A KEY OF HEALTHY LIFE

Some do it while listening to music,some do it while watching TV,others do it in the privacy of their own homes,others in gyms.For some they do it in the morning,others at night.No matter where or when,Many people all over the world do it and this is exercise.However,unfortunately,in the rush of modern life,some fail to make room in their lives for exercising.But,this healthy habits offer such great benefits that regular exercise needs to be in everyone’s daily routines.

  When a person exercises long and hard enough,the heart pumps faster and blood is circulated well throughout the body.Since the heart is a muscle,exercise serves to strengthen it.As the heart becomes stronger,a person’s stamina improves,as well as her energy level.The same is true for the lungs.It doesn’t take long to get these benefits.A person can get such results within a few weeks just by walking at a rapid pace for 30 minutes three or four times a week.

  Another physical benefit of regular exercise is skeletal fitness.It takes longer to achieve,but it is well worth to the effect,particularly for women.Exercise can help prevent osteoporosis.Osteoporosis is a gradual process of loss of bone mass that occurs naturally as people age,but it can be halted by regular exercise.

  It can also help people improve their emotional fitness.As fort he advantages,exercise reduces stres.It does this in different ways.Exercise makes a person more capable of handling stres because he/she is less tense.Another way that exercise helps people handle stres is that after sufficient exercise,the body produces natural stres-relieving chemicals.In addition to helping people cope with stress,exercise can also help alleviate depression.

  A regular exercise not only helps one’s most vital systems function properly,but also helps maintain emotional balance.It doesn’t require much time or effort to become a healthier person as all these changes can be observed within weeks.Instead of watching TV so much and engaging in the internet so much,people would be beter of cycling or walking in order to lead a healthier life.

  This cartoon reflects the main idea which i want to explain.It teaches us very important thing.It is very suitable fort his writing.Exercise is the main key of a healthy life.You should keep this key with you always.

HAVING A HEALTHY LIFE

  Almost everyone has a goal in their lives to be healthy.Altough we know the importance of this,many of us make choices which will affect our lives in an unhealthy way.While we are determining our priorities,we show priority to the things which will give us pleasure.Few people do some changes in the name of healthy life.However;All the people should do something about this because we all know that we are having some health problems as the time progresses.But,we can reduce these problems by taking some precautions to have a healthy life. What is the meaning of being healthy?

   *One of the conditions to have a healthy life is not using alcohol.Alcohol weakens the ability of deciding,vision and the control of muscles.

   *You should have regular check-up.Realizing the health problems before they appear is an important strategy in terms of living well and long.

   *You should consume healthy foods.Proper nutrition prevents diseases and it makes the recovering stage from an ilness faster.You should choose nourishing foods that are necessary for functioning of your bones,organs and tissues.

   *You should consume about 2 liters of water.Consuming water provides functioning of you metabolism fast and it clears your body from unnecessary substances.Water is for healthy life.

   *One of the key strategies is also avoiding from drugs,using medicines at a dose and not using tobacco products.

   *You should have a good sleep pattern.Sleeping keeps the body strong and keeps your mind awake.

   *You should pay attention to your weight because weight is the source of many diseases.

   *Positive thinking is one of the important steps on the way of healthy life.You should direct your power of thought to the positive subjects.

   *The other advice is that you remove the stres from your lives.

   *And finally,i think it is the most important thing we should do.This is doing exercise.It is an indispensable element of a healtyh life style.It strengthens your muscles and your heart,increases the stamina,regulates the sleeping and more…In addition to its physical benefits,it improves your mood,removes the stres,increases mental alertness.By changing our physical apperances,it strengthens our self-esteem and self confidence.

  I wanted to mention about this subject  because i think that many people including me go on a wrong way at this subject.This started at me when i came here.While i was living at my home,there were always home-made and healthy foods.I was always trying to do exercise regularly.I used to go walking at beach,i used to go swimming very often,i used to be a member of a gym.But now,i can’t do any of these things.My life style has changed.As i have said at first,we all have the knowledge of being a healthy man but there are always being obstacles which cause us to postpone to be a healthy person.Our lives are your areas of resposibilities and we owe this responsibility to our lives.We should know the value of ourselves.

SENTENCE CORRECTING

SENTENCE CORRECTING

In this Picture mom says the true but dad is so engaged in the TV that i think he couldn’t catch what his wife said.When people watch TV,they can’t think logically and they want not to be disturbed by anyone or anything.But,what the mother says is completely true.TV has a negative effect on children as well as its negative effect on the communication within a family.TV broadcasts that support violence make a negative effect on children.It can cause children to have a bad relationship with their family members.They experience some problems with their teachers and friends.They are being an unwanted child because of their rude manners.They have difficulty in understanding positive concepts.Children who grow up in front of TVs will always remain incomplete in terms of socialization and psychological.It will affect their language development.It can be a reason for being a fat child.It is killing reading ability.It is a reason for loss of energy.

  To prevent these,you should be the model of a behaviour which you want to see at your child.Children’s acts of violance which can be seen innocent shouldn’t be ignored just saying that they are children.You can show positive images and messages to your child on TV.What the children watch should be under the control of mother and father.TV broadcasts which promote violance should be limited by mom and dad.You shouldn’t use the TV as a babysitter.

  TV is an indispensable device,it is enjoyable to spend time with TV but when it is uncontrolled.It can create bad results.When i was child,i used to watch much TV.This was affecting me in many ways.I didn’t use to do my homeworks,when i came home i used to open TV immediately.I used to sit in front of  TV for hours so i was always at home and i didn’t use to go outside to play with my friends.This caused met o be a lonely child.My family used to try to dissuade me from watching so much TV but i was always finding a way.TV is a device which should be taken into consideration otherwise it can affect even the children’s futures.

IS IT CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTING?

  When TV was first introduced ,it was thought that this new invention would better life and TV was going to bring families closer together.But,nobody could have seen the sad Picture,which prevail almost all homes all over the world today.

  TV has certainly influenced the activities of family members,especially limiting family outings As families today sechedule their lives around the TV only,when there is a special occasion,which requires every family member to attend ,there is always someone in the family who doesn’t want to go.They generally tell the same complaint,’’i will miss my program’’.Afraid of missin geven one episode of their favorite program,they sacrifice the valuable time which they would otherwise spend together with their family.Another reason why TV is favored over family outings isthat it provides a variety of entertainment programs,which in return make family members house-bound.For example,technology made it possible to watch a live concert comfortably at home or watch a very recent movie.They would rather stay at home than go out because all this entertainment is free of charge.

  Perhaps more important than the lack of family outings is the destruction of family time together at home.TV leaves little time for traditions that used to be formed during long evenings together.In addition to the loss of traditions ,TV  has decreased quality time spent together.When all the family members at home,they don’t bother to communicate with each other because they are mostly busy with watching their favorite shows even they are eating meals.Therefore,they miss the opportunity to use time talking,discussing.Another example to the decrease in quality time is that mothers use TV as a babysitter.They leave their small children spend countless hours in front of the TV instead of playing with them,which would be more valuable.

  TV has stolen the valuable time families spend outside and at home.If parents and children don’t change their priorities,TV will continue to exert its influence on family life.For example,while i am talking with may dad,he may not be listening to me if he is watching me.This situation irritates me .You have to tell all the things once again.But,to solve all these problems which i have mentioned i can’t find anything to say.TV is a dominant character in our world.

  The cartoon emphasizes one of the bad sides of the internet.It tries to tell us that internet is such a thing that it can cause you to be unaware of the real world.You create a virtual world to live and you begin to forget the real world if you spend too much time on the net.You can’t realize what is being around you but the world continues to move.I agree with this cartoon because what it says is true.The internet can convert you to another person who lives in a different place.

  First,people can have some problems in terms of daily duties and responsibilities.For example,we can neglect our families.It can cause you to be less concerned with the family members.While you are expected to help your child on her/his homeworks or your wife on chores,you don’t even bother to asist.You live your own world.This can cause marriages to end.

  People can experience some problems in terms of socialization as they stay at the computer for a long time.For instance,some people play some online games and they get used to them over time.One of the popular games is farmville nowadays.People who play this game always think about it.Their minds are busy with this game.They consider whether my fruits and vegetables have matured,whether my cows,chickens have yielded.They wait to go home and look at the game impatiently,they don’t devote time to do something that is interesting and different apart from playing the game.This cause them to be lonely and asocial person.

  This cartoon teaches us that we should know our responsibilities,we should behave like a real person not a virtual one in this real world.Everything has a time and place.More of everything is harmful.

UNHEEDED SIDES OF THE INTERNET

The internet is a network of Networks which consist of millions of private,public academic,business and government Networks,of local to globe scope.Internet is like a knife.As long as it is used for beneficial things,it is precious.Great benefits of the internet can’t be denied we can reach many libraries at our homes thanks to internet.It is possible to read a lot of newspapers and magazines there.It has countless good sides.The internet has also negative sides if it is not used properly.The lifeless things on their own are neither good nor bad.Its benefits or damages are related to your using form.Some of the negative sides of the internet are these:First,there are virtual casinos on the net.Its damages weren’t distinct previously because casinos used to gather at certain points and it was difficult to enter these places.But today,everyone who wants can gamble.They fade their lives out because of the virtual casinos.Second,the internet allows matchmaking and reaching inappropriate sites.Children whose ages,psychologies,knowledges aren’t suitable for such sites are confronted with the danger of growing up with irregular and perverted psychologies.Third,the internet has social losses .We can tell these under subheadings.

   *It is harmful to children’s intellectual developments and their developments in terms of social values.

   *It can be a reason for creating an asocial youth.

   *It causes us not to use our language in a good way.We are using some strange abbreviations instead of saying properly.

   *It is a reason for the corruption of the culture.

   *It causes our national and moral feelings to become blunt.

   *It is a reason for forming a brand addicted society because of advertorials.

   *It eliminates the habit of reading book.

   *It is a waste of time.

 I wanted to write about this because i wanted to remind people who are addicted to the internet and spend a lot of time on the net(this including me) that internet is good and enjoyable,we can spend so much time without having a break on the net but it menaces us in many respects.I had a penpal formerly.We used to write letters to each other.We used to share our feelings and thoughts.When we had a letter,we used to have excitement and happiness.After we had shared our e-mails with each other,we lost these feelings.Now,there are no letters that are full of feelings and that are written long,there are icy e-mails which have a few words.Internet creates an insincere environment.Internet’s bad facts should be known by everybody,I think people can tell their stories about bad experiences they had before.Thus,awareness can be more permanent.Interesting facts will draw attention.

ORGANIZING PARAGRAPH

1.Our beagle loves hunting.The back door is opened for her by someone.After she barrels down porch,she steps into yard.While she is running back and forth across the lawn in ecstasy,her nose also cruises the wet gross for smells.These are the smells of cats,rabbits and other presences that can’t be detected by human-being.While she sniffs,she also spins her tail in quick circles.Its first spin is clockwise and its second spin is in the opposite direction of the first one.These two activities ocur consecutively.Sniffing and spinning are the names of these activities.They help propel her along.

2.The Government Printing Office which is a source of much useful information is located on Washington D.C but it is known by few people.It is the official publishing house of the federal government.The GPO publishes pamphlets and boks on a vast number of subjects which range from the dangers of X-rays from home TV sets to the identification of mushrooms.The Superintendent of Documents offers about 27.000 publications many of which are inexpensive.Moreover;there isn’t any charge at all for some of them.

3.A man who is called Jacob Astor reaped America’s first fortune.He was an immigrant of German.He earned his first Money by trading Indian Furs.He was an uneducated person.He couldn’t learn to speak English properly.He carried on his business to the end in an accent which was redolent of the Hamburg gutters.

BEING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

1.According to Linxi,it would have been more difficult to study the major in China which she wanted to take so she preferred to study in USA rather than China.And the other beneficial side according to her is that American schools offer more opportunities to practice.When it comes to Krishna,American education system is based on creativity and teamwork,these features caught her interest to go to America.She thought that this system would meet the expectations of her and that would be advantageous for her.

2.Krishna thinks that American education system is flexible.She can do much more things.All the students are affected by the opportunities that are provided in American education system.For example:creative environment,teamworks,opportunity to practice,flexible system...

3.Arata says that His home country's education system is quite different compared to America's.In his country they can take one major.After they choose their major,they have no possibility to change it anymore but there isnt any rule like this in America.A difference in daily life that is told by Linxi is that They just hang their clothes out in China but in America dry machines are used and she likes this.

4.Tuition is about 30.000 dollars for a year.But Arata says that it can change according to the major you take,which university you attend and in which place you will stay.

5.Linxi had trouble in communicating with others.There are some habits which are found interesting and strange by the students.It is very advantageous to go to highschool in different countries for Arata.Compared to Linxi and Krishna,he went through the process of adaptation more easily.

6.All of them had a culture shock,it was unavoidablle for them.Culture shock is entering a new life style.When they experienced this situation,they felt confused and surprised because they were seeing different things which they didnt encounter in their original life.

I have never thought of going to USA,my dream is Sweden,i am interested in Stockholm i would like to see there so much.I want to join Erasmus program to go there in my university life if the conditions are possible.Being a student in America,Sweden or an another country doesnt matter wherever you go,you will have the same troubles and you will have a culture shock.Despite all the difficulties,i think it is worth to learn a new culture and live in a foreign country.

BEING A STUDENT AT METU

This is my first year in METU.When i set off coming to here,i was very happy and excited.I thought that everything would be good as people around me said to me that METU is a good university,it is a privelege to study there,it will be the most beautiful years of my life.But i understood that all the words that were told to me were wrong as i started to spend time here.I have had so many difficulties since i came here in many aspects.First,i had difficulty in understanding the lessons because the lessons are English but all the lessons in highschool were Turkish even English lessons,we were always speaking Turkish.Because LYS was a written exam,we were just doing reading and grammer lessons not listening,writing or speaking lessons,i got used to the system in time.I can understand the lessons but i have no courage to speak in the lessons so i often stay silent,i just listen.Another difficulty in terms of academic is that lessons are more complicated and difficult than highschool so i should study much more.I think it will be very hard to keep up for me because i dont like studying so much.Pyschologically,i collapsed in the first weeks,i felt so lonely,i did not know anywhere,anyone,anything...i was always in dormitory.Sometimes,i go to my aunt.It is being very good to spend time at a home,i feel myself very good when i come back to dormitory.But i feel very depressed and i miss my home so much from time to time.But standing on my own feet brought a lot to me.Now,i feel more confident and fearless.Despite all the difficulties being in METU is good as it allows lots of facilities.There are a wide variety of student groups which can help students socialize.METU hasn't fulfilled my expectations yet,it will be clear when i graduate.Being a METU student means to me studying a lot if you dont study,you cant come anywhere in an academic sense.But it will bring a lot to my personality.When i graduate from METU,i believe i will be the one who is equipped with humanitarian and moral values and the one who is large-minded and innovative.