."
However, many experts don't agree with his idea. They claim that alcohol is harmful to the development of children's brains, and underage drinking even has an impact to the society.
But the psychologist contends that kids are going to drink no matter what and that it is critical for parents to set the example.

News Summary 2

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071011/ennew_afp/entertainmentindialiteraturepottercourtreligion;_ylt=AqjtiOkVL58E3FRPhE7f.kMDW7oF

Questions & Answers:
1.Why is J.K. Rowling suing organisers of the upcoming Durga Puja festival of eastern India?
Because they are constructing a replica of her imaginary Hogwarts Castle in Kolkata.
2.What are Rowling and her publishers asking for compensation from the organisers?
Two million rupees(50,000 dollars).
3.What is the replica made from?
Canvas and paper mache.
4.What are the points of similarity between the replica and the real Hogwarts Castle?
Not only outer contours, but also marble staircase and flagged stone floor in the entrance hall, lit with flaming torches.
5.What did one of the organisers, Robin Mukherjee, take for example to protest their innocence?
Titanic.

Keywords definitions:
1.replica: an accurate reproduction of an object 複製品
2.summon: to order somebody to appear in court by serving a summons 傳喚
3.elaborate: made with a lot of intricate detail or extravagant ornamentation 精巧的
4.marquee: a very large tent with straight sides that can be rolled up or removed, used for large gatherings such as parties, meetings, sales, and exhibitions 大帳篷
5.depict: to describe or portray something in words 描述；描寫
6.eponymous: having the name that is used as the title or name of something else, especially the title of a book, play, or movie 使...得名的
7.contour: an outline, especially of something curved or irregular (often used in the plural) 外形；結構
8.carnival: a public festive occasion or period, often with street processions, costumes, music, and dancing 嘉年華會
9.violation: the act or an example of violating somebody or something 違反行為
10.stun: to shock, upset, or amaze somebody 使大吃一驚

Summary:
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is suing organisers of the upcoming Durga Puja festival, eastern India's most celebrated annual religious carnival, and asking two million rupees for compensation from them because they are constructing a replica of her imaginary Hogwarts Castle in Kolkata. But the organisers said they would still go ahead with the preparations for the four-day festivities. They were stunned and angry because they couldn't afford to pay the fine, and they said it's just a theme, they had also modelled the Titanic and no-one sued them.

News Summary 1

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/bison/storyweek.html

Summary:
If the winter weather is bad, the bison may went out of Yellowstone National Park in search of food. Because they may infect local cattle with brucellosis, Montana officials set a policy called hazing, which means they will chase those bison back into the park, but if they don't go, they will be killed. Volunteers start an action to find those bison back without being hazed or killed. Actually, there are too many bison in Yellowstone, and finding them back is costly to taxpayers. Montana cattle have economic value, so the officials have to take concern about them, even though the bison are endangered.

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