Friday, November 28, 2014

Listening task

Lon: What’s this? 

Abigail: It’s a memo about a safety inspection  scheduled for next week. 

Lon: A safety inspection? How are we ever going to pass a safety inspection? 

Abigail: What do you mean? This isn’t an unsafe workplace. We’ve had a good record. None of our employees have had on the job injuries this year and we’ve never had a fatality. I don’t understand why you’re so worried. 

Lon: From what I’ve heard, the inspectors don’t just look at injury rates. They look for the smallest hazard that may be remotely dangerous If we get cited, we may be shut down.

Abigail: With all due respect, I don’t think that’s how it works. Yes, the inspector will look at our work environment and our gear and machinery to make sure there are no hazards or toxic substances. 

Lon: That’s what I’m worried about. 

Abigail: But, if they find a variation, we’ll get a chance to fix the problem. They won’t shut us down without giving us a chance  to comply with their  safety rules. 

Lon: I sure hope you’re right. 


Abigail: Me, too. We’ll know after next week’s inspection. 


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Your previous country’s geography and Canada’s geography

China and Canada lie in different time zones and different latitudes, which influence their respective geography substantially. It is well known that Canada is located more north, and it has colder weather, and the different time zone compare to China.
First of all, Canada has massive amount of snow and ice that covers its north land till north pole
So, it is an interesting thing that Canada's government sets up specific offices to accept the mails sent to Santa before Christmas every year. On the another hand, the shape of the southern Canada looks like U-shape that consists of  a large area of prairie in the southern central provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Rocky Mountains is one of the most famous attractions in the western Canada and in the east, there are more mountains. In contrast, China's land is much more diverse than Canada's, and the earlier is covered with mountains, plains, basin and so on. People also can feel the difference among the four seasons obviously in most areas of China because of the lower latitude.
To sum up, China will attract people's attentions by its several fields' patterns; however, Canada will grab people's attentions by its fabulous snowy and icy kingdom in this world.

Friday, November 14, 2014

About women's right

This video introduced the history of women vote in Canada. Women in Manitoba gained the right to vote in 1915, which is the first province, then On and BC became the second group to get the women right to vote. The First World War pushed the people to realize the importance of women's right to vote. But until 1960, women in Canada gained the right to vote completely.