Zheyu Lai
Zheyu Lai was born in Xiangshan, in Zhejiang, China. He graduated from Xiangshan Harbor Academy, and is now he learning the English language at Widener University. The most difficult of his study is vocabulary. Although vocabulary is the most difficult part of his studies, his teachers always look for the best way to teach him, and help him to learn as much as possible. It makes him have more confidence in his learning. He is humorous and lively. It seems that he is always with a group of friends playing happily, but his favorite thing is enjoying the quiet life. He likes silently staring into space and listening to music by himself. He does not like to make friends in addition to his girlfriend and a few best friends outside of people went into his world. Maria Carey is his favorite singer. He likes her light, ethereal, and hoarse voice. Listening to her music can better allow him to quietly think, learn, and work. His dream is to be an entrepreneur starting his own business. However, he thinks that the road is hard, but he would not miss the scenery along the way .
Dear Readers,
Time passed quickly. A
semester has passed. After this semester’s study, I think I improved my writing
ability because of the professor’s guidance, and also my own efforts. I think
the homework of Stereotype Essay is the biggest help to me. This homework let
me exchange with American people, and understand a lot of American stereotypes.
Of course the most important is to improve my writing, I learned how to from
multiple perspectives to analyze a thing, and in writing I can have more idea
to write, make the composition more enrich.
Sincerely,
Zheyu Lai
Sincerely,
Zheyu Lai
How I Learned to Read and Write
When I was 9 years old ,my father found an English teacher in my
hometown to teach me to read and write. At that time, I was little .I did not
like learning English .I liked playing with my friends .I wanted to be happy
every day, so whenever the teacher taught me to read and write, my heart was
thinking about having fun. I could not study well. For example, the teacher was
teaching me read, but I thought about
playing basketball. Because of this, my English results were bad. I felt
very uncomfortable. I thought I should study well and make progress every day.
At this time, the teacher told me if I wanted to improve my reading and
writing, I needed to write over and over again, and read a number of books.
After that, according to my teacher’s means, every night I found the material
on the Internet, went to the library to read books every day, and wrote my
revisions for the teacher every day. In the end, I improved my English.
Childhood Memory
When I was a kid, the amusement park was the place where I dreamed of going to.
It had a ferris wheel, roller coaster, delicious candy, and beautiful scenery.
There are lot of a friends that can accompany me to play.I remember the first
time, when I was six years old, I went to the amusement park with my mother.
First, we took photos with the dinosaur man. Then I would like to go straight
to ride the roller coaster, where can enabled me to throw my anxiety and
worries away. I swung up and down feeling excited and relaxed. In front of the
roller coaster, there was a ferris wheel .I loved to enjoy this silent time
without any disturbance. I always enjoyed appreciating the beautiful, white
clouds floating in the blue sky. In the
center of the amusement park, there was a large area and green grass. A lot of
pigeons played in the grass freely, and that was a symbol of peace.The memory
of my childhood place is priceless, so I will treasure it no matter how many
years have passed.
Love in my Heart
I think love has
a lot of definitions. The first one is the love from the family. Mom and Dad
raised me and did not require anything in return. Every week they have face
time with me, care about my life, and help me to figure out questions. My
sister also chats with me every day. We share happy and sad stories. When we
meet, she always brings me a lot of good gifts. I think this is a kind of love.
Then I want to say the love from friends. When, I have problems in learning. My
friends show me the right away. For example, when I do not understand what the
teacher says in the class, my friends will explain it to me after the class.
The third is the love from a lover. This is the person who will accompany and
love you all the year round. This is what I most want to get love. Love has a
lot of definitions. All the people who love you can help you. When you have
some problems, they can tell you yours faults. You can correct it, and become
better and more powerful than before. Please cherish the love that you have,
and others have!
I Think of Belief
I think belief
is a kind of power.
Everybody should have beliefs. It can take you to success, and this power can prop up your life. I think
belief has three substances which are keys, power, and pillars.
Firstly, I think belief is the key to the success of a person. For example, the wild goose can fly south. because it is believed that warm lies ahead. Young trees can grow into towering trees because it is believed the light was on his head. Why did Edison invent the electric light because he believes that are there a filament material, so, he after countless times in the end, successfully found the material can be used as a filament. So I think people can get success because he believes that the future is in his hands.
Also, I think belief is crucial for a team to win, when everyone on a team has only one belief to win, will produce a great power. Such as a group of people pull large stones from all directions, must not pull it. But all people in one direction must be very easy to pull in China, has such a proverb is, an old man asked a young man to broke a chopstick, young people easily broke the chopstick, then the old man asked the young people break a set of chopsticks, young people can not break. These two stories can tell us the importance of unity. So if the team has one belief it is very important.
Thirdly, I think belief is a pillar of a person’s life. Everyone should have a belief to live by. I heard a story that in an earthquake, a woman was trapped in the ruins for 72 hours, and in this ruins without have water and food, normal people will be dead by now, but she has a belief she are not dead. She said “In the ruins, she thought her children and parents needed to her care, so she thought she can not be die.” This was her belief. Because of this belief, she survived.
I think belief is a kind of power. with this power, we can live better, we can be on a road to success, and be happy every day!
Firstly, I think belief is the key to the success of a person. For example, the wild goose can fly south. because it is believed that warm lies ahead. Young trees can grow into towering trees because it is believed the light was on his head. Why did Edison invent the electric light because he believes that are there a filament material, so, he after countless times in the end, successfully found the material can be used as a filament. So I think people can get success because he believes that the future is in his hands.
Also, I think belief is crucial for a team to win, when everyone on a team has only one belief to win, will produce a great power. Such as a group of people pull large stones from all directions, must not pull it. But all people in one direction must be very easy to pull in China, has such a proverb is, an old man asked a young man to broke a chopstick, young people easily broke the chopstick, then the old man asked the young people break a set of chopsticks, young people can not break. These two stories can tell us the importance of unity. So if the team has one belief it is very important.
Thirdly, I think belief is a pillar of a person’s life. Everyone should have a belief to live by. I heard a story that in an earthquake, a woman was trapped in the ruins for 72 hours, and in this ruins without have water and food, normal people will be dead by now, but she has a belief she are not dead. She said “In the ruins, she thought her children and parents needed to her care, so she thought she can not be die.” This was her belief. Because of this belief, she survived.
I think belief is a kind of power. with this power, we can live better, we can be on a road to success, and be happy every day!
Tattoos of America
Tattooing has been practiced for centuries in many cultures and spread throughout
the world. “The most common method of tattooing in modern times is
the electric tattoo machine, which inserts ink into the skin via a single
needle or a group of needles that are soldered onto a bar, which is attached to
an oscillating unit.”(Wikipedia, 2013)This procedure is
very sanitary. “Today, one can find Atayal, Seediq, Truku, and
Saisiyat of Taiwan, Berbers of Tamazgha, Yoruba, Fulani and Hausa people of
Nigeria, and Māori of New Zealand with facial tattoos.”(Wikipedia,
2013)However,
most American people think people with tattoos can give others a feeling these
are bad people. Also it can let people think a lot of bad words, like violence,
motorcycles, dragster, etc. In my opinion, tattoos on the body of the carrier is to show individual
character, or in pursuit of fashion trend. There are a lot of young people with
tattoos. In a way, they are under the influence of geographical environment and
customs. Also, some people worship because someone to imitate and tattoos,and some
important events to commemorate the life of the start or end can make tattoos. I think that not every tattooed
person is bad.
Early decades of American people began to like tattoos. The main customer is the person who has just come out from the prison or are about to go to jail. Drug traffickers and other marginalized groups gradually join in such as truck drivers, black sports stars, construction workers, etc. In America, stereotypes have said tattoos equal bad people. For example, people on the road see a man with tattoos, in them's minds this is a bad man, so people will be reluctant to be close to him. If people see a tattooed woman in the street, people will think of a lot of bad words such as prostitutes, drug users, coasters, rebellion, and so on. Most American people think people with tattoos can give a person a bad feeling. Because of their stereotype, of tattoos, theirs are bad people. Most companies do not want to have tattooed people in their company. It Leads to people who have tattoos not finding a job.But here can produce a logical problems.If all people with a tattoo is difficult to get a job, the chances of landing a job people are likely to do some illegal actions in order to survive, so with the tattoo, crime rates will rise, it will make a tattoo of people harder to find a job, even if it is a very good man. Actually production of this stereotype is not only because of history first tattoos is bad people. There are a lot of things will lead to this stereotype. For example, in a lot of the bad images in the movies are generally have a tattoo such as some drug traffickers, and the underworld. There is a lot of evil in the film organization is always a special tattoo to confirm identity. Even so, but I still think that not all those who have tattoos are bad. Firstly , I think tattoos are a reflection of a kind of art, it is not only simple in physical design, this is a kind of fashion symbol. It is also a kind of symbol of self-esteem.Tattoos are kind of a dye or other difficult ink to remove the pigment in the skin to pierce the picture form. A little tattoo will take an hour. If it is a |
large area, it will take more time. In the process of a
few hours, the person will bear the necessary pain. The tattoo artist also
needs to have a high attention in this time, There must be no mistakes at all.
I think tattoos are a kind of art form, and also a reflection of perseverance.
Also, I think tattoos have their unique role. Some people have tattoos to commemorate the important events of their life, also some people in order to verify the love on that tattoo. Some people can also use tattoo designs to help others. For example, in the American drama “Prison Break,” Michael Scofield saves his wronged brother Lincoln Burrows by escaping from the prison. The tattoo is the map of the prison.With their own wisdom to help his brother's succeed to his freedom. I think the tattoo is not bad, but can even help others, If you can make good use of it. Thirdly, I think tattoos are a kind of culture. Some people, for the sake of exorcism, draw designs. There are a lot of tribes or ethnic groups that use the tattoo as a symbol of an adult. Tattoos are a kind of soul. In these cultures, it a form of expression. Many kinds of cultures in the world, even if we do not like some of the culture. However, we cannot discriminate against these cultures, we should give respect. Because others may not like your culture, you must also hope to be respected by their culture. So how do we change people's mind about stereotypes of tattoos being bad? First of all, I think education should be first to let people know the history of the tattoo. We cannot let people think that only bad people get tattoos, and let people think tattoo are form of art. Tattoos have a lot of important meanings. They can even help others. Then, I think companies is not because there was a man who had tattoos and not hire him.Need to see the personnel employed has a good work ability and good working attitude. It is not related to whether there is a tattoo.If all companies do not hire a person with a tattoo, it will produce a vicious circle. People will really have a lot of tattoos on the path of crime. The third is family education, to let children realize that movies are virtual world and different from the real world different.You do not have a lot of rebellious children with tattoos, so do not let people believe the movies that all bad people a tattoo have tattoos, In real life we need to help people distinguish between real and virtual. To sum up, I want to say that tattoos are the expression of a culture. People with tattoos express their feelings at that time, is a kind of emotional memory.Tattoos can also be used to help others.Tattoo is a reflection of a kind of art and a kind of perseverance. Please respect the culture, and do not follow the stereotype of a tattooed man. |