Cultural Awareness

Chapter 5.1
French Food
GCA 10-B
Stephen
There are many culturally different restaurants in Nanjing .For learning about another culture, and I chose a French restaurant which on Qing Liangshan Road .
On the 21th of December, I went to the French restaurant with my classmates and the grade 12 memtors.The restaurant is not very big .Athough attendants are all chinese,the restaurant is different from chinese restaurant .The reasons that I chose this resturant are that the resturant is not far from my school,and the resturant is my French classmate’s parents,so I can know more about the resturant from him before I get there.The tables are different that I have never seen.When we arrived,I felt warm and comfortable.There are some drawings on the wall that gave me different feeling.
The first food was salad.Maybe it was the important food in western,it make you want eat more,it was nice,we used fork to eat.The second food is pumpkin soup,it was in a strange bowl which like a little ship,I don’t like it.The third food is a dish of meat with some vegetable.The meat may be made of duck and chicken.It was delicious.We uesd forks and knivies to eat.It is my favourite food of all.It make me learn to eat western food quickly.The last food is desser.It may be a pie.It was small but nice.
It was a very good time,I enjoyed the French food and also leraned the some culture.The service was good ,but an only one disadvantage is that we must wait for a long time.I would recommed other people to eat there.It was a real good place that is worth eating.

Critique Art

Critique Art
Chapter 1.1
GCA 10-B
Stephen
On Dec 4. 2008, with our art teacher Ms Hadley, our class went to Nanjing University to see“Wu Weishan Sculpture” exhibition.From all the artwork, I like this one best.
The title of the artwork is Sleeping Baby. It is my favourite artwork of all.The artist is WuWeishan ,who is a very famous artist.The artwork was made in 2003. I will tell you more details about the artwork
The artwork is very small.The shape of this sculpture is like a child’s face,an irregular circle .Most of lines are curved.The artwork was made of clay and the colour is brown.The artwork is a head of a child who is sleeping happily.Maybe he is having a wonderful dream.Though the artwork is not a body of the child,the head is real good enough.(DESCRIBE)
When I see the artwork, I feel very comfortable and warm,even a littte surprise.I think how the artist can make it successful and embody the characteristic and personality of a child very well.The artwork is small but the details can de seen clearly, it is so wonderful that I can not believe my eyes.The child was very relaxed and cute .I am reminded of when I was a child ,I was very happy,I did not need to think about any problems,my parents loved me very much.
The artist relates to the traditional ideas in the world.The adult hinge their hopes on their children.They think their children will be better than them and be talented people.Children represent hopes.I think the artwork just embodies the child.It is very meaningful to see this artwork.This artwork is a high level of freehand work,it is full of oriental wisdom .If somebody think that the Sleeping baby is like a dead baby,it is worng ideas ,the baby is sleeping very deeply so it may look like a dead baby.(INTERPRET).
I like the artwork ,.because it gave me a deep impression and made me think a lot.the artwork can embody the personalities of children.The artist pays attention on the details,but some parts are vague.The vague parts embody a kind of deep arts.It make the readers think a lot.The artwork is full of connotation.To be a good artwork,appearance is less importanr,the connotation is more important.
Though the ways of other people watching,focusing on are different.I think they might appreciatee the artwork,because it is a really good artwork that is worth appreciating.People always hinge their hopes on their children ,and this will not be changed.The artwork that is an immortol classics.(JUDGE)