Notional Learning Package

This news reported that the government of Perth, a city in Australia, has been putting a lot of money on building roads. Instead of using the public transports, riding a bike or walking, people tend to travel by their own cars. As a result, there is a decreased amount of transport options for citizens and frequent traffic congestion. Hence, the authoritative planner in Vancouver, who has his first visit to Perth, suggested that there should be a change in the Perth’s transport system.

Part 2 Interpretation & Part 3 Outcome
(~ 100 words)
The reason for the addiction of people on driving private cars may due to the convenience caused. The use of private cars is more convenient for citizens in foreign countries as the areas in foreign cities are large and thus the travel distance in much longer when compared with Hong Kong. Moreover, the public transport cannot reach all of the destinations. Consequentially, people rely heavily on travelling by their own cars instead of the public transport. To fulfill the interest of users, the government then spend much more money on building roads for citizens as to reduce the rate of traffic congestion. However, this becomes a vicious cycle which makes people can hardly change their travelling habits. This will also worsen the problem of pollution as more cars on the road means a higher rate of carbon dioxide emission which can increase the rate of global warming.

AY1415 sem 1
Do either Part B OR Part C to complete your reflection record for this module. Submit only one part.

Part B
My Activity
Language Activity
Underline as appropriate
CILL activity/ Workshop/ Watching a movie/
Others pls specify
Title

Part 1 Description
(~ 50 words)

Part 2 Interpretation & Part 3 Outcome
(~ 100 words)

Part C
My Glossary (1)
Vocabulary
inevitable
Source
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Glossaries at Work/ English Central/ Google Search/ Wikipedia/ YouTube/ Others: News article
Online Examples
The inevitable end of human life is death.

My sentence
The inevitable event in life is failure.

My Glossary (2)
Vocabulary
overwhelming
Source
Underline as appropriate
Glossaries at Work/ English Central/ Google Search/ Wikipedia/ YouTube/ Others: News article
Online Examples
An overwhelming majority of the members were against the idea.

My sentence
The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.

My Glossary (3)
Vocabulary
vitality
Source
Underline as appropriate
Glossaries at Work/ English Central/ Google Search/ Wikipedia/ YouTube/ Others: News article
Online Examples
His paintings are a bright profusion of energy and vitality.

My sentence
Hong Kong is a city with diversity and vitality.

My Glossary (4)
Vocabulary
subscribe
Source
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Glossaries at Work/ English Central/ Google Search/ Wikipedia/ YouTube/ Others pls specify
Online Examples
Please subscribe your name to the document.

My sentence
I have subscribed to an English newspaper.

My Glossary (5)
Vocabulary
explicit
Source:
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Glossaries at Work/ English Central/ Google Search/ Wikipedia/ YouTube/ Others pls specify
Online Examples
She was very explicit about her reasons for wanting a divorce.

My sentence
The contrast could have been made more explicit.