Third Assignment

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< www.nba.com >



First word is  N.B.A. It's Acronyms. Its from NBA official website, And Its means National Basketball Association. I know this word already. Before, created to this group, there were had to BAA(Basketball Association of America). in 1967 another association was made. It called by ABA (America Basketball Association). Unusually professional hockey league team chairmans was created to other basketball league, called NBL(National Basketball League). And then, ABA NBL joined the each other , So NBA was created. called the current name. I like playing basketball also watching that games. because I heard this word many times . When I meet other people who know about NBA , we will talk about it lots of times.




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Second one is WFDS. This is Abbreviated word. It means Wet Floor Do Not Slip. I'm not sure, but I wanna pick this word. Because When I went to the U.S.A  last year , I worked in my cousin's donut shop. And I cleaned their shop with mop. And then my cousin said " we must take this sign , If we don't take it, we can go police.  " Its shocked to me . So I really careful when I cleaning. Actually, I come to Korea, I never seen this sign also, tell somebody. I think compared between Korean American, Korean is risk of awareness is lower than American this part. In Korea this situation is not ruled. So many people easy to think to the risk.




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Last one is "BackPack" , Compound word. When I doing something , Its usually beside me. 
Backpack means Back and Pack. Back is human's back , Korean called "등" . And pack is put it something like clothes, stuff. Previously its makes cloth or leather . Today most thing made plastic and synthetic fibers, such as nylon. Now I'm student I will do own study or working and travel somewhere. So I always take my backpack such like this photo. I like red lol. When I was birthday , My friend gave to brand new backpack. It classic. That's why I love it.

Second Assignment

1. Illegal English Bible (1400s-1400)


Why did you choose this event? (Why is it interesting?)

  -  I am a catholic , so interested in the Bible. The interesting thing is that was illegal. 


What did you learn? 

  -  All over the Christian world, church services were conducted in Latin. It was illegal to                translate the Bible into local languages. (I think bible was only English. but it was
     wrong. and translated to  English was illegal. that is interested. )


What connection can you make to your life/world? 

  -  All of history was changed to be brave and sacrifice. many historical events show us. 
     People know about only result. but every events has a process.

2. Ben Jonson, The English Grammar (1640s -1640)


Why did you choose this event? (Why is it interesting?)

 - The person who created the basis of grammar in English. I want to know who make  
   grammar that hard to us. 


What did you learn? 

 - He considers syntax and spelling, and is one of the first writers to leave us a clear    
   indication of the pronunciation of English. and He was for other people to study and  
   unremitting efforts.


What connection can you make to your life/world? 

- He made ​​the basis of grammar, made ​​a lot of people look out, because the print is also in       Latin as well as English. And then, nowadays English grammar is important to all of people.
  of course me lol

3. Sherlock Holmes (1900s-1904)


Why did you choose this event? (Why is it interesting?)

 - Sherlock Holmes is most popular mystery novels in the world. And It has movie too. 
   that was favorite thing is my movie list.


What did you learn? 

  - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was scotsman and when he was writing Sherlock Holmes, he             based on science and technology. I think he was very important to observe the ability, so
    Sherlock Holmes has in a very excellent article.


What connection can you make to your life/world? 

 - Compared to other contemporary detective fiction focusing on the alibi of the 
   characters but It was evidence highlights the importance of Arthur Conan Doyle.
   The way to evidence that the combination of killer has given other novels , movies and
   drama techniques. that point will be the reason why a lots of fans love. 

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes)

Hello   Let me introduce myself.

1.  I'm Doo Seock Kim, and I'm from the Korea, and my hometown is Seoul. I have the English name , so I prefer to be called Danny. I studied English in my university during in 3 years. First came to Gwangju because of school.


2.  My favorite thing is Public Transfer System. like bus, subway. There are moving so fast. And there are easy to find somewhere who want to go. I think It's important thing is living big city. And Second Thing is Mobile Service, like Internet speed. Korea have one of the fastest Internet speed.

3.  I'm interested in American Sports , NBA. It's my dream to visit in NBA Stadium. I want to go to Chicago is just one of them. Because Michael Jordan' s Status in Chicago. And My cousins live in Houston, So I want to go again. I would like to meet again to some people I met in the past.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan_statue>

 4. I can speak Korean and English. I studied English for over 10 years, but I Can't speak English well. since I studied in 10 years old. but my English level is beginner.I can listening, but speaking and writing is low level. my problem is hard to translated to Korean to English.

5.  My motivation for studying English was surprised experience. When I was heard English , it was shocking and gorgeous. And I wanted to understand other country people. And I think  studying English is must have to do, not should. 

6. My goal for studying English is without difficulty speak and write. When U.S.A went to live , I don' want to happening what difficulty by language. So I will do my best.