Downloading Music for Free

Thesis Statement: Nowadays many people download music for free instead of paying money for it. To me it is not moral downloading music for free. It is like stealing someone's belongings.

Supporting Ideas:

1) Downloading something without buying is not fair. Owners of these products are working hard to creatae them. So we shouldn't download them without their permission.

2) Downloading for free should be illegal. Recently people have started to use this type of downloading too often. Because there is no law against doing it. To hinder that there must be some sanctions.

Opposite Ideas:

1) According to some people downloading for free is a good thing because they think these products are very expensive. So, they assert that the only way of possesing them is downloading for free.

2) They tend to downloading for free because there is no certain law about whether it is legal or illegal. They think it is not a crime so, they go on doing it.

Refutation:

Nowadays, almost all of people download music for free. They claim that it is not a crime so they can do it. However, by doing that they are abusing efforts of singers and in my opinion they are breaking the law.

Euthanasia

One of the most debated topics that we face nowadays is euthanasia. Many people think euthanasia as a right that all people have. Firstly, there is always a hope; no matter how hard the situation is. Many patients, even when there is no hope, may escape death. Sometimes miracles may occur. Secondly, people aren't supposed kill themselves and others. Now that humanbeings enjoy the beauties of this life, then they should fight back the difficulties. Also, we can't understand the feeling of people who are willing to end their lives. But by raising their morale, we can motivate them and make them hold on to life. Consequently, noone has right to kill themselves or others.

Being Lonely

When we ask someone about loneliness, they can say that's terrible. I also think like that but we can not get rid of this. It is a part of life so we should get accustomed to this. When we start a new ralationship we think that we are not alone. Maybe for a while. But after a certain period they leave us. Sometimes when we have fun and spend nice times with our friends, we can feel good. But when we walk out them we start to feel alone again. It seems like we have anything we want but there is always something which hurts us inside our heart. No one is permanent in our life, every time somebody enters our life and then goes out. Consequently, we should be ready for everything because we can't know what we will face in this life.

My High School

I'm from Mersin but I was graduated from İvriz Anatolian Teacher Training High School in Konya. It was established in 1942. This school is thirteen km away from city center. Because of distance we had to go by bus. It is surrounded by trees and mountains. There are a lot of trees around school building. While I was studying in this school, I stayed in dormitory. In those years I encountered everything which you can imagine and these things are very important experiences for my life. I can not forget my school and my friends. They are still very valuable for me. Because I learnt many things and met lots of people in this school. Also I can't forget times which I spent in there. If I have a chance to go to Ereğli, I'll definitely visit my high school.

Early or Late

Getting up early in the morning and starting to work is better than getting up late and working until late at night. Some people doesn't like getting up early and they constantly postpone doing their work. However, if we get up early, we can finish our tasks earlier and spend more time with our friends or family. According to some people, working at night is better because they think it is silent at night and they can concentrate on their tasks well. But, in the morning, brain works more properly and effectively and at night, with our tired eyes and brain, we have difficulty in doing our tasks. People who get up late also have difficulty in adjusting to the new day. The ones who get up early are more active in their work. Nowadays, many people are getting accustomed to getting up late so it becomes their lifestyle. But such a lifestyle doesn't bring any success in work at all. In conclusion, getting up early is an advantage in terms of health, efficiency and having more spare time.

Argumentative Paragraph

Thesis Statement: To me getting up early in the morning and started to work is better than getting up later and working until late at night.

Supporting ideas:

Reason for 1: If we get up early we can finish our tasks earlier and spend much time with our friends or family.

Reason 2: In the morning brain works properly and effectively but at night we start to have difficulty in doing our tasks.

Reason 3: As everbody knows, getting up early is healtier than sleeping late.

Opposing ideas:

Reason 1: Some people doesn't like getting up early so they prefer getting up later.

Reason 2: According to some people working at night is better because they think that at night it is silent and they can concentrate on their task well.

Reason 3: Nowadays many people are accustomed to getting up late so it becomes their lifestyle.

Better Than the Best

You should have a friend, with whom you can share your most private secrets without even thinking. I have such a friend. My brother's name is Metin. Good or bad, whatever he does to me, I know that it's just for my sake. Apart from others around me, only he tells me everything without hesitating, knowing I don't misunderstand him. He knows all about me and understands me when even I don't talk to him about my problems. He knows how to behave when he looks at my eyes. When I don't want to talk, he doesn't even ask me to explain what is going on. He knows, when the right time comes, I will tell him what is wrong with me. When he tells something about me, I know that it's for my own good and I listen to him without questioning. He is the one whom I trust most in the world. We've graduated from the same high school and here we are together again. And I wish we will be together until death comes to take us. I hope one day you will come across such a ''first-class'' fellow.

Airplanes or Buses

Today, most people think that airplanes are safer than buses because accidents occur on roads more frequently. Before airplanes were invented people had to use buses or cars when they wanted to travel and it took long time. They had to use them because there was no alternative. Since airplanes were invented people have started to choose them because they are faster than others. Buses are slower than airplanes but they are much cheaper. Nevertheless airplanes have some disadvantages, they are more expensive than buses and when a plane crash takes place more people lose their lifes compared to road accidents. Besides some people have fear of height so they don't want to travel by airplane. In terms of comfort airplanes are more luxurious than buses so people who like travelling comfortably choose them. To me, both have some disadvantages but we can't deny using them in our daily life.

Contrasting two places in Secondlife

I've visited two places in Secondlife and I will mention about differences between those places. The first place is Alliance Virtual Library. It has two floors. At the first floor, there are some resources about Secondlife and education, but at the second flooor resources are related to scripts, communication and building. Also around this building there are some different things. There is an inactive volcano and a snowman. As well as there are some flags and photos. While, the second place is very different. The second place is a house and it has wonderful landscape. In front of the house there is a sign and a bust. When we enter the house we can see that at the first floor there are a few old armchairs and posters. There is a piano and it seems worn-out. At the second flooor there are posters of some well-known artists. These two places are very different in many ways.

My Twin Brother

I will mention about my twin brother. He is 18. He doesn't like studying. He couldn't score well in the University Entrance Exam and he's at Sereflikochisar Berat Comertoglu M.Y.O. now. He doesn't look like me at all. He is dark-skinned and he is taller and fatter than me. So, nobody believes we are twins. We were fighting everyday when we were children because our interests differed a lot. But as we got older, we started to understand each other much better. He has his own lifestyle. Although we are very different, I love him and care about him. Whenever I have a problem or I feel confused, he helps me solve my problems. I'm proud of him for his being so kind to me and to others. He's the one whom I trust most. Thank God, I have such a bighearted brother.

A Homeless Child

That night was like a nightmare for this homeless child. Late at night he was sitting in the city park just like everyday. He was alone and outside was freezing cold. So he lighted a fire to warm himself. This effort made the area a bit warmer. People were wandering aimlessly around the city park. But a few minutes later some noises broke this silence and suddenly a chaos occured. A malicious man was trying to steal a pretty woman's bag and after reaching his goal he abruptly ran away. She was such a bad situation that everbody around her tried to calm her down. Then they called the police. But the burglar had already disappeared by the time police arrived. Then they started to search some clues for cathching the burglar. While they were searching the area, they found the homeless child sitting alone in the city park. The police mistakenly thought that this homeless child was the burglar. Without totally understanding the situation, police caught this innocent child and brought him to the police station. They interrogated him again and again. When the child started to lose his hope of life, the suffered lady came and specified that he wasn't guilty. Afterwards police apologized for their misconception and he was happy because of ending this terrifying night.

Shopping with Girls

It was sunday and my friends, Özge, Senem and Tuğba decided to go shopping. They offered me to join them and I accepted. But we had an IS100 mid-term so we decided to go after the exam. Firstly we would buy a few new clothes for Tuğba. We started to walk around but couldn't find anything. Then we gave up shopping, at that time we realized that we were hungry. Tuğba offered us to eat meatballs and we approved. We arrived at restaurant in a few minutes. We were going to eat meatballs but firstly we had to line up and wait for our orders. Finally we managed to take our orders and started to look for an empty table. In first floor there was no place so we decided to ascend second floor. We found a table and sit. But our meatballs were a bit peppery so it wasn't easy to eat them especially for Senem. After finishing our meals we decided to go to a cafe and play backgammon. We wandered about thirty minutes and managed to find a cafe. I played backgammon with Tuğba and Özge. I won both games. Because they were novices at this game. We spent nearly two hours in this cafe and left because we got bored. After waiting fifteen minutes EGO came and we went to our dormitories. It was very entertaining and I will never forget that day.

Our Sweet House in Secondlife

This is the first time we built a house in Secondlife, so when our teacher said we would build a house in Secondlife we got confused and started to think what would we do. But in a few minutes he explained how we built a house in Secondlife and we began to build the house. Firstly we composed our group which has five members. After doing that we made some cubes. One of them was floor and the others were walls and roof. First of all we put the floor, then we put the walls equally and finally we put our roof. We made our roof colorful. But our task didn't finish yet. We needed a door. After making our door, we added something to sit and our task finished. Finally we took a photo as a souvenir. It was very exciting to build a house and now we have a beautiful house in Secondlife.

Away From City Life

Last year, when it's very close to University Entrance Exam, my best friend, Metin, and I decided to go to his village. We were going to stay at his grandfather's house which had been empty for years.

We bought some foods to be able to survive.The village's distance from the city was about 4 miles. We went half the way by bus and the other half on foot. It was so hot and dry that we took breaks very often. When we finally got there, we forgot our tiredness and immediately began to enjoy the wonderful view of the village and it's surroundings. When we went inside the home, we weren't surprised at that mess. The first thing we did was to clean the kitchen and the living room. Thank God we had a vacuum cleaner. After we had finished the cleaning, we felt so hungry. At that moment, someone knocked the door. She was an acquaintance of Metin. She brought us some food, including cheese, tea, bread, and a traditional meal called 'sıkma'. We thanked her a lot and set our lunch table. It was really delicious. Afterwards, we did some hiking and wandered around the village gardens. The silence broke our tension. When we came the house again, we were too hungry to wait dinner time. We started cooking meat outside the house. After this first step of dinner, we began watching some movies. When we watched two of them, our stomachs started to hurt. Spaghetti cooked in a kettle couldn't be more tasteful. Then we started watching again and after our sixth movie, we realized that it was morning, already. Then we had our breakfast and got to sleep. It was almost evening when we woke up. We packed our bags and set out for the city. It was an unforgettable memory for both of us.

METU STUDENTS

There are many students in METU and their purposes of coming here are different from each other. We can categorize them in three groups. First group come here because METU is a well-known university. Second group come here because they want to be educated higly and they believe that METU can give this education. Third group come here to have an unforgettable university life and for this purpose METU is vey appropriate.

Classification Paragraph

Why people use Second Life? For which purposes? These can be categorized three groups. The first is that people use Second Life, because it is pretty addictive. The second is that people use Second Life just to meet new people and have a good time. And the third one, people use it because they think they can improve their language skills by chatting different people.

This is a shop's garden in Ankara. In this garden there are two trees. One of the trees is yellow and the other is brown. Also there is a big building and a beatiful fountain in the middle of the garden. On the wall of the building and in front of the building there are a few posters. These posters are very colourful. At the right side, there are some flowers and also these flowers are very colourful. The athmosphere of this area is very relaxing and I'm looking at this peaceful landscape.

My friend Alparslan

I will introduce to you my friend M.Alparslan Soylu. He was born in İstanbul in 1991. After completing his primary school, he went to Tosya Anatolian Teacher Training High School in Kastamonu. After studying diligently, he is in METU now. His father is a police officer and his mother is a housewife. He has two brothers. He likes to go different places and meet different people. Also he likes playing basketball and he likes boxing. He is very social and friendly. I hope he will be one of my best friends forever.

Introduction

My name is Gürcan Taşkın. I'm coming from Mersin. I gratuated from Ivriz Anatolian Teacher Training High School in Konya. My father is a carpenter and my mother is a housewife. They are living in Mersin. But I'm at METU now. My twin brother is in Şereflikoçhisar Berat Cömertoğlu M.Y.O. in Ankara.
I studied very hard and I came this school. I'm very happy in here. I met many people and they are very friendly.
In this course I want to improve my reading and writing by studying diligently. And I want to improve my computer skills and learn many new things. I hope that these four year will be very amusing and I will entertain very much.
Im very happy to see you in this course again.