MY COMMENTS ON REFLECTION TASKS

1a ESRA KIZILKAYA

1b SEDA NUR KURT

2a UFKU AYLİN KILIÇ

2b AYŞE KIRMIZI

3a CENNET KALKAN

REWRITE REFLECTION TASK 2B

HER

 In this reflection, I’ll give some information about the film which I really love, enjoy, and also try to develop empathy while watching, ‘’HER’’.  I love this film so much and strongly suggest you to watch if you don’t yet. This film tells the story of a man who has a relationship with an operating system which is designed with artificial intelligence to adopt and evolve. It was written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. It  was proadcasted in 2013 in science fiction, romantic comedy, drama. It has many awards including Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay,Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Writers' Guild of America for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards for Best Pictures, National Board of Review Awards for Best Film and Best Director. This film was also included in the list of the ten films of 2013 by National American Film Institute. In this film, director wants to show the feelings of a man at the edge of divorse, in the seek of someone to share his lonelines by discussing and questioning the meaning of love and life. I really like the way he reflect the feelings of the main character, Theodore. In the film, when he buys the operating system, Theodor chooses the voice of it as a female voice, and the all advanture begins. After for a while, they begin to be able to do everything together with the help of headphones and a little camera that enables the system to see and hear everything they do, everywhere they go. The operating system, Samantha (as named by herself) effects him so deeply with her intellegence and ability to understand the emotions and develop herself in an increadible speed in contrast to his expectations that Theodore falls in love with her in spite of his ever never being able to touch her. The director reflects the feeling of both Samantha and Theodore and the dilemmas they live about whether the love they have is real or not. perfectly. In the first scenes of the movie, the director tries to mention that with the fast developing technology, people begin to be more lonely, and he also emphasize during the film that people try to remove their loneliness even with lifeless things by virtual ways.

REWRITE REFLECTION TASK 1B

ALPER SUNAÇOĞLU

  In this article, I’ll introduce you Alper Sunaçoğlu who is not well-known but  has an increadible career as a sportsman  especially in swimming with his numerous medals and recors worldwide as well as in other sport fields. He has great accomplishments and represented our country successfully in many areas. Alper Sunaçoğlu was born in 1973, in İstanbul. He started swimming when he was 5 years old, and has broken a lot of records in many tracks in swimming. Besides swimming, he continues to do acrobatic parachute, paragliding, scuba,far east sports, and triathlon and modern pentathlon both profesionally and being licenced. He has many medals in swimming triathlon and military pentathlon; in addition, he has numerous  accomplishments in international platforms. To begin with on 4-5 September 2010, he swam from Anamur-Mersin to Girne-Kıbrıs in 26 hours 15 minutes, in other words, the whole Meditarrinean, non-stop without a cage which save sportsmen from any attack of sharks or any other dangers in the sea, and he broket he world record. Although the distance is normally 78 km, with the flow and deviations, it was about 95 km. The previous record holder fort he same distance wasnational swimmer  Ersin Aydın who swam it in 34 hours and 45 minutes with a cage. On 23 April 2011, he made another first accomplishment in the world history being the first person who swim the whole Bosporus. Bathing from the Sarıyer, he swam along a track about 30 km in 2 hours an 25 minutes accompanied with 2 referee, 3 trainers, and a lot of native and foreign press. This record attempt was broadcasted by a foreign channel in 36 different country. Apart from these, he had also some record attemts which had to be cancelled due to some financial or political reasons. In the future he plans to represent our country in FINA GRAND PRIX OPEN-WATER contests in 8 different contries and 8 different distances if efficent financial support is provided. That's why, with all these accomplishment, I strongly believe that he deserves to be much more famous.

    

    

REWRITE REFLECTION TASK 1A

Hi everybody!

My name is Fatma, I’m from Antalya, I was born in 20 July 1995, in Antalya.  I’m a first degree  student in  Faculty of Language Education department at METU. This is my second year in METU. I was at preparatory  school last year and it was a big chance for me to both to adopt to the campus life and to develop myself academically. I’ve graduated from Türkler I.M.K.B. Anatolia Teacher Training High School in Alanya. Our class was the least populated one throughout its history, we’re only seven! It was both a advantage and disadvantage for us. We had to participate in each lesson  actively unlike the other classes, but in case of any unwillingness towards to any lesson, it was very easy to break it up, because it was also easy to constitute a majority. I stayed at dormitory during my high school time. We made a lot of increadible memories along these years both good and bad, but I think they all made me more experienced and conscient person in interpersonal relations. Besides these, I also want to talk about my hobbies, or rather than hobbies, the things I enjoy doing; because there is nothing regarded as hobby that I do continuously . I like swimming or any other activities relateted to sea, but it’s impossible in Ankara to do it. However, last year, I had a chance to have a similar experience, I went to Blue Lake with my friends and rode paddle boat. On the other hand, in the past, I was in marching band for 6 years both in primary school and high school. In addition, I was also in folklore group in primary school for 2 years. 

MY HOMETOWN

    

OUR CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL

OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY

THE MARCHING BAND

WHILE RIDING PADDLE BOAT IN BLUE LAKE

VIDEO TASK

Answer the questions below according to the video.

1)In which part of the day the conversation takes place?

a) In the early morning

b) In the afternoon

c) At night

2)What’s true about Monica?

a) She was at lunch alone

b)Her credit card was stolen

c)The luch costed her 53 $

3) How did Rachel quess the truth?

a) Because Monica borrowed her jacket.

b) Because the receipt was too much.

c) Because Monica forgot the keys in her pocket.

Write the letter that corresponds to the character who said the following lines in the video.

M: Monica

R: Rachel

(   ) They took Ben to the park, where have you been?

(   )Someone must have stolen mycredit card.

(    )When it started I was just trying to be nice to her.

(   ) Oh, please, you wanted to get caught!

(   ) I was thinking of you the whole time

(   ) Did it ever occur to you that I might just be that stupid?

(   ) I just really need to not be with you right now.

Rewrite the following sentences stated in the video with the modal verbs given in the bracket.

If  Monica  were at lunch alone, how come it cost her 53 dollars?(can/can’t)

………………………………………………………………………………………………….

It was wrong for Monica to lie to Rachel. (should)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Rachel needs to be alone. (should)

Monica…………………………………………………………………………………………

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

A husband and wife in China are seeking new homes for more than 50 cats and dogs, after spending their life savings looking after the animals.

Hu Fengduan and his wife live alongside the pets in a flat measuring just 20 sq m (215 sq ft), the China News Service reports.  The animals are former strays which the couple took in from the streets of Chengdu, in the southwestern province of Sichuan. It started 10 years ago with the rescue of a cat who was stuck on a roof, Mr Hu is quoted as saying on the NetEase web portal. Since then, more animals have joined the household, and are now costing the couple 3,000 yuan ($485; £320) each month. His wife, a former nurse, looks after the animals' health herself because veterinary appointments are too expensive.

Mr Hu, a former gemstone appraiser who currently works as a street vendor, says their money has run out, and the pets need new homes. "We've spent all of our savings to raise them. I'm hoping more warm-hearted people can help us by adopting some of the pets," he says. "We don't want any money but only ask people to be good to the animals." In 2011, a former chef made the news for looking after 140 stray dogs at his home near the Chinese city of Wuhan. He was supported by people's donations, which helped to cover food costs.

CHALENGİNG WORDS

Stray: başıboş, kaybolmuş

Quote:  fiyatlandırmak

Gemstone: kıymetli taş, cevher

Appraiser: muhammin, değer/paha biçen kimse

Vendor:  satıcı

The news is kind of an announcement which says that the Fengduon couple is looking for volunteer people to take care the animals they gathered from the street without any fee, since the cost of animals’ care is a bit too much compared to thier income. The writer commanly uses simple present and present continuous tense to refer to regular, repeated, habitual actions except the part where he uses past tense to decribe the background in the story and in the part where tells situation that is not directly connected to a definite past time but stil occuring in the present. (More animals’ve joined…, their money has run out…, we’ve spent… )He wrote this news in an objective tone. He doesn’t reflects his emotions about the situation, or evaluate the Fengduon couple. 

to read more, please click on: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-30831412

REFLECTION TASK 2B

HER

 In this reflection, I’ll give some information about the film I really love,  enjoy and also try to develop empathy while watching, ‘’HER’’.  I love this film so much and strongly suggest you to watch if you don’t yet. This film tells the story of a man who has a relationship with a operating system which is designed with artificial intelligence, to adopt and evolve. It was written, directed and produced by Spike Jonze. It  was proadcasted in 2013 in science fiction, romantic comedy, drama. It has many awards including Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay,Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Writers' Guild of America for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards for Best Pictures, National Board of Review Awards for Best Film and Best Director. This film was also included in the list of the ten films of 2013 by National American Film Institute. In this film, director wants to show the feelings of man at the edge of divorse, in the seek of someone to share his lonelines by discussing and questioning the meaning of love and life. I really like the way he reflect the feelings of the main character, Theodore. In the film, when he buys the operating system, theodor chooses the voice of it as a female voice, and the all advanture begins. After for a while, they begin to be able to do everything together with the help of headphones and a little camera that enables the system to see and hear everything they do, everywhere they go. The operating system, Samantha (as named by herself) effects him so deeply with her intellegence and ability to understand the emotions and develop herself in an increadible speed in contrast to his expectations that Theodore falls in love with her in spite of his ever never being able to touch her. The director reflects the feeling of both Samantha and Theodore and the dilemmas they live about whether the love they have is real or not. perfectly. In the first scenes of the movie, the director tries to mention that with the fast developing technology, people begin to be more lonely, and he also emphasize during the film that people try to remove their loneliness even with lifeless things by virtual ways.