EAP2 WW Assignment

Research Paper

Noise pollution in Australia

Have you ever thought about environmental noise problems in Australia? In Australia, noise pollution has been increasing. It is one of the widespread environmental problems and this is the problem that causes some human health problems to Australians. Noise causes hearing problem which is difficult to hear sound or lose the sound because of loud noise. It also causes to people become irritated, to be troubled by insomnia, or cause to decreasing concentration. According to Davidson (2006), in Australia, the noise pollution has become serious problem in main parts of cities and it is also in rural areas. This environmental problem has become wider and wider and it is thought to be serious by Australian government, scientists, and even many residents who are in the almost all cities in Australia. Noise pollution bothers Australians and noise complains has been increasing in recent time (Quiet please! Fighting noise pollution in Australian cities, 2006). In Sydney, it reaches 100,000 a year and most of compliments are because of neighborhoods bother people by listening exceeded loud music and other loud noise such as talk with loud voice. There are various causes for this environmental noise: First major cause of this environmental noise problem is transportation noise, which is the most difficult noise to manage. Transportation noise is divided into two categories: One is airport noise that is typically heard in urban areas because of increase amount of flight schedule and the location of airport. The other one is car noise, including car stereo noise due to increase of amount of cars and low technology for engine, exhaust and break systems. Second, another major cause of the noise pollution is industrial noise that comes from construction work and plants. Third, the other major cause of noise pollution is building noise pollution that is divided into two categories: outside noise that is heavy traffic noise, dog barking, and so on and inside noise that is loud music or TV that comes from neighbors, air conditioner and so on. Because of these causes exist, noise pollution occurs. There are many solutions to airplane noise, traffic noise, industrial noise, and urban noise problems in Australia.

First of all, how could people decrease the airport noise? It seems quite difficult to deal with airport noise problem; however, if government or cities has enough money and has a great future plan, it is possible. First, for now, government should pay money for enough soundproofing for residents who live in near airport. Actually, when airplane takeoff from running, and when airplane land in the running, the noise level will be reached at over 100 decibels, and according to the Australian Academy of Science (2006), Boeing 747 was recorded at 108 decibels when it flew over the urban are of Sydney. This is the worst level of noise. Therefore, residences that far from the place that takeoff and landing point by a couples of miles need soundproofing for protecting residents’ health, especially ear, from the worst noise. In addition, airport should control the number of departures and arrivals, not daytime but also nighttime, especially the airport that near from over populated areas, to reduce the noise. Airport noise, during 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. will increase the airport noise (2001). Further, government should think and make plan that developing city that replaces the airport to quite far away from urban area, but it should include convenience. These three ideas might help to decrease airport noise.

Second, how could we reduce car noise pollution? Car noise pollution is one of the most well know noise pollution in the world. Therefore, car noise pollution is thought by not only as an Australian environmental problem, but also Japanese or the other developed countries. Thus, I will mention about car pollution by using case of Japan. First, In Tokyo, Japan, noise pollution has been increasing as well as Australia and it is become serious problem. Japanese Government establishes a law that control for the car for this problem, and is trying decrease the car noise. Australian government should establish a law for the car like Japanese government did because the law to the car of Australia has not reached at the global standard. Therefore, noise pollution has been increasing because of the amount of the car is increased as well. Second, according to Tierney (2006) the state government pay millions of dollars for soundproof in the freeway. At least residents who are living in near the freeway or heavy traffic road will be happy to hear this. Therefore, building soundproofing should be continued. Third, Australian should buy only Japanese cars that are hi-technology such as hybrid car that use electrically powered motor and engine. The hybrid car is the first car that achieves decreasing car noise in 100 years widely (Noise Pollution, 2006). The hybrid car uses clean noiseless engine. In addition, it is used as a fuel-efficient engine in Japan. However, in Australia, there has already developed freeway, so hybrid car just exist as an obstructive system because in Japan, when people drive in the national and express road, they always continue to step on accelerator and put on brake because of heavy traffic. When people continue to stop and start forward, it makes fuel consumption bad. Therefore, this type of engine works in Japan. In other countries nations who live in developed countries that have already developed freeway don’t need to buy it because of different traffic condition. That is why Australian uses another car that uses other engine, like diesel engine. However, if people really want to decrease noise pollution, they should just forget about fuel fees and should change the car to the hybrid car. This hi-technology car will decrease noise in the freeway or hard traffic road.

Third, how can people solve industrial noise? Industrial noise is divided into two categories: one is outside workplace noise such as construction noise. The other one is office noise such as computer noise. First, outside noise is quite difficult to reduce, so there is one way to decrease outside workplace noise. building the physical barrier will be decrease industrial noise. However, it has been described in the factory noise since 1930's, and there is a history with the longest scientific study (Noise Pollution, 2006). The cost that redecorating an existing soundproofing system that is for construction site is very expensive. Therefore, it is difficult to develop it. To decrease construction noise, existing soundproofing is not good enough, but at least, it should be used. Second, noise in the inside workplace is come mostly from computers. For, today’s company, computer is inseparable from existence. Therefore, it is difficult to prevent the noise as long as the computer is not lost from the office. However, if the company thinks about employees ‘ health, they should figure out the substitution of computer or just wait for the computer that will be upgraded that is noiseless. It will be solved when either way will be done.
Finally, how can people decrease urban noise? Urban noise is divided into two categories: One is the noise that comes from outside. The other one is come from inside. However, solutions for both categories are actually the same. The key that is for solving the building noise is soundproofing. Outside noise such as heavy traffic noise, exceed voice, or barking dog could be solved by soundproof usually. However, Apartment owners don’t want to allow the recommendation that direction for constructing buildings which is based on BCA (Building Code of Australia), which is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and the construction of buildings and other structures throughout, because it costs too expensive (Australian Academy of Science 2006). Thus, even in rural area, like Tasmania, also has become problem according to Davidson (2006). Therefore, Australian builder should rebuild the residences or redecorate soundproof for reducing building noise.

In conclusion, Australia is the country that has great environmental noise problem. There are four solutions that should be done. Transportation noise, industrial noise, and urban noise should be solved because these causes increase noise pollution. This environmental problem affects our health little by little. In addition, there are so many complaints in each city in Australia. Therefore, people, especially government, should care about noise pollution for decreasing or solving this great environmental problem for nation.

Reference:

Davidson, Steve. (2006). Steve Davidson Reports. Sound Standard, Retrieved November 1, 2006 from EBSCO database http://web.ebscohost.com

Newton, P, W. (2001). State of the Environment reporting Australia. Australia State of the Environment Report 2001. Retrieved November 21, 2006 from: www.deh.gov.au/

Michael Tierney. (2006). Give us a safe ride. Nationwide News Pty Limited. Retrieved November 1, 2006 from Lexis Nexis database

Quiet please! Fighting noise pollution. (2006). NOVA. Retrieved November 22, 2006 from: www.science.org.au/nova/072/072print.htm

Noise Pollution. (2006). Wikipedia. Retrieved December 1, 2006 from: www.wikipedia.com



Arguementative Essay

Smoking Marijuana

In the United States, almost all state governments establish the law that people cannot use marijuana. Almost all countries, especially developed countries, also have been regulating because most people think that smoking marijuana is not good for health. However, I disagree with this idea that smoking marijuana should be illegal, and that is bad for health because there are three reasons why: it is used for medical, some countries don’t establish the law that smoking marijuana is illegal, and people have own responsibilities to smoke marijuana for pleasure.

Many people, who are connected in literature and who are educated that marijuana is not good by society, think that smoking marijuana is a crime. Also, this action has a bad influence for our body. Guither says that most people think marijuana is not good that is educated by government, medical studies or the other things that effect to people’s stereotype. That’s why most people believe that marijuana is not good.

However, some people, who are connected in medication, also think that smoking marijuana should be legal because smoking marijuana is actually not bad for health. Also, this action is actually quite usual for medication. Marijuana’s effectiveness is mainly divided into two things such as smoking marijuana is used to have patients’ appetizer and to lose or to decrease patients’ pain from disease (Medicinal Applications of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Marijuana, 1997). Because marijuana have these effectiveness, they think that marijuana is kind of medicine. Further, it is actually now used in the hospital frequently.

In addition, there are some countries that smoking marijuana is legal for some reasons. In Netherlands, it is legal to smoke marijuana because as I mention above, marijuana is intended as pain reliever for cancer and aid patients, and for people for suffering from other illness. Moreover, smoking marijuana has a low dependence, and marijuana is almost harmless not as smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol. Therefore, in Netherlands, people can get marijuana in coffee shop as we can get cigarettes or alcohols in stores (Erowid, 2006).
Furthermore, why the governments control people who want to smoke marijuana or regulate to smoke marijuana? American is the country that people should have own responsibilities for what they are going to do or what they have done, and that people can emphasize freedom for what people want to do. Therefore, it should be freedom to smoke marijuana for pleasure, medication, or some other ways.

In conclusion, smoking marijuana is illegal in America. Many literature and medical are discussing about whether smoking marijuana is illegal or not. Marijuana is used in the hospital as a medicine so it could help many patients. In addition, it is legal in Netherlands, and people buy for some own ways. I think the government should not regulate the law that it is not freedom to smoke marijuana because it could help people, who have diseases and who want to relieve pain from cancer. Marijuana has already used as a medicine in the hospital and it is usually in Europe. Besides, it is harmless. Therefore, it should be legal to smoke marijuana

Reference:
Cannabis regal status (2006, September 7) Erowid, Retrieved 2006, November 12, from http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_law.shtml

Medicinal Applications of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Marijuana (1997) Annals of Internal Medicine, Retrieved 2006, November 12, from http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/126/10/791#FN



Summary Response

For Once, Blame the Students

In Patrick Walsh’s article “For Once, Blame the Students,” he argues that American students fail class these days. First, the author mentions that the group of American students doesn’t study well because of unskilled teacher, boring textbook and so on, though they could do well if they try to study hard. Next, he states that parents agree with their children and always argue to teachers about their students’ class grade because their children also think that if their grade is bad, it is because of teachers’ responsibility. He also discusses explain how easy to get out from their classes that they don’t like and the counselor helps them by sending messages. Walsh agrees with teachers that student are not prepared for class. He claims that student motivation and achievement should be come from their home. He advises that American students should work on studying as well as international students do.
According to the author, most American students don’t do well and not enough work on studying. There are some reasons why American students do like that. I agree with author that American students are lazy, that they do not study as well as international students who come from Asia, and that teacher can’t bring students’ motivation up or to have them own ambition.

To begin with, there are many reasons why American students are lazy. They don’t come to class on time, they don’t do homework, they don’t listen what teachers say and they only study for exam. In addition, American parents let them to be lazy because their parents always complain to the teacher about their students’ grades when they got low grades, even if it is because of students problem like attitude problem, attendance problem or, students can’t do well because of they don’t want to study. Even it is true, parents always put the teachers responsibility for children. However, most students who come from Asia as international students who study as a second language are working on studying harder and harder and some of them had well prepared for class. Further, in Japan, even parents who want their children to be great students or great society person and who are overconfident of their children’s skill almost never do as well as American parents did because what children got is what they did in the classes. Therefore, only parents should do is scolding them to let them do well next time. Thus, American parents should pretend as Japanese to children to be willing to study.

Moreover, American students should take responsibilities for studying. They always count on their parents to get higher grades; however, this is what students have to do, so they should take classes. Otherwise, they are going to fail in the society in the future certainly. To get a great job, we have to get high grades by using own knowledge and they should be good grades students like international students. In Japan also, this problem become more serious than before. Especially young generation who are in Japan doesn’t want to study and do as well as American students do, though parents expect good grade to them very well. Therefore, American students must do as well as international students for parents and their own future.

Finally, American teacher can’t control their motivation and ambition. American teachers usually say that students should have motivation for the class or should have ambition and these feelings should be come from their home, not from the school. International students have at least one side of them because they like to go to the school for their own purpose. I am also the international student and even I, who don’t know what to do in the future, do better than American students, so American students should be like them.

In conclusion, American students have to do well to get better grades. They have got to study harder and harder than international students because of what they have done before. American students must know how to learn keep their motivation or must have ambition and they have to do much greater than before they don’t know about it. Even though international students do well, American students could be greater students than international students if they want.

Reference:
Welsh, P. (2006, March 7). For once, blame the student. USA TODAY. Retrieved: October 25, 2006, from www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-03-07-forum-students_x.html