Should there be one world language that everyone speaks?

Should there be one world language that everyone speaks?

    

 

     There should be various languages in the world, not only one language. Someone says that various languages make people learn more than one language, which requires lots of time and expense. So, they could think that if we spoke one world language, it would become much easier and more comfortable to communicate with everyone, wherever he or she comes from. However, language is not just a way to communicate each other. It has much more value than that.

 

     First reason is that language is a cultural and historical heritage. Languages reflect own history and culture background of countries. So, unifying languages to one, abolishing languages, is like destroying the statue of liberty in U.S. or Gyeongbokgung Palace in Korea. Then, if we diminish all of languages but one and speak only one language, what culture and history is left..?

 

     Second, language is a characteristic of each country. One language might restrict development of culture variety. What is it different with colonizing all of the countries by one language? One language will simplify the world. It seems like there is just one country on the earth.

 

     Lastly, interpreter is well being as developed as we do not need to learn more languages. If someone insists only one world language because of difficulty of learning more languages, it is a unnecessary worrying. We do not need to learn other languages requisitely.

 

     The one world language is a destructive idea and does not be needed. Our country’s own culture and history are really precious and our characteristic is also. Moreover, with a interpreter, difficulty and worrying of learning another language would disappear.

Innovation in the whole life: 3D Printer

Innovation in the whole life: 3D Printer 
 

   Imagine that you can make reproductions of everything through a printer, so you don't need to go out for buying something and can just make it, like foods, furnitures, pills, and even houses. It sounds like possible only in SF movie. But in reality, 3D printer was invented, which can copy not only papers but also everything three-dimensional. It is a really exciting and significant invention, because it can provide us goods which fit us perfectly and treat patients by making specific body parts.
 
   3D printer is one of the best surprising inventions we've ever seen because we can make our own production by 3D printer. Untill now, we had no choice but to buy goods which was designed and made by companies even though it was not to our taste. However, with 3D printer, we don't need to buy unsatisfactory goods anymore. And we can make our own products that fit our use and taste. Is there no snacks that suit your taste in any supermarket? Or it it bothering to cook dinner or go out for buying something? Then, just design and make your own with 3D Printer. It will make you more convenient than any other inventions.

   Another significant advantage of 3D printer is that it helps doctors operate on patients more easily by providing prosthesis and a model of organs. Using 3D printer, it is possible to make a prosthetic arm which fits each parients perfectly at a low cost. Also, doctors can rehearse on printed organs before real surgery so that failure rate decreases. And when we suffer throes, we can make own pills which is optimized on a sepecific pain without going pharmacy. I think it is the best medical appliance in terms of replacing body parts, safety of surgery and easy access to getting pills.

   3D printer gives us great convenience and helps medicine field in various ways. 3D printer is playing an important role already in a lot of field such as the production of automobiles, designing clothing and electronic components. Although it cannot be commercialized to the general public yet, it is being developed more and more now. (Acually, it is commercialized enough, but the price is too high yet) According to experts and doctors, many types of printer will be commercialized more and also generalized by lowering the price within 5-10 years.

Essay

Arin Jang

Prof. Kyle Brebner

IERW (03)

6 October 2015

The Kiss

             A couple in the painting is embracing, a woman is kneeling down and a man is kissing her on a flower garden seemed as a cliff. Overall, it is covered by gold. You will easily find out what I describe. It is The Kiss, made by Gustav Klimt. It is the best art I’ve ever seen. I will introduce the painting’s background, and then describe, interpret and evaluate it on my view.

             I want to introduce the background story of the painting at first. Gustav Klimt, an Austrian symbolist painter, is known as a best painter for expressing woman historically. And there was a sincerely beloved woman for him, Emilie Floege,. The Kiss. He described his fear and precariousness that stemmed from being abandoned by Emilie by drawing the couple kissing on the edge of a dangerous cliff in the canvas. And he proposed to her with the painting, and she accepted it. Since then, they had been together for 27 years with not physical relationship but platonic love before Klimt died.

             The background where couple is kissing is covered by gold. Traditionally and generally, gold symbolizes wealth. I think in this painting the gold means sexual pleasure the couple feels. I guess Klimt might use the gold color to describe that sexual pleasure is as worthwhile as happiness from the wealth. They are on the flower garden cliff. The flower garden means happiness when they were together, and I think the cliff can be interpreted by two ways. The first is anxiety. That is from worries that my lover might leave me like that Emilie left Klimt. The second meaning I think is a thrill from kissing. It seems that the pleasure from kissing is as thrilling as standing on the edge of the cliff. I have not met Klimt, but I think he would paint The Kiss with this intention I guess. Then, there is no clue where they are and when. From this point, I feel like they are renouncing the world and there is no one but them in the world. No clue about the place and time makes us focus on only their love without any distracting thoughts. Another point we should focus on when seeing this painting is the difference of the man and the woman. The man is wearing on clothes filled by black and gray rectangles, grasping the woman’s face. I feel rectangular shape means toughness of men, and the colors double that feeling. Grasping the woman’s face also strongly portrays his masculinity. On the other hand, there are circles and curves of various colors on the woman’s clothes. It feels like flowers. The circles and curves of various warm colors give me a soft sense relatively. I feel obeisance of woman from kneeling down. Judging from this expressions Klimt did, I cannot help thinking he had a stereotype of gender like most people in his period.

             I felt uncomfortable about the expression of woman and man, seeing The Kiss at first. Because, by the colors like gray/black and pink/red and the shape such as rectangles and circles, the woman is depicted very passively and obediently, and, contrastively, the man very actively and authoritatively. I hate this prejudice, especially about the gender. But considering the male-dominated society Klimt lived, it is possible for me to understand why he had this thought. I like the background of gold color and the flower garden, as they express ecstasy from kiss very properly. Especially, I think the flower garden and the cliff is the best expression of kissing one’s lover. Even though I don’t know exactly about what Klimt’s intention was, it is the best way of showing happiness, ecstasy and thrill simultaneously, I think.

All factors of the painting, including colors, backgrounds and shapes, express the feelings we have when we are with a beloved person and kiss. So when I see The Kiss, I get an impression that I want to kiss my lover like them and feel emotions that it seems to be on the cliff with my lover. That’s why I love this painting best. It lets me have romantic feelings. Therefore, I recommend you to appreciate The Kiss in detail, then you will be able to find meanings you didn't know until now and feel like falling in love as I did.

(Sources of information : NAVER knowledge encyclopedia, NAVER news)

For Sustainable Future

For Sustainable Future


   Most of us are not aware of water shortage. Because when we want water, we just go water purifier or sink and get it. Very easy. But realistically, there are no countries that have enough water now. According to UNESCO, if  the tendency of water consumption lasts for over 20 years, 180 millon of people will live in region where water runs dry. We have save water to save people in the future. So, I recommend some ways we can practice easily in daily life: turning off the tap and doing laundry at once(not seperately)

   Very first step we can practice is turning off the tap while brushing your teeth, rubbing your hands or face with soap. It is a very easy way, as you know. But most of you do not practice with thoughts that it is trivial. Actually, I often see many people wash their hands with the tap turning on in toilet. And then, putting water in a basin or a cup is also good habits. There is enormous amount of gap between turing on the tap and using water in a basin. Just don't wash your teeth, hands, or face through running water and use a basin and a cup.

   And another way to save water is doing laundry at once. Some people run a washing machine every time they have something to be laundered. However, it is a bad habit which can promote water shortage. Whether the amount of laundries is few or many, water consumption is same. So, do not laundry frequently and do that after dirty laundries are gathered enough. Only when you do laundry, you might just as well be lazy to overcome shortage of water .

   By turning off the tap(and using water in a basin) and doing enough gathered laundries, we can help the people who may suffer from water shortage in the future. These ways can save not only the people in the future but also the ecosystem including many fishes. Moreover, these habits help us pay the water charge less. And they are also really easy way to practice water-saving in everyday life. Why don't you practice these habits in your daily for eusuring the sustainable future and household expenses?