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Population brings many problems, such as poverty, also environment. Overuse of natrual resourse makes environment going downward. Actually, people all have that resonsibility to protect environment. For example: if everyone pick up one trash which is lying on the floor, how many trashes will be picked up in one day? It definately protect environment. On the other hand, developed coutries should share their experienment with developing countries about how to protect environment and how to educate citizens have a sense of less pollution. Lack environmental knowledge is one of the reason why environmental problems become more and more serious. Lack knowledge makes people may not know what they are doing is harm for the environment. Therefore, educate common people may be a solution. Law and regulatory may be one of the sollutions. For example: for deforest, government can pulish a law which ask each people who log tree needs to plan another tree. Therefore, people not only can make profit, but also protect environment. Thus, find out the sollutions to make a better future.

Reading Response

Poverty, lack knowledge and population has become the major problem of third world. Pupulation growth extremely rapid that makes poor countries cannot afford it. Within the third world, economy growth much slower than other developed countries. On the other side, the large population need money to live. Therefore, poverty exists.
Moreover, lack knowledge makes the third world even worse. Over-logging makes forest disappear rapidly. Decaying and burning makes earth cannot even grow the crops. Therefore, how to feed this large population up？ The rapid loss of the productive capacity of their land makes the large population area even poor.
Disease also makes poor people out of recognition. With extremely high mortlity rate. Children die everyday. And much more children die due to starving. To make the agriculture more efficiency is the more pressing matter of the moment.
Helping the poor people, saving their lives.

Reading Response # 7

Environment has become the world biggest problem. It hurts people’s health and makes poverty.
China is the country which has one of the worst environments. With the world’s largest population, China may produce the world most pollution. Car pollution is one of the serious issues. For example: the capital Beijing has more than 10 million cars and cars release much pollution. However, people cannot life without cars. Therefore, Chinese government establishes a tax on displacement. For example: if vehicle have an engine more than 3.0L, an extra tax will be charged on it. If a Vehicle has an engine more than 4.0L, a double extra tax will be charged. Therefore, the bigger displacement is, the more expensive the car is. So, it can limit some people how interesting in purchase a large displacement vehicle, in order to reduce the pollution.
The pollution also influences the development in poor village in China. In my opinion, one of the reasons why the gap between the rich and the poor become bigger is environment. Actually, the small village wants to develop. However, the factories want then hopeless. The emission makes the earth cannot be used no more. Therefore, agriculture is no longer the way to develop. However, in a small, poor village, how else can be used to develop it?
Therefore, reduce pollution. It really can help us to solve those problems which people think it is impossible to figure out. No matter economic, humanities and develop.

Reading Response #6

According to the article Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer which is written by Robert Reich illustrate that what makes the gap between the Rich and Poor become larger and larger. People’s lives are close connecting to the world economy and their corporation. They rose when the economy is rose and they fall when the economy is fall. The corporation in the economy always can find many ways to make more profit. They build their factory in the cheapest country and use the cheapest labor force. Moreover, this activity has not been confined. A keypunch operator in the U.S is one of them. Many people from the poor countries are willing to work for the corporation in a lower wage which also attract the companies to build their factories in. Moreover, people who without college degree is getting harder and harder to find a job. All these changes make poor people become poorer. They have no opportunity to get more money. The economy makes them happy even they get low wage jobs. In china, it is same. Rich squeeze poor. They use low payment to ask the labors work more and put the large amount of profit into their pocket. However, because of the pressure, poor people dare not to go against them. That is also why the poor getting poorer. Therefore, confine these activities, make the world equally. It is better for the economy and the whole population.

Reading Responce #4

In the article Nobel Peace Prize Lecture which spoke by Kofi Annan illustrate what he thinks the peace is: fight poverty, prevent conflict and cure disease. As Annan states, no matter what race you are, what gender you are and what background you are, people all have rights to have peace. Only all the people do not need to think about poverty and conflict, this world would have sufferer no more. He thanks his family, all his colleagues and all the people who dedicate their entire lives in cause of peace. Especially the Nobel Committee, the Nobel Price courage people by addressing the needs of peace, dignity and security. I can remember that I have seen a video which talked about freedom. The president Franklin Delano Roosevelt had said that people have four basic freedoms. The first one is the freedom of speech and expression, second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, third is freedom from want and the last one is freedom from fear. These few words are powerful and it makes me think for a long time. Many countries in the third world do not even have food to eat. However, many countries in the first are trying to dominate the whole world with any possible reason and they never think about how hard the people’s lives from the third world. Therefore, that is the reason why the United Nation exists. They try to make the world more balance, to make the world peaceful and make everybody have equal right.

Reading Response #3

Reading Response #3

The U.S Was Wrong which is written by Gar Alperovitz illustrates the reason why he thinks dropping atomic bomb to Japan was wrong. Actual, at the time before dropping the bomb, Japan Emperor had asked for peace, and President Truman has already been advised it. Moreover, Mr. Truman also been advised to keep the Japan Emperor. Consequently, atomic bomb was not needed at all. However, Mr. Churchill thought if the Russia army marches into Japan, they would dethrone the Japan Emperor. As a consequence, the leader of the other part of the American-British Combined Intelligence, Truman has decided to use atomic bomb. It not only confronts Japanese, but also confronts the Soviet for the postwar settlement. Gar’s argument really convinces me. He uses plenty of historic background and a lot of confidential which most people don’t know, to support his point of view. For example: though last article the U.S Was Right said that people can’t believe in Japanese who always do something contrary,this article use confidential, especially a intercepted message, to show readers that Japanese government is not trustless. So, Japan government surrender can be trust. All in all, the U.S Was Wrong really convinces me.

Reading Response #2

Jiahao Hua
Writing 121
Kate Ristau
Reading Response #2
10/05/2009

Reading Response for the U.S Was Right

In the article The U.S Was Right, the author illustrate the reason why the U.S. government decided to drop an atomic bomb to Japan. The Japanese government tried to teach their soldiers and citizens would rather dead prefer surrender. Therefore, many militaries and common people choose to suicide and fight to the last person during the war between the USA and Japan. As a consequence, the U.S government decided to use atomic bomb to stop this farce. On the other hand, the reason why the author Connor believe the U.S was right is that if atomic bomb was not be dropped into Japan, millions of people, both American and Japanese would lose their life, because Japanese thought they need to fight to the death. For instance: When Kwajalein was invaded in February 1944, Japanese officers slashed at American tanks with samurai sword; their men held grenades against the sides of tanks in an effort to disable them (Connor 535). Connor’s arguments do make me agree with. Actually, before reading this article, I thought dropped an atomic bomb to Japan is so harmful, many people lose their life and their later generation is influenced by it. However, when the statistics was showed to me, I found the people dead under the atomic bomb is far little than if the U.S. not to do it. All in all, I am agree with Connor.