Same Passage for Various Audiences

Young Audience

Boy, you know, my first aeroplane ride was super exciting! I was in last week of primary school, and Father surprised me with a glassy envelope, my name on it. I opened it. It was a flight ticket from Sydney to Melbourne. Boy, I was super, super excited! I took the phone and called my friend, Jane. I had to. I mean I could not bear not to share such good news with my best friend. I told it right away; I am flying soon! Then, you know what, something terrible happened. Jane said a child must be at least 11 to fly solo. Damn it. It was disappointing. How could you not believe in Jane's talk on the flight? Her mother is a flight attendant and Jane has had a few flights already. I hurriedly told my father. “I have thought about it”, said Father. In fact, my aunt was accompanying me. Next week, I was watching the plane when it took off, flew up high above the clouds and then landed again. Boy, I was really on cloud nine.

Adult Audience

The memory of my first aeroplane ride is as vivid as it has happened yesterday. I was very keen on getting on the plane and not that much thought about the basics. When I was going through the security check, I was bewildered by the officer as asked me to take off my belt.  I was rocking a pair of loose pants, and as soon as I pulled the belt out, the pants slipped down. I hurriedly pulled it up but. I felt clumsy but it did not last long because a few minutes later I was walking through the jetway. I noticed on boarding pass that my seat was “11 A”. I found it easily. It was just behind the small window. I was watching out. Just when the plane was speeding on the runway, I felt its power and velocity, and then the takeoff. It was eleven years ago, and we landed after an hour, but all the moments are still apparent in my mind.

Differences

The major difference between these two texts is their angle of view. The first one is from a child’s point of view while the second is from an adult perspective. Their voices are different and even the language. The language of the child is more like a dialogue and a friendly, while the adult speaks about his or her own emotions and situation without direct addressing to the reader. Their focuses are also different.  The child focuses more on his own observations, but the adult expresses his feelings.

Impressed by Aboriginal Arts

In the Art Gallery of NSW

On the 15th of October, the English for Academic Purpose (EAP) Class visited the Art Gallery of NSW.  The team was oriented about the traditional and contemporary arts of Australia’s indigenous people (Aboriginals). 

There is no written language for Aboriginals, so they have been telling their entire history by the medium of art.  Aboriginals art is likely to be the world’s first ever paintings.  They started painting on the human body, increasing it on to other materials like rocks, leaves, and barks.

Personally, I was overwhelmed by bark painting. This art has a remarkable history developed during thousands of years. Aboriginal art, particularly the bark painting dates back before this continent was explored.  I was impressed by the way they produce barks and other painting materials.  I observed how they are taking barks off the tree and making it flat by exposing to heat and keeping it under pressure for a long time until the bark get soak and plain. I was also delighted to know about this particular artwork by Mathaman Marik called “Mortuary Rites”. This painting shows the whole grief ceremonial following the death of a member of the family. If one looks closer, it is quite noticeable how aboriginal artist has dedicated a genuine talent to illustrate an event in such details.

Using only two pure naturally retrieved colors, sketching the land and shapes on the bark, and representing symbols of the incredible history of human is the art which brings simplicity and complexity together. The dots are aligned and created the implied lines. This illusionary took me back to thousands of year ago, deep into the ancient Aboriginal lifetime.

A Piece of Speech

Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen!

History is more than the path left by the past.  It influences the present and can shape the future.  We met today, in Westminster Hall, a building begun nine hundred years ago.  When the Vikings were visiting the shores of what would become the United States. Even it was Columbus who would subsequently demonstrate the politician ought, of arriving late but claiming all the credit.  This whole has witnessed grim trails on the sentencing to death of a king, coronation banquets, ceremonial addresses, and the coffins of those receiving the last respects of our people. Few places reach so far into the hearth of our nation. Yet, until today, no American President has stood on these steps to address our country's parliament. It is my honour Mr. President to welcome you as our friend and as a statesman.  Statesmen-ship is the cement which seals our shared idealism as nations.  It makes meaning-full the unity of and ambition, passion for freedom an abhorrence of injustice, that is the core of our close alliance.  It is fallen to you to tackle economic turbulence at home, to protect the health of those without wealth and to seek that precious balance between security which is too often threatened and human rights which is too often denied. History is not the burton of any one man or woman alone, but some are called to meet a special share of its challenges.  Its a duty that you discharged with a dignity, determination and distinction that are widely admired. Abraham Lincoln once observed that nearly all man can stand adversity but if you want to test the man’s character, give him power. Ladies and gentlemen the President of The United States of America, Barak Obama.       

Tertiary Education Fees

Low fees for tertiary education is very important. There is a significant proportion of people who are unable to pay high rates for fees.   They are predominantly the people who are newly migrated from overseas and need to learn English as a second language.   High fees for education will be a main barrier agains their way to get education.  They could get better jobs if the government would contributed to their educational costs.  Lower fees for tertiary education have also impact on quality of education. If the government imposes higher fees for education this will lead to educational institutions losing of students, because there is always a low demand for higher cost of education.  Consequently the educational institutions will do their best to keep quantity rather than quality.  It will effect the overall outcome of professionalism in the future.  As a result of lower fees for tertiary education, the government is not just support people, but also assures the quality as well. 

There might be a sort of benefit of higher fees as will, it will decline the annual budget of the state. There might be also a kind of increase in the government revenues as they will collect more taxes from educational institutions. These benefits are minor as a comparison with the negative impacts it may have in the long term.   

What are these table Show, Indicate Illustrate or Represent

The bar graph illustrates people awareness about global warming.  The graph indicates that the majority of scientists believe that global warming is being caused by humans and the carbon dioxide emitted by man is a source that makes the biggest factor of global warming.  The source of this data is the IPCC which released a warning data about Global Warming Statistics in 10.20.2014.

This pie chart illustrates the annual greenhouse emission caused by different sectors.  It shows that the power stations are the main factor of emission following by industrial processes which makes the second maximum amount of emission. Transportation fuels are the second largest factor of greenhouse emission while waste disposal and treatment makes the minimum amount of the emission. 

Good and Bad Things About Raining

Raining is vital for many creatures and plants living on the planet.  Raining is the main source of water which causes the soil to become wet and let plants flourish.  People build canals and dams to supply water to the farms, but the water mainly originates from rain.  People can easily live where there is water and water can only be found where it rains.  So there is an eternal connection between life being and raining.  The positive impacts of raining are not just limited to feeding plants and animals, it also causes the weather to be cleaned.  Raining also transfers a significant proportion of fertilisers from the surface to underneath and helps seeds to grow.  The life of human and all other animals are directly and indirectly depended to the life of plants. If there are no plants animals could not live either.  So together with the sunshine, air, and soil, it is the raining that makes life possible on Earth. 

Along with having a critical role in nature, rain has a huge potential for creating problems as well.  In many places on the Earth heavy rain leads to floods. People have experienced many natural floods because of plenty of rain.  Too much rain may cause the roads to be blocked, power networks to be damaged and the drainages to be destroyed.  In some places, particularly in less developed countries, raining resulted in muddy houses collapsing and people being injured and killed.  There is also a possibility of landslides because of continuing rain in some areas. 

All in all like many other natural phenomenons rain also has positive and negative impacts. 

Good and Bad Things in the Last Holidays

During the last holidays, some good things happened to me.  In the first week, all our family went to Stanwell Park, in the south west of Sydney.  There were many people in the park with their friends and families. You could easily notice that everyone was delighted with the beauty of nature. The top hill provides a unique view of the sea.  A group of hang gliders flew down from the peak of the hills. They flew off the cliffs and returned from over the sea. 

There were other good things in the second week when we prepared for an Afghani cuisine called Manto. We’ve brought the dish from overseas, but we never used that. During this holiday we tried to use the dish for the first time here in Australia and that was a new experience made the entire of the day fun.

Having not good experiences along with good things makes life consistent.  However nothing bad happened to me during the last holidays, but sometimes I felt boring staying at home all week.  But never mind that is life and we need come along.  Imagine if there were always just good thing happened to us, maybe life would be completely meaningless. 

My Typical Day

For me a typical day starts from 1:00 am at midnight. Every night I wake up and start working at around 1 am. I’m studying and working on the contemporary history of my country and trying to incorporate some of those historical events in a fictional work. Reading, taking notes, and thinking about historical moments are the important parts of my daily activity.

I work for around 3-4 hours until I fall asleep in the early morning. My clock rings at around 10:00 am and make me wake up. I do a simple exerciser before having some simple breakfast and then I get ready to leave my house for college. 
From 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm I attend English class at EFP level and then get back home at around 6:00 pm. I do my homework right after having lunch and do some other home-related jobs till evening. 
I have my dinner at around 8:00 pm. I rarely watch TV and mostly I view videos on YouTube and doing some entertain. I also chat with my friends on Facebook and other social networks. I go to bed at 9:00 pm and thus far my typical day finishes and starts again.