Capital punishment

1. What is the main message of Group 6's podcast topic?

This topic is talk about death penalty. Whether to abolish death penalty or not. They give a example of a son who killed his father to protect his mother.

2. Did their show provide solutions to the problem? What are they?

Actually, I didn't hear what solution they provided. Maybe they forget to refer solutions.

3. Comment on the group's podcast.

I don't know why the voice was so unclear, I can hardly hear what they talk, sometimes the voice was too load but sometimes small. Maybe the problem is their recording equipment. And the sound is nearly covering their sound. Because the show is too noisy, so I can't keep my concentrate very well, I loss a lot of the part they've talk. However, I do hear the story of a son killing his father in order to protect his mom. So, some part of the recording is clear, and other part maybe not clear enough.

3.5 If Group 6 is given the chance to do another presentation, what would you suggest members of Group 3 to do to make their presentation better?

Change their music or use another better recording equipment for your show. And after they had recorded their show, please remember to check and listen twice, to make some certain changes. Pay attention to the music and the voice, if it covered their voice, just try again and again, because our group met this problems before, so we change our background music.

4. What do you think?

4.1 In which situations or crime committed do you think it is OK to use death penalty?

It depends on the condition, it is very hard to say. Sometimes people are very kind to forgive what others done for ourselves, but sometimes the crime is too heavy to forgive, if someone kill my relatives, it is very difficult to poor this person but hate him. So I think death penalty is necessary, however, there are many cases differently, it need to change a lot. If the case is just like the show group 6, maybe we don't have to use death penalty.

4.2 Do you agree that if you kill someone, you have to die, too? Or do you agree that capital punishment is wrong because it is another form of killing?

International relationship

1. What is the main message of Group 5's podcast topic?

Fallen in love with the foreinger and how to deal with the problems of long distance. How to keep their relationship safe and steady.

2. Did their show provide solutions to the problem? What are they?
On the point of view of your lover, and understanding even more. To keep their love, they can use cell phone to talk with each other more than now. Also, they provide many good communicated tool, like MSN, SKYPE, and write e-mail. The solutions they offer are just following the three tips, keeping communicating regularly, be honest to each other and trust each other, it means show your true feeling to your lover.
3. Comment on the group's podcast.

Actually, I was very enjoying watching their vedio show, the whole show was very lovely, I know that they really pay a lot of afforts on it. I love the funny part, such as the dramatic part, and their role play are interesting, too. Their speaking are quite clear, and the caption of vedio are very helpful. The show is easy to understand, because it looks like a real show.


3.5 If Group 5 is given the chance to do another presentation, what would you suggest members of Group 3 to do to make their presentation better?

Sometimes one of the host look his draft, so he put his head down. I think if he would always look the camera and make his eye sight naturally, that's will better. But, frankly speaking, the show all I like, it just a little problem, not affecting the show very much.

4. What do you think?

4.1 What are some of the advantages of an international relationship?
Maybe if you have this relationship, you will have more free time. Further more, the distance isn't too close or too far, so that you can keep the feeling of origin love. Maintaining the romantic atmosphere.

4.2 What are some of the problems with an international relationship?

Because you can't always see your lover, sometimes other person can easily get into your heart, so you change your lover. The feeling between the lover may slowly change or even disappear.

Friends and lovers

1. What is the main message of Group 4's podcast topic?

The relationship between friends and lovers. To recognize the relationship clear is a difficult job.

2. Did their show provide solutions to the problem? What are they?

They focus on the problems of dealing with the depression for love. They suggest us tell our feeling to the elder or our friends. And they also provide some good ways to make peaceful break up. They still said think twice to distinguish our own feeling, do I love my friends or just a friend.

3. Comment on the group's podcast.

I like this show because the show just like a midnight broadcasting show. They played a comfortable music and it correspondent to their issue. The music didn't bother their voice, but the music make sense to the topic. And I like the cute tone of the host. And many of the guests are showing a beautiful tone and clear voice to express what they say. There are just one guest have to do a problem, the problem is her voice are too flat, I don't feel any emotion in her voice.
And I like to listen to people's story, especially love story, so it add this show more splendid.
The music mixtured with their voice is very good, the volume is exactly right.



3.5 If Group 1 is given the chance to do another presentation, what would you suggest members of Group 3 to do to make their presentation better?

You should add more emotion to this show, and your show will better.

4. What do you think?

4.1 Can a man and a woman be close friends without beinh lovers?
Use the any of the following phrases when you compose your blog entry:

Of course they can be jsut friends. I have many boy who are just my best friends, and we don't have this romance feeling between us. And I believe we can't get together, we just like friends or just family love.

4.2 Looking at the issue

1. What is your best friend like? Use three adjectives. For example, tall, kind, talkative.

She is a attentive friend who always care for what I do and help me because I sometimes confused a lot. When I did something wrong, she will give me a best suggestion to make me improve. She is very kind to forgive what I did wrong to her. But sometimes she was a little bit pessismistic.

2. Why is that person your best friend?

Because she understand me, she always know what I want to do. When I feel sad, she will listen to me and comfort me. We also get toghter everytime and we often go out to have fun. And the most importantly is she won't hurt me, she value me a lot.



3. Is your best friend a man or a woman?

One of is a woman and the other is a man. They are both my good friends.

4. Losing a friend or lover is sometimes painful to bear. What would you suggest people who have lost a friend or lover to do in order to ease the pain? What do you think they should or should not do?

When you lose your friend, it dosen't mean you losing this friend forever, one day, when the time goes on, you can still talk with them, but maybe they are not best friend any more.

You can find another friend who care about you and stand by you, the one surely comfort you and accompany with you, when this hard time passed, this one can be your best friend.

If you lose your lover, I bet your friends will certainly help you to forget this pain.

Traffic jam comment

1. What is the main message of Group 3's podcast topic?

They talk about the Transportation and traffic in Kaoushing from the foreigners view.

2. Did their show provide solutions to the problem? What are they?

Their solution is to recommend the government to make our transformation better and design a better line for bus.

3. Comment on the group's podcast.


This show is full of surprising , the first image make me think of the travel channel, it shows just like that way, so I think this show is very creative. I don't have to mention about their English ability, they can totally express themselves very well, the speed, the tone and the voice. What I favorite place is they go to MRT to make their film. I love their director, how creative are they, they design the real characters, and somewhere make me laugh. I enjoy what they take, the real actors, the real place. The host hosts the show is very smooth, and she didn't feel nervous at all, the smile make her more energetic. The great show, I really like it. But there are still some problems, sometimes their voice are too small, the quality of recording equipment isn't very well. So that I can't listen clearly and sometimes the voice was disapeared.

4. What do you think?

4.1 What do you think about the transportation problem in Kaohsiung? If you were to offer a solution for the Kaohsiung City government to implement to solve the problem, what would it be and why?

Maybe I live in Chiayi too long, I don't stand this traffic jam well enough. The vehicle in Kaohsiung are too many, there are one car accident happening nearly once a week. The roal is too crowded, and the distance between car or scooter is too tight. Driving your car in Kaohsiung must have to be very carefully, because the car hit others scooter is quite easy. I had seen lots of this kind of accident before in the city.

I will suggest the government don't separate cars and scooters, the scooters are too crowded to drive well, government should protect driver's safe, to design the better way to to.
Therefore, I recommend the government make quest for people to obey some rules, such as the distance shouldn't be too close. I wish the government can really notice the life of people, I don't want to see car accident again. The car accident really seldom happened in ChiaYi city, to make our life safety is the responsibility of our government.

Single forever

1. What is the main message of Group 1's podcast topic?

Their topic is to discuss the attitude toward marriage. The doctor wants to be single forever , and the student wants to marry.

2. Did their show provide solutions to the problem? What are they?

No, they don't think being single is a problem;however, they show us two kinds of concept of value in their life. They think whether you want to marry or not, its up to your decision.

3. Comment on the group's podcast.

3.1 What can you say about the quality of recording?

I very enjoy being a audience. Their show is very interesting, and I don't feel boring because the atmosphere is very pleasant.

3.1.1 Was the voice of the hosts/guests/characters loud and clear?

I can totally understand what they talk about, and the conversations are very clear, the tone is great. The only problem is one of the host just too loud to listen clearly, and make me feel unbearable.

3.1.2 Was there any background noise that made it difficult to understand what was being said?

I think the background music is good because it make the all show lovely. So I don't think they have background problem.

3.1.3 Was the pacing (speed) of the delivery (oral delivery made by the hosts/guests/characters) too slow or too fast?

All I want to say is very comfortable to listen their show, their English are great, what they pronounce is correct,and the whole conversation is fluently.

The only problem is the student guest, she hesitates too much, and her speed is a little bit slow.

3.2 Was there any sound effects or background music used? Was it effective? In what way?

They use one music in the opening part and the end. And they also use some sound effect to make catch the audience ear.

3.3 Was there anything that you like about their show? What is it and why?

I enjoy the voice of the cute host, and the advertisement what they show are smooth.

3.4 Was there anything that you didn't like about their show? What is it and why?

The voice of the host is too loud and the tone is too high.

3.5 If Group 1 is given the chance to do another presentation, what would you suggest members of Group 1 to do to make their presentation better?

The guest have to be fluently more.

4. What do you think?

4.1 What do you think about marriage? Should a person stay single or get married? State your opinion based on any of the following factors:

Actually, I don't want to get marry, and I don't want to stay single. I think I can have my boyfriend but not marry.

My parents are divorced, and I had seen plenty of single parent, their life are very misery, especially for women, their life are harder than men.

The society is change, the love affair is too much, as a result, I don't believe love is forever and I believe man is changable. They always change.

And I think single women's life is colorful, we can live what we want, and don't have to spend too much time to take care of children, and the life expenses isn't worry too much.

Taking care of mother

1. What is the main message of Group 2's podcast topic?
They are talking about the issue of taking care of our elderly mother and father. The two points is that they want to take care of their parents and the other is just send their parents to the nursing home.
2. Did their show provide solutions to the problem? What are they?
They only provide solutions to prevent the feeling of lonely. First, the elderly parents can exercise. Second, they can plan their life. Last, they can raise some pets to accomany with them.
3. Comment on the group's podcast.They show us the news in the beginning, it is a good way to catch our eyes. They had recite the draft very well. But the quality of the show is a little bit boring. Talkshow should relax and funny, but the whole show is too serious. I can't listen clearly of what they say, not only just for the steady tone makes me sleepy but also the way to pronounce words are hard to distinguish. I have to concentrate more to understand what they say. Many of them are pronoucing well, but the host and some of the guests are not fluently enough. When the backgound music stop, I can listen clearly. But as long as they played the music, their voice were covered by the backgound music. I don't like the speed and the tone, they lack of the enthusiasm. However, I agree with what they think, the new point of elderly to think that they can have more friends in nursing home.
3.5 If Group 2 is given the chance to do another presentation, what would you suggest members of Group 2 to do to make their presentation better?
I suggest they have to make their voice more enthusiastic and they can make their show just like the ordinary chat. Don't make their show so serious.
I think they can add some music or more news to make the show vivid, so that I no longer feel bored.
4. What do you think?
4.1 What do you think about taking care of your mother/father? Should a child/children shoulder this responsibility? State your opinion based on any of the following factors:
I will take care of my parents when they get old is base on the following facts:
1. it is too expensive to take care of old people
3. it's a child's duty
4. your parents should live with you when they are old
7. part of the Asian culture
The Asian culture values the gratitude to our parents very much, and I love my parents a lot, it make me think it is a must to take care of them and accompany with them. They raise me almost nearly 20 years, I should return the unconditional love to them. Taking care of them is not just my responsibility, I should make their life better than now. I know they spent their whole life to take care of me, I gratitute what they done for me, so I will make they happy when they old. I don't want to marry , and I love to accompany with my parents.

What my sincere suggestions for Obama

Dear Obama:
Really really congradulations! We know Unite States need a president who really care for the people and the world. You have many experiences not just for politics but taking the poor. We know you really kind and want people to live a better life. Maybe this time the Unite States will have a great change, and I want to give you some my sincere advices:

1.Don't spend too money on war, reduce the army and take the budget of war back.
2.Raise higher tax for the rich, reduce the tax for the poor, making balance between poor and rich.
3. By using the power of education and media to make people change the values on the society, and then people will care about the life of everyone.
4.Gathering the power of relieves to make the world get together, and making more World meeting for a large kinds of advancing this world, from the environment to the economy.
5.Warming people the disaster of world, be aware of the environmental health. From young to old, no matter any kinds of race, we all have to take responsibility to the world environment. And educate all the people the important ways to protect our world.

There are what I really want this world to make changes, I believe you will surely effect a great deal part of the world. I hope you can take some my advices, and I will wait for the new great and peaceful Obama generation.

Most regard
Rachel Yang
From Taiwan