English Homework

An Interview with a panda trainer

Tommy Im has one of the best jobs in the world-- or at least he thinks so! He's a panda trainer at Ocean Park. Find out more about Tommy and his fascinating job in the interview below.

How did you become a panda trainer?

I saw an advertisement in the newspaper. I thought it sounded like an unusual job so I applied. That was nearly five years ago.

What qualifications do you need to become a panda trainer?

Most of the trainers have a degree -- I have a Bachelor of Science in Biology. In the past, most of the trainers studied overseas. However, these days there are more graduates from local universities than from overseas universities. I myself studied at the Chinese University.

What does a panda trainer actually do?

Well, one obvious answer is train pandas. However, we spend less time doing this than people think. Our main responsibility is to look after the pandas -- to make sure that they are happy and healthy. For example, the first thing I do every morning is to check their temperature. I also spend a lot of time feeding the pandas, playing with them ( I eliminate the tanks ) . Pandas are very playful. This is apicture of me stroking and playing with my favourite panda which is very slim, Brenda.

How do you train a panda?
One of the first tricks we teach the pandas is to touch a stick with their noses. That is the training stick over there. It's about half a metre long and it is long enough to let the pandas touching it with their nose. you can see one in this photo too. They also learn other simple tricks such as shaking hands, touching the trainer's hands, singing and dancing. It takes time to learn tricks so the younger pandas generally know fewer tricks than the older ones.

Would you recommend this ob to other people?

Yes, definitely. It's hard work but very rewarding.

Reading activity day on 25/4

25/4 Friday
Today the whole class wentout to Nathan Road to have our reading activity. We walked aroud Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok. We went to the street near the Jade Market. We also go to Wing Wa and some famous snack shop. We have lunch in a Chinese restuarant. Then we went to Fuk Lam Church where near Temple Street.

Reflection of Fuk Lam Church :
We watched the video of the priest Lai Chan Moon, the video showed that Mr Lai did some charity activities. After watching the video, we sat as groups and two or three people in the church sat with us. We talked about how we believed Jesus and we were happy. After that, two peope in the church sang songs and we clapped. I enjoyed this period of time in the church!

VOA

I am Mandy and I'm from Hong Kong. I read the passage about " Teachers in America giving money the the students if they do something well. " a few days ago. Iwant to share my thoughts about this to you. I don't agree with the teachers giving money to the students because they should do the things that teachers ask them to do. I think that teachers can give students presents such as stationary or some snacks if they do well or they do some extra works for teachers. If teachers always give money to students, students won't do the things that they should do! So I think teachers should give them money or presents when they do well.

Story of Axl , Stephanie and Slash -- [ "November rain" & "Don't Cry" ]

I think the exposition of the plot is about Axl and the other woman play piano at the Rainbow bar, Axl love that woman, too. So Stephanie is angry, they fight for Axl and the woman hurts, people in the bar and Axl were astonished and Stephanie leaves the bar sadly.
The rising action is Stephanie want to kill the woman because she was jealousbut Axl try to stop her, they wrestle over the gun and Axl wins.
The clmax is Slash drive the car (with the woman) to the cliff and before the car fall down, Slash jump out of the car and guitar.
The falling action is Slash find that Stephanie is sad about that and he kill the woman so the problems are solve.
The resolution is Axl is full of stress and he don't know what to do and he find the social worker or a psychological doctor and he is so agitated.

Lovelessness

This story is about LOVELESSNESS. It is about a boy 's parent is going to XX. When he saw his classmates' parents, he felt jealous. His classmates laugh at him. He felt so sad.

About the Ugly Duckling

I think the ugly little duck is so kind, just like an angle. Although his duck family didn't like him, and BULIED him, he wouldn't hate them. Even the "friends" outside treated him so bad, he forgave them. The little ugly duck became a swan, and his face was as pretty as his heart, he still treated his friends nicely.

Christmas HW

By Michelle & Mandy

Man Wah Sun Chuen was built in 1961 in a recreation area. It was built the first gereration esate in H.K. . It's inclued of 8 buildings. At first it is arounded of sea and it's faced to a car ferry to let the cars to pass the harbar before the harbar tunnel built up, now it is change to a golf club. Now the Man Wah Sun Chuen has became a food street, there're about 30 different kinds of restaurant. There are Vietnamese restaurant, Japanese restaurant, " 涼茶舖 " etc.