How to stretch

Have you ever hurt your leg or back without any reason? Most of you have hurt your body without any reason at least one time. Why it happens without any reason? Because your body is not enough to be ready for movement. Good body is needed flexibility, strength, and endurance. Flexibility means to stretch well and strength means to have enough power to do something and endurance means to last for long time with enough power. So, I will introduce you two ways to strech, self stretching and stretching with partner for quadriceps femoris and hamstring in your leg. First, self stretching for quadriceps femoris, many people know like this (demonstration). In this way, other parts of your body have to make tension to keep balance during streching. So, sometimes, it is not enough to stretch. However, if you do streching like this ( demonstration), you don't need to make tension to keep balance during the strethcing. Put soft something under your knee and grab your hand fixed something such as the wall or chair. Stretch your leg to pull your ankle and hold it for 20 to 30 secs with exhale and then try it at least 3 times per 1 session and then try to stretch both side the same. After stretching, sqaute 3 times to adapt your new range. Second, self-stretching for hamstring, many people also know like this (demonstration), but this way makes your back a lot of tension, so sometimes people with low back pain hurt their back more. However, this way (demonstration), you sit on the chair with one buttock extending your leg the same side and bend opposite leg 90 degree and support your body, doesn't make any tension on your back, so this way is more safe and comfortable. Remember! don't bend your back toward your knee but bend your hip holding straight upright back posture. If you feel more stiff on the outside of your leg, you can bend your hip and trunk more inside holding upright back posture. If you feel more stiff in the inside of leg, you can do it opposite. For stretching with partner, to stretch quadriceps, you have to lay on your abdomen and opposite leg bend 90 degree and support your body. Partner holds your ankle with one hand and hip with another hand and then bends your leg toward your hip slowly the same way during exhale. For hamstring, you have to lay on back and raise your leg on your partner's shoulder. The partner holds your thigh just under your knee with one hand and holds your opposite hip with another hand. And then partner slowly raises up your leg. If you can't move up, partner holds this position 30 sec the same way during exhale. After stretching, squat slightly 3 times.
If you want your health body, don't forget flexibility, strength, and endurance. I will introduce others next time.

Family and Success outline

Family and Success

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them” (Desmond Tutu). My elder sisters, Minhee Lee and Juhyung Lee, have a lot in common in their interests, value, and the lessons I learned from them, yet their portray show the difference in many ways.
2nd paragraph:
1. Minhee Lee and Juhyung Lee have a lot in common in their interests, reading and weekend trips, but they portray in different ways.
2. Minhee Lee likes to read a book at home whenever she is fee.
5. Juhyung Lee also is a supporter of reading like Minhee Lee.
8. Juhyung Lee loves to go a short trip every weekend.
10. Minhee Lee also likes to take a short trip every weekend.
14. They say to me all interests give more energy to live as a look-for rainfall during dry season.
3rd paragraph:
1. Minhee Lee and Juhyung Lee also make much of family and success as the most important value, but they have a lot difference in their portray looking closely.
2. First, Juhyung Lee always says family is one of the most important things.
5. Second, Minhee Lee thinks her family means everything to her.
8. Third, Minhee Lee says success is the key to get somewhere.
10. Forth, Juhyung Lee thinks success is the important base of happiness.
14. I think I’m really lucky to have my sisters who give me good model.
4th paragraph:
1. The lessons I learned from my sisters, Minhee Lee and Juhyung Lee, are the importance of love of family and social activity but they say to me how much important love of family and social activity are for happiness in different ways.
2. Juhyung Lee shows me the importance of love of family that family is like the water for grain during the spring.
5. Minhee Lee says she has nothing but her family in her life.
8. I learned from Minhee Lee what I do for the relationship with others.
10. I also learned social activity are necessary for success that is the key to get somewhere from Juhyung Lee.
14. One day, when I think my life closing my eyes, I’m standing on my way that they showed me and I keep going with others’ hand.
Conclusion:
My sisters, Minhee Lee and Juhyung Lee, have many similarities in interests, value, and lessons I learned, but they portray in different ways.

The Chase written by Annie Dillard

The Chase
What is the most important thing in your life? Love, or family? I think my family is the most important value to me. However, I never thought it seriously. According to Annie Dillard’s “The Chase,” she said to me that each individual has his own personal values and tries to do best mentally and physically to get it. There’re a lot of personal values in childhood and these values tend to change differently depending on the individuals when they grow up.
I think one of Annie Dillard’s values in childhood represented in this essay is excitement, this value, the excitement, is changed to sociality, and that is because she learned the rule or law to obey in the society. First, one of Annie Dillard’s values in childhood is excitement obtained by doing something regardless of fair or unfair. I think most children pursue just the excitement by doing something such as playing football, or baseball, but they don’t care whether it was fair or unfair to do it. For example, Annie Dillard and her friends in childhood liked to throw snowballs at passing cars in her essay. Second, her value changed the excitement into the sociality through running with a driver. I think the sociality means people think more importantly the relationship between others and they have to obey the social rules for the sociality. When she was running away from him first, she was doing it for her life. However, she realized and felt another excitement to obey the rule and concentrate on her soul and body during the game with him. Third, her value changed the excitement into the sociality because she realized the importance of the social rule. Actually, when she and her friends threw snowballs, they didn’t care it was fair or unfair to do it at passing cars. Fortunately, she realized there’re rules to obey in a game such as running and she gains true excitement when she plays a game obeying the rule through a driver’s chasing. For example, she said “We all played by the rules,” and she really felt excitement and then respected him by saying “sainted man,” or “our hero” because he was true winner by the rule in the chase.

Champion of the World by Maya Angelou

RQ: Have you ever fought someone who you had never won?
Thesis: I will be writing an narration essay on the day Jeo Louis fought a white contender at boxing game.

T.S: According to Maya Angelou, there're lots of challenge for black people in Amerca to get over segregation.
-Maya Angelou, Champion of the world, p. 88-90

First, all of black people in America wanted to get over their segreagtion even if they had little power.

• All the Negroes around the world who sat swating and praying, glued to their "Master's voice."

-Maya Angelou, Champion of the world, p. 89

Second, even though white people as the majority segregated them, black people tried to get over segregation not throwing in the towel.

• He's got Louis against the ropes and now it's a left to the body and a right to the ribs. My race groaned. It was our people falling. It was another lynching...

-Maya Angelou, Champion of the world, p. 89

Third, black people proved they are worthy of having the equality of human rights with white people.

• The winnah, and still heavyweight champeen of the world ...Joe Louis.

-Maya Angelou, Champion of the world, p. 90

Friends 1015

He offered me one.

So if you take this job, you'll be moving to Paris? (take this job)

Rachel: I'll fly back and forth and they'll fly you out...anything we want (fly back and forth, fly from one place to another place ? Right? I don't understand)

Rachel: I got a really incredible job offer. (get something)

Joey: It comes and goes.

Rosss: Not being able to see her every day. How can I be okay with this?

Phoebe: He's already flipping out about everything that's changing. (flip out=go crazy)

take as a phrasal verb

take away,

• remove, seize or capture, ex) The soldiers took the captives away.
  

take back,

• retract something you said, ex) I demand that you take back what you said.
  

take back,

• return an item to a store,
• ex) The dress my grandmother bought for me didn't fit, so I took it back and exchanged it for a pair of pants.

take down,

• write down what is said,
• Ex) Would you mind taking down my messages while I am on vacation?
  

take down,

• remove (from a high place),
• ex) The city government made the shop take down their bright, neon sign

take for,

• consider, view as,
• ex) Do you take me for an idiot?

take in,

• learing, ex) Are you taking in all of these phrasal verbs?

take in,

• deceive a person, ex) He was taken in by the con artist

take in,

• make smaller when sewing,
• ex) I lost weight, so I need to take some of my skirts to the tailor to have them taken in.

take off,

• when a plane or rocket leaves the ground,
• ex) My stomach felt funny when the plane took off.

take off,

• remove, ex) In many cultures, it is appropriate to take off your shoes when entering a house.

take off,

• leave work or school for a period of time,
• ex) I was sick last week, so I took a few days off of work.

take on,

• accept (responsibilities, work), ex) She has taken on too much responsibility in this project.

take over,

• take control of,
• ex) Who is going to take over the family bysiness when Aretha's father dies?

take over,

• take control of, ex) If the President is assassinated, the Vice-president will take over.

take out,

• accompany a person on a date (for dinner, the movies)
• ex) I can't meet you tonight becasuse I am taking Fernanda out to dinner.

take up,

• begin a bew hobby, ex) Have you taken up any new hobbies since you moved here?

take up,

• discuss (at a later date), ex) We should take this issue up in the meeting tomorrow.

take up,

• shorten a garment when sewing, ex) This dress is too long, I am going to take it up.

take up,

• occupy space, ex) This couch takes up too much space in the living room.

be taken with (something)

• (inf) to find (something) pleasing or attractive:
• He was very taken with the village and its inhabitants.

take (something) as read,

• to assume something without checking it or doing it:
• Can we take it as read that this has all been verified, or do we need to make further enquireies?

take one's cue from (someone),

• to copy the way (someone) is reacting to a situation etc:
• Taking our cue from Bill, we all tried to look surprised at what Susan was saying.

take (someone) for (someone or something else)

• to believe (mistakenly) that (someone) is (someone or something else):
• I took you for your brother; I took him for an intelligent person.

take (someone) for a ride,

• to trick, cheat ro deceive some one:
• He doesn't actually work for a charity at all, so the people who have sent him money have been taken for a ride.

take heart,

• to become encouraged or more confident:
• The soldiers took heart when they heard that reinforcements were coming.

take it (with can/could)

• to be able to bear suffering, trouble, difficulty etc:
• Tell me the bad bews. Don't worry, I can take it.

take it easy,

• 1. not to work etc hard or energetically; to avoid usig much effort: Take it easy-you don't have to finish the job until tomorrow.
• 2. (usu in imperative) not to get upset, angry: Take it easy! There's no need to lose your temper.

take it form me that,

• you can believe me when I say that:
• Take it form me-this company is heading for bankruptcy.

take it form there

• (inf) to deal with events as they happen, not following any plan of action:
• I think we should offer him the job and take it from there.

take it or leave it,

• to accept something or refuse to accept it, without trying to alter what one is being offered, the person etc:
• I want $50 for tat coat-take it or leave it.

take it out of (someone)

• (inf) to tire or exhaust (someone): The long walk really took it out of me.

take it out on (someone)

• (inf) to be angry with or unpleasant to (someone) because one is angry, disapponted etc oneself:
• I know your're upset, but there's no need to take it out on me!

take (someone's) mind off (something),

• to turn (someone's) attention from something; to prevent someone from thinking about something:
• A good holiday will take your mind off all the unhappiness of the past few months.

take off

• (inf) to beging suddenly to improve or get bigger: I think the computer business is about to take off.

take (someone) off

• (inf) to imitate osmeone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh.

take place,

• to happen: The wedding took place as arranged.

take (someone's) place,

• to do something or go somewhere as a replacement for someone else:
• John is too ill to come, so I'm taking his place.

take sides,

• to choose to support a particular opinion, group against another:
• Everybdy in the office took sides in the dispute.

take steps,

• to take action: I shall take steps to prevent this happening again.

take the floor,

• 1. to rise to speak to a group of people: The chairman asked Mr Smith to take the floor.
• 2. to begin to dance: The young couple took the floor and waltzed round the room.

take the place of something,

• to be used instead of, or to be a substitute for something:
• I don't think television will ever take the place of books.

take the risk,

• to do something which involves a risk:
• I took the risk of buying that jumper for you in the sales- I hope it fits.

take one's time,

• to do something as slowly as one wishes, often more slowly than someone else wishes:
• Take your time-there's no hurry; I wish he would hurry up-he's rather taking his time about making a decision.

take up arms,

• to become actively involved in a dispute, argument:
• The people of the village took up arms to force the local council to build a by-pass, and held rallies and demonstrations which attracted a lot of attention to their campaign.

take up with (someone)

• to become friendly with or associate with (someone):
• She has taken up with some very strange people.

take (something) up with (someone)

• to discuss: I shall take the matter up with my MP.

friends, 1014-2

Mike: Thank you for having us over. (have over, invite someone to one's home to do something together)
Chandler: I don't know why we hang out with married couples more often.
Ross: I am gonna get laid. (get laid, an ultimate goal of one's life comes true, so Ross will be a professor related to paleontology)
Ross: I'm up for tenure. (I get my tenure) What are the odds? ( express about extremely pleasant emotion)
Monica: Not more importantly to full well-rounded lives. (well-rounded, having various sides with good things)
Ross: to years of hard work finally paying off. (pay off: produce good thing or compensate something as a result of one's effort)
Ross: I can never be fired. (be fired, be expelled at work)
Ross: I have job security for lifeRoss: Little heads up would have been nice.
Chandler: Thank you for explaining to us what escrow means...I've alredy forgotten what you said, but thank you. escrow, a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition)crap bag, a person who is a total idiot and completely worthless. In other words, my ex-boyfriend.