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 Few days ago, when I was scanning the news posted in The New York Times , an essay drew my attention and interested me a lot. The title is “How Christian Were the Founders?”. It shocked me due to its absolute recognition to the status of Christianity in U.S. History. The report was debating on whether to promote its religious effects of Christianity to an academic level by proclaiming that the United States is a “Christian Nation”.

I can hardly agree with this statement that Christian were the founders of the United States. When I read the words said by Imet Don Mcleroy, the chairman of the State education board, that “ I am a dentist, not a historian, but I am fascinated by history, so I’ve read a lot”, I suddenly feel that history is not “history” itself but made up of tons of non-history elements. That is to say, history will not have its meaning unless you give it your definition. History is not a discipline which ordinary people should not have a touch, on the contrary, it is made up of every single ordinary people and their everyday work, therefore, it is encouraged that every single ordinary people should be active in studying it. Hence History could not be regarded in part but as a whole. We could not say who are the founders and who are the followers; no one single person or group is the pioneer of a specific history.

Among thousands of actors in U.S. history, what role did Christian play on earth? It is really hard to define what status it has. According to some people who supported to highlight the role of Christianity, Christian were the founders of the United States because “the men who wrote the Constitution were Christians who knew the Bible”. It is hard to judge that did he conceive the Constitution with the belief in Christianity throughout the entire process, however. As a major religion in the United States, Christianity really had donated a lot to the promotion of people’s mental worlds, but the religions, on the other hand, were also utilized as a tool by the governments to control the civilian people psychologically. Accordingly, how could Christian be founders who were merely motivated to establish a far-reaching culture and civilization?

Compared to the Black History Month, which was celebrated to remind people of African American’s donation to U.S. History, the same goes for referring Christian’s importance to U.S. History textbook because that both of them request for recognitions after their awareness of ignorance. To Mcleroy, Christianity is also one thing which is purposely overlooked by American people besides African American’s significance. He said: “for our kids to not know our history, that could kill a society. That’s why to me this is a huge thing.” From his perspective, not including the origin, the theories and the development of Christianity into the history textbook is a great grievance because children need truths, otherwise they would be destroyed by a unreal society. Sounds a little bit ridiculous to me. Was it really a truth? Or he did not think of it critically at all? Those people who espouse that Christian should be into the coverage of American history think that the founders meant to make the United States to be a Christian nation, whereas I think they did not have this kind of thought at all, as seen in this journal that James Kracht pointed out “ I think the evidence indicates that the founding fathersdid not intend this to be a Christian nation, they definitely believed in some form of separation of church and state”, for instance, the “Wall of Separation”, which was come up with by Thomas Jefferson, the president who drafted the Declaration of Independence. Though the Declaration of Independence admit the faith in God, it does not mean that God is the only thing which motivated people to found the United States.

Moreover, even if the entire nation admit the importance of Christianity as well as its moral benefits, it is still inappropriate to impress the students with those uncertain and non-scientific religious theories. The schools, after all, are places for students to receive proper education instead of being convinced of whose significance in history.

With time goes by, history will only be history. What we need is to find the reflection of today from history. Truth will always be the winner no matter how much one intends to distort the history.

Only two years after the miserable earthquake happened to Chinese people in Sichuan Province in China, Haitian people have just encountered the similar staggering tragedy on January 12^th in 2010. It is unfailingly that no matter what kind of destruction do Haitians suffer now, the earthquake would be a terrible memory from generation to generation. While complaining about the natural damage which caused the disaster in a large proportion, people have to summarize what lessons we learned from this heartrending experience. Not only because of the destruction in natural environment, but also because of some man-made reasons.

From the perspective of Haiti itself, it is partly due to the structure and property of Haitian government. According to a journal written by Mark Danner in New York Times, the cause should date back to the establishment of the republican nation of Haiti. Driving the colonists from their land, Haitian slaves, who were transported from distant region – Africa to here, won the rights of owning the first independent black republic. The government was not stable and strong enough at all; it was flimsy and fragile instead. The discrimination of African slaves had been undergoing the fact of this nation for a long time. Without the recognition of the United States, the Republican of Haitian was hardly to gain support from foreign country. When faced with severe problems, foreign aids could play a vital role in the recovery process.

The poverty of Haiti also had an enormous effect on the isolation of it. Established as a nation of freed African slaves, Haiti was not capable of taking a good control over the development of their new republic. Therefore, under the pressures and menace of their former colonial overseer, Haitian government, described as the author of the journal, purchased for a periodic payment as reparation. The long-term payment was too unendurable that the Haitian government suffered from an accumulative poverty.

The author also addressed his opinion that Haitian government’s ignorance in regulating the nation led to the loss of wealth seriously. The black rulers who were once the slaves of the European white people grabbed lands and earth from their masters and drove them from the colonies. Those Africans, however, didn’t utilize the arable lands properly, but wasted them instead. Not only did they spoil the precious natural resources in Haiti, but also abused the power of government. It reminded me of the definition given to a government in the Constitution that a government is served to secure people’s rights, liberty and lives; people have the duty to abandon the government if it doesn’t do well in serving to the people. On the contrary, the Haitian government raised the tax without abstemiousness, which would surely trigger the people. Tax is an ambivalent weapon, from which the government could benefit readily, but sometimes it may cause a radical change. Just like the lesson learnt by the British colonists, who passed the Stamp Act and Quartering Act to gain profits and eventually be defeated by Patriots, a group of nationalists fought against the Britain because they could not tolerate the overwhelming taxation any more.

Additionally, the poverty then inevitably gave rise to the lack of advanced medical care system in Haiti. It is the dearth in food and medical rescue that increased the case of “stupid death”, which, according to the report, is a term used to describe unnecessary sacrifice.

Other outside reasons may also leads to the quandary of Haitian people. The United States exploited Haiti at the very beginning by recognizing its independence, making it a poorer country.  However, to repent what the United States did is to provide Haiti with agricultural market. As a country whose major crop has a great surplus, Haiti has to sell all the surfeits within the time the products are still fresh. Besides, raising the wages of workers, contractors and builders could also promote Haiti’s economic condition.

 I wish to convey my best benison to Haitian people, hoping that the United States could successfully do this favor to help those homeless people.

  It was a really miserable news for Mrs. Bermudez, who went from earning an income at $180,000 to live off the food stamps, that her children had to rely on government aids to survive. With the increment of the population who have no cash income and have to depend on food stamps to make a living, the issue becomes increasingly severe.

Raised by a drug-addicted mother, Mrs. Bermudez grew up in such a quandary. She had to make a living by herself. It seemed that all she could do was to find a stable job and live without any passion. She, however, seized a great opportunity, which endowed her with a $120,000 house. Wonderful things always seem ephemeral. After the industry imploded, she tried some short-term jobs; she lost them however. Since then, she as well as her two children had to survive depending on food stamps, which at least guarantee her children being kept from hunger. (click here to the news)

Among a multitude of people who live with unemployment and poverty, Mrs. Bermudez is just a small example. There are more people join in the team that benefit from government rescue. Is that really a good thing for people to survive with food stamps?

A Representative John Linder, who is a Georgia Republican of a House panel on welfare policy, demonstrated his opinion that the government is spoiling those people who are too lazy to get jobs themselves and live off the governors. In addition, he illustrated his stance that the government should not enlarge this class which has a tendency to become larger in the future by feeding them with food stamps.

For my part, albeit the branch of this kind of poor people, a subset having no cash income monthly and surviving with food stamps, are getting larger, they are trying hard to find jobs for themselves. As the journal reported, those people spared no efforts to find work. But the situation is that few companies or firms or even retailers are willing to employ these people due to the destruction to economy of financial crisis. Thus it is not their faults to expect the government to aid them. From author’s perspective, those people are worthy of sympathy because of their tragic encounters. In my opinion, those critics and governors who reprove their behaviors as eating the bread of idleness should introspect themselves whether they made some donation to the country or not. Food stamps are just things to get food. What does it do? Just food. With the development of diversion, people with steady monthly income and sweet families can hardly imagine how those poor men are eager to have something for fun. Honestly speaking, their life is like dead water; it exists without any waves and motions.

It is not reasonable to ascribe their poverty to their indolence. Does the existence of food stamps do harm to the safety net? I would say no to this question. First of all, the safety net is not as fragile as some people think. Also, scolding food stamps is not the primary task for the government to accomplish so as to confirm the safety net. I am convinced that this problem will be solved in a wide area as long as the unemployment is reduced. Therefore, the crux is to get through the financial crisis. Only by vanquishing the economic enemy can the U.S government help those who rely on food stamps refreshing their life.

  I have to admit that the next few generations are more and more clever. In fact, they have greater intelligence to accept new things around them and to digest some new knowledge. But in a research recently, it is pointed out that the aptitude for young brain to combine sounds with letters will not be completely developed until the age at 11. Apparently, this is for sure far beyond people’s previous assumption.

A multitude of parents wish their babies to learn new things since their infancy, during which they are just able to babble or, at most, to call mum or dad. Sounds ridiculous! I exactly understand the competitive fact of this society as well as parents’ solicitous expectations. The children, however, need time to recognize this world firstly.

It was one of my real experience. When I was having fun with several family friends in the family reunion in summer this year, one of my aunts rushed into the room. Everyone wanted to know what was going on, looking at her with confused look. Then she explained to us that she just sent her child to learn swim; it was a swimming class opened every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. At the very beginning, I didn’t think it was a big deal until I was told that her baby was only one year old and five month. I was utterly shocked, staying at where I was and having no power to say anything. How absurd for a one-year-old baby to learn to swim! I asserted that she was joking. However, she told us seriously that not only did her baby learn swimming, she also make him learn to read and write simple characters. In addition, her baby also need to have preschool courses after seven months, namely, when he was two years old. I could hardly believe what I heard.

There is no denying that beginning to contact with this complex world at a young age is easier for one to handle his or her academic things in school. Admittedly, the more things a child knows, the more popular he or she is. Nonetheless, children, including those so-called prodigies, need space to develop their skills. None could burden this kind of overwhelming pressures; if the kid grows up by suffering this heavy load, will he be happy? Definitely not. Childhood was one of my best memory in my mind. Many people regret not cherishing their childhood because of the few vexation they had. Had I experienced that pressure, I would not be as positive as what I am.

Also, as concluded in the article, putting study into some entertaining games is one of the best ways to promote kids’ interest in learning and help them learn the knowledge faster. I absolutely agree with the author’s view. Studying with diversion will render children interested in the process of learning so that they are more willing to learn without parents’ intimidation. George W Bush once said: “Children are future of the U.S”; only by nurturing them properly and successful can we strength the national power of the U.S.

I am glad that this research revealed a social fact that lots of hyperbole in advertising. It warns many parents who suppose their children to be smarter by eating or drinking some commodities that it’s not realistic to enable their babies to be mature or in advance.

I am convinced that all children are dreaming about having a colorful and relaxed childhood, if parents cannot promise them a relaxed childhood, at least not to give them a stressed one.

  It is unnecessary for me to emphasize how vital water is. Everyone knows what the most fundamental elements to support our lives are: sun, air, and – water. I can hardly imagine our life without water. Nonetheless, the pollution of water in our contemporary society is not decreasing; on the contrary, it seems that the clean water are becoming gradually more dangerous.

The pollution, according to a report I found in the New York Times, stems from the runoff of the barns and farms. Though the waste can play a role as fertilizer, it contains millions of bacteria and germs which can affect people’s health. To solve this problem, the government once took measures to control the amount of runoff by passing relevant act, for instance, the Clean Water Act passed in 1972. The effects, however, were not that evident. It is no denying that the not viewing this problem seriously is a loss of everyone, including the government.

The author of this report, Charles Duhigg, presented his stance that if the government do not take this issue as a preliminary work, this problem will tend to become more and more severe. I am compelled to say that I do agree with the point addressed by the author.

Why didn’t the act work to eliminate even reduce the pollution of water? First of all, in my opinion, the government didn’t do enough work to consummate the legislative system. According to the journal, “regulations passed during the administration of President George W Bush allow many of those farms to self-certify that they will not pollute, and thereby largely escape regulation”.

The waste, namely, the poop of those animals could be able to fertilize the arable lands; it is neither too harmful to the human body nor too beneficial to irrigate the agricultural area. Therefore, why not take advantages of its merits and try reducing its harm? Today many cities throughout the world have eco-toilets, which enable the excreta of mankind converted to energy such as methane. Thus, it is absolutely probable to use the excrement of animals properly.

In economic view, the waste that produces negative externality, which means the social cost exceeds its social benefit, should be dealt with by posing reasonable government regulation. Tax is a good way to decrease the detrimental effects as well as promote people’s awareness of protecting clean waters. By raising the tax of venting polluters could effectively stimulate farmers and the owners of barn to think of the problem. Though take into account farmers’ relatively low income, the tax is capable of warning those who have no patience in dealing with the polluter and never think of the repercussion. Also, strengthening the monitor of water condition might be an effective method. Concerned authorities should have officials or specialist to test the water condition now and then so that they can acquaint the amount of waterborne virus, hence prevent people from being sick.

No matter the suggestions I mentioned above is feasible or not, at least people ought to pay more attention to the protection of clean water. As reported in the journal, more people have experienced the damage of unsafe water to their bodies. People are complaining about the pollution of useable water, yet they seldom think about how to guard against the damage of water themselves. Everyone needs to take action to protect the environment; whenever and wherever we are, we need to avoid anything that do harm to environmentally friendly principles. Only by building our own resolution can we achieve the goal to keep us and the earth in health.

 Though the major themes of the world varied from “Peace & War” to “Peace & Development”, people cannot feel that safe on this so-called peaceful land. There are a multitude of dangers around us in our daily life, including contagious diseases, natural disasters and, especially, the terrorism. In the 21^st century, we should not simply rely on the government to secure us, but learn to be vigilant enough to protect ourselves instead.  

A journal called “Passengers’ Quick Action Halted Attack” drew my attention. The title, apparently positive and jubilant, however, frightened me a lot. There was terroristic event again. The journal reported how did a passenger grapple with the suspect and prevent this disaster. Additionally, the authors extolled the vigilance and calmness of the passengers when faced with such an immediate emergency. Most of people were able to deal with the emergency calmly in the panic, especially those crews in the flight, who took measure rapidly so that the tragedy was obstructed successfully. Also, the authors illustrated their views that people ought to keep their vigilance high due to the unstable current condition. On the other hand, the report was more like a recognition of people’s quick reaction than the warning of terrorism. 

According to the reason given by the authors, this kind of terroristic events stem from the ire of Muslim militants. The religious problem is an issue which has been talked about for long, no matter how eager the U.S government wants to eliminate the conflict, it is not easy to be vanquished. Therefore, we should be aware of the dangers surrounding us; notice every abnormal details in our daily life. Just like what Mr. Schuringa did, we have the responsibility to perceive the dangers come close to us; likewise that we have rights to protect ourselves and other people. Had the passengers and the crews not aware of the eccentric behaviors of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was the protagonist and the suspect of this event, it would be ended up with sorrows. Hence this has to be highly noticed. 
Nevertheless, we don’t have to act overwhelmingly alarmed. After the occur of September 11^th, people have been acting as paranoia. It is extremely weird for a normal person to doubt at every single passerby during day and night. Even if the world is seemingly getting into a swamp of turmoil, we have to hold an optimistic attitude so that we can deal with the precipitate dangers successfully.

It’s true that people cannot depend on the government. Nonetheless, it is also the government’s duty to do well in security. As illuminated in the Constitution, government is established to secure people’s rights, liberties and lives. The contemporary society in the U.S is experiencing such a quandary that both financial and security problem attack the nation simultaneously. Every single policy of the federal government is related to the future tendency of this fragile society. Accordingly, for my part, I think President Obama plays an absolutely crucial role; he is the chrisma who is expected to lead American people to go through the hard time. I hope he will make every decision meticulously to guarantee people a good future. 
With the incremental weaponry in the world wide range, the unsafe elements enclosing us are increasing all the time. It, naturally, lead me to think about the benefits to develop high technology. Is it really necessary to invest that much into the study of weaponry? In my opinion, hi-tech is a really ambivalent tool, sometimes it is mankind’s friend while it becomes evil to some extent. I have to point out that utilizing technology is to enable us to live a better life instead of destroying our world. 
Anyway, life is precious. Every individual has to learn to cherish life and protect him or herself.

         I do have to admit that Barack Obama is a distinguished speechmaker after I watched his “Afghanistan Speech” which illustrates his newest strategies over the matter of Afghanistan issue. His well-organized speech draft and powerful voice make him trustworthy and persuasive.

        This issue has been existed for a long term and still remained to be solved at once. According to one of the journals that opposes Obama’s claim that “the coalition of the willing” and that praises his counterview towards the terrorists, Obama’s speech has left some incomprehensible questions.

        First of all, the writer of this journal shows his point that the so-called magic the number of the troop rising to be sent makes the conflict more like an American war. The number of troop exactly increases dramatically since the left of George W Bush; nonetheless, it shows how severe the matter is and how serious the United States government views it.

        Also, the journalist does agree that Obama’s declaration refusing to set up goals beyond their responsibility is really a necessary and outstanding point of the speech delivered that night. I am convinced that this sort of announcement is not only because of the financial condition of the U.S. Government but also the strong beat back to those who rebuke the exceedingly large amount of troop sent to Afghanistan.

         The speech, in my opinion, is successful enough to gain the majority of hearts and minds of the United States people. I believe that his success in the speech can be concluded to several points.

        At the very beginning, Obama responded to the Iraq War in his own opinions, he illustrated his stance on this war that he never espoused to begin the Iraq War since it was the abuse of government assets and labors. This kind of positive view helped him building a good image because of the unjust nature of the war itself. It appeased the criticisms from the civilian. His resolution that never aid beyond the responsibility reminds me of the farewell speech of George Washington, the first president of the U.S. and led the federal government to confirm the union at the beginning. Washington wanted the United States to obey the rule of neutrality and never get involved too much. In addition Obama also indicated that the 9/11 was one of the trigger of Iraq War. By ascribing it to the religious, military and financial destruction to the people in the U.S. even in the world, Obama, for the second time, gave his opinions and reasons to the Iraq War.

         Right after the mention of terrorists, he stated the condolence to the soldiers who devoted their lives to the country and diplomacy. Obama recognized their great devotions and behaviors, that was what really conciliated people, including the families of the soldiers who were sacrificed and those who have sympathy to those separated families.

         When it comes to the problem that he should not have said the exact date of the withdrawal, I could hardly agree. I don’t think that the withdrawal which is eighteen month right after the arrival of the troop will lead Afghanistan people to doubt the United States government. On the contrary, I believe that Obama’s resolution to solve this problem in a short period can effectively show them confidence and encouragement.

         What’s more outstanding is his connection to the safety and benefits of Pakistan made his speech a bridge to hunt for a benign relationship between the U.S. and foreign country. This is not a bad way to explore foreign aid during the war.

          By the end of his speech, he noted several problems that people will presumably focus most. I think this is how Obama understands the Constitution and the principle of the federal government, which are not to ignore people’s will. His concern on the limited capital, patience and stamina showed people the trouble of sending troop for long term existing in reality. In a word, his speech successfully addresses the resolution of him and the entire U.S government; and it gives people more idea of how hard he is trying to promote the United States.

                 People throughout the world have been focusing on the swine flu these days. With the expansion of all kinds of curable and incurable diseases, our society has to pay more attention to the study of medicines. Few days ago, a newly approved drug which is used to cure cancer appeared in medical field. To our surprise, however, it costs around $30,000 every month.(see the article here) That price undoubtedly is somewhat unaffordable to many families, especially those whose monthly income is just able to prevent from hunger and cold. Albeit the U.S. governments are now considering more about the health care costs, the payment of cancer treatment is a controversial problem.  Must the price of cancer drugs keep high even growing higher? As mentioned in the journal, this “has been an issue for several years.”

How much do U.S. governments invest in the study of medical treatment for cancer patients every year? According to the official record, the total costs of cancer in 2008 was up to $228,100,000,000, including direct medical costs, indirect morbidity costs and indirect mortality costs. There is no doubt that it is exactly a great amount spent on cancer medicines. Some of you might think does it really work? For my part, it does. Even though the proportion of people expect to get cancer have been increasing, the percentage of survival from cancer is also growing. This certainly shows the improvement in diagnosing the cancer and the progress in medical treatment. Therefore, it is not difficult to distinguish the achievements made these years when compared to the past. If the costs in treatment and medicines are effective, why not have a try? According to the interview of many survivors, they find their life more meaningful and fascinating after the successful escape from death.  

One intimate friend of my mother’s experienced the bitterness of cancer once. She said it tortured her for such a long time and made her face pale all the time. It took her about two years to recover from the disease. She had surgeries about 6 times during the first two month when she knew she caught a breast cancer. It is sure that she spent almost all her assets to gain the treatments. When talked about the fees paid for her treatment, she got excited every time. Sometimes, she had thought about committed a suicide herself because she could hardly suffer from the chemotherapy. Even her family had ever thought about giving her up. That reminds me of the topic we discussed in history class – euthanasia. The majority of families in developing country cannot afford to the overwhelmingly expensive costs in cancer treatment, yet the fact is that this sort of disease will not avoid you because you are not rich enough. Lots of experts are employed to explore the method of curing diseases which are seemingly incurable contemporarily. They devote all their time to studying the structure of disease cell and the antigen and so on. Their efforts and achievements do worthy of being rewarded. Thus it is definitely reasonable to charge high price in cancer medicines. Whereas the U.S. government needs to guarantee their people that everyone is able to benefit from social welfare. Lowering the price to make sure that most patients who got cancer can enjoy the jubilance of surviving is one of the most difficult tasks for the U.S. government to do.

             In addition, common method that is not as expensive as most of cancer medical treatments have been approved. That sounds a piece of absolutely exciting news to most people. Patients and their families do not have to worry about the monthly burden any more.

                   No matter how inexpensive the treatment will be in the future, I prefer that everyone could keep in health instead.

One of ladies’ favorite brands came out a new project, which was to introduce a networking site online, and that brand is Burberry.

With the improvement of the social economic environment, the luxurious goods become gradually crucial part of our life. Luxury goods, especially for girls, are sort of indispensable. It stands for high status and rich in this modern time. Not only do those office ladies be fanatic to name brands, but even teenagers are also eager to buy expensive products. Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci and CK are names of the top brands in the range of globe at present. Another brand, which also gains a lot of prestige in the field of fashion, is Burberry. Burberry’s decision to open up a website for online shopping is really excellent.

As a brand of luxury good, it must have gone through a hard time when it strode its first step. But the continuous growth of the consumption of expensive clothes and bags shows us that the popularity of luxury goods has no tendency to decline now. The preeminence of luxury goods, on one hand, ascribes to its ostentatious property for people, and on the other hand, its quality is really worth appreciation. By providing the guarantee in quality and fashion, the majority of ladies are absorbed into the pursuit of luxury goods.

It’s extremely a wisdom for Burberry to begin selling their products online. With the development of IT industry, online shopping is increasingly prevalent. Online shopping could effectively and efficiently reduce the costs in advertisement and other fees in opening an exclusive agency. According to the survey of the staff of Burberry, a large proportion of people spend their time in online surfing, they are somewhat bored of shopping on foot, especially while carrying on too much stuff and walking home.

The reasons, I think, this kind of big brand will start selling through internet are not difficult to conceive. Firstly, the definition of online shopping of Burberry is changing. Goods that are sold online do not mean bargain goods any longer. The chief executive officer is aware of the change in the function of the Internet, it is not a storehouse to find money-saving goods any more, it is now a tool for people to get their things done without even going outside.

Moreover, one the philosophy in marketing is to create their own brand features. To keep up with the speed of this high-pace society, companies should find their own accesses to appeal to customers’ needs. Now Burberry doesn’t want to stop here where it only serves for middle-aged ladies, they feel like to taking care of the wants of younger ladies and their habits of shopping.

To keep their brand vigorous and powerful in the following decades, they need to find a way in which people will choose to consume their products and trust their service. And that is exactly what we called branding. Innovating online shopping is a good way to differentiate from other named brands. However, following Burberry, other famous brands are also mean to set their online shopping website. The competition between companies will become more and more drastic. For my part, the battle between enterprises is not that bad though. At least, it stimulate them to promote their qualities of services and products. Also, with the existence of drastic competition, the chance for luxury goods such as clothes and bags to go to monopoly is decreased, and the equilibrium price will likely to be lower. Not a bad thing for we customers, right?

In a word, everyone loves beautiful things, everyone loves being beauties. Hence notice the market of your favorite brand, maybe they will carry out an amazing surprise policy some day not too far to get. Eyes on me, I am your only Burberry.

These days,I’ve seen a news report which said that a cat got swine flu. 

When I heard this news, my first reaction was laughing. A cat got a influenza transmitted by human and pig? It sounds ridiculous. However after I read more details about the report, I was somewhat worried. Exactly, the cat was doubted to get swine flu transmitted by his master. His master is a mister who lives in Ames, Iowa, one day, he was sick and found himself got H1N1, which is a new kind of widespread influenza, people usually call it “swine flu”. About two days after the infection of him, his cat felt not well immediately. At the very beginning, all people, including experts and doctors, doubted that whether it was a new type of influenza or not. Because nobody believed that the sickness could be transmitted from a human being to a feline animal. Then the cat was sent to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University to accept professors and experts treatment. According to the specialist, this cat never go outside thus he has no chance to have a contact with birds, that is why they cannot explain this phenomenon clearly. After few days’ treatment, the cat is feeling much better now and is eighty percent recovered.

Though it is somewhat unbelievable, it reveals to us that the transmission of H1N1 needs more attention of people and concerned authorities. These days, many friends of mine have caught a cold, even though they already recovered from the illness, the probability of having H1N1 has not been excluded. If the government do not pay enough attention to the control over the spread of this dire influenza, it will certainly causes the panic of civilians. What’s more, the most troublesome problem is that the virus is not only H1N1 now, it will evolve to any new type of virus which is much more difficult to cure at any time. Not long before President Obama declared that the swine flu in the United States had come to a national emergency, the second generation of swine flu came into being. The problem became increasingly serious due to the higher proportion of dead patient among those who got swine flu.

The health policies should be treated more seriously by the U.S. Government, because people always have no ideas when they have a sick. Thus the authority has responsibility to guide people what to do. For instance, a few parents always get into a panic without doing anything, they are worried but afraid to send their children to doctors. However, most parents will make their children take lots of medicines, which is the directly reason causes the virus to become drug-fast. Hence once the structure and property of the virus varies, the patient will be dangerous due to the limited time to find available medicine which can defeat the disease.

Different from China’s condition, the United States has much few population, which provides convenience to control the spread of human. Nevertheless, the financial crisis gives rise to the problem of offering enough capitals investing in the emergency measures. Studying the virus and producing vaccination need a large amount of money, it must be a big barrier in eliminating this medical problem.

Admittedly, the government should take action immediately. But people should not rely on the government, the first basic thing we can do is taking care of our personal sanitation. Wash your hand before eating, do more exercise and do not rub eyes using your hands, I think it will definitely reduce the chance to get diseases.

Though the situation is still serious, I hope it will be come over quickly.