The Internet World by Vivian

The Internet World

Vivian

     Nowadays, most people in the world are indulging in the Internet world, but is the world of the Internet good for us? Mostly, people think that the Internet is useful and interesting for our life. I think that using the internet can let my brain become more flexible and feel more relaxed. A lot of programs and games on the Internet bring us lots of convenience and fun. And they deeply attract everyone’s attention. But sometimes I think that making use of the Internet have bad influence upon our physical and psychological health. In the reality, the Internet is everywhere, and everyone is using their cellphone all the time. Because of this, lots of accidents happened. And I think that we have a serious problem while using the Internet. We should not use the Internet for too long. It is not good for our eyes and was detrimental for our health.

The Internet is actually designed for us to find informations. Some people will always rely on the Internet. Although I think the Internet is a good medium for us to get a lot of useful information. I do not agree to use the Internet so frequently just because people do not want to think about things by themselves.

     The Internet seems to make our life become convenient, but it also bring us a lot of social problems. The Internet should be only a wise dictionary for us to search for something we need. We should not be controlled by the Internet. For example, some people would be attracted by the Internet through their cellphone while they were driving a car. It was very dangerous and should not even happen. So I think that we should not be controlled by the Internet.

The Internet World by Hank

The Internet World

Hank

     Technology always comes from humanity, inventions always come from demands. Many important inventions appeared because people needed them, like the bulb, and the airplane. Why did Edison try so many times, and fail so many times, just wanted to invent a light bulb? Why did the Wright brothers spend so much time making a flying machine? It was was because the contemporary people wanted them. They wanted to fly in the sky. They wanted to get light easily. Without the demands from people, many great inventions even would not come to this world.

     The Internet was also from people’s demands. Because people want to live easily because people wanted to meet others without moving, the Internet appeared. Computers, cellphones, and on-line TV programs; YouTube, MSN, and Facebook. The Internet made us get in touch with other people easily. Now, if we want to talk with our friends, we do not need to go out anymore, we can just stay home, and chat with them on communication websites. If we want to buy something, we can just order it at a transaction website. What a convenient world it is! With the Internet, we can do almost everything at home!

     Although the Internet world is so convenient, in some ways,it makes the real world become worse and worse now. Because of the Internet, people even don’t need to go out. The consequence is, more and more people stay at home all the day. People become lazier and lazier. Besides, people are attracted by the Internet very much. Adults play computer games while they are working. Students can’t pay attention during the class. Many people are using their smartphones to surf the Internet while they are walking even driving! Tim Berners-Lee invented the Internet because he wanted to make the world more creative and convenient, rather than make the people unable to live or think without the Internet now!

     The internet is made to improve the people’s life, but when it start to make people’s life worse and worse, we should know this is wrong. The Internet is a tool to help people to make this world better, it’s not drugs to make people indulged in it. We should stop playing computer games and cellphone games. Using the Internet to improve our life, we can controlled the Internet and won’t be slaves of the Internet.

My Trip to Far Gory Ocean Park by Tina

My Trip to Far Gory Ocean Park

      Tina

     This summer vacation was a great time to me. My mom, my dad, my little sister and I went on a trip to Hualian. Taking a trip is always our hobby, so my sister and I were very exciting since we heard the great news.

     I think the most impressive place we went was the Far Glory Ocean Park. It was near the sea and on the mountain. We arrived there at about nine o’clock in the morning. Although it was raining, we were still very happy and could not wait for playing! After wearing the heavy raincoats, we ran to the amusement park of the ocean park. My sister told me that she wanted to ride on the rollercoaster, when she told me, I thought she was crazy! She must cry or throw up after she played that rollercoaster!

     However, when we got off the rollercoaster, she was still very happy and she wanted to play that again! And me? I would be the first to admit that I was a timid person, I was very afraid of the rollercoaster however big or small, and high or low it is. The only thing I thought was---I hate the rollercoaster! I would not play, or see that terrible thing any more!

     After playing the rollercoaster, we saw a cool entrance in front of us, without thinking, we stood in line to enter it. When we finally knew what it was, I felt regretful----we discovered that it was the tallest building in the ocean park, and it was the rollercoaster in the water. I hoped that I would not die after playing that!

     After a starting bell rang, the boat started to move, and I felt like a baby before getting a vaccine. The boat took us higher and higher. My sister laughed a lot; I thought she fear nothing. I only remember that I almost flew away! And I could not close my mouth because it was filled with air. Finally I got off the rollercoaster, I almost threw up after playing that.

     This journey impresses me a lot. I think I become braver now! This trip will be a symbolize of my summer vacation. 

My trip to Yilan by Joyce

My trip to Yilan

Joyce

     This summer, my mother took me, my brother, and some friends to Yilan for two days. In the first day morning, we went to Yilan International Childen’s Folklore & Folkgame Festival. There were so many people there. We spent thirty minutes parking the car. Everyone was laughing. My brother and I went to play the slide again and again. It was so exciting and refreshing. After we played in the water, we went to the National Center for Traditional Arts by boat. We took a lot of pictures on the boat. Then, we shopped at the Traditional Handcraft Artists’s Studios. There were so many special sonvenirs. We visited every store, and we also DIY over there. I thought the store which shows a lot of gold sculptures was the most special and unusual store there because all of the sculptures are made of gold and they were very exquisite.

     We went to a guesthouse at about four thirty in the afternoon. The guesthouse had a beautiful garden. There were many colorful flowers. The living room was beautiful, too. There were a black coffee table, a white sofa, and a big television in the living room. It made me feel comfortable. The rooms were all different. There were four kinds of stylish rooms. Everything in my room was pink. My mother and my brother lived in the biggest room. Inside their room are two beds and a bathtub. We took a bath quickly, and then we went to our next destination, Luotung Night Market.

There were a lot of people at the night market when we arrived. Around there, many shops served traditional local foods and commodities for people to buy. It was the local center of shopping. We bought a lot of delicacies for dinner, midnight snacks, and also some souvenirs to bring back home. At last, we went back to the guesthouse at eleven.

     For the secoud day, we had breakfast at the guesthouse, and then we went to the last scenic spot, the Cold Spring of Su-Ao. The cold spring was the best place worth visiting in summer, because it was so refreshing. My friends and I played volleyball in the water. My brother fell in the water because he wanted to hit the ball. We also played lots of fun games in the cold spring, like swimming race. Everyone was happy and sacked when we got in the car. Finally, we all went home.

     The trip to Yilan was the best memory I had had. The most interesting place was the cold spring because we played a lot of games there and had fun there. And various delicious and famous foods everywhere at the night market deeply attracted me and surely we are enjoyed eating them, so it was really a good place worthy of visiting. That’s why I loved it so much and hoped I would go there again with my family. 

My trip to Hualien by Leo

My trip to Hualien

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     In this summer vacation, my mother and father planned to take a three-day trip to Hualien. On the day before the trip, my brother and I prepared the clothes and some snacks, and then we went to sleep. We were very excited.

     We got up at five o’clock in the early morning. There were almost no cars on the highway. We arrived at 7-11 in Yilan and finished our breakfast. Then we headed to a famous restaurant in Hualien. The mountain road to Hualien was full of twists and turns. Finally, we got there and had some tasty Chinese ravioli for lunch. After lunch, we went to the hotel for the check-in. In the afternoon, Dad took my brother and I to ride bikes around the hotel. We enjoyed taking a hot spring bath in the hotel at night.

     The next day, we got up at six o’clock. We checked out of the hotel and headed to Mt. Liushihtan. The mountain was covered with lots of golden daylilies. We were all surprised by the beautiful scenery. We took some photos, and then we went to Chike Mountain for lunch and more scenery. We ate daylily soup, fried daylily, and daylily salad for lunch. After the delicious lunch, we left for the hotel. We were going to stay there that night. A few hours later, we went to the nightmarket to buy dinner. We bought some fruit juice, porridge, stinky tofu, seafood coffin bread, and oyster vermicelli. When we finished the dinner, we all went to sleep with satisfaction.

     We got up a bit later the next morning, but it didn’t matter. We finished our sandwiches and went to Farglory Ocean Park. We reached there, and the first thing to do was to get in the cable car. Next, we rode on a roller coaster, except my brother. He didn’t dare to ride on it. When the car started to climb on the track, we were all excited. The most surprising thing was, when the car got to the top, the panel under it began to rotate. It was going to move backward! It went down so fast that Mom screamed so hard. After playing all day long, we went home. What a great trip it was!

My trip to Kaohsiung, Tainan by Vivian

My trip to Kaohsiung, Tainan

Vivian

    From August 16, 2013 to August 18, 2013, I went to Kaohsiung and Tainan with my cousins, uncle, aunt, and grandmother. We got up at eight o’clock in the morning. Everyone was very exhilarated and hoped to depart for Tainan. We started our travel at eight thirty in the early morning.

     On the first day, we went to the sugar refinery to eat ice cream. The ice cream there had different kinds of flavors from other places. It tasted really good! After that, we visited the towel factory, I bought a beautiful cake that was made of a towel. It was so special! Later, we went to the animal’s home. There were a lot of animals there. We could feed the animals with the grass and milk. The animals were so cute there! At night, we got to the hotel. It was so luxury that when we got in, everyone screeched. There was a swimming pool, a gym, and a hot spring in the hotel. We had a beautiful day.

      The next day, we woke up at six thirty in the morning. And after that, we had breakfast in the beautiful restaurant. Then we went to the swimming pool to have fun. We went to E-DA Amusement Park. I was so happy that day. We saw a great parade show to end the second day.

     On the last day, we went for the last stroke, water and fire homologous. It was so cool that we could not even believe what we saw. After all the schedule was done happily, we were on the way home! We got home at six forty-five in the evening.

    During this trip, we had an accident on the road, someone who ignored public morals threw a thing like thumbtack on the road and made our car tire become a flat one. We were so angry about that. I hope it will not happen during our next trip. Although this trip was not perfect, I was impressed for the fun trip!

My trip to Ishigakijima by Jimmy

 My trip to Ishigakijima                 

Jimmy

     Yeah! We eventually could take a trip overseas again. Last time we went to Thailand. It was very fun. But this time we wanted to go to more places to have fun there.

     One Friday evening, we went to the Keelung Harbor because our special transportation was there. When I got out of the car, I looked at it at once. It was this trip’s protagonist, the luxury cruise, Aquarius. We were so excited when we saw it. It was big, tall, romantic and grandeur. We all very liked it very much. During this trip, we would go to Japan's small island, Ishigakijima. When we went on the Aquarius, it was almost 8:00 p.m., so the first thing we did on the Aquarius was to eat the dinner. Because there were many people on the Aquarius, so the tables of the restaurants were not enough. Luckily, we found a small restaurant where there were not many people, so we could finally eat dinner. After we ate dinner, we went to bed.

The next morning, we went to use the luxury cruise's facilities. We went to the gymnasium, KTV, the poolroom, swimming pool, and we also watched the magic show. After we had lunch, we arrived at the Ishigakijima because we only stayed for about seven hours, so we quickly went to the first place. It was a beautiful lake, the biggest lake that I had ever seen. The sandy beach was very clean, and the water was blue, like the sapphire. We went snorkeling and went for a paddle there for three hours. Then we kept eating during the trip. We also saw and played with many funny things. Lastly, we went to the biggest supermarket on that island. We bought a lot of food and drink there. We all liked everything very much there.

     When we went back to the Aquarius, we kept enjoying the facilities, and I remembered we saw many dolphins and a whale. The dolphins were very cute and the whale was singing a perfect song. It made us very comfortable. All of us like this trip, and I would never forget about this wonderful place.