Discussion : HIGH HEELS

High-heeled footwear (often abbreviated as high heels or simply heels) is footwear that raises the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes. When both the heel and the toes are raised equal amounts, as in a platform shoe, it is technically not considered to be a high heel; however, there are also high-heeled platform shoes. High heels tend to give the aesthetic illusion of longer, more slender legs. High heels come in a wide variety of styles, and the heels are found in many different shapes, including stiletto, pump (court shoe), block, tapered, blade, and wedge.

Although high heels are now usually worn only by girls and women, there are shoe designs worn by both genders that have elevated heels, including cowboy boots and cuban heels. In previous ages, men also wore high heels.

The advantages of wearing highheels :

• They change the angle of the foot with respect to the lower leg, which accentuates the appearance of calves.
• They change the wearer's posture, requiring a more upright carriage and altering the gait in what is considered a seductive fashion.
• They make the wearer appear taller.
• They make the legs appear longer.
• They make the foot appear smaller.
• They make the toes appear shorter.
• They make the arches of the feet higher and better defined.
• They may improve the tone of a woman's pelvic floor, thus affecting female incontinence.
• They may help shorter people use items that have been designed for those of a normal height, e.g. sit upright with feet on floor on chairs that would otherwise be too high, reach items on shelves, etc.
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The disadvantages of wearing high heels :

• They can cause foot pain.
• They increase likelihood of sprains and fractures.
• They make calves look more rigid and sinewy.
• They can create foot deformities, including hammertoes and bunions.
• They can cause an unsteady gait.
• They can shorten the wearer's stride.
• They can render the wearer unable to run.
• Altered forces at the knee caused by walking in high heels may predispose to degenerative changes in the knee joint.
• Foot and tendon problems as listed below.
• Women who wear high heels frequently have a higher incidence of degenerative joint disease of the knees, this is is because they cause a decrease in the normal rotation of the foot, which puts more rotation stress on the knee.

Recommendation :

From the advantages and disadvantages of wearing high heels, as a women we should be more wisely and careful to wear high heels. We can wear it just for formal event and we shouldn't wear it in our daily activity . So, the bad effect of wearing high heels can be reduced.

High heels pictures :

Comment : I choose this topic to be discussed because there are many womens who like to wear high heels in their daily activity. And I just wanna present the arguments and information from differing points of view.

So if they open my blog this discussion will be useful for them.

Taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heeled_footwear

Explanation : SUNSET

Sunset or sundown is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon in the west as a result of Earth's rotation. The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment the trailing edge of the sun's disk disappears below the horizon in the west. The ray path of light from the setting Sun is highly distorted near the horizon because of atmospheric refraction, making sunset appear to occur when the sun’s disk is already about one diameter below the horizon. Sunset is distinct from dusk, which is the moment at which darkness falls, which occurs when the sun is approximately eighteen degrees below the horizon. The period between sunset and dusk is called twilight.

Sunset creates unique atmospheric conditions such as the often intense orange and red colors of the sun and the surrounding sky. The time of sunset varies throughout the year, and is determined by the viewer's position on Earth, specified by longitude and latitude, and elevation. Small daily changes and noticeable semi-annual changes in the timing of sunsets are driven by the axial tilt of Earth, daily rotation of the Earth, the planet's movement in its annual elliptical orbit around the Sun, and the Earth and Moon's paired revolutions around each other. In the summertime, the days get longer and sunsets occur later every day until the day of the latest sunset, which occurs after the summer solstice.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the latest sunset occurs late in June or in early July, but not on the summer solstice of June 21. This date depends on the viewer's latitude (connected with the Earth's slower movement around the aphelion around July 4). Likewise, the earliest sunset does not occur on the winter solstice, but rather about two weeks earlier, again depending on the viewer's latitude. In the Northern Hemisphere, it occurs in early December (influence from the Earth's faster movement near the perihelion, which occurs around January 3).

Sunsets on other planets appear different because of the differences in the distance of the planet from the Sun, as well as different atmospheric compositions.

Sunset pictures :

comment : I choose "sunset" as my explanation task because sunset is one of my favourite natural phenomenon  in this world, and  I would like to explain how it can be happens. So, everyone who open my blog will know it . I also add some pictures in this task and it will be more interesting.

taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset

remedial clauses test

A
1. I know the woman singing the song : adjective clause
2. Was it raining when we went out ? : adverb clause
3. I don't know what was the subject of the discussion : noun clause
4. The students speaking English are from the science program : adjective clause
5. Did anyone ask questions when the bell ring ? : adverb clause
6. I am just wondering why you keep silent : noun clause
7. You should not tell that story to whomever you wish : noun clause
8. People say what goes up must come down : noun clause
9. Some guests invited to the party can't come : adjective clause
10. Why do you speak before you think it carefully ? : adverb clause

B
11. The school of which the gate is white will be renovated
12. Is the man who rides on a silver Honda jazz our English teacher ?
13. I know the lady whose purse stolen by a thief yesterday
14. This test which is about clauses in English must be finished in 45 minutes
15. They are those naughty boys whom we saw running accros the street
16. Will the SSC try out which you are going to have be tested next week ?
17. Those presents which they are not wrapped properly are rejected by the post office
18. The stubborn students whose school uniform is not batik are sent back home
19. Geometry which we know nothing about seems a very dull subject
20. The headmaster whose life has been devoted in this school deserves popularity

Thumbelina

Once upon a time  there lived a woman who had no children. She dreamed of having a little girl, but time went by, and her dream never came true. She then went to visit a witch, who gave her a magic grain of barley. She planted it in a flower pot. And the very next day, the grain had turned into a lovely flower, rather like a tulip. The woman softly kissed its half-shut petals. And as though by magic, the flower opened in full blossom. Inside sat a tiny girl, no bigger than a thumb. The woman called her Thumbelina.

For a bed she had a walnut shell, violet petals for her mattress and a rose petal blanket. In the daytime, she played in a tulip petal boat, floating on a plate of water. Using two horse hairs as oars, Thumbelina sailed around her little lake, singing and singing in a gentle sweet voice. Then one night, as she lay fast asleep in her walnut shell, a large frog hopped through a hole in the window pane.

 

As she gazed down at Thumbelina, she said to herself: "How pretty she is! She'd make the perfect bride for my own dear son!" She picked up Thumbelina, walnut shell and all, and hopped into the garden. Nobody saw her go.

Back at the pond, her fat ugly son, who always did as mother told him, was pleased with her choice. But mother frog was afraid that her pretty prisoner might run away. So she carried Thumbellna out to a water lily leaf ln the middle of the pond. "She can never escape us now," said the frog to her son. "And we have plenty of time to prepare a new home for you and your bride." Thumbelina was left all alone. She felt so desperate. She knew she would never be able to escape the fate that awaited her with the two horrid fat frogs. All she could do was cry her eyes out.

However, one or two minnows who had been enjoying the shade below the water lily leaf, had overheard the two frogs talking, and the little girl's bitter sobs. They decided to do something about it. So they nibbled away at the lily stem till it broke and drifted away in the weak current. A dancing butterfly had an idea: "Throw me the end of your belt! I'll help you to move a little faster!" Thumbelina gratefully did so, and the leaf soon floated away from the frog pond.

 But other dangers lay ahead. A large beetle snatched Thumbelina with his strong feet and took her away to his home at the top of a leafy tree. "Isn't she pretty?" he said to his friends. But they pointed out that she was far too different. So the beetle took her down the tree and set her free. It was summertime, and Thumbelina wandered all by herself amongst the flowers and through the long grass. She had pollen for her meals and drank the dew. Then the rainy season came, bringing nastyweather. The poor child found it hard to find food and shelter. When winter set in, she suffered from the cold and felt terrible pangs of hunger. One day, as Thumbelina roamed helplessly over the bare meadows, she met a large spider who promised to help her. He took her to a hollow tree and guarded the door with a stout web. Then he brought her some dried chestnuts and called his friends to come and admire her beauty. But just like the beetles, all the other spiders persuaded Thumbelina's rescuer to let her go. Crying her heart out, and quite certain that nobody wanted her because she was ugly, Thumbelina left the spider's house. As she wandered, shivering with the cold, suddenly she came across a solid little cottage, made of twigs and dead leaves. Hopefully, she knocked on the door. It was opened by a field mouse. "What are you doing outside in this weather?" he asked. "Come in and warm yourself." Comfortable and cozy, the field mouse's home was stocked with food. For her keep, Thumbelina did the housework and told the mouse stories. One day, the field mouse said a friend was coming to visit them."He's a very rich mole, and has a lovely house. He wears a splendid black fur coat, but he's dreadfully shortsighted. He needs company and he'd like to marry you!" Thumbelina did not relish the idea. However, when the mole came, she sang sweetly to him and he fell head over heels in love. The mole invited Thumbelina and the field mouse to visit him, but . . . to their surprise and horror, they came upon a swallow in the tunnel. It looked dead. Mole nudged it wi his foot, saying: "That'll teach her! She should have come underground instead of darting about the sky all summer!" Thumbelina was so shocked by such cruel words that later, she crept back unseen to the tunnel.And every day, the little girl went to nurse the swallow and tenderly give it food.In the meantime, the swallow told Thumbelina its tale. Jagged by a thorn, it had been unable to follow its companions to a warmer climate."It's kind of you to nurse me," it told Thumbelina. But, in spring, the swallow flew away, after offering to take the little girl with it. All summer, Thumbelina did her best to avoid marrying the mole. The little girl thought fearfully of how she'd have to live underground forever. On the eve of her wedding, she asked to spend a day in the open air. As she gently fingered a flower, she heard a familiar song: "Winter's on its way and I'll be off to warmer lands. Come with me!" Thumbelina quickly clung to her swallow friend, and the bird soared into the sky. They flew over plains and hills till they reached a country of flowers. The swallow gently laid Thumbelina in a blossom. There she met a tiny, white-winged fairy: the King of the Flower Fairies. Instantly, he asked her to marry him. Thumbelina eagerly said "yes", and sprouting tiny white wings, she became the Flower Queen!

moral value : don't be easily believe in someone else

taken from : 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbelina

Remedial test

First test
A.
1.  We are told to close our notebook by Mr.T
2.  This test must be written by us in a piece of paper.
3.  My name should not be forgotten too.
4.  English is spoken during the English class.
5.  Were any question asked about me?
6.  This test can't be done during the time given.
7.  He has been being waited all day long.
8.  You have been invited to lunch tomorrow.
9.  The English test was not done by the students easily.
10. Must the answer be checked by you before you give it back ?
11. The passive test is being done by us in multimedia room.
12. Would the remidial test joined by you if you got bad mark again ?


B.
13. You have cleaned the white board.
14. We will do the interview in this room.
15. The were studying diligently last night.
16. The student must finish this test in 45 minutes.
17. Mr.Sus has teaching math for three years.
18. Will you be facing the coming UAN in the month of April ?
19. We should be submitted the vocabulary book this morning.
20. The students must wear batik shirt on Friday.


C.
21. a. We were being shown his new blog.
      b. His new blog is being shown to us.
22. a. She will be being asked several question by them.
      b. Several question will be being asked to her.
23. a. They have been being read another story by Mrs. Nanik.
      b. Anoter story has been being read to them.
24. a. Is the new law of Archimedes told to you by him?
      b. Are you told the new law of Archimedes by him?
25. a. He should have been given our new projects before he came here?
      b. our new projects should have been given to him before he came here?


Remedial test
A.
1. They were asked to pay the school fee by Mrs.K.
2. Should the remedial test be done in a piece of paper?
3. Your name must not be forgotten to write.
4. Is English being spoken during the English class?
5. The answers were crossed by her several times.
6. Our task has been finished doing before other students.
7. Will they be being waited for all day long?
8. The 47th anniversary of our school was celebrated by us yesterday.
9. Dinner was being had when suddenly the stove exploded.
10.They had been punished by the teacher for something they did not do.


B.
11. The headmaster invites us for lunch.
12. Mr.T is giving the English remedial test to many student.
13. Were they studying English diligently last night ?
14. The students have finished this test in 45 minutes.
15. Has Mr.Good been teaching them for three years ?

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