Summer Plan

         To be honest, I do not want to take ALP courses again in summer. I am a little bit regret that I did not work so hard on TOEFL. As the result, I spend so much time in ALP and I do not pass the TOEFL yet. Fortunately, we will have the PBT test soon and I will try my best to pass it. If I pass that test, my summer plan will become more interesting. I might have a long summer vacation to travel around America. However, if I could not pass the PBT test, I might take ALP course one more time. As I have condition admission, this summer, I might register one or two opening classes during I study in ALP.

         As a student, I have taken numerous lessons since I was a child. Nevertheless, I think things that I had already learned in work is more important than what I had studied in school. When I worked in the club, my experiences were completely different. My social skills had improved as much as possible. That affect my future life so much, and I can easily adapt in different surroundings because practice is more important than theory. 

         If I know when is the end of my life, I will schedule my life as full as possible such as travel around the world, spend more time with my family and do some charity things. In fact, the most important thing in the bucket list is be happy every day before I die.

Paraphrase

Country music legend George Jones dies at 81        

      According to George Jones' public relation firm, a country music singer whose name is George Jones has died when he was 81. The public relations firm said that Jones was died at Nashville hospital on Friday. He got fever and irregular blood pressure when he had lived in this hospital since April 18. He was known as the legend of the country music. For example, in some of the most wonderful songs in country music, his songs were given deep meanings  by his elegant voice.( Leopold, Par 1 and 2 )
       
     Because of the turbulent marriage and exacerbations of alcoholism, these caused his concert that could not make success sometimes. Although People marked he as "No-Show Jones", his license plates used this nicknames by funny purpose.(Leopold, Par 3 )



Todd Leopold."Country music legend George Jones dies at 81" CNN. 28 April. 2013. 29 April. 2013<http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/showbiz/music/obit-george-jones/index.html?hpt=us_c2>

Spring Break

         Finally, I went to San Francisco at this spring break. I had been living in California for almost one year, but I rarely travel around here. Even though I had summer vocation and winter holiday, I still did not have opportunities to go some where.   

       When I was in San Francisco, I found that the public transportation system is different. There are a perfect trolley bus system in everywhere and the traffic is busier than South California. Although the traffic is busy in there, divers also very polite to each other. Unlike in some other big city, because of the fast tempo of life, people usually ignore the comity between the each other. I really like American drivers who always consider each other.        

       Also, I found that the streets in San Francisco are totally different from South California. Because streets go up and down, I felt that driving in there is like sitting in a roller coaster.It is very exciting.Those things I had ever experienced in my hometown.

Dream Job

         I always think about my future career can relate art such as a dancer, a piano player, or a designer. Especially for a interior designer, it is my dream jobs so far. In fact, before I came to America, I was intending to apply the Interior Design in some universities in UK. Even though I know nothing about Interior Design, I still wanted to study at there. However, the reality conditions of my family could not allow me to study something in that field. I was so upset when I had to give up to apply for those universities which are familiar to public. 

         Because my initial major is International Economics and Trades, I could only apply my master's degree in some fields about Economics in Cal State Fullerton. It means I will change my dream jobs into the reality future career. Although I dropped my study plan about interior design, I will never forget my dream. In other words, I will study another major if I has a chance.

         Sometimes we might find jobs that without any connection in our dreams or majors. It is a normal phenomenon in recent years. Therefore, we could not lose our initial dream even if it is an unreality work. I usually imagine how different it is if I am a interior designer. I will use my entire life time to follow my dream until it comes true. 

Favorite Quotation

         My favorite quotation is, " I don't regret the things I've done, I regret the things I didn't do when I had the chance." (Pocket English)         

         Another favorite quotation is, "You will never have what you like until you learn to like what you have." (Goethe)

Dream Spots

         If I have enough money and time, the first place that I want travel is Venice. Even though I never been there before, it is never failed to attract me. The primary reason that I want to travel to Venice is the transportation system. I was so surprised at the first time when I know that people in Venice use boats as transportation. Another things that I interested in is the special culture of Venice because Venice is kind of the oldest city in Italy. In other words, it has all kinds of historical things around the city. Because of the beautiful view and special culture, Venice also has been the setting or chosen location of numerous films, novels, poems and other cultural references. Although I cannot go there so far, I can find many information from every media materials.
         Actually, I wish I can travel around the world if I have a chance. That is one of my dream things in my life. I want explore our world because there are tremendous beautiful and amazing spots in the world. Travel is not only one of the life activities, but also is a method to expand my horizon. I can learn so many things that I cannot study from the school classes during travel. Therefore, That is why I have a dream about travel.I hope I can find someone have a same dream like mine,so we can be backpacker to travel together in the future.

About Me

         My name is Xu Zou and all of my friends call me Ulrica. I have been studying at the ALP for 8 months. Before studying in the US, I already got my bachelor's degree in International Economics and Trades. Therefore, I am looking forward my Master's degree at here. Actually, I'm very glad to study here because my life is becoming totally different.
         I am a little bit shy when I met another people at first time. I might keep quite and stay alone in the corner. However, if I stay with my friend, I will become kind of a talkative person. In other word, Even though I do not talk a lot at first time, I like making friend with another friend.
         I have a bunch of hobbies like hiking, travelling and playing all kinds of large ball sports such as basketball, soccer and volleyball. I used to be a goal keeper of soccer in my high school team. Actually, I like trying some challenge things such as bungee jumping and sky diving even though I never try them before. I also like watching movies especially action movies and horror movies. These are all about myself with half normal and half crazy personalities.