Oral Blog Entry Film Review - The Pianist

The Pianist movie is directed by Roman Polanski and it tells the story of the late Wladyslaw Szpilman, an acclaimed young musician whose promising career is cut short by the Nazi occupation in Poland during World War II. He studied the piano in the early 1930s in Warsaw and Berlin and he is one of famous actors in world.

This movie teaches us how civil people persecuted from their property, home and from their family by government during the world war which was very awful. It reminded me about refugee peoples who are escaping from their countries and living trouble life in different countries. War is not good it destroys many things.

When I first started watching this movie I didn't realised that he is such a famous person in the world however, I really enjoyed the way he acts. Finally I knew that he is a famous actor in the world.

Oral Blog Portfolio Post Entry Seven Diploma Lecture 2

Helping others was the topic of the lecture which given by Dave Griffiths on week nine. Basically he mentioned about a First Aid.

He taught us what we should do before helping others and how we should react: The first step is to STOP, THINK... am I safe?, BARRIERS then MOVE. Then talk to a person by saying are you alright, tell them your name, I am here to help you. Following that look, listen, and feel if needed call an Ambulance for help by dialling 111 however, you have to help the person till the Ambulance officers arrive they might take about 35 minutes to arrive. He also told us we don't have to use any medical treatment to help them but we should give them the kiss of life or a CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitate). When we give CPR we should give them different treatment according to their age for instance, for an adult you should use two hands, for a child one hand and for an infant is two fingers and for all of them 30 compressions.

Accident can happen any where and any time for example, they could happen when we are driving, when we are sitting at home or studying at school. So having First Aid experience is very useful to help our family, friends and ourselves.

I really like the way Dave presented the topic because he is very funny man.

Week Ten Text Blog Entry Eight - an article about my country in the international press

Here is an article in the British press that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been fighting Ethiopia for independence since 1984. The Ethiopian government accuses it of being associated with al-Qa'ida, but the ONLF denies this.The region at the heart of the dispute was awarded to Ethiopia by the British in 1954. It has since been the cause of two wars between Ethiopia and neighbouring Somalia. I have chosen this article because as we all know there is big fighting between these two countries. I think they misunderstood one another because Ethiopia thinks they are trying to keep a peace however Somali people don't believe that. people are worrying about this because it could be like Iraq as the violence will continue.

Text Blog Entry 7 - Diploma Trip

It was really great that we went to Titirangi and the weather was prefect although we thought it might rain. I enjoyed very much having that chance with my classmates. I got there with my teacher (Ron) and three of my class mates ( Carsten, Miah and Hani) on time. We had a cup of tea with other students there and relaxed. When we first arrived I was expecting to have a little walk and look around however we left very soon.

The second place we went to was Huia point which is a beautiful I would like to take my family and friends there in the future. I liked the spectacular views there and we stayed there just about 15 minutes having fun, looking around and taking some photos. Following that we went to Cornwallis where we had a little walk and then had a huge lunch because we were very tired, hungry and thirst. It was a big lunch but we couldn't finish and I really amazed we were very hungry but we didn't eat that much. At last some students remained there to catch whales and others came back to Unitec for afternoon class but unfortunately we didn't have our class because we were late and some students went home.

Text Blog Entry 6: Parties offer own climate change solutions

This article is about New Zealand politicians to be united so that they can fight a global warming. The parties decided that representative from all major parties responded to a questionnaire. The politicians were asked a number of questions including " how urgent they think action on the climate change was? and "what practical steps should New Zealand government and business taking? all 13 survey respondents from seven parties said " it was not vital to take action on the climate change immediately. But the labour's climate change minister David Parker said " New Zealand needed to aim to be carbon neutral economy, with a focus on environmentally friendly vehicle fuels. United also called multi- party conference on the issue to be Held this year so national consensus on action could be reached that was not subject to the " Whims and changes " of the three-year electoral cycle.

This article is about New Zealand politicians to be united so that they can fight a global warming. The parties decided that representative from all major parties responded to a questionnaire. The politicians were asked a number of questions including “how urgent they think action on the climate change was? And "what practical steps should New Zealand government and business taking? All 13 survey respondents from seven parties said “it was not vital to take action on the climate change immediately. But the labour's climate change minister David Parker said “New Zealand needed to aim to be carbon neutral economy, with a focus on environmentally friendly vehicle fuels. United also called multi- party conference on the issue to be Held this year so national consensus on action could be reached that was not subject to the “Whims and changes “of the three-year electoral cycle.


I have got 28 active and 5 passive forms here in the text.

1 . ….. …“were asked”…simple past passive
2.………”needed to be taken…infinitive passive
3. …. …”was not done... simple past passive
4……..”can be found….. present simple passive
5............” to be held…….infinitive passive

Oral Blog Entry Six Pictures Comparison

There are two pictures which show having classes at primary school. The first one tells us children are learning from one another and the second one shows that they are learning from a teacher.

I prefer the first picture because often students comfortable when they discuss with one another than studying with teachers because it’s good for them to have more self confidence. But if only teachers talk to them just like lecturers daily, the students become very lazy.

I think it is not good that teachers give them all what they need if so it becomes very dull. So it is better for them to find out what is important.

Oral Blog Entry 5 Domestic News Headlines

These news which I heard when I listen to the record of the morning report from national Radio on Monday April 30th

"Paper also reports the climate change experts an environmentalists will clash over proposals to fight global warming"

I notice these pronunciation features:

1. weak pronunciation ..."over proposals"..
2.consonant to vowel linking ...."an environmentalists"....
3.weak pronunciation ... "the climate"...