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Soukhouma District, Champasak Province - World Vision is responding to flooding in the southern part of Laos, where heavy rains have wreaked havoc on some 53,000 people in 56 villages. After the Khamouan River’s banks burst in Soukhouma District, two-metre deep water submerged people’s homes, shops, and schools. “I felt my body get wet and then I woke up. I saw the water up high, inside my house,” says Kone, a mother of six. “I woke up my children and wanted to move to another place, but we did not have a boat.” Kone’s home was destroyed in the floods, along with many others. She was able to move her children to safety after a neighbour offered to help them escape the rising waters. For many, the flooding left them isolated, without access to the most basic needs. “We don’t have a place to go to the toilet or water to take a bath. We have only a small amount of rice and no water to drink,” says Noy, a nine-year-old boy. World Vision has launched a $109,000 US response in partnership with the district and provincial governments. “We’re providing food – rice and fish – and water to meet immediate needs,” says Amelia Merrick, World Vision Lao PDR National Director. “Our response team is travelling by boat to reach the affected communities, and seeing scenes of desperation. Thousands of hectares of rice paddies have been destroyed and countless livestock drowned. Merrick says farming families have an uncertain year ahead as the main crops they depend on for their annual food supply are gone, just a few weeks before the rice harvest. “In addition to the severe adverse impacts to livelihoods, the flooding has also impacted water supplies, eliminated immediate food sources, created an environment for increased health risks, and caused increased risks for children,” Merrick added. World Vision will continue to work alongside the local government to develop plans to help families further recover from this situation.

Summarize

        Laos affected by floods the most heavily. Because of the storm and heavy rain for 3 consecutive months. It is cause of flooding 4 aftershocks from north to south. 53,000 people have been directly affected. Flood covered 56 villages.. Transports  are damaged. There are also schools, hospitals, electricity water supply attractions industry and trade various buildings has been a lot of damage. The government has provided assistance to the disaster victims a total approximately 1,000 million kip. The PDR also get assistance from the private sector, Embassies in some countries, including international organizations and many charitable for organizations

Reading Practice

Why is it bad to cut down trees?             Cutting down trees can cause soil erosion. Soil erosion is when there is rainfall and since there are no tree roots to take in the water, it washes away the soil causing runoff's which can turn into flash floods. Soil erosion can cause trouble for it would be hard to grow plants in that same area. Trees are also homes to animals, some of them endangered. When you take away their homes there are forced to find new ones and sometimes end up coming in contact with in a human residence. This is could be a threat to humans (if the animal is dangerous) and a threat to the animal it self. Trees also take in c02 (also called carbon sink). Cutting down trees means there is more carbon dioxide in the air which plays apart in global warming. Trees provide many of our needs for us such as paper,timber, furniture to even wood fuels. When there is a shortage of trees, there could be problems with big business and economic problems, too. And trees can get seriously injured because of people cutting them down. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_it_bad_to_cut_down_trees Summarize There are about many species in forest, some animals and plants are in danger of extinct. People affect the forest , by hunting and cutting down the trees. I feel very sad when I see, the animals was harm by people. I try to  take care and help the animal. You can  take care help them too.             To conclude everyone should protect and do something to help the animasl and plants , because if everyone did something small than we can make a big change.

listening practice

Complicate         I like to listening English song and I like this song very much. This song have many word that I interesting.         The song name is “ Complicate” I can learn about the word such as -         one on one -         chill out -         somebody else -         laugh out        I can learn about these words that I never used and never known about meaning.

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Listening Skill

Learning log

October 6, 2013

Learning Log

Today is teaching test of my friend. All friends that teachings today have 12 friends. My friend from group 2 have 8 people and from group 3 have 4 people. The people that don’t pass in the first teaching test; they can amend in today too.

Today, my friends spend less time than yesterday. Topics that they choose for test are the same but approaches are different. For example topic, direction, food, occupation and tradition. They use interesting instruction media are different. For example media, word cards, picture book, video, real material. Some people lessons are good but teachings are not good because they still read from power point and they must adjust their grammar. Today have many people are read from power point.

Overview of today are good but many people have foible are different. Some people teaching are not bad but their lessons are not good because activity and rubric are not conforming. Some people lessons are good but teachings are not good because they still read from power point and they must adjust their grammar.

I can learn about teaching techniques from my friend.I can guess about which teaching techniques is good or which teaching techniques is not good.I can use this example teaching techniques for improvement my teaching techniques to perfect.

Learning log

October 5, 2013

Learning Log

Today is teaching test of my friend. I already test and pass in my first teaching test but it’s not perfect. Today have many friends to test. They have different prominent point and defect.

First, the different prominent point and defect from their test. For example, teaching test of Puvanat is so good. He uses interesting instruction media unless substance of teaching are too much difficult for student. Teaching test of Nouvarat is perfect. It does can be a good example for friend. In her lesson plane have objective, activity and rubrics are conforming. Teaching test of Phaseeyha is perfect like teaching test of Nouvarat because lesson plane have objective, activity and rubric are conform and  she speaks distinctly.

Teaching test of my three friends that I mention have clearly prominent point which their friend can understand and use for example. Teaching test of other friends is good too but still have some fault. Some people teaching are not bad but their lessons are not good because activity and rubric are not conforming. Some people lessons are good but teachings are not good because they still read from power point and they must adjust their grammar.

I think, if everybody want  pass teaching test , you must fix objective conform to activity and rubric .For example if you fix objective about reading skill, activity must about reading skill and rubric must evaluate reading skill. The most important before you test, you must try to test with your friend in many time for your confidence.

Listening Practice

Just give me a reason.

\Summarize

This song is very popular in worldwide. The song name is “Just give me a season” I can learn about the word and sentence such as -         Right from the start -         Now, you've been talking in your sleep -         Just a second -         empty sheets -         We'll come clean!!  -         Your head is running wild again  I can learn about these words that I never used and never known about meaning.



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Indonesia Forest Fires

ASEAN Leaders Can Act to Reduce Fires and Haze

Submitted by Fred Stolle, Nigel Sizer, Ariana Alisjahbana, James Anderson, Kemen Austin and Andika Putraditama on October 8, 2013

Less than four months ago, millions of people across Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia were choking on the worst air pollution ever recorded in Southeast Asia as hundreds of fires burned across Sumatra. The fires caused serious damage, eliciting a public health emergency, closing schools and harming tourism and other businesses.

This week the Sultan of Brunei is hosting many of Asia’s heads of state for the 23rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. Preventing new fires and haze are high on the agenda. Key decisions and actions are urgently needed from the presidents and prime ministers this week. ASEAN ministers met in July to discuss this issue but failed to agree on significant actions; leadership is needed to solve the ongoing problem.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has been closely monitoring the fires and haze since June. We have published several analyses highlighting the locations and patterns of the fires and we suggested steps that policymakers, companies and others could take to reduce the risk of future fires and haze. We are now able to share the summary findings from a more detailed analysis of the June fires using high resolution satellite imagery (see text box below for technical details).

The fires burned an area more than twice the size of Singapore, in the study area alone, and left behind large burn scars resulting in significant economic and other damage to forests and communities. WRI selected the 2.2 million hectares (ha) study area by examining areas with the highest density of fires. The study area and time frame were limited in scope due to the availability and expense of high-resolution satellite imagery. It is important to note that the amount of burning across the region was much more extensive than is reported here, as many fires fell outside of our study area.

Earlier WRI analysis showed that fires on this scale have occurred three times in the last ten years alone. The ASEAN Summit is the perfect opportunity for the region’s leaders to acknowledge the seriousness of these fires and the strong chance that they will recur soon unless concrete, collaborative steps to address the challenge are adopted. This could include measures such as establishing a

http://insights.wri.org/topic/indonesia-forest-fires

Summarize

            Indonesian burn down the forest in the Indonesia because they want area for plant palm. It’s impact on neighbors, because it’s cause trouble to 5 neighbors country , Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore. Now, forest fire in Indonesia has become important for ASEAN. I think, Fire event in Indonesia. This was very serious. The incident occurred with negligence but this event created a lot of damage.

Reading Practice

Death Toll in Philippines Earthquake Rises to 144 MANILA — The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday, with nearly 300 people injured in the quake, which caused widespread damage and smashed one of the country’s oldest churches, officials said. Eduardo del Rosario, the civil defense director of the Philippines, said that 291 people were injured in Tuesday’s quake by the latest count. The earthquake was centered about 32 miles underground near the small town of Carmen, on the island of Bohol, and struck at 8:12 a.m., said Renato Solidum, the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. “A magnitude 7 earthquake has an energy equivalent to around 32 Hiroshima atomic bombs,” Mr. Solidum said. “This one had a magnitude of 7.2.” The tremors reverberated across adjacent islands of the central Philippines, toppling structures and sending panicked people into the streets. “I was asleep and my bed started shaking very hard,” said Jessa Ariola, 23, a resident of Tagbilaran, a city near the earthquake’s center. She said that after the tremors stopped she went to the restaurant where she works as a cashier and found it in ruins — with broken glass, toppled appliances and raw meat scattered on the floor. Local television showed obliterated buildings, cracked roads, downed bridges and chaotic evacuations on Bohol. The quake also damaged major buildings in Cebu City, a heavily populated commercial center on a nearby island. Among those hit were a sprawling shopping mall, a prominent hospital and a busy public market. The main airport on Bohol was temporarily closed, as were several ports in the central Philippines, while officials inspected them for safety. The damaged structures in Cebu included the Santo Niño de Cebu Basilica, which was founded in 1565. On Bohol, the roof of the Church of San Pedro in Loboc, which dates from 1602, collapsed. Officials said as many as 10 other historic churches appeared to have been damaged. At least 134 people died on the island of Bohol and 9 died in nearby Cebu and one on the neighboring island of Siquijor, according to figures issued Wednesday by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council. The island of Cebu, which is adjacent to Bohol, where the earthquake was centered, experienced extensive damage and injuries because it is more heavily populated, officials said. Those who died included a 4-year-old girl who was trampled in the town of Toledo, on Cebu, when the earthquake shook a building where people were receiving cash grants from a government program to help the poor. In addition to the child who died, 19 people were injured there during a stampede out of the wobbling structure. Officials on Tuesday afternoon were warning local residents to keep out of major buildings until their structural integrity could be verified. They also warned of landslides amid reports of aftershocks on the two most affected islands. Electric power was disrupted in many of the affected areas. No tsunami warning was issued because the earthquake was land-based, an official of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said during a morning news briefing. President Benigno S. Aquino III was visiting the affected areas on Wednesday. The islands of Cebu and Bohol have been declared in a state of calamity by the government, thus authorizing additional national government assistance to the areas. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the same island on Feb. 8, 1990, and damaged more than 3,000 houses. Last year, a magnitude 6.9 quake hit near the island of Negros, also in the central Philippines, and killed nearly 100 people. Summarize                     Earthquake Strait between the islands of Negros and Cebu islands in the central of Philippines, which are rather severe and cause the people to panic all day. Local military officials confirmed the death toll from natural disasters was 43 but Victims may increase. There are dozens of people who may have been injured or lost in the landslide. Alvin Talan Fu Gui Hun's Commissar City on Negros Island. Which is the one that has been most severely damaged said, 39 people have died in the GUI  Hous Ngan city  which is a coastal city flanked by mountains. It has a population of 100,000 people and near the center of the earthquake as well. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/world/asia/death-toll-in-philippines-earthquake-rises.html?_r=0

Reading skill

English idioms and how to use them

I have got a lot in the pipeline.

Idiom: to be in the pipeline, to have (got) something in the pipeline

Means: being prepared, being worked on but not ready yet
Use: A business idiom used to refer to projects or plans for events or things that are not ready yet
Circumstances: To indicate that you have plans or are planning something
Note: When used with ‘to be’ – the expression is often a confirmation ‘Yes, it is in the pipeline’. ‘It’ refers to the thing being prepared which was mentioned by the person asking a question.
Some examples:
We have lots of interesting products in the pipeline. At least one will be launched this winter.
Are you going to add a small business consultancy service? – Yes, it’s in the pipeline. We will make an announcement shortly.
Your turn:
Think about your company or the government’s plans:
(name of company/the government) has lots of plans in the pipeline. It’s going to (what)+(when)
Think of another four examples.
This blog has many more examples of idioms in the pipeline!

http://englishidioms.wordpress.com/

Summarize

I like to read about idioms I try to remember it but I don’t know how to use? Or when I can use it. So today, I would like to present about the idioms “to have a lot on”. It means “being prepared, being worked on but not ready yet” .You can use it when you want to refer projects or plans for events or things that are not ready yet. When used with ‘to be’ – the expression is often a confirmation ‘Yes, it is in the pipeline’. ‘It’ refers to the thing being prepared which was mentioned by the person asking a question.

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English idioms and how to use them

What did you get up to at the weekend?

Idiom: to get up to

Means: to do

Use: to ask about activities

Circumstances: Usually used to ask about the things someone did in a time period – at the weekend, at work today

Note: The subject is nearly always a person or group of people. This form is mainly used in questions. When replying to the question it is common to list the things you did – often using the simple past and adding your opinion as to how much you liked or disliked what you did.

A negative reply is possible and ‘much’ can be used: ‘I didn’t get up to much.’
Some examples:
A) What did you get up to at the weekend? B) We went skiing in the mountains. Had a great time too.
A) What did they get up to on holiday? B) Sounds as though they had a terrible time. It rained the whole two weeks.
Your turn:
Think about some people you know:
Ask yourself this question: What did (Person) get up to at the weekend? eg What did Mario get up to at the weekend?
You could write the replies. Then think of another four people you could ask.
Advanced usage: I hope to be getting up to a lot this weekend. We’ve got some friends coming to stay.

http://englishidioms.wordpress.com/

Summarize

I like to read about idioms I try to remember it but I don’t know how to use? Or when I can use it. So today, I would like to present about the idioms “to get up to”. It means “to do” .You can use it when you want to ask someone about activity. It often using the simple past and adding your opinion as to how much you liked or disliked what you did and usually used to ask about the things someone did in a time period – at the weekend, at work today.