Thanksgiving is a time in the U.S. that we stop and think about things we are thankful for

Thanksgiving is the time for people to think about who are they thankful for. I also think about this question carefully. In my life, my dad is the one I really thankful for, because he taught me lots of things, paid for my education fees and sent me to special school to learn English. He always went to work in the morning and came back at the midnight. I saw him work so hard and could have enough sleep everyday. We did not have holiday on weekend, because my dad was working. We rarely ate lunch or dinner together. However, I still appreciated him. He worked so hard just for our family. He also paid lots of money for me to study in California. It cost more money, so he had to work harder to get more money. I will get to university and get a good degree as soon as possible. My father is the one I really want to be thankful for.

How to pass the TOEFL

It is a big problem for ALP students to pass the TOEFL test. For me, I have a few ways to prepare for the test. There are the reasons that I passed the IBT. First of all, I read some English magazines such as TIME, in order to read faster. I also tried to study some sample test materials before I took the test. I studied in an American-style school. I tried to speak English with my teachers all the time. It was a good way to improve my speaking skill. It was important to practice test questions when I had time, because the speaking section required fast speaking skill. I also had all of my classes in English. It was helpful for my listening skill. The listening section required note-taking skills and listening ability. Finally, it was necessary to write a paragraph everyday. In my literature class, I needed to write essays every week. This helped my writing ability. I was able to write 300 words in 30 minutes. Because of these things, I did learn my reading, speaking, As a result, I passed the TOEFL. Now, I am waiting for admission of the university.

What is your dream job?

There are so many jobs that I can do in the future. However, my dream job is to be a pianist. First time I heard piano songs, I suddenly decided to learn how to play a piano. I really fall in love with the piano melody at the time.
When I was 16, I started to get in contact with piano. My piano teacher was really good, and I always wanted to be as good as her. However, to be a pianist, I can be able to perform with orchestra. I will have lots of chance to play with famous orchestra and famous director; it will be perfect experiences for me. I enjoyed playing with such a big group, because orchestra can perform beautiful melody and I loved it so much. I always wanted to play piano concerto with orchestra. For instance, I would like to play famous concerto “Rachmaninoff piano concerto no.2”. It was the most beautiful piano concerto that I ever heard.
Furthermore, I loved to enjoy audience’s faces when they listened to my concert. I felt happy when they enjoy my music, and it will be the motivation for me to perform better music. The atmosphere in music hall always surrounds by classical music melody, and I felt comfortable with it.
In conclusion, I would like to be a famous pianist. I love classical music and enjoyed to perform it. However, I learned it only for two years and I stopped to have further education (came to US). I always have the dream to perform piano songs in the stage, so I want to be a pianist as my dream job.

A historical event in my country

There was a historical event which happened in Taiwan. It was the 921 big earthquakes. This was a big event happened to us, because they were so many people died in this earthquake. In 1999 in Jiji, Nantou, the big earthquake happened. The Moment magnitude scale was 7.6 which was really big one. 2,416 people were killed, over 11,000 seriously injured, and NT300 billion worth of damage was done. It was the second-deadliest quake in recorded history in Taiwan.
However, rescue groups from around the world joined local relief workers and the Taiwanese military in digging out survivors, clearing rubble, restoring essential services and distributing food and other aid to the more than 100,000 people made homeless by the quake. This disaster totally destroyed everything in Taiwan. 102 major bridges were badly damaged, with many having to be torn down. Electricity was cut due to the damage to power station. Everything was seriously damage by the quake.
Finally, the quake stopped Taiwanese economic and brought huge damage to the entire island. The earthquake took so long for Taiwanese to rebuild building or houses. It was a really bad event in Taiwan’s history.

What are the characteristics of a good leader?

There are so many learders in different kinds of fields such as priesdent, business company’s CEO and group leaders all around the world. However, it is not an easy job to be a learder. To be a learder, your leardership is required. A leadrer must be friednly, to be able to make the right decisions and the ability to organize everything.
First of all, a leader must be friendly. It is an important characteristic for a leader, because leader should have good realtionship with his or her teammates. If they establish good relationship, their work will be very effectivily.For example, to be a priesdent, he will be nice to all citizens and his governors. As a result, his policies will go more smuthly and successfully.
Moreover, a leader should be able t0 make the right decisions. A leader have to make decisions all the time, They have to make very im,portant decisions, because they have to think every possiblity and result before they sign their signature. For instance, a company’s CEO alyways sign for important polcy for the company. If he choose the wrong decsion, the company will lose a lot of money.
Finally, a leader should have the ability to oranize everything. They have to think carefully and make organization for the company or a country. They have to write policy for people to follow. For insatnce, priesnt always have to organize his government. He must choose right person to the right position and make his government become effectivily and successfully.
In conclusion, a leader’s leadership must inculde friendly, to be able to make the right decisions and the ability to organize everything. Those characteristic are so important to a successful leader. Because of the characeristics the leader can do things more effectivily.