Final Paper: Global Warming

   It is not hard to believe that global warming is one of the biggest problems around the world. What is Global Warming? What causes Global Warming has become a hot research topic. Global warming is an increase in the earth's temperature due to fuels, industry, and agricultural processes caused by human, natural, and other gas emissions. This results in an increased emission of greenhouse gases. Short-wave solar radiation sinks into the Earth's atmosphere and warms its surface; while long wave infrared radiation emitted by earth's surface is absorbed, and then re-emitted by trace gases. (Global Warming, 2009)Global warming has a large effect on human life. Other research points out that human health depends on a good environment. In the next generation, global warming will become one of the main factors to affect human health. Many diseases will spread more quickly in a warm environment, such as AIDS, HPAI and SARS. On the other hand, global warming also has a negative impact on the animal’s life. For example, because of the ice melting, polar bears have a hard time to survive. In Northern Europe, polar bears need human help to hibernate. Those examples are a clear description that global warming has had a negative impact on human or animal life, but facing this serious problem, different people insist on different opinions. Some people consider that global warming is the inevitable result of urban development and improved quality of life. Others think that we cannot avoid global warming, but we can take some actions to reduce global warming. In my opinion, some of human’s actions are the biggest reason that causes global warming. Even if I agree that we cannot prevent global warming, at least we can reduce the effects of global warming.

    Global warming has a large effect on agriculture which is necessary to support of human life. According to Wikipedia (Global Warming, 2012), under the present trends: by 2030,maize production in Southern Africa could decrease by up to 30% while rice, millet and maize in South Asia could decrease by up to 10%.By 2080, yields in developing countries could decrease by 10% to 25% on average while India could see a drop of 30% to 40%.By 2100, while the population of three billion is expected to double, rice and maize yields in the tropics are expected to decrease by 20–40% because of higher temperatures without accounting for the decrease in yields as a result of soil moisture and water supplies stressed by rising temperatures. Future warming of around 3 °C (by 2100, relative to 1990–2000) could result in increased crop yields in mid- and high-latitude areas, but in low-latitude areas, yields could decline, increasing the risk of malnutrition. A similar regional pattern of net benefits and costs could occur for economic (market-sector) effects. Warming above 3 °C could result in crop yields falling in temperate regions, leading to a reduction in global food production.

    There are many misconceptions about global warming. Some believe that pollution causes global warming, but the fact is global warming is the result of burning fossil fuels, coal, and oil that release carbon dioxide. Another misconception is nuclear power causes climate change. Nuclear power actually reduces emissions of carbon dioxide when used in place of coal. Some believe that global warming means that it will become warmer all over. The name is misleading because in some places, it will actually become colder. The majority of scientists believe global warming is a process underway and that it is human-induced. The greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. These gases occur naturally. The Earth uses those gases to warm its surface. Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere when solid waste, fossil fuels, wood, and wood products are burned. Each greenhouse gas absorbs heat differently. If natural gases did not occur, the temperatures would be 91.4 degrees cooler than the current temperatures. These gases trap heat and cause the greenhouse effect, rising global temperatures. Human activities add to the levels of these gasses, causing more problems. The burning of solid waste, fossil fuels, and wood products are major causes.  (Global Warming, 2009)

     There is no doubt that transportation has greatly contributed to global warming. As time goes on, with rapid economic development, people’s living standards have gradually improved, and most families have bought cars. That was the main reason why the number of cars soared over in the past few years. The increased number of cars not only causes air pollution, but also is the leading cause of global warming. Cars need to burn oil to generate power, but in the process, it will produce large amounts of chemical gas, with carbon dioxide as the highest emitter. All of us need to be aware that carbon dioxide can cause the greenhouse effect, and the greenhouse effect is the cause of global warming. In other words, carbon dioxide creates a series of reactions, and those reactions affect our lives and bring inevitable negative effects on us. On the other hand, all the cars are equipped with air conditioning. Some luxury cars are even equipped with a car refrigerator. In the past few years, refrigerators and air conditioners need a substance called Freon for refrigeration. Freon is the leading substance causing the ozone hole. What is the ozone hole? The ozone layer is a protective layer of Earth. Most of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer. Fortunately, the government has realized the harmful effects of Freon and prohibits large-scale use of Freon. But some of cars are age-old and still in use are still use Freon to refrigeration.

   If the ozone layer is destroyed, the sun’s ultraviolet radiation will reach the ground directly, and the earth surface temperature will rise. In addition, the ozone layer depletion will produce a great quantity of carbon dioxide, the radiation pressure of carbon dioxide can make global warming. According to Wikipedia (2001), radiation pressure is the pressure exerted upon any surface exposed to electromagnetic radiation. If absorbed, the pressure is the power flux density divided by the speed of light. If the radiation is totally reflected, the radiation pressure is doubled. What is important is radiation reflected can produce quantity of heat and lead to global warming. Is ozone hole just none which without any contact with the human life? You cannot imagine what negative effect the ozone hole could produce. The sun’s ultraviolet radiation direct exposure will increase the risk of the human skin cancer. Transportation can directly or indirectly contribute to global warming.

            Deforestation is a controversial reason causing the global warming. According to a report by Rome (2008), most people assume that global warming is caused by burning oil and gas, and that deforestation is a trivial reason that could be ignored. But in fact between 25 and 30 percent of the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere each year -1.6 billion tons - is caused by deforestation. Nowadays, deforestation become more and more frequently. In accordance with Forest Area Organization (FAO) figures, some 13 million hectares of forests worldwide are lost every year, almost entirely in the tropics. Deforestation remains high in Africa, Latin American and Southeast Asia. Why do they allow deforestation? I think it is because of the increased population. The government and businessmen need to create more space for business, so they chose to cut down trees. Around the world, there are still large areas of forest and the use of trees is very wide spread. In other words, whether trees are processed into products for sale, or cut down to gain a bigger commercial space, all of that is income for businessmen and government. However, they just get short term profits while it is likely that they lose more profits in the long term. Trees can absorb carbon dioxide and release fresh oxygen into the air. On the one hand, the reduction of a large area of the forest leads to a decrease in oxygen production, and a reduction in the air purity. On the other hand, reduce the absorption of carbon dioxide leads to the accumulation of carbon dioxide. Therefore it is also one of the main reasons for the greenhouse effect. It is worth mentioning that carbon dioxide is the gas with the highest quantity of the greenhouse gases.

     Trees not only can be processed into the necessities of life, such as tissue and paper, but also can be used to burn for house heating. In China, some poor people that cannot afford the costs of expensive gases choose cheaper methods such as burning wood for heating. In the United States, there are still people use fireplaces in the winter. Trees contain 50 percent of carbon. If it is burned in air, carbon will make a chemical reaction with oxygen and produce carbon dioxide.

       Many daily necessities and combustible consist of carbon. So when those burn, they will produce carbon dioxide. For example, plastic products are a common item in daily life. However, plastic products are not easy to break down. So they can exist in the soil more than ten years. To solve these problems, experts suggest that burning is the only way to destroy plastic products. Why can plastic produces exist more than ten years? The reason is plastic products are made of a solid carbon structure which will produce numerous carbon dioxide when people burn it. For all of those reasons that cause carbon dioxide emissions, carbon dioxide is the highest emitter causing global warming.

       Despite the evidence, that points out global warming is made by human and suggest take action to reduce global warming, some of other people still insist that global warming is the necessary result of urban development and improved quality of life. Those people are opposed to reduce the number of cars and support deforestation. They think that we need cars every day, and we cannot image our life without cars. Cars are more convenient than public transportation and utilization of the car represents an improvement of living quality. Deforestation can improve economic income. We have large areas of forest around the world, so it does not matter it we use a little bit of forest. In addition, deforestation can make extra space. Government can use those spaces to build more buildings and create more profits. Nowadays, the country should put economic construction in the first place. A developed economy is the only way to become a powerful country, so environmental pollution is a necessary part of economic development. We can take ‘First develop then solve’ policy.

      As far as I am concerned, global warming is the necessary part of economic development, but it is not taken seriously nowadays. This is human caused and has serious consequences. We can avoid lots of things, if we realized the seriousness of the phenomenon. If we really care about environment, we can control the development of global warning. We cannot prevent global warming totally, but we can decrease it. Now the government is aware of the serious consequences of human development so they decided to take actions to reduce the global warming. The government needs to make policies to punish people who engage in deforestation at random, and plant trees on the both side of the road. This action not only can absorb automobile exhaust, but also can reduce traffic noise. I believe that through our striving we can ease the tense situation.

References:

1.  Unger, N. (2009). Transportation Pollution and Global Warming. Retrieved fromhttp://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/unger_02/

2.  Rome. (2006, September.4). Deforestation causes global warming.

3. Rubin, M, B. (2001) .The History of Ozone. Retrieved fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone

4.  Saigor (2009) Speech of Global Warming

5. (2009). Ends Warmest Decade on Record. NASA Earth Observatory Image of the    

  Day, 22 January 2010. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

6. Wikipedia (2001). Radiation Pressure .Retrieved fromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pressure.

7. Wikipedia (2013, April, 25). Global Warming. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Global Warming

    It is not hard to believe that global warming is one of the biggest problems around the world. Global warming is an increase in the earth's temperature due to fuels, industry, and agricultural processes caused by human, natural, and other gas emissions. This results in an increased emission of greenhouse gases. Short-wave solar radiation sinks into the Earth's atmosphere and warms its surface; while long wave infrared radiation emitted by earth's surface is absorbed, and then re-emitted by trace gases. (Global Warming, 2009)Global warming has a large effect on human life. Other research points out that human health depends on a good environment. In the next generation, global warming will become one of the main factors to affect human health. Many diseases will spread more quickly in a warm environment, such as AIDS, HPAI and SARS. On the other hand, global warming also has a negative impact on the animal’s life. For example, because of the ice melting, polar bears have a hard time to survive. In Northern Europe, polar bears need human help to hibernate. Those examples are a clear description that global warming has had a negative impact on human or animal life, but facing this serious problem, different people insist on different opinions. Some people consider that global warming is the inevitable result of urban development and improved quality of life. Others think that we cannot avoid global warming, but we can take some actions to reduce global warming. In my opinion, some of human’s actions are the biggest reason that causes global warming. Even if I agree that we cannot prevent global warming, at least we can reduce the effects of global warming.

    Global warming has a large effect on agriculture which is necessary to support of human life. According to Wikipedia (Global Warming, 2012), under the present trends: by 2030, maize production in Southern Africa could decrease by up to 30% while rice, millet and maize in South Asia could decrease by up to 10%.By 2080, yields in developing countries could decrease by 10% to 25% on average while India could see a drop of 30% to 40%.By 2100, while the population of three billion is expected to double, rice and maize yields in the tropics are expected to decrease by 20–40% because of higher temperatures without accounting for the decrease in yields as a result of soil moisture and water supplies stressed by rising temperatures. Future warming of around 3 °C (by 2100, relative to 1990–2000) could result in increased crop yields in mid- and high-latitude areas, but in low-latitude areas, yields could decline, increasing the risk of malnutrition. A similar regional pattern of net benefits and costs could occur for economic (market-sector) effects. Warming above 3 °C could result in crop yields falling in temperate regions, leading to a reduction in global food production.

    There are many misconceptions about global warming. Some believe that pollution causes global warming, but the fact is global warming is the result of burning fossil fuels, coal, and oil that release carbon dioxide. Another misconception is nuclear power causes climate change. Nuclear power actually reduces emissions of carbon dioxide when used in place of coal. Some believe that global warming means that it will become warmer all over. The name is misleading because in some places, it will actually become colder. The majority of scientists believe global warming is a process underway and that it is human-induced. The greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. These gases occur naturally. The Earth uses those gases to warm its surface. Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere when solid waste, fossil fuels, wood, and wood products are burned. Each greenhouse gas absorbs heat differently. If natural gases did not occur, the temperatures would be 91.4 degrees cooler than the current temperatures. These gases trap heat and cause the greenhouse effect, rising global temperatures. Human activities add to the levels of these gasses, causing more problems. The burning of solid waste, fossil fuels, and wood products are major causes.  (Global Warming, 2009)

     There is no doubt that transportation has greatly contributed to global warming. As time goes on, with rapid economic development, people’s living standards have gradually improved, and most families have bought cars. That was the main reason why the number of cars soared over in the past few years. The increased number of cars not only causes air pollution, but also is the leading cause of global warming. Cars need to burn oil to generate power, but in the process, it will produce large amounts of chemical gas, with carbon dioxide as the highest emitter. All of us need to be aware that carbon dioxide can cause the greenhouse effect, and the greenhouse effect is the cause of global warming. In other words, carbon dioxide creates a series of reactions, and those reactions affect our lives and bring inevitable negative effects on us. On the other hand, all the cars are equipped with air conditioning. Some luxury cars are even equipped with a car refrigerator. In the past few years, refrigerators and air conditioners need a substance called Freon for refrigeration. Freon is the leading substance causing the ozone hole. What is the ozone hole? The ozone layer is a protective layer of Earth. Most of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer. Fortunately, the government has realized the harmful effects of Freon and prohibits large-scale use of Freon. But some of cars are age-old and still in use are still use Freon to refrigeration.

   If the ozone layer is destroyed, the sun’s ultraviolet radiation will reach the ground directly, and the earth surface temperature will rise. In addition, the ozone layer depletion will produce a great quantity of carbon dioxide, the radiation pressure of carbon dioxide can make global warming. According to Wikipedia (2001), radiation pressure is the pressure exerted upon any surface exposed to electromagnetic radiation. If absorbed, the pressure is the power flux density divided by the speed of light. If the radiation is totally reflected, the radiation pressure is doubled. What is important is radiation reflected can produce quantity of heat and lead to global warming. Is ozone hole just none which without any contact with the human life? You cannot imagine what negative effect the ozone hole could produce. The sun’s ultraviolet radiation direct exposure will increase the risk of the human skin cancer. Transportation can directly or indirectly contribute to global warming.

            Deforestation is a controversial reason causing the global warming. According to a report by Rome (2008), most people assume that global warming is caused by burning oil and gas, and that deforestation is a trivial reason that could be ignored. But in fact between 25 and 30 percent of the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere each year -1.6 billion tons - is caused by deforestation. Nowadays, deforestation become more and more frequently. In accordance with Forest Area Organization (FAO) figures, some 13 million hectares of forests worldwide are lost every year, almost entirely in the tropics. Deforestation remains high in Africa, Latin American and Southeast Asia. Why do they allow deforestation? I think it is because of the increased population. The government and businessmen need to create more space for business, so they chose to cut down trees. Around the world, there are still large areas of forest and the use of trees is very wide spread. In other words, whether trees are processed into products for sale, or cut down to gain a bigger commercial space, all of that is income for businessmen and government. However, they just get short term profits while it is likely that they lose more profits in the long term. Trees can absorb carbon dioxide and release fresh oxygen into the air. On the one hand, the reduction of a large area of the forest leads to a decrease in oxygen production, and a reduction in the air purity. On the other hand, reduce the absorption of carbon dioxide leads to the accumulation of carbon dioxide. Therefore it is also one of the main reasons for the greenhouse effect. It is worth mentioning that carbon dioxide is the gas with the highest quantity of the greenhouse gases.

     Trees not only can be processed into the necessities of life, such as tissue and paper, but also can be used to burn for house heating. In China, some poor people that cannot afford the costs of expensive gases choose cheaper methods such as burning wood for heating. In the United States, there are still people use fireplaces in the winter. Trees contain 50 percent of carbon. If it is burned in air, carbon will make a chemical reaction with oxygen and produce carbon dioxide.

       Many daily necessities and combustible consist of carbon. So when those burn, they will produce carbon dioxide. For example, plastic products are a common item in daily life. However, plastic products are not easy to break down. So they can exist in the soil more than ten years. To solve these problems, experts suggest that burning is the only way to destroy plastic products. Why can plastic produces exist more than ten years? The reason is plastic products are made of a solid carbon structure which will produce numerous carbon dioxide when people burn it. For all of those reasons that cause carbon dioxide emissions, carbon dioxide is the highest emitter causing global warming.

       Despite the evidence, that points out global warming is made by human and suggest take action to reduce global warming, some of other people still insist that global warming is the necessary result of urban development and improved quality of life. Those people are opposed to reduce the number of cars and support deforestation. They think that we need cars every day, and we cannot image our life without cars. Cars are more convenient than public transportation and utilization of the car represents an improvement of living quality. Deforestation can improve economic income. We have large areas of forest around the world, so it does not matter it we use a little bit of forest. In addition, deforestation can make extra space. Government can use those spaces to build more buildings and create more profits. Nowadays, the country should put economic construction in the first place. A developed economy is the only way to become a powerful country, so environmental pollution is a necessary part of economic development. We can take ‘First develop then solve’ policy.

      As far as I am concerned, global warming is the necessary part of economic development, but it is not taken seriously nowadays. This is human caused and has serious consequences. We can avoid lots of things, if we realized the seriousness of the phenomenon. If we really care about environment, we can control the development of global warning. We cannot prevent global warming totally, but we can decrease it. Now the government is aware of the serious consequences of human development so they decided to take actions to reduce the global warming. The government needs to make policies to punish people who engage in deforestation at random, and plant trees on the both side of the road. This action not only can absorb automobile exhaust, but also can reduce traffic noise. I believe that through our striving we can ease the tense situation.

 

 

 

 

References:

1.  Unger, N. (2009). Transportation Pollution and Global Warming. Retrieved from http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/unger_02/

2.  Rome. (2006, September.4). Deforestation causes global warming.

3. Rubin, M, B. (2001) .The History of Ozone. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone

4.  Saigor (2009) Speech of Global Warming

 

5. (2009). Ends Warmest Decade on Record. NASA Earth Observatory Image of the    

  Day, 22 January 2010. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

6. Wikipedia (2001). Radiation Pressure .Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pressure.

7. Wikipedia (2013, April, 25). Global Warming. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Improve Outline

Global warming

Introduction:

1. Global warming is become the most serious problems in the world.

2.  Many diseases will spread more quickly in a warm environment, such as AIDS, HPAI and SARS.
3. Climate change is increasing the intensity of extreme weather events. ( from Environment Newspaper)
  . Guess what the biggest reason that causes global warming is.

Body I:

Global warming has a large effect on agriculture which is necessary to support of human life.

Body II:

There is no doubt that transportation has greatly contributed to global warming.

1. Carss will produce kinds of chemical gas, such as CO, HC, HOx, Pb.

2. Carbon dioxide creates a series of reactions.

3. Refrigerators and air conditioners need a substance called Freon in past few years, but it was not popular anymore.

Body III:

Deforestation is a controversial reason causing the global warming.

Who did the deforestation? Why they deforestation?

1. 25 and 30 percent of the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere each year -1.6 billion tons - is caused by deforestation.

2. Trees can be used to burn for house heating.

Conclusion:

As far as I am concerned, global warming is the necessary part of economic development, but it is not taken seriously nowadays. This is human caused and has serious consequences.

Resource:

1.  Unger, N. (2009). Transportation Pollution and Global Warming. Retrieved from http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/unger_02/

2.  Rome. (2006, September.4). Deforestation causes global warming.

3.  Rubin, M, B. (2001) .The History of Ozone. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone

4. (2009). Ends Warmest Decade on Record. NASA Earth Observatory Image of the    

  Day, 22 January 2010. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

5. Wikipedia (2001). Radiation Pressure .Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pressure.

6. Wikipedia (2013, April, 25). Global Warming. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

7.  Global Warming-The Scientist Magazine

Outline: Global Warming

Global warming

Introduction:

1.      Global warming was the most serious problems in the world.

2.     Many diseases will spread more quickly in a warm environment, such as AIDS, HPAI and SARS.

3.     Humans are the biggest reason that causes global warming.

Body I:

Global warming has a large effect on agriculture which is necessary to support of human life.

Body II:

There is no doubt that transportation has greatly contributed to global warming.

1.      Carss will produce large amounts of chemical gas.

2.      Carbon dioxide creates a series of reactions.

3.      Refrigerators and air conditioners need a substance called Freon.

Body III:

Deforestation is a controversial reason causing the global warming.

1.      25 and 30 percent of the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere each year -1.6 billion tons - is caused by deforestation.

2.      Trees can be used to burn for house heating.

Conclusion:

      As far as I am concerned, global warming is the necessary part of economic development, but it is not taken seriously nowadays. This is human caused and has serious consequences.

Final Paper Topic

The topic of my final paper will be the Global warming.
Global Warming was become the biggest problem in the world. It has effect on people and environment. So on want to do the research on the Global Warming

 

Review of interview 3

The three highest scores are

Lim Dong Hyuk - 20

 Alharbi, Rakan B and Mengzhen Shi-19

The score card can be found here

Review of interview 2

The three highest scores:

Mengzhen Shi - 20
Alhajri, Faisal M - 17
The score card can be found here

Mengzhen Shi's interview has many datils, i can felt that she was work hard on the interview.

Third interview with SK

1. Describe your preparations. (1) Interview preparations.  

This is my third interview, due to I already did the last two interviews, so I am good at interview now. This time I still choose interview Korean. I did my third interview with SK. She is my Philosophy 194 classmate, we are also teammate. SK was a wonderful girl, she has a good relationship with everyone. I met with SK in CH on 7^th November, after P194 class we go upstairs and found a quite spot to started our interview, finally we choose a sofa near by the windows. I still used my phone to recorded interview process. Actually I want use my laptop to take video, but SK said she will be shy when I take video. So I changed my mind, I just record her voice, she felt comfortable and that was enough for me. The third interview was the longest one, it took us around one and a half hours.

2. Describe the interview. (2) Interview report  

I met with SK in Centennial Hall, we found a quiet and comfortable spot to start our interview. We choose a sofa nearby the window. SK said that it is her favorite spot, there has enough sunshine and warm. So when she doesn’t have classes, she will come here and enjoyed the afternoon. The third interview spends around one and half an hours. I told SK I really interested in and love Korea food, she told me that when she come to United Stated, she was never visited Korea restaurant, because her mother was cooker and she was tough SK how to cook by herself. In other word, SK was good at cook. She also said she will bring some Korea food for me next week, I was exciting. I found a detail, most of Korea people use Samsung self-phone, and seldom people use apple or other brands.  SK agrees with my opinion, but she does not know the answer.

3. Report on country/region and culture: (3) Country Report

   Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and are the largest South Korean chaebol (business conglomerate).

Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into four business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group. Since the 1990s Samsung has increasingly globalized its activities, and electronics, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors, have become its most important source of income.

Notable Samsung industrial subsidiaries include Samsung Electronics (the world's largest information technology company measured by 2012 revenues, and 4th in market value), Samsung Heavy Industries (the world's 2nd-largest shipbuilder measured by 2010 revenues), and Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T (respectively the world's 13th and 36th-largest construction companies). Other notable subsidiaries include Samsung Life Insurance (the world's 14th-largest life insurance company), Samsung Ever land (operator of Ever land Resort, the oldest theme in South Korea), Samsung Techwin (an aerospace, surveillance and defense company) and Cheil Worldwide (the world's 16th-largest advertising agency measured by 2011 revenues).

 Samsung has a powerful influence on South Korea's economic development, politics, media and culture, and has been a major driving force behind the "Miracle on the Han River". Its affiliate companies produce around a fifth of South Korea's total exports. Samsung's revenue was equal to 17% of South Korea's $1,082 billion GDP.

In 2013, Samsung began construction on building the world's largest mobile phone factory in the Thai Nguyen province of Vietnam.

4. Transcribe the interview. (4) Interview transcription

SK=S

Minjie =M

S: How is going today?

M: I am fine, just so cold outside.

S: Did you sew snow yesterday?

     M: Really? I did not sew that. Do you like the weather in St. Cloud?

S: Are you crazy? Who like the weather in St. Cloud?

M: I know somebody did.

S :( laughs) She must be a crazy people. ? I don’t like the weather in St. Cloud because it is too cold and there is too much snow in winter.

M: I don’t like too. I hate snow, it always make me fell down.

S: We should be live together.

M: Are you live in St. Cloud? Where are you born?

S: I am living in St. Cloud now. I was born in South Korea.

M: How many year have you been to the United Stated? Did you undergo different culture?

S: Yes. I had hard time eating American food, did you?

M: I hate cheese burger, I don’t know why people like it.

S: My mother was a cook, so my family has a high demand for food.

M: My mom was not a cook I still hate cheese burger.

S: (laughs)

M: Why you choose SCSU?

S: SCSU had sister relationship with my school back in Korea. This is how I came to the United States, especially SCSU. I was an exchange student at first, and I transferred here.

M: I heard about that, I think that was the reason why most Korea students are exchange students.

S: Yes.

M: What is you major?

S: Linguistics

M: Oh my god, this major was so hard.

S: Yes, but I interested in language.

M: So why you choose you’re major?

S: I like learning languages especially English. I thought that I need to learn English since I came to the United States.

M: Sound’s great. How often do you communicate with your family back at home?

S: I talk to my family once a week or once per two weeks. How about you?

M: I make a phone call to my mother once or twice a week.

S: Did you use Skype or something?

M: I use China Mobil. This one was cheaper.

S: It just open for Chinese?

M: Emm…. I don’t know about that.

S: Ok.

M: What is the biggest holiday in your country?

S: Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) and Chusok (Korean thanksgiving)

M: Oh… Thanksgiving! Did you have Black Friday?

S: No, I don’t like the Black Friday, all the people become crazy.

M: I am strange. I love Black Friday, but I have never shopping on the Black Friday.

S: Because the lines were crazy.

M: Yes. So did you face any racist problems?

S: I don’t face serious racial problems, but people joke about Asians being good at math.

M: That is truth. Did you have religion?

S: Yes.

M: In what ways might it be difficult to practice your religion here in the U.S?

S: I don’t think it is too difficult. I feel happy about what I can practice. I learn so much about it and I experience so much.

M: I don’t have religion.

S: That is fine.

M: What’s the biggest difference between the American culture and your culture?

S: Language is a biggest and the most challenging difference

M: my second interviewee said that too. Grammar was so hard.

S: Yes. Many discipline need to remember.

M: What are your goals for the future; after you graduate, what are you going to do?

S: I want to go to graduate school

M: Haha…Same as me. We have simple goals.

S: I told you, we should live together.

M: What do you do for leisure?

S: I like singing songs.

M: I like listen music but I don’t like sing a song. Can you tell me something about yourself?

S: what kind of things you want to know?

M: Anything.

S: Ok. I am a senior. I have lived in America for three years. I am looking forward to go to graduate school after I graduate.

M: Nice. Tell me some important things from your culture?

S: I think Korean pop culture is popular nowadays. Many people in the world would like to learn what is going on in Korea. I think K-pop, Korean dramas, Korean style clothing are the most famous and important things.

M: All right. Did you have some questions for me at the end?

S: Yes, how many years have you been USA?

M: Let me see. About a year and a half.

S: I am longer then you. I don’t have more questions.

M: Ok, our interview is finished, you are free to go. Thank you for your help.

S: See you next week.

M: Have a good weekend

S: You too.