Zehao Xiang by Zehao Xiang https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv Self-introduction en-us 2020-07-13 12:04:33 UTC 2026-01-20 19:41:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f601.png Hello from Zehao Xiang! zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/653195090       My name is Zehao Xiang. I come from Guangzhou, China. I like singing, playing basketball and running. I am good at communicating with others, and have the ambition to learn, especially logical thinking and mathematics.
      I am going to graduate at York and I choose Finance major because I am interested in economics and finance. Finance course can teach me how to use money to create greater value. In other words, It can help me to solve two problems: how to invest and how to manage money.
       I love to study in the UK. The quality of education in the UK is world-famous. The educational system has a solid foundation and strong strength. More importantly, the learning style suits me very well.
I hope that I can improve my English level as much as possible in this ten week course in order to adapt to the content of the main course. Therefore, I will try my best to learn every lesson well.
       

]]> 2020-07-13 12:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/653195090 Independent study zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/659672066 1、I plan to spend two hours in the morning to learn about philosophy. In the afternoon, I will concentrate on class. In the evening, I will finish the task of the day and spend an hour and a half to sort out the whole idea of the essay. As for philosophy, most of what I have learned before is Marxist philosophy. This week, I will be guided in class to understand western philosophy.
2、In this week, I'm going to sort out my essay mind map in order to facilitate the beginning of subsequent in essay writing. In the meantime, I will look for at least 5 references for analysis and summary. Generally speaking, the relationship between historical relics and the country of origin belongs to the field of Archaeology and History. It also includes the Political field. Maybe there are other fields that I haven't thought about, and I'll take them into consideration later. So my task in this week is to infer and draw the main thread of the essay in these three fields.
3、 What I want to know may be in academic writing. After all, there are so many skills in writing that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between right and wrong. If we can straighten out the overall context of writing, such as the title, table of contents, the structure and content of the text, the use of references and how to write a summary which is the ending paragraph. we learned a lot about how to write a essay last week. In the future, I will focus on a question which is about the structure of the essay.]]> 2020-07-22 00:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/659672066 rethink idea of success zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/659921635 I learned stoic ideas and other contents, which gave me great enlightenment. 
The first one says that there are a lot of things we can't control. I think in the process of seeking success, many situations are the results that you don't want to get, even if you have spent a lot of effort to do it. But we can't stay in one or more failures which make us sad, or  satisfied for a long time because of a small success. We must have a long-term goal.
The second one says that we should focus on the activity, not the outcome.In many cases, the pursuit of success is not the result, but in the process of activities. For example, when we shoot an arrow, the goal is to shoot the arrow into the heart of the target. But how to improve the number of success and reduce the error rate is our main purpose in order to achieve more solid success.
The third one says that true value resides inside, not outside.The main problem revealed by this is the problem of mentality. We should always keep a calm mind to do things so that the probability of our success will be greater.]]> 2020-07-22 06:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/659921635 Summary and Reflection zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/662661599 Summary: Dr. Skempton talked about the problems and connections between philosophy and social sciences. He introduced philosophy as a personal attitude and view on a certain subject, which needs to include critical thinking. He expounds that philosophy is a rational investigation on the basic problems such as reality, knowledge and the essence of morality by giving the examples of some philosophical problems. In the field of philosophy, it is also divided into many branches to classify them. Then he let philosophy and religion, philosophy and science dialectical analysis, to illustrate the use of philosophy and the importance of science. After that, with the help of Kant's view, he explains the boundary of scientific existence. The world is objective and it can be understood by us. Knowledge is limited, and the world consciousness of human beings depends on the space they live in. Finally, he discussed the use of philosophy of science to distinguish between genuine science and pseudo-science. He discusses whether scientific theory should be devoted to describing reality rather than imagination. Philosophy of social science is derived from philosophy of science, which is divided into two schools: positivism and phenomenology to analyze how the goal of social science should treat human behavior. Positivism is committed to the observation of human external behavior, while phenomenology investigates the human behavior from the subjective perspective.
Reflection: I find idealism very interesting. What we think in our hearts is not consistent with what we see. Idealism holds that the world exists subjectively. For example, if we have a flower in front of us, but we think of a car in our mind, then what we see will be a car, not a flower. On the contrary, if it is materialism, what we see will be a flower, because the flower exist objectively and are not dominated by our consciousness.

]]> 2020-07-26 12:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/662661599 Audio reflection zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/664603372 2020-07-29 01:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/664603372 Reflection of "what did you say". zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/669685807 This time, we used padlet to communicate. My part of the summary is that In my part, the second section, it talked about three steps of communication: communication is a 3 step process of perception beginning with observation, typically followed by interpretation, and capped by evaluation or judgment. Observers allow themselves to see through their own perceptual filters, which are influenced by their own experience and culture. What the observer interprets under different cultural background factors will be different, and the disrespect caused by this cultural difference is often unfavorable to the judged in judgment and evaluation.

Therefore, there are often contradictions in the communication among all people. We need to understand and tolerate each other's behavior and culture, and respect each other.]]> 2020-08-05 01:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/669685807 Comparison of Text A and Text B zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/670842922 In both articles, they describe what color means in different places.Among them, they all talk about purple in the same way, which is the symbol of royalty, wealth and power. They both give an account of the meaning of color, which is closely related to our life.

However, some colors have different meanings. In the text A, yellow represents bad things, such as  jealousy, pornography and so on. On the other hand,  yellow is associated with happiness and joy In Western cultures. In addition, the two articles also talk about the different colors and the meaning they represent.]]> 2020-08-06 01:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/670842922 Tasks of Crew Roles https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/682748520 In my opinion, there are many jobs in the film industry. What I know are: photographer, director, screenwriter, dubbing engineer, accountant, subtitle team staff, assistant director, executive director, screenwriter assistant, lighting artist, make-up artist, lighting engineer, prop group staff and so on.

After comparing the occupations in the documents, I think that I don't know enough about the profession in the film industry. I didn't take into account a lot of occupations, such as Casting Director and Caterers. It makes me deeply feel the complexity of making a film.

If I want to be in the film industry, I want to be a screenwriter. Because I think I'm better at planning and arranging things and dealing with problems. At the same time, I also enjoy the process of creating stories. When my movie is finished and sold well, I will feel a sense of accomplishment.

]]> 2020-08-17 14:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/682748520 Task 1 of film access. Introduction https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/684606649 In my opinion, the accessibility of movies depends on many factors. Generally speaking, when a new film is shown, the only place we can see him is the cinema. When it's shown for a long time, the movie will go down and sell the right to many video companies so that most of people can see it on their playing software. But sometimes people from different countries may not be able to see some new films. It may require domestic enterprises to buy the film copyright. On the other hand, In terms of the details of films, some films that are too politically sensitive or bloody and violent will be banned by some countries. For example, I like watching “the Joker” which is released in 2019, but I watched it in Hong Kong. I am not able to find this movie in the mainland because there may be some psychological problems after watching, which lead to be banned. In terms of money, the more money the company has, the higher promotion of the film will be. Then, more video companies will come to buy the right to play.]]> 2020-08-18 12:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/684606649 Reflection of the lecture (Jon Towlson) zx916_2 https://padlet.com/zx916_2/tnan63922zcmppuv/wish/686687683 This lecture is mainly divided into five parts to describe the film.
The image of a star is shaped by the role it plays. What different stars represent is closely related to the audience's values. If an actor becomes famous in a movie, many people will know him and worship him. When the actor acts in another film, it can be used as his image for publicity, so as to improve the popularity of this film. From a macro point of view, it has also promoted the development of the film industry.
A complete film needs to have its genre, including the character of the person, the type and style of the story and so on. As the genre changes over time, two different schools of thought have emerged.
The film may have many narrative plots. For example, there may be different concepts of time and space in a movie. One character travels back to the present after several years and meets another character. The two characters experience different things at different times, so the narrative plot is also different. A good film is also reflected in his narrative style. What is even more concerning, time, as one of the core parts that film makers can control, needs to grasp its order.
The director is indispensable in making films. The lecture thinks that the real author of the film is the director rather than the production company which can only be said to be the assistant of film production.
The most important role that the film industry can play is to eliminate all armed conflicts in the civilized world. So it's very necessary for movies to have a common language.
Film is an art, and his ideas can be passed on to the audience.
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