Thomas La Grua's Asia University Blog

According to an article titled, “The Growing Problem Of Smartphone Addiction” by Brenda Priddy, smartphone addiction (main idea) is a big problem around the world that is getting worse (controlling idea). In once sense, smartphones are great because they help us to communicate with our friends and family. However, overusing your smartphone can lead to serious consequences. For example, studies have shown that spending too much time on social media sites can actually lead to depression. Parents who spend too much time on their smartphones may neglect their children. Worst of all is when parents give their children smartphones to play with rather than giving them the attention that they need from their parents. This can lead to small children, even babies becoming addicted to smartphones - sad to say the least. If you think you many be addicted to your smartphone, there are few things you can do to help yourself. Firstly, don’t be ashamed to admit your addicted. A huge amount of t

In this video, I'm talking about the sixth mass extinction.

The New year festival is almost here and in this blog, I want to tell you about my vacation plans. Firstly, I’m going to go to Taoyuan. I will see my friends and family there. While I’m there, I will clean the house and do some writing. I am very excited about going home to see my friends. Later on, I’m going to go to Puli. I will also visit my friends there. While I’m there, I will sing karaoke, drink Kaoliang liquor and chew binlang. I am very excited about visiting my friends and singing karaoke there. Finally, I’m going to go to Dongpu hot springs. I will see my good friend, Lian there. While I’m there, I will sit in the hot spring, talk to my friend and eat a lot of food.

The sixth mass extinction event refers to the increasingly scary rate at which species around the globe are going extinct, dying, dead, never to be seen again. That’s right, animal species, especially large ocean dwellers like whales, sharks and giant clams are going extinct at an increasingly fast rate. Why is this important? Because if animals continue to die off at this increasingly fast rate, entire ecosystems will fail, which could lead to a domino effect, causing everything on the planet go extinct. As far as what’s causing this mass die-off of animals, scientists mostly agree that humans are the main cause. Have a look at how quickly the rain forests are disappearing. When people cut down forest to grow crops and raise cows, we also destroy the habitats of species, not just one or two but thousands. When this happens, it starts what’s called a domino effect - when one falls, they all begin to fall. The possible consequences are scary. Imagine if all the bees died off, no

With thousands of brands competing throughout the world for your money, it can be difficult and even scarry for people to research and choose the products that will best suit their needs. Accordingly, I would like to suggest two of my favorite brands for you to check out. The first one is (brand or company name) and the reason I like it is because they’re (Business adjective), (Business adjective) and (Business adjective). For example, (explain why you used those adjectives to describe the brand. My second brand that I suggest you try is (name of company) because it’s (Business adjective), (Business adjective) and (Business adjective). For example, (explain why you used those adjectives to describe the brand. So the next time  you are looking for a ____ or _____, check out _____ and ____. You... (conclusion) Business adjectives: value for the money, sophisticated, reliable, sexy, fashionable, inexpensive, upmarket, cool, fun, stylish, classical, timeless, hitec, a leader in the

To: (Name), Head of Neotec Travel From: Your name Subject: Travel related problems Dear Name, I was very sorry to hear about the problems your executives have been having during some of the business trips that we arranged. In order to make sure that this kind of thing does not happen again, I have contacted the companies involved and can report to you the following: The Excelsior hotel says that, they are very sorry to hear about that incident and they promise that it will never happen again. Furthermore, in order to compensate your executives for their inconvenience, t hey are going to … Say what will the hotel do to compensate. T he rental office at the airport refuses to take responsibility. Therefore, we … … and …. Furthermore (What is DBS going to do to pay for the problem?) Once again, I sincerely apologize for …  and I hope that… Best regards, Your name

In this video, I  talk about artificial intelligence and what it means to the future of humanity.

In this video, I discuss some of the benefits and drawbacks of AI. Additionally, I also talk a little about where the motivation for creating a new race of machines is coming form.

Hi everybody! My name is _____ and I’m from (city, Taiwan). Currently, I am studying at Asia University in Taichung City, Taiwan. I’m in my 2nd/3rd year and my major is _______ Choose on (Information communications, Information engineering, Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering) The reason I’m studying (major) is because I like ___ and I want to____ ____. When I graduate, I would like to work for (name of company) / myself because I…  Additionally, I also want to _____. Finally when I graduate, I hope to ____. Thank You for reading,

Three weeks ago, if someone asked me to talk about artificial intelligence (AI), I would have told them to get lost. However, after learning about AI for about three weeks at Asia university, I now have something to say about it. Artificial intelligence refers to the development of computer systems capable of carrying out intelligent tasks usually associated with human intelligence. When it comes to AI, there are benefits as well as risks that we need to consider. In terms of some possible benefits associated with AI, I think that the two biggest ones are ____ ___ ___ ____ and ____ ___ __.  For example, (talk about these two benefits) As for the risks associated with AI, I think that the two biggest ones are ____ ___ ___ ____ and ____ ___ __.  For example, (talk about these two risks)