Fish farming in Malawi's dustbowl

Name : Dean (49712059)

Reaction article # 5

Date : 30/10/2008

From : BBC

Fish farming in Malawi's dustbowl

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/76837478.stm)

My reaction:

The news is about fish farming in Malawi, an interior country in the south-east Africa. The locals bring up fish in dust bowl. This is the way that they make a living.

Firstly, it is a common phenomenon in Africa. Most people doesn’t have chance to study, they can’t apply any jobs in office. Therefore, what they apply for is labour-requiring work, such as farmer, fisherman or miner. Their work is much heavy and they earn not much. Moreover, the climate in Africa is abominable as the rainfall is very low. It is only in spring, so the agriculture is poor as well as the fish farming. If the weather is heavy, their effort will be in vain.

Secondly, despite the murky water, the fish are rich in nutrition, such as calcium, vitamin a and protein. They strengthen our immune system to prevent decease. The fish are nutrient because of the topography-dust bowl. It contains many minerals and plankton. Of cause the fish not only prowl also are fed by their owner. In addition, they would receive their harvest after six months, and then they can get over the dry season.

As a result, though living in such a poor environment, they could face it optimistically. Why do we make ourselves unhappy? We earn more money than they do. We don’t worry about the food. What makes us sad? Maybe the stress is from work or finance. Anyway, we should learn from them. (203 words)

Vaccine call for 'silent killer'

Name: Dean (49712059)
Reaction Article #4
Date: 23/10/2008 From:

BBC Vaccine call for 'silent killer'



My reaction :

The news is about a Bangladesh boy who suffered from a strange disease, but his family could not save him because of poverty. Unfortunately, the five-year-old boy died. In my opinion, poverty is one of the major factors of death. In some remote areas, the sufferers cannot afford any proper medical treatment or aids, so that they become weaker and weaker and died finally. They don’t die of sickness but poverty.
Why do I say that? Since medicine is expensive, most of the low-income families cannot buy it when their family members are sick. Besides that, some pharmacies or pharmaceutical factory may engross the market in order to make money. Why medicines come down to the money spinner to exploit the right of seeking help?
On the other hand, some tycoons would spend millions of dollars to hold a party. What they spend on are luxuries and extravagance. Why do they do that? Just for their happiness. What about those who suffering from hunger and sickness? Have those people been regarded by the rich?
Do the rich feel shameful or guilty while spending money? If they do care about the poor, why don’t they donate a part of their salaries for fund? So what I am going to say is donation. The rich may donate money or build medical teams to help the poor by providing free injection. That would increase the chance of survive. (210 words)

Closure call for tuna 'disgrace'

The news is about the disgracing of tuna. Tuna are being over-fished by fishermen around the Mediterranean Sea. This incident will trigger a wave of natural disaster. Firstly, we all know tuna are delicious and nutrient, everyone from different level of age loves them. Therefore, the demand which fish tuna rises. But if the situation is out of control, it will definitely destroy the food chain of sea life or even the whole balance of nature. Secondly, as we know the seriousness of the consequence, we must stop it. A report from ICCAT, which stands for The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas pointed out the solution. According to the report, the Mediterranean countries such as Spain, France, haven't stump down on illegal fishing as well as implement to monitor the proper arrangements of the fishing fleets. I agree to those opinion. Finally, I figure out two suggestions: Limiting the quantity of fishing fleet, so that increases the survival chance of fish. Moreover, providing an accurate area for fishing is also essential. As it offers a habitat for fish to breed and recover. As a result, although human being is the master of the world, we have to follow the rules of it by not destroying the environment.(207 words)

No rain in Spain

It's about a drought in Spain and it is the most serious one in Spain over the past decade. First, the problem which has caused by the disaster is controversy not only between region and region but also party to party. It makes the country face the separation of opinion. Moreover, the drought also affects the needs of agriculture. Because of the shortage of water supply, it could not support such a water consuming activity like farming or gardening. It will certainly damage the crops of agriculture. In addition, it makes not only Spain but also the world into a difficult situation. Second, the government has the solution that is transferring water from other rivers or countries. Third, Why the disaster happened? I think because of the climate change. As we know, the climate is changing dramatically, all natural disasters become extreme., so does the damage. Why the climate is changing? It is because of the global warming, as we continue using fossil fuel. And release CO2 that keep the sun heat stay, finally the average temperature rises 2-3 degree C. Eventually, The moral of the incident is that children in Spain start to save fresh water. Not only them but also us(205 words)