Video Task

 I chose a video that most of us already known. It is a scene from a well-known  movie, Batman Dark Knight. In this video Joker looks for Harvey Dent and for this reason he and his men craches the party. However, he finds Rachel instead of Dent and explains how he got the scars to her...

Some quesitons about the clip:

The following ones are the lines from the scene. Fill in the blanks...

Joker: I only ....(have) a question, where ... (be) Harvey Dent?
Joker: You know, you remind me ... my father.

Discussion!!

1) In the movie, Joker tells different stories about how he got the scars. Which story do you like most?


2) Do you think is Batman a superhero or just a rich guy who can afford some expensive and cool toys?

Listening Comprehension..

1)How did Joker get his scars, according to the clip?


2) What does Joker want from Batman ?

Self-evaluation:

 I chose this video because I think these movie series are very good and many people like it. Especially, Joker has great impact on the movie. However, it is not very easy for me to determine this video , I have spent a lot of time to chose a video which related to our common interests. I think the most challenging part of the video task is that. On the other hand, this task is a little bit easier and more entertaining than the other because not only do you have some fun but also the readers. They can enjoy it why they read it. Therefore, I think a video task is better than a normal paragraph writing task.

I hope you like it..

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Reflection task 3..

                                                  The Person of The Year

My candidate for the person of the year is Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns, mostly known as Mr. Burns. He is the owner of nuclear power plant in Springfield. He provides a lot of job opportunities for the lazy, selfish, ignorant people of the town. He is just an old man and of course a little bit greedy but this maybe because of his loneliness... 

                                                 He is a lovely man isn't it ? (!)

He runs a  power plant which develops the town. He, of course, treats his employees very badly but we all do it won't we? It doesn't make us bad, it makes us a employer. He has some mottos which are very popular in the world. He says " release the hounds" whenever he wnats to get rid of someones but it is maybe because of to get rid of the bad memories or childhood tragedies ...

                                                     Such a nice voice ...

He does not help anyone or donate anything to anywhere but he is my candidate because he is rich, he has power and power plant!

Important note: I know he is just a cartoon character but I think in real world we cannot decide the person of the year because there are almost 7 billion people in the world and we only choose the most powerful or rich (!) one as the person of the year. However, if you want to see the last year's person of the year here is a link http://poy.time.com/

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Reflection Task 2b...

                                                                     ONE CHANCE

This is a video from a very famous TV show, Britain's Got Talent, and that man is Paul Potts. He is just an ordinary man working as a mobile phone salesman and wants to make his dream, being an opera singer, come true. At the beginning he looks very shy and lack of self confident and I think neither do the jury nor the audiences believe that he could sing. However, when he starts singing they realize that they were wrong.

I choose this video  because I think most of us, maybe unintentionally, judge the people their appearances. We do not give them a shot to tell their stories, we are just prejudiced individuals. However, we can understand from this video that things can be very different from we thought. Potts is just a simple example for that. He win the competition and become an opera singer. His story gives inspiration to many people. Moreover, a movie "One Chance" about his life story  was filmed! By the way, I haven't watch it yet but some people says it is a nice movie. Anyway, I think this kind of stories can change our bad behaviours like prejudgement and make us better human beings. 

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 Why are the social networking sites so popular?

  
Almost every one of us has written a paragraph about this topic and I chose it because I want to share  my opinion on it in this blog.

 Today billions of people use these social networking sites like facebook, twitter ..Why they are so popular is a very controversial topic. I think there are some reasons for that. First of all is that they are very entertaining.  People always love to know about other people and show what they are doing in their life to others. Thanks to these sites they can easily do these things and while they are doing this they really enjoy. Therefore, they like using these sites very much. Second reason is that these sites are FREE!! Money always be the most important factor in human life which determines what people do and do not. That means not that much people would  use them if they are not free. This, of course, also give chance to more people to use them. Final reason is the speed of these web sites. Many people can contact with each other very quickly and easily by using them. They do not need any other devices , they can use even their cell phones to reach a friend and give him the recent news or gossips. In conclusion, because of these reasons the social networking sites are very popular and commonly used in today's world.

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The Reflection Task 1b

Hello my friend, I am Halil Rıfat or in short form HR. I am from Sivas and living in Ankara because of my education. I am a student in METU and my department is Foreign Language Education. I want to find friends from other universities so let me tell you about myself a little bit. As I mentioned it before, I am a student and that is the biggest part of my life. Besides studying , I try to do some enjoyable things. I really music , for example. It has always been my dream since I was a kid therefore I really try to play some instruments and I started to play Ney almost 3 years ago. I am not very good at it but I like it. Another hobby of mine is theatre. I go to theatre at least once a month. I think it is one of the most beautiful art in the world. However, I also hate some things such as Frisbee. I think Frisbee is not a sport although many people say it is. That's all about me which I can share for now. In conclusion I really want to make new friends from different places so I hope this will be helpful :)

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 Hello, I'm Halil Rıfat, 33, from Sivas. I was graduated from METU English Language Teaching Department. After that, I started to work as an English teacher in a high school in a small town. I've been working the same town since then. Besides teaching, I have some hobbies such as music and retro things. Since the high school , I've been trying to play some enstruments but I can only play Ney and Baglama.I also collect some retro stuff like pocket watches and old records. My only dream is being retired and buying a house some distant part of the country.

   I am not a talkative person, that's why I could not find someone to share my boring life so I want to try this way. Thanks for reading..

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          A macrobiotic diet is based on the concept of yin and yang in Eastern philosophy and the natural balance of nature. For example, there is no meat in a macrobiotic diet because the small number of teeeth in our mouth used for chewing meat compared to the other kind of teeth. Therefore, macrobiotics believe that we are not designed to have meat in our diet. When we chew the rice, natural sugar is produced in the mouth. So, we do not need any sugar from other sources. However, of course, we need vegatables along with brown rice becouse they are such a rich source of vitamins and other essential nutrients.