ABOUT WORLD CUP

World Cup first stage which last two weeks ended yesterday. 32 teams took part in the stage. 10 teams were from America, 13 from Europe, 4 from Asian and 5 from Africa. Half of the 32 teams are taking vacation. whole another half are preparing the next round. Although all of Asian teams have been out, this result is worst one in past 16 years, but they have done their best. I believe they will be better in next World Cup.

Take dictation from 00:40----01:06

 Bread is cheapest item in the grocery store.
 A: You save your money.
 B: Take of the variety toast you can get, order whole, white whole and grain all those torus, hotest torus is delicious. After have you try all bran of the those toast, try to moving the bagels. (Hi, check my listening mistake please. Thank you)

Share my gardening to you

This flower name is Peony. It is easy to planting. After that the flower grow up very quickly and easy to take care it. But it drinks too much water and it is so beautiful.

     The light pink Peony looks like noble and elegant.

 This flower name is Poppy. It has special meaning-----Canadians remember the sacrifices of our veterans and brave fallen in all wars up to the present day in which Canadians took part,  each year on November 11: Remembrance Day. Canadians wear the red poppy and observe a moment of silence at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to honour the sacrifices of over a million brave men and women who have served, and the 110,000 who have given their lives. Canadian medical Lt. Col. John McCrae composed the poem "In Flanders Fields" in 1915; it is often recited on Remembrance Day;
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fiel
                        The article is from -----Discover Canada (page 22).

 
In right side the flower name is Iris. I have difference colour from my teacher Mrs Wald （ white，yellow，purple with white，yellow with brown so on).

The Iris is French's national flower, and stylized version of the flower is used for the country's insignia and national emblem.

This flower's name is Ranunculus, it was gone because it was annual  growth.

This flower very nice who know the name ?

Everyone is Enjoying 2014 World Cup

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The Canadian Citizenship Test

The Canadian Citizenship Test : In Canada about 170,000 people become new citizens every year;  the ages of 18 and 54, you must first know some English or French;  on the test there are questions about Canada’s history, symbols, geography and democratic institutions; and you have lived here for three out of the last four years can apply for Canadian citizenship if they have no criminal record.




I try to use new words make sentences:
 1. symbol---Panda is a symbol of China and Beaver is a symbol of Canada.
 2. knowledge ---If you apply Canadian citizenship, you must study some knowledge about Canada.
 3.responsibility---She could not retreat from her responsibility in the accident.
 4.prepare---I must prepare for Canadian citizenship test.
 5. criminal---If you had criminal record, you could not apply for Canadian citizenship.

Rights and Freedoms

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms include: Fundamental Freedom; Democratic Rights; Mobility Rights; Aboriginal Rights; Minority Language Rights; Multicultural Rights; Equality Rights; Legal Rights.

RRSP, TSFA, RESP.

RRSP: Registered Retirement Savings Plan.
TSFA: Tax-Free Savings Account.
RESP: Registered Education Savings Plan.

which institutions offer the best rates for a deposit of $1,000 over 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years?

Accelerate Financial offers the best interest rates for a deposit of $1,000 a year 2.250%, 2.300% for 2 years deposit, and 2.500% for 3 years. Outlook  Financial offers the highest interest rates 2.650% for 4 years deposit. Oaken Financial offers the best deposit interest rates 3.050% for 5 years.(

school schedule

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151 Dead, More Trapped in Turkey Mine Blast

WHO: Worker of miners
WHEN: May 13, 2014
WHERE: Western Turkey
WHAT: An explosion and a fire killed at least 151 workers at a coal mine, and hundreds more remained trapped underground.      The news from: www.newser.com/story/186813/turkey-mine-explosion-kills-at-least-1-traps-200.html

Answer 7 Question

1: TD Bank has the least number of branches.( F )
2: BMO has the least number of employees.( T )
3:CIBC  has the lowest amount of capitalization.( T )
4:Two of the banks are headquartered in  Halifax.( F )
5:RBC has the greatest amount of deposits. ( T )
6: Scotiabank is the most asset-rich of of the five.( F )
7: Canada's Big Five Banks are CBIC, BOM, Scotiambank TB Dbank and BRC. ( F )

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

About interview question

1: "What sort of pay do you expect? " How would you answer this question?
2:How does your previous experience relate to the jobs here?
3:What are your plans for the future?
4:What will your former employers or references say about you?
5:Why are you looking for this sort of position and why here?
6:Why don't you tell me about your personal situation?

Flyers

My son is coming back home this weekend. He drinks a lot of pops. So I deside to search deals about beverage on save.ca.

First, I got one deal from Metro. It said 2 box of Coca-cola or Canada Dry soft drinks(24 cans total) for $9. So it is 38cent/can.

Then, I got another deal from Wakmart. 24-pack of Coca-cola or Pepsi (cola only) for $6.97(29cent/can).

Finally,  Shoppers offers 12 cans of Coca-cola or pepsi beverages(all kinds of beverages form these comanys) for $3.3(28cent/can).

So, clearly, Shoppers has the beat price and broader choice. Also, since all drinks are from Coca_cola and Pepsi, I belive they have same quality. However, I am not going to buy it, because those things are not healthy.

About Fundraising

Dear Jennifer,
       My teacher shown us the e-mail witch about you are trying to raise money and goods for Syrian people. I was shocked when I heard the life condition of Syrian people.  My family is not that rich but still I have a much better life then the people in Syrian. I am going to try my best to help these people as I can. Although, I cannot let these people get rid of the life such as facing war and living in a misery everyday, I wish I could, at least, make one person to see the hope of peaceful future.
                      best,
                      Feng

About Minimum Wage In Canada

The legal minimum wage in Ontario is $10.25 per hour.It is more than $9.95 per hour in Alberta, but less than $11.00 per hour in Nunavut. So Ontario's legal minimum wage  is between Alberta's and  Nunavut's.

Toronto Reference Library 4 The Cards

The catalog cabinets, and the handwritten index cards in 1970s. I wrote so many such index cards for my library in 1980s.

Toronto Reference Library 3 The Systems

Look these books of history of different countries. The French Century, its call number 944.08 is depended on Dewey Decimal Classification. In China, we use Chinese Library Classification (CLC) The French Century's call number should be K504.

Toronto Reference Library 2 The Books and People

 I entered the picture. My teacher and my classmates had already been there. A librarian was instructing. We followed the librarian to the fourth floor, she told us about English learning books, and I asked her which books can be borrowed. She replied me that what kinds of books which can be borrowed were depend on there book-labels.

Toronto Reference Library 1 The Picture

 I went into the Toronto Reference Library. Wow! There was a huge picture in front of me. This was the picture of red and white-----white bookshelves and red carpets in bright light. Two tan sightseeing elevators which were busy up and down and green plants scattered everywhere made the picture even more colourful.

IEP CONFERENCE

Although I did not attend IEP but I have read some blogs which my classmate wrote about the conference. Mehran rezvanl said the conference was regarded as one of the most innovative and respectful events for international educated professional newcomers finding their jobs.  Salim Shamal, as he wrote, arrived there very early, he got a lot of flyers and heard so much about Marketing and Advertising, related professions section of Engineering, he said there were jobs opportunities in Alberta especially Calgary. I guessed he wanted to go to Calgary maybe.  Anyhow, I have known some about IEP conference from their blogs.
                         Thanks my classmates and my teacher Joseph Ng!

About my professional background

My professional background is as smile as my name. I worked at a university library for nearly 30 years, that was my first job and lost job. I know almost any kind of library jobs, from books  classifying/classification, cataloge to computer searches, and other front desk jobs. I took college and university course during my work and I read many books in the library, I got a lot of  knowledge from library except English.

Happy international women's day!

Visit the University of Toronto

Today's the weather was crazy ---cold and windy. But I  was very happy because I had a nice trip towith my classmates. when I was walking on this campus, I was warmed by the long history, The accumulation of culture, The fusion of ancient and modern, I was so excited I saw the different colleges and libraries. Although I couldn't fully understand what the tourist guide said, but I felt good and I wanted to say: "It is a famous university on the world. There are advance facilities and excellent teachers. So this school cultivates a lot of super talents." If the time could go back 30 years, I would, , ,

1. Which of these countries has the smallest area?       The smallest is UK 242,400kilometers
2. Which of these countries has the largest area?    The largest is Russia 17,098,242 kilometers
3. What is the difference between the areas of Russia and China?    17,098,242 - 9,598,094 = 7,500,148 kilometers squared 
4. Find the total area of all countries listed above?     9,629,091 + 17,098,242 + 9,598,094 + 9,984,670 + 242,400 + 3,287,263 = 49,839,760 kilometers squared 
5. Order these countries from the largest to the smallest areas?     17,098,242 | 9,984,670 | 9,629,091 | 9,598,094 | 3,287,263 | 242,400 

Apply for Library

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Recommend a good film---Homeless To Harvard

Happy New Year everyone!