In recently years, many moviemakers use animals as the main characters that impress audience with the affections between them and human beings. Such movies as《A tale of Mari and three puppies》、《Quill》、《Cats and Dogs》、《Eight Below》、《101 Dalmatians》,etc.. Dogs like Shiba inu、Labrador、Beagle、Husky、Dalmatians were very popular during the movies were playing in the theater. People bought them and afterwards found out that it was not easy to keep pets, especially it costs a lot of money to buy food, to pay for illness, to deal with everything that pets need. So, tragedies happen：innocent animals are abandoned.
To make a thorough inquiry, why adopting animals that appear in movies becomes a trend for people? I came up with some points：
(1) Curiosity：People are often attracted by the affections between animals and their hosts, so many of them imagine that whether it will happen to them.
(2) Fresh feelings：many of the animals first appeared in the movies when they were young. And as everybody knows, young animals are always so cute that it is hard for us not to look at them or even own them.
(3) Advertisement：Businessmen only care about the profits movies bring. So they do their best to publicize the movies without paying attention to the effects that spread out through the public.
Besides,there are some ethical issues such as "Do animals have feelings?" that we should pay attention to.I will talk about the aspect of animal welfare or animal rights by using information from wikipedia and journal articles.
2009年1月13日 星期二
2009年1月11日 星期日
Issue paper (final)
古曉璇(961002012, Candy)
Professor Liang
English Composition 2A
Jan. 10, 2009
Think Twice before You Keep a Pet
In recently years, many moviemakers use animals as the main characters that impress audience with the affections between them and human beings. Such movies as《A tale of Mari and three puppies》、《Quill》、《Cats and Dogs》、《Eight Below》、《101 Dalmatians》,etc.. Dogs like Shiba inu、Labrador、Beagle、Husky、Dalmatians were very popular during the movies were playing in the theater. People buy them and afterwards find out that it is not easy to keep pets, especially it costs a lot of money to buy food, to pay for illness, to deal with everything that pets need. So, tragedies happen：innocent animals are abandoned.
In my issue paper, I will put my emphasis on dogs by using some news articles, film clips and journal articles to provides some useful information and thus support my points.
To make a thorough inquiry, why buying animals that appear in movies becomes a trend for people? After searching many news articles, I came up with some points：The first one is Curiosity. People are often attracted by the affections between animals and their hosts showed in the movie. For example, in the movie《Quill》, the main cute dog, Quill, us selected to be trained to guild blind people. It has stayed in different family. Through the interaction between it and its host, we can see the truest affection that it devotes to the man. When I was in the movie theater watching this movie, many people cried when they saw Quill died from illness at last. I believe that lots of people imagine that whether it will happen to them.
The second reason is the Fresh feelings. Many of the animals first appear in the movies when they are very young. As everybody knows, young animals are always so cute that it is hard for us not to look at them or even own them. Each time when I pass by a pet shop, I can not help myself but stand outside, looking at them and even having the idea of owning them. It’s very hard to resist the innocent eyes.
Last but not the least, Advertisement plays an important role in it. Businessmen only care about the profits movies bring. So, they have the movie trailers showed again and again on TV. They do their best to publicize the movies without paying attention to the effects that spread out through the public. Those moviemakers have the responsibilities to promote the concept that animals are not toys. Human beings can not just keep them when they are cute, healthy, and abandon them whey they are troubles. Animals need respects no matter they are dogs, cats, or even fishes.
Recently, there is a movie called 《Beverly Hills Chihuahua》by Walt Disney played in the theater. It features cute dog, Chihuahua, which lives in a luxurious life in the Beverly Hills. How it wears and how luxurious it lives, give the audience a desire to own a dog like it. But here the author points out the phenomenon that once a movie about dogs comes out; there must be first a craze of buying Chihuahua. The puppy mills will go into overdrive to churn out lots and lots of Chihuahua. From a humane perspective, the mother dogs end up with death due to producing dogs litter after litter, month after month. Every time when I think of this, I am wondering how could people do this to them. Do not they know how harmful this will affect the mother-dogs’ bodies? The other effect is that there will be a lot of abandoned dogs in the animal shelter after the trend. He uses an ironic sentence at the beginning of the movie, “I can tell you before it even open what will happen.” People find them aren’t cute anymore like they suddenly realize that they are not stuffed doll but creatures that have needs and problems. So, they are dumped.
It happened with "101 Dalmatians," when people caved in to their kids and bought Dalmatians, and then found out they were not as cute as they had thought before. Then, Dalmatians got dumped at animal shelters. It happened with "Babe" –so cute, so smart, so not suited to many owners. Dump them at the animal shelter.
To ban on that kind of movies is impossible. The government and the movie makers should appeal to the idea of adopting dogs from animal shelters. It’s a lot cheaper than buying a dog from pet shops. If so, the owners of puppy mills will not make so profits. Thus the mother animals will not be compelled to death.
Try to think that they are part of our family members, accompanying in times of stress and trouble. Times are hard, sure. There is news recently about more and more people abandon their dogs because they have no more money to keep them. They’re even harder for the animals that love you and depend on you. Once you decide to have them beside you, you have the responsibility to take care of them till them die. They deserve better from you.
Following are the internet resources that I would like to share. To begin with, I ‘ve found two interesting film clips about dogs. The first film is from the dog's point of view to show how human beings interact or treat them. They spend their whole life to live with people, accompanying people, no matter how ugly or poor the hosts are. Just as mentioned in the previous paragraph, they stay beside us in times of stress and trouble. There’s a sentence that touches me a lot. It goes with, "Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your family, but there was a time when I was your only family." The host is going to dump the dog and find no where to send the dog. So the outcome of the poor dog is that it is sent to the animal shelter and waited for death. Aside from the words, the film clip also displays some strayed dogs’ pictures in the animal shelters. It makes me feel really sad when seeing their innocent eyes, and they seem like the tears are going down.
Another clip《Life of A Dog》is similar to the first one. The little dog’s host treats it good. He plays with it, takes walk with it. Everything goes very well. Until one day, he drives car out and takes it with him. It is ironic here. The dog thinks that he takes it out for fun, but he does not. It is about to be dumped. He tells it to stay and walks without looking at it. It is strayed. So the dog begins to chase. There’s a saying goes, “Dogs are the most loyal animals in the world.” It is true from the point that we see in the clip. The dog knows he is abandoned by its host. It still tries to chase the car no matter how dangerous the situation on the road is.
The above film clips remind me of my dog －Dodo. In March this year, my little dog was missing because my mom did not pay attention when she took Dodo out for a walk. As soon as I knew about it, I burst out crying, and was anxious whether Dodo was safe or not. I was afraid she would be bullied by bad guys or other dogs or even worse, dead. Fortunately, a nice woman saw it on the street and took her home. Upon seeing the flyer which I spend a lot of time on the street pasting them alone the road, she called me and gave Dodo back to us. After that, I pay much attention when I take her out, because she is already a member of our family. How will you feel when your family member get lost and never come back?
Animal can not talk. We know nothing about whether they have languages or feelings. Do they have souls or consciousness? Therefore, I would like to focus my paper on ethical part.
Since my topic is started from movie dogs and then abandoned animals (usually dogs) animal. There must have some kind of relations to animal welfare. So now, I would introduce the origins of the development of animal welfare. “Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food, in animal research, as clothing, and in entertainment, so long as unnecessary suffering is avoided. The position is contrasted with the animal rights position, which holds that other animals should not be used by, or regarded as the property of humans.” Concerning the misuse of animal, people in ancient time used them for experiment in cruel ways. As time goes by, more and more people get the ideas that animals are also creatures. They may have feelings. As in the context mentions, there are five freedom of animals that latter developed. They are Freedom from thirst and hunger, Freedom from discomfort, Freedom from pain, injury and disease, Freedom to express normal behavior, and Freedom from fear and distress. But there was a time that people denied the thing that animals could feel. Another difference is Region. People in different areas have different attitude toward animal welfare. For example, British people avoid pain even if this means killing the animals. While in countryside, they regard animals as a more complicated element of their lives, because they may use animal as tools to do field work or hunting. Just like our ancestors. They thought of cows as a sacred animal due to its devotion to the farmland.
To continue the question, “Do animals have souls or consciousness?” ,Klaus Wilhelm said that “Concerning that Animal lovers insist their fellow creatures experience joy, sympathy, fear and grief, but scientifically, it is hard to say DO ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS?”
The author came up with some examples like elephants, dogs, even laboratory rats show emotions. Recently, scienticists begin to believe that mammals, at least, have some form of emotions, and doing research about this topic is popular now. He uses some examples, such as elephants, roughhousing chimpanzees, dogs, laboratory rats, and mammals to prove that animals do have some kind of emotions or we can say feelings. Investigators once watched a herd of elephants gathered around a stillborn calf. The pachyderms used their trunks to touch the dead infants. They care about the victims and provide support. Other animals also show emotions. Dogs yelp to other dogs to play. Laboratory rats chirp when they are tickled. After years of research, scientists finally believe that mammals at least have some kind of emotions.
Charles Darwin, the English naturalist and father of revolutionary theory wrote an entire book entitled “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animal” No one can deny that animals have emotions, he concluded, given the striking similarities between human and animal behavior. According Darwinism, every organism has one overriding goal, to reproduce, as well and as often as possible. Joy is a primary emotion, along with anger and sadness. Animals do not have to have the same feeling as human. They can be happy in different ways.
I totally agree with idea that animals have feelings. To connect the whole issue that related to animals, and animal welfare, it is very important to discuss the issue that whether animals have feeling. Human beings are prior to any other kind of animals. We have the obligation to respect the live of each kind animal on earth no matter how tiny they are.
References:
Patt Morrison (2008, Sep.30) .Abandoned movie dog—Chihuahuas Dalmatians—and the voiceless foreclose. Los Angeles Times
Animal Welfare(n.d.).Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare
Life of A Dog.(2007). Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Youtube Wedsite: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/label/%E3%80%90Annotation%E3%80%91
How Could You (2007). Retrieved January 10,2009, from Toutube Website: http://tw.youtube.com/index?&ytsession=Tq0_psHyDBNKa2oDueT_uQqDsiGzPfM8X49UzIitqjJoMqOGkpjeI_cyX4bvHonJVQ2iOraVp6jXS8YjwWolZkb8SbzR-n32U2_3ebmRisnC5CftTLXzhh--4U6odDUfwBpigNo7h22GjV92oP8m6fSTWgbBeOpfS1URiT6YFJslE5NanQBYgE9cgOVq5Of_S3djF6TuylWCYzzX0dweSQ28V0KnGV4jmx5lJHMj8bk
Talan and Jamie,(2006). Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color.
Professor Liang
English Composition 2A
Jan. 10, 2009
Think Twice before You Keep a Pet
In recently years, many moviemakers use animals as the main characters that impress audience with the affections between them and human beings. Such movies as《A tale of Mari and three puppies》、《Quill》、《Cats and Dogs》、《Eight Below》、《101 Dalmatians》,etc.. Dogs like Shiba inu、Labrador、Beagle、Husky、Dalmatians were very popular during the movies were playing in the theater. People buy them and afterwards find out that it is not easy to keep pets, especially it costs a lot of money to buy food, to pay for illness, to deal with everything that pets need. So, tragedies happen：innocent animals are abandoned.
In my issue paper, I will put my emphasis on dogs by using some news articles, film clips and journal articles to provides some useful information and thus support my points.
To make a thorough inquiry, why buying animals that appear in movies becomes a trend for people? After searching many news articles, I came up with some points：The first one is Curiosity. People are often attracted by the affections between animals and their hosts showed in the movie. For example, in the movie《Quill》, the main cute dog, Quill, us selected to be trained to guild blind people. It has stayed in different family. Through the interaction between it and its host, we can see the truest affection that it devotes to the man. When I was in the movie theater watching this movie, many people cried when they saw Quill died from illness at last. I believe that lots of people imagine that whether it will happen to them.
The second reason is the Fresh feelings. Many of the animals first appear in the movies when they are very young. As everybody knows, young animals are always so cute that it is hard for us not to look at them or even own them. Each time when I pass by a pet shop, I can not help myself but stand outside, looking at them and even having the idea of owning them. It’s very hard to resist the innocent eyes.
Last but not the least, Advertisement plays an important role in it. Businessmen only care about the profits movies bring. So, they have the movie trailers showed again and again on TV. They do their best to publicize the movies without paying attention to the effects that spread out through the public. Those moviemakers have the responsibilities to promote the concept that animals are not toys. Human beings can not just keep them when they are cute, healthy, and abandon them whey they are troubles. Animals need respects no matter they are dogs, cats, or even fishes.
Recently, there is a movie called 《Beverly Hills Chihuahua》by Walt Disney played in the theater. It features cute dog, Chihuahua, which lives in a luxurious life in the Beverly Hills. How it wears and how luxurious it lives, give the audience a desire to own a dog like it. But here the author points out the phenomenon that once a movie about dogs comes out; there must be first a craze of buying Chihuahua. The puppy mills will go into overdrive to churn out lots and lots of Chihuahua. From a humane perspective, the mother dogs end up with death due to producing dogs litter after litter, month after month. Every time when I think of this, I am wondering how could people do this to them. Do not they know how harmful this will affect the mother-dogs’ bodies? The other effect is that there will be a lot of abandoned dogs in the animal shelter after the trend. He uses an ironic sentence at the beginning of the movie, “I can tell you before it even open what will happen.” People find them aren’t cute anymore like they suddenly realize that they are not stuffed doll but creatures that have needs and problems. So, they are dumped.
It happened with "101 Dalmatians," when people caved in to their kids and bought Dalmatians, and then found out they were not as cute as they had thought before. Then, Dalmatians got dumped at animal shelters. It happened with "Babe" –so cute, so smart, so not suited to many owners. Dump them at the animal shelter.
To ban on that kind of movies is impossible. The government and the movie makers should appeal to the idea of adopting dogs from animal shelters. It’s a lot cheaper than buying a dog from pet shops. If so, the owners of puppy mills will not make so profits. Thus the mother animals will not be compelled to death.
Try to think that they are part of our family members, accompanying in times of stress and trouble. Times are hard, sure. There is news recently about more and more people abandon their dogs because they have no more money to keep them. They’re even harder for the animals that love you and depend on you. Once you decide to have them beside you, you have the responsibility to take care of them till them die. They deserve better from you.
Following are the internet resources that I would like to share. To begin with, I ‘ve found two interesting film clips about dogs. The first film is from the dog's point of view to show how human beings interact or treat them. They spend their whole life to live with people, accompanying people, no matter how ugly or poor the hosts are. Just as mentioned in the previous paragraph, they stay beside us in times of stress and trouble. There’s a sentence that touches me a lot. It goes with, "Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your family, but there was a time when I was your only family." The host is going to dump the dog and find no where to send the dog. So the outcome of the poor dog is that it is sent to the animal shelter and waited for death. Aside from the words, the film clip also displays some strayed dogs’ pictures in the animal shelters. It makes me feel really sad when seeing their innocent eyes, and they seem like the tears are going down.
Another clip《Life of A Dog》is similar to the first one. The little dog’s host treats it good. He plays with it, takes walk with it. Everything goes very well. Until one day, he drives car out and takes it with him. It is ironic here. The dog thinks that he takes it out for fun, but he does not. It is about to be dumped. He tells it to stay and walks without looking at it. It is strayed. So the dog begins to chase. There’s a saying goes, “Dogs are the most loyal animals in the world.” It is true from the point that we see in the clip. The dog knows he is abandoned by its host. It still tries to chase the car no matter how dangerous the situation on the road is.
The above film clips remind me of my dog －Dodo. In March this year, my little dog was missing because my mom did not pay attention when she took Dodo out for a walk. As soon as I knew about it, I burst out crying, and was anxious whether Dodo was safe or not. I was afraid she would be bullied by bad guys or other dogs or even worse, dead. Fortunately, a nice woman saw it on the street and took her home. Upon seeing the flyer which I spend a lot of time on the street pasting them alone the road, she called me and gave Dodo back to us. After that, I pay much attention when I take her out, because she is already a member of our family. How will you feel when your family member get lost and never come back?
Animal can not talk. We know nothing about whether they have languages or feelings. Do they have souls or consciousness? Therefore, I would like to focus my paper on ethical part.
Since my topic is started from movie dogs and then abandoned animals (usually dogs) animal. There must have some kind of relations to animal welfare. So now, I would introduce the origins of the development of animal welfare. “Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food, in animal research, as clothing, and in entertainment, so long as unnecessary suffering is avoided. The position is contrasted with the animal rights position, which holds that other animals should not be used by, or regarded as the property of humans.” Concerning the misuse of animal, people in ancient time used them for experiment in cruel ways. As time goes by, more and more people get the ideas that animals are also creatures. They may have feelings. As in the context mentions, there are five freedom of animals that latter developed. They are Freedom from thirst and hunger, Freedom from discomfort, Freedom from pain, injury and disease, Freedom to express normal behavior, and Freedom from fear and distress. But there was a time that people denied the thing that animals could feel. Another difference is Region. People in different areas have different attitude toward animal welfare. For example, British people avoid pain even if this means killing the animals. While in countryside, they regard animals as a more complicated element of their lives, because they may use animal as tools to do field work or hunting. Just like our ancestors. They thought of cows as a sacred animal due to its devotion to the farmland.
To continue the question, “Do animals have souls or consciousness?” ,Klaus Wilhelm said that “Concerning that Animal lovers insist their fellow creatures experience joy, sympathy, fear and grief, but scientifically, it is hard to say DO ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS?”
The author came up with some examples like elephants, dogs, even laboratory rats show emotions. Recently, scienticists begin to believe that mammals, at least, have some form of emotions, and doing research about this topic is popular now. He uses some examples, such as elephants, roughhousing chimpanzees, dogs, laboratory rats, and mammals to prove that animals do have some kind of emotions or we can say feelings. Investigators once watched a herd of elephants gathered around a stillborn calf. The pachyderms used their trunks to touch the dead infants. They care about the victims and provide support. Other animals also show emotions. Dogs yelp to other dogs to play. Laboratory rats chirp when they are tickled. After years of research, scientists finally believe that mammals at least have some kind of emotions.
Charles Darwin, the English naturalist and father of revolutionary theory wrote an entire book entitled “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animal” No one can deny that animals have emotions, he concluded, given the striking similarities between human and animal behavior. According Darwinism, every organism has one overriding goal, to reproduce, as well and as often as possible. Joy is a primary emotion, along with anger and sadness. Animals do not have to have the same feeling as human. They can be happy in different ways.
I totally agree with idea that animals have feelings. To connect the whole issue that related to animals, and animal welfare, it is very important to discuss the issue that whether animals have feeling. Human beings are prior to any other kind of animals. We have the obligation to respect the live of each kind animal on earth no matter how tiny they are.
References:
Patt Morrison (2008, Sep.30) .Abandoned movie dog—Chihuahuas Dalmatians—and the voiceless foreclose. Los Angeles Times
Animal Welfare(n.d.).Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare
Life of A Dog.(2007). Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Youtube Wedsite: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/label/%E3%80%90Annotation%E3%80%91
How Could You (2007). Retrieved January 10,2009, from Toutube Website: http://tw.youtube.com/index?&ytsession=Tq0_psHyDBNKa2oDueT_uQqDsiGzPfM8X49UzIitqjJoMqOGkpjeI_cyX4bvHonJVQ2iOraVp6jXS8YjwWolZkb8SbzR-n32U2_3ebmRisnC5CftTLXzhh--4U6odDUfwBpigNo7h22GjV92oP8m6fSTWgbBeOpfS1URiT6YFJslE5NanQBYgE9cgOVq5Of_S3djF6TuylWCYzzX0dweSQ28V0KnGV4jmx5lJHMj8bk
Talan and Jamie,(2006). Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color.
2009年1月10日 星期六
Issue paper (draft)
古曉璇(961002012, Candy)
Professor Liang
English Composition 2A
Jan. 10, 2009
In recently years, many moviemakers use animals as the main characters that impress audience with the affections between them and human beings. Such movies as《A tale of Mari and three puppies》、《Quill》、《Cats and Dogs》、《Eight Below》、《101 Dalmatians》,etc.. Dogs like Shiba inu、Labrador、Beagle、Husky、Dalmatians were very popular during the movies were playing in the theater. People buy them and afterwards find out that it is not easy to keep pets, especially it costs a lot of money to buy food, to pay for illness, to deal with everything that pets need. So, tragedies happen：innocent animals are abandoned.
To make a thorough inquiry, why buying animals that appear in movies becomes a trend for people? After searching many news articles, I came up with some points：The first one is Curiosity. People are often attracted by the affections between animals and their hosts showed in the movie. For example, in the movie《Quill》, the main cute dog, Quill, us selected to be trained to guild blind people. It has stayed in different family. Through the interaction between it and its host, we can see the truest affection that it devotes to the man. When I was in the movie theater watching this movie, many people cried when they saw Quill died from illness at last. I believe that lots of people imagine that whether it will happen to them.
The second reason is the Fresh feelings. Many of the animals first appear in the movies when they are very young. As everybody knows, young animals are always so cute that it is hard for us not to look at them or even own them. Each time when I pass by a pet shop, I can not help myself but stand outside, looking at them and even having the idea of owning them. It’s very hard to resist the innocent eyes.
Last but not the least, Advertisement plays an important role in it. Businessmen only care about the profits movies bring. So, they have the movie trailers showed again and again on TV. They do their best to publicize the movies without paying attention to the effects that spread out through the public. Those moviemakers have the responsibilities to promote the concept that animals are not toys. Human beings can not just keep them when they are cute, healthy, and abandon them whey they are troubles. Animals need respects no matter they are dogs, cats, or even fishes.
Recently, there is a movie called 《Beverly Hills Chihuahua》by Walt Disney played in the theater. It features cute dog, Chihuahua, which lives in a luxurious life in the Beverly Hills. How it wears and how luxurious it lives, give the audience a desire to own a dog like it. But here the author points out the phenomenon that once a movie about dogs comes out; there must be first a craze of buying Chihuahua. The puppy mills will go into overdrive to churn out lots and lots of Chihuahua. From a humane perspective, the mother dogs end up with death due to producing dogs litter after litter, month after month. Every time when I think of this, I am wondering how could people do this to them. Do not they know how harmful this will affect the mother-dogs’ bodies? The other effect is that there will be a lot of abandoned dogs in the animal shelter after the trend. He uses an ironic sentence at the beginning of the movie, “I can tell you before it even open what will happen.” People find them aren’t cute anymore like they suddenly realize that they are not stuffed doll but creatures that have needs and problems. So, they are dumped.
Try to think that they are part of our family members, accompanying in times of stress and trouble. Times are hard, sure. There is news recently about more and more people abandon their dogs because they have no more money to keep them. They’re even harder for the animals that love you and depend on you. Once you decide to have them beside you, you have the responsibility to take care of them till them die. They deserve better from you.
Following are the internet resources that I would like to share. To begin with, I ‘ve found two interesting film clips about dogs. The first film is from the dog's point of view to show how human beings interact or treat them. They spend their whole life to live with people, accompanying people, no matter how ugly or poor the hosts are. Just as mentioned in the previous paragraph, they stay beside us in times of stress and trouble. There’s a sentence that touches me a lot. It goes with, "Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your family, but there was a time when I was your only family." The host is going to dump the dog and find no where to send the dog. So the outcome of the poor dog is that it is sent to the animal shelter and waited for death. Aside from the words, the film clip also displays some strayed dogs’ pictures in the animal shelters. It makes me feel really sad when seeing their innocent eyes, and they seem like the tears are going down.
Another clip《Life of A Dog》is similar to the first one. The little dog’s host treats it good. He plays with it, takes walk with it. Everything goes very well. Until one day, he drives car out and takes it with him. It is ironic here. The dog thinks that he takes it out for fun, but he does not. It is about to be dumped. He tells it to stay and walks without looking at it. It is strayed. So the dog begins to chase. There’s a saying goes, “Dogs are the most loyal animals in the world.” It is true from the point that we see in the clip. The dog knows he is abandoned by its host. It still tries to chase the car no matter how dangerous the situation on the road is.
Animal can not talk. We know nothing about whether they have languages or feelings. Therefore, I would like to focus my paper on ethical part.
Since my topic is started from movie dogs and then abandoned animals (usually dogs) animal. There must have some kind of relations to animal welfare. So now, I would introduce the origins of the development of animal welfare. “Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food, in animal research, as clothing, and in entertainment, so long as unnecessary suffering is avoided. The position is contrasted with the animal rights position, which holds that other animals should not be used by, or regarded as the property of humans.” Concerning the misuse of animal, people in ancient time used them for experiment in cruel ways. As time goes by, more and more people get the ideas that animals are also creatures. They may have feelings. As in the context mentions, there are five freedom of animals that latter developed. They are Freedom from thirst and hunger, Freedom from discomfort, Freedom from pain, injury and disease, Freedom to express normal behavior, and Freedom from fear and distress. But there was a time that people denied the thing that animals could feel. Another difference is Region. People in different areas have different attitude toward animal welfare. For example, British people avoid pain even if this means killing the animals. While in countryside, they regard animals as a more complicated element of their lives, because they may use animal as tools to do field work or hunting. Just like our ancestors. They thought of cows as a sacred animal due to its devotion to the farmland.
Klaus Wilhelm said that “Concerning that Animal lovers insist their fellow creatures experience joy, sympathy, fear and grief, but scientifically, it is hard to say DO ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS?”
The author came up with some examples like elephants, dogs, even laboratory rats show emotions. Recently, scienticists begin to believe that mammals, at least, have some form of emotions, and doing research about this topic is popular now. He uses some examples, such as elephants, roughhousing chimpanzees, dogs, laboratory rats, and mammals to prove that animals do have some kind of emotions or we can say feelings. Investigators once watched a herd of elephants gathered around a stillborn calf. The pachyderms used their trunks to touch the dead infants. They care about the victims and provide support. Other animals also show emotions. Dogs yelp to other dogs to play. Laboratory rats chirp when they are tickled. After years of research, scientists finally believe that mammals at least have some kind of emotions.
Charles Darwin, the English naturalist and father of revolutionary theory wrote an entire book entitled “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animal” No one can deny that animals have emotions, he concluded, given the striking similarities between human and animal behavior. According Darwinism, every organism has one overriding goal, to reproduce, as well and as often as possible. Joy is a primary emotion, along with anger and sadness. Animals do not have to have the same feeling as human. They can be happy in different ways.
I totally agree with idea that animals have feelings. To connect the whole issue that related to animals, and animal welfare, it is very important to discuss the issue that whether animals have feeling. Human beings are prior to any other kind of animals. We have the obligation to respect the live of each kind animal on earth no matter how tiny they are.
References:
Patt Morrison (2008, Sep.30) .Abandoned movie dog—Chihuahuas Dalmatians—and the voiceless foreclose. Los Angeles Times
Animal Welfare(n.d.).Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare
Life of A Dog.(2007). Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Youtube Wedsite: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/label/%E3%80%90Annotation%E3%80%91
How Could You (2007). Retrieved January 10,2009, from Toutube Website: http://tw.youtube.com/index?&ytsession=Tq0_psHyDBNKa2oDueT_uQqDsiGzPfM8X49UzIitqjJoMqOGkpjeI_cyX4bvHonJVQ2iOraVp6jXS8YjwWolZkb8SbzR-n32U2_3ebmRisnC5CftTLXzhh--4U6odDUfwBpigNo7h22GjV92oP8m6fSTWgbBeOpfS1URiT6YFJslE5NanQBYgE9cgOVq5Of_S3djF6TuylWCYzzX0dweSQ28V0KnGV4jmx5lJHMj8bk
Talan and Jamie,(2006). Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color.
Professor Liang
English Composition 2A
Jan. 10, 2009
In recently years, many moviemakers use animals as the main characters that impress audience with the affections between them and human beings. Such movies as《A tale of Mari and three puppies》、《Quill》、《Cats and Dogs》、《Eight Below》、《101 Dalmatians》,etc.. Dogs like Shiba inu、Labrador、Beagle、Husky、Dalmatians were very popular during the movies were playing in the theater. People buy them and afterwards find out that it is not easy to keep pets, especially it costs a lot of money to buy food, to pay for illness, to deal with everything that pets need. So, tragedies happen：innocent animals are abandoned.
To make a thorough inquiry, why buying animals that appear in movies becomes a trend for people? After searching many news articles, I came up with some points：The first one is Curiosity. People are often attracted by the affections between animals and their hosts showed in the movie. For example, in the movie《Quill》, the main cute dog, Quill, us selected to be trained to guild blind people. It has stayed in different family. Through the interaction between it and its host, we can see the truest affection that it devotes to the man. When I was in the movie theater watching this movie, many people cried when they saw Quill died from illness at last. I believe that lots of people imagine that whether it will happen to them.
The second reason is the Fresh feelings. Many of the animals first appear in the movies when they are very young. As everybody knows, young animals are always so cute that it is hard for us not to look at them or even own them. Each time when I pass by a pet shop, I can not help myself but stand outside, looking at them and even having the idea of owning them. It’s very hard to resist the innocent eyes.
Last but not the least, Advertisement plays an important role in it. Businessmen only care about the profits movies bring. So, they have the movie trailers showed again and again on TV. They do their best to publicize the movies without paying attention to the effects that spread out through the public. Those moviemakers have the responsibilities to promote the concept that animals are not toys. Human beings can not just keep them when they are cute, healthy, and abandon them whey they are troubles. Animals need respects no matter they are dogs, cats, or even fishes.
Recently, there is a movie called 《Beverly Hills Chihuahua》by Walt Disney played in the theater. It features cute dog, Chihuahua, which lives in a luxurious life in the Beverly Hills. How it wears and how luxurious it lives, give the audience a desire to own a dog like it. But here the author points out the phenomenon that once a movie about dogs comes out; there must be first a craze of buying Chihuahua. The puppy mills will go into overdrive to churn out lots and lots of Chihuahua. From a humane perspective, the mother dogs end up with death due to producing dogs litter after litter, month after month. Every time when I think of this, I am wondering how could people do this to them. Do not they know how harmful this will affect the mother-dogs’ bodies? The other effect is that there will be a lot of abandoned dogs in the animal shelter after the trend. He uses an ironic sentence at the beginning of the movie, “I can tell you before it even open what will happen.” People find them aren’t cute anymore like they suddenly realize that they are not stuffed doll but creatures that have needs and problems. So, they are dumped.
Try to think that they are part of our family members, accompanying in times of stress and trouble. Times are hard, sure. There is news recently about more and more people abandon their dogs because they have no more money to keep them. They’re even harder for the animals that love you and depend on you. Once you decide to have them beside you, you have the responsibility to take care of them till them die. They deserve better from you.
Following are the internet resources that I would like to share. To begin with, I ‘ve found two interesting film clips about dogs. The first film is from the dog's point of view to show how human beings interact or treat them. They spend their whole life to live with people, accompanying people, no matter how ugly or poor the hosts are. Just as mentioned in the previous paragraph, they stay beside us in times of stress and trouble. There’s a sentence that touches me a lot. It goes with, "Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your family, but there was a time when I was your only family." The host is going to dump the dog and find no where to send the dog. So the outcome of the poor dog is that it is sent to the animal shelter and waited for death. Aside from the words, the film clip also displays some strayed dogs’ pictures in the animal shelters. It makes me feel really sad when seeing their innocent eyes, and they seem like the tears are going down.
Another clip《Life of A Dog》is similar to the first one. The little dog’s host treats it good. He plays with it, takes walk with it. Everything goes very well. Until one day, he drives car out and takes it with him. It is ironic here. The dog thinks that he takes it out for fun, but he does not. It is about to be dumped. He tells it to stay and walks without looking at it. It is strayed. So the dog begins to chase. There’s a saying goes, “Dogs are the most loyal animals in the world.” It is true from the point that we see in the clip. The dog knows he is abandoned by its host. It still tries to chase the car no matter how dangerous the situation on the road is.
Animal can not talk. We know nothing about whether they have languages or feelings. Therefore, I would like to focus my paper on ethical part.
Since my topic is started from movie dogs and then abandoned animals (usually dogs) animal. There must have some kind of relations to animal welfare. So now, I would introduce the origins of the development of animal welfare. “Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food, in animal research, as clothing, and in entertainment, so long as unnecessary suffering is avoided. The position is contrasted with the animal rights position, which holds that other animals should not be used by, or regarded as the property of humans.” Concerning the misuse of animal, people in ancient time used them for experiment in cruel ways. As time goes by, more and more people get the ideas that animals are also creatures. They may have feelings. As in the context mentions, there are five freedom of animals that latter developed. They are Freedom from thirst and hunger, Freedom from discomfort, Freedom from pain, injury and disease, Freedom to express normal behavior, and Freedom from fear and distress. But there was a time that people denied the thing that animals could feel. Another difference is Region. People in different areas have different attitude toward animal welfare. For example, British people avoid pain even if this means killing the animals. While in countryside, they regard animals as a more complicated element of their lives, because they may use animal as tools to do field work or hunting. Just like our ancestors. They thought of cows as a sacred animal due to its devotion to the farmland.
Klaus Wilhelm said that “Concerning that Animal lovers insist their fellow creatures experience joy, sympathy, fear and grief, but scientifically, it is hard to say DO ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS?”
The author came up with some examples like elephants, dogs, even laboratory rats show emotions. Recently, scienticists begin to believe that mammals, at least, have some form of emotions, and doing research about this topic is popular now. He uses some examples, such as elephants, roughhousing chimpanzees, dogs, laboratory rats, and mammals to prove that animals do have some kind of emotions or we can say feelings. Investigators once watched a herd of elephants gathered around a stillborn calf. The pachyderms used their trunks to touch the dead infants. They care about the victims and provide support. Other animals also show emotions. Dogs yelp to other dogs to play. Laboratory rats chirp when they are tickled. After years of research, scientists finally believe that mammals at least have some kind of emotions.
Charles Darwin, the English naturalist and father of revolutionary theory wrote an entire book entitled “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animal” No one can deny that animals have emotions, he concluded, given the striking similarities between human and animal behavior. According Darwinism, every organism has one overriding goal, to reproduce, as well and as often as possible. Joy is a primary emotion, along with anger and sadness. Animals do not have to have the same feeling as human. They can be happy in different ways.
I totally agree with idea that animals have feelings. To connect the whole issue that related to animals, and animal welfare, it is very important to discuss the issue that whether animals have feeling. Human beings are prior to any other kind of animals. We have the obligation to respect the live of each kind animal on earth no matter how tiny they are.
References:
Patt Morrison (2008, Sep.30) .Abandoned movie dog—Chihuahuas Dalmatians—and the voiceless foreclose. Los Angeles Times
Animal Welfare(n.d.).Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare
Life of A Dog.(2007). Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Youtube Wedsite: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/label/%E3%80%90Annotation%E3%80%91
How Could You (2007). Retrieved January 10,2009, from Toutube Website: http://tw.youtube.com/index?&ytsession=Tq0_psHyDBNKa2oDueT_uQqDsiGzPfM8X49UzIitqjJoMqOGkpjeI_cyX4bvHonJVQ2iOraVp6jXS8YjwWolZkb8SbzR-n32U2_3ebmRisnC5CftTLXzhh--4U6odDUfwBpigNo7h22GjV92oP8m6fSTWgbBeOpfS1URiT6YFJslE5NanQBYgE9cgOVq5Of_S3djF6TuylWCYzzX0dweSQ28V0KnGV4jmx5lJHMj8bk
Talan and Jamie,(2006). Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color.
2009年1月8日 星期四
group discussion 1
霈絃~ 說: kerker
it's candy 說: 哈 what are we going to discuss?
霈絃~ 說: so shall we discuss in English all in english
it's candy 說: yeah !
Claire 說: Yes
it's candy 說: of course
霈絃~ 說: ok
Sophia 說: what subject are we going to focus on
it's candy 說: ummm...
Claire 說: ......
霈絃~ 說: find some issue that we interest in
it's candy 說: just one issue?
霈絃~ 說: or..? more than one
it's candy 說: ok
霈絃~ 說: so we can choose from them
it's candy 說: so...everybody came up with an idea
Claire 說: Can each one have different issue?
Sophia 說: haha
it's candy 說: ??
Sophia 說: yeah
霈絃~ 說: so what we are talking about has to be our own paper
Sophia 說: do you think that i have to change my subject?
it's candy 說: you can keep it i think! just chang the thing that you focus
Sophia 說: but i don't know what am i going to focus on
霈絃~ 說: and find more information
Sophia 說: whithout being attack ...culture ?
it's candy 說: it's ok
Claire 說: I think it's ok for Sophia's subject
Sophia 說: kerker... thanks
it's candy 說: you're welcome! and what about my topic?? the commercial movies?
Sophia 說: i think it's fine too your audience will be the environmental protection people
Claire 說: It's OK
霈絃~ 說: so you want to do the research about commercial movies
it's candy 說: why environmental protection people
Sophia 說: i think you can focus on animals issue
霈絃~ 說: the effects to society..? animal ?
Sophia 說: because they care about people's abandoning animals, haha
it's candy 說: but it's just a little part of the commercial movies
Sophia 說: becase i don't know how to say the exact word
Claire 說: It would be a fine topic,too.
it's candy 說: i mean the animal
Sophia 說: yeah
it's candy 說: which word?
Claire 說: ?
Sophia 說: animal protection group? they will be interested in your topic
it's candy 說: if i mention that the Hollywood movies makers only care about the profit they make? is it alright?
霈絃~ 說: yap
it's candy 說: ok i will think about it !
霈絃~ 說: mostly
Sophia 說: you can mention disney
Claire 說: Is the teacher asking our own thioughts?
it's candy 說: disney???
Sophia 說: pixes? finding nemo
it's candy 說: ok,i will take that
Sophia 說: 101dogs ok, done
it's candy 說: ok what about others?
Claire 說: Me?
Sophia 說: you have to find an issue and also express your own ideas
霈絃~ 說: i don't know
it's candy 說: ok,claire
霈絃~ 說: haha
it's candy 說: claire ,i'm sorry, ha
Claire 說: Is the abortion topic fine to the paper?
it's candy 說: do you agree or disagree ?
Sophia 說: yes
Claire 說: I don't know. Maybe I can choose one side.
Sophia 說: i think you can find a lot of news about this subject
霈絃~ 說: yuo have to claim your ideas whether you support it or not
Sophia 說: yeah
Claire 說: OH! Yeah. Just recollecting those news?
Sophia 說: yes and write down the sources
霈絃~ 說: and use some news to help you strengthen your ideas
it's candy 說: and say that you agree or disagree
Sophia 說: then add some of your opinions
it's candy 說: yap!
Claire 說: Ha~ thanks
Sophia 說: ooodiadia~so now joyce?
it's candy 說: and what about joyce?
Claire 說: Joyce?
Sophia 說: haiii~
霈絃~ 說: what's that ooodiadia~ ok, i see i think i still need some time to decide
it's candy 說: sooo childish!!
Claire 說: It's OK.
it's candy 說: haha
Claire 說: Ha
Sophia 說: why do you attack your classmate
Claire 說: Don't be sad!
it's candy 說: cuz i have to bear it even in the dorm!!
Sophia 說: haha~i think i'll tell your roommate. now,joyce?
Claire 說: Dear Joyce?
it's candy 說: what you have came up with so far???
霈絃~ 說: don't attack me
it's candy 說: you can just share with us
Claire 說: Yeah!
霈絃~ 說: let me think.
it's candy 說: if you don't want to decide now,it's fine
霈絃~ 說: i'm going to explode
it's candy 說: how ? where?
Sophia 說: what about racial descrimination
霈絃~ 說: i think what candy suggests is ok
Sophia 說: so candy ,we had better leave now
it's candy 說: leave? why?
Sophia 說: we sit next to the bomb
霈絃~ 說: but i think it is difficult to connect it with literal research
Claire 說: Ha~You guys are very interesting.
Sophia 說: so how about cosmetic surgery?
霈絃~ 說: haha
Sophia 說: do you think it's a good idea to do the surgery
it's candy 說: i have a question
霈絃~ 說: ?
it's candy 說: do the topics need to be contraversial??
Sophia 說: does it has a conflict against the CHINESE TRADITION?
Claire 說: ?
Sophia 說: yes
Claire 說: yeah
it's candy 說: ok
Claire 說: Humm
霈絃~ 說: i think i really need more time to think about it today
it's candy 說: do you have any ideas??now
霈絃~ 說: i really find some topics that really interest me want to i know that there are many topics that i can choose
it's candy 說: like??? you can share with us , you don't have to decide it now
Claire 說: Share with us!
霈絃~ 說: i'm still thinking about it, okok
it's candy 說: but just share with us don't be shy!!
Sophia 說: share!!!
霈絃~ 說: no problem
it's candy 說: ok
霈絃~ 說: i'm finding some topics now
it's candy 說: i know that
Claire 說: You can do that!
霈絃~ 說: i have some general idea now
霈絃~ 說: maybe i can do some movie research about female
Sophia 說: how about suicide problem
Claire 說: Yeah
Claire 說: It's a fine topic.
霈絃~ 說: suicide problem? yap
Sophia 說: children commit suicide because their parents put too much pressure on them
it's candy 說: on the other hand
it's candy 說: i've read an article about that
Sophia 說: yeah kerker
霈絃~ 說: okok, thank you girls
it's candy 說: nowadays, children take it for granted that everything be done by others and they can't stand any pressure so.... they are called "the straberry "
Sophia 說: or do you want to talk about the rise of the women
霈絃~ 說: just like the idea from our english department magizine?
Claire 說: yes!
Sophia 說: but that will not be an contrvertial problem....
霈絃~ 說: ... so we must find the controvertial issue, don't we
it's candy 說: i have an idea!!
Claire 說: Maybe you can choose one of woman issues
it's candy 說: do u think that nowadays women really get the equality compared with men??? cuz lots of people claim the right! does it succeed ?
Sophia 說: is that really fair now? you can talk about that
it's candy 說: yes
Claire 說: Yeah
霈絃~ 說: yap i think about it
it's candy 說: just a suggesstion
霈絃~ 說: thanks
it's candy 說: u're welcome, haha
it's candy 說: 哈 what are we going to discuss?
霈絃~ 說: so shall we discuss in English all in english
it's candy 說: yeah !
Claire 說: Yes
it's candy 說: of course
霈絃~ 說: ok
Sophia 說: what subject are we going to focus on
it's candy 說: ummm...
Claire 說: ......
霈絃~ 說: find some issue that we interest in
it's candy 說: just one issue?
霈絃~ 說: or..? more than one
it's candy 說: ok
霈絃~ 說: so we can choose from them
it's candy 說: so...everybody came up with an idea
Claire 說: Can each one have different issue?
Sophia 說: haha
it's candy 說: ??
Sophia 說: yeah
霈絃~ 說: so what we are talking about has to be our own paper
Sophia 說: do you think that i have to change my subject?
it's candy 說: you can keep it i think! just chang the thing that you focus
Sophia 說: but i don't know what am i going to focus on
霈絃~ 說: and find more information
Sophia 說: whithout being attack ...culture ?
it's candy 說: it's ok
Claire 說: I think it's ok for Sophia's subject
Sophia 說: kerker... thanks
it's candy 說: you're welcome! and what about my topic?? the commercial movies?
Sophia 說: i think it's fine too your audience will be the environmental protection people
Claire 說: It's OK
霈絃~ 說: so you want to do the research about commercial movies
it's candy 說: why environmental protection people
Sophia 說: i think you can focus on animals issue
霈絃~ 說: the effects to society..? animal ?
Sophia 說: because they care about people's abandoning animals, haha
it's candy 說: but it's just a little part of the commercial movies
Sophia 說: becase i don't know how to say the exact word
Claire 說: It would be a fine topic,too.
it's candy 說: i mean the animal
Sophia 說: yeah
it's candy 說: which word?
Claire 說: ?
Sophia 說: animal protection group? they will be interested in your topic
it's candy 說: if i mention that the Hollywood movies makers only care about the profit they make? is it alright?
霈絃~ 說: yap
it's candy 說: ok i will think about it !
霈絃~ 說: mostly
Sophia 說: you can mention disney
Claire 說: Is the teacher asking our own thioughts?
it's candy 說: disney???
Sophia 說: pixes? finding nemo
it's candy 說: ok,i will take that
Sophia 說: 101dogs ok, done
it's candy 說: ok what about others?
Claire 說: Me?
Sophia 說: you have to find an issue and also express your own ideas
霈絃~ 說: i don't know
it's candy 說: ok,claire
霈絃~ 說: haha
it's candy 說: claire ,i'm sorry, ha
Claire 說: Is the abortion topic fine to the paper?
it's candy 說: do you agree or disagree ?
Sophia 說: yes
Claire 說: I don't know. Maybe I can choose one side.
Sophia 說: i think you can find a lot of news about this subject
霈絃~ 說: yuo have to claim your ideas whether you support it or not
Sophia 說: yeah
Claire 說: OH! Yeah. Just recollecting those news?
Sophia 說: yes and write down the sources
霈絃~ 說: and use some news to help you strengthen your ideas
it's candy 說: and say that you agree or disagree
Sophia 說: then add some of your opinions
it's candy 說: yap!
Claire 說: Ha~ thanks
Sophia 說: ooodiadia~so now joyce?
it's candy 說: and what about joyce?
Claire 說: Joyce?
Sophia 說: haiii~
霈絃~ 說: what's that ooodiadia~ ok, i see i think i still need some time to decide
it's candy 說: sooo childish!!
Claire 說: It's OK.
it's candy 說: haha
Claire 說: Ha
Sophia 說: why do you attack your classmate
Claire 說: Don't be sad!
it's candy 說: cuz i have to bear it even in the dorm!!
Sophia 說: haha~i think i'll tell your roommate. now,joyce?
Claire 說: Dear Joyce?
it's candy 說: what you have came up with so far???
霈絃~ 說: don't attack me
it's candy 說: you can just share with us
Claire 說: Yeah!
霈絃~ 說: let me think.
it's candy 說: if you don't want to decide now,it's fine
霈絃~ 說: i'm going to explode
it's candy 說: how ? where?
Sophia 說: what about racial descrimination
霈絃~ 說: i think what candy suggests is ok
Sophia 說: so candy ,we had better leave now
it's candy 說: leave? why?
Sophia 說: we sit next to the bomb
霈絃~ 說: but i think it is difficult to connect it with literal research
Claire 說: Ha~You guys are very interesting.
Sophia 說: so how about cosmetic surgery?
霈絃~ 說: haha
Sophia 說: do you think it's a good idea to do the surgery
it's candy 說: i have a question
霈絃~ 說: ?
it's candy 說: do the topics need to be contraversial??
Sophia 說: does it has a conflict against the CHINESE TRADITION?
Claire 說: ?
Sophia 說: yes
Claire 說: yeah
it's candy 說: ok
Claire 說: Humm
霈絃~ 說: i think i really need more time to think about it today
it's candy 說: do you have any ideas??now
霈絃~ 說: i really find some topics that really interest me want to i know that there are many topics that i can choose
it's candy 說: like??? you can share with us , you don't have to decide it now
Claire 說: Share with us!
霈絃~ 說: i'm still thinking about it, okok
it's candy 說: but just share with us don't be shy!!
Sophia 說: share!!!
霈絃~ 說: no problem
it's candy 說: ok
霈絃~ 說: i'm finding some topics now
it's candy 說: i know that
Claire 說: You can do that!
霈絃~ 說: i have some general idea now
霈絃~ 說: maybe i can do some movie research about female
Sophia 說: how about suicide problem
Claire 說: Yeah
Claire 說: It's a fine topic.
霈絃~ 說: suicide problem? yap
Sophia 說: children commit suicide because their parents put too much pressure on them
it's candy 說: on the other hand
it's candy 說: i've read an article about that
Sophia 說: yeah kerker
霈絃~ 說: okok, thank you girls
it's candy 說: nowadays, children take it for granted that everything be done by others and they can't stand any pressure so.... they are called "the straberry "
Sophia 說: or do you want to talk about the rise of the women
霈絃~ 說: just like the idea from our english department magizine?
Claire 說: yes!
Sophia 說: but that will not be an contrvertial problem....
霈絃~ 說: ... so we must find the controvertial issue, don't we
it's candy 說: i have an idea!!
Claire 說: Maybe you can choose one of woman issues
it's candy 說: do u think that nowadays women really get the equality compared with men??? cuz lots of people claim the right! does it succeed ?
Sophia 說: is that really fair now? you can talk about that
it's candy 說: yes
Claire 說: Yeah
霈絃~ 說: yap i think about it
it's candy 說: just a suggesstion
霈絃~ 說: thanks
it's candy 說: u're welcome, haha
group presentation
ivi 說 (下午 12:48):
hello now I want to show you my final paper outline
vivi 剛剛傳送來電震動。
vivi 說 (下午 12:49):
my topic is Racial Discrimination: just made by white man?
vivi 說 (下午 12:50):
and my Key words: culture shock , culture adaption, immigrant's identity.
vivi 說 (下午 12:50):
and my outline is
vivi 說 (下午 12:50):
Outline: Introduction
culture shock
culture adaption(family and policy)
racial identity
Conclusion
(and I will support them by some of my interview
vivi 說 (下午 12:51):
I usually search information in English
vivi 說 (下午 12:52):
because this issue is popular in foreign countries.
vivi 說 (下午 12:53):
and my first annotation is
vivi 說 (下午 12:53):
1)immigrant family,
Mary Anne Domokos Cheng. Retrieved December 24 ,2008
vivi 說 (下午 12:53):
I had never known the family members have influence on personal identity.
For me this is a new idea, and I agree with it.
vivi 說 (下午 12:54):
and the second
vivi 說 (下午 12:54):
2)Racial identity
Sharon Jayson ( 12/09/2008) from USA Today [electronic version] EBSCOhost. Retrieved December 11th, 2008
vivi 說 (下午 12:54):
This example is so new and fit to my topic.
vivi 說 (下午 12:55):
until now, do you have any ideas??
vivi 說 (下午 12:56):
should I continye?
vivi 說 (下午 12:56):
continue?
vivi 說 (下午 12:56):
OR should I stop?
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
i think you can illustrate more information
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
such
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
as the first question
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
you've mentioned that the keywords you used to search
Wendy 說 (下午 12:59):
sorry, that is adaptation not adaption
vivi 說 (下午 12:59):
thanks a lot wendy
candy 說 (下午 12:59):
i believe that there must be some results that provides not enoufg information
vivi 說 (下午 01:00):
Do you have any ideas?
Wendy 說 (下午 01:00):
before you raise some examples
Wendy 說 (下午 01:00):
or experiences
vivi 說 (下午 01:00):
any other key words?
Wendy 說 (下午 01:00):
you can roughly explain what those outlines mean
Wendy 說 (下午 01:01):
or what kind of situation will have that happen
Roxy 說 (下午 01:01):
is there any other key words which can also related to your topic?
vivi 說 (下午 01:01):
OK I show you in detail
vivi 說 (下午 01:02):
Cultural (or culture) shock is a multifaceted experience resulting from numerous stressors occurring in contact with a different culture.(Michael Winkelman)
vivi 說 (下午 01:03):
and the culture adaptaion also rely on family members' help
vivi 說 (下午 01:04):
I have got many new ideas in the imformation I searched
vivi 說 (下午 01:05):
and I gives readers many experience of mine and somebody I interview
vivi 說 (下午 01:05):
For example
vivi 說 (下午 01:06):
Monica, who is an exchanged student in our class
vivi 說 (下午 01:07):
Do you know her?
vivi 說 (下午 01:07):
can you give me some questions I can ask her
Roxy 說 (下午 01:07):
yes. she also attend class with us
vivi 說 (下午 01:09):
hello anybody here??
Wendy 說 (下午 01:09):
oh, i know her
Wendy 說 (下午 01:09):
i take the same class with her
vivi 說 (下午 01:10):
I have asked them did she get used to Taiwan;s life
vivi 說 (下午 01:10):
and she say yes
vivi 說 (下午 01:11):
She says that she feels Taiwanese are kind to her, but the boys are too shy.
Besides, she thinks Taiwan is a so democratic country that she can speak her ideas freely. However, there is a phenomena that Monica could not get used to when she in the college of Taiwan at previous six months. The phenomenon is that the high school students are so hard to study, but college students indulge in a lot of
Roxy 說 (下午 01:11):
When did she come to Taiwan?
Roxy 說 (下午 01:12):
I got it
vivi 說 (下午 01:13):
but college students indulge in a lot of groups, but in her country, the situation is opposite. Thus, she be confused what she should do at first time, but know she know how to strike the balance.
candy 說 (下午 01:13):
it's the opposite from america
Wendy 說 (下午 01:14):
but we have different education system
vivi 說 (下午 01:14):
So can you give me another ideas
vivi 說 (下午 01:15):
any question that can provide me to ask her
candy 說 (下午 01:15):
i think maybe you can ask more culture shocks in other aspect
candy 說 (下午 01:15):
such as food here
Wendy 說 (下午 01:15):
since you are talking about discrimination
candy 說 (下午 01:15):
the landscap here,
Roxy 說 (下午 01:16):
the life style
vivi 說 (下午 01:16):
and after this discussion I have to interview a 外籍新娘
vivi 說 (下午 01:17):
so any advise to tjis interview??
Wendy 說 (下午 01:17):
you should ask more questions aboiut curlure like what Candy says
Roxy 說 (下午 01:17):
Why did she accept the foreign marriage?
Roxy 說 (下午 01:18):
Is this her will?
Wendy 說 (下午 01:18):
no, it is about how people think of them
Roxy 說 (下午 01:20):
oh I just a little curious about it.
Wendy 說 (下午 01:20):
i wrote about this topic last year in the composition class
vivi 說 (下午 01:21):
OK it's time i should go
vivi 說 (下午 01:21):
thanks
vivi 說 (下午 01:21):
everyone
Roxy 說 (下午 01:21):
see you
vivi 離開對話。
Wendy 說 (下午 01:24):
ok. who is next
candy 說 (下午 01:28):
ok ! it's my turn
candy 說 (下午 01:32):
i will first paste the questions and answers frist
candy 說 (下午 01:32):
and then illustrate it
candy 說 (下午 01:33):
1.Paper outlines including the title and 1-3 keywords (e.g., euthanasia, gay and lesbian marriage, animal rights, etc). Do you search information using these keywords? In English or Chinese? Why?
Title: Animal welfare
Key word: Movie Dogs, Animal Rights, animal welfare, dog
First of all, I use movie dog to search. The result is nothing because the range is too narrow. Then, I use animal rights and
candy 說 (下午 01:33):
at first i use movie dogs aa the key words
candy 說 (下午 01:34):
but there's not enough information for me to support my essay
candy 說 (下午 01:34):
and after interviewing with professor
Wendy 說 (下午 01:34):
and?
candy 說 (下午 01:35):
she suggested my use the word "animal welfare "
candy 說 (下午 01:35):
and actually it really works
candy 說 (下午 01:35):
2. 4 full citations (see the previous email for the APA formats) including library and Web sources and their intended audiences (e.g., general, academic, customers, peers and friends, other). Are you satisfied with the quality of these resources? What difficulty do you encounter?
(1).Life of a Dog
Anonymous
Website:http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/l
candy 說 (下午 01:36):
ok, don't read the avove
Wendy 說 (下午 01:36):
most of your annotations talk about the stray dog
candy 說 (下午 01:36):
above
Wendy 說 (下午 01:36):
and what kind of thing they will encounter
candy 說 (下午 01:36):
i will talk each annotation briefly
Wendy 說 (下午 01:37):
maybe you can find some other things about dog to explain why you want to talk about animale walfare
Wendy 說 (下午 01:37):
recently, more and more people would cast physical abusement upon their pets
candy 說 (下午 01:38):
i've used a film clip, a piece of news, a wikipedia resources, and a research paper
Wendy 說 (下午 01:38):
this kind of law, animal welfare, can give them a chance to survive
Roxy 說 (下午 01:39):
well. I think that some welfare are just suitable for the "pets"
Wendy 說 (下午 01:39):
umm that is useful
Wendy 說 (下午 01:39):
what do you think about my opinion, Candy
Roxy 說 (下午 01:39):
but not all the animals
candy 說 (下午 01:39):
i think i will put emphasis on dogs
Roxy 說 (下午 01:40):
some people are just worry about their pets
Wendy 說 (下午 01:40):
or do you have any questions
candy 說 (下午 01:40):
because i use the movie dogs trend to start my essay
candy 說 (下午 01:40):
and then bring the topic to animale welfare
Wendy 說 (下午 01:40):
yes i mean some dogs people keep in house also have this problem
candy 說 (下午 01:41):
usually, i search in english
Wendy 說 (下午 01:41):
ok, that is find
Wendy 說 (下午 01:41):
fine
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
and i also quote some sentences from the annoation
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
it is for sure!
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
umm... i think this is the end of my presentation
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
thanks
Roxy 說 (下午 01:43):
fine
Wendy 說 (下午 01:43):
it is good
candy 說 (下午 01:43):
do you have any ideas about my issue paper?
Roxy 說 (下午 01:44):
did you try to find some laws of animal welfare to support the opinion?
candy 說 (下午 01:44):
umm... i remember it mentions a little in it
Roxy 說 (下午 01:45):
It's an interesting topic haha
candy 說 (下午 01:45):
thank you for your advice
candy 說 (下午 01:45):
so..let's take to the next turn
Roxy 說 (下午 01:47):
ok. I'll give the presentation next
candy 說 (下午 01:47):
OK
Roxy 說 (下午 01:48):
my paper outline include title : Euthanasia: continued in the life or the lengthened of death
Roxy 說 (下午 01:48):
as to the key words :euthanasia
Roxy 說 (下午 01:49):
I search information by using this keyword in both English and Chinese.
Roxy 說 (下午 01:49):
Beacuse through these two ways I can get more information about the details.
Roxy 說 (下午 01:50):
On the other hand, if there are terms which I can not get their meaning clearly,
I can understand its meaning through Chinese explanations.
Wendy 說 (下午 01:50):
maybe you can find some information in medical journal
Wendy 說 (下午 01:50):
they may have some reports about that
Roxy 說 (下午 01:51):
yep the terms came from it
Wendy 說 (下午 01:51):
and some laws you can find no matter whether that support euthanasia or not
Roxy 說 (下午 01:52):
I'll try to gether laws which support it or not
candy 說 (下午 01:52):
oh, did you try to make a comparison in different countries?
candy 說 (下午 01:53):
as i know, different county has duifferent law about it
Roxy 說 (下午 01:54):
yep. but it is only admitted in few countries
candy 說 (下午 01:54):
and the social groups also play an important role in enacting this controversial issue
candy 說 (下午 01:54):
they may have different demand
Roxy 說 (下午 01:55):
that will get involved into moral problem
candy 說 (下午 01:55):
they protest on the street
Wendy 說 (下午 01:55):
not only moral problems
Wendy 說 (下午 01:55):
i think you can find other aspects of this issue
Wendy 說 (下午 01:56):
why this is not legal in some of the countires
Wendy 說 (下午 01:56):
that must have its reason
Roxy 說 (下午 01:56):
That's a good suggestion!
Wendy 說 (下午 01:57):
i am glad you take my advice
Roxy 說 (下午 01:58):
Then I 'll show you the citations I used in the article
candy 說 (下午 01:58):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 01:59):
(1)A Confucian Inspiration for Today's Medical Ethics
Prof. Ole Doering.(2001/10).Formosan Journal of Medical Humanities
Roxy 說 (下午 02:00):
This article contained traditional Chinese conception, which provided totally different perspective of this issue.
Roxy 說 (下午 02:00):
(2)It is to Be Continued in the Life or the Lengthened in the Death by the Science and Technology
Roxy 說 (下午 02:00):
http://www.ceps.com.tw/ec/ecjnlarticleView.aspx?jnlcattype=0&jnlptype=0&jnltype=0&jnliid=348&issueiid=24828&atliid=315837
Roxy 說 (下午 02:01):
(3)Euthanasia-A Brief Overview. Taipei City Medical Journa
Song-Yuan Huang . (2007/2) .
Roxy 說 (下午 02:01):
http://www.ceps.com.tw/ec/ecjnlarticleView.aspx?jnlcattype=0&jnlptype=0&jnltype=0&jnliid=789&issueiid=61220&atliid=1049612
Roxy 說 (下午 02:02):
here are the citations
Roxy 說 (下午 02:02):
Do you have any opinion about them?
Roxy 說 (下午 02:02):
I know these
Roxy 說 (下午 02:03):
oops
Wendy 說 (下午 02:03):
do you find any new articles
Roxy 說 (下午 02:03):
I mean the informations above are still too narrow
candy 說 (下午 02:03):
i think there are many aspects about this topic
Roxy 說 (下午 02:04):
I know that
candy 說 (下午 02:04):
yeah, so which part you want to focus on?
Roxy 說 (下午 02:04):
so 'I'll go to find some other articles which provides differet aspects of this topic
candy 說 (下午 02:05):
nonono, i mean it's better for you to choose one or two aspects of it and discuss it mepper
candy 說 (下午 02:05):
depper
Roxy 說 (下午 02:07):
yeah That's what I need to emphasize in my research paper
candy 說 (下午 02:07):
yes!
candy 說 (下午 02:07):
good luck
Roxy 說 (下午 02:08):
My paper is lacks of it
Roxy 說 (下午 02:08):
I'll improve it
Roxy 說 (下午 02:08):
thanks a lot!
Roxy 說 (下午 02:09):
Would you like to present your work, Wendy?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:09):
ok
Wendy 說 (下午 02:09):
then i will start my presentation
candy 說 (下午 02:09):
ok
Wendy 說 (下午 02:10):
my outline is that why women will change their thought of marriage and are head for their career
Wendy 說 (下午 02:11):
the key words are: career women, women influenced by media and how media works
Wendy 說 (下午 02:11):
i use both English and Chinese to search for resources about this issue
Wendy 說 (下午 02:12):
and i also find out some articles which talk about that
Wendy 說 (下午 02:12):
that is the topic i want to talk about
Wendy 說 (下午 02:12):
next i will talk about my annotations
Wendy 說 (下午 02:13):
first is about the statistics of divorce
candy 說 (下午 02:16):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 02:16):
does divorce influence women's choice alot?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:17):
no that means their view point about marriage change
Wendy 說 (下午 02:17):
so they make some different decision
Roxy 說 (下午 02:18):
I see
candy 說 (下午 02:19):
so
Wendy 說 (下午 02:19):
and the secons and third are about the dilemma brtween career women meet in working and family
candy 說 (下午 02:19):
do you think that the information helps you a lot ?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:20):
ye
Wendy 說 (下午 02:20):
yes
candy 說 (下午 02:22):
do you agree with it or against it?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:23):
i agree with that
Wendy 說 (下午 02:23):
do you have any opinion
candy 說 (下午 02:23):
in what way>??
Wendy 說 (下午 02:24):
i just think that maybe you guys have some advice for what i present
candy 說 (下午 02:25):
ok... let me think
Roxy 說 (下午 02:26):
I was wondering whether this is a worldwide situation
candy 說 (下午 02:26):
you say that you've find statistics of divorce
candy 說 (下午 02:27):
do you search some may film clips
Wendy 說 (下午 02:27):
no i have not
candy 說 (下午 02:27):
about the women who stand out to talk about it
Wendy 說 (下午 02:28):
no, but i will try to find that after today's class
Wendy 說 (下午 02:29):
thanks a lot
candy 說 (下午 02:29):
ok
candy 說 (下午 02:29):
because i think sharing experiencing is very inoportant
candy 說 (下午 02:29):
attracts people
Wendy 說 (下午 02:30):
you are right
Wendy 說 (下午 02:30):
Roxy, do you have any suggestion
Wendy 說 (下午 02:30):
i would like to hear something from you
candy 說 (下午 02:31):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 02:33):
mamybe you can find out the change of maffiage rate and its relationship with the career women
Wendy 說 (下午 02:33):
maffiage?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:33):
is that marriage
Roxy 說 (下午 02:33):
oops
Roxy 說 (下午 02:34):
sorry a mistake
Wendy 說 (下午 02:34):
that is ok
candy 說 (下午 02:34):
never mind
Wendy 說 (下午 02:34):
i get your opinion
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
thanks everyone
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
my presentation is over
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
and since i am the last person
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
so our discussion is ending
candy 說 (下午 02:36):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 02:37):
thanks everyone
Wendy 說 (下午 02:38):
ok, bye
hello now I want to show you my final paper outline
vivi 剛剛傳送來電震動。
vivi 說 (下午 12:49):
my topic is Racial Discrimination: just made by white man?
vivi 說 (下午 12:50):
and my Key words: culture shock , culture adaption, immigrant's identity.
vivi 說 (下午 12:50):
and my outline is
vivi 說 (下午 12:50):
Outline: Introduction
culture shock
culture adaption(family and policy)
racial identity
Conclusion
(and I will support them by some of my interview
vivi 說 (下午 12:51):
I usually search information in English
vivi 說 (下午 12:52):
because this issue is popular in foreign countries.
vivi 說 (下午 12:53):
and my first annotation is
vivi 說 (下午 12:53):
1)immigrant family,
Mary Anne Domokos Cheng. Retrieved December 24 ,2008
vivi 說 (下午 12:53):
I had never known the family members have influence on personal identity.
For me this is a new idea, and I agree with it.
vivi 說 (下午 12:54):
and the second
vivi 說 (下午 12:54):
2)Racial identity
Sharon Jayson ( 12/09/2008) from USA Today [electronic version] EBSCOhost. Retrieved December 11th, 2008
vivi 說 (下午 12:54):
This example is so new and fit to my topic.
vivi 說 (下午 12:55):
until now, do you have any ideas??
vivi 說 (下午 12:56):
should I continye?
vivi 說 (下午 12:56):
continue?
vivi 說 (下午 12:56):
OR should I stop?
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
i think you can illustrate more information
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
such
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
as the first question
candy 說 (下午 12:58):
you've mentioned that the keywords you used to search
Wendy 說 (下午 12:59):
sorry, that is adaptation not adaption
vivi 說 (下午 12:59):
thanks a lot wendy
candy 說 (下午 12:59):
i believe that there must be some results that provides not enoufg information
vivi 說 (下午 01:00):
Do you have any ideas?
Wendy 說 (下午 01:00):
before you raise some examples
Wendy 說 (下午 01:00):
or experiences
vivi 說 (下午 01:00):
any other key words?
Wendy 說 (下午 01:00):
you can roughly explain what those outlines mean
Wendy 說 (下午 01:01):
or what kind of situation will have that happen
Roxy 說 (下午 01:01):
is there any other key words which can also related to your topic?
vivi 說 (下午 01:01):
OK I show you in detail
vivi 說 (下午 01:02):
Cultural (or culture) shock is a multifaceted experience resulting from numerous stressors occurring in contact with a different culture.(Michael Winkelman)
vivi 說 (下午 01:03):
and the culture adaptaion also rely on family members' help
vivi 說 (下午 01:04):
I have got many new ideas in the imformation I searched
vivi 說 (下午 01:05):
and I gives readers many experience of mine and somebody I interview
vivi 說 (下午 01:05):
For example
vivi 說 (下午 01:06):
Monica, who is an exchanged student in our class
vivi 說 (下午 01:07):
Do you know her?
vivi 說 (下午 01:07):
can you give me some questions I can ask her
Roxy 說 (下午 01:07):
yes. she also attend class with us
vivi 說 (下午 01:09):
hello anybody here??
Wendy 說 (下午 01:09):
oh, i know her
Wendy 說 (下午 01:09):
i take the same class with her
vivi 說 (下午 01:10):
I have asked them did she get used to Taiwan;s life
vivi 說 (下午 01:10):
and she say yes
vivi 說 (下午 01:11):
She says that she feels Taiwanese are kind to her, but the boys are too shy.
Besides, she thinks Taiwan is a so democratic country that she can speak her ideas freely. However, there is a phenomena that Monica could not get used to when she in the college of Taiwan at previous six months. The phenomenon is that the high school students are so hard to study, but college students indulge in a lot of
Roxy 說 (下午 01:11):
When did she come to Taiwan?
Roxy 說 (下午 01:12):
I got it
vivi 說 (下午 01:13):
but college students indulge in a lot of groups, but in her country, the situation is opposite. Thus, she be confused what she should do at first time, but know she know how to strike the balance.
candy 說 (下午 01:13):
it's the opposite from america
Wendy 說 (下午 01:14):
but we have different education system
vivi 說 (下午 01:14):
So can you give me another ideas
vivi 說 (下午 01:15):
any question that can provide me to ask her
candy 說 (下午 01:15):
i think maybe you can ask more culture shocks in other aspect
candy 說 (下午 01:15):
such as food here
Wendy 說 (下午 01:15):
since you are talking about discrimination
candy 說 (下午 01:15):
the landscap here,
Roxy 說 (下午 01:16):
the life style
vivi 說 (下午 01:16):
and after this discussion I have to interview a 外籍新娘
vivi 說 (下午 01:17):
so any advise to tjis interview??
Wendy 說 (下午 01:17):
you should ask more questions aboiut curlure like what Candy says
Roxy 說 (下午 01:17):
Why did she accept the foreign marriage?
Roxy 說 (下午 01:18):
Is this her will?
Wendy 說 (下午 01:18):
no, it is about how people think of them
Roxy 說 (下午 01:20):
oh I just a little curious about it.
Wendy 說 (下午 01:20):
i wrote about this topic last year in the composition class
vivi 說 (下午 01:21):
OK it's time i should go
vivi 說 (下午 01:21):
thanks
vivi 說 (下午 01:21):
everyone
Roxy 說 (下午 01:21):
see you
vivi 離開對話。
Wendy 說 (下午 01:24):
ok. who is next
candy 說 (下午 01:28):
ok ! it's my turn
candy 說 (下午 01:32):
i will first paste the questions and answers frist
candy 說 (下午 01:32):
and then illustrate it
candy 說 (下午 01:33):
1.Paper outlines including the title and 1-3 keywords (e.g., euthanasia, gay and lesbian marriage, animal rights, etc). Do you search information using these keywords? In English or Chinese? Why?
Title: Animal welfare
Key word: Movie Dogs, Animal Rights, animal welfare, dog
First of all, I use movie dog to search. The result is nothing because the range is too narrow. Then, I use animal rights and
candy 說 (下午 01:33):
at first i use movie dogs aa the key words
candy 說 (下午 01:34):
but there's not enough information for me to support my essay
candy 說 (下午 01:34):
and after interviewing with professor
Wendy 說 (下午 01:34):
and?
candy 說 (下午 01:35):
she suggested my use the word "animal welfare "
candy 說 (下午 01:35):
and actually it really works
candy 說 (下午 01:35):
2. 4 full citations (see the previous email for the APA formats) including library and Web sources and their intended audiences (e.g., general, academic, customers, peers and friends, other). Are you satisfied with the quality of these resources? What difficulty do you encounter?
(1).Life of a Dog
Anonymous
Website:http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/l
candy 說 (下午 01:36):
ok, don't read the avove
Wendy 說 (下午 01:36):
most of your annotations talk about the stray dog
candy 說 (下午 01:36):
above
Wendy 說 (下午 01:36):
and what kind of thing they will encounter
candy 說 (下午 01:36):
i will talk each annotation briefly
Wendy 說 (下午 01:37):
maybe you can find some other things about dog to explain why you want to talk about animale walfare
Wendy 說 (下午 01:37):
recently, more and more people would cast physical abusement upon their pets
candy 說 (下午 01:38):
i've used a film clip, a piece of news, a wikipedia resources, and a research paper
Wendy 說 (下午 01:38):
this kind of law, animal welfare, can give them a chance to survive
Roxy 說 (下午 01:39):
well. I think that some welfare are just suitable for the "pets"
Wendy 說 (下午 01:39):
umm that is useful
Wendy 說 (下午 01:39):
what do you think about my opinion, Candy
Roxy 說 (下午 01:39):
but not all the animals
candy 說 (下午 01:39):
i think i will put emphasis on dogs
Roxy 說 (下午 01:40):
some people are just worry about their pets
Wendy 說 (下午 01:40):
or do you have any questions
candy 說 (下午 01:40):
because i use the movie dogs trend to start my essay
candy 說 (下午 01:40):
and then bring the topic to animale welfare
Wendy 說 (下午 01:40):
yes i mean some dogs people keep in house also have this problem
candy 說 (下午 01:41):
usually, i search in english
Wendy 說 (下午 01:41):
ok, that is find
Wendy 說 (下午 01:41):
fine
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
and i also quote some sentences from the annoation
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
it is for sure!
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
umm... i think this is the end of my presentation
candy 說 (下午 01:42):
thanks
Roxy 說 (下午 01:43):
fine
Wendy 說 (下午 01:43):
it is good
candy 說 (下午 01:43):
do you have any ideas about my issue paper?
Roxy 說 (下午 01:44):
did you try to find some laws of animal welfare to support the opinion?
candy 說 (下午 01:44):
umm... i remember it mentions a little in it
Roxy 說 (下午 01:45):
It's an interesting topic haha
candy 說 (下午 01:45):
thank you for your advice
candy 說 (下午 01:45):
so..let's take to the next turn
Roxy 說 (下午 01:47):
ok. I'll give the presentation next
candy 說 (下午 01:47):
OK
Roxy 說 (下午 01:48):
my paper outline include title : Euthanasia: continued in the life or the lengthened of death
Roxy 說 (下午 01:48):
as to the key words :euthanasia
Roxy 說 (下午 01:49):
I search information by using this keyword in both English and Chinese.
Roxy 說 (下午 01:49):
Beacuse through these two ways I can get more information about the details.
Roxy 說 (下午 01:50):
On the other hand, if there are terms which I can not get their meaning clearly,
I can understand its meaning through Chinese explanations.
Wendy 說 (下午 01:50):
maybe you can find some information in medical journal
Wendy 說 (下午 01:50):
they may have some reports about that
Roxy 說 (下午 01:51):
yep the terms came from it
Wendy 說 (下午 01:51):
and some laws you can find no matter whether that support euthanasia or not
Roxy 說 (下午 01:52):
I'll try to gether laws which support it or not
candy 說 (下午 01:52):
oh, did you try to make a comparison in different countries?
candy 說 (下午 01:53):
as i know, different county has duifferent law about it
Roxy 說 (下午 01:54):
yep. but it is only admitted in few countries
candy 說 (下午 01:54):
and the social groups also play an important role in enacting this controversial issue
candy 說 (下午 01:54):
they may have different demand
Roxy 說 (下午 01:55):
that will get involved into moral problem
candy 說 (下午 01:55):
they protest on the street
Wendy 說 (下午 01:55):
not only moral problems
Wendy 說 (下午 01:55):
i think you can find other aspects of this issue
Wendy 說 (下午 01:56):
why this is not legal in some of the countires
Wendy 說 (下午 01:56):
that must have its reason
Roxy 說 (下午 01:56):
That's a good suggestion!
Wendy 說 (下午 01:57):
i am glad you take my advice
Roxy 說 (下午 01:58):
Then I 'll show you the citations I used in the article
candy 說 (下午 01:58):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 01:59):
(1)A Confucian Inspiration for Today's Medical Ethics
Prof. Ole Doering.(2001/10).Formosan Journal of Medical Humanities
Roxy 說 (下午 02:00):
This article contained traditional Chinese conception, which provided totally different perspective of this issue.
Roxy 說 (下午 02:00):
(2)It is to Be Continued in the Life or the Lengthened in the Death by the Science and Technology
Roxy 說 (下午 02:00):
http://www.ceps.com.tw/ec/ecjnlarticleView.aspx?jnlcattype=0&jnlptype=0&jnltype=0&jnliid=348&issueiid=24828&atliid=315837
Roxy 說 (下午 02:01):
(3)Euthanasia-A Brief Overview. Taipei City Medical Journa
Song-Yuan Huang . (2007/2) .
Roxy 說 (下午 02:01):
http://www.ceps.com.tw/ec/ecjnlarticleView.aspx?jnlcattype=0&jnlptype=0&jnltype=0&jnliid=789&issueiid=61220&atliid=1049612
Roxy 說 (下午 02:02):
here are the citations
Roxy 說 (下午 02:02):
Do you have any opinion about them?
Roxy 說 (下午 02:02):
I know these
Roxy 說 (下午 02:03):
oops
Wendy 說 (下午 02:03):
do you find any new articles
Roxy 說 (下午 02:03):
I mean the informations above are still too narrow
candy 說 (下午 02:03):
i think there are many aspects about this topic
Roxy 說 (下午 02:04):
I know that
candy 說 (下午 02:04):
yeah, so which part you want to focus on?
Roxy 說 (下午 02:04):
so 'I'll go to find some other articles which provides differet aspects of this topic
candy 說 (下午 02:05):
nonono, i mean it's better for you to choose one or two aspects of it and discuss it mepper
candy 說 (下午 02:05):
depper
Roxy 說 (下午 02:07):
yeah That's what I need to emphasize in my research paper
candy 說 (下午 02:07):
yes!
candy 說 (下午 02:07):
good luck
Roxy 說 (下午 02:08):
My paper is lacks of it
Roxy 說 (下午 02:08):
I'll improve it
Roxy 說 (下午 02:08):
thanks a lot!
Roxy 說 (下午 02:09):
Would you like to present your work, Wendy?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:09):
ok
Wendy 說 (下午 02:09):
then i will start my presentation
candy 說 (下午 02:09):
ok
Wendy 說 (下午 02:10):
my outline is that why women will change their thought of marriage and are head for their career
Wendy 說 (下午 02:11):
the key words are: career women, women influenced by media and how media works
Wendy 說 (下午 02:11):
i use both English and Chinese to search for resources about this issue
Wendy 說 (下午 02:12):
and i also find out some articles which talk about that
Wendy 說 (下午 02:12):
that is the topic i want to talk about
Wendy 說 (下午 02:12):
next i will talk about my annotations
Wendy 說 (下午 02:13):
first is about the statistics of divorce
candy 說 (下午 02:16):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 02:16):
does divorce influence women's choice alot?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:17):
no that means their view point about marriage change
Wendy 說 (下午 02:17):
so they make some different decision
Roxy 說 (下午 02:18):
I see
candy 說 (下午 02:19):
so
Wendy 說 (下午 02:19):
and the secons and third are about the dilemma brtween career women meet in working and family
candy 說 (下午 02:19):
do you think that the information helps you a lot ?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:20):
ye
Wendy 說 (下午 02:20):
yes
candy 說 (下午 02:22):
do you agree with it or against it?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:23):
i agree with that
Wendy 說 (下午 02:23):
do you have any opinion
candy 說 (下午 02:23):
in what way>??
Wendy 說 (下午 02:24):
i just think that maybe you guys have some advice for what i present
candy 說 (下午 02:25):
ok... let me think
Roxy 說 (下午 02:26):
I was wondering whether this is a worldwide situation
candy 說 (下午 02:26):
you say that you've find statistics of divorce
candy 說 (下午 02:27):
do you search some may film clips
Wendy 說 (下午 02:27):
no i have not
candy 說 (下午 02:27):
about the women who stand out to talk about it
Wendy 說 (下午 02:28):
no, but i will try to find that after today's class
Wendy 說 (下午 02:29):
thanks a lot
candy 說 (下午 02:29):
ok
candy 說 (下午 02:29):
because i think sharing experiencing is very inoportant
candy 說 (下午 02:29):
attracts people
Wendy 說 (下午 02:30):
you are right
Wendy 說 (下午 02:30):
Roxy, do you have any suggestion
Wendy 說 (下午 02:30):
i would like to hear something from you
candy 說 (下午 02:31):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 02:33):
mamybe you can find out the change of maffiage rate and its relationship with the career women
Wendy 說 (下午 02:33):
maffiage?
Wendy 說 (下午 02:33):
is that marriage
Roxy 說 (下午 02:33):
oops
Roxy 說 (下午 02:34):
sorry a mistake
Wendy 說 (下午 02:34):
that is ok
candy 說 (下午 02:34):
never mind
Wendy 說 (下午 02:34):
i get your opinion
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
thanks everyone
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
my presentation is over
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
and since i am the last person
Wendy 說 (下午 02:35):
so our discussion is ending
candy 說 (下午 02:36):
ok
Roxy 說 (下午 02:37):
thanks everyone
Wendy 說 (下午 02:38):
ok, bye
presentation questions
1.Paper outlines including the title and 1-3 keywords (e.g., euthanasia, gay and lesbian marriage, animal rights, etc). Do you search information using these keywords? In English or Chinese? Why?
Title: Animal welfare
Key word: Movie Dogs, Animal Rights, animal welfare, dog
First of all, I use movie dog to search. The result is nothing because the range is too narrow. Then, I use animal rights and animal as my key words and it works better. Most of the time, I type in English because there a lot of information about it.
2. 4 full citations (see the previous email for the APA formats) including library and Web sources and their intended audiences (e.g., general, academic, customers, peers and friends, other). Are you satisfied with the quality of these resources? What difficulty do you encounter?
(1).Life of a Dog
Anonymous
Website:http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/label/%E3%80%90Annotation%E3%80%91
Intended Audience: General people. A short story about a dog which was saved from a shelter and later abandoned.
(2).Patt Morrison(2008, Sep.30) Abandoned movie dog—Chihuahuas Dalmatians—and the voiceless foreclose. Los Angeles Times.
Intended Audience: General people. It talks about the trend of buying cute dogs every time when a movie which there main character is dog is in the theater.
(3). Anonymous (December23, 2008) .Retrieved January 9, 2008, from Wikipedia, Animal welfare. Web Site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare
Intended Audience: General people. It introduced the origins of the concepts of animal welfare and the developed history of it.
(4). Talan and Jamie,(2006) Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color. Retrieved January 9, 2008.
Intended Audience: Those who are interested in the topic of animals’ feelings.
3. How do you use these sources to support your own argument/opinions or as references for facts? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
I do quote some sentences from the original texts that help support my opinions.
4. What revisions have you made compared to your annotations? What drives you to make revisions? Do you polish your language and pay attention to cohesion and coherence in your final paper?
I revise my annotation according to the peer feedback. It helps because sometimes I can not find the wrong parts of it by myself. Yes, I will pay attention to the cohesion, especially that we have to combine all the annotations together this time.
5. What perspectives have you changed compared to your issue paper? Did you add your peer's opinions? Why or why not?
Movie dog animal welfare
I do add peer’s opinion, they help a lot.
Title: Animal welfare
Key word: Movie Dogs, Animal Rights, animal welfare, dog
First of all, I use movie dog to search. The result is nothing because the range is too narrow. Then, I use animal rights and animal as my key words and it works better. Most of the time, I type in English because there a lot of information about it.
2. 4 full citations (see the previous email for the APA formats) including library and Web sources and their intended audiences (e.g., general, academic, customers, peers and friends, other). Are you satisfied with the quality of these resources? What difficulty do you encounter?
(1).Life of a Dog
Anonymous
Website:http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=1da6hynh_lo&eurl=http://candyku.blogspot.com/search/label/%E3%80%90Annotation%E3%80%91
Intended Audience: General people. A short story about a dog which was saved from a shelter and later abandoned.
(2).Patt Morrison(2008, Sep.30) Abandoned movie dog—Chihuahuas Dalmatians—and the voiceless foreclose. Los Angeles Times.
Intended Audience: General people. It talks about the trend of buying cute dogs every time when a movie which there main character is dog is in the theater.
(3). Anonymous (December23, 2008) .Retrieved January 9, 2008, from Wikipedia, Animal welfare. Web Site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare
Intended Audience: General people. It introduced the origins of the concepts of animal welfare and the developed history of it.
(4). Talan and Jamie,(2006) Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color. Retrieved January 9, 2008.
Intended Audience: Those who are interested in the topic of animals’ feelings.
3. How do you use these sources to support your own argument/opinions or as references for facts? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
I do quote some sentences from the original texts that help support my opinions.
4. What revisions have you made compared to your annotations? What drives you to make revisions? Do you polish your language and pay attention to cohesion and coherence in your final paper?
I revise my annotation according to the peer feedback. It helps because sometimes I can not find the wrong parts of it by myself. Yes, I will pay attention to the cohesion, especially that we have to combine all the annotations together this time.
5. What perspectives have you changed compared to your issue paper? Did you add your peer's opinions? Why or why not?
Movie dog animal welfare
I do add peer’s opinion, they help a lot.
Do Animals Have Feelings?(revision)
Reference:
Talan and Jamie,(2006). Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color.
Animal lovers insist their fellow creatures experience joy, sympathy, fear and grief, but scientifically, it is hard to say DO ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS? － by Klaus Wilhelm
The author came up with some examples like elephants, dogs, even laboratory rats show emotions. Recently, scienticists begin to believe that mammals, at least, have some form of emotions, and doing research about this topic is popular now.
I totally believe that animals have feel. Take dogs which are commonly seemed in our life for example. I did not have any pet before. It was not until we kept a dog as pet that I realize the fact that it did have emotions from the way we get along with.
Talan and Jamie,(2006). Do animals have feelings? Scientific American Mind; Vol. 17 Issue 1, p24-29, 6p, 5 color.
Animal lovers insist their fellow creatures experience joy, sympathy, fear and grief, but scientifically, it is hard to say DO ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS? － by Klaus Wilhelm
The author came up with some examples like elephants, dogs, even laboratory rats show emotions. Recently, scienticists begin to believe that mammals, at least, have some form of emotions, and doing research about this topic is popular now.
I totally believe that animals have feel. Take dogs which are commonly seemed in our life for example. I did not have any pet before. It was not until we kept a dog as pet that I realize the fact that it did have emotions from the way we get along with.
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