2010年11月28日 星期日

Game

After reading this story, I found out this story is interesting but kind of creepy and scary. When I first look at the title, I thought it is a funny story about how people are playing fun games but after reading it, I realized this story is talking about how two strange men were locked underground for one hundred days because they need to launch the missile. As a reader, I can feel the pain of those two people because they don’t know what will happen at the end, they might end up with death or they can live happily after. In addition, both of the narrators had guns, if one of them act strangely, the other will shoot him. In my opinion, if I am in this situation, I would rather kill myself because my life would be control by others and I wouldn’t know what would happen at the end, my partner might thinks that I’m strange and shoot me. I loved reading this story, one words might contains many different meaning. The title of the story also attracts me and surprises me at the end.

The girl who wouldn't talk

I think this story is interesting, it shows the conflict between the silence girl and the narrator. The silence girl doesn’t speak so the narrator tried many ways to let her speak including pulling her hair and begged her. The reason why the silence girl doesn’t speak it’s because of the culture and the environment. The narrator found out that the silence girl had some common points between them, so she decided to help her. In my opinion, when we move to some places that we never go before, we might have fear toward the people and the places because it’s new to you but I think the most important thing is no matter how it works you just need to be yourself and try to fit in other’s culture.

Summary of my science fair project

The topic of my science fair project is called “The effectiveness of disinfectant”. Since many cleaning materials contain poisonous chemicals that are capable of causing damage to the nervous system, I researched the chemicals found in eight common lab cleaners. Also included in the research was the most effective way to use each of the eight cleaners. In order to determine which cleaner worked best, I tested a desktop and window for bacteria growth before being cleaned and after. By testing two different surfaces, I will be examining whether certain cleaners work better on different types of surfaces. Once the testing is complete, I will compare the average number of bacteria before the surfaces are cleaned with the number of bacteria after the surfaces are cleaned thoroughly with the various cleaners. Before I started using the disinfectants, I tested the desk for bacteria and find three large distinct growths. After cleaning the desk with eight different disinfectants, Ajax had only one small bacteria colony on it, while both ethanol and 409 had two large bacteria colonies on it. The window began with one medium-sized growth. It was surprising to learn that the ethanol and hydrogen peroxide plates had more bacteria than the window originally started with. My hypothesis assumed hydrogen peroxide would be the best disinfectant. However, after performing all of my tests and taking the average number of bacteria found, I discovered that Ajax is overall the best cleaner and Lysol comes in a close second.