Jornal#4

Complex issue

I read lots of articles about global warming in order to collect information, which I needed to present them in my writing calss, I was really shocked when I read the numbers of people who were killed by natural catastrophes in lots of countries, which were affected by global climate variability (both natural and human induced), such as Venezuela, the U.S, India, Indonesia, China and much more.

Who does not hear about floods, typhoons, droughts and other natural catastrophes? All these issues have happened because average temperatures around the world are rising gradually,which is called global warming.

However, we are responsible in somewhat about this disaster. It is quite irritating to see lots of people from different ages smoke cigarettes everywhere, which increase pollution, while other people try to do their best to protect environments. For example, we can find people who oppose using cars or even airplanes in order to reduce this issue.
Nevertheless, in my point of view, we cannot get along without modern technologies and without our factories even if they are worsening our environments because they have become essential things in our lives; likewise, we cannot ignore our environments. Therefore, people can plant more trees, recycle and stop burning things because pollution is the main cause of global warming.

Also, I believe that as people have invent lots of things to improve our lives since long time ago, they can invent new things or develop what we have rightly in form that save and serve our environments.

These are some helpful links about global warming

http://timeforchange.org/cause-and-effect-for-global-warming
http://episcopal-global-warming.wikidot.com/factory-pollution

Journal#3

Cell phone

Who does not annoy and distract when someone’s cell phone rings in the middle of class, test, or meeting?

Some people consider it an annoying tool because it spends their time, or because misusing it from people who do not care about others’ feelings.
In contrast, some people consider it as an important tool especially this period of time to reserve or cancel their appointments or to use it in emergences cases. Recently, it is rarely to find a person adult or young without a cell phone. Here is a list of countries by the number of cell phones in use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_mobile_phones_in_use
We can notice the number of cell phones in use comparing with the number of the population in each country.
However, cell phones attract people by their types, colors and sizes. We know that all cell phones’ companies compete to add new characteristics to their products to attract people. Also, they offer some safety tools such as speaker which lets people talk on their cell phones easily and safely when they drive, cook and work. Therefore, each person is responsible to be safe and aware in using it.
The article in our book shows that not only cell phone causes cars’ accidents but there are several other causes. Also, it shows that cell phones cannot cause brain cancer directly and people need more research and accurate studies to prove that cell phone can cause it. I agree with these facts, and I know that there are some negative aspect of cell phones, but I think cell phones are not the problem, but the problem is in misusing it , and people need some consciousness to know how to use it and when.

Finally, I would say that cell phones will not disappear any time soon, and people cannot get a long without them. Therefore, we have to choose either accept it with all its negative and positive aspects or to work hard to increase people’s consciousness.