If we say Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) is an animation movie, but Wall-E does not really feel like an animation movie, many people will say, “What are you talking about?” Then, how do you feel when you hear words like ‘robots’ or ‘plants’? Do you think they are interrelated? When I first saw Wall-E , I checked the cover of the DVD and I was surprised. Initially, I thought that it was made for children, but later I found it nevertheless contains many important messages. When you see the movie poster, you will notice that Wall-E is a machine. However, when you watch the movi
The main character in Desert Flower is Waris Dirie, and ‘Waris’ means a desert flower. Such flowers can bloom even in the toughest of climates. Waris Dirie was also able grow strongly through her bravery. She published this book about her childhood and her present life. This book includes Waris Dirie’s life story and especially talks about a longstanding convention in Somalia in Africa - female circumcision. Have you ever heard about this? It is often called FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and it still happens in twenty eight countries in Africa. According to an estimation done by the United N
Time : Fri.. Aug. 7, 2009~Sat., Oct. 25Place : Main Event site in Songdo International City in IncheonLocation : Get off at the Central Park Subway Station on the Incheon LineThe Global Fair & Festival 2009 in Incheon was held under the theme ‘Around the World’s cities in 80 Days.’ You may have heard about this festival on TV, on-line, or newspapers. Why do so much media advertise this event? Let’s find out the reasons. Firstly, this event is not just for Incheon, but for the whole country, which makes it possible to operate the new developmental engine of the nation in making Korea an advance
Do you have any dream? If so, what do you dream of and what do you try to do to realize your dream? Or do you know the equation R=VD? It has as much power as Einstein's E=MC2, and has its own inner meaning, which is that the dream we vividly imagine can be realized. The Dreaming Garret shows this through successful people who dreamed of their ambitions with those kinds of formula and how they used those formulas in their lives. There are many kinds of techniques such as picture, location, speaking or writing in putting those formulas into practice in life. First of all, the basic technique of
Have you ever read any of Jane Austen‘s works? She was a famous female English writer and wrote Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility. She usually wrote about ordinary people's lives at the early period of her writing through her modernistic styles. Jane Austen was single for life and her books are usually full of quiet humor. From the 20th century, her works started to get higher appraisal than when she lived. She usually examined the social life of the higher classes, and marriage, and portrayed them very vividly in her works. Becoming Jane belongs to the genre of romance,
Have you ever heard the song “Billie Jean” or seen the Moonwalk performance by Michael Jackson? I think that everyone knows his song and dance. On June 25, the King of Pop Michael Jackson died.Michael Jackson was born in 1958. When he was young, he played a guitar. Michaels’ father taught Jackson how to play it and how to sing. His father, Michael Joseph Jackson, was the guitarist in the band The Falcons. Through his father’s music training, Michael made his debut through the group The Jackson 5. This group was made of Jackson’s brothers. Even though they were young, their musical abilities we
☆Nanji AreaSeoul is a mega city with a population of ten million. Unfortunately, in the past, the Nanji area received trash from all around the city of seoul. This was due to Seoul's rapid growth and need for waste disposal.However, thanks to those working in Seoul's City Hall, the Nanji area has been cleaned and it now contains an ecological theme park.Today, the Nanji area provides a wide variety program and good service to local residents. The Wetland Ecological Park for children in environmental education to help children understand the importance of the environment while the family unit f
A book titled “The Two Faces of Humanity,” produced by public broadcaster EBS, was published recently. You may think the title of the book seems similar to the book called “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” because the title suggests two opposite sides of people. However, “The Two Faces of Humanity” shows how people change the way they behave according to the situations they face.What do you think controls human actions? Is it one’s own will or the circumstances we face? Researchers have participated in many debates and experiments about this question for a long time. The movie, “T