2007年9月5日 星期三

Introduction-ICRT

International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT) is operated by the Taipei International Community Cultural Foundation (TICCF), with offices and studios located at 2F, 373 Sung Jiang Road, Taipei.

ICRT is a radio which made by English pronunciation. Many people want to improve listen skill by listening ICRT. The type of program of ICRT can divide into two parts, news and music. On the part of time, the music programs are in the majority.

ICRT seems a radio which emphasizes vigorous. Every hour, every program, even the BBS NEWS is all alive; especially in the early hours, when other radio stations played the nocturnes, ICRT still play many pop, rock n rock music, and so on . It’s so different from others.

Furthermore, the advertisement hour is one of their important features. According to the survey of AC Neilsen, the groups of the audience of ICRT are most centered in people who own the university education background. Therefore, it will have influence in correlative knowledge industry.

Total Impact-This broadcast is from p.m. 10:00 to a.m. 1:00 during Monday to Friday. The content of the show is fullness, because it combines fashion matters, and attaches importance to the interaction between the audience and linkman. It is very cheery, nay, a little crazy.

Comparing to each radio stations in the same hour, their style is very diverse.
Another feature of the midnight show is like to have interaction that is in the inner side of audience, so the program will arrange some games, reading letters, playing songs, and call in with listeners. By these interactions, listeners feel the show makes the most of them; therefore, the show will become more popular than before.


I learned how to relax and give from this program. It is not easy for a person who is not usually listening to the radio to take so much time in interaction with the radio show. Although I don’t call out to the show, the cordiality and vigor of this program make me relax after a busy day. They make a sharing space which is no distance, not only the distance between heart and radio, but also between America and Taiwan. I am so impressiveness in bustling with noise and excitement show.

2007年7月18日 星期三

Text Coment

1.Cyberpsychic:
With the rapid progress of science, internet plays an important role in modern.The title “Cyberpsychic” is the on of them. It offers fast, accurate, and confidential readings on any subject you want---sex or love…otherwise, it can analyse your reading and hold your future.

2.Skeptics defeat psychics:
Psychics are challenged by Toronto. The OSSCI offered $1000 to the people who could identify three common items in sealed boxes. At last, none of the psychics could identify even one item.

3.Finding a real psychic:
We can use following tricks:unrealistic claims、expensive phone lines、cold reading、warnings of death.

4.Your guide to cold reading:
Psychics use cold reading to convince people of their power, for example ten methods---confidence、survey、set the stage for your reading、get the subject’s cooperation in advance、use a gimmick、statement、observation、technique、listener、admiration.

5.Why appearance is important:
Attractive people have many advantages in our society.<popular/science and media>

6.Would you like an extreme makeover:
The extreme team of specialists includes plastic surgeons、eye surgeons、cosmetic dentists、hair stylists、fashion consultants 、makeup experts、personal trainers.

7.Are woman still the fair sex?:
Studies find that men are worrying about their appearance too, in order to allure、to be more athletic、get a better job.

8.Body dissatisfaction maybe the maasai have the answer:
It is common knowledge that many Americans are unhappy with their appearance.<Robert/Kenya>The maasai people focus on things they can control, But American are obsessed about things over which they have limited control.<culture/technology>They focus more on adornment、those they can easily change、behavior and character.

9.Resumes fact or fiction?
People are sometimes creative when they are writing their resumes,<background/accomplishment>but it have techniques to discover.

10.Need to lie? Better make a phone call
The composition describe that uses many media tools to check truth of the conversation.<e-mails、calls、conversations and instant message>, finally e-mailer to be the biggest liars.

11.Don’t be fooled again
The composition tells us that detect clue of liars,<liars often touch their face、look away when they lie>but the more you practice detecting lies, the better you will get.

12.What’s Better : A Dunce or a Genius:
The composition tells reader that dunce and genius don’t have an absolute answer.
There are a lot of instance that tell we that is a dunce or genius. In fact, we don’t judge the dunce and genius by surface.

13.IQ Scores and population:
The main idea just analysis range of the IQ scores and population.

14.The loneliness being a Genius:
The article describes that child prodigies have a lot of advantages and disadvantages.
In fact, the child prodigy need friend to share experience. Otherwise, gifted child is equal lonely child.

15.Scientist Invents Greativity Machine:
Snyder thinks that has invented a machine to make people more creative. To focus autistic savant who has a lot of remarkable ability. The machine can measure a magnetic signal that is the key to the amazing abilities.

16.Photograph a Big Mistake:
The composition is a letter. The reader writes to a Valley times Editor because the editor published a picture of graffiti. The behavior gives us mistakable information that isn’t real an art or vandalism.

17.Graffiti : Art or Annoyance:
The main idea tells us the relation of the art or annoyance. For example, Jason Brando is an artist who has a controversial work. The graffiti spends tax so much and destroys the community.

18.People Just Don’t Get Graffiti:
The article describes contemporary arts that include a lot of forms. There are four forms , graffiti、expressionism、cubism、surrealism. The interview with artist tells his opinion to art style.

19.A Personal History of Graffiti:
Twentieth-century graffiti began during World War 2 .Soldier across Europe. The message 「Kilroy was here」from a mysterious individual who wrote it on public spaces afterwards became synonymous with the victory symbol.

20.Child Labor:
Iqbal Masih was a child labor. He joined the BLLF to work in support of Pakiston’s twelve million child laborers. Iqbal Masih became an international hero, but he was shot and killed .Whatever, the work is growing all over the world.

21.Problem:
There are a lot of child labor in the world. They work from six in the morning until seven at night for less than 20 cents a day. The problem will connect their poverty and ignorance across the generation.

22.Organization:
Rugmark is a global nonprofit organization that is working to end child labor in the carpet industry in India. Carpet markers agree not to hire children but they agree to allow Rugmark to inspect their factories. Even it founded schools for the children and tries to reunite children with their families.

23.An analysis of the problem of child labor Worldwide:
Child labor in developing countries for a variety of reasons, it most reason is poverty, in order to survive. There are a lot of reasons, including migration(rural to urban)、tradition(role)、assign different roles(child specialization)、social class(separation).

24.The Hows and Whys of cheating:
Men and women cheat on their partners whose reasons include that there’s something wrong with their relationship and cheaters want the excitement of having an affair. Men are more likely to cheat for the excitement /women are usually unhappy in their marriage .There are two methods, cheating before marriage / there hope after an affair.

25.ASK PENELOPE:
The composition is a letter that describe her friends emotion. Janet and Brad is a lovers, but Brad isn’t a good man who is unfaithful. Writer doesn’t know what to do.

26.Oh, Come All Ye Unfaithful:
The article describes that two companies help you deceive your partner, it use alibi and deliver it. These alibi services are doing well. But they’re probably using this as a way to get out of a situation they don’t want face.

27.Why Good Marriage Go Bad:
Men and women in committed relationship unconsciously start cheating on their partner when their friendship slowly turns into love affair. For example: opportunity is everywhere / in the moment of attraction.