Entry1_TranMyLinh

Item1: Poem
 A Madrigal

Author: William Shakespeare 

Crabbed Age and Youth
Cannot live together:
Youth is full of pleasance,
Age is full of care;
Youth like summer morn,
Age like winter weather;
Youth like summer brave,
Age like winter bare:
Youth is full of sports,
Age's breath is short,
Youth is nimble, Age is lame:
Youth is hot and bold,
Age is weak and cold,
Youth is wild, and Age is tame
Age, I do abhor thee;
Youth, I do adore thee;
O! my Love, my Love is young!
Age, I do defy thee-
O sweet shepherd, hie thee,
For me thinks thou stay'st too long.

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Rhetorical divices: 
1.Iterative structure: "Youth is...." - "Age is....."; " Youth like - Age like";
2. Contrary comparative: full of plaesance - full of care
                                      like summer morn - winter weather
                                      nimble - lame
                                      hot, bold - weak, cold
                                      wild - tame
                                      love - defy
                                      abhor - adore
Message: " Youth is the most wonderful and magical period in your life. When being young, you should make the most of it to do anything, to love, to live...You will never be back younger when it has gone. "

Item 2: story

What is love? 

source: unknown

  A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4-to-8-year-olds: "What does love mean?". The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think.          

  "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca, age 8          

 "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy, age 6        

   "Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings." Samantha, age 7

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri, age 4        

  "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK. " Danny, age 7    

  "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby, age 5        

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." Nikka, age 6   

  “When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more." Matthew, age 7

 "There are two kinds of love: Our love and God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." Jenny, age 8          

 "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle, age 7  " Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy, age 6  

  "During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." Cindy, age 8         

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare, age 5        

  "Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine, age 5            "Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris, age 8

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann, age 4          

  "I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren, age 5      

   “I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her." Bethany, age 4

   "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen, age 7    

  "Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark, age 8  

  "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica, age 8  

  "God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn't. That's love." Max, age 5

And the final one:  Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest that he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a 4-year-old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap and just sat there.
     When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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Message: From the children's point of views, love is not a fixed and dry definition. Love is very simple but diversified in style, meaningful, huge and miraculous. Moreover, children are quite smart and always make us surprise

 
Item 3: Santa economics 
                  by Dave Whamond



Source: http://www.gocomics.com/realitycheck/2011/12/20

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Message: It is a funny view about economics and finance in crisis in 2011.


References:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-madrigal-2/

http://www.gocomics.com/realitycheck/2011/12/20