A Cold Night With New York's Homeless(The New York TImes)

According to the"A Cold Night With New York's Homeless(The New York TImes)", There are no presents under the Christmas tree in the Open Door drop-in shelter in Midtown. The tree is an artificial, tinseled totem wedged between a Pepsi machine and a trash can in a large, spare room where a couple of hundred men and women sit all night in metal folding chairs trying to simultaneously sleep and keep close track of their belongings at their feet.


My Reaction:
Christmas is a fascinating holidays for people all over the world to celebrate with their family and anticipate the coming year. Theoretically, everybody feels cheerful during the Christmas vacation. However, what I read in the article seems not conform to the situation. There is also some unhappiness in the world. Those vagrants and someone who lives alone without others’ care can not feel the warm in the special time. Instead, they may suffer from illness, disasters and starvation so that they have hardships in their living. Finding a shelter to rest is a big problem for them every day, especially for those linger in a metropolitan cities, where are crowded and the citizens are emotionless.

To reduce the problem, the government should figure out some solutions to aid the disadvantage. For instance, the legislation department makes lawmaking to protect their rights, gives some welfare and compensation for them in order to decrease the rate of robbery, theft and fraud. In that way, we hope to see the improvement in the problem and make our society more pretty. (242 words)

Australia Unveils Targets to Cut Pollution(The New York Times)

According to the"Australia Unveils Targets to Cut Pollution(The New York Times)", SYDNEY, Australia- Australia announced plans Monday to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 5 to 15 percent by 2020, angering environmental groups that had lobbied for much deeper cuts.


My Reaction:
Global warming is one of the most noticeable issues around the world. It not only influences the ecological balance and the climate but also raises awareness in human’s society. Many scientists, environmental groups try hard to persuade the authority concerned through strikes, fast, parades and so on. Recently, the governments are aware of the consequences which result from the situation. Although the Kyoto Protocol is the evidence of their care, the numbers of the countries who really put it into realization are just a few. Also, some dominant powerful nations do not sign the contract because the contents will not benefit their domestic production. Some developing countries are not within the range of the limitation about the amount of carbon dioxide, such as China and India, which produce most in the rank. Therefore, the problem still can not be solved.

Thanks to the policy of the Australian government, they make a concession to convert the situation. It is a pioneer in the developed countries. If we want the situation will not get worse and harm the environment for our descendents, we should figure out some solutions and every people should equip with knowledge about the global warming. I think everyone should be responsible for it not just the matter of the governments. Hope the action is the initiative of the improvement. (241 words)

College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S(The New York Times)

According to the"College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S(The New York Times)", The rising cost of college- even before the recession- threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.



My Reaction:
Now to enter a college is not a difficult problem for student in Taiwan because the rate of enrollment is getting higher and higher. Getting a Bachelor Degree is not unusual anymore. Not like Taiwan, graduating from a college or university is not an easy matter in western countries since they are high education schools. Most of them are hard to apply and also hard to graduate from. Their goals are to cultivate talents in the fields. After they graduate, they are able to contribute their specialties to our society or maybe put what they have learned in use in other relative fields. The cost of the tuition is not cheap because colleges have to devote more mental and physical efforts than senior or junior high schools do. Besides, they sustain great responsibilities to educate our descendents.

I think the government should figure out more solutions to the issue. Owing to the recession of economy, colleges must take some steps to sustain their position and living. However, students in low-income families will be affected by the movement. Their rights to get higher education and change their positions by studying are invaded. Thus, Banks are supposed to give low-interest loans to those students so that they can keep learning and be advantageous. (236 words)

YouTube and Ning Just Say No to Sex(The New York Times)

According to the "YouTube and Ning Just Say No to Sex(The New York Times)", As popular and ubiquitous as sex is on the Internet, it would seem like a natural fit for Web-based businesses looking to attract page views and revenue. But some big sites built on user-shared content have decided it’s smart business to limit sexually explicit material.


My Reaction:
Recently, there are many pieces of erotic news or websites on the Internet. Some of the websites are about the sexual videos, pictures and the sexual deals with young ladies or girls. If the websites are browsed by children or teenagers, it will not be good to their mental development. They will be much more mature than others who are not interested in these things. Those websites will not only lower the quality of the Internet but also add commercialization to the Internet. Some homepages of websites or some advertisements like to put pornography or some hot girls pictures to attract more people’s attention and boost their economy. Lawless people will grasp the chances and maybe do some illegal bargains. To many the public’s disappointment, some criminals still remain out of the law’s reach.


Thanks to YouTube and Ning ‘s rational determination, they enforced the efficiency of the laws, which are to ban obscene behaviors or some photos in public or on the Internet. They block the aphrodisiac videos and porno films uploaded by people or set the limitation of age whenever someone wants to see them. However, the latter was adopted before and now they want to cancel the idea. Other websites should learn what the two big websites do and keep up with their initiative. In this way, our society will be much better. (269 words)