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Topic this week:
Topic: Disabled children â?" You are not alone!
â?oYou think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of the stranger, youâ?Tll learn things you never knew, you never knewâ? â?" Colors of the wind â?" Vanessa Williams.
Have you ever felt your heart stop beating for some seconds when you see a disabled child struggling to move from one place to another without being noticed by any people passing by? For many disabled boys and girls all over the world, discrimination and inequalities are facts of life. But do you know that like other normal people, they also have hope and dreams, which are so simple but may seem to be unreachable?
1. In your opinion, what are the difficulties disabled children have to face in everyday life? (Physically? Mentally? And emotionally?). Among those difficulties, which do you think is the most significant? In what ways have they been ill-treated? (Education, relationships, social activities etc.)
2. As mentioned in the introduction, disabled childrenâ?Ts dreams may sound simple but unreachable. Letâ?Ts put yourself in their positions for a while and think what they may hope and dream of the most in their life. Is it necessary to include them into the society? (For their own sakes and for the society as a whole)
3. It is believed that education is the best way to help disabled children become productive members of the society. There is an opinion that itâ?Ts good to educate them together with other normal children. (Same class, same school). Do you think this idea will work in practice? (Consider the attitudes of normal childrenâ?Ts parents, the progress of the class, the relationship among children etc)
â?oIf I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life from aching, or cool one pain or help one fainting robin onto his nest again, I shall not live in vainâ?
References:
http://www.handsforhope.org.au/projects/shortterm/children_surgery_2006.html
http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/disabilities/
https://www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.70
http://society.guardian.co.uk/publicvoices/childprotection/story/0,,852268,00.html
Nice to see u at HE.

Topic this week :
Endangered Species!
what are the causes ?

American black bears, Arabian oryxes, Indian tigers, African gorillas and Australian giant kangaroo rats, as well as plants like African violets ?" Can you guess what these animals and plants have in common? They are all on the Endangered Species List. Being on the Endangered Species List means they are in danger of becoming extinct within the next 20 years. These animals ands plants are only a few of the thousands of species in danger of extinction. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), by the year 2025 as many as one fifth, or 20% of the species known to exist today could be gone from the face of the earth. Today, however, most species in danger of becoming extinct are endangered not because of natural causes but because of human activity. What do you think?
1. What animals or plants do you know of that are endangered species in your country or in your part of the world?
2. Is it important to try to save every species of plant or animal? Why or why not? If not, which species in your opinion are the most important to save? Are animals more important to save than plants? Explain why.
3. What can an individual person do to help save endangered species? Give specific examples of what can or cannot be done by an individual or small group of interested people.
Vocabulary:
-Species (n): a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed which each other (from Cambridge Dictionaries Online)
-Extinct (v): That has died out (or not now exiting).
-Endangered (v): to put sb or sth at risk or in danger of being harmed, damaged or destroyed => endangered birds/plants/species are animals or plants which may soon not exist because there are very few now alive.
-Oryx (n): any large straight-horned antelope of the genus Oryx, native to Africa and Arabia (from Cambridge Dictionaries Online).
References:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/
Được aleaf sửa chữa / chuyển vào 23:43 ngày 25/01/2007

Chủ đề tuần này: PLAN FOR A NEW YEAR
Mọi người đi đầy đủ nhé vì hôm nay là buổi club cuối cùng của Hyec trong năm 2006..
Được skylibra sửa chữa / chuyển vào 09:17 ngày 04/02/2007

Thông báo từ ban tổ chức HYEC :
Chúng ta sẽ nghỉ Tết vào chủ nhật ngày 11 và 18-2-2007.
Buổi sinh hoạt đầu năm mới sẽ diễn ra vào ngày 25-2-2007.
Thay mặt ban tổ chức HYEC,Aleaf xin gửi lời chúc mừng năm mới tới tất cả những thành viên của HYEC và những bạn "sắp" trở thành thành viên của HYEC..hihi...Chúc mọi người một năm mới an khang thịnh vượng,vạn sự như ý.
Hẹn gặp mọi người ở HYEC vào ngày 25-2-2007 nhé.

On the notes of joy
may u ridê?
With the waves of hopes
may u drift?
With the fragrance of success
may u sway?
Wishing u the best of times in the head
HAPPY NEW YEAR.

25/2 chúng ta tiếp tục câu lạc bộ : một buổi free talk nhẹ nhàng cho năm mới.

HYEC trong đêm giao thừa ...

còn một số ảnh nữa, Aleaf sẽ post lên sau ...
Hẹn gặp mọi người chủ nhật tuần này..

Happy New Year to all member in Hyec family!!!
"On the notes ò joy may you will ride ....
With the waves of hopes may you drift ...
With the fragrance of success may you sway ...
Wishing you the best of times in the head
HAPPY NEW YEAR"
This is the wishes in "li` xi`" that Hyec member give me today. I''ll always keep it, and I hope the wishes come true.
Today we have a free talk''s day, my group after talking about Tet holiday, we strart talk about "50 days fist meet" film, all of us think that film not only funny but also great. When we saw that film, we will learn how to love, how to make your girl friend remember something. After that, we play a game, we have 2 group, if one group lost, they have to sing a song ....
After takling, Hyec member discuss the plant for "women''s day 8/3". We will held the party on Sunday 4/3. If anybody want to sing a song , please send your name, your email and your song''s name to Mss Diep or Mss Soc (email: socconnhoccon@yahoo.com).
For the guys, Hyec guys want to do something with Hyec girls , please connect with Mr. Loi (email: loihappyman@yahoo.com).
Deadline: Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007.
Hope to see you on Sunday, 4 Mar 2007!

Bravo Uyen.
I will post the details later.
Pls rmb the deadline above if you really want to sing a song or do something else...
I''m waiting for your email..
Cya on Sunday.

I am just a member in KiemhiepCoc
I would like to join to you because I wanna increase my English skills.
If you accept that ?
Please write me the place and the date so I could enter !
Thank you so much.
Even late,I hope you have a happy new year !