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Scene Map:

characters: Windrider, Dragon King

setting: Windrider was talking with Dragon King in the beach

How the scene begins: Windrider had lost with his friends in the beach. He found Dragon King and talked with him.

How the scene ends: The Dragon King took Windrider to the dragon land.

Problems: Windrider was a dragon before he was born as a human.



Substitute:

What do you think if Windrider have his conversation with Dragon King in modern U.S.A?

I think the U.S.A people will try to catch Dragon King but Dragon King will kill them.



Modify:

What do you think if Windrider is scientific?

I think he will argue with Dragon King for he was a dragon before he was born.



Rearrange:

What do you think if Windrider becomes friend with Miss Whitlaw before Moon Shadow go to the demons land?

I think Moon Shadow will not be much afraid of the demons.



Rewritten Scene:

I had gone to sleep with the others, but I woke up to find myself in a strange place. This place was full of tall buildings and full of strange eyesights of people. The people wore very peculiar clothes that was totally different from the clothes we are wearing now. The air was very dirty and there were many strange machines, like richshaws running across the road. These strange machines gave out very loud, disgusting voice when they came across with me. It seemed they were expelling me. While I was lying on the road helplessly, a big sound came from the sky. The sound had made the land shake and had almost made the world collapse. A big creature flew through the sky above my head and four gliders were following it. The creature spiralled above me nonstop. Eventually it landed in front of me. I saw a dragon sitting on the road. The people who wore strange clothes had already formed a circle surrounding me and the dragon.

I guessed they wanted to catch the dragon and studied its structure. They stood quietly with small pistols in their hands. The whole city liked becoming dead. Suddenly they bursted towards the dragon and hit it. But then the dragon seemed to be unscathed. It flew into the sky again and used his wings to blow into the crowd. The people yelled and screamed and ran away as fast as they could just like there was a tsunami. After a while, the crowd had all disappeared and the road remained me and the dragon.

'My name is Dragon King. That's brilliant that you aren't scared, are you?' he said.

'I think that's too magical that there is a true dragon in this world.'

'Well, there isn't only a dragon but there are so many dragons in this world.'

'Humph,' he grunted, 'rather a miserable, soft-skinned body they've given you, Windrider.' The Dragon King's voice boomed inside his vast body, the words echoing and vibrating like a gong in a large hall. 'You committed a great crime, but you at least deserved to be born as a worm or a lizard. I meam, really, it's a bit drastic to be born as a softskin, don't you think?'

I don't know,' I said, looking at his body and his wings as I was wondering how he could fly.

The Dragon King sighed. 'You made terrible puns, cheated at dice, and criticized the meter of my excellent poems, but you were once a phenomenal healer.'

'How would you prove it? I mean this is too mythicize. I am an honest and intergrity man and I won't do this kind of humble things.'

The Dragon King laughed, and it sounded like someone pounding on a brass door. 'Aha. Aha. Aha. My dear fellow, right now you may be as miserable a specimen of a softskin as it has ever been my misfortune to see; but in a former life, you were once the greatest physician of all the dragons, and - I must tell you - something of a showoff when it came to flying. That's how you got your name. Then, in one of your playful moods, you grew as large as the world and tried to blow out the fires in the sun by fanning your wings. For that great crime, your head was cut off and you were reborn among the softskins. And among them you must remain until you prove yourself worthy once again of being a dragon.'
I replied I remembered nothing.
The Dragon King sighed patiently.'Before a soul is reborn into a new bidy in a new life, he drinks a broth which makes him forget everything. But though your mind might not remember, your hands do. My spies tell me you still retain some of your old skills.'
'But I know nothing of my healing. I only tinker with machines.'
'I am never wrong.' The Dragon King wag a claw above my head. 'Surely you remember that the magic of our kingdom takes different forms in the mortal lands? Once, as a dragon, you could cut the small shapes of butterflies and birds out of paper and make them come to life. Now as a softskin you can only make the things called kites - that skill is only a remnant of your old powers. Now heal me, for I frow weary of our talk.'
'But I am only good at science. I don't know what will happen after I have used these unidentified stuff.'
'Trust to your hands and do not think about what you are doing.' The Dragon King added,'And do not fear. No harm will come to you if you fail. I called you here as my old friend.'
At that moment I was planning to get away from the Dragon King and stop wasting my time to listen his rubbish story. But when I felt a great shadow pass over me, I looked up. The Dragon King had spread his left wing outward to reveal the wound in his side. The bony ribs of the wing stood out as high as a hill, and the arteries and veins gleamed like wires of fine-spun ruby and tur quoise pressed into a thin sheet of jade. But then I looked at his side and saw a gash that was about twice as long as me. It had been covered with an ugly black scab. He told me later he had recieved the wound during a border skirmish with the outlaw dragons who lived in the hills of the seashore.
'What did you use to do this?'
He ignored my question and dwindled in size until he was only about twice my length. 'Help me to redintegrate my wound! Believe your hand.'

English Homework

The education minister cuts the class sizes of secondary schools in Hong Kong. He plans to reduce the size of form one classes from 40 to 38 next year and to 36 in 2010. This action is to solve the problem of closure in secondary schools. The action has good points and bad points. The good point is that it can keep more schools open and so there will be fewer teachers lose their jobs. The bad point that I think is the class sizes after the action is still be too big for some schools. Some elite schools are also against the action. And so I think Hong Kong government should establish different maximum sizes base on different schools’ needs. And I think that this action can’t improve the education quality too. There are still thirty students in a small classroom after the action and there may be a large range between the top student and the bottom student. And it will make teachers hard to teach the students.
I think the government can reduce the class sizes more, for example from 40 to 25 or under. Because this will first solve the problem of closure in schools. And second this will provide teachers more time to prepare their lessons as the numbers of books for them to mark are greatly reduced.

History homework

The five qualities are curious about everything, very observant, creative, determine what society needs and patient. I think that Hong Kong need to have more inventors to invent more new things that can prevent global warming because it's one of the most serious problem in Hong Kong. So Hong Kong people should promote all of these qualities.
The schools in Hong Kong don't foster students much in these qualities because they don't want students to become inventors or scientists in the future. Schools want them to become economists as they can promote the economic of Hong Kong. Creative is the only one that the schools foster most by letting students to create their works themselves instead of giving them restrictions. Some schools may also say that students should be curious about everything but they don't foster students. And the school don't talk about patient of students because it's parents' job to train them. The other two are overlooked.

Which revolution does Hong Kong need?

I don't think Hong Kong need any revolution. Why Hong Kong doesn't need American Revolution? Because just look through the causes of the war. Although Hong Kong is a bit discontent with China's rule, but the discontent of Hong Kong is not as strong as that of the thirteen colonies to Britain as China doesn't allow Hong Kong to say about Communist Party's shortcomings only. China just limits Hong Kong in political, but Britain limits the thirteen colonists' in economic too. And these limits bring the colonists to rebel. Therefore, I think Hong Kong doesn't need American Revolution.
Hong Kong doesn't need French Revolution because Hong Kong people aren't discontent with the government. Hong Kong government doesn't rule badly and isn't corrupt. The government doesn't look like the one in France at that time. And Hong Kong doesn't have any financial crisis too. Although Hong Kong's society is a bit inequal, the inequality isn't as big as that of France. So Hong Kong doesn't need French Revolution either.
Hong Kong doesn't need Industrial Revolution because first, not most of Hong Kong people work in farms. Second, Hong Kong is a small place and when we have industrial revolution, then that means there will be a huge amount of industies exist in Hong Kong. So when the industries work, there must be a large amount of pollution produced, then Hong Kong will become a polluted city. In the Industrial Revolution, people could not drive the new machines invented during that period by old power sources, so they need to develop some new sources. But as I have said that industries development isn't suitable to appear in Hong Kong, development in new sources of power isn't indeed too. And also, as most Hong Kong people work in economy but not in science, there won't be any discoveries and inventions in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong doesn't need Cultural Revolution because China will suppress Hong Kong as they don't want Hong Kong to become the after age of Taiwan. China doesn't want to lose Hong Kong because Hong Kong can help China's development and make China a strong country. And Hong Kong is just wasting its time.

The five quanlities that a good inventor might have

I think the five quanlities that a good inventor should have are careful observation, having perseverance, hardworking, brave and having a scientific mind. Let's talk about why should a good inventor have careful having perseverance and hardworking first. Just think about how Thomas Edison invented light bulb, he used 1600 different kinds of materials to carbonize and make filament, but he failed. Yet he kept on trying. If we don't have perseverance or we aren't as hardworking as Thomas Edison, then how can we become a good inventor like him?

Having bravery is one of the quanlities that a good inventor should have because when you think about Marie Curie, she discovered radium but died from its radiation. All kinds of discoveries and inventions must have dangerous as you don't know much of it, so if you aren't brave enough and just afraid that you will be died because of this experiment, you can't do any invention.

All inventors must have careful observation because when you are careless and don't be aware of things, then you will never have any ideas of what to invent. They also need a scientific mind as they always need to be do a lot of scientific thinking. They should think of the things in a scientific way.

Number the Star

In the book, the characters always tell lies to each other because they want to protect everybody. For example, Uncle Henrik has lied Annemarie that Great-aunt Birte has died. But Annemarie realized that there wasn't Great-aunt Birte. Uncle Henrik has said to Annemarie that people will be brave if they know not many things and he wants to help Annemarie so he tells lie to her.
The story happens when the Nazis soldiers are going to ''relocate'' the Jewish. And Annemarie's best friend, Ellen, is one of the goal of the soldiers in the ''relocating'' action. So Ellen needs to move from Compenhagen to Henrik's house. And this event help to bring in the climax of the story.
I think Annemarie is very fearless because she is just ten years old and she can overcome her fear by remembering that she told story to Kirsti to reassure herself when she and her mother are seperate. If I was she, I may be in a maze and just cry. That's why I admire her so much.

History Homework

1. How did the colonists unite America?
First, the colonists were discontent for what Britain had done to them. The Britain passed some acts so that the colonists had to pay for the cost of keeping the army that defeated France. The Britain also passed some unfair economic policy to the colonists. Because of this, the colonists called into the The Boston Tea Party. After this event, the British govenment proclaimed the Intolerable Acts to punish those who took part in the event. This joined the thirteen colonies together. They called the First Continental Congress and demanded the King of Britain should end the Intolerable Acts. But the Britain government refused so the colonists started the American Revolution. And France helped the colonists against Britain as she wanted to take revenge for her defeat in the Seven Years' War. The colonists proclaimed The Declaration of Independence and declared independence of the thirteen colonies which became the United States of America. Eventually, Holland and Spain helped the colonists to fight against Britain and Britain was defeated. Britain signed the Treaty of Paris to recognize the independence of the thirteen colonies.

2. How did the legislature take part in the structure of the federal government?
There were one hundred members in the Senate in the legislature which standed for the States while the four hundred and thirty-five members of the House of Representatives standed for the people's interests in the States. The legislature made law and could impeach the President.

3. How did the revolution happen?
First, the colonists were discontent for the economic and political tactic that the British government made for them. So the colonists called into the Boston Tea Party and the Bristish government passed the Intolerable Acts to punish them. And they called the First Continental Congress to demand the Britain government should end the Intolerable Acts. But the Britain refused so the colonists started the American revolution.

4.Why did the people in the Enlightenment object to absolute power?
The people in the Enlightenment objected to absolute power because first of all, these people were educated. They had new ideas about people's rights and they understood that they could rebel if the king suppressed their natural rights which are life, liberty and property. But the absolute power arrested their natural rights so they objected to it.

5. Explain one of the acts that created economic discontent amongst the American colonists.
Britain got cheap raw materials and a big market for her goods from the thirteen Conlonies. Yet she did not let them produce things that would compete with her goods. The colonists thought that this policy was not fair because they couln't trade freely.

Hong Kong and the 13 Colonies

When we compared the differences between Colonial America and Colonial Hong Kong, there must be a lot because they are in the totally different world.
Colonial Hong Kong had a variety transport, from the ferries and rickshaws to the buses. From the transportation development, we can see that Hong Kong’s trade is more thriving. The British business men came to Hong Kong to do trading but they didn’t do it in the Colonial America. There weren’t any special acts to control Hong Kong too. And so Hong Kong people didn’t make any revolution.
In political, as Hong Kong is only made up of one colony but America is made up of 13 colonies, America may be more disorder. So they signed a constitution while Hong Kong didn’t. Besides, the America developed independence.
Although there are a lot of differences, there are some similarities too. Let’s talk about the similarities in political first. Both are governed by the Britain. There isn’t any absolutism. They have governors and the rule of law but the names of each organization are different. What Hong Kong calls the America’s Congress, President and the court are the Legislature council, Chief executive and the court of Final Appeal respectively.

Going to the Ocean Park

This morning, my classmates and I went to the Ocean Park. I have not gone to there for about four years so it has been changing a lot. When I walked around the Ocean Park this morning I could find there was a lot of constructions carrying out. And I knew there is going to have some hotels. It seem to be a good thing to the Ocean Park because the hotels can attract more tourist to come. But it may destroy everything in the natural place when building the hotels. This morning I found that half of a hill in the Ocean Park has been already eradicated and the rest is going to be the same too. And there was also some land reclamation. From these activities, I can find that Hong Kong society cannot reach the substainable development. And this must not be allowed to happen in an international city.
About my learning in this morning, I learnt that the eating habit of the animals. They can be basically divided into three groups. They are herbnivore, carnivore and omnivore. We humans are omnivore. I also learnt how to identify which animal is herbnivore, which animal is carnivore and which is omnivore. And I also learnt what are the problems that dolphins and pandas are facing. They are disturbed by the human activities and they are endangered.
After seeing these problems I started to doubt about what Ocean Park is doing. They knew that destory natural habitat may disturb animals, but why are they still doing it? They are still cutting up trees to make hotels and they are still doing land reclamation.
Besides learning, there was some time for us to go and play. I played some of the games in the park and I felt a bit scared when I played them.
I was satisfied about my learning and enjoyed my playing this time. When we returned to school, I heard that there were a lot of my classmates claiming that there was time limited. But the time is for playing. I disagree with them because we went to the Ocean Park is for learning, not playing. I think there was enough time today. But maybe they are not thinking the same as me.

Questions

1. What factor do you think that affects most to the land pollution?
2. What do you think about the relationship between that the country is developed or not and the land pollution?
3. How does the situation of land pollution show about the social value of that place?

Interviewing

Yesterday after school, Michael, Janet, and I went to the Temple Street to do the English project. Because it was after school and it was already 4:00pm so the time is limited. We did it in more than three hours and my mum asked me to go to home immediately when it was 7:00pm but we haven't finished it. Reluctantly I went back and put the rest of the work for Janet and Michael.
The project ask us to choose one people to interview about some information ofYau Ma Tei. My group chose to ask for the land pollution. This kind of project is just like the project I have done in the Chinese New Year holiday which was about the Central Kowloon Route. It asked us to have an interview with the people who would be affected from the Central Kowloon Route and my group chose to ask the people who worked in Jade Market. But they were very rude to us and most of them refused to help us. So this time I was smarter. I chose to ask my friends who were working in the church. They were very nice to us and they were very glad to help us except they didn't know much about English. So we needed to ask him about the question in Cantonese and they answered us first. Then we wrote down his point and wrote a script in English for him and taught him how to pronounce some of the vocabularies that he did not know. We were just pretending to be a teacher. We were just like doing a drama when filming.
From this project I learnt that choosing a good time is very important. Yesterday I felt ashamed because I threw away Janet and Michael. And also, although it is the same old stuff, I learnt the most important thing in a group work. It is the esprit de corps.
Next time I should be more careful in timeliness. And I should try asking some one that I don't know to train my bravery.

Reading the Dragonwings

This photo was taken today at 20:20 at home showing that I am reading my Dragonwings book and doing the Dragonwings worksheet.

History Homework

Hello. My name is Risaanee de Van. I was borned in 1310 the forteenth of Februray in Venice. My father was called Londg de Van and my mother was called Lisa. I didn't have any sister or brother. It's graceful for being borned in a peaceful but poor family. Everthing seemed to be stable for me. Everyday I didn't need to weak up early but just feeding my father's poultry. And all the household duties were my mother's deal. Although my father was a farmer, he knew some of the Latin too. Every night before I went to my bed, He taught me to write Latin. Every day in my free time I drew pictures in the sand. I found myself talent in drawing and I liked art too. And everyday my life went on like this. There in 1329 my father started to prepare for my wedding because he wanted me to have a new family after he and my mother had died. He found a boy from the hill and the boy knew Latin well. I had no opposes for my father's operations because there's no one allouded me to be agianst it. And we lived together in about 2 years and than we got married.
But in the next year my father died of the disease and my mother made away herself immediately when she heard about this sad news. I cried for three days and nights.
And after that we moved to the other cities, Florence. That was a new life to me and also a new challenge to me. I had five babies in the coming years, 2 boys and 3 girls. Therefore I needed to work so that I could afford the paid of my sons and daughters. When I started to work, there was a great surprise. My first drawing, ''Jesus Disiple''which shows the seven disciples of Jesus listening to the story told by Jesus, had become popular.(At least some people found me to have the signatures for them) Since then, some architect began to find me helping them to draw the draft of some chapel. And my family became richer now. My sons and daughters could go to grammar school. All of them studied for eight years. Every night before we went ot our beds, I and my husband would read the Latin book to my children. The youngest brother and sister needed to take all the household duties. The children played hopscotch in weekend. That's for my daily life in my new family.
But in 1341 my husband joined the army. (Edward's claim to throne of France caused the war.) And he died in the next year. And we felt sad for about one month. After a few months, my daily life became normal again until my death date, 1384. I died of an accident - one day I went up to the hill and very incautiously I fell into the river when I wanted to wash my hand and I drowned.
Although there was a lot of birth and death, I liked the Renaissance life because I was very lucky already if comparing with my parents who were under the Feudalism when they were young.

History Homework

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo's painting had brought a great change to the world of art while the other painters' may hadn't. For example Michelangelo designed the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome and this had a great influence on the architectural style, while Leonardo da Vinci's works developed a new painting style － using a dark three-dimensional effect.
I think the book uses these Renainssance men as examples because the book wants us to learn about the development of art in this period.

English homework

I think that it's difficult to accept for abandoning everything similar for the comletely unknown.
My experience happened when I was six years old. That year I moved my home because it my parents said that it would be near and convenient to go to my primary school, that is a new school for me in that day. I didn't go to the school that was near my home because they did not take me for my poor achievement in my kindergarten. My old home is in the upper level but I needed to abandon my comfortable and my clean air for saving money to go to school. Although this was certainlly difficult for me to aceept, after two to three months I adapted my new home and my new life and this life is good to me. But if I need to move my home to another totally different place again, I may averse because I cannot accept such a large change in my daily life.

History homework

I think nowadays in Hong Kong our power is more powerful than in the Middle Age. It's because if we (commeners in the Middle Age) don't satisfy the policy of the government (king in the Middle Age) we can just tell about it by writing a letter to the government or by making a speech in the forum. But in the Middle Age commoners couldn't. If they did it and made the king angry, they would be killed.
And also the female's power is obviously become higher. In the Middle Age they still had to do the work that their husband told them but in nowadays they can refuse to do.