Online shopping affects the society positively

理由：

It can bring consumers benefits through its goods' variety

解释：

The online shops have the goods from all over the world while the physical shops have only a few kinds of the items

(people can buy more kinds of things online)

X a good idea

理由：

products need more money to be designed more environmental-friendly

解释：

companies need funds to make innovations on their producing process

观点：

让步：

理由：

解释：

额外方法：

agree with Claire

让步：

√reduce air pollution caused

理由：

increase people's burden

affect the economy negatively

解释：

∵taxes on fuels $↑

∵people have to buy fuels

∴increase people's burden

∵people's money that spends on fuels↑

∴people's money that spends on other products/services↓

∴influence the economy negatively

方法：

×tax on fuels

√subsidize electric cars companies

While I agree with A and B that…., I believe that….

I believe that both A and B are significant. However, I would like to add another… that I think is more important, which is C.

I think both A and B make valid points about…., but I also believe there are additional factors to consider, which is C.

√foreign language classes & art classes

√√sports classes

理由：

make adults healthier

解释：

∵adults' physical health is always not given much attention, adults' stress due to work and family is too heavy

∴need exercises to increase body fitness & to release pressure (e.g. ......)

额外：

FLC don't need to communicate with foreigners everyday

AC provide expression of ourselves but not as important as physical health

Andrew

I totally support the idea of having many short breaks rather than one long summer vacation. One advantage of such a system is that it would help students hone their social and emotional skills. What better way to improve one's skills than by interacting and collaborating with classmates for longer periods of time?

Claire

While l agree with Andrew that developing one's social and emotional skills is important now more than ever, l am against year-round schools. I think along stretch of vacation time is necessary as it provides more opportunities for students to interact with people outside their school—their family and friends—and not just their classmates.

1)人多

2)福利welfare多：insurance, annual bonus, pension

II 裁员不影响人民生活：

technology develop → solutions of problems (e.g.: internet, other companies...) increase → not necessary to ask the government's staff for help → cutting down the employee's number won't have side effects on people's daily life → having so many staffs is a waste of money

This week we covered characteristics common to entrepreneurs. One idea we discussed is the benefit of recognizing opportunities and quickly taking advantage of them. This idea is expressed in the saying, "The early bird gets the worm." In this discussion post, I would like you to indicate whether you agree or disagree with this saying and explain why.

Paul

I agree that the early bird gets the worm because there are many advantages to being early. Doing things first means that you are probably a pioneer in your field. As a pioneer, one gets to set the rules and define the field for those who come after them. Who wouldn't want to be a pioneer in life?

Kelly

I am not sure I agree with the saying. I think the disadvantages of being early outweigh the advantages. Doing things before others means taking the first risk, and that can lead to mistakes. I prefer to wait for other people to try things first before I try them so that I learn from their experiences and avoid their mistakes.

Explanation:

early adopter= discover the product= no information to look→ risk of unnecessary cost (try a phone, not good, expensive, waste of money)