Wednesday, 25 December 2013


KONYA…

Konya, the city of peace… Konya is the most beautiful city in Turkey. It is city of Rumi. That the Mevlana Museum is in Konya gives the city a sense of calm. All of the streets, houses, shops are full of the smell of Rumi. When you first arrive in Konya, you get the wind of peace. The people are very tolerant. Everybody always similes and greets each other. It has a historic Mevlana shopping district. Once you enter the shopping, you feel the atmospheric of history.
 Konya has huge buildings, supermarkets, and skyscraper. Nonetheless, it does not forget its history. It unites the newness with history. Everything is in harmony. Everybody gives importance to their religion. It is very important for everybody
 
 

 
Konya was also the centre of Selçuklu Civilization. That is why it has many historic buildings. You can visit many historic place. The Hill of Alaaddin is one the most attractive places of Konya. It is full of colourful flowers and people in summer. In conclusion, Konya has not lost its history and identity. It is a wonderful city.
Konya is a different city. It is not similar to the other cities. It has a unique atmosphere, water. If you were from Konya and you lived another city, you could understand what I mean.
 

 

 



 

                                                  KERİMAN HALİS ECE
Keriman Halis Ece Tamer was a Turkish beauty contestant model who became Miss Turkey 1932. She was also crowned as "Miss Universe" winning the title at the International Pageant of Pulchritude of 1932 in Spa, Belgium.


 
She was of Abkhaz origin and born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, as one of the six children of a merchant Tevfik Halis Bey in 1913. Her uncle was a renowned operatta composer Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi and her aunt a well-known musician and composer Neveser Kökdeş. Her brother is one of the former presidents of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K., Turgan Ece. She was fluent in French and Turkish.




 

She participated 1932 in the Miss Turkey beauty pageant that started only in 1929 and was promoted by the newspaper Cumhuriyet. She was elected the most beautiful Turkish woman in the contest held on July 2 1932 in İstanbul among eight candidates. Keriman Halis was sent then to the International Pageant of Pulchritude contest held in Spa, Belgium to represent Turkey. On July 31, 1932, she was crowned as the winner among competitors from 27 countries, achieving Turkey’s first title at an international beauty contest after three years only of its existence and less than a decade after the founding of the Republic.
 Following the introduction of the surname act on June 21, 1934, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave her the family name Ece which means "queen" in Turkish language. She died on 28 January 2012, nineteen days shy of her 99th birthday.                                       

Thursday, 14 November 2013


ESRA DURMAZ

I am Esra Durmaz. I am a student in METU in Faculty of Language Education. I am Konyalier. I normally live in Konya .However, I am staying in Ankara now. I am very determined people. I never give up. I do whatever I can to realize my dreams. No obstacle can halt me, when I really want something. My second feature is being very quiet. I am not active in   lessons .I am not enterprising. I am not talkative in friend conversation. I have some friends. I suppose that there is one important reason of it. I have a twins. She has been my best friend for years. We have never been seperated from each other in our life. I like be alone, because when I am alone, I think my troubles and find solutions of them. This makes me good. I feel relax. I like reading book much. Especially, before I sleep, I certainly read book. Love novels are my favourite. The novel which I like most is “Melekler Zamanı” written by Fatma Erdek.
I want to learn playing reed flute, because I like Sufizm musics. They make people think about themselves, world and God. They presence to people. I hate animals. I cannot bear none of them. Cats are especially disgusting. I am afraid of them.

I want to make my family happy and provide them with a better life. Additionaly, I want to work in consulate and to be a person that works international jobs. After I can manage them, I want to travel all around the world .I want to see different people, cultures. Especially, Arabic countries such as Dubai, Qatar, Bahreyn draw attention of mine. Morever, I want to live in Dubai with my family. I hope I can manage.

Years have passed without you,     

Obstacles separate us, true.

Unbearable pains couldn’t deter me, though,

Absence of yours made me strong.

Radiant, happy, hopeful

Eyes of yours are still in my memory,

Be patient! We will be cherry.

Endless happy days will be ours,

Almost it has been five years.

Unawares, we we’ll get together,

Tell our miracle love each other.

I’m waiting for you day and night,

Future can be ours! Try.

Untouched happiness is coming,

Love! Love! Love! Darling.

1)What great shape she is in, and she looks healthy.

What great shape she is in, and how healthy she looks .

2) The doctor wanted to find out why Linda was underweight and about her blood sugar level.

The doctor wanted to find the reason about Linda’s underweight and blood sugar level.

3) Following a regular program of exercise is more beneficial for me than to be on fat diet.

Following a regular program of exercise is more beneficial for me than being on a fat diet.

4) What I like best about my fitness centre are the modern Lifestyle machines and they have such a beautiful Olympic size swimming pool.

What I like best about my fitness centre are the modern Lifestyle machines and beautiful Olympic swimming pool.

5) Not only is Jim healthy, but how athletic he is.

How athletic and healthy Jim is

6) Due to his son’s persistence and because he wanted to lose 10 pounds, Frank decided to join a fitness centre.

 Due to his son’s persistence and desire of losing 10 pounds, Frank decided to join a fitness centre

 7) When Richard realized that his eating habits were the cause of illnesses, he began to plan his meals more conscientiously and in a careful way

When Richard realized that his eating habits were the cause of illnesses, he began to plan his meals more conscientiously and carefully

8) Julian decided to try a homeopathic treatment as wall as he changed his diet.

 Julian decided to try a homeopathic treatment and he changed his diet.

9) Shari really enjoys ocean kayaking and to go hiking in the desert.

 Shari really enjoys ocean kayaking and going hiking in the desert.

10) This is combination of vitamins that build up the immune system and they prevent infection from spreading.

This is combination of vitamins building up the immune system and preventing infection from spreading.

 

 

 

 

9.10 Editing Activity

1)instead of , because of

2)instead of staying, you should stay

3)but cannot be used here

4)instead of consequently, because

5)there should be verb

6) medicine is important when you are sick ,furthermore ,you should take care of yourself

7)but cannot be used here.

8)

9)it cannot be used

10)

11)clinic that has a…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.26 Editing Activity:  Run-on Recognition

1)Because Grace is a vegetarian, she must pay special attention to the amount of protein in the food she eats, so she eats a lot of beans, she also eats eggs.

                                             That is why

2) When Grace first became a vegetarian, she missed eating meat since she had always liked the food she eats, so she eats a lot of beans, she also eats eggs.

                                         Ate   However

3) When Grace first became a vegetarian, she missed eating meat since she has always liked the taste of it, but now she can’t imagine eating meat because she has grown to appreciate the pure taste of meatless cuisine, and meat tastes very strange to her, and so she is happy to be a vegetarian.

……………………………………………….Meat tastes very strange to her, and so she is happy to be a vegetarian.

 

  4) Sometimes it’s very difficult to eat out in restaurants due to limited meatless choices on menus although that is changing now with the increase in vegetarian restaurant.          , However

 

5) Grace is opposed to the killing of animals, so not only is she a vegetarian but she is also very disturbed by the use of animal fur for clothing.

 

6) She feels better now that she doesn’t eat meat anymore, she feels more humane and she feels healthier.

 ……………………………………………She feels more humane, and healthier.

7) Being a vegetarian and feeling that she is doing her share to protect animals, Grace becomes irritated when people question her motivates for being a vegetarian although she tries to be patient with such people, and she tries to                                make them understand the value of saving animals, but often people just don’t understand.

…………………………however she tries to be patient ……………understand

 

5.27Editing Activity

 

1)    To play soccer, baseball, and hockey

 

……………………………………….are not common games played.

 

2)    Because this is such an important meeting, I am wearing  nice

 

………………………………………………….nice clothes

 

3)    The professor told about the experiments in cardiovascular

Improvement.       Explained, spoke about

 

4)    This new method of losing weight seems.

 

………………………………………seems to be practical

 

5)    How many times you ran around the track?

How many times did you run around the track?

6)    How that concert was enjoyable!

How enjoyable that concert was!

7)    After the game, the crowd left the parking in a very orderly fashion there were no problems.

……………………………….so there were no………………………

8)    Doctors they make me nervous

Doctors make me nervous

9)    Although many people haven’t this book

……………………….I have read it.

10)                    After the lecture was over, where you went?

After the lecture was over, where did you go?

 

 

1)What great shape she is in, and she looks healthy.

What great shape she is in, and how healthy she looks .

2) The doctor wanted to find out why Linda was underweight and about her blood sugar level.

The doctor wanted to find the reason about Linda’s underweight and blood sugar level.

3) Following a regular program of exercise is more beneficial for me than to be on fat diet.

Following a regular program of exercise is more beneficial for me than being on a fat diet.

4) What I like best about my fitness centre are the modern Lifestyle machines and they have such a beautiful Olympic size swimming pool.

What I like best about my fitness centre are the modern Lifestyle machines and beautiful Olympic swimming pool.

5) Not only is Jim healthy, but how athletic he is.

How athletic and healthy Jim is

6) Due to his son’s persistence and because he wanted to lose 10 pounds, Frank decided to join a fitness centre.

 Due to his son’s persistence and desire of losing 10 pounds, Frank decided to join a fitness centre

 7) When Richard realized that his eating habits were the cause of illnesses, he began to plan his meals more conscientiously and in a careful way

When Richard realized that his eating habits were the cause of illnesses, he began to plan his meals more conscientiously and carefully

8) Julian decided to try a homeopathic treatment as wall as he changed his diet.

 Julian decided to try a homeopathic treatment and he changed his diet.

9) Shari really enjoys ocean kayaking and to go hiking in the desert.

 Shari really enjoys ocean kayaking and going hiking in the desert.

10) This is combination of vitamins that build up the immune system and they prevent infection from spreading.

This is combination of vitamins building up the immune system and preventing infection from spreading.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 31 October 2013

A song

       Imagine by ESRA DURMAZ
Imagine there is not seperation
It is possible if you believe
No black clouds below us
Above us only shining sun
Imagine all people
Coming together

Imagine there is no tear
It is not impossible to realize
Nothing to mis sor regret
And no disappointment too
Imagine all the people
Embracing

You may say I am a liar
But I am not the only one
I hope someday you will understand the possibility of it
And the world will be better place

Imagine there is no loneliness
Believe in me if you can
No need for death or end
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Holding hands of their darling

You may say I am a liar
But I am not the only one
I hope someday you will understand the possibility of it

And the world will be better place

Friday, 18 October 2013

 (CNN) -- Imagine you're sitting at the bottom of the ocean, amidst 500 sharks in a feeding frenzy.Would you: A.) Swim to the surface as fast as your trembling legs could take you. B.) Find a weapon to arm yourself with. C.) Fall asleep.Brett McBride fell asleep for a minute. While hundreds of three-meter-long Galapagos sharks swarmed around him during a feeding frenzy off the coast of Costa Rica.The 46-year-old shark wrangler doesn't suffer from some kind of severe narcolepsy. Instead, he was merely proving a point -- these fearsome predators aren't going to be interested in you, if you're not interested in them."It would seem crazy, but it's not. It really just shows you how bad a rap sharks get. They're just like any other fish," said McBride.
"Galapagos sharks, they're not big mammal eaters. It would take them probably hours to get the courage up to attack you if you were adrift at sea."
But then, McBride isn't like most people. The captain of science vessel Ocearch spends his days handling sharks as part of one of the largest tagging projects ever undertaken.
Since it launched in 2007, Ocearch has tagged over 100 sharks. But it wasn't until National Geographic started featuring the team in hugely successful TV series "Shark Men," that they became something of prime time celebrities. And the most fearless shark man of all? Brett McBride.
TRANSITIVES
1)Find(in first paragraph 2th line)
*Find a weapon to arm yourself with
 2)Say(in the first paragraph 8th line)
*.They're just like any other fish," said McBride
3)Imagine(in the first paragraph 1st line)
*Imagine you're sitting at the bottom of the ocean, amidst 500 sharks in a feeding frenzy. INTRANSITIVES
1)Suffer(in the first paragraph  5th line)
*The 46-year-old shark wrangler doesn't suffer from some kind of severe narcolepsy
* 2)Fall asleep(in the first paragraph 3th line)
*Brett McBride fell asleep for a minute.
3)Seem(in the first paragraph 7th line)
* It would seem crazy, but it's not
BOTH TRANSITIVES AND INTRANSITIVES
1)Launch(in the fourth paragraph 1st line)
* Since it launched in 2007, Ocearch has tagged over 100 sharks.(ıntransitive)---When we use it in transitive form it means ‘’throw’’
2)Show(in the first paragraph 7th line)

* It really just shows you how bad a rap sharks get.(transitive) ----When  we use it in intransitive form it means  ‘’appear’

        ///////’THE TEXT//////

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

1-walk
   TRANSITIVE
  *Old people should walk regularly for their health
  *We walked almost two km last night because we could not find a bus
   INTRANSITIVE
  *My sister walks her dog every morning after breakfast
  *Mrs.Brown walks her cat only once in a week

2-play
   TRANSITIVE
  *Elif has been playing piano for five years as a professional
  *Children used to play more tiring and more joyful games in the last years
    INTRANSITIVE
  *Violin was played splendidly by musician in the concert
  *Basketball is played by many people in the world

 3-read
    TRANSITIVE
   *You should read regularly for your personal development
   *Unfotunately a few people read book in our country
    INTRANSITIVE
   *This book has been read by many people all around the world
   *The poems of Atilla İlhan are read in ceremony

 4-fuse
   TRANSITIVE
   *The sun fused the ices in a few minutes
   *Mumy fused the butter to add to rice
   INTRANSITIVE
   *Water  fuses at 0 C according to scientist
   *All ices fused when sun rose in the spring