2014年09月11日
TOEFL
I took some TOEFL practice tests and found that the speaking test is the most difficult of the 4 sections.
It is not a speaking test anymore. It's a listening and memorizing test. The first and the second parts was not so difficult but 5th and 6th parts, I tried hard to find what I should remember and tried to remember. However, I couldn't remember it completely and then, I found it. Studying English is no more than remembering people's conversations. I learned Japanese by reading books or talking with other people and rememberd it as an experience.
I haven't been to foreign counrtries for a long time. I think it was difficult for me to catch on how I improve my English skills but now the time is over. I can finally accomplish this.
I can't wasting my precious time with it. I should do other things.
2014年09月08日
iGEM
This is an international competition of biological engineering. Many teams all over the world participate in it.
These days, I'm so interested in this but there is not a team in our university and we have some difficulty to participate in it.
First, you need much money to participate in it. According to a website, an university spends no less than 40,000 dollars. However, it's very difficult (for me) to collect it.
Second, you need to prepare a laboratory to experiment.
2014年09月07日
Ebola outbreak
People in the world except Africa are not necessarily able to treat the virus because they have never experienced Ebola virus outbreak. We cannot be too careful when there are fears that this virus may reach our country. Why are some people trying to calm others? At the same time, they insist that the outbrek is caused by lack knowledge to treat it. I don't think so because this is the first time for the last several decades that Ebola virus infects so many people and people in Africa could have probably been treating it before. I think there is another reason for the outbreak.