Thursday, 27 December 2012

Book vocabulary

Words
Eng Definition
sentence from the book(pg#)
Example sentence
graveyard
a tract of land used for burials
Working the graveyard shift,he hardly got to meet anybody.(pg.6)
She expressed the wish to be interred in the graveyard of hometown.


perk
an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment 
It was one of the great perks that came with a job at Websound.(pg.6)
They may also feel they have a right to the jobs and the perks their opponents enjoyed.
lecture
 a lengthy rebuke
“We don’t need any lecture from you”(pg.13)
The teacher lectured those pupils rather mildly for not finishing their homework.



bruises
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

“Just a few bruises-that’s it,”Vinnie said.(pg.14)
The blow bruises her leg.


admitting
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
“You call the cops and you’re admitting that someone got past your security.Do you get my drift,lady?You’re admitting failure.”(pg.14)
He admitted his errors 


assault
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
“Let’s see-you’re up for assault,”(pg.15)
He was assaulted with eggs and stones.



glared
an angry stare
The stranger glared at Catherine.(pg.16)
The whole class glared at the teacher when he told them their punishment.


justice
 a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
“I’m taking criminal justice classes at City College.This is my second year.”(pg.18)
America's 16th chief justice, Rehnquist completed 11 years stewardship of the nation's highest court in 1997.


outrageous
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
Then we’ll get SoundUp out there ahead of the competition and make an outrageous amount of money,right?
The most outrageous action in Laud's crackdown was his move to ban -his attempt to ban preaching in churches.


hesitation
 the act of pausing uncertainly
Vinnie heard hesitation in her voice.(pg.26)
She agreed to see him again without hesitation.


blurred
become glassy; lose clear vision
Vinnie read the message over and over,until his eyes blurred.(pg.30)
Everything blurred as we ran.



traitor
someone who betrays someone by committing treason
This girl is a traitor ,and she’s got to hang for it.(pg.31)
The traitor refused to confess and was racked at last.


whooped
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
Ken whooped.(pg.32)
They whooped a welcome at the gate when the group of delegations came in.



stunned
 hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
Vinnie was stunned.(pg.34)
The blow on his head stunned him for a moment.



inherited
obtain from someone after their death
“Maybe he inherited it,”said Joelle.(pg.40)
I inherited a castle from my French grandparents.

Sunday, 23 December 2012

Making Connection

Plot1.
When I read to pg.17,Vinnie was gaving Catherine a idea about how to know who's ID was the strange using.So they can figure out who's the spy in their company .That made me make connection of one time i saw a movie ,a character use that kind of moyen to find out who was the spy in the movie.In "I spy,e-spy"the idea that Vinnie gave to Catherine was check  out the ID,and search for the password.The idea was exaclly same with the one i saw in  the movie.


Plot2.
When I read to pg.34,Vinnie was being untrapped by Ken,and he got fired.There are a lot of intrigues in real life,in society to get money.As an example i heard in real life,a man for his own pay rise,he used moyen to fram his best friend.In "I spy,e-spy"Ken planted a email for Vinnie to see,so Vinnie thought Joelle was the traitor in the company.And Ken deleted it before Catherine saw it.These are the same kind of problem.

Friday, 21 December 2012

Summary


I spy,e-spy

 Setting: The story started at one day a little after midnight in the main computer room.
 
 Main characters-short description:The main characters were Vinnie Torres ,and Joelle denies.Vinnie Torres was a computer operator at a company called WebSound ,and he knew criminal very well.Joelle denies was the intern for Development.

Exposition:First,several companies were racing to produce a program like SoundUp .SoundUp was a program that can help people to download music from the internet.
The problem:A stranger stole a disk has the SoundUp that WebSound company had made.Vinnie try to figure out who was the spy in their company and don't their conspiracy be succesed.  
 
Rising actions:Then,the strange said he came from the company KeyBoard to stole their product.Vinnie gave Catherine his boss a idea about how to know who's ID was the strange using,so they can figure out who's the spy in their company,and Catherine thought he’s very good at this.Catherine ask him if he wanted to work for Ken Castle as a security manager.Vinnie seen Ken as his learning target ,so he was very happy about Catherine’s thought. And then Vinnie met Joelle,Joelle was a really cute girl.So when Vinnie first saw her,he know he will fell in love with her.But Joelle has a boyfriend,they work together for a long time.Ken planted a email for Vinnie to see,so Vinnie thought Joelle was the traitor in the company.And Ken deleted it before Catherine saw it,so Vinnie got fired.Ken was the spy.Vinnie found Joelle to explain everything,and Joelle believed it.They decide to check Ken’s files to get some proof for Vinnie’s speculating,but they got nothing.Vinnie knew Ken was going to stole the disk that night,so they follow Ken to stop him from taking the disk.
 
Climax:Vinnie fight with Ken,last Ken fell into the pool and he was dead.The police found the master disk in Ken’s pocket.
 
Falling actions:Not much people went to Ken’s funeral,but Vinnie went.There was a bidding war for SoundUp,the program was very successful.
 
Resolution:WebSound planned a party to celebrate.Through these experience ,Vinnie and Joelle finally got together.