homework 4

Part I. about the bluemen performance
A. Transcribe the complete text.

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING EARTH AS YOUR PLANETARY VEHICLE
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE MANY WONDERFUL FEATURES OF THIS PLANET
AS YOU HURTLE THROUGH THE COSMOS
PLEASE NOTE
HOWEVER
THAT IN THE EVENT OF CONTINUED INACTION
IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL WARMING
YOUR SEAT CUSHION CAN BE USED AS A FLOTATION DEVICE
ALSO
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOCATE THIS PLANET'S EMERGENCY EXITS
AS YOU CAN SEE
THERE AREN'T ANY

EARTH TO AMERICA!
CAN YOU HEAR?
SENDING OUT A MESSAGE
LOUD AND CLEAR
CAN YOU HEAR?

B. What do you think of this performance?

the main idea of the video is to make earth the planetary vehicle to beings of outer space. what was supposed to be a pleasant trip from the beautiful natural environment of earth turned out to be quite scary and uncomfortable due to our ignorance to global warming. the lines used in the video is quite ironic: seat cushions turning to floating devices and no emergency exits to the disaster that is about to come. i think this is a successful video. it combined music and irony to transmit its message simple and right to the point.

Part II about global citizenship
A. In what ways do you think you are already a global citizen?

well for one thing, i do live on earth. but besides that, i follow the laws and the norms of the society. i try my best to protect the natural environment by not littering, recycling, and trying not to waste the resources of the earth. i tune in to the news to see what's going on on our earth as well as other countries.

B. How can you become a better global citizen?

because of age and status, there are a lot of things that i can't do, but on the other hand, there are still a lot of things that i CAN do. there is only one earth and there are a lot of ways to protect it. aside from the recycling we all know, i can think of ways to reuse things again, this way, i can decrease the amount of garbage. pollution can be stopped too. since the term is "global" citizen, that means that the whole planet is like a country. i can try to understand the culture of other nations so that it will be much easier to get along with foreigners. in the future, when i have the ability, i can try to make the world a better place.