11/26 Topic: College Students, Living a Good Life.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2010-11/22/content_11585592.htm

1. Where did you live when you were in college, in a dorm or at home? Which do you prefer?

2. Have you ever had a roommate before? Do you like to live alone or not?

3. Do you support the idea to apply a system like the article mentioned to choose your roommate?

4. Do you agree that students can keep a pet in their room? Did you have the experience of this?

5. What's the last thing you can tolerate while living with someone else? Ex. Bring friends back very often or always leave dirty dishes in the sink... etc.

6. What's the most difficult things to live with others in your opinion? And what's the best thing?

11/19 Childhood obesity v.s. fast food

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/11/09/california.fast.food.ban/index.html?iref=allsearch


1.Do you think this policy is gonna work on decreasing childhood obesity?

2.As a consumer, is this policy what you are expecting? Or do you think it's parents' reponsibility to choose balanced diet for kids, not the government?

3.If your kids ask you to take them to the McDonald’s almost every single day, how are you gonna deal with it?

4.Are you or have you been a fast food goer? What makes you fascinated with it? If you are not, what stops you eating junk food?

5.Have you had any experience of spending money on something not for the product itself, but aiming at other stuff accompanying the main product?

Muslims

Please refer to the following links for further discussion:

1. http://www.afghan-network.net/Islam
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brunei
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Malaysia

Discussions:

1. Do you know any Muslim friends in Taiwan or other countries? How do you think about them?
2. Do you know the distribution of the Muslims? Give some example of Islam countries.
3. Have you ever tried Muslim food? What do you think is the most special?
4. Do you know some Muslim traditions? Give some example.
5. As we saw a lot news in TV that Islam countries had war with western countries, do you know the reasons of the wars? Does this affect your point of view to Muslims?

This week we're going to talk about an environmental issue: Global warming. Please read the reference listed below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/business/energy-environment/04enviro.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=global%20warming&st=cse

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/a-cultural-barrier-to-action-on-climate-change/?scp=1&sq=A%20cultural%20barrier%20&st=cse

1. Do you believe that the increase emission of carbon dioxide causes global warming? Can you feel the threaten of global warming?
   
   
2. What do you think about the confrontation happened in the U.S. Congress, which is mainly about whether to implement green policies?
   
   
3. Someone claimed that "Copenhagen Protocol" is just a political show of the powerful developed countries. Due to the attitude of green policies of the U.S. Congress, what do you think on that point?
   
   
4. Do you think that the temperature in public places like a KTV, a department store, or an office is usually too low? How can we reduce the waste? Please use your imagination to offer some ideas.
   
   
5. Once the government tried to ban the usage of plastic bags, but it didn't work out. But we can still see many good effects left behind. 7-11 offers a kind of new plastic bags which are recyclable, will you choose to shop in 7-11 more because of the act?
   
   
6. Do you often pay attention to environmental issue? Does your company or family do anything to follow the steps to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide?

Above are the questions, if there's anything you want to discuss, please feel free to add it.